Giáo án môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Unit 5: Study habits - Lesson 5: Write

Week: 11	 Date of preparation: 24/10/ 2011
Period: 31	 Date of teaching: 26/ 10/ 2011
UNIT 5: STUDY HABITS
LESSON 5: WRITE
I. OBJECTIVES:
Teaching aims: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
	- Know the format of a friendly letter.
	- Practice writing a letter to a friend.
II. PREPARATIONS: Book
III. PROCEDURES:
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
1. Warm – Up: (5’)
- Have students write “NETWORK”
 Ways language learners
 learn new words
2. Pre – Writing: (10’)
- Ask question:
 How do you learn English words?
- Ask students some questions dealing with writing letters.
 a. Do you often write a letter to someone?
 b. Who do you often write to?
 c. What do you often write about?
- Ask students to put the parts of the letter in the correct order.
a. Opening 
b. Closing
c. The date
d. Body of the letter
e. Signature
f. Writer’s address
- Ask students to read the letter on the page 51 to check their order.
1.f , 2.c , 3.a , 4.d , 5.b , 6.e
- Ask students to label each section with the correct letter ( Play the game “WE WRITE LETTERS” )
1. B , 2.D , 3.A , 4.C
- Pre-teach new vocabulary: 
+ Enjoyable (adj) 
+ Result (n) 
+ Lunar New Year Festival (n) 
+ Celebrate (v) 
3. While – Writing: (15’)
- Let students read the letter silently.
- Ask comprehension questions. 
 1. Who wrote the letter? To whom?
 2. What did Hoa receive a few days ago?
 3. What subjects did she get good grades for?
 4. Is she good at Math?
 5. What did her math teacher ask her to do?
 6. Where is she going to celebrate the Lunar New Year Festival?
- Ask students to give feedback. 
- Ask students to do the exercise 2 on the page 52.
- Call two students to exhibit their answer on the board.
- Correct the mistakes. 
(Lan’s address)
 (Date)
 Dear Donna,
 Thanks for your letter. I’m pleased to hear you had a happy Mother’s Day.
 I received my second semester report last month. I got good grades for Geography, Physics and math, but my English and History results were poor. My teacher told me to improve English and History. I think I’ll have to study harder next school year.
 In a few weeks we’re going to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. That’s the moon festival in Autumn or Fall in Viet Nam. I’m going to Ha Long Bay with my aunt and uncle by bus this afternoon, and I’m going to stay there with tem until after the festival. I’ll send you a postcard from there.
 Write soon and tell me all your news.
 Best, 
 Lan.
4. Post – Writing: (13’)
- Ask students to read aloud the letter.
- Let students practice writing the heading,, opening, and closing of a friendly letter.
5. Homework: (2’)
- Rewrite the letter at home.
- Write a letter to your friend to tell him/ her about your last second semester report and about your next Christmas Holiday.
- Do the exercise 9/p.37 (workbook) 
- Prepare next lesson: Unit 5–Language Focus/ p. 52, 53.
- Group works. 
- Answer the question. 
- Answer the questions. 
- Group works. 
- Read the letter and check.
- Play the game with two teams.
- Listen and write. 
- Read the letter silently 
- Pair works.
- Answer the questions. 
 1. Hoa wrote a letter to Tim, her penpal.
 2. She received her first semester report.
 3. She got good grades for Science, English and History.
 4. No. Her math result was poor.
 5. Her math teacher asked her to spend more time on it.
 6. She is going to Hue to celebrate the Lunar New Year Festival with her grandmother.
- Group works. 
- Exhibit the answer on the board
- Listen.
- Read aloud the letter
- Individually. 
Take note.
IV. COMMENTS: 
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