Giáo án Tiếng Anh lớp 8 mới Học kì 1 chuẩn nhất

1.Warm up :

-Ask Ss prepare photos or magazine cut-outs about some popular leisure

activities including those you often do in their spare time

-Ask Ss to describe them in English .Then ask them to guess which activities you may enjoy doing .

Encourage Ss to do the same in pairs .One S writes a short list of activities and the other guesses

2.Presentation :

-Ask Ss open their books to the picture .Introduce Mai, Phuc and Nick

-Ask Ss to guess where they are and what they are doing .For more able classes ,

brainstorm questions with Ss and wire them on the board .Questions may include :

+What can you see in the picture ?

+Why do you think Mai ,Phuc and Nick are there ?

+What are they holding in their hands ?

+What are they talking about ?

-Ask Ss read the dialogue in silence to find out new words and structures

-Explain new words and structures by asking Ss

-Let Ss give examples

-Ask Ss repeat new words and structures after the teacher

-Have some Ss read aloud before the class

-Let Ss read the dialogue in front of the class

-Ask Ss do part a individually

-Call Ss read their keys before the class

-Ask Ss read the dialogue again to do part “b” in groups

-Let Ss answer before the class

-Call Ss tick the board

-Ask Ss look at the board and correct

-Let Ss practice part “c” in pairs

-Have Ss to practice before the class in pairs

3.Practice :

-Ask Ss work in pairs to match the words / phrases in the box to the photos , then they listen together to check their answers

-It’ s time aloud ,ask Ss to use adjectives to say what they think of these activities eg exciting , interesting ....

-Ask Ss work individually to do the task then compare their answers with a partner

Tell Ss they need to look for the surrounding key words in order to complete the task .

Note that good and satisfied fit both items 1 and 5 .

Acknowledge the point with Ss who have them the other way round

4.Consolidation :

-Let Ss play a game in pairs talk about a leisure activity .

Try to keep going for one minute each .

When the time is up ,find a new partner and talk about another activity

5.Homework :

-Ask Ss learn by heart new words and structures

-Write about the leisure activity

1.Listen and read :

*New words :

-trick (n)

-craft (n)

-craft kit (n)

-wool(n)

-leisure (adj)

-folk songs (n)

-melody (n)

-It’s right up street

*New structure:

-> Verbs of liking +gerunds

-I like reading comics

-I’ll enjoy listening to the melodies

a. Circle the correct answer:

->Keys :

1.library

2.book

3.dog

4.craft kit

5.folk music

6.Vietnamese

b. Which leisure activities do you thinkPhuc, Mai and Nick have ?Tick (V) the boxes .

Then find the information from the conversation to explain your choice >

*c. Answer the questions

-to check out something means to examine something to get more information about it

order to be certain that is suitable (on true or safe)

-It’s right up your street ,it is the type of thing that you are interested in or that you enjoy doing

2. Find words / phrases in the box to describe the photos .Then listen to check your answers :

1. playing computer games

2. playing beach games

3.Doing DIY

4.taxting

5.visiting museums

6.making crafts

3.Complete the following sentences with words in the bo

1.satisfied

2. exciting , relaxing

3.fun

4. boring

5.good

*Game : Changing partners

Can use :

-describe the leisure activity

-say if you have done this activity or not

-share you feeling about the activity

1.Warm up :

-Ask Ss use network to answer the question :

- Use this network to answer :

What do you often do in your free time?

2.Presentation :

-Ask Ss look at their book and read in silence :

-Explain new words

-Let Ss work in pairs to examine the pie-chart closely in order to understand its

contents ,including the heading , subheading , figures , colour codes and notes

-Allow enough time for this step .Do not give correction

-Then ask Ss to answer the questions that follow the chart

-Ask Ss practice before the class :

A. Vocabulary :

1.Look at the following pie chart on leisure activities in the US and answer the questions :

*New words :

-average

-socialize (v)

-communicate (v)

3.Practice :

-Have Ss to prepare part 2 individually to complete the task .

After giving corrective feedback , draw their attention to the part of speech of the words mentioned

(eg .relaxing comes from the verb relax with-ing added and it refers to the activity)

-Then introduce the concept of gerund ( a noun made from a verb by adding-ing )

-Give Ss some examples where a gerund is transformed from a verb and used as a noun .

For more able class ,ask Ss to make their own sentences

-Ask Ss to cover the category labels

-Have Ss look at the words and try to guess what these words have in common .

T may elicit from Ss by asking questions

-Ask Ss to work in pairs to complete the task .

Once they have finished and T has given corrective feedback , encourage them to add more words in each category

-Have Ss work in small groups .

Allow them enough time 6to think about what their average day may look like

(including ,study and work) and how much time is spent on leisure activities .

If there is plenty of time encourage them to calculate these times as percentages

and put them in a simple pie chart similar to 1

-Have Ss write down how much time they spend leisure on an average day and three activities they do the most.

-Ask Ss move around and talk with at least three other classmates to find out who spends

most time on leisure and what the most popular activities in the class are

-Have Ss work individually to complete this task .Once they have finished

-Ask Ss work in pairs to compare their answers.

-Play the recording for Ss to check and then repeat

-Pause the recording to drill difficult items

-Ask Ss to add more words which contain these clutters.

For a more able class .

Ss may make sentences with these words and practice saying them

4.Consolidation :

-Have Ss practice the words with the clusters first

-Then ask Ss to repeat the whole sentence .

If the time allows ask Ss to cover their book and listen to the recording .

If they hear the word with cluster /pr/ they have to raise up their left hand ,

if it is cluster /br/ they raise their right hand

5.Homework :

-Ask Ss learn by heart new words and structures

-Write about the leisure activity

->The answers :

1. In 2012 ,people in the UK spent 5.1 hours a day on sport and leisure activities

2.The main activities they did include : relaxing and thinking ,

using the computer for leisure , participating in sports , socializing and communicating ,

watching TV and other leisure activities

2/ Complete the table with information from the pie chart

3. Look at the words .Match them to the category labels :

1-e   5-d

2-b   6-h

3-f   7-c

4-a   8-g

4. How much time do you spend a day on leisure activities ? What are the three activities that you do the most ? Share your ideas with a partners

B. Pronunciation :

5.Complete the words under the pictures with /br/ or /pr/ .Listen to check your answers and repeat

1.apricot   5.princess

2.bridge   6.president

3.bracelet   7..present

4.bread   8.

6. Listen and repeat :

1. ricot jam

2. bread

3. president

4. bracelets

5. brush

6, present

1.Warm up :

-Review the previous unit by calling on some Ss to act out some leisure activities .The class makes a guess .

-Then ask Ss to decide which leisure activities are more common in the countryside and why

-Write the word : “countryside” on the board .Brainstorm words and phrases describing activities

which take place in the countryside .For more advanced classes ,some comparisons of the countryside

and the city can be encouraged here

2.Presentation :

-Ask Ss to look at the title of the conversation and the picture and ask them some prediction questions

about what they are going to read

+What is the conversation about ?

+Which season is harvest time in ?

+What do you think the countryside is like at harvest time ?

+What do farmers do ?

+What do the children do ?

-Encourage Ss to answer the questions .Their answers can be as simple as one word or phrase

-Explain new words :

-Play the recording ,Ss listen and read

-Ask Ss if their predictions are correct

-Ask Ss work independently

-Ask Ss to read the sentences and decide if they are true or false

-Let Ss compare answers with a partner

-Have Ss correct the false sentences ,T write the correct answers on the board

3.Practice :

-Ask Ss to try to answer the questions without refering to the conversation first

-Then ask Ss refer to the conversation again for the correct answers

-Correct the answers as a class

-Ask Ss to look at the words and make sure they understand their meaning .

If they do not ,ask them to refer to the conversation and have a guess

-Then ask them to do the exercise .When they finish , ask them to check their answers with their partner

-Have Ss work in small groups to discuss and tick the correct box and look for expressions to support their answer

-Ask Ss work independently to label the pictures

-Have them compare their answers with a partner

-Write the correct answers on the board

-Ask Ss work in pairs to brainstorm some more countryside activities .Give them a time limit .

For examples ,two minutes to make their lists

-Call on each pair to share their list with the class .

-Write the combined list of activities on the board and leaves it there to be based in the next activity .

Before moving on ,T makes sure everybody understands all the vocabulary on the board

4.Consolidation :

-Divides the class into two teams for this game .

They can give themselves a relevant team name such as the “horses” and the “buffalloes’ .

They charades with the countryside activity vocabulary from Activity 2 and the Ss list on the board .

To increase the fun element , give the teams a time of 10 seconds to guess the activity before it moves to the other team .

T keeps score on the board and announces the winning team at the end

5.Homework :

-Ask Ss learn new words and grammar by heart

-Make a list ‘ Countryside charades”

Activities which take place in the countryside :

+load the rice onto buffalo-drawn carts

+fly a kite

+go herding the buffalo

1.Listen and read :

*New words :

-expect (v)

-buffalo-drawn carts (n)

-herd (v)

-envious (adj)

a. Are these sentences true(T) or false (F)

1.T

2.F :Nguyen joins the boys in herding the buffaloes

3.F :rice is transported home on buffalo-drawn carts

4.T

5.T

b. Answer the following questions

1.He ‘s in the countryside

2.Right on his first day there

3.it’s big and colorful

4.His grandfather

5.He means that he wishes he were in the countryside too

c. Complete the sentences with the words in the box

1.colourful

2.move slowly

3.harvest time

4.paddy field

5.herding

6.buffallo-drawn cart

c. In groups , discuss and find how Nguyen feels about his stay in the countryside .Tick(v) the appropriate box .Look for expressions from the conversation to support your ideas :

He likes it :

+It’s more exciting than I expected

+It looks great up there in the sky

+I live more happily and there ‘s still a lot more to explore

2.Match the activities with the pictures

1-e   4-c:

2-f   5-d:

3-a   6-b:

3.Can you think of some more things that children do in the countryside ?Make a list

4.Game : Countryside charades

1.Warm up :

Remind Ss of the vocabulary they learnt in GETTING STARTED before moving on

to this lesson which focuses on words describing the countryside

2.Presentation :

-Ask Ss listen to the recording and repeat the words .

Make sure that they pronounce the words with the correct stress pattern

-Explain new words and ask Ss repeat new words

-Nowcheck understanding of these words

-Elicit ideas from the Ss .Say “Give mean exampleof something vast” .

Go through all the words in this way to make sure everyone understands them

-Ask Ss work individually

-Let Ss compare their answers with a partner and then discuss as a class .

There may be some variations in the answers .For a more able class ,

encourage Ss to explain why they choose that word for the category

3.Practice :

-Make sure Ss understand the meaning of the verbs first .

There may be some cofussion about the difference between /pick/ and /pick up/ is the specific verbs

used for collecting fruit ,vegetables or flowers through the action is the same as the more general term/pickup/

-Ask Ss then work independently or in pairs .

When they have finished ,let them exchange their answers with a partner/another pair .

Then T click the correct answers

-Ask Ss use the vocabulary they have learnt in activities 1 and 3 to do this exercise

-Ask Ss to look at the sentences and decide if an adjective or a verb is missing .

This narrows down the area of words they need to refer to .

-Ask Ss then complete the sentence by themselves

-Let Ss check their answers as a class

-Ask Ss listen and repeat .Pause the recording to drill difficult

-Have Ss say the words individuaaly or in small groups

-Have Ss listen and circle the words

-Have Ss do the activity in pairs and challenge each other to choose the correct words

4.Consolidation :

-Have Ss look at the sentences and underline the words with clusters /bl/ and /cl/ first

-Ask Ss listen and repeat

5.Homework :

-Ask Ss to pronounce words fluently

-Learn the use adjectives

A. Vocabulary

1.Listen and repeat the words

*New words :

-hay(adj)

-vast (adj)

-brave (adj)

-nomadic (adj)

2.Put the words in 1 into the appropriate category .Some wprds can be used in more than one category

3.Match the nouns / noun phrases in the box with each verb

=>Keys :

-ride : a horse , a camel

-put up : a tent , a pole

-collect : hay , water

-herd : the buffaloes , the cattle

-pick : wild flowers , apples

4.Use the words from 1 and 3 to complete the sentences .Remember to use the correct form of the

=> Keys :

1.picking   5.peaceful

2.inconvenient /collect  6.nomadic

3.herd   7.vast

4.ridden/ brave   8.put up/ hard

B. Pronunciation

5.Listen and repeat the words .Pay attention to the initial clusters

-/bl/ : blackberry, blind, bloom, blossom

-/cl/ : clothing, climb, click, clay, clock, clear

6.Listen and circle the word you hear

1.blame

2.blast

3.blue

4.clock

5.close

7.Listen to the sentences and repeat

1....blowing ....

2...climbed......

3....bloom....

4..clear , blue...

5....Blind ....