Giáo án môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Unit 3: At home - Period 15 - Lesson 2: Speak

Date: 06/10/2006	UNIT 3 : AT HOME
Period: 15	LESSON 2: SPEAK
I. Aim
- By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to use the prepositions of place to talk about the positions of furniture in the house
II. Language contents:
1. Grammar: 
 Review: Wh-question
2. Vocabulary: Adverbs of place, rug, coffee table
III. Techniques: Networks, Asking and Answering
IV. Teaching aids: Textbook, board, colored chalks.
V. Procedures:
Teacher’s and students’ activities
Content
- T divides the class into 2 teams, shows the picture on page 28
- T asks them to study the things in the picture for 30 seconds
- T takes away the picture and asks Ss to write down as many things as they can remember. Which team having more things wins the games
- T asks Ss the positions of the items in the picture
- Ss work in pairs (ask and answer together)
- Ss ask and answer in pairs (opened pairs, closed pairs)
- Ss write in the notebooks
- T gives an example
- T gets Ss to work in pairs, talking about the position of each item
- Ss work in pairs while looking at the picture
- T sets the scene:” Mrs. Vui bought new furniture for her living-room, but she can’t decide where to put them. You should help her to arrange the furniture”
- T asks Ss to look at the picture and arrange
- Ss work in pairs (arrange the furniture)
- T asks Ss to practise speaking
 If they agree, they use :
 Ÿ OK
 Ÿ You are right
 If they disagree, they use : 
 Ÿ No, I think we’d better / ought to put 
 Ÿ I think it should be 
- T reminds Ss the way to describe furniture in the living-room 
- Ss listen
1. Warm up: (9’)
Home
ª Networks: 
Group A
Home
Group B
2.Pre-speaking : (15’)
Talk about the position: 
- Where is the clock?
It’s above the fridge
- Where is the fruit?
It’s in the bowl
- Where are the flowers?
They’re on the table
- Where is the rice cooker?
It’s next to the bowl of fruit
- Where is the cupboard?
It’s on the wall, above the counter
- Where are the knives?
They’re on the wall, under the cupboard
- Where is the dish rack?
It’s on the counter, next to the bowl of fruit
3. While- speaking (15’)
Ex: - The calendar is on the wall, above the fridge
 - The knives are on the wall, under the cupboard
Arrange the furniture: 
Ex: - Let’s put the clock on the wall, between the shelf and the picture
 - OK, I think we ought to put the T.V and the stereo on the shelf
 - I think the coffee table should be between the couch and the armchair
 - Let’s put the telephone next to the couch
 - I think we should put the magazines above the books on the shelf
 - I think the shelf ought to be a one of the corners, opposite the couch.
4. Post- speaking :(4’)
5. Homework: (2’)
- Describe your living-room, bedroom
- Learn by heart new words
 - Prepare : U3-L3: Listen page 30
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