Giáo án môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Unit 12: A vacation abroad - Period: 76, Lesson 4: Read

Date : 14/3/2007 Unit 12 A VACATION ABROAD
 Period : 76 LESSON 4 :	 READ
Aims
By the end of the lesson , Ss can obtain some knowledge about some scenic sports in the USA .
Language contents:
Words:volcano , lave ,pour out , carre , be situated , overhead .
Grammar : past progressive tense with when , while 
Techniques:
Pelmanism , rub out and remember , grid..
Teaching aids:
Textbook, pictures , 
Procedures:
 T’s activities & Sts’ activities
Sts’ notes 
- T presents 11 cardboards numbered from 1 to 11 on one side and the words on the other side 
- T explains how to play 
- T asks Ss to play game “pelmasnism ”
- Ss match in sequence of an adj with a noun
- T gives mark
. 
-T presents new words 
-Ss copy down
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- checking technique “ rub out and remember ”
- T draw the grid on the board 
- T asks Ss to copy the gird in their notebooks (1/117)
-T asks Ss to read the postcard from Mrs Quyen to her children and fill in the gaps with the information taken from them .
- T asks Ss to work in pairs 
-T calls on some Ss to go to the board & write the information in the grid on the board 
- Ss give feedback
- T corrects if necessary
- T asks Ss to look at the questions on page 118 & to compare their answers with their partner
- Ss work in pairs
- T calls on some & give feedback
-T corrects if necessary
-T gives mark
Warm up 
Pelmanism :
 Adjectives Nouns .
Humid humidity
Warm warmth
Windy wind
 Dry dryness
Cloudy cloud 
 Coolness
Pre-Reading 
New words:
Volcano ( n ) ( drawing )
Lava ( n 0 ( drawing )
Pour out ( v ) ( picture )
Carve ( v ) (mine / explanation )
Be situated ( translation )
Overhead ( adv ) above your head
Wharf (n)
Prison (n)
* rub out and remember
III.While-reading : (15ms )
Grid ( 1/117)
Place
What she did and saw
a. Hawaii
b New York
c. chicago
d.Mount
Rushmore
e. Fancisco
- Went simming , visited kilawea volcano
- wet shopping , bought lots of souvenir
-saw late Michigan
- saw the heads of 4 A Presidents
- visited Fisherman’s wharf the Na pa valley wine growing avea and the Alcatraz Prison
IV. Post-reading : 
Comprehention question (2/118)
Answer key :
a. She went there by plane
b. She saw the famous prison on the Island of Alcatraz .
c. It is the mount where the heads of four American Presidents are carved into the rock , and it can be seen from more than 100 km away 
d. It is also called “ the windy city ”
e. She went shopping
V.Homework 
- Learn by heart new words .
- Write the answers into your notebooks
- Do the exercises in the workbook (page3 / 71 ,4/72)
- Prepare writing 
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