Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 - Unit 14 (cont) - Lesson 5: Write

Date: 12/04/2007
UNIT 14 (Cont)
Period 89th :	LESSON 5: WRITE 
I. Aims:
	Ss can write a letter to a friend about a place they have visited
II. Language contents:
-Grammar:
-Vocabulary: (n) canyon, ranger, edge
	(a) Breathtaking, temperate
III. Techniques: Rub out and remember, interview
IV. Teaching aids: Projector
V. Procedures:
Teacher’s and Ss’ activities
Content
-Ask Ss to think of one of the wonders of the world and write it on a piece of paper
-Call on a student to the front of the class with his/ her paper
-Have the rest of the class ask him/ her yes-no questions to guess the wonder
-The student having the right guess will take the place of the last student
1. Warm up
àGuessing game: Wonders of the world
-Elicit words from Ss
-Get Ss to copy
-T. has Ss play the game
2. Pre-writing
ØPre-teach vocabulary
+Canyon(n)
+Ranger(n)
+Edge(n)
+Breathtaking(a)
+Temperate(a)
Ø Rub out and remember
-Ask Ss to read the letter Tim sent to Hoa about his trip to the grand can you on page 135
-Tell Ss to complete the letter by inserting the letters of the missing sentences (A, B, C and D)
-Call on some Ss to read their completed letters in front of the class
-Give feedback and correct
 Set the scene:
“Image you have visited a place recently. Write a letter to a friend of yours and tell him/ her about this place
-Draw the outline on the board and elicit some details
-Have Ss talk about something they have done first by asking questions for them to answer
-Ask Ss to write the letter in their notebooks
-Monitor and assist Ss if necessary
-Call on some Ss to read their letters in front of the class
-Give feedback and correct
3. While-writing
Ø Insertion
 Answer key:
1. C 2. B 3. D 4. A
 Ø Writing
+ place (Phong Nha cave/ Cuc Phuong National park )
+ Distance (100km/ 12 hours by train/ )
+ How to get there (by bus/ plane/ )
+ Sights (beautiful/ breathtaking/ )
+ Weather (temperate/ sunny/ cool/ )
+ How you feel (happy/ relaxed/ )
-Ask Ss to use the outline on the board and the information in their letters to make an interview
-Model: call on a student to stand up to answer the questions
-Ask Ss play in turn the role of an interview and an interviewee
-Monitor and correct
-Call on some pairs to demonstrate their interview
4. Post-writing
Ø Interview
 Where have you just visited?
 How far is it?
 How did you get there?
 What is it like?/ Is it beautiful?
 How about the weather/
 How did you fell?
5. Homework
-Write the complete letter (1) in your notebooks
-Do exercises in workbook
-Prepare: Lesson 6: Language focus
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