Trêng THCS S¬n LÏ Teaching date:
Revision
A. Aims:
- By the end of the lesson, students will be able to revise the basic content of the
lessons that they've learnt in English 6-7.
- Teaching aids:
Textbooks, poster...
B. Procedures:
1. Warm-up:
Shark attacks:
R E V I S E (6 letters)
G R A M M A R (7 letters)
2. Grammar:
A. Tenses:
a. Present simple tense:
Form: S + V
S/ES
+ O
b, Present progressive tense:
Form: S + tobe + V-ing + O
c. Pasr simple tense:
Form: S + V
PAST
+ O
d. Future simple tense:
Form: S + WILL + V + O
e, Tobe going to:
Form: S + tobe + GOING TO + V+ O

4, Homework:
- Redo the exercises and write into notebook.
- Prepare for Unit 1: Getting started + Listen and read.

Lesson plan English 8 Written by : NguyÔn ThÞ Thu
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Trêng THCS S¬n LÏ Teaching date:
Unit 1: My fiends.
Period 2: Lesson 1: Getting started + Listen and read.
A. Aims:
- By the end of the lesson, students will be able to ask and answer about
appearance using the structure: "What do/does S look like?".
- Teaching aids: textbooks, pictures, posters....
B. Procedures:
1. Warm-up:
Brainstorm.
chatting playing soccer
Favorite activities

going swimming
going camping...
II. Pre -reading
1. Pre-questions: (Use picture on P10)
*What are these children doing?
* Where are they?
* Are they all boys?
* What time of day do you think it is?

What do/does + S + look like?
+ Use: Hỏi về hình dáng của ai đó. (Trông _ nh thế nào)
+ Meaning: Trông cô ấy nh thế nào?
- T asks: Is Nien the same age as Hoa?
No, she isn't.
Niên isn't old enough to be in Hoa's class.
+ Form: S + tobe (not) + adj + ENOUGH + V .
+ Use: Ai đó (cái gì đó) đủ hay không đủ để làm gì.
+ Meaning: Niên không đủ tuổi để học ở lớp Hoa.
2. Exercises:
a, Word cue drill:
1. Lan/tall and thin 3. Nam/short and fat
2. Hoa/pretty. 4. She / nice.
5. Lan / old / go to school.
6. He / tall / reach the shelf.
b, Answer the questions on P10: (can do at home)
1. She lives in Hue
2. No. She doesn't know her.
3. "She wasn't old enough to be in my class".
4. She is going to visit Hoa at Christmas.
IV. Post reading:
- Have ss ask and answer freely about their friends' appearance.
V. Homework :
- Make 6 sentences using 2 structures above.
- Learn vocabulary by heart.
- Do exercise 1,2 in workbook
- Prepare for SPEAK .
Lesson plan English 8 Written by : Nguyễn Thị Thu
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Trờng THCS Sơn Lẽ

Hoa: This person is short and thin.
She has long black hair.
Nam: Is this ____?
Hoa: No.
Nam: Is this ____?
Hoa: Yes.
- T. runs through.
- Ss repeat.
III.While speaking:
1. T. underlines the model sentences.
New functions:
She is short and thin
+ Form:
Lesson plan English 8 Written by : Nguyễn Thị Thu
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Trờng THCS Sơn Lẽ S + tobe + adj
+ Use: Ai đó nh thế nào.
+ Meaning: Cô ấy thấp và gầy.
She has long black hair.
+ Form:
S + have/has + (a/an) + adj + N.
+ Use: Ai đó có cái gì (đặc điểm gì).
+ Meaning: Cô ấy có mái tóc đen dài.
2.Practice:
* Use pictures on P11.
- T. describes --> Ss: guess. - S1: describes - S2: guess.
* Word cue drill:

+ T. asks: What do you say to introduce yourself?
- Hello. I'm...
- Let me introduce myself. I'm...
+ T. asks: What do you say to introduce someone?
- This is ___
+ Making and responding introductions:
Hello. I'm Hoa.
Please to meet you.
Let me introduce myself. I'm Hoa
Nice to meet you.
I'm 14 years old.
Relly? Me, too.
... ...
2, Pre-teach vocabulary:
- pleasure (n) hân hạnh. (trans)
- principle (n) hiệu trởng (exmple)
- certainly (adv) nhất định rồi, chắc chắn rồi (trans)
- cousin (n) anh/chị em họ (example)
Checking vocabulary: What and where.
3, Set the scene:
+ The structures to introduce someone.
- This is ___
- I'd like you to meet___
- Come and meet___
+ The structures to respond to someone.
- It's a pleasure to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
- How do you do?
4, Pre-listening:
- Ask ss to guess the expressions to fill in the gaps.

- By the end of the lesson, students will be able to understand the content of the
text and know the way to describe one's appearance, character and hobby.
- Teaching aids: textbooks, pictures, cassette, ...
B. Procedures:
1, Warm-up: Decribing people.
- Have 1 student come to the board and describe someone in class and
her/his friends have to guess who it is.
S1: This person___ .
Ss: Is this___?
2, Pre-reading:
a, Pre-teach vocabulary:
- character (n) tính cách, tính nết (example)
- generous (adj) rộng lợng (example)
- sociable (adj) hoà đồng (example)
- outgoing (adj) cởi mở, thân thiện (synonym friendly/sociable)
- reserved (adj) kín đáo, dè dặt (example)
- volunteer (adj) tự nguyện (trans)
Checking vocabulary: R-O-R.
b,Open-prediction:
- Ss use new word to guess what are Ba's friends like.
- Bao is___/ Khai __/Song ___.
3, While-reading:
- Have ss read the text and do the tasks.
a, Matching:
extremely (adv) tính hài hớc
peace (n) gây bực tức
sense of humor (n) trại trẻ mồ côi
annoy (v) lời nói đùa
joke (n) hoà bình, sự yên bình
orphange (n) cực kỳ, vô cùng

enjoy school, like
the peace...
playing
soccer
5, Homework:
- Learn vocabulary by heart.
- Do exercise 3,4 in workbook
- Prepare for WRITE.
Lesson plan English 8 Written by : NguyÔn ThÞ Thu
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Trêng THCS S¬n LÏ Teaching date:
Unit 1: My fiends
Period 6:Lesson 5: WRITE.
A. Aims:
- By the end of the lesson, students will be able to practice writing a short
paragraph to describe their friends and themselves.
- Teaching aids: textbooks, pictures, poster...
B. Procedures:
1, Warm-up: Brainstorm.
- Ss play in two groups. G1: Appearance; G2: Characters.
Note: - What does she/he look like? (ask about appearance)
- What is she like? (ask about characters).
Appearance Characters
tall generous
short sociable
... ...
2, Pre-writing:

- Have ss use the answer/information to write a short paragraph about
their partner.
- Have some ss read their paragraph.
- T. corrects mistakes (if have).
4, Post-writing:
- Have ss describe their father/mother.
Begin: My mother's name ___
5, Homework:
- Copy the paragraph into notebook.
- Do exercise 7 in workbook
- Prepare for LANGUAGE FOCUS.
Lesson plan English 8 Written by : NguyÔn ThÞ Thu
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Trờng THCS Sơn Lẽ Teaching date:
Unit 1: My fiends (cont'd)
Period 7:Lesson 6: LANGUAGE FOCUS
A. Aims:
- By the end of the lesson, students will be able to further practice in using
"enough" with adjs and nouns, past simple and present simple tense.
- Teaching aids: textbooks, pictures, poster...
B. Procedures:
1, Warm-up: Pelmanism.
1 2 3 4 5
move go rise set study
a b c d e
moves goes rises sets studies
2, Revision:

a, 1. lives b, 1. are
2. sent 2. came
3. was 3. showed
4. is 4. introduced
b, Exercise 2 in textbook (P16).
- Have ss do.
* Answers:
a) sets 4. is
b) goes 5. is
c) moves 6. is
c, Exercise 3 in textbook (P17).
- Have ss look at the picture to ask and answer the questions:
* Answers:
a, There are 4.
b, - The man standing next to the taxi is tall, fat and heavy-set.
- The man standing across the street is short and fat.
- The woman standing next to the boy looks slim and has short black hair.
- The boy is tall and thin. He is sitting on the ground/street and holding
his head.
c, The man standing next to the taxi is wearing a yellow shirt and black
trousers.
- The man standing across the street is wearing a pink shirt and blue
trousers.
- The woman is wearing a red blouse and a green skirt. She is carrying a
shoudler bag.
- The boy is wearing blue shorts and a white shirt.
d, Exercise 4 in textbook (P17).
- Have ss do.
* Answers:
a. not big enough c. strong enough

Checking vocabulary: R-O-R.
3, Set the scene:
- T uses the picture of Hoa and Nien on P10.
- T asks ss about Hoa (ss've known her in EL 7)
Who is this?
Where does she live?
Was she at class 7A?
How old was she at that time?
- T asks ss about Nien:
Lesson plan English 8 Written by : Nguyễn Thị Thu
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Trờng THCS Sơn Lẽ Who is next to Hoa?
Are they the same age?
4, Listen and read:
- Ss listen to the dialogue and then practice in pairs.
- Ss: act - out.
5, New functions:
- T asks: What does Lan ask Hoa about Nien?
What does she look like?
+ Form: What do/does + S + LOOK LIKE?
+ Use: Hỏi về hình dáng của ai đó. (Trông _ nh thế nào)
+ Meaning: Trông cô ấy nh thế nào?
- T asks: Is Nien the same age as Hoa? No, she isn't.
Niên isn't old enough to be in Hoa's class.
+ Form: S + tobe (not) + adj + ENOUGH + V .
+ Use: Ai đó (cái gì đó) đủ hay không đủ để làm gì.
+ Meaning: Niên không đủ tuổi để học ở lớp Hoa.

information.
- Teaching aids: textbooks, cassette player, pictures, posters....
B. Procedures:
* Warm-up: Brainstorm.

vegetables
FOOD

meat fish
I. Pre-listening :
1, Pre-teach vocabulary:
- pan (n) nåi (visual)
- ham (n) thÞt muèi (visual)
- garlic (n) tái (visual)
- pepper (n) tiªu, ít (visual)
- pea (n) ®Ëu h¹t (visual)
Checking vocabulary: R-O-R.
2, Pre-questions:
- How do you fry rice?
- What do you need to fry rice?
- Do you like eating fried rice?
. Ss answer.
- Have ss look at the pictures in book and guess the ones are talked about.
II. While-listening :
Lesson plan English 8 Written by : NguyÔn ThÞ Thu
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Trêng THCS S¬n LÏ 1, Checking predictions:

need a big pan.
Lan: Okay. How much oil do I put in?
M.Tu: Just a little. Wait until it s hot and ’
then fry the garlic and the green
peppers.
Lan: Do I put the ham and the peas in
now?
M.Tu: Yes. And you can put the rice and a
teaspoon of salt in.
Lan: Yummy! It smells delicious.
Trờng THCS Sơn Lẽ Date of planning:30/09/08
Unit 3: At home (contd)
Period 15
th
:Lesson 4: read
A. Aims:
- By the end of the lesson, students will be able to practice reading and
master the content of the text about Precautions in the home.
- Teaching aids: textbooks, cassette player, pictures.
B. Procedures:
* Warm-up: Jumbled words.
- sauce pan
- steamer
- rice cooker
- cupboard.
I. Pre-reading :
1, Pre-teach vocabulary:

e, T
2, Comprehension questions:
- Have ss read the text again and answer the questions.
. Answers:
b, Because the kitchen is a dangerous place.
c, Because it can cause a fire.
d, Because children mustn’t put anything into electrical sockets.
Electricity can kill.
e, Because the dangerous ojects can injure or kill children (if they play
with these things).
III. Post--*readin g:
* Free-speaking:
- Have ss work in pairs to talk about “Precautions in the home”
IV, Homework: - Learn vocabulary by heart.
- Do exercise 5 in workbook - Prepare for Write
Lesson plan English 8 Written by : NguyÔn ThÞ Thu
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Trờng THCS Sơn Lẽ Teaching date: 3/10/08
Unit 3: at home (cont d)
Period 16
th
:Lesson 5: WRITE
A. Aims:
- By the end of the lesson, students will be able to practice writing a
description of a room in a house.
- Teaching aids: textbooks, pictures.
B . Procedures :

with it.
- Have ss write full sentences basing on the cue words.
- T makes a model.
. this/Hoa’s kitchen  This is Hoa’s kitchen.
- Ss do individually and then swap to their partners.
- Ask some ss to go to the board and write their sentences – T corrects
mistakes.
. Answers:
- There is a refrigerator in the right corner of the room.
- Next to the refrigerator is the stove and oven.
- On the other side of the oven, there is a sink and next to the sink is a
towel rack.
- The dish rack is/stands on the counter, to/on the right (side) of the
window and beneath the shelves.
- On the shelves and on the counter beneath the window there are jars of
sugar, flour and tea.
- In the middle of the kitchen there is a table and four chairs.
- The lighting fixture is above the table and beneath the lighting fixture is
a vase of flowers.
III. Post-writing :
* Free-writing:
- Have ss write a description of a room in their house.
IV, Homework : - Learn vocabulary by heart.
- Do exercise 6 in workbook
- Prepare for LANGUAGE FOCUS.
Lesson plan English 8 Written by : NguyÔn ThÞ Thu
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Trêng THCS S¬n LÏ
2, Ought to:
- Have ss do exercise 2: Use Ought to to give advice.
- Ss work in pairs: S1 gives situation and S2 gives advice.
S1: I failed my E test. S2: You ought to study harder.
3. Reflexive pronouns.
- T explains about Reflexive pronouns and their meanings.
I We You They She He
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
myself ourselves yourself themselves herself himself
- Have ss do exercise 3: Use Reflexive pronouns in the box (P35) to fill in
the gaps.
- Ss work individually and then compare with their partners.
. Answers:
1. ourselves 2. myself 3. yourself 4. himself
5. herself 6. themselves 7. yourself
II. Further practice :
- T gives the situation:
Your mother has to go to work, let’s think what she tells you to do.
- Ss work in pairs to make a dialogue between Mother and You. Using
Must, have to, ought to, why, because.
Model:
Mother
:
I have to away on business
You: What do I have to do, Mom?
Mother
:
You have to go to the market and buy some meat
You: Why don t I have to buy some vegetables?’
Mother

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