Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 - Country life and city life - Lesson write

COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
Period : 50 	
Date : 10/1/2007
	LESSON WRITE
I. Aims
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to write letters to their friends about their neighborhood
II.Language contents :
1.Grammar : Present simple
2.Vocabulary : words about country life and city life .
III.Techniques : Noughts and crosses .
 IV.Teaching aids :Projector
V.Procedures :
Teacher’s and Students’ activities
Content
 -T asks Ss to play game 
Ss play “ noughts & crosses ”
-T corrects if necessary
- T gives situational questions 
- T asks Ss to answer the questions
- T guides Ss to put the outline in the right order ( exe.1 )
- T corrects if necessary
-T asks Ss to discuss the questions in exe 2 ( pair work ) to find out the answers 
- T asks Ss answer them on the board .
-T asks them to use connectors to make the correct answers into a letter 
- Group work ( four groups )
- Four groups present on the board 
- T corrects if necessary
-T asks Ss to write a letter using the words given 
EX : Dear 
1. Warm up : (5’)
Noughts and crosses 
Look forward
library
weekend
interesting
village
far
with
write
Small house
2. Pre - writing: (10’)
EX : 
Have you ever written a letter ?
2. Who did you write to ?
 3. Do you remember the form of a letter ?
 4. How many parts of a letter are there ? What are they ?
3. While - writing: (20ms )
Suggested letter .
 ( Write’s address )
 ( Date )
 Dear ,
I live in  , a small town.
My family has a large house with four rooms and a small garden . My sister and I share one bedroom . From the bedroom window , I can see a beautiful park with green trees . flowers and a pond . We don’t live far from my school so I usually walk there .
 In my neighborhood , there is a swimming pool and a beautiful park . On the weekend , I often go swimming with my friend s . Early in the morning , I always jog with my sister around the park , but the thing I like best in my neighboorhood is the public library near my school . There is not only can study and read books but also watch video and learn how to use the computer .
 Do you have a library like that in your neighborhood ? Is there anything interesting in the place where you live ? Write to me 
I’d like to say goodbye now .I’m looking forwards to hearing from you seen 
 Love 
( signature )
4. Post writing : ( 8ms )
Write a letter using the words given :
I / glad / tell /that / I’m going to / interesting activities .
We / are going / clean / lake’s bank / weekend
We / plan / trees / flowers / in / parks / and water / every afternoon 
5. Homework : ( 2ms )
Learn by heart how to use a letter 
Write a letter to a friend about your studying 
Prepare language focus 
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