Unit 1: MY FRIENDS
GETTING STARTED & LISTEN AND READ

I. Objectives:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know more about Hoa - Lan - Nien and to review present and past tenses.
Aim: Reading the dialogue for details
II. Language contents:
1. Grammar
- What do / does + S + look like?
S + is / looks + adj (ngoại hình )
- S + be (not) + adj + enough +to inf + O
2. Vocabulary: (to) seem, enough (adv), next-door neighbor (n) , look like .
III. Techniques: True/ False statements, Asking and Answering
IV. Teaching aids: Textbook English 8, colored chalks, pictures
V. Procedures:
1. Review of the previous lesson:
No checking
2. New lesson:

Teacher’s and students’ activities
Content

1. Warm up: (8’)
- T asks: What did you do during the summer vacation? Did you review your English lesson? Did you have any new friends?
- Ss answer
- T asks Ss to look at 4 pictures on page 10 and asks: How many people are there in each picture?
What are they doing?
- Ss answer ( pictures a, b, c, d)
- T asks Ss to work in pairs (ask and answer), describe these groups of friends and their favorite activities
- Ss practice in closed pairs and opened pairs (ask and answer about 4 pictures on page 10)
- T corrects the mistakes if necessary
- T asks Ss to write the question and the answers in their notebooks
- Ss write
2. Presentation: (15’)
- T asks: What do you often do in your free time?
Do you play soccer? What are your favorite activities after school?
- Ss answer
- T asks: Do you remember Hoa ?
Where is she from?
Who does she live with now?
Which grade is she in?
- Ss answer
- T introduces: Hoa is from Hue. Now she lives in Hanoi with her uncle and aunt. She is talking to Lan about one of her friend in Hue.
You listen to the tape and answer this question: What does Hoa talk about her friend?
- T plays the tape “Listen and read”
- Ss listen
- After Ss listen, T introduces some structures
- Ss listen carefully and write notes
3. Practice: (14’)
( Practice with a partner :
Ss work in pairs the dialogue
- Ss play the roles to present ( 2-3 pairs)
- Ss read again and answer the questions in pairs
- Ss ask and answer together
(closed pairs and opened pairs)
- T corrects the mistakes
( Checking:
- Ss answer the question
- Ss remark and correct
( Keys:
1 - F ( Hoa’s friend)
2 - T
3 - T
4-F (at Christmas)
4. Consolidation:
T asks ss Yes-No questions using the content above






I. Getting started:
What are these students doing?
a) They are playing soccer
b) They are reading books
c) They are playing chess
d) They are playing volleyball





II .Listen and read







*Vocabulary :
seem (v) dường như
seem +Adj Ex : She seems happy
Look like : có vẻ , trông như
Enough (adv ) : đủ
Next- door neighbor (n)


( Structures:
- What do/ does + S + look like?
S + is/ looks + adj
Ex: What does she look like?
She is beautiful
S + be(not) + adj + enough + to inf
Ex: She wasn’t old enough to be in my class

( Ask and answer the questions:
a) Nien lives in Hue
b) No, she doesn’t know Nien
c) She wasn’t old enough to be in my class
d) Nien is going to visit Hoa at Christmas







( True/ False statements :
___ 1. Nien is Lan’s friend
___ 2. Hoa and Lan are old enough to be in class
___ 3. Nien was 11 last year
___ 4. Hoa said: “Nien is going to visit her at the new school year”


5. Homework:
- Write a paragraph about Nien (5-8 sentences)
- Do exercises : 1, 2 page 5
- Learn by heart structures
- Prepare : U1-L2: Speak - Listen page 11, 12

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