English lesson plan 8 Term i school year : 2008 - 2009 Period 1: Revision PLANNING DAY TEACHING DAY I AIM: Help Ss review and consolidate some old grammar structures they have learnt before. II OBJECTIVE: By the end of the lesson, students will use some old grammar structures better and get used to English 8. III MATERIALS: Textbook, poster. IV the content of revision: 1 Tenses: 1. Present Simple: V-inf/ V-s/ V-es 2. Present Continuous: am/ is/ are + V-ing 3. Past Simple: V-ed/ V2 4. Simple Future: will/ shall + V-inf 5. Near Future: am/ is/ are + going to + V-inf 2 Modals: may, might, should, ought to, can Modal + V-inf 3 Comparison: A, Equal Comparison: (+) as + adj/adv + as (-) not as/ so + adj/ adv + as B Comparative: - short adj/ adv + -er + than - more + long adj/ adv + than C Superlative: - - the + short adj/ adv + -est + than - the most + long adj/ adv 4- Further Practice: - Write some exercises about the grammar Ss have reviewed on the board. - Ask Ss to do the exercises. - Give feedback and correct. - Ask Ss to copy. - Introduce the form of a unit in English 8: Each unit of English 8 has 7 parts (6 lessons): - Getting started. - Listen and read. - Speak. - Listen. - Read. - Write. - Language Focus. UNIT 1 : MY FRIENDS I. Aim Helping students: - to introduce people - to respond to introductions - to describe people - to write about themselves and about other people II. Language focus 1. Present Simple to talk about general truths. 2. (Not) Adjectives + enough + to infinitive 3. Attributive and predicative adjectives. III. Vocabulary Verbs Adjectives Nouns (to)annoy blond slim a character (to) rise curly sociable a joke (to) seem fair straight anorphanage generous reserved IV. Unit Allocation Lesson 1 Listen and read 1-2 Language focus 1 Reading for details a conversation and revision of simple present and simple past tense. Lesson 2 Read 1-2 Getting started Reading a text for details about Ba’s friends. Lesson 3 Speak 1-2 Listen a-b-c-d Listening for details to complete the dialogue and practice in describing someone. Lesson 4 Write 1-2 Language Focus 3 Writing about oneself and about other people Lesson 5 Language focus 2-4 Further practice in Simple Present and Not Adj + enough + to-infinitive UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS PLANNING DAY TEACHING DAY Lesson 1: Section: - Listen and read (page 10,11) Period 2 - Language focus 1 (page 16) I Aim: Reading the dialogue and revision of simple present and simple past tenses. II Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know more about Hoa – Lan – Nien and to review simple present and simple past tense. III Teaching aids: Text book, cards PROCEDURE Stage Steps/Activities Work arrangement Warm up * Pelmanism: - Prepare twelve cards with numbers on one side and the verbs on the other. - Make sure the verbs are mixed up. Stick the cards on the board so students can only see the numbers. - Divide students into two teams and ask them to choose two numbers. - Turn the cards over and see if they match . Eg: teach - taught, give them one mark. If not, turn Group work Pre-reading While reading the cards over again and ask the next team. - Continue until all the cards are finished. meet come live think send though receive met lived received came Sent I. Pre-teach vocabulary - to seem (translation) - a next door neighbor (explanation: a person who lives next to your house) - to look like: (translation) * Checking vocabulary: Rub out and remember - Rub out the new words one a time. - Each time you rub out an English word, point to the Vietnamese translation and ask “what's this in English?" - When all the English words are rubbed out go, through the Vietnamese list and get students to call the English words. - If there's time, get students to come to the board and write the English words again. II. Pre- questions - Give students some questions and ask them to work in pairs to answer them. a. Is Nien Lan's friend or Hoa's friend? b. How old is Nien? c. Where does Nien live? d. Is she a beautiful girl? - Give feedback - Ask students to read the dialogue between Hoa, Lan and Nien on page l0 and check if their answers are correct or not. * Answers: Whole class Pair work T-Whole class Pair work a. She is Hoa's friend b. She 's twelve years old. c She lives in Hue. d. Yes, she is. I. Comprehension questions - Ask students to read the dialogue again and answer the questions in exercise 2 on page 11 (work in pairs) a. Where does Nien live? b. Does Lan know Nien? c. Which sentence tells you that Hoa is older than Nien? Pair work d. When is Nien going to visit Hoa? * Answers: a. Nien lives in Hue. b. No, she doesn't. c. The sentence is “She wasn't old enough to be in my class”. d. At Christmas - Call on some students to ask and answer the questions. - Correct their mistakes or pronunciation. - Ask them to work in closed pairs. II. Gap-filling - Ask students to use the simple present and simple past tense to complete paragraph 1 (a) on page 16. - Provide some verbs so that students can use them to fill in the gaps. - live (2) – send - be(2) - come “ Hoa (1) in Hue last year, but now she (2) in Hanoi. Yesterday, Hoa's friend Nien (3) Hoa a letter. Nien (4) Hoa's neighbor when Hoa lived in Hue. She (5) younger than Hoa. She (6) to Hanoi in December. Open pairs Closed pairs In dividual Work Post reading * Answers: (1) lived (2) lives (3) sesen (4) was (5) is (6) comes - Ask students to work individually and then compare their answers with their partners. - Give feedback. * Writing: - Ask students to write a paragraph about Hoa and Lan. - Give students some cues and ask them to use the simple present or simple past tense to write individually. Pair work Whole class Individual work Homework * Cues: a. Lan / Hoa's best friend b. The same class / Quang Trung School. c. Last year / Hoa / to school first time. d. Lan / show / around / introduce / to new friends . - Let students discuss with their partners. - Choose some answers and correct them in front of the class. - Ask students to do exercise 1(a); 1(b) on their notebooks . Pair work T-whole class UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS PLANNING DAY TEACHING DAY Lesson 2: Section: - Speak (page 11) Period 3 - Listen (page 12,13) I Aim:Listening for details to complete the dialogue and speak to describe someone. II Objective:By the end of the lesson, students will be able to describe somoen and complete the dialogue by listening. III Teaching aids:Text book, pictures PROCEDURE Stage Steps/Activities Work arrangement Warm up * Brainstorming: - Ask students to think of the adjectives used to describe body build and hair. thin curly Whole class body build hair Presentation * Possible answers: - fat - straight - slim - long - tall - short - short black/dark - overweight - color blond/fair Brown grey - slender - Show students a picture of Mary and ask them to describe her hair, her body build. Ex: She has long blond bair. She is short and thin. Form: S + have / has + adjectives + hair S + be + adjectives T-Whole class Practice I. Word cue drill - Prepare 6 cards so that students can drill easily. a. he / tall / thin He is tall and thin b. She/short / slim She is short and slim. c. He/ short / fat He is short and fat. d. long / black She has long black hair. e. curly / blond She has curly blond hair. f. straight/ brown She has straight brown hair. II. Practice Speaking - Show the posters of six people / or ask students to look at six people on page 11-12. - Call on a student to describe one person, the others have to guess who he/she is. Example: S1: This person is short and thin. She has long blond hair. Whole class Whole class S2: Is this Mary? [...]... c,Ba: Bao, come and meet my grandmother Bao: Hello, ma'am Grandmother: Hello young man Ba: Bao is my classmate, grandmother Postlistening Grandmother: What was that? Ba: Classmate! Bao is my classmate Grandmother: I see d,Mr Lam: Isn't that Lan's father, my dear? Mrs Linh: I'm not sure Go and ask him Mr Lam: Excuse me Are you Mr Thanh? Mr Thanh: Yes, I am Mr Lam: I'm Lam, Nga's father Mr Thanh: How do... arrangements * Suggested dialogue: Lan: 85 4146 Mai: Can I speak to Lan please? Lan: Yes Lan speaking Mai: Hello Lan This is Mai Lan: Hello Mai Mai: I'm going to see a movie at 7.30 this evening Would you like to come? Lan: Of course But I have to ask my Mom Hold on OK She says I can go, where's it on? Mai: At Sao Mai Movie Theater Lan: Let's go by bicycle Mai: OK Let's meet outside the theater Lan:... on March 3rd, 184 7 in Scotland He went to live in Canada and then to the U.S.A in 187 0s He worked with deaf mutes at Boston University and did experiments Homework with ways of transmitting speech over a long distance In 187 6, he and his assistant - Thomas Watson introduced the telephone successfully and in 187 7 the first telephone was in commercial use - Let them swap their writings and correct - Ask... class Whole class Homework a Read English books /  good - Can you read English books? - Yes My English is good enough to read English books b Drive a car / x old - Can you drive a car? - No I'm not old enough to drive a car c Carry this bag /  strong - Can you carry this bag? - Yes I'm strong enough to carry it d Solve this problem /  clever - Can you solve this problem? - No I'm not clever enough to... questions, the group which answers correctly the fastest wins the game a How many people are there in the picture? (Four) b What is each person wearing? - The woman is wearing a red shirt and a green skirt - The man who is standing beside the car is wearing brown trousers and a yellow shirt - The man who is standing on the pavement is wearing a pink shirt and blue trousers Work arrangement Group work -... express an action which is always true arrangement T-whole class T-whole class Pair work - Give students five verbs: be-move-set-rise- go - Ask students to complete the dialogue between Ba and Tuan, his young cousin - Get students to work in pairs * Answers: Ba: What do you know about the sun, Tuan? Tuan: The sun rises in the East and sets in the West Ba: Can you tell me anything about the other planets?... infinitive" Teacher is to ask students to hang the picture on the board "How do I say and how do you answer? Complete the exchange." Can you (1) this (2) over there? No I (3) not (4) (5) to (6) the (7) over there - Answers: T: Can you hang this picture over there? S: No, I am not tall enough to hang the picture over there Form: "(not) + adjectives enough + to - infinitive" Meaning: (®đ / cha ®đ… ®Ĩ lµm g×) Practice... station quickly I Pre teach vocabulary - (to) emigrate: (example): go to another country to live - (to) transmit: (translation) - (to) conduct: (synonym: What' s the synonym of (to) carry out) - (to) demonstrate: (translation) - a device: (translation) - a deaf- mute: (explanation: a person who is unable T-whole class Whole class to hear and speak) * Checking vocabulary: What and where - Have students... Countless Mobile Nouns an assistant a fishing rod deaf – mute a message a device a stationery a directory an exhibition an experiment Lesson 1 Listen and read 1-2 Reading the conversation about making and confirming arrange-ments GOING TO talks about intentions Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Speak 1-2 Language Focus 1-2 Read 1 - 2 Lesson 4 Write 1-2-3 Lesson 5 Listen Language Focus Listening for details and practicing... Mai: All right See you at 7.00 Bye Lan: Bye - Students can change the information which is underlined - Let students work in pairs Teacher moves around the class and helps the students - Ask students to write a similar dialogue on their Pair work Pair work notebooks UNIT 2: MAKING ARRANGEMENTS PLANNING DAY TEACHING DAY Lesson 2: Section: - Speak (page 18) Period 8 - Language focus 1-2 (page 19) I Aim: . Lan – Nien and to review simple present and simple past tense. III Teaching aids: Text book, cards PROCEDURE Stage Steps/Activities Work arrangement Warm up * Pelmanism: - Prepare twelve cards. look like: (translation) * Checking vocabulary: Rub out and remember - Rub out the new words one a time. - Each time you rub out an English word, point to the Vietnamese translation and ask “what's. classmate. Grandmother: I see. d,Mr. Lam: Isn't that Lan's father, my dear? Mrs. Linh: I'm not sure. Go and ask him. Mr. Lam: Excuse me. Are you Mr. Thanh? Mr. Thanh: Yes, I am. Mr.