Giáo án môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Unit 15: Computer - Lesson 2: Speak

Week 33
Period 98
Date of preparing: 22 – 4 – 2009
Date of teaching: 30 – 4 – 2009
UNIT 15: COMPUTER
Lesson 2: Speak (page 139 – 140)
Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to discuss how conputers help us.
Technique: lesson skill
Language content: Vocabulary: entertaining, unhealthy, challenging, time – consuming, amusing, adjust.
Teaching aids: textbooks, pictures, cues, chalk
Procedures
T
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
Content and Stages
5’
_ divides class into 2 team.
_ follows the steps of this game.
_ work in 2 teams.
_ follow the T’s instructions.
Warmer
Brainstorming 
How computers can help us?
10’
_ follows the steps of presenting vocabulary.
_ asks Ss to match the pictures with the words.
_ follow the T’s instructions.
_ match the pictures with the words.
Pre – speaking 
Vocabulary
_ enter’taining (adj): thú vị, mang tính giải trí
_ un’healthy (adj): không khỏe mạnh
_ ‘challenging (adj): đầy thách thức
_ time – con’suming (adj): tốn thời gian
_ a’musing (adj): vui, làm cho buốn cười
_ to a’djust: điều chỉnh
Check memory: What and Where
Matching 1 page 139
a. driving/ learning to drive a car.
b. comic books / reading comic books.
c. driving/ walking in the rain.
d. foreign food / eating foreign food
17’
_ asks Ss to work in pairs, then express and respond to opinion.
_ work in pairs, then express and respond to opinion.
While – speaking 
Express and respond to opinion
a) 
Ÿ Driving a car can be difficult
 I disagree. I think it is very easy once you get used to it.
Ÿ Learning to drive a car can be challenging.
 You’re right, it is difficult to get used to driving in traffic.
Ÿ If you don’t learn to drive a car properly, a car could be dangerous.
 I agree. You can kill someone if you hit them with a car.
b) 
Ÿ Comic books are boring. I don’t like them.
 Neither do I. I would rather read a mysterious story.
Ÿ Reading comic books is interesting.
 I can’t agree with you. I think they are too boring.
Ÿ Looking at the drawing in comic books can be fun.
 I agree, but not all the time.
c) 
Ÿ Walking in the rain is fun.
 I like walking in the rain, too. It feels so refreshing.
Ÿ Rain makes the flowers grow.
 I agree. They looks so pretty.
Ÿ Driving in the rain can be dangerous.
 Yes, but on the other hand if you’re careful, it can be safe.
d) 
Ÿ Foreign food is delicious. 
 You’re right. Pizza is one of my favourite thinggs to eat.
Ÿ Hamburgers, soda and French fries are fun to eat.
 I think so, too. I love cheese burgers and French fries.
Ÿ This kind of food can be unhealthy.
 I agree, but if you don’t eat it all the time, it won’t hurt you.
10’
_ asks Ss to work in pairs, then pracitce the dialogue.
_ work in pairs, then pracitce the dialogue.
Post – speaking 
Transformation Dialogue 2 page 140
Lan: I am having problems with my computer.
Ba: What’s wrong?
Lan: It doesn’t work. I think it’s broken.
Ba: No. You didn’t plug it in!
Lan: Oh! Sorry
Example exchange:
1) S1: I am having problems with my printer
S2: What’s wrong?
S1: The printer won’t print. I think it’s broken.
S2: No. You didn’t turn it on!
S1: Oh! Sorry
2) S1: I am having problems with my monitor.
S2: What’s wrong?
S1: The screen si too dark. I think it’s broken.
S2: I don’t think so. Let me see. You should adjust the knob 
S1: Oh! Sorry
3) S1: I am having problems with my mouse.
S2: What’s wrong?
S1: It doesn’t work. I think it’s broken..
S2: I don’t think so. Let me see. You should check the plug. It can be loose. It’s OK now.
S1: Oh! Sorry
2’
_ ask
_ answer
Reinforcement
Vocabulary.
1’
_ gives homework
_ take notes
Homework
Learn vocabulary.
Prepare new lesson.