Giáo án môn Tiếng Anh 8 - Unit 6: Life on other planets - Lesson 1.1: Vocabulary and reading

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UNIT 6: LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS
Lesson 1.1 - Vocabulary and Reading (pages 54 & 55)
I. OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
1.1. Language knowledge and skills 
- talk about life on other planets, using phrases: live on Earth, Mars, Venus, oxygen, space station, gravity, temperature.
- practice reading and understanding general and specific information about different places people can live in the future...ok.
III. ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE
Performance Tasks
Performance Products
Assessment Tools
- Introduce some nouns about future home. 
- Fill in the blanks according to pictures and descriptions.
- Listen and repeat.
- Discuss which place students would like to visit.
- Read the magazine article and complete the reading tasks.
- Talk about places students would prefer to live.
- Ss’ answers in notebooks.
- Ss’ answers.
- Ss’ answers/ presentation.
- Ss’ answers.
- Ss’ answers.

- T’s feedba...bout the topic of the new lesson: “Life on other planets”.
d) Organization of the activity:
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES
STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
Asking questions:
- Show the picture on the interactive whiteboard / TV.
- Ask Ss about their predictions about where humans will live in the future.
What can you see in the picture?
Who are they?
Where are they?
Do you think humans will live on a different planet in the future? Why (not)?
- Set time for this activity.
- Get the answers from students. 
...d use them in appropriate situations.
d) Organization of the activity:
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES
STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
- Have Ss work in pairs and ask What can you see in each picture?
- Lead to teach vocabulary.
Teaching Vocabulary
- Explain the meaning of the new vocabulary, using pictures, examples and explanations.
Earth (Definition: the world which humans live on.)
Mars (Explanation: Its color is red.)
Venus (Explanation: It's the 2nd planet from the sun. Its color is yellow.)
planet (Ea... a. Look at the pictures and fill in the blanks.
- Have Ss discuss the sentences in pairs to fill the blanks.
- Have Ss share their ideas.
- Check answers as a whole class.
Task b. In pairs: Would you like to visit another planet or a space station? Why (not)?
- Have pairs discuss whether they would like to visit another planet or a space station and the reason.
- Give feedback.
- Work in pairs.
- Listen.
- Read.
- Give answers.
Answer keys
- Read/ Write the words.
- Read the words a...Expected outcomes: Students can read and understand general and specific information related to future home.
d) Organization of the activity:
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES
STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
Task a. Read the magazine article. What is it about?
- Use DCR to show the task. Ask Ss to read two options and find out key words in the text to select the correct answer.
- Have Ss read the article individually.
- Have Ss choose the correct answer.
- Have some Ss share their answers with the class (read), a...n and intonation if needed.

- Work individually.
- Choose the correct answer.
- Read and explain the answers.
- Check answers.
Answer keys
Reading a. 1. different places people can live in the future.
- Read, underline, find key words, and give the correct answers.
- Do the task.
- Check answers. 
Answer keys
Reading b. 
2. It's much lower.
3. It’s very hot.
4. Because people won't have to
travel far.
5. B. recently made
- Listen and read the text aloud.
Activity 3: Post - Read...ce station? Why?
- Have students work in pairs to talk about their preferences and explain the reasons.
- Divide the board into two parts (on other planets and on a space station). Give each pair sticky notes to write down their ideas.
- Tell Ss to stick them on the boards when they finish the task.
- Set the time for the activity.
- Move around to assist Ss if needed.
- Call some pairs to share their ideas with the whole class.
- Give feedback. 
- If there is time left, have Ss walk to ...e talking about future home.
- Do the exercises in WB: Unit 6 - Lesson 1 - New words + Reading (pages 32 & 33).
- Do the exercises in Tiếng Anh 8 i-Learn Smart World Notebook (pages 46 & 47).
- Play the consolidation games in Tiếng Anh 8 i-Learn Smart World DHA App on www.eduhome.com.vn
- Prepare: Lesson 1.2 – Grammar (pages 55 & 56 – SB).
V. Reflection
a. What I liked most about this lesson today:
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What I learned from this lesson today: 
c. What I should improve for this lesson next t