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2007-2008
week 8
Period 22: unit 4 : Our past
lesson 2: speak + Listen
Date of planning: 21/10/2007
a. Objectives :
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By the end of the lesson, Ss’ll be able to say the event in the past and use the structure fo “
used to” well.
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the content of the folktale and learn the moral lesson from it.
B . language content:
* Words : use the words denoting daily activities
* Skill: speaking and listening
c. Teaching aids :
* book, pictures, stereo and chalks
d. PROCEDURE :
1. Warm up :
T: Greeting & calling some ss to read the dialogue . Then answer some questions about
them
Ss: listen and answer the questions
2. Pre - speaking:
Teacher’s & Students’ activities Content of activities
T: ask ss some questions about the
dialogue to lead in the topic of
speaking
Ss: listen and answer the questions
T: explain how to use “ used to” and
then give more examples
Ss: listen and note down

class
T; help them when they find difficult to
express. Show the differences on the
board in each table
Ss: think and talk freely
T: go around the class to help them. Then
call others remark
(note: must use “ used to” to express)
T: give some suggestions
Ss; lisetn and choose
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Past:
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small house
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walked
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no electricity
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worked in the field
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traditional clothes
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Present:
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big houses. Buildings
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travelled by car, motorbike
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electricity, mobile phone

T: show some new wordsd in the tapescrip
Ss: listen and note down
T: lead in the listening by asking some
questions
Ss; listen and answer the questions
* Now you will listen to a folktale. Listen
and try to understand the content of the
story.
* New words :
+ to lay eggs
+ excitedly
+ in amazement
+ foolish and greedy
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T: guide ss the task of listening and ask “
What is the story about?”
Ss: listen and try to guess the key first
+ moral lesson
* Ask:
- Do you often read books/ stories?
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What kind of story do you like ?
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Do you like folktales?
3. Listening
Teacher’s and Students’ activities Content of the activities
T; ask ss to listen and find the information

a. Objectives :
By the end of the lesson, Ss’ll be able to improve their reading skill trough a fairy tale
B. language content:
* Words : marry; do chores; fall in love; cruel; upset; prince; fairy; rags; immediately
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* Skill: reading comprehension
c. Teaching aids : book, pictures, and chalks
d. PROCEDURE :
1. Warm up :
T: Greeting & calling the pupils to say ten sentences using “ used to” orally
Ss: listen and do as the request
2. PRE – READING:
Teacher’s & Students’ activities Content of activities
T: lead into the topic of the reading by
the questions
Ss: listen and answer the questions
T: introduce the story by the questions
Ss: listen and answer the questions
T: read and find the information about
three characters in the story
Ss: raed and find the information
* answer the questions :
+ Do you like folktales?
+ What usually happen at the end of the folk
tales?
+ Name the titles of the folk you know
+ You are going to read the story “ The lost

a) a farmer b) died c) used ; again
d) marry/ choose e) new clothes f) lost
Ex2: Answer the questions
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T: go on asking ss to read the story to
answer the questions about it
Ss: read and find the answers to the
questions
T: call some pairs to ask and answer
before the class
Ss: do as the request
T: correct with ss
Ss: write the correct answers in the
notebook
a) She was a poor farmers daughter
b) She made Little Prea do the chores all day
c) Before festival started, a fairy appeared
and magically changed her rags into
beautiful clothes
d) He decided to marry the girl who filled
the lost shoe/ who owned it
4: POST READING:
T: ask ss some questions: - Do you like the story?
- Who do you like/ hate? Why?
- Is this a true story? How do you know?
- What is the moral lesson from the story?
Ss: listen and answer the questions

T: introduce the topic of the writing by
give some questions
Ss: listen and answer the questions
given
T: request ss to read and complete the
open story after explain the words
given in the box
Ss: think to complete with the partner.
Then compare with others ( try to guess
the meaning of the new words)
T:call ss to read the completed story
aloud . Then explain some new words
in the story
Ss; listen and note down the newwords
T: call others to remark the completed
story and give the correct key
Ss: listen and note down
* Lead in the topic of the writing
+ Do you know the folktale “ This is my
wisdom?
+ Who are the characters in this story?
+ Where did they meet?
+ What was the buffallo doing?
* Complete the story:
1) appeared/came 2) was 3) said
4) left 5) went 6) tied
7) lit 8) burned 9) escaped
+ New words:
servant >< master ; straw; stripe ; escape;
graze; disappear >< appear.

Gi¸o ¸n TiÕng Anh líp 8 N¨m häc
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tree with a rope because I didn’t want it to eat
my buffalo . I went to get some straw and
burned the tiger. The tiger escaped but today
it still has black stripes from the burns
4. POST – WRITING:
T: ask ss to work in group to rewrite the story following the tale of the farmer and then find a
moral lesson from that story
Ss: do as the request
5. HOMEWORK:
T: rewrite the exercise in the book and then try to retell the story again. Then draw a lesson
from it. Prepare for the next lesson “Language focus”
Ss: listen and note down

E. REMARK:

week 9
Period 25: unit 4: our past
lesson 6: Language focus
Date of planning: 21/10/07
a. Objectives :
By the end of the lesson, Ss’ll be able to review some grammatical pattern from Unit 4
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B. language content:
* Words: review the past form of some verbs and used to
* Skill: applying what have been learnt ot do other exercises

- “ S + didn’t + V”
? “ Did + S + V ?”
Ex1,2
2. Preposition:
* Name the prepositions that you have learnt
+ on; at; by; behind’ under; between; after;
befere etc.
Ex3:
b) in c) between d) at/ after e) before
3. Used to: ( express a past habit)
+ “ S + used to + V”
- “ S + didn’t use / used not to + V”
? “ Did + S + use to + V/ Used + S +to+ V?
eg: She used to get up late
He didn’s use to smoke
Did they use to help their mother?
Ex4.
1) I used to have long hair
2) She used to be my next door neighbor
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Ss: think to do the exrecise
T: call some ss to present before the
class
Ss: do as the request
T: call others remark and give correct
answers
Ss: listen and write down

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Team 1 Team 2
T: request ss to read the subjects in chorus
Ss: do as the request
T: ask ss the question “ How often do you have Math?”. Then ask ss ot do the same with
other subjects
Ss: listen to guide and work in pair to ask and answer
T: allow ss time to practise in pair freely
Ss: do as the request
2. presentation: 2) lIsten and read

Teacher’s & Students’ activities Content of activities
T: Show the picture and introduce the
situation of the dialogue
Ss: listen
T: explain the word “ report card” Then
request ss
Ss: lisetn and answer the questions
given by the teacher
T: call ss to answer the questions
Ss: hand up to answer the questions
T: explain some more new words
Ss: listen and note down
* This is Jim and this is his mother. They are
talking about Jim’s report card
* Listen and then answer the following
questions:
+ How did Jim study?
+ What does Jim need to improve?
* New words:

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Yes / No questions
Ss: do as the request
T: explain the task that ss have to do
Ss; listen and discuss to do this exercise
T; call some pairs to present before the
class and others listen to remark
Ss: ask and answer
T: give the corect answers
Ss; listen and note down
T: explain the model sentence
Ss: listen and note down
T: give more exercises for ss to pratice
Ss: apply to do the exercise
A: Was Jim home when his mother called
him ?
B: No, he wasn’t
Correct: a) out → home
c) poor → good/ excellent
e) grammar → pronunciation
* Ex2: Answer the questions
a) Miss Jackson is Jim’s teacher
b) Miss Jackson gave her Jim’s report card
c) He studied well this semester
d) Miss Jackson said Jim should work
harder on his Spanish pronunciaation
e) She gave him a dictionary

1. Warm up :
T: Greeting and checking the previous lesson. “ read the dialogue by heart”
Ss: listen and do as the request
T; use the poor report card to lead in the topic of the speaking by asking
+ This is Minh’s report card. Is it good ?
Ss: answer
+ Minh didn’t do well . What should he do?
Ss: answer
+ Yes, Lan said Minh should work harder. The others, please. So on and so forth
T: so “ How to make our study better?”. Now we will talk about this pont
Ss: listen and change to practise
2. pre- speaking:
Teacher’s & Students’ activities Content of activities
T: request ss to read the questions
given carefully. Then explain some new
words in the questions
Ss: listen and note down
T: request ss
Ss: think to answer the questions in 5
min. They can discuss in pair
* New words:
+ spend (time) on something
+ help somebody with something
* Think to answer in 5 min
3. PRACTICE
Teacher’s & Students’ activities Content of activities
T: request ss to work in 4 groups to ask
answer the questions given on the page
48. Give an example
Ss: work in group to ask and answer the

Ss: listen and od as the request
5. HOME ASSIGNMENT
T: make 10 reported speech and prepare the next lesson “ LISTEN”
Ss: listen and note down
E. REMARK
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