Giáo án môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Unit 8: Country life and city life

Period 46 - 51 Unit 8: country life and city life
A. Functions
- Talking about differences.
- Talking about future events and changes.
- Writing a letter to a friend.
B. Grammar Points
	- The present progressive to talk about the future and to show change with GET and BECOME.
	- Comparative and superlative adjectives.
C. Unit allocation
Lesson 1
Getting started + Listen and read
P. 72-73
Lesson 2
Speak
P. 73-74
Lesson 3
Listen
P. 74
Lesson 4
Read
P. 75
Lesson 5
Write
P. 76
Lesson 6
Language focus
P. 77-79
Period 46:
Unit 8: country life and city life
Lesson 1:	Getting started + Listen and read p.72-73
Planning date:	30 / 12 / 2006
I/ Aims
- Reading the text about the difference between the countryside and the city; the changes for details.
II/ Objectives
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
+ understand the text for details.
+ know how to use the present progressive to talk about changes.
III/ Materials
	- Textbook, pictures in the textbook, tape and cassette player.
IV/ Procedures
1/ Warmer	
* Brainstorming	
	Getting started P.72
Students make a list of the differences between the countryside and the city.
 	 beautiful view
modern noisy pollution quiet peaceful
COUNTRYSIDE
CITY
kinds of food	small house	 safe
dangerous	tall building
 traffic jam	entertainments	friendly	simple	easy to travel
2/ Pre Reading
* Pre teach vocabulary
	- permanently (adv): 	vÜnh viÔn, cè ®Þnh, m·i m·i
	- medical facilities :	c¸c ph­¬ng tiÖn Y häc
	- accessible (adj) :	cã thÓ sö dông ®­îc, cã thÓ tiÕp cËn ®­îc
	- definitely (adv) : 	nhÊt ®Þnh
* matching to check understanding.
* Pre-Question
	- What are some of the changes that Hoa mentions?
3/ While Reading
* The first reading Task
Checking open predictions
- Students read the text and check their predictions.
* Practice the dialogue
	- In pairs, students practice the dialogue with their partner.
* The second reading Task
Comprehension Questions	Read 2 a)-f) P.73
Students read the text again and answer these questions:
	Answer key
Na has been to the countryside./ Na has been to Kim Lien village.
She was there for the weekend. / She was there for one day.
The countryside is peaceful and quiet and there is nothing to do.
There are no libraries, no movies, no supermarket, no parks, no zoos, etc. to go to.
Many remote areas are getting electricity. People can now have things like refrigerators and TV, and medical facilities are more accessible.
(Students’ answers)
Model sentences
- Many remote areas are getting electricity. 
 (NhiÒu vïng xa x«i hÎo l¸nh ®ang dÇn cã ®iÖn)
- T.V is bringing not only information but also entertainment.
 (T.V kh«ng nh÷ng ®ang mang l¹i th«ng tin mµ cßn ®Ó gi¶i trÝ n÷a)
	N.B
	The present progressive used in talking about changes.
4. Post Reading 
* Discussion
	- In groups, students discuss and answer the questions:
“ Do you prefer the City or the countryside? Why? ”
5/ Homework
- Learn the new words by heart.
- Do exercise . in the workbook.
Period 47:
Unit 8: country life and city life
Lesson 2:	speak p.73-74
Planning date:	02 / 01 / 2007
I/ Aims
 Talking about the changes of the town.
 The present progressive used in talking about changes.
II/ Objectives
- By the end of the lesson, students will be able to talk about the changes of the town with the present progressive.
III/ Materials
	- Textbook, picture in the textbook, workbook.
IV/ Procedures
1/ Revision 
* Jumped words
	sbyu 	=	busy	ndmore	=	modern
	flubaueit	=	beautiful	siyno	=	noisy
	tdiry	=	dirty	eexepsniv	=	expensive
2/ Pre speaking
* Set the scene with the two pictures in the textbook at page 73.
 Get students to describe each of the pictures.
3/ While speaking
* Discussion
	Speak 1 P.73
In group, students talk about the changes of the town.
Example Answers
The traffic is getting busier.
There are more tall buildings and houses.
The houses are getting more modern.
The town is becoming more beautiful.
There are more green trees.
The streets are becoming cleaner / larger / noisier.
Things are getting more expensive.
Speak 2 P.74
- In groups, students talk about changes in their villages.
4. Post speaking
* Language Focus 3 P.78
- Students use the verbs and adjectives in the boxes.
Answer key
The boys are getting taller.
The old men are getting weak.
We should go home. It is getting dark.
The weather is becoming cold.
The students are getting better.
The schoolyard is becoming cleaner.
5/ Homework
* Write it up
Ask students to write changes in their villages.
Period 48:
Unit 8: country life and city life
Lesson 3:	listen p.74 + language focus 1-2 p.77-78 
Planning date:	03 / 01 / 2007
I/ Aims
Listening for missing information.
Further practice in present progressive for the future.
II/ Objectives
	By the end of the lesson, students will be able to improve their listening skill, to complete the listening tasks.
III/ Materials
	- Textbook, tape and cassette player.
IV/ Procedures
1/ Revision 
2/ Pre listening
* Open Prediction:
	Listen P.74	
	- Get students to the missing words.
3/ While listening 	Listen P.74
Checking open predictions	Gap fill
- Students listen to the dialogue and check their predictions.
Answer key: 
that	8. arriving
this	9. Thursday
It’s	10. late
Where	11. afternoon
from	12. speak
coming	13. my
week	14. get
4/ Post listening	
Language Focus 1 P.77
* Presentation dialogues	Language Focus 1 a)-b) P.77
* Pair work
 - In pairs, students make the similar dialogues, using the shipping information. (Students replace the words underlined by those in the grid respectively)
	Example exchanges
a/ 	S1:	Is the boat to Quy Nhon leaving at 11.30?
	S2:	Is that Good Fortune.
S1:	That’s right.
	S2:	I’m very sorry, but it’s been delayed.
S1:	Oh, no!
	S2:	Now, it’s leaving at 13.55.
b/ 	S1:	Is the boat from Ho Chi Minh City arriving at 10.40?
	S2:	Are you talking about Speed of Light?
S1:	Yes.
	S2:	It’s arriving on time.
Language Focus 2 P.78
	- Students complete the dialogues, use the verbs in the present progressive tense.
	Answer key
am playing
are doing
am watching
am going
are cleaning
am having
5/ Homework
Do exercises  in Workbook.
Period 49:
Unit 8: country life and city life
Lesson 4:	read p.75
Planning date:	04/ 01 / 2007
I/ Aims
- Reading a text about problems which may arise when so many people move to the city for details.
II/ Objectives
	- By the end of the lesson, students will be able to improve their reading skill and to understand the text for details.
III/ Materials
	- Textbook, posters.
V/ Procedures
1/ Revision 
2/ Pre reading
* Pre teach vocabulary
	- rural area :	khu vùc n«ng th«n
	- an urban area :	khu vùc thµnh thÞ	
	- to struggle :	®Êu tranh	
	- a typhoon :	 	trËn b·o lín
	- a flood :	trËn lôt	
	- a drought :	n¹n h¹n h¸n
* Rub out and remember to check understanding.
* Pre questions
	a. Why do many people want to go to the city?
	b. What problems may arise when so many people move to the city?
3/ While reading 	Read P.75
* The first reading Task
Checking open predictions
- Students read the text and check their predictions.
Answer key:
good jobs, get more money, better facilities ..
overcrowded, population increase, strains on social services ..
* The second reading Task
	Guessing the meaning of the new words	
	Matching
- Students read the text again and do the matching.
Answer key:
L1:	traditional way of life	chÝnh phñ
L2:	well-paying job	lèi sèng truyÒn thèng
L3:	plentiful	bi kÞch
L9:	put a strain	c«ng viÖc ®­îc tr¶ l­¬ng cao
L11:	tragedy	a lot of
L14:	government	g©y søc Ðp / ¸p lùc
Matching	Read 2 a)-f) P.75
Students read the text again and find the words in the passage which has the same meaning as the phrases given:
	Answer key
a. rural 	d. strain 
b. plentiful 	e. tragedy
c. increase 	f. urban
* The third reading Task
Gap fill : 	Read1 1)-10) P.75
Students read the text and complete the summary.
Answer key
1. leaving 	6. problems 
2. home 	7. schools 
3. city 	8. hospitals 
4. rural 	9. problem
5. city 	10. world
4/ Post reading
* Discussion
- In groups, students discuss what problems may arise when so many people move to the city.
Examples
not enough schools or hospitals.
water supply may not be adequate
increased pollution
etc.
5/ Homework
Learn the new words by heart.
Write a short passage about problems arise when so many people move to the city.
Period 50:
Unit 8: country life and city life
Lesson 5:	write p.76
Planning date:	04 / 01 / 2007
I/ Aims of the lesson:
To help students write a letter to a friend about their neighborhood.
II/ Objectives:
	By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write a letter to a friend about their neighborhood. 
III/ Materials:
	Textbook, workbook, colored chalk, posters. 
IV/ Procedures:
1/ Revision 
* Brainstorming	
	- Students write the sections of an informal letter
	Date	Body of letter	 Closing
Sections of an informal letter
	Heading	Opening
2/ Pre writing 
* Ordering 	Write 1 P.76
- Students put the outline for an in formal letter in the correct order.
 	Answer key
Heading
	+ Writer is address
	+ Date
	+ Dear
Opening
Body of letter
Closing
3/ While Writing 
* Questions - Answers 	Write 2 P.76
- Students answer these questions to make a passage of a letter to a friend about their neighborhood.
Where do you live?
What dose your house look like?
What can you see from your bedroom window?
How far is it from your house to school? 
How do you get to school?
What kinds of facilities are there in your neighborhood?
What things in your neighborhood do you like best ? Why?
Example answer
Address
Date: mm / dd / yy
Dear .,
I live in Yen Nghia, a small village about 5 kilometers from Ha Dong town. My family has a small house with 4 rooms. My mother and I share one bedroom. It is lots of fun. Outside my window is a small village common with trees, flowers and a pond. We do not live far from my school, so I can walk there.
In my neighborhood there is a swimming pool and a beautiful park. On the weekend, I go swimming with my friends. But the thing I like best in my neighborhood is the stadium near my school. I and my friends often come there to play soccer after school.
Is there anything interesting where you live? Write to me.
I would like to say goodbye now. I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Love,
(Signature)
4/ Post writing	
* Correction 
5/ Homework 
- Do exercise 6 P. 51-53 in the Workbook.
Period 51:
Unit 8: country life and city life
Lesson 6:	language focus p.78-79
Planning date:	05 / 01 / 2007
I/ Aims
- Further practice in comparative and superlative of adjectives.
II/ Objectives
 - By the end of the lesson, students will be able to understand more about comparative and superlative adjectives.
III/ Materials
	- Textbook, word card, realias.
IV/ Procedures
1/ Revision 	
* Shark attack 	C o m p a r I s o n
2/ Practice
Language focus 4 	P.79
 - Students make comparisons between the city and the country about these things:
 	food 	entertainments
traffic 	medical facilities
transport 	schools
air 	electricity
Example answers
- The food in the city is more expensive than ones in the countryside.
- The traffic in the city is busier than the traffic in the countryside.
- The transport in the city is easier than the traffic in the countryside .
- The air in the countryside is cleaner / fresher than the air in the city.
- The air in the city is more polluted than the one in the city.
- The entertainments in the city are more accessible than those in the countryside.
- The schools in the city are better than the schools in the countryside.
- The electricity in the city is better than the ones in the countryside.
* Guessing Game
Language focus 5 P.79
- Students look at the advertisements and compare the house, the villa and the apartment.
- In groups, students play “Guessing Game”, use the adjectives in the box.
	Example exchanges
a/ 	S1:	Is it more expensive than the apartment?
	S2:	Yes, it is.
 	S3:	Is it the villa?
	S2:	No, it isn’t.
	S4:	Is it a house?
	S2:	Yes, the house is more expensive than the apartment.
b/	S1:	Is it the oldest home?
	S2:	Yes, it is
	S3:	Is it the villa?
	S2:	Yes, the villa is the oldest home.
3/ Homework
Write comparisons in Language focus 5 in the exercise books.
Period 52 + 53:
Revision for the first term exam
I/ Aims
- To help students revive the verb forms of the tenses: the present simple, the present progressive, the past simple and the present perfect and the uses of them.
	- To help students do some more exercises.
II/ Materials
	- Textbook, workbook.
III/ Procedures
1/ Presentation
* The present simple
	- Form: V / V-s/-es
	- Use: to talk about general truths, habit and planned future programs.
* The present progressive
	- Form: am / is / are + V-ing
	- Use: to express an activity is happening now, a planned future arrangement.
* The past simple
	- Form: V-ed
	- Use: to express a finished action in the past.
* The present perfect
	- Form: have / has + Past participle
	- Use: to express an action which began in the past and still continues.
2/ Practice
I/ Put the verbs in brackets into the simple present or the present continuous tense.
He usually (drink) coffee but today he (drink) tea
What she (do) in the evening ? ~ She usually (play) cards or (watch) TV.
I won’t go out now as it (rain) and I(not have) an umbrella.
The last train (leave) the station at 11.30.
He usually (speak) so quickly that I (not understand) him.
I (wear) my sunglasses today because the sun is very strong.
Tom can’t have the newspaper now because his aunt (read) it.
I’m busy at the moment. I (redecorate) the sitting room
You always (write) with your left hand ?
You (know) why an apple (fall) down and not up ?
II/ Put the verbs in brackets into the simple past or the past continuous tense.
I (make) a cake when the light went out. I had to finish it in the dark.
I didn’t want to meet Paul so when he entered the room I (leave).
He (watch) TV when the phone rang. Very unwillingly he (turn) down the sound and (go) to answer it. 
When I (look) for my passport I (find) this old photograph. 
You looked very busy when I (see) you last night. What you (do)?
As I (cross) the road I (step) on a banana skin and (fall) heavily. I still (lie) on the road when I (see) a lorry approaching. Luckily the driver (see) me and (stop) the lorry in time.
When he (awake) she (sit) by the window. She (look) at something in the street, but when he (call) her she (turn) and (smile) at him. 
As they (walk) along the road they (hear) a car coming from behind them. Tom (turn) round and (hold) up his hand. The car (stop). 
III/ Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or the simple past.
He (live) in London for two years and then (go) to Edinburgh. 
Shakespeare (write) a lot of plays. 
My brother (write) several plays. He just (finish) his second tragedy. 
I can’t go out because I (not finish) my work. 
I (write) the letter but I can’t find a stamp. 
Here are the shoes; I just (clean) them. 
He (go) out ten minutes ago. 
You (see) the moon last night ? 
The play just (begin). You are a little late. 
We (miss) the bus. Now we’ll have to walk. 
IV/ Choose the best answers.
The ruler ............................ of plastic is Lan’s.
A. make	B. makes	C. made	D. making
Do you mind if I .............................. this window?
A. open	B. opens	C. opened	D. opening
Tim ........................... rice paddies before.
A. never saw	B. has never seen	C. never see	D. never sees
Would you mind ........................... the washing-up for me tonight?
A. do	B. doing	C. make	D. making
I’d rather you ............................ cigarettes.
A. not smoke	B. smoke	C. didn’t smoke	D. don’t smoke
It is ............................. drive from here to the city center.
A. thirty-minutes	B. a thirty-minute	C. thirty minute	D. thirtieth minutes
They are traveling to the airport ......................... a car.
A. on	B. at	C. by	D. in 
I prefer walking to ............................. a bike,
A. riding	B. ride	C. rode	D. ridden
He usually drinks coffee but today he ............................ tea.
A. drink	B. drinks	C. is drinking	D. drank
I ........................ a cake when the light went out. I had to finish it in the dark.
A. make	B. made	C. am making	D. was making
V/ Rewrite the second sentences so that the meaning stay the same as the first ones.
“ Show me to do this exercise”. My brother asked me.
- My brother asked.
he is good singer.
- He sings...
It’s three year since I last spoke to her.
- I haven’t...
4. Tam doesn’t type as fast as she used to.
- Tam used.
“Please turn down the radio for me” said my father.
- My farther asked..
6. We started living here fifteen years ago. 
- We have...
7. The last time she visited me was five months ago.
 	- She hasn’t.
“Please turn down the radio for me” said my teacher.
 	- My father asked...
3/ Homework
	- Prepare for the first term examination.