Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 - Country life and city life - Lesson 4: Read

COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
Period : 49 	
Date : 27/12/2006
	Lesson 4 - Read
Objectives: 
Reading Comprehension about the problem of migrating from the countryside to the city.
Language contents:
Words: migrant, flood, typhoon, drought, struggle, (rural, plentiful, increase, strain, tragedy, urban).
Grammar : Present progressive tense . 
Techniques:
- Skimming for words, scanning for details: Qs and As, summarizing.
Teaching aids:
- Projector . 
Procedures:
T’s activities & Sts’ activities
Content
T asks Sts some questions
Sts answer the questions .
- T shows a picture of the countryside, a picture of the city and raise some Qs:
“Where is it? Is it in the countryside or in the city?”
Sts answer “in the countryside”& “in the city”
“Do you think that now many people move to live in the city?”
Sts answer “Yes”
“Why?”
Sts answer “to get good job/to earn money/to have better life”
T presents the words .
T uses pictures to explains new words 
T reads new words , Ss repeat
 T Checks vocabulary “ What and where ” 
- T has Sts look at the exercise 2 (p.75), then read the text and find the words 
- Sts work in groups, then give the As
- T has Sts check the As. Then T has Sts listen and repeat all the words and give Vietnamese meanings.
- T has some Sts read the new words to check their pronunciation
- T has Sts read the text again and answer the Qs
- Sts read and find the As. Then ask and answer in pairs.
Some pairs ask and answer the Qs
T explains some more details through the Sts’ As to help Sts understand the text.
- T has Sts work in groups and fill in the summary (1/p.75)
- Sts work in groups and give the As. 
- T and Sts check the As
-T asks Ss to discuss
-Ss work in groups
- Ss give feedback
- T asks 4 volunteers from 4 groups to show their ideas before the class .
 I. Warm-up: (5ms)
- Do you like in the city or in the country ?
- What is the difference between the countryside and the city ?
II. Pre-Reading (15ms)
New words:
migrant (n)
flood (n) 
typhoon (n) 
drought (n) 
struggle (v)(n) with 
urban ( adj) 
rural ( adj )
stain (n)
increase (v)
well – paying job (n)
III. While-reading (15ms )
2.Find the word in the passage that means :
 Answer:
rural
plentiful
increase
strain
tragedy
 urban 
 * Answer the Qs :MARK
1.Why do many people from the rural areas move to the city? 
2.Is life in the country so hard? Why?
3. Do the farmers often look for other work when they need more money?
4.What happens when too many people move to the city?
5.What happens to the migrants’ families?
6.What are the governments trying to do?
 * Key :
1. Because they believe that well-paying jobs are plentiful in the city.
2. Yes, it is. Because life is always a struggle with nature.
3.Yes, they do.
4. Increase in population put a strain on schools and hospitals, water and electricity supplies and increase in pollution.
5. They sometimes have to live apart 
6. They are trying to provide facilities for these migrants
1. Complete the summary . Use information from the passage .
leaving 
home
city
rural
city
problems
schools
hospitals
problem
 10. world
4. Post – reading (8ms)
Discussion :
If you were a Miniter , what would you do for farmers ?
Answer :
build streets , theatres , stadium
Build schools , hospitals
Provide clean water , electricity facilities .
Build factory .
5. Homework :(2ms)
Learn by heart new words
Write 5 things that the geverment should do for the rural areas prepare review 
COMENTS