Teaching plan English grade 8
The first semester
Period 1 consolidation
A / Aims and Objectives : Students will be able to remind something about grade 7 and know
how to learn well in the new school year .
B / Teaching aids : Textbooks , chalks , boards ,,,,
C / Procedure :
I / Revision :
1. The tenses :
- Present simple
- Present progressive
- Simple future
- Near future
- Past simple
=> Ask Ss to repeat the uses and forms of each tense
2. Exercise : Change these sentences into other tenses (
Present simple , Present progressive , near future ,
Simple future and Past simple ) and add appropriate
adverbs of time .
1. She is in Grade 7
2. They are playing soccer
3. She went to Ha Noi last week
4. I will visit my sister next week
5. Mai is going to build a new house .
- Ask Ss to work in pairs
- Call on some pairs to demonstrate in front of class .
- Give feedback
II/ Presenting the English Grade 8
- There are 16 units in this program , each unit has 6
parts Which mention a particular skill such as
Listening . Speaking , Reading and Writing

,
activities
I / Warm up : Pelmanism
meet come live think send thought
receive met lived received came sent
- Remark and lead in new lesson .
II / Presentation :
1. Pre- reading
a) Pre- teach vocabulary : Introduce the aims and
some new words
- to seem ( translation )
- a next door neighbor : a person who lives next to
your house
- to look like ( translation )
* Checking vocabulary : Rub out and remember
b) Pre- questions
- Give Ss some questions and ask them to work in
pairs to answer them
1. Is Nien Lan
,
s friend or Hoa
,
s friend ?
2. How old is Nien ?
3. Where does Nien live ?
4. Is she a beautiful girl ?
- Give feedback
2. While – reading :
- Turn on the tape 2 times and ask them to read the
dialogue between Hoa , Lan and Nien . Then

b) No , she does not .
c) The sentence is “ She was not old enough to be
in my class. “
d) At Christmas
- Ask them to work in open pairs to practice asking
and answering the questions and the dialogue .
b) Gap filling
- Ask Ss to use the present simple and simple past
tense to complete the paragraph , using some verbs
: live – send – be – come
Hoa ..... in Hue last year , but now she ....in Ha
Noi . Yesterday , Hoa
,
s friend Nien ..... Hoa a
letter . Nien ..... Hoa
,
neighbor when Hoa lived in
Hue . She ..... younger than Hoa . She ..... to Ha Noi
in December .
- Get Ss to work individually and then compare
their answers with their partners .
- Give feedback
lived – lives – sent – was – is - comes
- Call on some Ss to read the completed paragraph
in front of class .
3. Post - reading : Writing
- Ask Ss to write a paragraph about Hoa and Lan .
- Give Ss some cues and ask them to use the simple
present or past tense to write individually .
* Cues :

A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to describe someone .
B / Teaching aids : Textbooks , pictures , chalks ...
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up : Brainstorming
- Ask Ss to think of the adjectives used to describe
body build and hair .
thin

long
* Possible answers :
- fat - straight
- slim - long
- tall
- short - Color : black / dark
- overweight blond / fair
- slender brown
grey
II / Presentation :
- Show Ss a picture of Mary and ask them to describe
her hair , her body build .
Ex : She has long blond hair
She is short and thin
Form S + have / has + adjective + hair
S + be + adjectives
III / Practice :
1. Word cue drill
- Prepare 6 cards so that students can drill easily .
a. He / tall / thin
Work in group
Read all the adjectives

- Go on until six people on the poster are described
IV . Post speaking : Writing
- Ask Ss to write all the sentences they have described
above .
V / Homework :
1. Copy all the right sentences above .
2. Do the exercises in workbook .
3. Prepare the next lesson .
Copy and give some
examples .
Work individually
Read the sentences aloud .
Practice speaking in front
of class.
Write their sentences
alone
Listen and copy .
Period 4 Lesson 3 : Listen
A/ Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to complete the dialogue by
listening
B / Teaching aids : Textbooks , cassette , chalks , boards ...
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up : Chatting
II / Pre- listening:
- Ask Ss to look at the expressions in the box and
make sure they know their meanings .
How do you do ?
Nice to meet you
It is a pleasure to meet you .
I would like you to meet

Grandmother / Mr Lam – Mrs Linh – Mr Thanh and
practice the dialogues .
- Correct their pronunciation
- Let Ss work in pairs to practice the dialogues .
V / Homework :
1. Copy the complete dialogues on their notebooks
2. Do the exercises in their workbook .
3. Prepare the next lesson .
Guess the complete
expressions in the
dialogues .
Read their predictions
Listen to the tape carefully
Work in pairs and
compare with their
predictions
Practice the complete
dialogues
Play roles to practice the
dialogues .
Listen and copy .
Period 5 Lesson 5 : Read
A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to know more about Ba
,
s
friend
B / Teaching aids : Textbooks , cassette , chalks , board..
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up : Chatting
Ask Ss to look at four pictures on page 10 and talk

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 enjoy school and study hard .
- Get Ss to work in pairs
- Call on some Ss to read their predictions and write
them on the board .
III / While - reading
- Ask Ss to open their books and read the text carefully
and check their predictions :
- Give feedback a. F b. F c. F d. T
- Ask Ss to correct the false statements
* Correction:
a. Ba has a lot of friends , but he spends most of his
time with Bao , Song . Khai .
b. They have different characters .
c. Only Song and Khai are quite reserved .
- Call on some Ss to read the text aloud
1. Choose the best answer and write :
- Explain the meanings of the phrases :
+ does not affect his school work : không ảnh hởng tới
việc học
+ rather shy : hơi nhút nhát
+ get tired of : nhàm chán
- Ask Ss to work in pairs to choose the best answers .
- Call on some pairs to report their answers
- Listen and correct . Then give feed back
a. A b. C c . B d. D
2. Now answer the questions :
- Let Ss read the text again and work in pairs .

IV / Post - reading :
- Ask Ss to work in groups and talk to one another
about their friends , using the adjectives they have just
learnt to describe .
- Call on some Ss to demonstrate in front of class.
V / Homework :
1. Write a paragraph about one close friend ( about 50
words )
2. Do the exercises in workbook .
3. Prepare the next lesson .
Practice asking and
answering the questions
Copy the right answers
Work in groups to talk
about their friends
Demonstrate in front of
class.
Listen and copy
Period 6 Lesson 5 : writing
A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to write a paragraph
about their close friends.
B / Teaching aids : Textbook , pictures , chalks , boards...
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up Slap the board
( Using the words they have learnt in the previous lesson )
II / Pre - writing :
* Reading :
- Ask Ss to read the information about Tam , then
answer some questions .
a. What is his name ?

- Get Ss to share with their partners and correct if
possible .
* Sample :
His / her name ................ . He / she is .............. years
old . He / she .........lives at ........... in ..........
with ........... He / she is .............. . He / she
has ...................hair . He / she is ...............helpful . He /
she has ..................... friends , but his / her close
friends are ............ and ............... .
- Call on some Ss to read their writings aloud .
IV / Post - writing :
- Ask Ss to write a similar paragraph about himself /
her self
- Go around the class and help Ss , then ask some Ss to
speak in front of class a bout himself / herself
V / Homework :
1. Write a paragraph about one of their family
members .
2. Prepare the next lesson .
Write a paragraph about
Tam individually
Read their writings aloud .
Write another paragraph ,
using the sample .
Demonstrate in front of
class.
Write about himself /
herself .
Listen and copy .
Period 7 Lesson 6 : Language focus

c. (not) adjective + enough + to – infinitive
Example : She is old enough to see that film .
She is not clever enough to this thing .
2. Exercise :
Ex 1: Complete the paragraphs . Use the correct form
of the verbs in brackets
- Ask Ss to work individually and then compare their
answers with their partners .
- Call on some Ss to read their answers aloud .
- Correct and give feedback
a. 1- lives 2- sent 3- was 4- is
b. 1- are 2- came 3- showed 4- introduced
Ex 2 : Complete the dialogue .
- Explain some new words :
+ a planet : the sun , the moon , the earth ...
+ Mars / Mercury ( translation )
+ silly ( adj) ( translation )
- Ask them to read the words in the box .
- Let them complete the dialogue between Ba and
Tuan , his young cousin .
- Call on some pairs to practice the complete dialogue .
- Correct their pronunciation and give feedback
1- sets 2- goes 3- moves 4- is 5- is 6- is
Ex 4 : Set the scene to introduce the aims of the
exercise :
- Ask Ss to work in pairs
- Call on some pairs to read the complete dialogue
Play game
Listen and copy
Read the example and

make and confirm arrangements .
B / Teaching aids : Textbooks, poster , pictures ..
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up : Matching ( Getting started )
- Ask Ss to match each object 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 Ss to match the object with its definition .
* Definition :
1. to send fax
2. to find someone
,
s telephone number
3. to write address and telephone numbers
4. to make a phone call in street telephone box .
5. to leave and take messages
6. to make phone call anywhere you like
Work in groups
Listen and copy down
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* Answers : a-5 b-6 c-1 d-2 e- 4 f-3
II / New lesson :
1. Pre- reading :
a. Open prediction :

s telephone number ?
2. Which movie are they going to see ? Where ?
3. How is Hoa going to see the movies ?
4. Where are they going to meet ? What time ?
- Call on some pairs to demonstrate in front of class .
- Remark and give feedback .
1. Her telephone number is 3847329.
2. They are going to see the movie Dream City at Sao
Mai Movie Theater .
3. Hoa is going by bike .
4.They are going to meet outside the theater at6.30
- Get some pairs to practice asking and answering the
questions ( open pairs )
II – Matching the phrases with their meanings .
A B
1. Hold on a.Nã ®îc chiÕu ë ®©u
2. Is six thirty all right ? b. kh¸ xa ...
Listen to the scene
Work in pairs
Read their predictions
Listen to the tape , read
the conversation to check
their predictions
Practice asking and
answering the questions
Read the conversations
aloud ( in pairs )
Work in pairs
Demonstrate in front of
class .

1. Do you have a telephone at home ?
2. How often do you make a phone call ?
3. What would you say when you pick up the phone to
answer it ?
4. What would you say if you are the caller ?
II / Presentation :
1. Pre- speaking
- Ask Ss to do exercise 1 in pairs to put the sentences
in the correct order to make a complete conversation .
- Call on some pairs to read their answers and write
them on the board :
* Answers : 1-b 2-f 3-j 4-a 5-i 6-c
7- e 8- k 9-g 10- h 11- d
- Call on some pairs to practice the conversation they
have arranged .
-Ask Ss some questions to check Ss
,
understanding and
focus on the structure GOING TO
a. Are they talking on the phone ?
b. What do they intend to do ?
c. What time are they meeting ? Where ?
Work in whole class
Work in pairs
Report their answers
Practice the complete
dialogue
- Work in pairs
+ Yes , they are
+ They intend to go to the

clock OK ?
Ba : Great . See you tomorrow afternoon at 2.00
o
,
clock .
- Ask Ss to make the similar arrangements and practice
talking with a partner .
3. Post – speaking :
- Ask Ss to make sentences with “ Going to +
Infinitive “
Model sentences :
Are you going to see a movie ?
Yes , I am / No , I am not .
a. see a movie ( Yes )
b. play / sports ( No )
c. meet your friends ( Yes)
d. help your mother ( Yes )
e. do your homework (No)
f. watch TV ( No )
- Model two cues , then ask Ss to repeat chorally then
individually .
- Ask some Ss to practice asking and answering in
pairs .
III / Homework :
1. Write five things that they intend to do next
pop concert
+ They are meeting inside
the center at 7.15
+ be going to
Listen and copy

1. Pre- listening :
- Ask Ss to look at the form of the telephone message
on page 21 and set the scene “ a woman phoned the
principal of Kingston junior high school , but he was
out .”
- Have Ss guess the message .
- Let Ss work in pairs
- Call on some Ss to read their predictions and write
them on the board .
2. While - listening :
- Turn on the tape twice and ask Ss to fill in the
message , compare with their predictions .
- Call on some Ss to read their answers after checking .
* Answers :
Kingston junior high school
Date : .....................Time : .................
For : The principal
Message : Mrs Mary Nguyen wanted to see you at 9 .
45 in the morning
Telephone number : 6463720942
- Call on some Ss to read them aloud .
3. Post - listening :
- Ask Ss to make a dialogue about the information they
have heard
Play game
Look at the form of the
telephone message and
listen to the scene
Guess the message
Read their predictions

- to talk to a person who lives far from
- to get information at the airport or railway
station quickly
II / Pre - reading : Introduce the aims and some new
words to Ss .
1.Pre teach vocabulary :
- to emigrate = to go another country to live
- to transmit ( translation )
- to conduct = to carry out
- to demonstrate ( translation )
- a device ( translation )
- a deaf – mute = a person who is unable to hear and
Play games
Read their answers aloud
and copy .
Listen carefully
Listen and repeat in
chorus , then
individually .
Guess its meanings
Copy down
What is the
telephone used
for ?
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speak .
* Checking vocabulary : What and where
2 . T / F statements prediction :
- Hang the poster of T / F statements on the board and
ask Ss to work in pairs and guess which statements are

* Ordering :
- Ask Ss to look at the exercise and read the events of
Bell
,
s life , then put them in the correct order .
- Have them compare with their partners
- Call on some Ss to read their answers aloud .
- Correct and give feedback
= > Alexander Graham Bell
1. Was born in Scotland
2. went to live in Canada
3. went to live in the USA
4. worked with people who could neither speak
nor hear
5. worked with Thomas Watson
6. successfully demonstrate his invention
7. invented the telephone .
- Call on some Ss to read all the correct order
sentences aloud .
IV / Post - reading : Writing it up
- Get Ss to write a paragraph about Bell
,
s life , using
the information from the text .
Play game
Look at the poster and
work in pairs to predict .
Read their predictions
Listen , read the text , then
check their predictions .

1.Chatting :
– Talk to Ss about taking a telephone message
• Have you ever taken a message ,
• When you take a message , what should be
mentioned in the message ?
( Date , time who sent , to whom , content )
2. Pre – teach vocabulary :
- a customer = a person who comes to buy something
at a shop .
- a delivery
- stationery ( papers ,pens , pencils , rulers .. )
- to pick someone up
* Checking vocabulary : Rub out and remember
III / While - writing :
1. Reading and gap filling
- Ask Ss to read the message and fill in the gaps in the
message .
- Ask them to work in pairs
- Call on some Ss to read their answers aloud .
Correct and give feed back
• Answers :
A customer phoned the Thang Loi Delivery Service
on May 12 just before midday . She wanted to speak to
Mr Ha but he was out . So Mr Tam took a message for
Mr Ha . The customer
,
s name was Mrs . Lien and she
Play game
Practice asking and
answering the questions

- Ask Ss to read the dialogue between Lisa and Tom
then , write the message .
- Let Ss work in pairs .
IV / Post - writing :
- Call on some Ss to read their answers aloud
- Correct and give feedback
* Answers :
Date : ( .....................)
Time : ( .....................)
For : Nancy
Message : Tom called about playing tennis this
afternoon. He will come over to pick you up at 1.30
Taken by : Lisa
V / Homework :
1. Copy the message on their notebooks .
2. Do the exercises in workbook .
3. Prepare the next lesson .
* feedback :
Read the information and
write the message .
Read their answers
Copy down
Write a message , using
the information .
Read the dialogue .
Work in pairs
Read their answers .
Listen and copy
Period 13 lesson 6 : Language focus
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b) Get Ss to work in pairs
- Have some pairs demonstrate in front of class .
- Give feedback .
2. Adverbs of place
* Jumbled words
- Let Ss work individually , one student one word
1. tdeousi = outside
2. siiden = inside
3. hetre = there
4. erhe = here
5. stupairs = upstairs
6. wonstaird = downstairs
- Ask Ss to go to the board and write the meanings
words .
- Call on some Ss to read all the adverbs aloud .
Ex 3 : Complete the speech bubbles . Use each adverb
in the box once .
- Set the scene : “ Ba is playing hide and seek with his
Play game
Listen and copy down
Work in pairs
Read the example
Read their complete
sentences
Work in pairs
Stick in column “You “
and Your partner
- Demonstrate in front of
class .
Work individually , one

Unit 3
At home
Period 14 lesson 1 : Getting started
Listen and read
A/ Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to understand the dialogue
and use modal verbs to talk about the housework .
B / Teaching aids : Textbook , cassette , pictures ...
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up : Kim
,
s game ( Getting started )
- Show 6 pictures to Ss and ask them to look at 6
pictures quickly in 30 seconds and try to remember
the verbs in the pictures as many as possible
- Which team remembering more verbs is the winner.
• Answer :
a. Wash dishes / do the washing up
b. Make the bed
c. Sweep the floor
d. Cook
e. Tidy up
f. Feed the chicken
II / Presentation : Introduce the topic of the passage
Play game
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and some new words
1. Pre- teach Vocabulary :
- a steamer
- a cup board
- a sauce pan

- Ask Ss to write the lists of the things they have to do
on Sundays .
Beginning with : On Sunday morning , I have to tidy
my room .............
- Call on some Ss to read their writings in front of
class.
- Correct mistakes if any and ask them to copy .
IV/ Homework :
1. Learn by heart all new words they have learnt .
2. Do their exercises in workbook .
3. Prepare the next lesson .
Listen and copy down .
Repeat in chorus and
individually
Guess its meanings and
copy
Play game
Listen carefully
Listen to the tape while
looking at their books .
Read their sentences they
have completed
Copy and give examples
Practice in pairs
Read the dialogue in pairs
.
Write individually
Demonstrate their
writings
Listen and copy .

- Get Ss to work in pairs , talking about the position of
each item
Ex : The calendar is on the wall , above the stove . -
Call on some pairs to demonstrate in front of class.
- Give feedback :
+ The sink is next to the stove .
+ The cupboard is on the wall , above the counter .
+ The knives are on the wall , under the cupboard .
+ The bowl of fruit is between the rice cooker and the
dish rack .
+ The clock is on the wall , above the fridge .
+ The flowers are on the table .
- Ask them to read all the suggested sentences aloud .
IV / Post - speaking :
- Set the scene : Mrs Vui bought new furniture
for her living room , but she can not decide
where to put it . You should help her to arrange
the furniture”
- Ask Ss to look at the picture and talk about their
ideas .
• Ask Ss to practice speaking :
- If they agree , they may use :
Play game
Practice asking and
answering about the
positions of each item .

Work in pairs
Read all the sentences
aloud .

I / Warm up : Bingo
- Ask Ss to write down on their notebooks 5
things you can eat .
- Prepare a list of food . Then call out each word
in a loud voice .
- Ss listen to the teacher carefully . If anyone has
the same things , they cross them out . The first
person crossing out all 5 things shouts “ Bingo “
and wins the game .
• Suggested list of food : Chickens , beef , cake ,
candy , garlic , noodles , bread , rice , ham ,
peas ...
II / Pre - listening :
* Predictions :
- Get Ss to look at page 30 and guess 4 things they use
to cook the Special Chinese Fried Rice “
- Call on Ss to read their predictions and write them on
the board .
III / While - listening :
- Turn on the tape 3 times and ask them to check their
predictions .
- Give feedback
a. Fired Rice
Play game
Look at their books and
guess 4 things , they use
to cook the “ Special
Chinese Fried Rice “
- Read their predictions
Listen to the tape

more .

Practice in pairs to make a
dialogue .
Practice in front of class
Listen and copy .
Period 17 Lesson 4 : Read
A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to understand the safety
precautions in the house and use Why- because
B / Teaching aids : Textbooks , Cassette , pictures , realias ...
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up : Brainstorming
• Possible answers :
- dug
- electricity
- boiling water
- fire
- gas
- knife
Play game
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