Bài giảng Tiếng Anh lớp 8 - Unit 2: Life in the country - Lesson 2.1: Vocab & reading

Unit 2: Life in the Country 
Lesson 2.1: Vocab & Reading 
Pages 18 & 19 
Warm-up 
Vocabulary 
Consolidation 
Wrap-up 
Reading 
Lesson Outline 
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to 
- learn and use vocabulary related to life in the country and life in the city 
- practice reading for gist and detail 
WARM UP 
Work in pairs. 
Look at the picture. 
What are the children doing? 
What else can children do for fun in the country? 
 Pre-Reading 
Read the sentences, then..._____: a game that has two teams hold a rope and try to pull the hardest 
hometown 
folk 
tug of war 
Task a 
Last weekend, I went to visit my family in my hometown . I don't come from a big city. I'm from a village in the country. In my village, young people love to pick flowers and play folk games. They jump rope and play tug of war with a rope. When they play spinning tops , they use small wooden toys. They also herd buffalo to help their parents. 
4. _____________: a game that has two ...trò chơi kéo co 
Jump rope (v phr) /ˈdʒʌmp ˌroʊp/ nhảy dây 
Pick (v) /pɪk/ hái 
Spinning top (n phr) /ˈspɪnɪŋ tɑːp/ trò chơi con quay 
Herd (v) /hɜːrd/ chăn giữ vật nuôi 
Task b 
In pairs: Talk about what you like to do when you visit places in the country. 
When I go to my hometown, I like to play soccer with my friends. 
I prefer to play folk games 
with my family. 
Reading 
Look at the title of Vy’s blog post and the picture and what she mostly talks about: 
Pre - reading 
1. pop... kids never play computer games, and they rarely watch TV. They prefer to play outdoors. They play sports and folk games. The girls love to jump rope and pick flowers. The boys love to play tug of war and soccer. I often play with the kids here, but I don't like to run around during the day because the weather is usually so sunny and hot. I prefer to play chess because it's more relaxing than some folk games. My uncle and I sometimes sit down and play it under a tree. What are your favorite acti... home. 
I visited my family in my hometown. It's a small village in the country, about 200 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City. My hometown is very different from the city. It's smaller, and it's much more traditional. 
Here, the kids never play computer games, and they rarely watch TV. They prefer to play outdoors. They play sports and folk games. The girls love to jump rope and pick flowers. The boys love to play tug of war and soccer. I often play with the kids here, but I don't like to run ar...llage in the country, about 200 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City. My hometown is very different from the city. It's smaller, and it's much more traditional. 
Here, the kids never play computer games, and they rarely watch TV. They prefer to play outdoors. They play sports and folk games. The girls love to jump rope and pick flowers. The boys love to play tug of war and soccer. I often play with the kids here, but I don't like to run around during the day because the weather is usually so sunny ...i Minh City. My hometown is very different from the city. It's smaller, and it's much more traditional. 
Here, the kids never play computer games, and they rarely watch TV. They prefer to play outdoors. They play sports and folk games. The girls love to jump rope and pick flowers. The boys love to play tug of war and soccer. I often play with the kids here, but I don't like to run around during the day because the weather is usually so sunny and hot. 
I prefer to play chess because it's more r...smaller, and it's much more traditional. 
Here, the kids never play computer games, and they rarely watch TV. They prefer to play outdoors. They play sports and folk games. The girls love to jump rope and pick flowers. The boys love to play tug of war and soccer. I often play with the kids here, but I don't like to run around during the day because the weather is usually so sunny and hot. 
I prefer to play chess because it's more relaxing than some folk games. My uncle and I sometimes sit down...er games, and they rarely watch TV. They prefer to play outdoors. They play sports and folk games. The girls love to jump rope and pick flowers. The boys love to play tug of war and soccer. I often play with the kids here, but I don't like to run around during the day because the weather is usually so sunny and hot. 
I prefer to play chess because it's more relaxing than some folk games. My uncle and I sometimes sit down and play it under a tree. What are your favorite activities? 
 Post-Readi... rope and pick flowers. The boys love to play tug of war and soccer. I often play with the kids here, but I don't like to run around during the day because the weather is usually so sunny and hot. I prefer to play chess because it's more relaxing than some folk games. My uncle and I sometimes sit down and play it under a tree. What are your favorite activities? 
In pairs: Which folk games do you like? Why?. 
Task d 
I really like tug of war because it's exciting, and many people can play it t