Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 Unit 11: Science and technology mới, chuẩn nhất

A. Warm – up.( 5’)

Introduction

- Review the previous unit by asking Ss to call out all the forms of communication that they can remember from the previous unit.

- Then divide the class into two teams.

- Call out a form of communication, e.g., body language.

- The first group to give an example of body language gets a point, and so on.

- Put the heading ‘Science and Technology’ on the board.

- Do a brainstorming session by asking Ss to suggest any words or phrases related to this topic.

- Accept all ideas, organize them in a word web if possible.

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B. Getting started( 5’)

1. Listen and read.

- Ask Ss to open their books to Unit 11, cover the conversation and look at the picture.

- T asks prediction questions:

What can you see in the pictures?

Do you know these characters?

Where are they now?

What are they talking about? ...

Ss answer the questions as a class.

- Play the recording and have Ss listen and follow along.

- Check if Ss’ predicted answers match the conversation.

- If not, have Ss correct them.

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C. Doing ( 27’)

a) Find the words in A in he conversation. Then match them to the words in B with similar meanings.

- Ask Ss to read the conversation again and do the exercise in pairs.

- Elicit the correct answers and write them on the board.

- Have Ss subtitute the B words into the conversation to check that they match.

- Finally, explain the meaning of any complex words in Vietnamese if necessary.

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b) Answer the questions.

- Ss work individually to answer the questions.

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

- Have Ss say wher they found the answers in the conversation.

Key:

1. They are at the Science Club.

2. It is the roles of science and technology in the 21st century.

3. Science and technology are greatly changing everything.

4. He told Nick that only robots would work in factories and clean our homes in the future.

5. He/ She said that there would be no more schools: they’d just stay at home and learn on the internet.

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c) Work with partner. What fields are mentioned in the conversation which are affected by science and technology?

- Ss work in paris.

- Tel Ss to refer back to the conversation and do the task.

- Check their answers.

Key:

- science: knowledge about the world, especially based on examining, testing and proving facts.

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d) Put a word/ phrase from the box in each blank

- Have Ss do this exercise in pairs.

- Ask some Ss to present their answers.

- Confirm the correct answers.

Key:

Look out!

Help Ss distinguish the two words.

- science: knowledge about the world, especially based on examining, testing and proving facts.

- technology: things and ways of doing things that are based on knowledge about science and computers.

- technology: things and ways of doing things that are based on knowledge about science and computers.

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2. Put one of the words/ phrases from the box in each gap. There is one extra.

- Tell Ss that in the box are some more words and phrases related to science and technology.

- Let them work in pairs.

- Check their work by calling on some Ss to read out their sentences.

- Allow Ss to write the translations next to the words.

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3 Give the opposite of the words in brackets using the prefix un- or im-

- Tell Ss to look at the example.

- T may give some more.

- Then let them do the task by themselves.

- After that, they swap their answers with a partner.

- Correct Ss’ answers as a class.

- Then let them repeat the words in chorus.

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D.Performing (5’)

4. GAME FIND SOMEONE WHO ...

- Set this up as a mingle activity.

- Let Ss stand up and move around with pens and paper/ notebooks to ask questions and take notes.

- Observe and assist where needed.

- Once a student has a name in each box they should sit back down.

- Continue until all, or most, Ss have sat back down.

- Congratulate the winner(s).

- T calls on the winning Ss to present their results to the class.

Reference: Some scientists of Viet Nam:

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Homework

- Learn and practise writing the new words.

- Do all the ex. in the notebooks.

A. Warm – up.( 5’)

- Explain to Ss that there are three common ways of forming nouns indicating people, but don’t say what they are.

- Write the following on the board:

to learn -->

to invent -->

science -->

- Try to elicit from Ss how these words are changed to mean a person who does these things.

- Now see if Ss can give some more examples.

- Finally, have Ss open their books and read the Look out! Box.

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B.Vocabulary(15’)

1. Complete the following sentences with nouns indicating people

- Do this activity the first time around as a quiz.

- Divide the class into two teams.

- Read out item one and ask Team A to answer.

- If they get it wrong, the option goes to Team B to answer.

- Keep a score on the board to increase the fun element.

- Now have Ss work individually to do the task in their books.

- Finally, ask some Ss to write the answers on the board.

- Correct their answers as a class.

Key:

v+ -er/ -or/ -ist = N

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2. Write a noun from the list under each picture.

- Ss work in pairs and discuss what the word is for each picture.

- T checks as a class.

- For more able Ss, have pairs write the descriptions of these people in the same style as activity 1.

- Then put pairs together to read out their descriptions and challenge each other to guess the person, like the quiz in 1.

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3) Give the correct form of the words in brackets.

- T ask Ss to read the sentences and guess part of speech of the word to be filled each blank.

- Have Ss call out their guesses.

- Ss work individually.

- Ask some Ss to write their answers on the board.

- Check their answers as a class.

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Stress in words starting with un- and im-

- Explain to Ss that the prefixes un- and im- are used to make adjectives (and adverbs) negative.

- Explain to them that when these prefixes are added, the stress of the new word does not normally change.

- Give some examples.

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C. Pronunciation (20’)

4 Listen and repeat the following words. Mark the stressed syllables in the words.

- Play the recording for Ss to repeat the words.

- Play the recording as many times as necessary.

- Correct Ss’ pronunciation, especially the stress.

- Then have Ss mark the stress on the words by drawing circle above the stressed syllable.

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5 Put the words from 4 in the right columns.

- Have Ss read out the words first.

- Then they work in groups to put the words in the right columns.

- Call on some Ss to write the answers on the board.

- Confirm the correct answers.

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6 Fill the gaps with one of the words in 5. Listen and check, then read the sentences.

- Have Ss work individually to write down the words.

- Play the recording two or three times for Ss to check.

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D. Home assignment(5’)

- learn and practise writing the vocabulary.

- Practise listening and repeating the words starting with un- and im-

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