Unit 1. A visit from a pen pal

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Period: 1

<b>REVISION</b>
<b>I. OBJECTIVES </b>

<i><b>1. Knowledge, Skills, Attitude: </b></i>

<i><b>a. Knowledge:</b></i> To help students remember some basic grammatical notes in grade 8.

<i><b>- Grammar:</b></i>
<i><b>- Vocabulary: </b></i>

<b>b. Skills: Listening, speaking, reading and writing.</b>
<b>c. Attitude: - Work hard.</b>

<i><b>2. Capacity is formed and developed for students</b></i>

- Self-learning capability.
- Communicative competence
- Cooperation capacity

<b>II. Preparation</b>

<i><b>1. Teacher: </b></i>- Lesson plane, book, color chalks, pictures, MP3

<i><b>2. Students:</b></i> - Books, notebooks, pen, ruler …
<b>III. Students’ activities</b>

<i><b>1. Warm up</b></i>

<i><b>2. Knowledge formation activities (41’)</b></i>

<b>Teacher’s and Ss’ activities</b> <b>Content</b>

- Teacher has students remember the usage, the
adverbs and the formation of the past simple.
- Students remember and state before the class.
- Teacher checks and corrects.

- Students copy down the usage, the adverbs and the
formation of the past simple tense. Then give some
examples.

- Teacher checks and correct if necessary.

<b>1. Past simple tense</b>

<i>* Ss remember the past simple tense.</i>

*<i><b>Usage</b></i> :Expressing an action happened and
finished at a particular time in the past.

<i><b>*Adverbs</b></i>: yesterday, last night / week /
month / year…, … ago.

<i><b>*Formation : </b></i>

- S + V-ed/V (past form) ….
- S + didn’t + V (bare inf.) ….
- Did + S + V (bare inf.) … ?

<i><b>Ex</b></i>: - Lan bought a new hat yesterday.
- Lan didn’t buy a new hat yesterday.
- Did Lan buy a new hat yesterday?
- Teacher has students remember the usage, the

adverbs and the formation of the present simple
tense.

- Students remember and state before the class.
- Teacher checks and corrects.

- Students copy down the usage, the adverbs and the
formation of this tense. Then give some examples.
- Teacher corrects if necessary.

<b>2. Present simple tense.</b>

<i>* Ss remember the present simple tense.</i>

<i><b>*Usage</b></i>: Expressing habitual or everyday
activity, used for general statements of fact,….

<i><b>*Adverbs:</b></i> Sometimes, often, usually, always,
never, every….

<i><b>*Formation :</b></i>

- S + V-s / -es + ….

- S +don’t / doesn’t + V (bare inf.) + ….

- Do / Does + S + V (bare inf.) + …?
Ex: - Hoa cleans the floor every day.
- Hoa doesn’t clean the floor every day.
- Does Hoax clean the floor every day?
- Teacher has students remember the usage, the

adverbs and the formation of the present perfect
tense.

- Students remember and state before the class.
- Teacher checks and corrects.

- Students copy down the usage, the adverbs and the
formation of this tense. Then give some examples.
- Teacher corrects if necessary.

<b>3. Future simple tense</b>

<i>* Ss remember the future simple tense</i>

<i><b>*Usage</b></i><b>: Expressing an action will happen in the </b>
future.

<i><b>*Advebs</b></i>: Tomorrow, tonight, next week / month
/ year / …, on the weekend,….

<i><b>*Formation</b></i> :

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- Will / Shall + S + V (bare inf.) + …?

<i><b>Ex: </b></i>- Minh will come here next summer.
- Minh won’t come here next summer.
- Will Minh come here next summer?
- Teacher has students remember the usage, the

adverbs and the formation of the present perfect
tense.

- Students remember and state before the class.
- Teacher checks and corrects.

- Students copy down the usage, the adverbs and the
formation of this tense. Then give some examples.
- Teacher corrects if necessary.

<b>4. Present perfect tense</b>

<i>* Ss remember the present perfect tense.</i>

<i><b>*Usage</b></i>: Expressing an action that began in the
past and continues to the present, or at an
unspecified time in the past, or an action has just
happened.

<i><b>*Adverbs:</b></i> since, for, already, recently, just,
ever, never, yet, ….

<i><b>*Formation</b></i>:

- S + have / has + V-ed / V (past participle) + …

- S + haven’t / hasn’t + V-ed / V (p.p) + …
- Have / Has + S + V-ed / V (p.p) +…?

<i><b>Ex: </b></i>- I have already seen that film.
- Long hasn’t met Loan since 2005.
- Have you visited HaLong Bay yet?

<i><b>3. Consolidation (4’)</b></i>

- Students do the exercises.

<i><b>*Fill in the blanks with the correct tense form of the verbs. Then change the sentences into </b></i>
<i><b>negative and interrogative.</b></i>

a. I ……… a letter from my friend yesterday<i>. (receive</i>)

b. Lan ……… the English Speaking Club next week. <i>(attend)</i>
c. We ……… in this hospital for 4 years. <i>(work)</i>

d. Phong usually ……… to school by bike<i>. (go)</i>

- Teacher calls some students to give the answers to check and correct.
*Answer keys:

a. received b.will attend c.have worked d.goes

<i><b>4. Its operations</b></i>
<i><b>5. Apply</b></i>

<b>IV. Experience:</b>

………
………
………

Period: 2

<b>UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL</b>
<b>GETTING STARTED & LISTEN AND READ</b>
<b>I. OBJECTIVES </b>

<i><b>1. Knowledge, Skills, Attitude: </b></i>
<i><b>a. Knowledge:</b></i>

- Students know about the new topic ‘A visit from a pen pal’ and some activities people often do
during the visit.

<i><b>- Grammar:</b></i>
<i><b>- Vocabulary: </b></i>

<b>b. Skills: Listening, speaking, reading and writing.</b>
<b>c. Attitude: Be careful when making friends.</b>

<i><b>2. Capacity is formed and developed for students</b></i>

- Self-learning capability.
- Communicative competence
- Cooperation capacity

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<i><b>1. Teacher: </b></i>- Lesson plane, book, color chalks, pictures, MP3

<i><b>2. Students:</b></i> - Books, notebooks, pen, ruler …
<b>III. Students’ activities</b>

<i><b>1. Warm up (5’)</b></i>

<b>Teacher’s and Ss’ activities</b> <b>Content</b>

- T asks.

- Ss answer the questions.

1. Do you have a lot of friends / any pen pal ?
2. Did they visit you ?

3. If no, imagine a foreign friend would visit you
and stay for a week. Where would you take
him / her to?

<i><b>2. Knowledge formation activities (32’)</b></i>

<b>Teacher’s and Ss’ activities</b> <b>Content</b>

- T introduces and leads in the topic

- T shows 6 pictures of famous places in Viet Nam
and has them recognize these places.

- Ss look at the pictures and recognize.
- T helps Ss know how to say in English.

- Ss take notes.

- T guides Ss work in pairs ask and answer the
question.

- T calls some pairs to ask and answer before the
class to check and correct.

<b>I. Getting started</b>

<i><b>Work with a partner. A foreign pen pal is</b></i>
<i><b>coming to stay with you for a week. What</b></i>
<i><b>activities would you do during the visit?</b></i>

<i>* Ss say the activities which they introduce to</i>
<i>their friends.</i>

a. Hung Temple

b. The Temple of Literature
c. Dong Xuan market
d. The History Museum
e. Night Market

f. Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum
- T introduces the situation of the passage: Rizali

Maryam, Lan’s pen pal visited Lan for the fist time
and Lan took her to some famous places in Hanoi.
- T guides Ss listen to the tape, try to know

something about Maryam and write down the places
Lan took Maryam to.

- T plays the tape once

- Ss listen to the tape and try to find the answers
- Ss state something they can hear for the first time
before the class.

- T plays the tape again.

- Ss listen to the tape and try to get information.
- T explains new words and structures.

- Ss pay attention to teacher’s explanation and take
notes.

- T helps Ss read new words.
- Ss practices reading new words.

- T checks and corrects students’ pronunciation.
- T has Ss read the text in silience and then loudly
before class.

- T checks and corrects students’ pronunciation.

- T has Ss read the text in silience and do exercises.
- Ss compare the answers with their partners.
- Ss give their choices.

- T checks and corrects.

<b>II. Listen and read</b>

<i><b> </b>* Ss understand the dialogues and complete </i>
<i>the thr exercises.</i>

<b>*New words :</b>
- pen pal (n)
- correspond (v)
- impress (v)
- friendliness (n)
- mausoleum (n)
- mosque (n)
- pray (v)
<b>*Structures :</b>

- Past habit : used to + V (bare inf)

<b>Ex: Lan used to walk past the mosque on her </b>
way to primary school.

<b>- Present unreal wish :</b>

<b>S + wish(es) + clause (Past simple)</b>
<b>*be: were</b>

<b>Ex: I wish I had more time.</b>

<i><b>Choose the correct option to complete the</b></i>
<i><b>sentences.</b></i>

Answer keys :
1. C two weeks

2. B Ha Noi people were friendly
3. D all the above.

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<i><b>3. Consolidation (4’)</b></i>

- T asks, Ss answer the questions:
a. Where did Lan take Maryam to?

b. State two grammatical points in this lesson.

<i><b>4. Its operations</b></i>
<i><b>5. Apply (4’)</b></i>

- T asks, Ss answer the questions

+ Is it interesting to have a pen pal? Why? / Why not?
<b>IV. Experience:</b>

………
………
………

Signature

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