Week: 4
Period: 10
Date of teaching: 30/09/2024

UNIT 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
Lesson 2 : A CLOSER LOOK 1

I. OBJECTIVES:
1. Competences: By the end of the unit, students will be able to:
- use the words about life and activities in the countryside;
+ pronounce the sounds /ə/ and /ɪ/ correctly in words and sentences;
- Use the comparative forms of adverbs
- Give and respond to compliments
- read for general and information about life in countryside;
- talk about activities in the countryside and the city;
- listen for specific information activities, countryside and city;
- write a paragraph comparing life in the countryside and the city.
* By the end of the unit, students will be able to:
- To practice listening and reading.
- Use the lexical items related to the topic life in the countryside.
2.Knowledge:
+ Vocabulary:
- Use vocabulary to talk about Life in the countryside
+ pronounce the sounds /ə/ and /ɪ/ correctly in words and sentences;
+ Grammar:
- Use the comparative forms of adverbs;
3. Attributes:
- 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.
- Understand the main idea of the conversation.
- Develop communication skills and creativity.
- Actively join in class activities.
II. INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES
- Grade 8 textbook, Unit 2 A closer look 1
- A laptop connected to the Internet
- TV
- Web page: hoclieu.vn
III. PROCEDURES
1. Activity 1: WARM UP (5 minutes)
Aims:
- To create an active atmosphere in the class before the lesson;

- To lead into the new lesson.
Content/Performance tasks:
To have some warm-up activities to create a friendly and relaxed atmosphere to
inspire students to warm up to the subject and new lesson.
Outcome/Performance Products:
Having a chance to speak English. Students get some vocabulary from the lesson
and be ready for the lesson.
+ Matching game:
* Suggested answers:
1. cattle (n)
2. vast (adj)
3. crop (n)
4. hospitable (adj)
5. poultry (n)
6. picturesque (adj)
Implementation:
+ Greeting
+ Matching game:
- T gives out the handouts and divides the class into 10 groups and explains the
rules.
- Ss match the given words to the pictures and they have to send one to stick the
handout onto the board as quickly as possible.
- Teacher shows students the answer on the screen and announces the winning
group.
- T sets the context for the lesson.
- Show some pictures of the activities in the countryside that students learnt in the
previous lesson. Have some students say the activities. Lead into this lesson which
focuses on action verbs and the sounds /ə/ and /ɪ/ .
- students Open the book and write the tittle of the lesson.
Assessment Tools: Observation
2. Activity 2: PRESENTATION (10 minutes)
Aims:
- To present some nouns that go with action verbs to describe activities which rural
people often do.
Content/Performance Tasks:
Learn some new words
Learn some new words. Nouns go with action verbs
Outcome/Performance Product:

Knowing more new words. Students know how to use the target vocabulary.
* New words:
1. Cattle /ˈkæt(ə)l/ (n)
gia súc
2. Poultry /ˈpəʊltri/ (n) gia cầm
3. crop/krɒp/ (n)
hoa màu
4. Vast /vɑːst/ (adj) mênh mông
5. Hospitable/hɒˈspɪtəb(ə)l/ (adj) hiếu khách
6. Picturesque /ˌpɪktʃəˈresk/ (adj) đẹp như tranh vẽ
Key:
1. cattle
2. fruit
3. crops
4. unloaded
5. Catching
* Implementation:
Task 1. Circle the correct words to complete the sentences.
* 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.
* Have Ss read each sentence and choose the suitable noun that goes with the
action verb before it.
- Let Ss work in pairs to compare their answers before sharing their answers.
- Check and confirm the correct answers. With a strong class, have 5s add one or
more nouns that can go with the action verb in each sentence.
Assessment Tool: observation
3. Activity 3: PRACTICE (20 minutes)
Task 1
Aims: To teach Ss new adjectives for describing people and scenes in the
countryside.
Content/Performance Tasks:
Do the matching
Outcome/Performance Products:
Students learn how to use the nouns go with verbs
* Key to Task 2:

1. c
2. d
3. e
4. b
5. a
Implementation:
Task 2. Match the following adjectives with their definitions
- Have Ss quickly match the adjectives in the left column with their meanings in
the right column individually.
- Then ask Ss to check their answers with their partners. Ask for translation of
some of the adjectives on the list to check their understanding.
- If there is enough time, T can ask some Ss to write their answers on the board.
- Confirm the correct answers. With a stronger class, ask Ss to make some
examples with the adjectives they have learnt.
Assessment Tools: put the words in correct columns
Task 3
Aim:
To help Ss use adjectives for describing people and scenes in the countryside in
specific contexts.
Content/Performance Tasks:
Complete the sentences.
Outcome/Performance Products:
* Key to Task 3
1. hospitable
2. well-trained
3. picturesque
4. vast
5. surrounded
Implementation:
Task 3. Complete the sentences with the words from 2
- Ask Ss to do the exercise individually and then check with the whole class. When
checking, ask Ss to refer to 2 to make the meanings of the adjectives clearer to
them.
- Teacher checks the answers as a class and gives feedback.
Assessment Tools: gap-filling
Task 4
Aims:
To help Ss identify how to pronounce the sounds /ə/ and /ɪ

Content/Performance Tasks:
Listen and repeat the words
Outcome/Performance Products:

Implementation:
Task 4. Listen and repeat the words. Pay attention to the sounds /ə/ and /ɪ/.
Have some Ss read out the words first. Then play the recording for them to listen
and repeat the words they hear. Ask them to pay close attention to the two sounds.
Play the recording as many times as necessary.
Note: Explain to Ss the difference between the two sounds if needed:
- /ɪ/ is a "front vowel", meaning the front part of the tongue is raised while
articulating this vowel. It's also a "close vowel". A close vowel is one where the
jaws come close to each other.
- /ə/on the other hand is a "mid- vowel"; it means that the jaws aren't closer to each
other. It's also a
central vowel. A central vowel means the central part of the tongue is raised while
articulating this
vowel. It's often unrounded.
- Invite some 5s to say some words they know that include the two sounds.
* Teacher gives corrections and feedbacks to students' pronunciation .
Assessment Tools: observation
4. Activity 4: PRODUCTION (7 minutes)
Task 5
Aims:
To help students practise pronouncing these sounds in words.
Content/Performance Tasks:

Practice the sentences. Underline the bold words.
Outcome/Performance Products:
Students repeats the words correctly
* Suggested outcome:
1. There is a lot of water in the bottle.
2. The farmers here are hard-working.
3. They are picking fruits in the orchard.
4. People in my village usually gather at weekends.
5. Please buy some milk and pasta at the supermarket.
- Implementation:
Task 5. Listen and practise the sentences. Underline the bold words with /ə/,
and circle the bold words with /ɪ/.
- Have Ss quickly read the sentences. Now play the recording for Ss to listen to the
sentences. Ask them to pay attention to the underlined parts and tick the
appropriate sound.
- Invite some Ss to share their answers. Confirm the correct ones.
- Play the recording again for Ss to repeat the sentences.
- Have Ss practise the sentences in pairs. Invite some pairs to read the sentences
aloud. Comment on their pronunciation of the sounds.
Assessment Tools: Combine sentences.
IV. WRAP-UP ACTIVITY, GIVE INSTRUCTIONS ON SELF-STUDYING HOMEWORK / ASSIGNMENT (3 minutes)
- Ask Ss to summarise what they have learnt in the lesson.
- Have Ss look at the objectives written on the board at the beginning of the lesson
and tick the objectives they can do
* HOME WORK
- Do more exercises in workbook.
- Prepare new lesson. A CLOSER LOOK 2.
- Find out new words
Comments:
Attendance:
Class 8A1:
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