UNIT 4
Week 7
Period 20
Lesson 1
OUR PAST

Getting Started + Listen and Read
Grade 8


p 38-39

Objectives: things people did in the past
Materials: pictures, posters, textbooks, cassette, …
Procedure
Timing
CONTENTS
Teacher’s and Students’ activities

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Household appliances
. TV



Pick out the things that don’t belong to the past. (p38)
Answer Key
television radio mobile phone school uniforms radio light picture

Today you will learn about life in Vietnam 100 years ago. During the lesson, we will know what our great-grandparents used to do, what their life was like.


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modern equipment
a folktale
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* USED TO + Vo: to express a discontinued habit/routine or a past situation which contrasts with the present.
Ex: I used to cook meals, clean the house.

Grandma told Nga what she used to do when she was a young girl.

1. Where did Nga’ s grandmother used to live?
2. What did she have to do at home?


1. Where did Nga’s grandmother use to live?
2. Why didn’t she go to school?
3. What did Nga’s great-grandmother use to do?
4. What did Nga’s great-grandmother and great-grandfather do after dinner?
5. What did Nga ask her grandmother to do at the end of the conversation?
Answer Key
1. She used to live on the farm.
2. Because she had to stay home and help her Mom.
3. She used to cook the meals, clean the house and wash the clothes.
4. Her great-grandmother used to light the lamp and her great-grandfather used to tell them stories.
5. She asked her grandmother to tell her the tale “The Lost Shoe”.

1. I used to live on the farm.
2. There wasn’t any electricity.
3. Mom had to do everything without the help of modern equipment.
4. My father used to tell us the stories.
5. The best one was The Lost Shoe.
6. Traditional stories are great.
Answer Key
1. F 2. F 3. F 4. F 5. O 6. O

Where did your grandparents use to live?
They used to …



* USED TO + Vo: to express a discontinued habit/routine or a past situation which contrasts with the present.

. Learn vocabulary and structures by heart
. Practice the dialogue again
. Prepare Unit 4 Lesson 2 Speaking and Listen (p 40 +41)
Vocabulary: lay, shout, magically, a broken heart

I. Warmer
Brainstorming
. Sts work in 2 groups
. which group writes more correct words is the winner
. Sts work in groups of four



Introduction



II. Pre-stage
1. Pre-teaching vocabulary
. situation
. realia
. example
. situation



2. Pre-reading activity
a. Setting the scene
b. Pre-questions
. Sts discuss in groups of four

III. While-stage
1. Question comprehension (p39)
. Sts work in pairs
. Sts give the answer + check their answers
. T gives feedback



2. Fact or Opinion (p39)
. Sts work in pairs
. Sts give the answer + check their answers
. T gives feedback


2. Listen and practice (38-39)
. Sts listen to the dialogue
. Sts practice the dialogue in open pairs






IV. Post-stage
Structure
. Sts practice it in pairs
. Some pairs perform their practice in front of the class
V. Consolidation
. Sts remember the structures

VI. Homework
. Sts copy down it

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UNIT 4
Week 8
Period 21
Lesson 2
OUR PAST

SPEAK and LISTEN
Grade 8


p 41-42


Objectives: . Talking about the differences between the past and now, using “used to”
. Listening for gist to understand the content of the