Giáo án Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Unit 8: Country life and city life - Period 47: Write - Trường THCS Pha Mu

Date of teaching: Period 47- Unit 8. COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE Write I. OBJECTIVES 1. Knowledge: By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to write a letter to friends telling about the places where they live. * Vocabulary: Review * Grammar: Review Form of an informal letter 2. Skills: Writing skill 3. Attitudes: - Positive about their lesson. - Students know how to learn English. - Ss are interested in doing exercises. 4. Competence a. General capacity: self – study, communicative and collaborative, and problem solving ability. b. Specilized capacity: language capability II. PREPARATION 1. Teacher’s: lesson plan, text book 2. Students’: text book, note book III. METHODS, TECHNIQUES 1. Methods: Communicative approach, group Ss and T’s activities, teaching methods with game, teaching methods by practising 2. Techniques: Eleciting, group work, pair work, individual work IV. PROCEDURE 1. Organization - Greetings. - Who’s absent today? 2. Check the old lesson Ask ss to talk about some problems of the migrants from country to the city - Overcrowding in many cities - Increased population - Not enough schools or hospitals - Water and electricity supplies may not be adequate. - Families have to live apart 3. New lesson Activity 1. Warm up - Ask students to put the outline for an informal letter in the correct order. 1. Heading +) Writer's address. +) Date 2. Opening 3. Body of letter. 4. Closing - Introduce the new lesson Activity 2. New form of knowledge skills - Ask ss to tell the form of leter. - Ask students to work in pairs to answer the questions in exercise 2 a- I live in a small town/ big city / village . b- My house looks very nice / small with 4/5 rooms and a nice/small garden. c- From my bedroom window, I can see a small park with many green trees and colorful flowers. d- I t 's far from my home so I have to r ide my bike.( It 's very near so I can walk ) e- There is a park / a swimming pool / some restaurants , a post office / a library. f- I like the park best because I can walk with my sisters after dinner / every morning. ( I like the library best because I can read many interesting books , or study or learn how to use the computer there.) Activity 3. Practice - Ask students to write letters to friends about their neighborhood. - Call some Ss to read their letters. (Writer’s address) (Date) Dear....... I live in a small town. My family has a large house with four rooms and a small garden. My sister and I share one bedroom. From the bedroom window, I can see a beautiful park with green trees, flowers and a pond. We don't live far from my school so I usually walk there. In my neighborhood, there is a swimming pool and a beautiful park. On the weekend, I often go swimming with my friends. Early in the morning, I always jog with my sister around the park. But the thing I like best in my neighborhood is the public library near my school. There I not only can study and read books but also watch video and learn how to use the computer. Do you have a library like that in your neighborhood? Is there anything interesting in the place where you live? Write to me. I'd like to say good bye now. I'm looking forwards to hearing from you soon. Love, (Signature) - Correct the mistakes. Activity 5. Expanding - Ss write their letter in the notebook - Remind all main points for ss. to remember and practice at home. V. HOMEWORK Ss prepare for next lesson. Language forcus.