Giáo án Tiếng Anh lớp 8 Unit 9: A first aid course - Lesson 4

Teacher^/s activities

Ss^/ activities

I. PRE-WRITING:

1. Gap-fill (P.84)

- Puts the letter on the overhead and asks Ss to read it through.

- Revises the way to complete the verb tense form and asks Ss to share their ideas to complete the letter.

- Goes round to help Ss and then gets feedback.

- Asks Ss to check their results.

*) Answer key:

1. was 2. were 3. helped

4. came 5. am 6. will phone

- Asks questions:

? What did Hoa send Nga?

? On what occasion/ When?

? What were they like/ Were the flowers beautiful?

? What does Nga want to invite Hoa?

? When will she phone Nga?

2. Ask and answer the questions (P.85)

*) Possible questions:

? What did your friend send you? (book, hat, card…)

? On what occasion/ When?(birthday, new year, christmas…)

? What were they like (nice, beautiful, lovely, ...)

- Sets the scene in which the students will invite their friend to go on a picnic.

- Hangs on the questions and checks them through

- Asks Ss to ask and answer the questions in pairs.

- Gets feedback and helps Ss to correct.

II. WHILE-WRITING:

*Write a thank-you note to invite your friend to go on a picnic.

- Asks Ss to write a letter by answering the above questions.

- Goes round to help Ss.

- Asks each group to choose one and write it on the cellophanes.

III. POST-WRITING:

Exhibition

- Gets three dafts and puts them on the overhead.

- Asks Ss to correct the letter and helps Ss to make it better.

- Read through the letter.

- Express their ideas and work in groups to use the correct form of the verbs in parentheses

- Cross-check other groups.

- Give their ideas and take notes

- Read the letter quickly to answer these individually

? How did you feel when received the present? (happy, interested,…)

? How do you feel now? (bored, happy ...)

? What do you want to invite your friend

? When, Where?

? How will contact your friend (phone, write a letter,..........)

- Follow teacher^/s instructions.

- Read them through and pick out the way to answers them.

- Ask and answer them in pairs, then show their ideas to the front.

- Correct themselves.

- Write their letter individually, then compare their work in groups.

- Choose the best one and complete it.

- Give their comments about the form of the letter, spelling and arrangement in a thank-you note letter.

- Note down mistakes and correct themselves.