Giáo án Tiếng Anh lớp 8 Unit 13: Festival - Lesson 3

Teacher’s activities

Ss’ activitives

I. Pre-reading: (10’)

1. Vocabulary:

- Elicit the words first, says out then instruct Ss to read the words.

- Write and check the words.

+ Decorate (v)

+ Custom (n)

+ Spread (v)

+ Design (v)

+ Throughout(prep)

+ Description (n)

+ Perform (v)

+ Poem (n)

+ Base (v) + on sth

* Checking vocabulary: R.O.R

2. Presentation text:

- Ask Ss to listen to the text and answer the question: How many specials are there in Christmas?

- Ask them to practice reading the text.

- Call on some Ss to read the text.

II. While-reading: (18’)

1. Complete the table:

- Asks Ss to read the text again and complete the table.

- Collect some posters and correct before class.

* Answer:

2. Comprehension questions:

- Go through the questions and ask ss to answer them.

- Call on some Ss to answer the questions.

- Correct.

* Answer:

a. More than a century ago.

b. Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends.

c. 800 years ago.

d. An American professor named Clement Clarke Moore.

e. On the description of Sain Nicholas in frofessor Moore's poem.

III. Post-reading (10’)

- Ask ss to work in pairs to draw a mindmap about Christmas.

- Ask ss to give out their answers

- Ask others to remark and correct

- Remark and give out the answer key

* Mindmap:

- Try to give them out and repeat chorally- individually.

- Copy down and give the meaning, stress.

- Play the game.

- Listen to the tape and answer the question.

- Work individually.

- Practice before class.

- Work in groups, read the text again and complete the table on posters.

- Check the answer with teacher.

- Work in pairs to ask and answer the questions.

- Give out the answer.

- Write down.

- Work in pairs.

- Give out the answer.

- Give comments.