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Teaching plan English grade 8
The first semester
Preparing date:
Teach ing date:
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

B / Teaching aids : Text books , cards , cassette , chalk ...
C / Procedure :
time Teacher
’
s activities Students
,
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 ?

- Correct and give feedback :
a) She lives in Hue
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

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1. Rewrite all the answers and complete paragraph
on their notebooks .
2. Do Exercise ......in workbook .
3. Prepare the next lesson .
Listen and copy
Unit 1
My friends
Preparing date:
Teach ing date:
Period 3 Lesson 2 : Speak
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
Work in group
How to
improve your
English .
4
body build

- Ask Ss to look at six people in their books .
- Call on a student to describe one person , the others
have to guess who he / she is
* Example :
S1 : This person is short and thin . She has long blond
hair .
S2 : Is this Mary ?
 Yes
- 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 .
Read all the adjectives
aloud .
Look at the picture and
read the example aloud
Copy and give some
examples .
Work individually
Read the sentences aloud .
Practice speaking in front
of class.
Write their sentences
alone
Listen and copy .
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1. I would like you to meet ....
2. Nice to meet you ,
3. I would like you to meet ...
4. It
,
s a pleasure to meet you ,
5. Come and meet
6. How do you do ?
- Ask Ss to practice speaking the dialogues .
IV/ Post - Listening :
- Call on some Ss to play roles of Nam – Hoa –
Thu / Khai – Mrs Lien – Mrs Vi / Ba – Bao –
Work in groups
Look at the expressions in
the box .
Read them aloud .
Copy down
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
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Grandmother / Mr Lam – Mrs Linh – Mr Thanh and

3. Do you like soccer / reading books ...?
4. Whom do you like playing with ?
- Correct mistakes if any and lead in the new lesson .
II / Pre - reading : Introduce the aims and some new
words to students
1. Pre- teach vocabulary :
- a character ( translation )
- an orphanage : a place where children without
parents live
- reserved (adj)
- sociable (adj)
- to tell jokes = to tell a story which makes people
laugh
- sense of humor ( translation )
* Checking vocabulary : What and where
- Write the word on the board , put one word in each
Work in groups
Listen carefully
Listen and repeat
Guess its meanings and
copy
Play games
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circle
2. T/F statements predictions
- Stick the poster of T / F statements are about Ba and
his friends , read them and guess which statements are
true , which are false :
a. Ba only has three friends Bao , Song , Khai .

questions
- Correct and give feedback
a. He feels lucky having a lot of friends .
b. Bao is the most sociable
c. Khai likes reading
d. His jokes sometimes annoy his friends .
e. Bao spends his free time doing volunteer work at
local orphanage .
- Let Ss practice asking and answering the questions in
open pairs .
IV / Post - reading :
- Ask Ss to work in groups and talk to one another
about their friends , using the adjectives they have just
Work in pairs to predict
Read their predictions
Read the text and check
their predictions
Correct the false
statements and copy
Read the text aloud
( 3 Ss )
Listen and copy down
Work in pairs to do the
exercise
Read their answers aloud
Copy down
Practice asking and
answering the questions
Copy the right answers
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c. What does he look like ?
d. What is he like ?
e. Where does he live ?
f. Whom does he live with ?
g. Who is his friend ?
- Ask Ss to practice asking and answering the
questions above .
- Correct and give feedback
a. Le Van Tam
b. He is 14
c. he is tall and thin . He has short black hair .
d. He is sociable , humorous and helpful
e. He lives at 26 Tran Phu Street , Ha Noi .
f . He lives with his mother and an elder brother .
Play games
Read the information
about Tam .
Practice asking and
answering the questions

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g . Ba and Bao
III / While - writing :
- Let Ss write a paragraph about Tam , using the
information they have just got .
- Work individually . Then compare with the
paragraph in their books .
- Ask Ss to write some information about one of their
friends , then write a paragraph about her / him .

Teach ing date:
Unit 1
My friends
Period 7 Lesson 6 : Language focus
A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to review the simple present tense
to talk about general truths and write some sentences , using the structure (not) + adjectives enough “
+ to infinitive
B / Teaching aids : Textbooks , chalks , boards ...
C / Procedure :
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I / Warm up : Kim
,
s game
( Using language focus 3 )
- Ask Ss to look at the picture on page 17 quickly .
Then let them keep their books closed .
- Divide the class into four groups .
- Give Ss two questions , the group which answers
correctly the fastest wins the game .
a. How many people are there in the picture ?
( Four )
b. What is each person wearing ?
- The Woman is wearing a red shirt and a green skirt .
- 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 .
II / Presentation :

- Ask Ss to work in pairs
- Call on some pairs to read the complete dialogue
Play game
Listen and copy
Read the example and
give some more .
Work individually
Read their answers aloud .
Copy down
Listen and copy
Read the words in the box
and complete the dialogue
.
Practice the dialogue
Copy down
Listen carefully .
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- Correct and give feedback
a. not big enough
b. not old enough
c. strong enough
d. good enough
III / Homework :
1. Ask Ss to write five sentences about themselves
, using the structure : (not) + adjective enough +
to – infinitive .
2. Prepare the next lesson
Work in pairs
Practice the dialogues

Gi¸o ¸n TiÕng Anh 8 - Trêng THCS H¶i léc - GV:NguyÔn ThÞ Thu Lan
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
* Answers : a-5 b-6 c-1 d-2 e- 4 f-3
II / New lesson :
1. Pre- reading :
a. Open prediction :
- Set the scene “ Hoa and Nga are talking on the phone
. They are talking about going to see a movie “
- Ask Ss to guess :
a. Who made the call ?
b. Who introduced herself ?
c. Who invented the other to the movies ?
d. Who arranged a meeting place ?
e. Who arranged the time ?
f. Who agreed to the time ?
- Have them work in pairs to guess the answers .
- Call on some pairs to report the answers and write
them on the board .
2. While reading– :
- Turn on the tape 2 times and ask them to read the
conversation between Nga and Hoa , then give them
feedback .
* Answers :
a. Nga made the call
b. Nga introduced herself .
c. Nga invited Hoa to the movies .
d. Nga arranged a meeting place .

Read the conversations
aloud ( in pairs )
Work in pairs
Demonstrate in front of
class .
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II Matching the phrases with their meanings .
A B
1. Hold on a.Nó đợc chiếu ở đâu
2. Is six thirty all right ? b. khá xa ...
3. Where is it on ? c. Sáu giờ 30 đợc chứ
4. A bit far from .. d.( Cầm máy ) chờ nhé
Answers : 1- d 2- c 3- a 4- b
3. Post- reading :
* Role play :
- Ask Ss to play the roles of two Ss who are talking on
the phone making arrangements .
- Let Ss work in pairs and move around the class and
help Ss .
- Call on some pairs to demonstrate in front of class .
III / Homework :
1. Ask Ss to make a similar dialogue on their
notebooks .
2. Do exercise ( ............) in workbook .
3. Prepare the next lesson .
Practice asking and
answering the questions
Work individually
Work in pairs

Report their answers
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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 ?
d. What form of the verbs do you use to talk about
intentions ?
=> S + BE + GOING TO + INFINITIVE
=> Express an intention
2. While - speaking :
- Set the scene “ Ba and Bao are making arrangements
to play chess “
- Ask Ss to work with partners to complete the
dialogue .
- Call on some pairs to play the roles of Ba and Bao to
practice the dialogue .
- Listen and give feedback
Ba : Hello . 8257012
Bao : May I speak to Ba , please . This is Bao .
Ba : Hello , Bao . How are you ?
Bao : I am fine . Thanks , and you ?
Ba : Great . Me too.
Bao : can you play chess tonight ?
Ba : I am sorry . I can not play chess tonight . I am

+ Yes , they are
+ They intend to go to the
pop concert
+ They are meeting inside
the center at 7.15
+ be going to
Listen and copy
Listen to teacher carefully
.
Work in pairs
Practice the complete
dialogue
Make similar dialogue .
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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
week .
2. Do exercises in the workbook .
3. Prepare the next lesson .
Practice asking and
answering
Listen and copy .
Preparing date:

2. While - listening :
Play game
Look at the form of the
telephone message and
listen to the scene
Guess the message
Read their predictions
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- 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
- Go around the class and help them .
- Call on some pairs to practice the dialogue they have
made .
III / Homework :
1. Copy the dialogue above .
2. Do exercise ( ..........) in workbook .
3. Prepare the next lesson .

- 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
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
true or 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 his invention at a lot of
exhibitions .
- Call on some pairs to read their predictions and write
them on the board .
III / While - reading :
* True or false :

He introduced telephone in 1876
e F
He experimented with ways of
transmitting speech over a long distance
f T
- Ask some Ss to read the correct answers aloud .
* 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 .

3. essgmea = message
4. nifurretu = furniture
5. rvseice = service
II / Pre - writing :
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
,

Read their answers aloud
Read the information and
write the message .
Read their answers
Copy down
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sister took a message for Nancy . Help Lisa to write a
message “
- 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 :
Write a message , using
the information .
Read the dialogue .

- Call on some pairs to read their sentences aloud .
- Correct and give feedback :
a. They are going fishing
b. She is going to read the new model
c. She is going to do her homework .
d. He is going to watch an action movie on TV
tonight .
e. She is going to give him a birthday present .
Ex 2 : Complete the list ( Questionnaire )
a) Ask Ss to work in pairs
- Call on some pairs to demonstrate in front of class .
- Listen and give feedback .
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

f. I am not outside . I am inside , Ba.
- Call on some Ss to read the complete sentences
III / Homework :
1.Copy the complete exercises in their notebooks .
2. Write six sentences about your house , using
adverbs of place .
3. Prepare the next lesson .
* Feedback :
Read the complete
sentences aloud .
Copy down .
Preparing date:
Teach ing date:
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

- call his Aunt , Ms Chi and ask her to
meet his mother at grandma
,
s house
-> Form :
Has / Have to + Infinitive = Must + Infinitive
Model : What do you have to do ?
I must do the washing up .
-> Use the picture cues drill :
a. do the washing up
b. make the bed
c. sweep the floor
d. cook dinner
e. tidy my room
f. feed the chickens
- Call on some Ss to practice in front of class
* Have Ss to practice the dialogue in pairs .
III / Production :
- 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 .
copy

- Ask them to study the things in the picture
- Take away the picture and ask Ss to write down as
many things as they can remember .
- Which team having more things win games .
II / Pre - Speaking :
- Ask Ss the positions of the items in the pictures .
Where is the clock ? It is above the fridge .
Where is the fruit ? It is in the bowl .
Where is the flowers ? They are on the table .
Where is the rice cooker ? It is next to the bwl of fruit .
Where is the cupboard ? It is on the wall , above the
counter .
Where are the knives ? They are on the wall , under
the cupboard .
Where is the dish rack ? It is on the counter , next to
the bowl of fruit .
- Call on some pairs to practice asking and answering
the questions .
III / While - speaking :
- 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 .