Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 Unit 12: Life on other planets mới, chuẩn nhất

A. Warm – up.( 5’)

Introduction

Before Ss open their books review the previous unit by asking them o play a game.

On the board write the words transportation communication, housing and energy and ask two

groups of four Ss to list the future technologies they expect to see in these fields.

Set a time limit and the game stops when the time is up. The team with more items wins.

Ask Ss where and how fast they think we can travel with new technology.

Ask them if we could travel to other planets with those means of transport that they have listed.

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B. Getting started( 5’)

1. Listen and read.

Ask Ss to look at the picture and the heading What could happen to Earth? and answer the questions as a class:

Where are Duong and Nhi?

What are they doing?

What might they be talking about?

Now have Ss listen to the conversation without reading the text to see if their predictions were correct.

Follow up with the same questions.

development

enormous

benefits

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C. Doing ( 27’)

a. Tick (v) true (T) or false (F).

Play the recording and have Ss work independently .

Ss do not read the conversation.

Play the recording once or twice.

Pause the recording at the appropriate place if Ss need help with comprehension.

Then allow Ss to share their answers with a partner before discussing as a class.

Key:

1. F   2. T   3. F  4. T   5. F

1. aliens   2. Space buggy   3. UFO   4. Weightless

5. galaxy   6. Spaceship   7. Solar system   8. planet

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b. Read the conversation again and answer the questions.

First, ask Ss not to look at the conversation to answer the questions,

then have them read the conversation again and check their answers.

If time allows, have them show where to find the answers in the conversation.

Key:

1. James Kirk is the captain of the spaceship.

2. They went to Nibiru planet.

3. It happens in 2259.

4. It’s the name of the spaceship that the crew travels on.

5. He wants to destroy Earth.

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c. Can you find the sentences in reported speech in the conversation? Underline them.

Ask Ss to look at the conversation again and underline the sentences in reported speech.

Have Ss read aloud the sentences.

Key:

1. That’s funny, Trang also asked me what I thought would happen to Earth in the future?

2. I said I didn’t know but that Earth moght be run by aliens!

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2. Use the words/ phrases in the box to label the pictures. Then listen and repeat.

Have Ss work in pairs to match the words with the pictures.

Then check their answers.

Explain that UFO is an acronym, which stands for unidentified flying object.

Afterwards, have Ss repeat the words chorally. Correct their pronunciation if necessary.

Check their understanding if necessary.

Key:

1. aliens   2. Space buggy  3. UFO  4. Weightless

5. galaxy   6. Spaceship   7. Solar system  8. planet

1. aliens   2. UFO  3. Space buggy  4. Planet;planet

5. weightless   6. Solar system  7. Galaxy  8. spaceship

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3. Use the words/ phrases in 2 to fill in the blanks.

Have Ss work independently to fill the words/ phrases in the blanks, then check with a partner. Elicit Ss’ answers.

Key:

1. aliens 2. UFO 3. Space buggy 4. Planet; planet

5. weightless 6. Solar system 7. Galaxy 8. spaceship

Weightless

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D.Performing (5’)

4. GAME: WHAT AND WHERE

Listen and follow the teacher’s instructions to play the game.

Ask Ss to play the game.

* Draw a word web with several circles on the board. Elicit the words/ phrases in 2 from the class and write them in the circles, one word circle.

* When all the words/ phrases are written in the circles, give Ss one minute to remember the position of each word/ phrase.

* Now rub out the words as Ss say them out loud, leaving only the circles.

* Ss work in two big groups. Ask them to take turns to fill in the circles with the correct words.

* The group that has more correct answers in the winner.

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Homework

- Learn by heart new words.

A. Warm – up.( 5’)

Introduction

Write letters M, V, N, J, S on the board and ask Ss to volunteer to write any name of any planet that

they know beginning with these letters. Give them three minutes.

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B.Vocabulary(15’)

Vocabulary

1. Use the manes of the planets in the box to label the diagram of the solar system.

Now have Ss open the books and work independently.

Then, ask them to share their answers with a partner.

If necessary, ask for translation of some words or phrases in the box to check their understanding.

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2. Now scan the passage and check your answers.

Have Ss work in pairs, read the passage and check their answers in 1. Then check Ss’ answers as a class.

Key:

A. Mercury   B. Venus  C. Mars  D. Jupiter  E. Saturn  F. Neptune

Names of some planets in solar system.

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3. Write the names of the planets that match the Roman Gods.

Have Ss work individually to fill in the blanks without reading the passage again.

Have them compare their answers in pairs.

Ss read the passage again to confirm their answers.

Afterwards, check Ss’ answers as a class.

Key:

1. Neptune   2. Saturn  3. Mars  4. Jupiter  5. Venus

Mercury   Venus  Mars

Jupiter  Saturn  Neptune

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4a. Add suffixes -ful or -less to the words in the box. Note that some words can use either suffix.

T can explain that to from adjectives, we can add suffixes -ful or -less to a noun or a verb.

Ask Ss to work in pairs to from words with the ending -ful or -less .

Ask Ss to swap pairs to check their answers, then check their answers as a class.

Ask Ss to add some words that are formed in this way if time allows.

Suggested answers:

Weightless   waterless   resourceful/ resourceless  airless   beautiful  wonderful

suffixes -ful or -less to the words in the box. Note that some words can use either suffix.

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4b. now use the topic of space to make a sentence for each new word. Compare your sentences with a partner.

Ask Ss to work in pairs to write a sentence about the topic of space for each word.

Then swap their sentences with another pair’s to peer check.

Afterwards, have some Ss read out loud their sentences and correct Ss’ work if necessary.

Individual

C. Pronunciation (20’)

Pronunciation

Stress in words ending in -ful and -less.

5. Put the stress in the correct place in the words. Then listen and check.

Explain to Ss that when we add suffixes -ful or -less to a word, the tress of the word remains unchanged.

Play the recording and ask Ss to listen and stress the words.

Checks Ss’ answers as a class.

Audio script:

‘thoughtless   ‘meaningful   ‘helpless

‘meaningless  ‘helpful   ‘thoughtful

‘useless   ‘plentiful  ‘useful

6. Read the following sentences and mark the stressed syllable on the words in italics. Then listen and repeat.

First, have Ss work individually to mark the stress in each word. Then ask Ss to compare their answers with a partner.

Have them practice reading the sentences.

Play the recording and ask Ss to listen, check their answers and repeat the sentences.

If time allows, call on some Ss to read out the sentences, paying attention to the stress in each italicized word.

Audio script:

1. her speech on the environment was ‘meaningful.

2. My teacher is so ‘helpful when we don’t understand something.

3. I was ‘helpless to stop the dog biting me.

4. This dictionary is so ‘useful.

5. There is ‘plentiful water for life on earth.

- learn and practise writing the vocabulary.

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

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D. Home assignment(5’)

- Learn by heart all the knowledge.