Giáo án môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Period 31, Unit 5: Study habits - Lesson 5: Write

Week: 11	 Date of preparation: 03/ 11/ 2012
Period: 31	 Date of teaching: 05/ 11/ 2012
UNIT 5: STUDY HABITS
Lesson 5: WRITE
I. OBJECTIVES:
Teaching aims: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to know the format of an informal letter, practice writing a letter to a friend.
II. PREPARATIONS: Book
III. PROCEDURES:
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
1. Warm – Up: (5’)
- Have students write “Networks”
 Ways language learners
 learn new words
2. Pre – Writing: (10’)
- Ask question:
 a. Do you often write a letter to someone?
 b. Who do you often write to?
 c. What do you often write about?
- Ask Ss to put the parts of the letter in the correct order.
a. Opening 
b. Closing
c. The date
d. Body of the letter
e. Signature
f. Writer’s address
- Ask Ss to read the letter on the page 51 to check their order.
1.f , 2.c , 3.a , 4.d , 5.b , 6.e
- Ask Ss to label each section with the correct letter (Play the game “We write letters” )
1. B, 2. D, 3. A, 4. C
- Pre-teach vocabulary: 
+ Enjoyable (adj) 
+ Result (n) 
+ Lunar New Year Festival (n) 
+ Celebrate (v) ] celebration (n)
3. While – Writing: (15’)
- Let Ss read the letter silently.
- Ask comprehension questions. 
 1. Who wrote the letter? To whom?
 2. What did Hoa receive a few days ago?
 3. What subjects did she get good grades for?
 4. Is she good at Math?
 5. What did her math teacher ask her to do?
 6. Where is she going to celebrate the Lunar New Year Festival?
- Ask Ss to give feedback. 
- Ask Ss to do the exercise 2 on the page 52.
- Write the answer on the board.
 (Lan’s address)
 (Date)
 Dear Donna,
 Thanks for your letter. I’m pleased to hear you had a happy Mother’s Day.
 I received my second semester report last month. I got good grades for Geography, Physics and math, but my English and History results were poor. My teacher told me to improve English and History. I think I’ll have to study harder next school year.
 In a few weeks we’re going to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. That’s the moon festival in Autumn or Fall in Viet Nam. I’m going to Ha Long Bay with my aunt and uncle by bus this afternoon, and I’m going to stay there with tem until after the festival. I’ll send you a postcard from there.
 Write soon and tell me all your news.
 Best, 
 Lan.
4. Post – Writing: (13’)
- Ask Ss to read aloud the letter.
- Let Ss practice writing the heading, opening, and closing of a friendly letter.
5. Homework: (2’)
- Write a letter to your friend to tell him/ her about your last second semester report and about your next Christmas Holiday.
- Prepare next lesson: Unit 5–Language Focus/ p. 52
- Group works. 
- Answer the questions. 
- Group works. 
- Read the letter and check.
- Play the game with two teams.
- Listen and write. 
- Read the letter silently 
- Pair works.
- Answer the questions. 
 1. Hoa wrote a letter to Tim, her penpal.
 2. She received her first semester report.
 3. She got good grades for Science, English and History.
 4. No. Her math result was poor.
 5. Her math teacher asked her to spend more time on it.
 6. She is going to Hue to celebrate the Lunar New Year Festival with her grandmother.
- Group works. 
- Write.
- Read aloud the letter
- Individually. 
Take note.
IV. COMMENTS: 
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