Giáo án môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Unit 4: Our past

Period 21 - 26 Unit 4: 	 our past
A. Functions
- Talking about past events
- Expressing feelings.
- Distinguishing between facts and opinions.
- Writing a short imaginary story.
B. Grammar Points
	- The past simple.
	- Used to.
	- Prepositions of time: in, on, at, after, before, between.
C. Unit allocation
Lesson 1
Getting started + Listen and read
P. 38-39
Lesson 2
Speak
P. 40-41
Lesson 3
Listen
P. 41
Lesson 4
Read
P. 42-43
Lesson 5
Write
P. 42-43
Lesson 6
Language focus
P. 44-45
Period 21:
Unit 4: our past
Lesson 1:	Getting started + Listen and read p.38-39
Planning date:	06 / 10 / 2006
I/ Aims
- To teach students how to talk about past events with USED TO.
II/ Objectives
	- By the end of the lesson, students will be able to talk about things people usually did in the past with USED TO.
III/ Materials
	- Textbook, pictures in the textbook, tape and cassette player.
IV/ Procedures
1/ Revision / Warmer	
* Picture Cue Drill
	Getting started P.38
	- Students look at the picture and write the names of the things that don't belong to the past.
	Answer key
	The TV, the radio, the mobile phone, the lighting fixture, modern clothing, school uniforms ....
2/ Presentation
* Pre teach vocabulary
	- used to:	th­êng, ®· tõng
	- modern equipment :	thiÕt bÞ hiÖn ®¹i
	- a folktale :	c©u chuyÖn d©n gian
* Rub out and remember to check understanding.
* Presentation dialogue	Listen and read P.38-39
* Comprehension Questions	Part 2 P.39 a)-e)
	Answer key
She used to live on a farm.
Because she had to stay home and help her Mom (She used to look after her younger brothers and sisters).
She used to cook the meals, clean the house and wash the clothes.
Her great-grand mother used to lit the lamp and her great-grandfather used to tell her the tale "The lost shoe".
* Fact or Opinion	Part 3 P.39 a)-f)
	Answer key
Fact	c. Fact	e. Opinion
Fact	d. Fact	f. Opinion
Model sentences:
Nga's grandmother used to look after her brothers.
Nga's great-grandmother used to cook the meals.
3/ Practice
* Word Cue Drill
	- Nga's grandma / look after her brothers
	- Nga's great-grandma / cook the meals
	- She / wash the clothes
	- Dad / tell stories
	- People / live in the countryside
	- Children / stay at home
	Example statements
	- She used to wash clothes.
4/ Further practice
Language focus 4 P.45
- Get students to complete the dialogue, using USED TO and the verbs in the box.
	Answer key
1. used to have
2. used to be
3. used to live
* Noughts and Crosses	(team work)
listen to the folktale
climb the trees
be lazy
cry at night
play hide and seek
come to class late
eat sweets
play tug of war
talk in class
	Example exchange
	S1: What did you use to do last year?
	S2: I used to [cry at night]
5/ Homework
Ask students to learn the new words by heart.
Ask them to do exercises 4 P.28 in the Work book.
Period 22:
Unit 4: our past
Lesson 2:	speak p.40-41
Planning date:	10 / 10 / 2006
I/ Aims
To help students practise further in USED TO, the difference between life in the past and in the present.
To help students improve their speaking skill.
II/ Objectives
- By the end of the lesson, students will be able to talk about the difference between life in the past and in the present.
III/ Materials
	- Textbook, pictures in the textbook , poster..., workbook
IV/ Procedures
1/ Revision 
* Correction 	Homework Ex4 P.28 in the workbook.
	Answer key
+ G (He used to)
+ C (She used to)
+ D (They used to)
+ A (He used to)
+ B (He used to)
+ F (He/She used to)
+ E (She used to)
2/ Pre speaking
* Deliberate mistakes
- Nga's grandma used to live in the city (on a farm)
- She used to stay home and help her dad (her mother)
- She used to look after the cat (her brothers and sisters)
- Her great grandma used to watch T.V (clean the meals, clean the house and wash clothes)
- Her dad used to play chess (tell traditional stories)
3/ While speaking
* Speak 1 P.40
	- In pairs, students look at the pictures and talk about the way things used to be and the way they are now.
	Example statements
People used to live in small house. Now they live in big houses and buildings.
People used to walk to travel. Now they can go by car or motorbike.
There didn't use to be electricity in the home. Now there is electricity everywhere.
People used to work hard all the time. Now they have a lot of time for entertainment.
Children used to stay home. Now they go to school.
etc.
4. Post speaking
 	Speak 2 P.41
* Find someone who
Find someone who used to ......
Name
cry at night
E.g; Thuy
get up late
talk in the class
play marbles
follow Mom to the market
climb up the trees
go to class late
	Exchange
	S1: 	Did you use to cry at night?
	Thuy: Yes, I did
* Write it up
	Example:	Thuy used to cry at night but now she doesn't cry any longer.
5/ Homework
Ask students to do exercises 2 P.27, exercises 6 P.30 in the Work book.
Period 23:
Unit 4: our past
Lesson 3:	listen p.41
Planning date:	14 / 10 / 2006
I/ Aims
To help students distinguish between the facts and opinions.
To help students listen to the text about facts in the past.
To help students improve their listening skill.
II/ Objectives
	By the end of the lesson, students will be able to improve their listening skill and distinguish between the facts and opinions.
III/ Materials
	- Textbook, a picture of the telephone, tape and cassette player.
IV/ Procedures
1/ Revision 
* Correcting homework	No3 P.39
	Answer key
F	c) F	e) O
F	d) F	f) O
2/ Pre listening
* Pre teach vocabulary
	- greedy: 
	- foolish:
	- (to) escape:
	- amazement:
	- (to) graze:
	- (to) tie:
	- (to) lay - laid;
* Ordering statements Prediction:	
	- Get students to predict the correct order.
	a) The farmer's chicken laid a gold egg.
	b) The farmer decided to cut open all the chickens and find more eggs.
	c) Once a farmer lived a comfortable life.
	d) There were no more eggs of any kind for him and his wife.
	e) The farmer and his wife looked at the egg in amazement.
	f) he couldn't find any eggs.
3/ While listening 	Listen P.41
* The first listening Task
Checking open predictions
- Students listen to the story and check their predictions.
Answer key: 
	1 - c) Once a farmer lived a comfortable life.
	2- a) The farmer's chicken laid a gold egg.
	3- e) The farmer and his wife looked at the egg in amazement.
	4- b) The farmer decided to cut open all the chickens and find more eggs.
	5- f) he couldn't find any eggs.
	6- d) There were no more eggs of any kind for him and his wife.
* The second listening Task
	Multiple choice	
 - Students listen to the story again and choose the most suitable moral lesson.
Answer key:
	b/ Don't be foolish and greedy
4/ Post listening
* Retell the story
	In groups of 6, students retell the story on their own words. 	
5/ Homework
Ask students to find a folktale they know and learn it by heart.
Period 24:
Unit 4: our past
Lesson 4:	read p.41-42
Planning date:	16/ 10 / 2006
I/ Aims
To help students read the story 'The Lost Shoe" for details.
To help students improve their reading skill.
II/ Objectives
	By the end of the lesson, students will be able to improve their reading skill and to understand the story for details.
III/ Materials
	- Textbook
IV/ Procedures
1/ Revision 
* Shark attack	A FOLKTALE
2/ Pre reading
* Pre teach vocabulary
	- (to) be cruel to:	®éc ¸c víi	
	- rag:	quÇn ¸o r¸ch, v¶i vôn	
	- (to) fit:	võa vÆn, c©n ®èi	
	- (to) die of:	chÕt v× ...
	- (to) fall in love with:	yªu ai .....	
* Slap the board to check understanding
* Set the scene:
	You are going to read the story " The Lost Shoe".
* Pre Questions
1. What you already know?
2. What you want to know?	
3/ While reading 	Read P.31-32
* The first reading Task
Checking open predictions
- Students read the text and check their predictions.
* The second reading Task
	Gap fill	Part 1 P.42
- Students read the text again and complete the sentences with the words from the story.
Answer key:
 a) Little Pea's father was a farmer.
 b) Little Pea's mother died when she was young.
 c) Little Pea used to do the housework all day after her father got married again.
 d) The prince wanted to marry a girl from Little Pea's village.
 e) Stout Nut's mother did not make new clothes for Little Pea.
 f) The prince found Little Pea's lost shoe.	
* The third reading Task
Comprehension Questions	Read 2 P.42
	Answer key
She was a poor farmer's daughter.
She made Little Pea do the chores all day.
Before the festival started, a fairy appeared and magically changed her rags into beautiful clothes.
The prince decided to marry the girl who fitted the lost shoe / who owned it.
Students' answers.
4/ Post reading
	Recall	
In groups of 4, students retell the story on their own words. 
5/ Homework
Learn the new words by heart.
Do exercise 3, 5 P.28-29 in the Workbook.
Period 25:
Unit 4: our past
Lesson 5:	write p.42-43
Planning date:	20 / 10 / 2006
I/ Aims of the lesson:
To help students write the facts in the past.
II/ Objectives:
	By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write a story using the word cues.
III/ Materials:
	Textbook, workbook, coloured chalk, a poster, pictures 
IV/ Procedures:
1/ Revision 
* Pelmanism 	(team work)
	- Students find the infinitive with their past simple form.
LEAVE - LEFT	HAVE - HAD	COME - CAME
SAY - SAID	DO - DID	GO - WENT
2/ Pre writing 
* Pre teach
	(to) light - lit:
	a stripe:
	(to) graze: 
* Slap the board to check understanding
* Set the scene
 - Introducing the story: using a picture of a tiger and a farmer with his buffalo.
* Gap fill	Write 1 P.42-43
	- Students read the story and completing the story with the verbs in the box.
	Answer key
	1. appeared	3. said	5. went	7. lit	9. escaped
	2. was	4. left	6. tied	8. burned
* Guessing the meaning of the words
	- students guess the meaning of the new words as they are doing Write 1.
	Matching (with answer key)
	a servant	r¬m, r¹
	a master	n« lÖ, ®µy tí
	wisdom	«ng chñ
	straw	trÝ kh«n
3/ While writing 
	Write 2 P.43
Divide the class into 3 groups: Group 1 - the farmer, Group 2 - the tiger, Group 3 - the buffalo.
Get each group to imagine they were the farmer, the tiger and the buffalo and write the story.
N.B: Group 1 use the word cues in the textbook P.43 
Example:	
One day, as I was in the field and my buffalo was grazing nearby, a tiger came. It asked why the strong buffalo was my servant and why I was its master. I told the tiger that I had something called wisdom. The tiger wanted to see it, but I told it I left the wisdom at home (that day). Then I tied the tiger to a tree with a rope because I didn't want it to eat my buffalo. I went to get some straw that I said was my wisdom and burned the tiger. The tiger escaped, but today it still has black stripes from the burns.
4/ Post writing	
Get each group to present their stories and retell their stories.
Teacher checks and takes notes.
5/ Homework 
	- Ask students to rewrite the stories as the buffalo, tiger and the farmer, based on Write 2 P.43.
Period 26:
Unit 4: our past
Lesson 6:	language focus p.44-45
Planning date:	22 / 10 / 2006
I/ Aims
 - Further practice in Prepositions of time and the past simple tense.
II/ Objectives
 - By the end of the lesson, students will be able to use the prepositions of time: in, on, at, after, before, between, and the past simple in everyday conversation.
III/ Materials
	- Textbook, pictures in the textbook, workbook.
IV/ Procedures
1/ Revision 	(team work)
* Matching
	On	7 a.m and 8 a.m
	In	6 p.m
	At	3 p.m
	After	Monday, July 2nd
	Before	November 1997
	Between
2/ Practice
Prepositions of time
* Gap Fill
Language focus 3 P.44
	Answer key
	a/ on	b/ in	c/ between	d/ at, after	e/ before
the past simple tense
Language focus 1 P.44
* Pelmanism (team work)
	- Students find the infinitive with the past simple form of the verbs.
RUN - RAN	FLY - FLEW	TAKE - TOOK	GO - WENT
HAVE - HAD	DO - DID	RIDE - RODE	EAT - ATE
SIT - SAT	COME - CAME	BE - WAS/WERE	BY - BOUGHT
* Noughts and Crosses
	- Students change the verbs into the past simple tense and make a sentence with them.
	Example:	get - got à I got up at 6.30 yesterday.
HAVE
RIDE
DO
FLY
COME
BE
EAT
GO
SIT
3/ Homework
	- Learn the new words of Unit 4 by heart.