Giáo án môn Tiếng Anh 8 - Unit 6: Life on other planets - Lesson 2.3: Pronunciation and speaking

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UNIT 6: LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS
Lesson 2.3 – Pronunciation and Speaking (pages 60 & 61)
I. OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to 
1.1. Language knowledge and skills 
- practice sound changes.
- talk about possible UFO and alien sightings in the past, using Past Continuous and Past Simple. 
- practice functional English - Showing interest.
1.2. Competences 
- improve Ss’ communication, collaboration and...Assessment Tools
- Listen to the sentences and notice the sound changes of the
underlined letters.
- Ss’ performance and answers.
- T’s observation.
- Listen and cross out the sentence doesn’t follow the note in Task a.
- Ss’ answers.

- T’s feedback/Peers’ feedback.
- Read the sentences with the sound feature noted in Task a to a partner.
- Ss’ performance.

- T’s feedback/Peers’ feedback.
- Practice the conversation using the correct form of the verbs. Swap roles and repeat.
- Ss’ perfor...ctivities as well as to engage them in the follow-up steps.
b) Content: Watching a video and talking aliens, using Past Continuous and Past Simple.
c) Expected outcomes: Ss have good preparation for the new lesson.
d) Organization of the activity:
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES
STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
Watch the video and answer the questions.
- Play a short video song about aliens: A Missing Alien on Earth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdkNX1iNdqU
- Have Ss listen and watch. 
- Ask some questions: ...recognize the /-ɪn/ sound (the underlined letters).
- listen and check, and find mistakes.
- practice.
c) Expected outcomes: Ss practice: “the sound changes of the /-ɪn/ sound” and use it naturally in their speaking.
d) Organization of the activity:
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES
STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
Tasks a & b. Listen to the /-ɪn/ sound. Notice the sound changes of the underlined letters.
- Briefly explain the /-ɪn/ sound. 
- Have Ss listen and pronounce some more words as follows:
- Play audio ...n that doesn’t follow the sound feature in “a”.
- Call Ss to give answers.
- Play the recording again and check answers as a whole class.
- Then have Ss practice saying the examples with a partner, using the pronunciation feature.
- Call some Ss to read the sentences in front of the class.
- Have Ss make some more sentences and practice reading them, using the pronunciation feature.
- Give feedback.

- Listen.
- Listen and focus on the sound.
- Listen again and repeat.
- Listen and cro...ideas.
- Play roles in an interview about some alien and UFO sightings.
- Answer: Do you think there is life on other planets? Why (not)?
c) Expected outcomes: Ss produce the new language successfully through making conversations. 
d) Organization of the activity:
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES
STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
PRACTICE
Task a. Practice the conversation using the correct form of the verbs. Swap roles and repeat. 
- Demonstrate the activity by practicing the role-play
with a student.
- Divide ....
- Have them talk to other Ss standing across from them and talk for two to three minutes as much as they can about either conversation 1 or conversation 2.
- Ss on one side move one space to their left when time is up. After then, Ss continue their talk with their new partners.
- Repeat as many as necessary or until Ss find their original partner.
- Give feedback.

- Observe and listen.
- Work in pairs to practice the conversation.
- Swap roles and continue the task.
- Present.
- Pres...sightings. In pairs: Student A (page 115 – File 3) and Student B (page 116 – File 5).
- Demonstrate the activity by practicing with one S.
- Divide the class into pairs.
- Have student A turn to page 115, File 3 and student B turn to page 116, File 5.
- Have Ss interview each other and complete the
tables using the information on the role cards and
some of their own ideas.
- Have some pairs demonstrate the role-play in front of the class. 
- Observe, give help if necessary.
- Have some