Hoi Son Secondary School Lesson plan English 8
Date of preparation: 22/03/2010
Date of teaching: 23/03/2010
Period 83: Unit 14: Wonders of the world
Lesson 1: Getting started.
Listen and read.
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*) Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to seek information
about a language game to complete the summary.
*) Language focus: - Vocabulary: wonder, guess, pyramid, clue.
- Grammar / Structure: Question words + to V.
*) Language skills: listening, reading.
*) Teaching aids: text book, pictures.
*) Teaching procedure:
Stages Teacher's activities Student's activities
Warm-up
- Asks students some questions
about some places of interest in
Vie Nam and in the world.
“ In unit 12 you have learnt many
interesting places in Viet nam. Can
you tell me some places of interest
in Viet Nam?”
*Chatting:
- Tell some places of interest in Viet
nam and in the world.
+ Ha Long Bay
+ Hoi An ancient City
+ Nha Rong Habour
+ Phong Nha Cave
+ Nha Trang Beach

- Reads and gets students to
follow.
a, b, c,
- Look at and match.
*) Answer keys:
a, The pyramid.
b, Sydney Opera House
c, Stonehenge.
II.Listen and read :
1. New words:
+ wonder (n): kú quan
+ guess (v): ®o¸n
+ pyramid (n): kim tù th¸p
+ clue (n): gîi ý
- Read after teacher.
2. Presentation the dialogue:
- Listen
*) Model sentence:
I don’t know how to play it.
Q W+ to V
Practice
- Asks students to work in groups
and practice the dialogue.
- Corrects mistakes.
- Asks students to answer some
questions:
a. How do Hoa, Nga and Nhi feel?
b. What does Hoa suggest doing?
c. Who explain the rule of the
game?

d) A gives B a clue.
e) B loses if he / she can’t guess
the correct answer.
f) A can only answer “yes” or “no”.
*) Right order:
b-d-a-f-c-e.
5. Complete the summary:
- Read and complete.
*) Answer keys:
1. game 2. place
3. clue 4. Vietnam
5. New York 6. Golden
7. right 8. was.
Further
practice - Asks students to work in pairs
and make a similar dialogue.
- Feedback and corrects mistakes.
6. Make a conversation:
A: You might know this place. I’ll give
you a clue. It is a beautiful Bay in Viet
nam.
B: Is it in the South of Viet Nam?
A: No.
B: Is it in the central of Viet Nam?
A: No.
B: Is it in the North of Viet Nam?
A: Yes.
B: I think it is Ha Long Bay.
A: Yes. You’re right.
Homework - Asks students to learn the new

Parliament in Lon Don.
3. It’s a beautiful Bay in quang Ninh.
4. It’s the highest mountain in the
world with a height of 8848 meters.
5. It’s a famous cave in Quang Binh
province recognized as a world
*) Warm up:
Pay guessing game
- Work in 2 groups: choose the
number and listen to information and
guess the exactly places.
*
Answer keys
:
1. The Great Wall of China.
2. BigBen
3. HaLong Bay
4. Mount Everest
5. Phong Nha Cave
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Heritage site by the UNESCO.
Pre-speaking
- Explains the meanings of the new
words.
- Reads and gets students to follow.
- Sets the scene: Shows pictures of
some famous places and elicits
where they are from students.
- Asks one student (EX: Mai):

tallest building in the world?
c) Is the Great Wall of China in
the South of the country?
d) Is Halong Bay one of the
World Wonders?
e) Is Eiffel Tower in German?
While-
speaking - Asks students to talk about their
classmates answers by using
if/whether.
- Gives feedback.
- Corrects.
3. Practice:
- Works in pairs.
EX:
+ I asked Hoa if Phong Nha Cave
was in Southern Vietnam. She said
that it wasnt.
+ I asked Nga whether Petronas
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Twin Towers in Malaysia was the
tallest building in the world. She said
that it was.
Post-
speaking - Asks students to read quickly the
advertisement and predict mistakes.
- Lets students to listen to the tape
and check their predictions.
- Asks students to correct the

9
24 3927 for more
information.
Homework - Asks students to:
+ Learn the new words by heart.
+ Prepare: ”Read”
- Write exercises
*) Tape transcript:
Mr. Robinson: I think this place sounds all right.
Mrs. Robinson: You mean the one in far north of Queensland?
Mr. Robinson: Yes, it sounds perfect. The Coconut Palm Hotel is right on the
advertisement. Imagine getting up in the morning and looking at the Pacific Ocean.
Mrs. Robinson: It must be near a rainforest because the hotel offers guided tours. I hope
there won’tbe a lot of mosquitoes.
Mr. Robinson: I don’t think there will be because it’ll be dry when we go.
Mrs. Robinson: The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is a World Heritage Site, isn’t it?
Mr. Robinson: That’s right.
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Mrs. Robinson: OK. Let’s find out how much it costs. What’s the phone number?
Mr. Robinson: 077-6924 3927.
Mrs. Robinson: 6924 3927.
Date of preparation: 31/03/2010
Date of teaching: 01/04/2010
Period 85: Unit 14: Wonders of the world
Lesson 3: Read.
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*) Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to get some knowledge about
the wonders of the world by reading the text.
*) Language focus: - Vocabulary: compile, claim, god, honor, religious, royal, survive.

+ The Temple of Artemis.
⇒ Besides the seven wonders of the
world. There is also some other
wonders: The Great Wall of China,
- Listen
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The Jaf Mahal in India and Angkor
Wat in Cambodia. Today, You’ll read
a passage about these wonders.
- Explains the meaning of the new
words.
- Reads and asks students to follow.
? Do you know any wonders in the
world?
- Put the chart on the board.
- Asks students to name the country
according to their knowledge.
- Lets students to read the text and
gives right answer with each
wonder.
- Gives feedback.
- Corrects
1. New words:
+ compile (v): biªn so¹n
+ claim (v): kh¼ng ®Þnh
+ god(n) → goddess: vÞ thÇn
+ honor (v): t«n kÝnh
+ religious (adj): thuéc vÒ t«n gi¸o
+ royal (adj): thuéc vÒ hoµng gia

6) USA
7) Cambodia
4. Multiple choice:
- Read and choose.
*) Answer keys:
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- Corrects. 1,C 2,A 3,D 4,B
Post-
reading
- Asks students to use information
they had learnt and in the unit to
correct mistakes.
- Gives feedback.
- Corrects.
5. Spot mistake:
1) Eiffel Tower is a wonder – iron
tower in Australia.
2) Mount Everest is a mountain
peak, South Central Europe, in
the Himalaya range, on the
frontier of Nepal and Tibet.
3) Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom is
Hindu and Buddhist temple
complexes at Angkor, old capital
of Khmer Kingdoms of Malaysia.
4) Sydney Opera house is a major
arts center built on the harbor
in England. It was designed by
the Danish architect.

friend about a place they have.
*) Language focus: - Vocabulary: ranger, edge, canyon, breathtaking.
- Grammar / Structure:
+ Past simple.
+ Present perfect.
*) Language skills: writing
*) Teaching aids: text book, pictures, extra board.
*) Teaching procedure:
Stages Teacher's activities Student's activities
Warm-up
- Asks students to think of one of the
wonder of the world and write it on a
piece of paper.
- Call on a student to the front of the
class and play 20 questions game.
- Praises the winner.
*) Warm up:
Guessing game:
Wonders of the world.
- Think and write.
- Play game.
Pre-writing
- Explains the meanings of the new
words.
- Reads and gets students to follow.
- Sets the scene:
Tim sent to Hoa a
letter about his trip to the grand
Canyon.
- Asks students to complete the letter

- Asks students to use the out line to
make a letter.
*) Out line:
+ Place: Phong Nha cave, Cuc
Phuong national park…
+ Distance: 100km, 120km…
+ How to get there: by bus/
plane…
+ Sights: beautiful,
breathtaking…
+ Weather: temperature /
sunny…
+ How you feel: happy, relaxed…
Post-
writing
- Calls on some students to read their
letters in front of the class.
- Gives feedback.
- Corrects.
*)
Possible answers
:
Dear Mai,
I have just returned from Nha
Trang. It is a beautiful city. I
spent three days there. It is
about 1100 kms from my house.
I went there by train. It’s
beach is very wonderful. The
weather was cool when I was

+
Verb + to V
*) Teaching aids: text book, pictures.
*) Teaching procedure:

*) Warm up:

Bingo
Temperate, breathtaking, royal, religious, canyon, pyramid, edge, god, jungle, compile
I. Language focus 1:
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Presentation
:
The passive in the past simple :
Was / were + p.p
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Practice
:
- Do exercise 1 on p. 136
*) Answer key:
a. was completed d. was presented
b. was constructed e. was reached
c. was designed
II. Language focus 2:
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Presentation
:
Ex: Do you know My son, Nga?
 Nhi asked Nga if / whether she knew My Son
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Concept check
:
1. Form : S + verb ‘to’ infinitive verb
Use: Most of the verbs in English are followed by a to inf
2. Form: S+ V _ verb-ing
Use: Same use as enjoy: start, begin, advise…
3. Form: S + Model verb + Bare inf
Use: Model: can, could, may, will, should, might, must .
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Practice:
Complete the passage on p. 137 with the right form of the verbs
1. to jog 2. go
3. to gather 4. to rain
5. to reach 6. to continue
7. get
*) Use the correct form of the verbs in bracket:
1. My house ( build ) ………….20 years ago.
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2. I asked Tom if he ( live ) ………….in London.
3. They told me where ( go ) …………
4. She couldn’t ( play ) ……………….tennis.
5. I try ( do ) …………… my homework.
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