Giáo án môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Unit 1: My friends - Lesson 2: Speak and listen

Week: 1	Date of preparation: 17/ 08/ 2011
Period: 3	Date of teaching: 19/ 08/ 2011
UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS
LESSON 2: SPEAK AND LISTEN
I. OBJECTIVES:
Teaching aims: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to describe people’s appearance, complete the dialogue, develop speaking and listening skills.
II. PREPARATIONS: Book, cassette tape, picture
III. PROCEDURES:
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
1. Warm – Up: (5’)
* Brainstorming: Ask students to think of the adjectives used to describe body build, hairstyle and hair color.
Body build
Hairstyle 
Hair color
1. fat
2. slim
3. tall
4. short
5. thin
1. straight 
2. long
3. short
4. curly
5. wavy
1. black 
2. dark
3. fair
4. blond
5. brown
2. Pre – Speaking: (8’)
- Show a picture of Mary and ask students to describe her body build, her hairstyle and hair color.
 She is short and thin
 She has blond hair
- Explain the structures: S + are / is + body-build adj. 
 S + have / has + adj + hair.
* Have students pay attention to the adjective “bald”
 He is bald. (Not: He has bald hair)
3. While – Speaking: (15’)
- Ask students to practice the dialogue.
- Call a student to describe one person the others have to guess who he/she is.
- Ask students to describe a famous person or one of their classmates and the rest of the classes have to guess who he / she is.
- Ask students to describe their partners.
 Model: “Trang is small. She is young. She is very pretty. She has long black hair.”
- Ask students to describe themselves.
Ex: I’m young. I’m tall and slim and have short hair. 
4. Post – Speaking: (15’)
- Ask students to read the expressions in the box and make sure they know their meanings.
l How do you do?
l Nice to meet you.
l It’s pleasure to meet you.
l I’d like you to meet 
 l Come and meet.
- Play the tape for students twice.
- Call some students to read the answers.
 1. I’d like you to meet 
 2. Nice to meet you.
 3. I’d like you to meet.
4. It’s a pleasure to meet you.
5. Come and meet.
6. How do you do?
- Have Ss do exercise.
a. He / tall / thin. 
 He is tall and thin
b. He / short / black hair. 
 He has short black hair.
c. She / curly / blond hair
 She has curly and blond hair.
5. Homework: (2’)
- Write a description about one of your family members.
- Prepare next lesson: Unit 1 – Read/ p.13, 14.
- Whole class.
- Look and say.
-Listen.
- Pair works. 
- Describe.
- Whole class. 
- Pair works.
- Individual work. 
- Whole class. 
- Group works. 
- Give feedback. 
Take note
IV. COMMENTS: 
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