Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 Unit 2: Life in the countryside mới, chuẩn nhất

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 ....