Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 8 - Unit 6: Folk tales, Lesson 1 - Lê Viết Phú

 Thursday, November 13, 2025 GETTING 
 A suggestionSTARTED for Nick’s project
 Nick
Duong Vocabulary:
- reply /rɪˈplaɪ/ (v) : đáp lời, trả lời
- legend / legend/ (n) : truyền thuyết, sự tích
- folk tale /ˈfəʊk teɪl/ (n) : truyện kể dân gian
- fable /ˈfeɪbl/ (n) : truyện ngụ ngôn
- origin /ˈɒrɪdʒɪn/(n) : nguồn gốc
- produce / prəˈdjuːs / (v) : tạo ra, sinh (đẻ) ra
- give birth to /gɪv bɜːθ tə(r)/ (exp) : sinh nở, sinh con
- imaginary /ɪˈmædʒɪnəri/ (a) : tưởng tượng
- arrogant /ˈærəɡənt/ (a) : kiêu ngạo, ngạo mạn 1.a.1. WhatRead was the Duong conversation doing at 9 p.m. again last night? and choose the 
 A.correct He was coming answers to Nick’s: house.
 B. He was phoning Nick. C. He was talking to Nick.
2. What was Nick doing at 9 p.m. last night?
 A. He was watching a TV show.
 B. He was talking about his project.
 C. He was searching for information on the Web.
3. What legend did Duong recommend to Nick?
 A. A legend about how Viet Nam began.
 B. A legend about Vietnamese people being original
 C. A legend that isn’t well-known
4. Who was Lac Long Quan?
 A. A fairy B. Au Co’s father C. The dragon king of the ocean
5. Where did Au Co take half of the sons?
 A. To the mountains B. To the sea C. To Lac Long Quan’s land. 1.b. Match the words to their meanings.
1. title a. the people the story is about
2. genre b. the content of the story
3. main 
 c. the name of the story
 characters
4. plot d. the type of story it is
 1.c. Find the information in the conversation to 
 complete the table.
Title Lac Long Quan and Au Co
Genre Legend
Main 
 Lac Long Quan, Au Co, and their sons
characters
 - Lac Long Quan married Au Co.
 - Au Co gave birth to one hundred 
 baby boys.
Plot - Lac Long Quan missed the sea.
 - Lac Long Quan took fifty of their 
 sons to the sea.
 - Au Co took the others to the mountains. 1.d. What does this sentence from the 
 conversation express?
 Nick: What an interesting legend it is!
 Do you know what kind of sentence it is?
 Exclamatory sentences
 Click Make exclamatory sentences.
 1. handsome / man 
 What a handsome man (he is)!
 2. interesting / game 
 What an interesting game (it is)!
 3. good / news 
 What good news (it is)!
 4. lovely / dogs 
 What lovely dogs (they are)!
 5. brave / women 
 What brave women (they are)! 2. Match the words with their definitions. Then 
 listen, check and repeat.
 1. a very old, traditional story from a
 A particular place that was originally
legend passed on to people in a spoken form
 2. an ancient story about brave people 
 B
 or magical events that are probably 
folk tale
 not true
 C 3. an imaginary story typically involving 
 fable magic or fairies, usually for children 
 D 4. traditional, imaginary short story that 
 fairy teaches a moral lesson; typically 
 tale using animal characters Audio script:
1. A very old, traditional story from a particular 
 place that was originally passed on to people in a 
 spoken form - fable
2. An ancient story about brave people or magical 
 events that are probably not true - fairy tale
3. An imaginary story typically involving magic or 
 fairies, usually for children - folk tale
4. Traditional, imaginary short story that teaches a 
 moral lesson; typically using animal characters - 
 legend 3. GAME: GUESS THE STORY
A. Think of a legend, folk tale, fable or fairy tale 
 you know. Complete the table below.
Title Cinderella
Genre fairy tale
Main Cinderella, her stepsisters, her 
characters stepmother, and a prince
 Cinderella, a kind and beautiful 
Plot girl who finally gets married to a 
 prince. b. Work in pairs. Interview each other and try to 
 guess the title of the story.
Example:
A: What kind of story is it?
B: It’s a fairy tale.
A: Who are the main characters?
B: Cinderella, her stepsisters, her stepmother, and a 
 prince.
A: What’s it about?
B: It’s about Cinderella, a kind and beautiful girl who 
 finally gets married to a prince.
A: Is it Cinderella?
B: Yes! More practice
Title Who is faster?
Genre Fable
Main 
 A hare, a tortoise
character
 The Hare and the tortoise have a race. 
 The hare is fast but he loses because he is 
Plot arrogant. The tortoise is slow but he wins 
 the race because he understands himself 
 and his competitor. A: What kind of story is it?
B: It’s a fable.
A: Who are the main characters?
B: A hare, a tortoise.
A: What’s it about?
B: The Hare and the tortoise have a race. The hare 
 is fast but he loses because he is arrogant. The 
 tortoise is slow but he wins the race because he 
 understands himself and his competitor.
A: Is it Who is the faster?
B: Yes! HOMEWORK 
- Học thuộc từ mới và viết mỗi từ 5 dòng
- Thực hành đoạn hội thoại lại
-Làm bài tập : bài 1,2,3 vào trong vở 
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