Giáo án English 8 - Unit 5: Festivals in Vietnam a closer look 1 - Năm học 2021-2022

Date of preparation: 21/10/2021
Date of teaching: 26/10/2021
Period 29
UNIT 5: FESTIVALS IN VIETNAM
A CLOSER LOOK 1
I. Objectives: 
1. Knowledge. By the end of the lesson, students should be able to know: 
- Practice the vocabulary and pronunciation of the unit 
- Vocabulary: preserve, ritual, commemorate, incense, procession, companion, politician.
- Grammatical structures: review
- Sounds: / ion /, / ian / 
2. Ability.
- Use the lexical items related to changes in adolescence and pronounce correctly.
3. Attitude.
- Find out about the festivals in Viet Nam and love them.
- Have respect for teachers.
II. Teaching aids: laptop; projector; textbook.
III. Procedures:
T’s and Ss’ activities
Contents
Activity 1. (5’) 
Aim: Ss play games to get ready for the topic
-Ss call out some festivals they remember from the previous lesson. Tell them that in this leson they are going to learn some expressions with the word related to the topic. 
Activity 2. 20’
Aim: Ss can use vocabularies related to the topic "Festivals in VietNam".
- Ss introduce words they prepare at home.
- T checks and guides ss to read.
- Ss read the first halves of sentences in column A them with the second halves in column B.
- Ss compare with their partner.
- Some ss give the answers. 
- Other ss give comment & correct.
- Ss work in individual. Some Ss give the answers. Others write the correct answers on the board. 
- The whole class to give comment and correct.
- T sums up main content.
- Ss work in pairs: match verbs with nouns on a piece of paper the swap the answers with another pair.
-Some ss give their ideas. 
-Other ss remark and comment.
Activity 2. 15’
Aim: Ss pronounce the stress in words ending in -ion/-ian
- Ss look at the word list and answer. 
- Ss answer and sum up.
- T: model stress in different words with the ending -ion and-ian. 
- Ss look at the rules in the Remember box. Discuss the rule with the class and elicit some pronunciations from Ss.
- T repeats: with the words ending in the suffix -ion and- ian the syllable immediately before the suffix
- Ss listen and repeat the words, pay attention to the stress on the syllable immediately before the ending -ion and -ian. 
- Some Ss read the words they hear aloud, pay attention to the stress of the words.
- T corrects their pronunciation. 
- Ss listen to the recording and stress the words. Pay attention to the stress before the ending -ion and - ian.
- Ss give the answers then listen again to check their answers. 
- Ss find the words that have the ending - ion and ian.
Activity 4. (5’)
Aim: Ss summary content and are guided to study at home.
- Repeat the main points in the lesson.
- T gives out the work and guides ss to prepare for the new lesson.
I. VOCABULARY
Ex 1. Match the words to their meaning
1. c 2.e 3. a 4. b 5.d
Ex 2. Complete the sentences using words in 1. 
1- commemorate 
2- worship 
3- preserve 
4- ritual 
5- performance
Ex 3. Match the nouns with each verb. A noun can go with more than one verb.
1. Watch:....a ceremony, a show
2. Have... (all can fit)
3. Worship:...... a god, a hero
4. Perform:.....a ritual, a ceremony, a show.
II. PRONUNCIATION
Ex 4a. Look at the table below what can you noticeabout these words.
What do you notice about the endings?
How many syllable does each word have?
- Stress of words ending in-ion and-ian
1. They are all words with more than two syllables.
2. They end with the suffix -ion and -ian
Ex 4b. Listen and repeat the words.
- competition
- commemoration
- procession
- preservation
- confusion
-magician
-musician
-vegeterian
-companion
Ex 5. Listen and stress the words below.
- compe'tition
- commemo'ration
1. pro'cession 2. com'panion
3. pro'duction 4. compe'tition
5. poli'tician 6. mu'sician
7. his'torian 8. lib'rarian
Homework.
- Learn new words and do ex again.
- Do exercises in workbook.
- Prepare Unit 5: A closer look 2. 
Date of preparation: 21/10/2021
Date of teaching: 28/10/2021
Period 30
UNIT 5: FESTIVALS IN VIETNAM
A CLOSER LOOK 2
I. Objectives: 
1. Knowledge. By the end of the lesson, students should be able to know: 
- Review: Simple sentences and compound sentences.
- Vocabulary: 
	+ Conjunction: and, but, or, so, yet
	+ Conjunction adverbs: neverthless, moreover, otherwise, therefore. 
	+ Subordinator of complex sentence: when, while, because, although/ even 	though, if
2. Ability. 
- Linguistic competence, cooperative learning and communicative competence.
- Practice saying sentences with correct stress on words
- Ss will be able to use the lexical items related to Festivals in Viet Nam and pronounce correctly.
3. Attitude.
- Find out about the festivals in Viet Nam.
- Have respect for teachers.
II. Teaching aids: laptop; projector; textbook.
III. Procedures:
T’s and Ss’ activities
Contents
Activity 1. (5’) 
Aim: Ss answer question to get ready for the topic
Activity 2: 10’
Aim: Ss revise 
- Ask about simple sentences and compound sentences by questions.
Which sentence is a simple sentence and which sentences is compound sentence?
- T asks: What is a simple sentence?
- Ss answer.. 
- T asks: What is a compound sentence?
- Ss answer..
Activity 3 (20’)
Aim: Ss revise simple and compound sentences and learn how to use complex sentences.
- Write S for simple sentences and C for compound sentences.
- Ss work in pairs: do exercise. 
- Some Ss give the answers. Read the answers aloud
- The whole class give comment.
- T sums up main content. 
- Connect each pair of sentences with an approriate conjunction in a box to make compound sentences.
-Ss read all the sentences and conjunctions in the box. Ss pay attention to the Remember box first. 
-Some ss write the sentences on the board. Other ss remark and correct. 
-T sums up main content. 
- Connect each pair of sentences with an approriate conjunctive adverbs in the box to make compound sentences.
- Ss read then join the sentences using conjunctive adverbs in the box.
- Some ss write the sentences on the board. Other ss: remark and correct. 
- T sums up main content. 
- Fill in the blank with one suitable subordinator when, while, even though, although, because or if.
- Ss read the passage and fill in the blank with a suitable subordinator.
- Ss give answers and others remark. 
Activity 4. (5’)
Aim: Ss summary content and are guided to study at home.
I. GRAMMAR
- Simple sentence
1. My mother likes cooking very much. 
- Compound sentence
2. While my mother was cooking in the kitchen, my father came.
Ex: I was tired, so I went to bed early.
A sentence that has two verbs as in the sentence is still a simple sentence because it has only one clause.
Each clause is of equal importance and could stand alone. They can be joined with conjunctions and, but, or, so, yet or conjunctive adverbs however, neverthless, moreover, therefore, otherwise. 
- Complex sentence
 + It includes one independent clause and one or more dependent clause. The dependent clause can go before or after the independent clause. (dependent clause standing before, it’s followed by a comma; without a comma when standing after the independent clause)
+ The dependent clause begins with: when, while, because, although/even though, if
II. PRACTICE
Ex 1. Write S for simple sentences and C for compound sentences.
1- S 2- C 3- C 4- S 5- S 
Ex 2. Connect each pair of sentences with an approriate conjunction in a box to make compound sentences.
1. At the Mid-fall festival we can carry beautiful lanterna, so it's a memorable childhood experience.
2. and 3. But 4. Or 5. yet
Ex3. Connect each pair of sentences with an approriate conjunctive adverbs in the box to make compound sentences.
1. however/ neverthless
2. therefore
3. moreover
4. otherwise
5. neverthless/ however
Ex 5. Fill in the blank with one suitable subordinator when, while, even though, although, because or if.
1. because 2. If 3. When 4. while
5. when 6. although/even though.
Homework.
- Learn new words and do ex again.
- Do exercises in workbook.
- Prepare Unit 5: Skills 1