Giáo án môn Tiếng Anh 8 - Unit 2: Life in the country - Lesson 2.3: Pronunciation & speaking

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Period: 17

UNIT 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRY
Lesson 2.3 – Pronunciation & Speaking, pages 20 & 21
1. Objectives
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to
1.1. Language knowledge/ skills 
- practice intonation for Yes / No questions
- practice talking about folk games and activities in the country, using Which activities do you prefer to do? Which activities don't you like? Why?!prepositions of time? 
1.2. Competences
- improve Ss’ com...ross out the sentence that doesn't have rising intonation.
- Read the sentences with the rising intonation to a partner.
- Ask and answer about what young people like to do in specific places.
- Talk about the activities young people often like to do in the country.
- Ask and answers the questions: Which activities do you prefer to do? Which activities don't you like? Why?
- Ss’ answers.
- Ss’ answers.
- Ss’ answers.
- Ss’ answers.
- Ss’ answers.

- Observation.
- Observation.
- Obser...arch. The faster will get one points.
- Decide the winner with more points.

B. New lesson (35’)
1. Pronunciation: 10’
a. Objective: to help Ss pronounce Yes/No questions correctly.
b. Content: tasks a, b, c & d.
c. Expected outcomes: Ss can use rising intonation in Yes/No questions.
d. Organization 
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
Task a:
- Write some Yes/No questions on the boards.
Does he like to play folk games?
Do you prefer to live in the city?
- Say the questions.
- ...ck flowers?
Do they prefer to play soccer?
Do you like to visit the country? 
- Ask Ss to listen and cross out the the sentence that doesn't have rising intonation.
- Pick some Ss to give the answers.
- Check their answers.
- Get Ss to listen again and repeat.
Task d: Read the sentences with the rising 
intonation to a partner. 
-Ask Ss to work in pairs, reading the questions to their partners with the correct intonation.
- Pick some students to say the questions and correct their into...Ss practice talking about what young people like to do in these places. 
b. Content: task a & b
c. Expected outcomes: Ss can ask and answer about what young people like to do in different places, using given ideas.
d. Organization: 
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
Task a: Ask and answer about what young people like to do in these places.
- Ask Ss to work in pairs to ask and answer about what young people like to do in these places.
- Go around and help if necessary.
- Pick one p... Tug of war. They always play at school.
Conversation 4
A: Do young people like to herd buffalo in Mapleton?
B: No, they don’t. They prefer to jump rope.
Conversation 5
A: What do young people like to do in Vermont?
B: They like to herd buffalo. They usually do it at the weekend.
Conversation 6
A: Do children like to play soccer in Hornsey?
B: No, they don’t. They prefer to play shuttlecock.
3. Speaking: 10’
a. Objective: to help Ss practice talking about activities in the country they...hat young people often like to do in the country.
tug of war
herd buffalo
pick flowers 
shuttlecock
spinning tops
jump rope
- Work in pairs to talk about the activities given and some of their own ideas about what young people often like to do in the country.
Sample conversation:
A: What do young people like to do in the country?
B: They like to jump rope. They usually jump rope after school.
A: Do they like to play tug of war?
B: Yes, they do, but I think they prefer to...
Task b: W