Giáo án môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Unit 12: A vacation abroad - Lesson 4: Read

Week 27
Period 81
Date of preparing: 12 – 3 – 2009
Date of teaching: 19 – 3 – 2009
UNIT 12: A VACATION ABROAD
Lesson 4: Read (page 116, 117 and 118)
Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to comprehen the text by doing some exercises in the textbook.
Technique: lesson skill
Language content: vocabulary: lava, pour, overhead, wharf, valley, carve.
Teaching aids: textbooks, pictures, cues, chalk
Procedures
T
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
Content and stages
5’
_ follows the steps of this game.
_ follow the T’s instructions.
Warmer
Slap the board
go shopping
go swimming
buy souvenirs
visit famous places
see lake
10’
_ follows the steps of presenting vocabulary.
_ follows the steps of this technique.
_ follow the T’s instructions.
_ follow the T’s instructions.
Pre – reading
Vocabulary
_ ‘lava (n): dung nham, nham thạch
_ to pour: đổ ra
_ ‘overhead (adv): phía trên đầu
_ a wharf: cầu tàu, cầu cảng
_ a ‘valley: thung lủng
_ to carve: chạm khắc
Check memory: Slap the board
Matching 
State
Place
1. Hawaii
2. New York
3. Chicago
4. Mount Rushmore
5. San Francosco
a. Kilauea Volcano.
b. Fisherman’s wharf, Napa valley, Alcatraz prison.
c. the heads of four American presidents.
d. Lake Michigan.
e. The Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building.
The answer keys
1. a
2. e
3. d
4. c
5. b
17’
_ asks Ss to work in pairs, then fill in the grid.
_ work in pairs, then fill in the grid.
While – reading
Grid (1 page 117)
Place
What she did and saw
a. Hawaii
went swimming, visited Kilauea volcano
b. New York
went shooping, bought lots of souvenirs
c. Chicago
saw lake Michigan
d. Mount Rushmore
saw the heads of four American presidents
e. San Francisco
visited the Fisherman’s wharf, the Napa valley wine – growing area and the Alcatraz prison
10’
_ asks Ss to answer the questions.
_ answer the questions.
Post – reading
Questions ( 2 page 118) 
The answer keys
a. She went there by plane.
b. She saw the famous prison on the island of Alcatraz.
c. It is a mount where the heads of four American presidents are carved into the rock.
d. It is also called “The Windy City”.
e. She went shooping.
2’
_ ask
_ answer
Reinforcement
Vocabulary and the places Mrs. Quyen visited.
1’
_ gives homework
_ take notes
Homework
Learn vocabulary.
Prepare new lesson.