Lesson Plan - English 8 - Unit 7 School year: 2014-2015 Planning date: 20 - 11 2014– Period 40: UNIT 7: MY NEIGHBORHOOD Lesson 1: GETTING STARTED + LISTEN AND READ. P.63 - 64 I. Aims: - To help students know about the places in their neighborhood - To help students know the present perfect tense with the prepositions “for” and “since” - To develop students’ skills. II. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know some vocabulary about their neighborhood and the prepositions “for” and “since” in the present perfect tense. III. Ways of working: T-WC, pair work, individual work. IV. Materials: Textbook, pictures in the textbook,cassette, word cards. V. Anticipated problems: - The past participle may be difficult for some students. - The lesson may take time. VI. Teaching steps: 1.Warm up: (1 minute) * Teacher greets and checks the students’ attendance. 2. New lesson: STAGES T & SS’ACTIVITIES THE CONTENTS ON BOARD PRESEN TATION (24 minutes) * Getting started. P.63 - Matching: Students match the pictures with the correct words. - Teacher calls students to go to the board to match. Matchings: grocery store hairdresser’s drugstore swimming-pool stadium wet market * Answer key: a. grocery store b. stadium c. wet market d. drugstore Teacher: Do Thi Cuc Thanh Mai Secondary School 96 Lesson Plan - English 8 - Unit 7 School year: 2014-2015 * Pre-teach vocabulary: - Teacher uses techniques to teach students new words * Set the scene: - Nam and Na are talking about the place where they live. * Prediction: - Students predict: + Who is new to the neighborhood, Na or Nam? + What is there around the corner in the neighborhood? - Teacher plays the tape; students listen and read the dialogue. - Students check their predictions. - Students practice the dialogue in pair. - Students do the exercise 2 on page 64. - Teacher asks some students to go to the board to complete these sentences. * Teacher elicits the model sentences: * Concept checking: - What do these sentences mean in Vietnamese? - What kind of speech are “been” / “lived”? - What are before them? (have) / (has) => The present perfect tense. e. hairdresser’s f. swimming-pool I. New words: - close by (adv) = near by - a pancake: bánh bột mì có trứng, bơ rán - tasty (adj) = delicious (adj) - (to) serve: phục vụ (món ăn, đồ uống) II. Prediction - Who is new to the neighborhood, Na or Nam? - What is there around the corner in the neighborhood? III. Listen and read: 1. Checking predictions - Na is new to the neighborhood. - A restaurant. 2. Complete the sentences. Use the words from the dialogue: * Answer key: a. Na is new to the neighborhood. b.She and her family arrived last week. c. Na’s mother is very tired. d.There is a restaurant in the area. e. The restaurant serves food from Hue. f. Nam thinks the pancakes are tasty. 3. Model sentences: - We have been here since last week. V pp - How long have you lived here? V pp - I have lived here for 10 years . V pp * Note: The present perfect tense. Teacher: Do Thi Cuc Thanh Mai Secondary School 97 Lesson Plan - English 8 - Unit 7 School year: 2014- 2015 - What does the phrase “since last week” / “for 10 years” mean in Vietnamese? - How to use since/ for? S + have / has + V pp +… “Since” is used for a point of time “For” is used for a period of time. PRACTICE (10 minutes) - Students practice speaking: + Put “since” or “for” before these words or phrases. * Game: Lucky Wheel - Students practice the present perfect tense with since and for. (say the whole sentences) 4. Practice: a) Put “since” or “for” before these words/phrases. _______ ten years _______ an hour _______ three years _______ two weeks _______ last week _______ ten o’clock _______ last year _______ 2004 b) Say the whole sentence. Use the present perfect tense. PRODUC TION (8 minutes) * Talking: - Students talk about their neighborhood. IV. Talking: Talk about your neighborhood. These are some suggestions: 1. How long have you lived in your neighborhood? 2. Is there a shop / a drugstore / a market … near your neighborhood? 3. Do you like your neighborhood? Why? 3. Summary:(1 minute) - Repeat the lesson Teacher: Do Thi Cuc Thanh Mai Secondary School 98 WE / BEEN HERE / LAST WEEK I / LIVED HERE / 10 YEARS WE / LEARNT ENGLISH / 4 YEARS WE / LEARNT ENGLISH / 2004 THEY / WORKED AT THE DRUGSTORE / 2 YEARS HE / COLLECTED STAMPS / LAST YEAR Lesson Plan - English 8 - Unit 7 School year: 2014-2015 4. Homework: :(1 minute) - Learn by heart all the new words and the structure - Read the dialogue again. - Prepare Speak Planning date: 21 - 11 - 2014 Period 41. UNIT 7: MY NEIGHBORHOOD Lesson 2: SPEAK I. Aims: - To help students speak about how to send a parcel or a letter. - To develop students’ skills. II. Objectives: - By the end of the lesson, students will be able to talk about how to send parcels or letters. III. Ways of working: T-WC, pair work, group work IV. Materials: Textbook, additional board, real things (letters, parcels )… V. Anticipated problems: The activities in the stage further practice may be difficult for some students. VI. Teaching steps: 1. Warm up: (5 minutes) * Teacher greets and checks the students’ attendance. * Chatting: - Teacher shows a letter and asks students some questions: + What is it? (a letter) + Where can I post it to my friend? (at the post office) + How can I post it? (stick a stamp on it) + How much is a stamp? (800 dong) + Is sending a parcel cheaper or more expensive? (more expensive) + Have you ever sent a letter or a parcel? => T. introduces the new lesson. 2. New lesson: STAGES T & SS’ACTIVITIES THE CONTENTS ON BOARD PRE SPEAKING (15 minutes) * Pre-teach vocabulary: - Teacher uses techniques to teach students new words. - Checking understanding: Rub out and remember * Set the scene: - Mrs. Kim wants to send a parcel to Quy Nhon, so she has to go to the post office. - Students read the dialogue between Mrs. Kim and the Clerk. I. New words: - airmail(n): thư / bưu phẩm gửi bằng đường hàng không, máy bay - surface mail(n): thư / bưu phẩm gửi bằng đường bộ, đường thuỷ - item (n): danh mục - charge (n): tiền phải trả, giá tiền II. Read the dialogue. P.64: Teacher: Do Thi Cuc Thanh Mai Secondary School 99 Lesson Plan - English 8 - Unit 7 School year: 2014- 2015 - Comprehension questions: + Does Mrs. Kim send a parcel airmail or surface mail? Why? (surface mail / cheaper) + What is the weight of her parcel? (5 kilograms) + How much does she pay? (19,200 dong) WHILE SPEAKING (15 minutes) * Practice: - Students practice the dialogue in pair. - Teacher calls some pairs to play the roles in the dialogue in front of the class. - Teacher gives a situation and elicits the dialogue. - Teacher gets students to practice the dialogue in pair. - Students look at the information in the box to practise in pair making the same dialogue. III. Speak Clerk Mrs. Lan Can I help you? Yes, I letter to … Kon Tum, please. Do you .airmail… or surface mail? I . surface mail.… How much ?… Let me see. Hm 20g. It . 800 … dong. Here you are Thank you. POST SPEAKING (8 minutes) * Role play: - Students play the roles: one is a customer and the other is the clerk. Make similar dialogues. IV. Role play: 3. Summary: (1 minute) Teacher: Do Thi Cuc Thanh Mai Secondary School 100 LETER / KON TUM / SURFACE MAIL / 20G / 800 DONG POST CARD / HCM CITY / AIRMAIL 15G / 1, 200 DONG PARCEL / CA MAU / AIRMAIL / 2 KG 13, 000 DONG PARCEL / BUON MA THUOT / SURFACE / 5 KG / 19,200 DONG Lesson Plan - English 8 - Unit 7 School year: 2014-2015 - Repeat the lesson 4. Homework: (1 minute) - Learn by heart all the new words. - Write a dialogue on the notebook. - Prepare Listen Planning date: 21 - 11 -2014 Period 42: UNIT 7: MY NEIGHBORHOOD Lesson 3: LISTEN. P.65 - 66 I. Aims: - To help students listen for specific information. - To develop students’ listening skills. II. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know what Na is going to do on the weekend by listening. III. Ways of working: T - WC, team work, pair work, individual work. IV. Materials: Textbook, tape. V. Anticipated problems: - Listening & “Post listening” activity may be difficult for students in class 8C and some students in class 8B VI. Teaching steps: 1. Warm up: (5 minutes) * Teacher greets and checks the students’ attendance. * Chatting: - Teacher asks students some questions: + Do you remember Na? + Is she new to her neighborhood? + Who is her friend in this area? * Set the scene: In her neighborhood, there is some activities on the weekend. They have advertised these activities. Look at the advertisements and predict the words in the blank. 2. New lesson: STAGES T & SS’ACTIVITIES THE CONTENTS ON BOARD PRE LISTENING (10 minutes) * Pre-teach: - Teacher uses techniques to teach students new words. - Checking understanding: Rub out and remember * Open prediction: I. New words: - the photo exhibition: cuộc triển lãm ảnh - a real match: trận đấu thật (trên sân) - the opening show: lễ khai mạc Prediction: Teacher: Do Thi Cuc Thanh Mai Secondary School 101 MILLENNIUM CINEMA 1. The Newcomer Two performances Monday - Saturday 5 pm - 8 pm FOOTBALL Le Do school vs Quang Trung schol ________2_______ kick off 4pm Saturday, 24 th March Lesson Plan - English 8 - Unit 7 School year: 2014- 2015 - Students look at the advertisements and predict the words in the blanks. WHILE LISTENING (18 minutes) * Listen: - Students listen to the conversation for 2 times and complete the advertisements. - Students look at part 2 on page 66 and discuss with their partner to see which one is true, which one is false and which one is no information. - Students listen to the conversation again and tick the correct box for True, False or No information. II. Listen: 1. Checking predictions: * Answer key: 1. Newcomer 2. Town Ground 3. English Speaking Contest 4. Culture House. 2. Tick the correct boxes (part 2. P.66) * Answer key: a. Na doesn’t know the neighborhood very well. T b. Na doesn’t like movies. F c. Na will go to the photo exhibition this weekend. F d. Na won’t go to the English Speaking Contest. T e. Na will go to the soccer match with Nam T Teacher: Do Thi Cuc Thanh Mai Secondary School 102 ____3_____ Nguyen Khuyen school Thursday, 22 nd Match 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm PHOTO EXHIBITION hundreds of photos taken by young photographers _____4______ Monday - Friday open: 9.00 am - 9.00 pm Lesson Plan - English 8 - Unit 7 School year: 2014-2015 f. Nam is a soccer fan. N POST LISTENING (12 minutes) * Lucky number: - Teacher uses some comprehension questions to check students’ understanding of the conversation. * Comprehension questions: 1. Does Na like movies? (Yes) 2. Lucky number! 3. Why won’t she go to see the film The Newcomer? (Because she has already seen it before) 4. Why won’t Na go to the photo exhibition? (Because it doesn’t open during the weekend) 5. Lucky number! 6. Who will Na go to the soccer match with? (Nam, Ba and Minh) 7. What time does the match start? (At 4 pm) 8. Lucky number! * Lucky number: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 3. Summary: (1 minute) - Repeat the lesson 4. Homework: (1 minute) - Do exercise: 3, 4. P. 45, 46 (WB) - Prepare Read * Tapescript: Na: Hi, Nam. Nam: Hello, Na. What are you going to do this weekend? Na: I’m not sure. I just don’t know what to do and where to go in this new neighborhood. Nam: Why don’t we look at What s on this weekend “ ’ ” in the newspaper? Na: Good idea. Can you suggest what I should do? Nam: Do you like movies? There’s a new film at the Millennium Cinema. Na: What’s that? The Newcomer, an Australian film. I have seen this film before. I saw it on Star Movies channel. Nam: You did? Na: Yes. (pause). Here, the photo exhibition at the Cultural House sounds exciting! Nam: But it doesn’t open during the weekend. And you can not go to the English Speaking Contest either. It is at Nguyen Khuyen school, and it is on Thursday. Teacher: Do Thi Cuc Thanh Mai Secondary School 103 Lesson Plan - English 8 - Unit 7 School year: 2014- 2015 (pause) Ah, yes. Here, the soccer, a match Le Do School and Quang Trung School - the best U15 teams in our province. I’ll go and see it because my brother plays in the match. Na: Where do they play? Nam: At the Town Ground. Would you like to join us? Na: Oh, yes. I’d love to. I have never been to a soccer match before. It must be fun to watch a real match at the stadium. And I’d like to visit the Town Ground, too. Nam: Great. I’ll tell Min and Ba to come to your home, and we all go together. Remember, the match starts at 4 pm, but we must be there by 3.30 if we don’t want to miss the opening show. Planning date: 25 -11- 2014 Period 43 : UNIT 7: MY NEIGHBORHOOD Lesson 4: READ. P.67 I. Aims: - To help students read for details about Tran Phu Shopping Mall. - To develop students’ reading skills. II. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to understand the passage about the new shopping mall. III. Ways of working: T-WC, group work, pair work, individual work. IV. Materials: Textbook. V. Anticipated problems: The guessing words activity may difficult for the students in class 8C. VI. Teaching steps: 1. Warm up: (5minutes) * Teacher greets and checks the students’ attendance. * Guessing the words: - Teacher gives the definition of the word, students listen and call out what it is. 1. A place where you can buy every thing. (supermarket) 2. A place where you can buy vegetables and fruits. (grocery store) 3. A place where you can buy books. (bookstore) 4. A place where you can come to eat. (restaurant) 5. A place where you can come to see the movies. (Movies Theater) 6. A person who come to the store and buy something. (customer) 2. New lesson: STAGES T & SS’ ACTIVITIES THE CONTENTS ON BOARD Teacher: Do Thi Cuc Thanh Mai Secondary School 104 Lesson Plan - English 8 - Unit 7 School year: 2014-2015 PRE READING (12 minutes) * Pre-teach vocabulary: - Teacher uses techniques to teach students new words. - Checking understanding: Rubout and remember. * Set the scene: In Nam’s neighborhood there is a new shopping mall. * T-F prediction: - Students predict if the statements are true or false. I. New words: - a shopping mall: khu thương mại - convenient (adj): tiện lợi - a selection: sự lựa chọn - comfort(n): sự thoả mái - concerned (about) (adj): lo lắng (về) - (to) take one’s business: lấy mất cơ hội làm ăn của ai đó. - resident (n): cư dân II. True - False prediction(Part1/68) 1. The mall is open six days a week. 2. There are more than 50 stores in the mall. 3. Everyone in the neighborhood is pleased about the new mall. 4. It will be more comfortable to shop in the mall than in the present shopping area. 5. Some of the stores on Tran Phu Street may have to close. WHILE READING (18 minutes) * Read: - Students read the passage and check their predictions and correct the false sentences. - Students read the passage again and answer the comprehension questions on page 68. (pair work) III. Read. P.67: 1. Checking predictions: * Answer key: 1. F (The mall is open daily = seven days a week) 2. F (There are 50 stores in the mall.) 3. F (Not everyone is pleased about the new mall) 4. T 5. T 2. Answer the comprehension questions: * Answer key: a. It is very different from the present shopping area. All the shops are under one roof. That will be very convenient, especially during the hot and humid summer months. Customers will shop in comfort and won’t notice the weather. b. In the shopping mall, there are 50 air- conditioned especially stores, 4 movie theaters and 10 restaurants; there is also children’s play area. c. They think the new shopping mall will Teacher: Do Thi Cuc Thanh Mai Secondary School 105 [...]... modern as i not as / so cheap as 3 Summary: (1minute) - Repeat the lesson 4 Homework: (1 minute) - Review unit 7 - Prepare Getting started + Listen and read (Unit 8) 110 Teacher: Do Thi Cuc Thanh Mai Secondary School Lesson Plan - English 8 - Unit 7 School year: 2014-2015 111 Teacher: Do Thi Cuc Thanh Mai Secondary School ... for more information 3 Summary: (1 minute) - Repeat the lesson 4 Homework: (1 minute) - Learn by heart all the new words - Prepare Language focus Planning date: 27 - 11- 2014 Period 45: UNIT 7: MY NEIGHBORHOOD Lesson 6: LANGUAGE FOCUS P.69 - 71 I Aims: - To help students practise the present perfect tense and making comparisons by using adjectives: like, the same as, different from - To develop students’... from: khác - Teacher asks students to look at 3 rulers and compare * Noughts and crosses: E.g: My ruler is as long as Hoa’s ruler 1 a) 2 b) 3 c) My ruler is the same as Hoa’s ruler My ruler is not as long as Lan’s ruler 4 d) 5 e) 6 f) My ruler is different from Lan’s ruler - Teacher write the form on the 7 g) 8 h) 9 i) board - Teacher lets students complete the exercise in group of 4 Noughts and crosses:... class 8H) WHILE * Write: III Write: WRITING - Students write the notice about the 1 A notice about the English (12 English Speaking contest Speaking contest: 1 07 Teacher: Do Thi Cuc Thanh Mai Secondary School Lesson Plan - English 8 - Unit 7 School year: 2014- 2015 minutes) - Students exchange their writing and * Suggested writing: find their partner’s mistakes The school English Speaking club - Teacher...Lesson Plan - English 8 - Unit 7 POST * Talking: READING - Students look at the poster on (8 page 67 and talk about Tran minutes) Phu Shopping mall School year: 2014- 2015 take their business d The stores in the mall will offer a wider selection of products; some kinds of goods are at cheaper prices IV Talking: E.g: Tran Phu Shopping mall is in Nam’s neighborhood It is open today It is very... here since last week 109 Teacher: Do Thi Cuc Thanh Mai Secondary School Lesson Plan - English 8 - Unit 7 School year: 2014- 2015 * Language focus 4: IV Language focus 4: - Teachers asks students some * Answer key: questions to review the English 1 have been 5 want tenses (E.g: When do we use the 2 hope 6 looks present simple? When do we use the 3 have … lived 7 Have … been present perfect tense?) 4 Is... shopping area…… 3 Summary: (1 minute) - Repeat the lesson 4 Homework: (1 minute) - Learn by heart all the new words - Read the text again - Prepare Write Planning date: 26 - 11 - 2014 Period 44: UNIT 7: MY NEIGHBORHOOD Lesson 5: WRITE P.68 I Aims: - To help students to write a notice - To develop students’ skills II Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write a notice III Ways... Warm up: (5 minutes) * Teacher greets and checks the students’ attendance * Revision: Read the text at page 67 then answer some teacher’s questions 2 New lesson: STAGES T & SS’ ACTIVITIES THE CONTENTS ONBOARD 106 Teacher: Do Thi Cuc Thanh Mai Secondary School Lesson Plan - English 8 - Unit 7 School year: 2014-2015 PRE * Pre-teach: I New words: WRITING - Teacher uses techniques to teach - (to) make... of the lesson, students will be able to know how to use the present perfect tense III Ways of working: T-WC, team work, pair work, individual work 108 Teacher: Do Thi Cuc Thanh Mai Secondary School Lesson Plan - English 8 - Unit 7 School year: 2014-2015 IV Materials: Textbook, additional board V Anticipated problems: - The language focus 5 may be difficult for the students in class 8C - The lesson may... page - Speaking contest 68 and answer the questions: - November 15 +What is the English Speaking Club - 7. 30 pm to 10.00 pm going to hold? (a Speaking Contest) - Hall 204, Building G + Where and when will it be held? - Tran Thi Thu Hang of class 8H (At Hall 204 on November 15) + What time? (From 7. 30 pm to 10.00 pm) + Who is the person to contact? (Tran Thi Thu Hang of class 8H) WHILE * Write: III . Lesson Plan - English 8 - Unit 7 School year: 2014-2015 Planning date: 20 - 11 2014– Period 40: UNIT 7: MY NEIGHBORHOOD Lesson 1: GETTING STARTED + LISTEN AND. the new words. - Prepare Language focus Planning date: 27 - 11- 2014 Period 45: UNIT 7: MY NEIGHBORHOOD Lesson 6: LANGUAGE FOCUS. P.69 - 71 I. Aims: - To help students practise the present perfect. thuỷ - item (n): danh mục - charge (n): tiền phải trả, giá tiền II. Read the dialogue. P.64: Teacher: Do Thi Cuc Thanh Mai Secondary School 99 Lesson Plan - English 8 - Unit 7 School year: 2014-