UNIT 15-E8(J)

Hoang Hoa Tham Junior High School Lesson Plan English 8
Date of preparation: 16-01-2008 unit: 15 COMPUTERS
Date of teaching:18-01-2008 Period 98. Getting started&Listen and read
I.OBJECTIVES :By the end of the lesson,students will be able to practice and understand the dialogue
between Nam and his father,Mr Nhat about computer.
II.LANGUAGE CONTENTS :
- Grammar: present perfect tense.
- Vocabulary:printer,socket,manual,plug, connect
III.TECHNIQUES : elicitation, pairwork , groupwork, brainstorming.
IV.TEACHING AIDS: extraboard,pictures, tape.
V.PROCEDURES :
STAGES CONTENTS NOTES
1.Warm up :

( 5 minutes )
2.Presentation:
( 15 minutes )
*Chatting:
-Show a picture of a computer and ask: What is it ?
I.Getting started :
Computer is very useful for us,isn’t it?Now
work in groups and make a list of how computers
can help us :
-save time
-help us learn interesting and more quickly
-be convenient / easy for keeping(storing)
information.
-be quickly in giving answers to our question.
II.Listen and read :
*Lead in: Nam and his father,Mr Nhat are talking
about the computer they have just bought.Listen and

answer:what happen to the computer.
*Listen to the tape:
*Vocabulary:
-printer(n)
-manual(n): a book giving how to use / operate the
machines.
-to connect:
-to be under guarantee :
+The machine you buy at a shop will be under
guarantee from 6 months to 12 months.
-plug(n):
⇔Language contents: Present perfect tense with
Yet
/already .
-I have already done my homework
-Have you done your homework yet ?
-No,I havn’t dome my homework yet.
T:ask ss some questions about
computer .
Ss:listen and answer the questions.
*Brainstorming:
Ss:work in groups: make a list of the
usefulness of computers.
T:feedback and give correct answers
T:introduce the lesson
Ss:listen to the tape(twice ) and
answer the question :
-The printer is’nt working
-picture
-explanation

-hand gesture
-translation
-realia
T:introduce language contents
Ss:take notes and memorize.
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-Do you have a computer at
home?
-Can you use it?
-What can you use it for ?
-Is it very useful for you in
learning?
Hoang Hoa Tham Junior High School Lesson Plan English 8
3.Practice:
( 15 minutes )
4.Production
( 7 minutes )
5.Homework :
( 3 minutes )


1.Practice the dialogue with the partner .
2.Questions:
a.Who bought the computer for Nam?
b.Where did he bought it ?
c.What’s wrong with the printer ?
d.Is the computer under guarantee ?
e.How can they solve this problem ?
3.Fact or opinion :

*Answer keys :
a.The printer is’nt working (Fact )
b.There shouldn’t be anything
wrong with it (Opinion)
c.I know how to connect a printer (Fact )
d.The manual is’nt very helpful (Opinion)
e.I bought it in Ho Chi Minh City(Fact)
f.I don’t know what they can do(Fact)
*Recall :
Mr Nhat has just bought a computer for his
son,Nam.He bought it in HCM City.
Unfortunately,the printer is working.It is under
guarantee.So they phone the company where they
bought it.
-Learn the new words by heart.
-Finish all exercises into your exercisebooks.
-practice the dialogue with your partners.
-Prepare:”SPEAK”
+Find out new words.
Ss:work in pairs:practice the
dialogue with their partners.
T:ask some questions about the
dialogue.
Ss:listen and answer the questions
about the dialogue.
T:share Ss handouts and guide them
to do the task.
Ss:work in groups:read the
statements and decide whether
they are fact or opinion.

Ss:talk before class
T:feedback and correct the mistakes.
T:guide Ss to learn at home
Ss:do as directed.
Date of preparation: 16-01-2008 Unit :15 COMPUTERS
Date of teaching:18-01-2008 Period:99. SPEAK +LISTEN
I.OBJECTIVES :By the end of the lesson,students will be able to:
-express agreement and disagreement.
-listen for details to complete the chart.
II.LANGUAGE CONTENTS :
- Grammar: simple present tense.
- Vocabulary: revision of vocabulary.
III.TECHNIQUES : elicitation, pairwork , groupwork, brainstorming.
IV.TEACHING AIDS: textbooks,posters.
V.PROCEDURES :
STAGES CONTENTS NOTES
1.Warm up :

( 5 minutes)
*Matching :match the words with it’s pictures.
T:stick pictures on board and guide Ss
to do the task.
Ss:work in groups: match the words
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Hoang Hoa Tham Junior High School Lesson Plan English 8
*Pre-speaking:
( 7 minutes )
*While-
speaking:

( 12 minutes )
*Post-speaking:
( 4 minutes )
*Pre-listening
( 3 minutes )

⇒I think reading comic books is very interesting.
Do you think so?/Do you agree with me ?
*Elicite the table :
Opinion Agreemen
t
Deagreem
ent
Disagreem
ent
I like …..
I don’t
like..
I think …
I feel …
I don’t
believe
….
So do I
I agree
You’re
right
Neither do
I
I

agree,but..
Yes,but
on the
other hand
……
I disagree
I can’t
agree with
you..
No,I
think...
1.Work with a partner.Look at the table and
pictures.Take turns to express and respond to
opinion :
a.learning to drive a car :
-easy once we get used to it
-difficult to drive a car in traffice
-dangerous to drive in heavy traffice
-challenging.
b.reading comic books :
-interesting / fun
-time-consuming
-boring
*Example :
A.I think computer is useful.Do you think so ?
B.So do I / I disagree.
2.Read the dialogue :
*Questions :
a.What’s wrong with Lan’s computer ?
b.Why doesn’t it work ?

*Now make similar dialogue about these items:
Mapped dialogue :


I’m having problem
with ...
What’s wrong ?
It doesn’t work.I think
…
No.You didn’t …..
Oh! sorry
with it’s pictures.
1-b, 2-c, 3-a, 4d
T:set a scence
T:stick the table on board and explain
how to express and respond to
opinions.
T:elicite some language contents
Ss:take notes and meorize.
T:explain example
Ss:work in pairs:use the adjectives in
the box to express and respond their
opinion.
T:feedback and correct the mistakes.
Ss:work in pairs :read the dialogue
and answer the questions.
Ss:work in pairs:make similar
dialogue refering the cues below the
dialogue to replace the information.
T:feedback and correct the mistakes.

T:share Ss handouts and guide them to
do the task.
Ss:work in groups:read and complete
the dialogues with suitable words.
T:get Ss to understand how events are
sequenced in a flow chart and the
meanings of all the shapees used in
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1.read comic books
2.play in rain
3.drive a car
4.eat foreign food
c.playing in rain :
-fun / get cold / entertainment
d.eating foreign food :
-delicious, fun to eat , unhealthy
Hoang Hoa Tham Junior High School Lesson Plan English 8
*While-
listening
( 7 minutes )
*Post-listening
( 3 minutes )
2.Homework :
( 4 minutes )

*Complete the dialogue :
A.It’s easy to speak and listen to English well.
B. ………….. I think speaking and listening
English is very difficult.

M.I don’t like horror film.
N. ………………They’re very terrible
*Explaining the flow chart :
This is the process of buying a lemon juice from a
machine
Note :
Particular meanings are in these shapes
+ Circle : a starting or stopping point
+ Triangles : questions
+ Ovals : answers
*Answer keys:
a.Do you have the correct change ?
b.Yes
c.What do you want to drink ?
d.Take it
*Write-it-up :
-write a set of instruction on how to get a drink
from a machine,using the flow chart.
-Learn the language contents by heart.
-Write the dialogues into your notebooks.
-Prepare:”READ”
the chart.
Ss:take notes and memorize.
Ss:listen to the tape 3 times and
complete these shapes.
T:pause the tape and correct the
answer
Ss:work in individual
T:guide Ss to learn at home .
Ss:do as directed .

*Tape transcript:
omputers programmers use flow chart to help people understand how events are sequenced. All the shapes
on this chart have a particular meaning. For example, the circles indicate a starting or stopping point, the
triangles are questions and the ovals are answers.
C
This flow chart shows how to get a drink from a machine. It shows that the first step is to find a machine. Next ask
yourself if you have the correct change. When the answer to this question is “yes”, ask yourself what you want to
drink. For example, lemon soda. Finally, insert the coins and press the button to choose the drink you want. Once the
drink appears, you may take it from the machine.
Date of preparation: ………………. unit :15 COMPUTERS
Date of teaching: ………………….. Period :100. READ
I.OBJECTIVES :By the end of the lesson,students will be able to read for details to know more about how
computer work in a university.
II.LANGUAGE CONTENTS :
- Grammar: passive form / present perfect tense.
- Vocabulary: access,freshmen,jack,restrict,bulletin,technology,degree,skeptical.
III.TECHNIQUES :elicitation, pairwork ,ask and answer, groupwork .
IV.TEACHING AIDS: extraboard,pictures .
V.PROCEDURES :
STAGES CONTENTS NOTES
1.Warm up : *Chatting : T:ask Ss some questions
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Hoang Hoa Tham Junior High School Lesson Plan English 8
*Pre-reading:
( 5 minutes )
( 15 minutes )
*While-
reading :
( 15 minutes )

*Post-reading:

( 7 minutes )
2.Homework :
( 3 minutes )

-Do you have a computer at home ?
-Can you use it ?
-What do you use it for?(learning / playing games)
⇒How the computer work in a university?You’ll
read a passage about it.
*Vocabulary :
-to have access to :
-jack(n) = socket(n)
-skeptical(a)=doubtful(a):
-bulletin board(n)=noticeboard(n):
-freshman(n):the first-year student at a college /
university.
*Guidequestions:
a.Where in the library do we get information ?
b.How can we store the information ?
c.If we want to discuss something,how can we do?
1.True or false ?
a.T b.T c.T d.F e.T f.T
*Correction sentence d : Students don’t have to go
to computer rooms because college compuses now
have computer jacks in every part of the university.
2.Ask and answer the questions (a→e / page 142)
a.It has no library.All the information normally

found in
a library is now stored in the university’s
computer.
b.All the information normally found in a library or
messages normally found in on a bulletin board.
c.A computer and a telephone line.
d.with a bulletin board on the Internet, agreat
number of
people(over 20 million) can get access to the
bulletin
and exchange information quickly.
*Discuss about usefulness of the computer :
-save time
-help us learn interesting and more quickly
-be convenient / easy for keeping(storing)
information.
-be quickly in giving answers to our question.
-Learn the new words by heart.
-Finish all the answers into your notebooks.
-Prepare:WRITE.
Ss:listen and answer the questions
T:introduce the lesson.
-translation
-synonym
-synonym
-synonym
-explanation
Ss:work in pairs:read the passage in
silence and answer the questions
T:share Ss handouts and guide them to

do the task.
Ss:work in groups:read the statements
and decide whether they are true or
false.
Ss:work in pairs:ask and answer the
questions with information about
the passage.
T:feedback and correct the mistakes.
Ss:work in groups:talk about usefulness
of the computer
Ss:talk before class
T:guide Ss to learn at home .
Ss:do as directed .
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P98/ E8