Thit k baứi ging Tieõng Anh 8 GV: Nguyeón Hửừu Chaõu
UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS
I. Aim
Helping students:
- to introduce people
- to respond to introductions
- to describe people
- to write about themselves and about other people
II. Language focus
1. Present Simple to talk about general truths.
2. (Not) Adjectives + enough + to infinitive
3. Attributive and predicative adjectives.
III. Vocabulary
Verbs Adjectives Nouns
(to) annoy blond slim a character
(to) rise curly sociable a joke
(to) seem fair straight an orphanage
generous
reserved
IV. Unit Allocation
Lesson 1
Listen and read 1-2
Language focus 1
Reading for details a conversation and
revision of simple present and simple past
tense.
Lesson 2
Read 1-2
Getting started
Reading a text for details about Bas friends.
Lesson 3

* Pelmanism:
- Prepare twelve cards with numbers on one side and
the verbs on the other.
- Make sure the verbs are mixed up. Stick the cards on
the board so students can only see the numbers.
- Divide students into two teams and ask them to
choose two numbers.
- Turn the cards over and see if they match .
Eg: teach - taught, give them one mark. If not, turn the
cards over again and ask the next team.
- Continue until all the cards are finished.
meet come live think send though
receive met lived received came Sent
I. Pre-teach vocabulary
- to seem (translation)
- a next door neighbor (explanation: a person who
lives next to your house)
- to look like: (translation)
* Checking vocabulary: Rub out and remember
- Rub out the new words one a time.
- Each time you rub out an English word, point to the
Vietnamese translation and ask what's this in
English?"
- When all the English words are rubbed out go,
through the Vietnamese list and get students to call
the English words.
- If there's time, get students to come to the board and
write the English words again.
II. Pre- questions
Group work

d. When is Nien going to visit Hoa?
* Answers:
a. Nien lives in Hue.
b. No, she doesn't.
c. The sentence is She wasn't old enough to be in my
class.
d. At Christmas
- Call on some students to ask and answer the
questions.
- Correct their mistakes or pronunciation.
- Ask them to work in closed pairs.
II. Gap-filling
- Ask students to use the simple present and simple
past tense to complete paragraph 1 (a) on page 16.
- Provide some verbs so that students can use them to
fill in the gaps.
- live (2) send - be(2) - come
Hoa (1) in Hue last year, but now she (2) in Hanoi.
Yesterday, Hoa's friend Nien (3) Hoa a letter. Nien (4)
Hoa's neighbor when Hoa lived in Hue. She (5)
younger than Hoa. She (6) to Hanoi in December.
* Answers:
(1) lived (2) lives (3) sesen
(4) was (5) is (6) comes
Open pairs
Closed pairs
In dividual
Work
Pair work
Thit k baứi ging Tieõng Anh 8 GV: Nguyeón Hửừu Chaõu

UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS
Lesson 2: Section: - Speak (page 11)
Period 3 - Listen (page 12,13)
Aim:
Listening for details to complete the dialogue and speak to describe someone.
Objective:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to describe somoen and complete
the dialogue by listening.
Teaching aids:
Text book, pictures
PROCEDURE
Stage Steps/Activities Work
arrangement
Warm up
* Brainstorming:
- Ask students to think of the adjectives used to
describe body build and hair.
thin curly
Whole class
Presentatio
n
* Possible answers:
- fat - straight
- slim - long
- tall - short
- short black/dark
- overweight - color blond/fair
brown
grey
- overweight

Whole class
Pre-listening
While
listening
S2: Is this Mary?
Yes
- Go on until six people on the poster are described.
- If theres time, ask students to describe a famous
person or one of their classmates and their friends have
to guess.
- Ask students to do exercise "Listen a, b, c, d." on page
12-13.
- Give students some expressions and make sure they
know their meanings.
- Get students to guess and to complete four dialogues
on page 12-13, using the given expressions.
- Give feedback.
- Let students listen to the tape twice. .
- Get students to work in pairs to complete the
dialogues and compare with their prediction.
* Tape transcript:
a.
Hoa: Hello, Nam.
Nam: Morning, Hoa.
Hoa: Nam, Id like you to meet my cousin, Thu.
Nam: Nice to meet you, Thu.
Thu: Nice to meet you too, Nam.
b.
Khai: Miss Lien, Id like you to meet my mother.
Miss Lien: It's a pleasure to meet you, Mrs.

dialogues.
- Correct their pronunciation.
- Let students work in pairs to practice the dialogues.
(closed pairs).
Open pairs
Closed pairs
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Teaching date:
UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS
Lesson 3: Section: - Getting started (page 10)
Period 4 - Read (page 13,14)
Aim:
Reading for specific information
Objective:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know more about Bas friend.
Teaching aids:
PROCEDURE
Stage Steps/Activities Work
arrangement
Warm up
Pre-
reading
Chatting:
- Ask students to look at four pictures on page 10 and
talk about the activities they want to do after school or
in their free time.
- Give them some questions.
What are these students doing?
(play soccer / play chess / read books / play volley

Sense of
humor
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While
reading
- Go on until all the words are rubbed out.
- Point to each circle and ask students to repeat
chorally the English words.
Ask students to go to the board and write the words
again in the correct circles.
II. T /F statements prediction
- Stick the poster of T / F statements on the board.
- Set the scene: These statements are about Ba and his
friends, read them and gues which statements are true,
which are false.
- Get students to work in pairs.
a. Ba only has three friends - Bao, Song, Khai
b. Ba and his friends have the same characters
c. Bao - Song - Khai are quite reserved in public.
d. They all enoy school and study hard.
- Give feedback.
- Ask students to open their books and read the text on
page 13.
- Let students check their prediction.
Guess Correct
a.
b.
c.
d.
F

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14.
- Let students read the text again and answer the
questions.
* Questions and answers:
a. How does Ba feel having a lot of friends?
(He feels lucky having a lot of friends.)
b. Who is the most sociable?
(Bao is the most sociable.)
c. Who likes reading?
(Khai likes reading.)
d. What is the bad thing about Ba's jokes?
(His jokes sometimes annoy his friends.)
e. Where does Bao spend his free time?
(Bao spends his free time doing volunteer work at a
local orphanage.
f. Do you and your close friends have the same or
different characters? (students' answer)
- Call on some pair of students to ask and answer the
Pair work
Post
reading
Home
work
questions. Teacher corrects their pronunciation.
- Ask all students to work in closed pairs.
- Ask students to work in groups and talk to one
another about their friends, using the adjectives they
have just learnt to describe.
- Ask each student to write a paragraph (about 50

Pre-
writing
- The man who is standing beside the car is wearing
brown trousers and a yellow shirt.
- The man who is standing on the pavement is
wearing a pink shirt and blue trousers.
- The boy is wearing blue shorts and a white shirt.
* Reading:
- Ask students to read the information about Tam then
answer some questions.
a. What is his name?
(Le Van Tam)
b. How old is he?
(14)
c. What does he look he?
(He is tall and thin. He has short black hair.)
d. What is he like?
(He is sociable, humorous and helpful.) 1
e. Where does he live?
(He lives at 26 Tran Phu Street, Hanoi)
f. Whom does he live with?
(He lives with his mother, father and an elder
T-Whole class
Thit k baứi ging Tieõng Anh 8 GV: Nguyeón Hửừu Chaõu
While
writing
brother.)
g. Who is his friend?
(Ba and Bao)
- Let students write a paragraph about Tam, using the

Thit k baứi ging Tieõng Anh 8 GV: Nguyeón Hửừu Chaõu
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Teaching date:
UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS
Lesson 5: Section: - Language Focus 2 (page 16)
Period 6 - Language Focus 4 (page 17)
Aim:
Further Practice in simple present tense and the structure.
Objective:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to use simple present tense to talk
about general truths and write some sentences using the structure (not) +
adjectives enough + to-infinitive
Teaching aids:
Text book, cards, pictures
PROCEDURE
Stage Steps/Activities Work
arrangement
Warm up * Categories:
- Ask students to find out the adjectives beginning
with the letters that the teacher gives.
- Divide the class into two groups.
- Give four letters at the same time, students are to
find out four adjectives begining with the four letters
given.
Example:
T writes : a b c d
S writes: awful big clever dirty
T writes: g h i j
S writes: great heavy intelligent jealous
T writes: k 1 m n

Ba: What do you know about the sun, Tuan?
Tuan: The sun rises in the East and sets in the West.
Ba: Can you tell me anything about the other planets?
Tuan: I know something about the Earth. It goes
around the sun.
Ba: Yes, and the moon moves around the Earth.
Tuan: Where is Mars, Ba?
Ba: It is near the sun.
Tuan: No it's silly! That is Mercury. Mars is near the
Earth.
- Get students to practice the dialogue in pairs. .
- Correct their pronunciation. Focus on the
pronunciation of verbs ending with S/ES.
Set the scene to introduce the structure "(not) +
adjectives enough + to - infinitive". Teacher is to ask
students to hang the picture on the board. "How do I
say and how do you answer? Complete the
exchange."
Can you (1) this (2) over there?
No I (3) not (4) (5) to (6) the (7) over there.
- Answers:
T: Can you hang this picture over there?
S: No, I am not tall enough to hang the picture over
there.
Form: "(not) + adjectives enough + to - infinitive"
Meaning: (chưa / không đủ để làm gì.)
Pair work
Pair work
T-whole
class

b. Not old enough.
c. Strong enough.
d. Good enough.
- Ask students to write five sentences about
themselves using the structure: "(not) adjectives
enough + to - infinitive".
Pair work
Pair work
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Teaching date:
UNIT 2: MAKING ARRANGEMENTS
I. Aim
Helping students:
- to talk about intentions
- to use telephone to make and confirm arrangements
- to take a telephone message.
II. Language focus
1. GOING TO talks about intentions and activities in the future.
2. Adverbs of place
III. Vocabulary
Verbs Adjectives Nouns
(to) agree
(to) arrange
(to) conduct
(to) demonstrate
(to) emigrate
(to) transmit
Commercial
Countless

Objective:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to use the telephone to make and
confirm arrangements.
Teaching aids:
Text book, poster, pictures (on page 18)
PROCEDURE
Stage Steps/Activities Work
arrangement
Warm up
* Ask students to match each object (pictures on page
18) with its name.
* Answers:

a. an answering machine.
b. a mobile phone.
c. a fax machine
d. a telephone directory
e. a public telephone.
f. an address book.
- Give the definitions of these objects on a poster and
ask students to match the object with its definition.
* Definition:

1. to send fax
2. to find someone's telephone number
3. to write addresses and telephone numbers.
4. to make a phone call in a street telephone box.
5. to leave and take messages.
T-whole class
Pre-

f. Nga agreed to the time.
I. Comprehension questions
- Give students some questions and ask them to work
in pairs to answer them.
a. What Is Hoa's telephone number?
b. Which movie are they going to see? Where?
c. How is Hoa going to see the movies?
d. Where are they going to meet? What time?
Individual
Work
Pair work
Post-reading
a. Her telephone number is 3847329.
b. They are going to see the movie Dream City at Sao
Mai Movie Theater.
c. Hoa is going by bike.
d. They are going to meet outside the theater at 6.30.
- Get some pairs of students to ask and answer the
questions (open pairs)
- Let all students work in pairs (closed pairs)
II. Matching the phrases with their meanings
a. Hold on 1. Nó được chiếu ở đâu?
b. Is six thirty all right? 2. Khá xa…
c. Where’s it on? 3. Sáu giờ 30 được chứ?
d. A bit far from… 4. (Cầm máy) chờ nhé.
* Answers:
a- 4
b- 3
c- 1
d- 2

Pair work
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Preparing date:
Teaching date:
UNIT 2: MAKING ARRANGEMENTS
Lesson 2: Section: - Speak (page18)
Period 8 - Language focus 1-2 (page 19)
Aim:
Practicing talking on the phone.
Objective:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to talk on the telephone about
intentions with GOING TO.
Teaching aids:
Text book, cards
PROCEDURE
Stage Steps/Activities Work
arrangement
Warm up
* Chatting:
- Talk to students about using telephone.
Do you have a telephone at home?
How often do you make a phone call?
What would you say when you pick up the phone to
answer it?
T-whole class
Presentation
What would you say if you are the caller?
- Ask students to do exercise 1 on page 20. The
students have to work in pairs to put the sentences in
the correct order to make a complete conversation.

Whole class
Practice
Production
I. Word cue drill
Model sentences:
Are you going to see a movie?
Yes, I am/ No, I'm not.
a. see a movie
b. play sports, x
c. meet your friends.
d. help your mother.
e. do your homework, x
f. watch TV. x
- Model two cues then ask students to repeat chorally
then individually.
- Ask some students to practice asking and answering.
- Ask the whole class to work in pairs.
II. Further Practice
- Ask students to do exercise Language Focus 1 on
page 25. They have to work with a partner and say
what the people are going to do.
- Give an example first.
T: Nga has a movie ticket. What is she going to do?
S: She'd going to see a movie.
- Let students work in pairs.
- Give feedback
a. They are going fishing.
b. She's going to read the new novel.
c. She is going to do her homework.
d. Hes going to watch an action movie on TV tonight,

o'clock.
- Ask students to play the roles of Ba and Bao to
practice the dialogue. Ask students to make the
similar arrangements and practice talking with a
partner.
- Ask students to write five things that they intend to
do next week.
Pair work
What is the
telephone used
for
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UNIT 2: MAKING ARRANGEMENTS
Lesson 3: Section: - Read (page 21-22)
Periods 9
Aim:
Reading the paragraph for details about Alexander Graham Bell.
Objective:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know more about Alexander
Graham Bell.
Teaching aids:
Text book, poster, pictures of Bell.
PROCEDURE
Stage Steps/Activities Work
arrangement
Warm up
Pre-reading
* Brainstorming:

device
Thit k baứi ging Tieõng Anh 8 GV: Nguyeón Hửừu Chaõu
While
reading
- Go on until students can remember the words.
- Get students to write the words again in the correct
circles.
II. T/F statements prediction
- Hang the poster of T/F statements on the board and
ask students to work in pairs and guess which statements
are true and which are false.
a) Alexander G. Bell was born in the USA.
b) He worked with deaf-mute patients in a hospital in
Boston.
c) Thomas Watson was Bell's assistant.
d) Bell and Watson introduced the telephone in 1877.
e) Bell experimented with ways of transmitting speech
between deaf-mutes over a long distance.
f) Bell demonstrated bis invention at a lot of exhibitions.
- Give feedback.
- Ask students to read the text on page 21-22 and check
their prediction.
- Have students correct false statements.
Guess answer Correction
a F He was born in Edinburgh in Scotland
b F He worked with deaf-mute patients at
Boston University.
c T
d F He introduced telephone in 1876.
e F He experimented with ways of

Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3rd, 1847 in
Scotland. He went to live in Canada and then to the
U.S.A in 1870s. He worked with deaf mutes at Boston
University and did experiments with ways of
transmitting speech over a long distance. In 1876, he
and his assistant - Thomas Watson introduced the
telephone successfully and in 1877 the first telephone
was in commercial use.
- Let them swap their writings and correct.
- Ask students to write the paragraph (they have just
written and corrected with their friends) into their
notebooks.