Giáo án Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Unit 13: Festivals

 4. Oliver should go to the traditional Bat Trang 
 pottery village. 
 5. Robinson should go to HCM city or Hanoi. 
 Asking Ss some questions: 
 Are you interested in festivals? 
 Where should we go if we are interested in 
 festivals? 
 - Introducing the dialogue: 
 - Playing the tape and asking Ss to listen to the 
 tape. 
 - Introducing the new words by using some 
 pictures and simple English. 
 *New words: ancient( adj), be keen on (v), 
 pottery (n), rice- cooking(n), water-fetching, fire- 
 making(n), yell(v), rub(v), bamboo(n), 
 separate(v), husk(n), Judge(n), award(v)/(n), 
 council (n). 
 - Asking Ss to listen to the tape and repeat the - Listen. 
 dialogue. - Practice in pairs. 
 - Having Ss practice the dialogue in pairs. 
 - Correcting the mistakes. - Ss give their 
 - Having Ss read the dialogue silently and then answers. 
 do Task 2. 
 - Asking Ss to work in pairs to correct the false 
 sentences. 
 a. F (Only one team member takes part in the 
 water- fetching contests) 
 b. F ( One person has to collect one bottle) 
 c. T 
 d. F ( Pieces of bamboo are used to make fire) 
 e. F( In the final contest, the judges taste the 
 rice) 
 f. T 
 - Introducing compound adjective formed by: 
 noun+ V-ing 
 - Having Ss discuss with their partners to answer 
 the questions. 
 - Asking Ss to give their answers. 
 - Correcting the mistakes if there are any. 
 a. No, they won’t. Because they are coming on a 
 tour, and their accommodation is included in the 
 ticket price, so they will stay at a hotel 
 b.No, he won’t. Because he will have a business 
 meeting in the evening Mrs. Smith will pick her 
 up at her hotel. 
Consolida - Asking Ss to practice talking about festivals that they took part in . 
 tion 
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 FESTIVALS 
 UNIT THIRTEEN: 
 Period 2: Speak & Listen.  
I/ Objectives: 
 By the end of the lesson, students may: 
 - Ss know more about national festivals and how to prepare on these occasions. 
 - Develop speaking, reading and listening skills. 
II/ Language contents: 
 Vocabulary: (n) pomegranates, marigold, spring roll. 
III/ Techniques: 
 - Questions and answers. 
 - Role-play, scanning, information completion, pair- work. 
IV/ Teaching aids: 
 - Pictures enlarged from textbook, real objects, overhead projector. 
 - Cassette player and cassette tape. 
V/ Procedures: 
Speak: (30’) 
 Steps Teacher’s activities Students’ activities 
 - Giving a game “ Network” - Play the game. 
Warm- up 
 & Vietnamese 
 Pre- Festivals 
speaking 
 (6’) - Asking Ss some questions: 
 On what occasion do people hold festivals? 
 Do you like Tet Holidays? 
 What do you often do before Tet? 
 - Introducing the new dialogue between Mrs. - Listen carefully. 
 While- Quyen and Lan by saying: Mrs. Quyen is talking 
speaking to Lan about her preparations for Tet. What does 
 (10’) she do? 
 - Having Ss read the dialogue and rearrange their - Do the exercise. 
 sentences in the correct order. 
 - Asking Ss to give their answers. - Write the answers 
 - Correcting the mistakes if there are any. on the board. 
 1. A: Have you tidied the bedroom? 
 2. F: Yes, I have. Where are you going, mom? 
 3. C: To the market to buy some oranges and 
 some pomegranates. 
 4. H: Could you collect my new Ao Dai at the 
 4 - Having Ss give their answers. - Write the answers 
 - Correcting the mistakes. on the board. 
 a. Mrs. Robinson wants Mr. Robinson to go to 
 the flower market. 
 b. Mrs. Robinson wants some marigolds because 
 they are traditional at Tet 
 c. Mrs. Robinson wants Liz to buy a packet of 
 dried watermelon seeds 
 d. Mrs. Robinson is asking Mrs. Nga how to 
 make spring rolls. 
 - Having Ss listen to the tape again and complete - Listen. 
 the notes “ Thing to do” 
 - Asking Ss to compare their answers with their - Work in pairs. 
 partner. 
 - Having Ss give their answers. Give the answers. 
 - Correcting the mistakes. 
 Post- - Asking Ss to practice talking about their - Work in pairs. 
listening preparations for Tet. 
 (6’) 
VI/ Homework: (2’) 
 - Learn new words by heart 
 - Write 3 sentences about your preparations for Tet. 
 - Prepare unit 13: Read 
VII/ Marks and remarks: 
 6 (23’) (v), jolly(adj) 
 - Having Ss read the text silently. 
 - Asking Ss to work in pairs to complete the table. 
 - Calling some Ss to give their answers. 
 - Correcting the mistakes and giving the correct answers: 
 1.The Christmas tree – Rig - 1500s 
 2.The Christmas Card- England - mid- 19 th century 
 3. Christmas Carols - no information - 800 years ago. 
 4. Santa Claus- USA- 1823 
 - Asking Ss to work in pairs to ask and answer the questions. 
 - Having Ss give their answers. 
 - Correcting the mistakes if there are any: 
 a. More than a century ago. 
 b. He wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends. 
 c. 800 years ago. 
 d. An American professor Clement Clarke Moore 
 e. On the description of Saint Nicholas in professor Moore 
 - Asking Ss to practice talking about Christmas: - Describe the 
 Post- describing the Christmas tree, Santa Claus or postcard. 
 reading singing some Christmas Carols. 
 (8’) - Calling some Ss practice in front of the class. - Practice in front of 
 the class. 
Consolida - Helping students to memorize the new structures. 
 tion - Students listen and remember the new structures. 
 (2’) 
VI/ Homework: (2’) 
 - Learn new words and remember by heart. 
 - Write a paragraph (5-7sentences) about your last Christmas. 
 - Prepare Unit 13: festivals. 
Period 4: Write. 
VII/ Marks and remarks: 
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 FESTIVALS 
 UNIT THIRTEEN: 
 Period 4: Write.  
I/ Objectives: 
 By the end of the lesson, students may: 
 - know how to write a report. 
 - Develop speaking, reading and writing skills. 
II/ Language contents: 
 Grammar: compound words 
III/ Techniques: 
- Role play, scanning, question and answer, information completion. 
IV/ Teaching aids: 
 - Pictures enlarged from textbook, real objects, overhead projector. 
 - Hand- out, flashcards of words. 
V/ Procedures: 
 Steps Teacher’s activities Students’ activities 
 - Giving a game and asking Ss to play game: “Guessing word” 
 - Giving Ss some information, Ss guess the word. 
 It has 11 letters. 
 It is a festival in Viet Nam. 
Warm- up People have to cook rice in this festival. 
 & R I C E C O O K I N G 
 Pre- - Introducing the new lesson by saying: There are many festivals in Viet 
 writing Nam and it’s very interesting to take part in them. Today we’ll participate 
 (8’) in a festival and learn how to write a report. 
 - Asking Ss to read the dialogue on page 121 again and use the information 
 to fill in the gaps in the report. 
 - Having Ss compare their answers with their partners. 
 - Calling some Ss give the answers. 
 While- - Correcting the mistakes and gives the right answers: 
 writing 1.rice-cooking 
 (28’) 2.one/a 
 3.water-fetching 
 4.run 
 5.water 
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 FESTIVALS 
UNIT THIRTEEN: 
 Period 6: Language focus.  
I/ Objectives: 
 By the end of the lesson, students may: 
 - Review Passive Forms, Compound words and Reported Speech. 
 - Develop reading and writing skills. 
II/ Language contents: 
 Grammar: Passive forms 
 - Compound words 
 - Reported Speech 
III/ Techniques: 
 - Information completion 
IV/ Teaching aids: 
 - Pictures enlarged from textbook, real objects, overhead projector. 
 - Power-point plant, flashcards of words, games. 
V/ Procedures: 
 Steps Teacher’s activities Students’ activities 
 - Having Ss play matching game: - Play the game. 
 fire washing 
 bull exporting 
Warm-up car arranging 
 (5’) flowers making 
 rice fighting 
 clothes making 
 - Reminding Ss of some compound words they - Listen. 
 have learnt. 
 - Asking Ss about the formation of compound - Tell the structure. 
 words: 
Exercise Compound noun = noun + Gerund (V-ing) 
 3 - Having Ss do exercise 3. - Do exercise. 
 12 (10’) - Asking Ss: “Are you happy?” - Answer. 
 - Reminding Ss of the structures with Reported - Listen. 
 Speech. 
 - Asking Ss to do task 4. - Do task 4. 
 - Calling Ss to give their answers. - Write the answers. 
 - Correcting the mistakes and gives the right 
 answers. 
Exercise -Giving a game and explaining how to play: 
 4 TASK 4 
 (5’) a. He said he was a plumber. 
 b. He said he could fix the faucets. 
 c. He said the pipes were broken. 
 d. He said new pipes were very expensive. 
 e. He said I had to pay him then. 
VI/ Homework: (2’) 
- Review old structures: passive voice and reported speech. 
- Write 5 sentences, using passive forms. 
- Prepare Unit 14: Wonders of the world. 
Period 1: Getting started and listen & read. 
VII/ Marks and remarks: 
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