Tiếng Anh 8 - Unit 8 - Skills 1

Steps and time

Learning activities

Language focus

Models

A. Warm up.(2’)

B. Reading(20’)

* Pre – task:

* Task cycle

* Language analysis

C. Speaking(15’)

* Pre stag

* Though stage

* Post stage

D. Performing.(6’)

E. Homework(2’)

- Ask Ss to tell about How much you know about a country.

1. Discuss the questions. Then read the passage.

1. Where is Scotland?

2. What is this land famous for?

Allow Ss two or three minutes to discuss the questions. Draw a map of Great Britain and highlight Scotland on the map. Leave it on the board while the class reads the passage silently. T may ask Ss to underline the things that Scotland is famous for. Have Ss call out their answers and say where they found the information in the passage.

Key:

1. It’s in the north of Great Britain.

2. Any or all of the following: It’s famous for its rich and unique culture as well as its amazing natural beauty, its historic castles, its traditional festivals, and its whisky.It is also famous for various inventions.

2. Match each place or event with its two features.

Ask Ss to read the passage again. Ask them to scan the places first. Read carefully the information about each place and choose the two features related to it.

Ss work individually, then chack their work in pairs. Ask Ss to call out their answers and show where the information appears.

Key:        1. Edinburgh: d, f                    2. Castles: a, c

               3. Highland Game: b, h               4. Lochs: e, g

3. Read the passage again and answer the questions

Have Ss read the passage again and write out the answers independently. T may invite two Ss to write their answers on the board. Confirm the correct answers. For a more able class, T may ask Ss to answer the questions without reading the passage again.

Key:

1. Yes, it is.          

2. A ghost                               

3. Piping, drumming, dancing

4. the telephone, television, penicillin, the rain coat             

5. In 1824

Speaking

T asks Ss some questions.

4. Work in pairs. Talk about the thing(s) you like most about Scotland. Give reasons.

Give Ss a minute to think about the thing they like most about Scotland, and prepare their reasons. They then work in pairs, asking and answering about their choice. If time allows, call on some pairs to share with the class. Encourage Ss come up with more questions about Scotland.

Example:

+ What do you like about Scotland?

  I like the castles

+ Why?

  Because I want to see the ghost.

5. Work in groups. Read and discuss these interesting facts about Australia. Prepare a short introduction of Australia. Then present it to the class.

Have Ss work in small groups. Ask them to look through the interesting facts, and discuss if there is any piece of information they are not clear about. Check as a class to make sure that the information is understood correctly. Only then can Ss start working on preparation for their presentation. Tell them that they can add some facts they know, or delete some facts they do not like from the provided notes. Then call on some groups to present. The class may then vote for the best presentation.

- Do exercises: … in the work book. 

- Be ready for the next lesson.

1. Vocabulary:

+ haunt (v)

+ piping (n)

+ fire brigade (n)

Words  to describe places.

AUSTRALIA- interesting facts:

- world’s only country which covers an entire contonent.

- world’s capital of sports and outdoor activities( 70% of the population regularly participate)

- world’s longest fence(5,400 km; built to protect world’s largest population of sheep( about 175 milliom); claimed tobe seen from outer space.

- world’s largest cattle station( Ann Creek station); larger than Belgium.

+whole class.

+ Pair work.

Individual

Whole class

Individual

Pair work

+whole class, team work.

individual

Pair work

Group work

Whole class