UNIT 1 : LEISURE TIME
Lesson 1: GETTING STARTED
I'm keen on doing DIY (do-it-yourself)

Period 2:
Date of planning: 4/9/2024
Class 8A: Date of teaching: ………………………Absent student…………………………
Class 8B: Date of teaching: ………………………Absent student………………………….
I. OBJECTIVES: * By the end of this lesson, Ss will be able to gain the following:
1. Knowledge: - An overview about the topic Leisure time
- To practice listening and reading skills .
- Use words related to leisure activities and expressions about likes and dislikes;
+ Vocabulary: words related to leisure activities and expressions about likes and dislikes;
+ pronounce the sounds /ʊ/ and /u:/ correctly in words and sentences;
* New words: a kniting kit; keen on; DIY; spend; hang out; join; puzzles; message…
+ Grammar: Use verbs of liking / disliking followed by gerunds and / or to-infinitives to
talk about likes and dislikes;
2. Competence:
- Students will be able to practice listening and reading skills .
- Develop communication skills and cultural awareness.
- Be cooperative and supportive in pair work and teamwork. Be actively join in class
activities.
3. Qualities:
- Love talking about activities in leisure time.
- Develop self-study skills.
II. TEACHING AIDS:
- Teacher: Grade 8 text book, laptop, projector / TV.....
- Students : Text books, workbook…
- Computer connected to the Internet
- Sach mem.vn ; hoclieu.vn
III. PROCEDURE:
1. WARM UP & INTRODUCTION ( 3'- 5')
* Objectives: - To create an active atmosphere in the class before the lesson;
- To lead into the new lesson.
* Content: To have some warm-up activities to create a friendly and relaxed atmosphere
to inspire Ss to warm up to the subject and new lesson.
* Expected outcomes: Having a chance to speak English.
* Organisation : Teacher's instructions …
Teacher's Student's activities
Content
+ Greeting

+ Teacher (T) asks Ss some questions about the
previous lessons,
- T may introduce some warm-up activities to
create a friendly and relaxed atmosphere to
inspire Ss to warm up to the subject and new
class…
- T encourages Ss to talk in English as much as
possible
+ Before ss open their books, T asks ss what
they like doing for pleasure in their free time.
Summarise ss' answers and ask them what these
activities are called.
- Elicit the phrase leisure activities. Tell ss that
free time can be called leisure time. Write the
unit title on the board Leisure time. Let ss open
their books and start the lesson. Otherwise, T
can:
- Show a picture with a lot of leisure activities
for 15 seconds (see below).
- Hide the picture and ask ss to name the
activities they see in the picture.
- Lead into the new lesson by saying: We do
these activities in our free time or leisure time.
Write the unit title on the board Leisure time.
- Share with ss the objectives of the lesson and
let them open their books and start the lesson. It
is a good idea to write the objectives in a corner
of the board and leave them there or put them
on a slide to show ss.
2. PRESENTATION/ NEW LESSON ( 12'- 15')

ACTIVITY 1:
* Objectives: - To set the context for the introductory dialogue;
- To introduce the topic of the unit, the vocabulary, the sounds, and the grammar
points to be learnt.
* Content: Learn some new words . Read the conversation and find out new words. Focus
on topic of the lesson, grammar points…
* Expected outcomes: Knowing more new words. Understanding the conversation; topic
of the lesson, grammar points. Students know the topic of the unit and be ready for the
conversation.
* Organisation : Teacher's instructions.
Teacher's Student's activities
Content

1. Listen and read :
* Teach vocabulary:
+ Teacher uses different techniques to teach
vocab (situation, realia, translation.)
+ Teacher introduces the vocabulary by:
- providing the pictures
- eliciting the definition of the words
+ Teacher do the “Rub out and remember”
checking technique.
- Ask ss to look at the pictures on page 8 - 9 and
answer the questions below:
- What are they talking about?
- What activities can you see in the small
pictures?
- Elicit answers from ss.
- Introduce the two characters:Tom and Trang.
Explain that they are friends, and they meet
each other by chance in a shopping mall.
- Play the recording twice for ss to listen and
read along. Have ss underline the words that are
related to the unit topic while they are listening
and reading.
- Invite some pairs of ss to read the
conversation aloud.
- Have ss say the words in the text that they
think are related to the topic Leisure time.
Quickly write the words on one part of the
board. Comment on ss' answers.

- T_Ss
*Vocabulary:
1. knitting kit (n) bộ dụng cụ đan len
2. DIY (n)
tự tay làm lấy
3. Dollhouse (n) nhà búp bê
4. make paper flowers (v.phr)
làm hoa giấy
5. hang out (v) đi chơi

3. PRACTICE ( 15')
* Objectives:
2. To help ss understand the conversation.
3. To introduce some vocabulary items related to leisure activities.
4. To help ss revise the leisure activities they have learnt in 3.
* Content: Listen and read the conversation. Complete the sentences; Write the activities
under the correct pictures.
* Expected outcomes: Ss understand the content of the conversation and know the
vocabulary related to the topic.
* Organisation :
Teacher's Student's activities
Content
ACTIVITY 2: Read the conversation again and complete the sentences.

+ First, ask ss to read the sentences and fill in
* Key:
the blanks without reading the conversation
1. knitting kit
2. leisure time
again.
- Elicit the answers from ss. Quickly write these 3. other people 4. hang out
5. Sunday
answers on the board.
Now have them read the conversation again to
check their answers.
+ Allow them to share answers with a partner
before discussing as a class,
- Ask Ss for their answers again, referring to the
answers that have been written on the board
before.
- Confirm the correct answers.
ACTIVITY 3: Work in pairs. Write the activities from the box under the correct
pictures.
- Have Ss work individually to write the word
* Key:
and phrases in the box under the pictures. Have 1. messaging friends 2. cooking
them compare their answers with a partner.
3. playing sport
4. doing
- Invite some ss to go to the board and write
puzzles
their answers.
5. doing DIY
6. surfing the
- Confirm the correct answers.
net
- Have ss practise saying the word and phrases
again.
EXTRA ACTIVITY:
- Put Ss into pairs.
- Ss read off the activities in the word box in 3 and say two sentences about one of the
activities that they do. One sentence needs to be true and the other false:
Eg: 1. I enjoy cooking
2. I hate cooking
- The partner guesses which sentence is true.
- Ss switch the roles and continue with a few more activities.
ACTIVITY 4: Work in pairs. Read the phrases, and guess which activities in 3 are
described
- Have Ss work in pairs and read the key words * Key:
and phrases given, then guess the leisure
1. doing puzzles
activities.
2. doing DIY
- Ask for Ss' answers and confirm the correct
3. playing sport
ones.
4. messaging friends
For a more able class, have ss work in groups.
5. surfing the net
Each group writes down some key words and
phrases about one or two leisure activities they
do or know. Then they read aloud these words /
phrases for the class to guess the activities.

4. PRODUCTION/ FURTHER PRACTICE ( 8')

ACTIVITY 5:
* Objectives: To help ss practise using the vocabulary items related to leisure
activities.
* Content: Ask and answer the questions; Report the friends' answers
* Expected outcomes: Asking and answering the questions; Report it.
* Organisation :
Teacher's Student's activities
Content
5. Work in groups. Ask one another the question below. Then report your friends'
answers to the class.
- Set time (3 — 5 minutes) for ss to do this
* Report it.
activity.
- Have ss work in groups to ask one another the * Example:
question in the book. Invite some ss to share the If you have some free time this
weekend. What will you do?
answers of their groups with the class.
* Suggested outcome:
- For a more able class, ask ss to work in their
If I have free time this weekend, I will
groups again and brainstorm all the leisure
go to the cinema to see the latest film.
activities they know. After three minutes, the
group with the most answers wins, and they are
invited to share their answers with the whole
class.
5. WRAP-UP & HOME WORK (2')
- Ask one or two ss to tell the class what they have learnt. Draw ss' attention to the
objectives on the board or show them the slide with the objectives. Tick the objectives
that have been learnt.
- Ask ss to say aloud some words they remember from the lesson.
- If there is a projector in the classroom, then T should show the dialogue and highlight
the key words related to the topic. It would be helpful if T also highlights in the dialogue
the expressions about likes and dislikes, verbs of liking / disliking + gerunds, verbs of
liking / disliking + to-infinitives, and the words with the sounds /ʊ/ and /u:/ . Tells ss that
they will learn these language points in the upcoming lessons.
* HOME WORK:
- Do more exercises in workbook.
- Prepare new lesson: Lesson 2: A CLOSER LOOK 1 .