Giáo án môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Unit 8: Celebrations - Lesson 1: Getting started and listen and read

Preparing date: 28/2/09
Teaching date: 6/3/09/3/09
Period:50
Unit 8: Celebrations
Lesson 1: Getting started and listen and read
I.aim
Reading a text about some celebrations in the world for details
II.objective
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to know more about the popular celebrations in the world
III.teaching aids
Text book, chalks, board, picture in the text book
IV.procedure
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
Warm up
Kim’s game:
Show 6 pictures ( getting stared) to Ss
Ask them to look at 6 pictures quickly in 30 seconds and try to remember the celebrations as many as possible
Which team remember more celebrations word is the winner
Matching:
Ask ask to match the icon with the names of the celebrations they represent.
Chatting:
Can you tell some celebrations in Viet Nam and over all the world
Play as the teacher guides
Easter
Christmas
Mid - fall festival
Lunar new year
Birthday
Wedding
Match:
Easter - 1
Christmas - 4
Mid - fall festival - 5
Lunar new year - 6
Birthday - 3
Wedding - 2 
Make a list of famous :
National celebrations
Halloween
October 31
New Year’s Day
January 1 st
Mother’s Day
Second Sunday in May
Father’s Day
Third Sunday in June
Independence Day
July 4
Labor Day
First Monday in September
Thanksgiving Day
4th Thursday in November
Chrismas Day
December 25th
Passover
March/April
Easter
Sunday in March or April
Valentine’s Day
February 14
April fool’s Day
April 1
PreReading
Pre -teach Vocabulary:
Sticky rice cake (n): traditional Chung cake
Occur (v): happen take place
Live apart (v): far away
Israel (n):
Jewish (adj): 
Slavey (adj): conditiona or work of slave
Joyful (adj): cheerful
Parade(v +n): march with display
Checking technique: Rub out and remember
Rub out the English word one at a time. Each time rub out a word point to Vietnamese traslation and ask “ what is this in English?”
Utill all the English rubbed out, go through the Vietnamese lists and ask Ss to call out English .
Whilereading
Get Ss to read the text silently and listen to the tape at the same time
Have Ss work in pairs to complete the table with five headings:
Celeb
ration
When
activities
food
country
Tet
Passover
Easter
Postreading
Have Ss to work in groups of 4 . base on the information in the table. Ask Ss to make a mini presentation about the celebrations
Homework
Ask Ss to write about one celebrations that they like best
Listen and write down on their note books
Play as the teacher guides
Celeb
ration
When
activities
food
country
Tet
In late January or early February
Cleaning and decorating homes and enjoying special food
Sticky rice Cake
Viet Nam
Passover
Late March or early April
Not available
Special meat called the Seder
Israel
Easter
Around the same time as Passover
People crowd the streets to watch colorful parades
Chocolate or sugar egg
In many countries
Work in group of 4 - 5 Ss 
Group 1:
Good morning, everybody. It is my pleasure to be here today to tell you one of the biggest celebrations in Viet Nam. It is lunar New Year festival or tet. This is the most important family gathering which falls in late January or early February. On this occasion, people clean and decorate their homes, they wear clothes and family members enjoy together special food such as sticky rice Cake. Every in Viet Nam feels happy on Tet holiday.
Group 2:
Passover is the fetival in Israel and all Jewish people celebrate it. Passover occurs in late March or early April. On the first or second nights of Passover. Jewish families eat a special meal called the Seder. Passover celebrates freedom from slavery.
Group 3:
Easter is celebrated in many countries. It happens in late March or early April. On Easter Day, people crowd the streets to watch colorful parades. They give children chocolates and sugar eggs if they are good.
Listen and write down on their note books
D. teacher’s reflection
Date of planning:7/3/09
Date of teaching:10/3/09
Period:50
 Unit 8 : Celebrations
 Lesson 2 : Speak-Listen
I. Aim :
 Giving and responding to a compliment
II. Objectives :
 By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to give and respond to compliments
III. Teachinbg aids :
 Text book, chalks, picture in the the book, 
IV. Procedure :
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
Warm up
 @ Revision of adjectives
-Have Ss review adjectives 
-Get Ss to make sentences
-The first student has to use the adjective beginning with the letter A. The second student has to use the adjective beginning with the letter B. the third student with C......
-Go on until the last S with the adjective beginning the letter Y.
Pre speaking
@ Pre - teach Vocabulary
.Contest (English speaking Contest ) (n): 
.Take part in (v): participate
.Charity program/activities (n): voluntary actions given to people in need or distress. Lßng tõ thiÖn, héi tõ thiÖn
.Activist (n): people who activity take part in social work ng­êi ho¹t ®éng tÝch cùc
.Nominate (v): appoint ghi danh, mÖnh danh
@ Checking vocabulary: "What and Where"
-Write the words over the board put one word in each circle
Charity
Well - done
Effective
Activist
Nomination
-Have Ss repeat the words in chorus then rub out word but leave the circle
-Go on until the circles are empty.
-Get Ss to rewrite the words in their correct circle.
@ Model sentences
-Set the scene: “ Trang has just won the first price in the English speaking contest. What does Mai say to pay Trang a compliment? And what does Trang respond?”
-Ask Ss how to give and respond to compliments
Note: depend on Ss’ level, Teacher are suggested to introduce more structure to give and respond to a compliment
While
speaking
-Have Ss to work in pairs, read the situations in the book and then give and respond to appropriate compliments
-Call on some pairs to practice the dialogue before class.
-Feedback and give correct answers
Post
speaking
-Divide Ss into 4 teams: A, B, C, and D
-Have Ss work in groups to think of situations which they can give compliments
-Ask team A to give the situation team B, C, and D to make up the dialogue.
-Give good marks for the teams which give good situations and make up suitable dialogue.
Homework
-Ask Ss to write some situations with the compliments. The respond to the compliments into their note books
-Make sentences using the structure
I have + a/an adjective + friend
S1:I have an active friend
S2: I have a beautiful friend
S3: I have a clever friend
S4: I have a dirty friend
...............................
-Listen and write down on their note books
-Listen to what the teacher guides
-Play as the teacher guides
Mai: Well done, Trang
Trang: thanks.
Give a compliment:
 Well done
 That is a great.....
 That is an excellent.
 Congratulations on.....
 Let me congratulate you on.....
Respond to a compliment.
 Thanks/thanks a lot
 It’s very nice/kind of you to say so
That’s very kind of you.
-Work in pairs
b) S1: Mother: Well done, Huyen
 Huyen: thanks, Mom
c) Friends: Congratulations on your nomination, Tuan
 Tuan: thanks a lot
d) You: That’s excellent drawing, Hoa
 Hoa: That’s very nice of you to say so
-Listen to what the teacher says
-Do as the teacher guides.
Group 1: Tam has just passed the graduation examination.
Group 2: congratulation
Group 3: Well done
Group 4: thanks.
-Listen and write down on their note books
D. Teacher’s reflection
Period 51 unit 8 : country life and city life
 Lesson 4 : read 
 Date of planning: 
a. Objective : 
* By the end of the lesson ss will be able to understand the passage about the rurar life compared with urban life
* Improve reading comprehension skill
 B. language content:
 * Words : words mentioned about the topic of the passage such as : struggle with nature ; typhoon ; flood ; drought ; increase in population ..
 * Skill : reading comprehension
 c. Teaching aid : book, tape and chalk
d. PROCEDURE : 
1. Warm up : 
T: greeting and calling ss to make dialogue bet aunt Hang and Lan. 
Ss: listen and raise the hand to make sentences 
2.: Pre-reaing 
Teacher’s & Students’ activities
Content of activities
T: lead in the lesson with some questions
Ss: listen and answer
T; ask ss to say some thing about the life in the country 
Ss: listen and try to say
T: call ss to present before the class 
Ss: raise the hand to say .
T: show some new words form the passage 
Ss: listen and note down 
T: use techniques of teaching words tp apply
+ Do you like the life in the country ?
+ Do you want to live there for ever ?
+ What about he others ?
+ Why do they want to move to the city ?
+ What problems may arise when so many people move to the city ?
+ How is the life in the country ?
+ Is it easy or hard ?
+ Is it easy to earn money and get a good job in the country ?
+ Do farmers always have successful crops 
* New words:
+ traditional way (n)
+ well paying (a)
+ struggle with nature (n)
+ typhoon (n)
+ flood (n)
+ drought (n)
+ increase in population (n)
+ put a strain on (v)
 3.: While - reading
Teacher’s & Students’ activities
Content of activities
T: read the passage once and the ask ss to read the passage in silence in group to complete a summary about the passage 
Ss: listen and discuss
T; after that call the representative to present before the class
Ss: raise the hand to do 
T; remark and give the answer key 
Ss: listen and note down. 
T: call one student to read the passage aloud 
Ss: raise the hand to do 
T: go on requesting ss to read the passage again to find the words as suggested in EX2
Ss; listen and read to find out the words
T: call ss to say their answer
Ss: raise the hand to do 
T; call others to remark and give ehte correct answers
Ss: listen and note down 
1) * Complete the summary :
1- leaving 2- home 
3- city 4 – rural
5- city 6 – problems 
7- schools 8- hospital 
9- problem 10- world
2) Find the word in the passage that means:
of the country – rural 
as many as needed – plentiful
 become greater and greater – increase
a great pressure – strain 
a terrible event – tragedy
of the city or city life – urban
 4. Post - reading :
T: call ss to summary the content of the passage ( help ss to say as much as possible )
Ss: listen and raise the hand to do 
 5. Home assigment: 
 T: request ss to write an essay about the benefits and disadvantages of the rural life. Prepare the next lesson “ Unit 8 : write”
 S: listen and note down 
 E. REMARK
Period 50 unit 8 : country life and city life
 Lesson 5  ...  t do 
Ss: think ot complete the dialogues
T; call some pairsto read their completed dialogues 
Ss: raise the hand to do
T: remark and correct the mistakes if there is.
T: explain the task of the exercise and then allow ss time to complete the sentences
Ss: think to do 
T: call ss to read their completed sentences
Ss: raise the hand to do 
T: call others to remark and then give the correct answers 
S: Listen and note down .
T: request ss to use the adjectives in comparative to compare the life in the country with the life in the city.
Ss: think to do
T; call ss t give their own ideas
Ss: raise he hand to give the ideas about the life in the country and in the city.
T; ask ss torad the advertisements 
Ss: do as the request 
T; allow ss time to make sentences in suitale comparison to compare the three advertisements about house , apartment and villa.
Ss: use the comparison to make sentences 
T; call ss to give her own sentences
Ss: raise the hand to do 
T; remark and give correct answers
Read the dialogues.
+ delay (v)
* Make similar dialogues 
Complete the dialogues , using the verbs in the present progresssive tense
are doing 
am watching
am going
are cleaning
am having
3. Complete the sentences. Use the verbs and adjectives in the boxes.
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 school yard is becoming cleaner
4. 
( Basing on what ss giving to make sentences using cmparative.)
5. Look at the advertisments. Make comparison among them.
The house is more expensive than the apartment.
The villa is the most expensive.
The house is smaller than the villa 
The apartment is the smallest.
.. so on 
 4. Production :
T: ask ss to make more sentences using the present progressive tense
Ss; think to do 
T; go on with the comparison form : comparative and superlative 
Ss: do as the request
T; remind ss to remember the content of the lesson
 5. HOME ASSIGNMENT
 T: ask ss to make more sentences using present progressive and comparison. Review all the knowledge they have learnt to prepare for the final test of the first semester
Ss: listen and note down.
 E. REMARK
Week 18
Period 52 + 53 : Revision for the final test of the semester
Date of planning :
a. Objective : 
* By the end of the lesson ss will be able to understand how to use what they revise for the final test. 
 B. language content:
 * Focusing on : present progressive tense ; comparison ; enough / too ; present perfect ; some form of exercises.
 * Skill : applying the grammar points to do exercises
 c. Teaching aid : book, chalk 
d. PROCEDURE : 
Warm up : greet and introduce what they are going to revise 
+ Progressive tense and the form of “ enough” and “too”
2: Revision :
Teacher’s & Students’ activities
Content of activities
T: call ss to give the form and how to use te present progressive tense
Ss: listen and try to remember to say before the class
T; call others remark and give the examples 
Ss: raise the hand to do 
T: go on helping ss to revise the form of 
“ enough” and “ too”
Ss: listen and note down.
Present progressive tense:
* Form : S + am / is / are ( not ) + V – ing
* Uses :
+ an activity happening at the point of speaking
+ for a plan in the future 
+ changes at present with “become” or “get” 
eg : 
Look ! she is dancing in the school yard.
It is becoming colder
I am going to Hue for my vacation.
“ adj / adv enough (for ) smb + to – inf
eg : 
+ she is old enough to get married
+ Nam is not tall enough to be a player
+ It is not warm enough for us to swim in the river.
( enough + N )
* “ too + adj / adv ( for smb) + to – inf
I am too young to drive a motorbke.
The test was too hard for him to do.
 3. Practice :
Teacher’s & Students’ activities
Content of activities
T: extract some exercise from the exercise book to help ss to apply what they learn to do.
Ss: apply to do
T: call ss to do on board
Ss: raise the hand ot do 
T; remark and give correct answers
Ss’ listen and note down.
T: call ss to say the knowledge that they have just reviewed
Ss; raise the hand to do 
Ex1: Put the correct form of verbs
She ( write ) a letter at the moment
He usually (read) books , but now he 
( watch ) TV
Look ? a boy ( swim) in the river
The cost of living ( become) more expensive
What your father ( do) in the gardent?
He ( plant) some young trees.
Ex2: Combine each pair of sentences, using “ enough”
She is strong. She can move that heavy box
I am tall. I can reach that bookshelf.
Lan is good. She can pass the final exam.
It is not warm. We can not have a bath
Ex3: Combine each pair of sentences, using “ too””
The car ran fast. I couldn’t catch it.
Hoa is short. She can’t be a player.
The exercise is difficult. He can’t do it
She is small. She can’t go alone after dark.
It is dark. I can’t see you well
They arefat. The can not run fast
Lesson 2 of revision:
T: go on helping ss to revise how to form and use the present perfect tense
Ss: listen and note down carefully.
T: continue helping ss to revise howto form comparative and superlative form of adjectives and adverbs.
Ss: listen and note down. 
T: give exercises and ask ss thin to do 
Ss: think to do 
T; call ss to do before the class
Ss: raise the hand to do 
T; call others ss to remark.
Present perfect tense:
* Form:
S + have/ has ( not) + V-ed2
* Use :
+ an action happened in the past at indefinite time, used with “ just ; already”
+ an action began in the past ad still happens at the present, used with “for” or “since”
Comparison:
Short adjectives:
small – smaller – smallest
big – bigger – biggest
hot – hotter – hottest
good – better – best
bad – worse – worst
far – farther - farthest
long adjectives:
adj – more ( + adj ) – most ( + adj ).
beautiful – more beautiful – most beautiful.
handsome – more handsome – most handsome.
Ex1: Put the verbs in present perfect or past
He just ( have) a holiday in Nha Trang
I already ( eat) lunch
Five months ago we (live) in Ha Noi.
He ( live) here for 5 years
They ( learn English since 2001
Ex2: put the adjectives in suitable comparison.
He is (short) than me
Today is ( cold) than yesterday
Summer is the ( hot) season in a year
Nobody in my class is (tall) than Minh. He is the ( tall) 
This bike is ( expensive) than the other
Which is the ( clever) girl in your group?
T.V is the ( popular) mean of communication.
She is the ( beautiful) in ourfamily. 
 4. Production :
T: ask ss to make more sentences using the present progressive tense, present perfect tense, comparison, and the form of “ enough” and “too”
Ss; think to do 
 5. HOME ASSIGNMENT
 T: ask ss to make more sentences using the grammar they have just revised. Review all the knowledge they have learnt to prepare for the final test of the first semester
Ss: listen and note down.
REMARK
________________________________________________________________
Period 54 : The final test of the first semester
Date of planning: 
Objective : help ss to know how well they have learned English so as for them to fill their blank of knowledge. Help the teacher to appreciate the capability of students in learning English.
Preparation:
Teacher : prepare the knowledge used in the test and type the test papers
Student: revise the knowledge for the test
procedure: 
Warm up : greeting and checking the attention of the students
Hand out : deliver the test paper to each student 
Observation : 
Hand in : ask ss to hand in the test paper when te time finishes
Remark and give assigment: 
Content of the test
Phat diem a secondary school
Kim son district 
The first term english test of the 8th form 
( Time allowed : 45 mins )
Name : . Class : . Mark : ....
I. Circle the best option to complete the following sentences : (2,5 m )
Maria hasn’t visited her home in Spain .
a. for many years b. since many years 
c. many years since 	 d. many years ago 
Jim is two years  than Tom.
a. old	 b. elder	 c. older	 d. eldest 
You had better . Much in class
a. not talk .	 b. not to talk	 c. don’t talk	d. hasn’t talk.
Is there . who can speak Chinese ?
a. someone	b. anyone	 c. none	d. everyone
I don’t want much sugar in my coffee. Just . , please.
a. few	b. a few	 c. little	 	d. a little.
I .. water the garden today. Joe has agreed to do it for me
a. don’t have to 	b. haven’t to 	 c. not have to	d. isn’t have to 
Wait her  I come back.
a. if	b. when	 c. until	d. before
Oh no! Look at the time.  terribly late.
a. I’ll	b. I’m being	 c. I’m	d. I’m going to be
I  enjoy Sunday, but I do now.
a. wasn’t use to 	b. didn’t use to 	 c. not used to	d. didn’t used to
She asked her son . because her baby was sleeping.
a. not make noise	b. don’t make noise	c. not to make noise d. made noise.
II. Match a half in column A with a suitable half in column B to make meaningful sentences. ( 2m)
A
B
I’ll phone you
I used t cry a lot
I’ll pay you well
I’m going to start making dinner
I was watching TV
I have some work I have to finish
It is five months
I took a few photograghs
when my brother came home
since I last saw Henry
before my parents get home from work today.
when I was a baby.
before I go to bed tonight.
when I get home from work.
If you work late tonight.
when I was on holiday.
1 
2 ..
3..
4..
5
6
7
8.
III. Listen and check the sentences given True ( T ) or False ( F ). ( 2,5m )
1. She had a terrile headache . Œ
2. They had to take her to hospital.. Œ
3. The doctor examined her carefully Œ
4. She stayed there for three weeks Œ
5. She is going to leave hospital next Sunday. Œ
IV. Write completed sentences with the words given . ( 3,0 m )
late / better / tonight / up / had / stay / you / too / not.
..
the station / show / get to / please / could / how / you / me / to ?
.
swimming / shall / this afternoon / with / I / Jane / go ?
place / ever / It’s / visited / most / I’ve / beautiful / the
.
native speaker / as / he / English / a / fluently / as / speaks.
.
this exercise / at first / easier / we thought / is / much / than.
..
Tapescript: 
When my mother came back home from work suddenly she had a terrible pain in her belly. We took her to hospital. The doctor examnined her very carefully and he said that she had to be operated on immediately. Half an hour later she had the operation. She had to stay there for two weeks. She feels much better today. She is going to leave hospital next Monday.s