Giáo án English 8 - Tiết 87, Unit 13: Festivals - Ngô Thị Hương

Week: 29 Date of preparing: 19/ 03/ 2014 Period: 87 Date of teaching: 21/ 03/ 2014 UNIT 13: FESTIVALS Lesson 4: READ I. OBJECTIVES: Teaching aims: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to get some knowledge about festival by reading for details about the Christmas, passive form in the past. II. PREPARATIONS: Book, cassette tape, pictures III. PROCEDURES: Teacher’s activities Students’ activities 1. Warm – Up: (5’) Ask Ss to list some English songs about Christmas. 2. Pre – Reading: (5’) - Explain new words: + Design (v) + Spread (v) + Christmas carol (n) + Patron saint (n) + Jolly= happy and cheerful (adj) + Decorate (v) + Perform (v) + Leader (n) + Description (n) - Have Ss practice new words. - Explain structure: Have (had) someone do something Passive in the past: S + was/ were + V (ed/ 3) + by O - Ask Ss to listen to the tape. 3. While – Reading: (20’) - Ask Ss to read the paragraph again and complete the grid. - Call some Ss to fill the gaps in the grid on the board. Christmas Special Places of origin Date The Christmas tree Riga Early 1500s The Christmas Card England Mid-19th century Christmas Carol No information 800 years ago Santo Claus USA 1823 - Ask Ss to answer the questions on page 126 . - Call some Ss to give their answers. a. The Christmas tree came to the USA more than 1 century ago. b. He wanted to send Christmas greeting to his friends. c. Christmas songs were first performed 800 years ago. d. An American professor Clement Clarke Moore wrote the poem A visit from Saint Nicholas. e. Santa Claus is based on the description of Saint Nicholas in the poem. 4. Post – Reading: (13’) Ask Ss to sing an English song about Christmas: “We wish you a merry Christmas” or “Jingle Bell” 5. Homework: (2’) - Learn by heart vocabulary. - Prepare next lesson: Unit 13 – Write/ p. 126 - Whole class. - Listen and write. - Practice - Listen and write. - Listen to the tape. - Pair works. - Give feedback. - Group work. - Give feedback. -Whole class. Take note. IV. COMMENTS: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________b"&"a__________________________________