Giáo án bài My neighborhood - Tiếng Anh 8 - GV.V.T.Chi

Teacher’s and students’ activities

On the board

- Ask Ss to match the names of places with the suitable pictures.

- Ask for their meaning to make sure Ss know exactly what they mean.

- model 3 times

- Rub out the new words one at a time

- Each time you rub out an English word, point to the Vietnamese translation and ask "What's this in English?". When all English words are rubbed out, go through the Vietnamese list and get students to call the English words.

- Present some main points of present perfect tense.

- Set the scene: Nam and Na are talking about the place where they live. But Na is new there.

- Give Ss two questions and ask them to work in pairs to answer them. Give feedback

- Ask Ss to listen and read silently the dialogue between Nam and Na then ask them if their answers are correct or not.

- Ask Ss to do the exercise 2 on p. 64.

- Give Ss some answers and ask them to make questions.

- Ask some Ss to ask and answer the questions.

- Ask Ss to write a passage about their neighborhood by answering the following questions.

- Move around the class and help Ss.

WARM-UP

Getting started

a. grocery store           b. stadium

c. wet market              d. drug store

e. hairdresser's           f. swimming pool

PRE-READING

I. Pre - teach vocabulary

- a wet market                                [picture]

- (to) serve                      [explanation: give somebody food or drink]

- a pan cake                                    [translation]

- a grocery store                             [picture]

Checking vocabulary: ROR

II. Present perfect tense with FOR and SINCE

a. Form: S + HAVE/HAS + PP + O

b. Meaning: “đã (từng)”

c. FOR and SINCE:

- FOR + lượng thời gian (for 5 years)

- SINCE + mốc thời gian (since 2005)

III. Pre - Questions

1. How long has Nam lived in that neighborhood?

2. Where does Na want to go?

- Expected answers:

1. He has lived there for 10 years.

2. Na wants to go to a restaurant.

WHILE READING

IV. Complete the sentence

- Expected answers:

a. Na is new to the neighborhood.

b. She and her family arrived last week.

c. Na's mother is very tired.

d. There is a restaurant in the area.

e. The restaurant serves food from Hue.

f. Nam thinks the pancakes are tasty.

V. Answer given

a. Nam has lived here for 10 years.

b. Yes. My mother is too tired to cook.

c. The restaurant serves Hue food.

d. Hue food is very good.

- Expected answers:

a. How long has Nam lived here?

b. is Na's mother tired?

c. What kind of food does the restaurant serve?

d. What is the food like?

POST READING

Writing

a. How long have you lived in your neighborhood?

b. Do you like it? Why? (people are friendly/ the environment is good / safe, ...)

c. Is there a restaurant / post office / market / bank / shop in your neighborhood?

d. How do you do to keep your neighborhood clean?