Grade8 Unit4 - Lesson1

Grade 8 Unit 4: Our Past; Period 21 – Lesson 1: Getting started + Listen & Read (P38-39)

I. Getting started (P38) 1. The radio/ cassette player 2. The T.V 3. The mobile phone

4. The lighting fixture 5. The modern clothes 6. The school bag

I. New words: 1. equipment (n):

thiết bị

2. a folk tale:

truyện dân gian, truyện cổ tích

3. traditional (adj.):

truyền thống

4. to look after:

= take care of: trông nom, săn sóc

5. great-grandma (n): cụ (bà ) nội, ngoại 6. great-grandpa (n): cụ (ông) nội, ngoại 7. (to) light:

thắp, đốt, châm, thắp sáng,

II. Model sentences cook the meals. She used to

clean the house. wash the clothes.

Note: (+) S +

used to

+ V.

(-) S + didn’t use to + V. (?) Did + S + use to + V?

III. Practice Ex.1: Word cue drill 1. live / Hue / Ha Noi

4. Get up / late / early

2. have / long hair / short hair

5. study / evening / early morning

3. walk to school / bike Example: S1: Did you use to live in Hue? S2: No. I used to live in Ha Noi.

Ex. 2: Read the dialogue & answer the questions (P39)

a) Where did Nga’s grandmother use to live?  She used to live on a farm. b) Why didn’t she go to school?

 Because she had to stay at home help her mom to look after her younger brothers sisters. c) What did Nga’s great-grandmother use to do?  She used to cook the meals, clean the house and wash the clothes. d) What did Nga’s great-grandmother & great-grandfather do after dinner?  Her great-grandmother used to light the lamp & her great-grandfather used to tell them stories.

e) What did Nga’s ask her grandmother to do at the end of the conversation?  She asked her grandmother to tell her the tale “ The Lost shoe”.

Ex. 3: Fact or opinion? Check the boxes Example : I’m 40.

 It’s a fact.

I’m young.  It’s an opinion. - a, b, c, d: fact - e, f: opinion

Ex. 4: Guess the games children used to play in the past.

- bllind man’s bluff:

trò chơi bịt mắt bắt dê

- game with small bamboo sticks: - swinging:

đánh đu

- square game:

chơi ô quan

- flying the kite:

thả diều

chơi chuyền

- playing marbles: chơi bi - dragon-snake game:

trò chơi rồng rắn lên mây

IV. Homework 1. Tell some traditional games children used to play in the past 2. Prepare “ Speak – P40”

Lesson Plan

Grade 8 Unit 4: Our Past; Period 20 – Lesson 1: Getting started + Listen & Read (P38-39)

I. Getting started (P38) II. New words: III. Model sentences IV. Practice

Ex. 1: Word cue drill Ex. 2: Read the dialogue & answer the questions (P39) Ex. 3: Fact or opinion? Check the boxes Ex. 4: Guess the games children used to play in the past. V. Homework