Week 7
Date of preparation: ……/……/ 2016
Date of teaching: …../…../2016
Class 8A1

Period 19
Unit 4
OUR PAST
 Lesson 1: - Getting Started
- Listen and read
P. 38-39

I. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to tell the activities people used to do in the past.
1. Knowledge:
- Practice the conversation to understand the details.
- Review : Simple past.
- Structure: used to + infinitive/ S+ didn’t use to+ V/ Did+ use to + V....?
2. Skills: Listening, speaking, reading , practice doing some exercises.
3. Attitude: Working hard, actively.
II. Teaching aids: - Textbook, worksheet, computer, projector.
- Working arrangement: T – Ss, individual, pair work, group work.
III. Teaching procedure:
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities

I. Warm up (7’)
* Getting started: Kim’s game
- Ask students to look at the picture and work in groups of 4/ 6 to write down the names of the things that don’t belong to the past.
+ Was this Vietnamese family? Yes/ When?100 years ago/ Did they have a TV? No
-> The TV doesn’t belong to the past
- T. gets feedback from each group.
the TV the radio
the mobile phone the lighting fixture
school uniforms modern clothings
the dress


- Listen and answer the questions.




- Look at the picture and work in groups of 4.
- Some Ss speak out.




II. Presentation (25’)
1. Set the scene: Look at the picture:
+ Who are they? Nga and her grandma.
+ What is Grandma/ Nga doing?
2. Pre-teach ( New words):
- (to) look after: chăm sóc, trông nom (synonym- take care of)
- equipment: thiết bị (example)
- a folktale: chuyện dân gian, cổ tích(example- Tam Cam, So Dua, ..are folktales)
- great grandma: cụ, bà cố (picture, explanation)
(explanation- A person who was mother of Nga’s grandma, was Nga’s great grandma)
Check vocabulary using “What and Where” or “R.O.R”
3. Pre questions:
- T. sets the scene:
a/ Where did Nga’s grandmother live when she was young?
b/ What did she often do at that time?
- T. has Ss listen and follow their books at the same time to find out the answer to the 2 pre questions.
- Then T. asks Ss to compare with their partners
- T calls some Ss to speak out their answers.
- T. checks with the whole class.
Answer keys: a/ - She used to live on a farm.
b/ She used to look after her younger brothers and sisters.
4. Fact or opinion (Listen & read 3)
Students show the difference between “fact” and “opinion”
Eg: - Fact: This flower is red/ I eat chicken and beef
- Opinion: It’s the most beautiful flower I’ve seen./ I don’t like beef.
Ask Ss to work in pairs: Read & check (V) the boxes.
* Answer Keys: a. Fact d. Fact
b. Fact e. Opinion
c. Fact f. Opinion
5. Comprehension question: (Listen & read 2)
- Have Students practice reading the dialogue in pairs first. Then T calls some pairs to read aloud.
- Have Ss work in pairs to find out the answers to the questions in 2’.
- Ask them to work in open pair and closed pair./ Give feedback.
*Answer keys:
a. She used to live on a farm.
b. Because she had to stay home and help her mom to look often her younger brothers and sisters)
c. She used to cook the meals, clean the house and wash the clothes.
d. Her grandma used to lit the lamp and her great grandma used to tell stories.
e. She asked her grandma to tell her the tale: “ The Lost Shoe”
6. Model sentences.
- T asks: What did Nga’s grandma do when she didn’t go to school?
I used to look after my younger brothers and sisters
* Concept check:
- What’s the sentence in Vietnamese? đã thường hay làm gì
- Can we say: “ I used look after...” or “ I used to look after...”