Giáo án Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 VNEN - Unit 2: Life in the countryside - Lesson 2: A closer look 1

Week: 
Period: 
UNIT 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
Lesson 2: A Closer Look 1
I/ OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, students can:
- Pronounce words containing the clusters /bl/ and /cl/ correctly in isolation and in context
- Talk about life in the countryside
1. Knowledge: 
a. Grammar : Simple present , Simple progressive 
b. Lexical items : - Life on the countryside
c. Pronunciation: -Clusters: /bl/ and cl/
2. Skills: 
- Listening, Speaking, Reading,Writing and interactive skills
3. Attitude: 
- Cooperation, respect, having right and friendly attitudes with friends, teachers in the new school
4. Quality and competence: 
- Be confident and friendly with the new school environment
- Develope listening, speaking skills and cooperative interaction
II/ TEACHING AIDS (MATERIALS) 
1.Teacher’s preparation: 
- Lesson plan, Pictures, posters ,textbook,CD-MP3(Computer-Multi projector/cassette/ “sách mềm”) and other materials
2. Students’ preparation: 
- Textbook, notebook, school things.
III/ WORKING ARRANGEMENTS( WAYS OF WORKING )
- Pair work , individual work, group work, T-WC
IV/ TEACHING PROCEDURE:
1-Greeting`and checking students’ adtendence: Total: In: ......... Out: .......... .
2-Checking the old lesson
3-New lesson:
Teacher’s activities
Students’activities
I.Warm up(5'): Brainstorming
( adjectives to describe life in the countryside)
- Divide the class into 2 two teams 
-Ask ss from 2 teams turn by turn go to board to write adjectives about life in the countryside
- In 4 minutes the team with more right words is the winner.
- Introduce the new lesson
- Take part in the game in 2 teams
I.The new leson 
 A.Vocabulary (20')
* Teaching vocabulary
- Teacher use different techniques to teach vocabulary (situation, realia)
- Follow the seven steps of teaching vocabulary 
* Checking vocab: Slap the board
- brave
(adj)
Dũng cảm
- nomadic
(adj)
Có tính du mục
- vast
(adj)
Rộng lớn
- blackberry
(n):
Quả mâm xôi
- hay
(n):
Cỏ khô
- bloom
(n): 
(v):
Sự ra hoa 
Nở hoa
- Repeat in chorus and individually
- Copy all the words
1.Listen and repeat the words (P18)
- Have Ss listen to the recording and repeat the words. 
- Make sure that they pronounce the words with the correct stress partners.
- Check understanding of these words.
- Elicit ideas from the Ss. Say. for example, “Give me an example of something vast”.
- Go through all the words in this way to make sure understands them.
- Ss listen to the recording and repeat the words
2. Put the words in 1 into the appropriate category. Some words can be used in more than one category (p18)
-Get Ss to work individually.
- 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. Match the nouns/ noun phrases in the box with each verb( P18)
-Make sure Ss understand the meanings of the verbs first. There may be some confusion about the difference between ‘pick’ and ‘pick up’. 
-Explain that ‘pick; is the specific verb used for collecting fruit, vegetables or flowers through the action is the same as the more general term ‘pick up’. 
- Ask Ss then work independently or in pairs. When they have finished, let them exchange their answers with a partner/ another pair.
- Then T elicits the correct answer.
-Work individually
2.Key:
To describe
 Words
People
Friendly, brave, boring, nomadic, colourful
Life
Slow,hard, boring, inconvenient, peaceful, nomadic, colourful
scenery
Colourful, vast, peaceful
Work independently or in pairs
3.Key:
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 verbs( P18)
- Ask Ss to look at the sentences and decide if an adjective or a verb is missing. 
-This narrows down the areas of words they need to refer to.
-Have Ss then complete the sentences by themselves.
- Check the answers as a class
- Work individually
Key: 
1. picking 
2. inconvenient, collect 
3. herd 
4. ridden, brave
5. peaceful 
6. nomadic 
7. vast 
8. put up, hard
B. Pronunciation (15'')
 /bl / and / cl/ 
5. Listen and repeat the words... (P19)
- Ask Ss to listen and repeat. 
-Pause the recording to drill difficulty items. 
-Have Ss say the words individually 
Listen and repeat
6. Listen and circle the word you hear 
( P19)
- Have Ss listen and circle the words.
- Have Ss do the activity in pairs and challenge each other to choose the correct words
- Do the task individually
6.Key :
1. blame
2. blasts
3. blue
4.clock
5.close
7. Listen to the sentences and repeat (p19)
- Have Ss look at the sentences and underline the words with clusters /bl/ and /cl/ first.
- Play the tape
- Have Ss then listen and repeat.
- Listen and repeat
Consolidation (3')
-Ask ss to find some more words that have these two sounds/cl/ and /bl/
IV. Homework (2')
- Learn by heart all the new words.
- Guide ss how to do Exs (workbook)
- Prepare: Unit 2: Closer Look 2
- Answer teacher's questions.
- Say out the words 
- Take note