Giáo án môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Unit 14: Wonders of the world - Lesson 1: Getting started, listen and read

Week 30
Period 89
Date of preparing: 02 – 4 – 2009
Date of teaching: 09 – 4 – 2009
UNIT 14: WONDERS OF THE WORLD
Lesson 1: Getting Started, Listen and Read (page 131 – 132)
Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to play the guessing game.
Technique: integrated skill
Language content: Vocabulary: guess, find out, easy, win, correct, clue. Grammar: question word – to infinitive.
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
Regconizing picture
a. The Great Wall of China
b. The Eiffel of Tower
c. The Empire State Building
d. Stonehenge
e. The Pyramids
f. Sydney Opera House
10’
_ follows the steps of presenting vocabulary.
_ divides class into 2 teams.
_ asks Ss to put the poster in the right columns in 3 minutes.
_ follows the steps of this technique.
_ follow the T’s instructions.
_ work in 2 teams.
_ put the poster in the right columns put the poster in the right columns.
_ follow the T’s instructions.
Pre – task 
Vocabulary
_ to guess: đoán, dự đoán
_ to find out: tìm ra, tìm thấy
_ ‘easy (adj): dễ dàng
_ to win: chiến thắng
_ cor’rect (adj): đúng
_ a clue: gợi ý
Check memory: ROR
Category
20 questions
Nga
Hoa and Nhi
_ thinks of a famous person or place.
_ can only answer “yes” or “no”.
_ give a clue.
_ win if they can’t guess the correct answer
_ ask questions to find out who or what it is.
_ can only ask 20 questions.
17’
_ asks Ss to work in pair and finish the exercise in 4 minutes.
_ work in pair and finish the exercise in 4 minutes.
While – task 
Gap – Fill (2 page 132)
1. game
2. place
3. clue
4. Viet Nam
5. America
6. Golden
7. right
8. was
10’
_ asks Ss to work in group of three and practice the conversation.
_ gets the model sentence from the conversation.
_ asks Ss to play the guessing game.
_ work in group of three and practice the conversation.
_ identify the model sentence from the conversation.
_ play the guessing game.
Post – task 
Role – Play (page 131 and 132)
Form 
Question word – to infinitive
Example:
I don’t know how to play the game
Guessing game
Tram Chim National Park
Example exchange
T: It is in Viet Nam
S1: Is it in the Southen of Viet Nam?
T: Yes.
S2: Is it in Can Tho?
T: No
S3: Is it in Dong Thap?
T: Yes
2’
_ ask
_ answer
Reinforcement
Vocabulary and structure.
1’
_ gives homework
_ take notes
Homework
Learn vocabulary.
Prepare new lesson.