Phan Thanh Hiền– Trà Cổ Junior High School Lesson plan – English 8
Week 1
Date: 18/08/2011 REVIEW LESSON
Period 1 Present, Past and Future simple
I/ Objective
By the end of this lesson, all the students will be able to remember Present, Past and Future simple tenses.
II/ Language contents
1.Vocabulary:
2.Grammar
III/ Techniques:Questioning, eliciting…
IV/ Teaching aids
-Lesson plan, textbook.
V/Procedure:
Teacher and students’s Activities Contents
Exercise 1: Choose the best answers (A, B, C
or D) to complete the sentences.
1) He _ _ _ _ _ Phong Nha Cave last year.
A. visits B. visited
C. visit D. will visit
2) The students _ _ _ _ _ a test tomorrow.
A. did B. does
C. will do D. do
3) We usually _ _ _ _ _ volleyball in our free
time.
A. will play B. played
1.Present simple tense
S (I, we, you, they) + V
bare infinitive
Note: * Third singular persons.
S
(He, she, it)* + V

s
+ V
es
[o,s,x,ch,sh,y]
Examples:
a.I go to school by bike every day.
b.He usually visits my family.
c.She always does her homework carefully.
2.Future simple tense
S (I, we, you, they, he, she, it) + will + V
bare
infinitive
Examples:
a.I will walk to school tomorrow.
b.He will buy a house next year.
c.Lan will be fourteen next year.
3.Past simple tense
S (I, we, you, they, he, she, it) + V
ed
[regular]
+ V
2
[irregular]
a.I visited my mother yesterday.
b.He went to school by bike last week.
c.We didn’t go to school yesterday morning.
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C. plays D. play
4) They _ _ _ _ _ to school yesterday.

A. walked B. walks
C. walk D. will walk
5) Sally _ _ _ _ _ all her homework last
night.
A. does B. did
C. will do D. do
Exercise 2: Give the right tenses of the verbs.
1) I _ _ _ _ _ my meals yesterday. (cook)
2) My teacher usually _ _ _ _ _ to the school
by motorbike (go)
3) Tom _ _ _ _ _ in Ha Noi last year.(live)
4) The sun _ _ _ _ _ in the west. (set)
5) Hoa _ _ _ _ _ at 12 Tran Hung Dao street
next year. (live)
6) They _ _ _ _ _ to the post office
yesterday. (go)
7) My parents _ _ _ _ _ a house five years
ago. (buy)
8) I _ _ _ _ _ up at five o’clock this morning.
(get)
Week 1
Date: 20/08/2011 UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS
Period 2 Lesson 1: Getting started- Listen and read
I/ Objective
By the end of this lesson, all the students will be able to know more about Hoa, Lan, Nien and review
Present simple and Past simple.
II/ Language contents
1.Vocabulary:
-to seem (v)
-a next door neighbor (explanation: a person who lives next to your house)

2.Grammar
+ be going to + to-infinitive
+ Present simple and Past simple.
III/ Techniques:Questioning, eliciting…
IV/ Teaching aids
-Lesson plan, textbook, cassette player.
V/Procedure:
Teacher and students’s Activities Contents
Getting started
Warm-up: To help students to join the new
lesson effectively and improve their speaking
skill. (10’)
-Ask students to look at the four pictures on page
10 and talk about the activities they want to do
after school or in their free time.
-Give the students some questions:
+ What are these students doing?
UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS
Lesson 1: Getting started- Listen and read
Getting started
a.They are playing soccer.
b.They are reading books.
c.They are playing chess.
d.They are playing volleyball
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(play soccer/ play chess/ read books/ play
volleyball)
+ What time of the day do you think it is?
(in the morning/ afternoon/ evening/ after

school…)
+ Do you like playing chess/ soccer/ volleyball?
Whom do you often play with?
1.Pre-teach vocabulary:To help students gist
the meaning of new words. (5’)
-to seem (translation)
-a next door neighbor (explanation: a person who
lives next to your house)
Checking vocabulary:
Rub out and remember.
-Rub out the new words one at a time.
-Each time Teacher rubs out an English words,
point to the Vietnamese list, and ask “What this in
English?”
-When all the words are rubbed out, Teacher goes
through the Vietnamese list and gets students to
say the English words.
2.Pre-questions:To help students check guess
the content of the dialogue. (15’)
-Give the students some questions and ask them
to work in pairs to answer those questions.
Pre-questions:
a) Is Nien Lan’s friend or Hoa’s friend?
b) Where does Nien live?
c) How old is she?
d) Is she beautiful?
(Feedback
-Ask students to read the dialogue between Hoa
and Lan on page 10 and see if their answers are
correct or not.

3. Comprehension questions: To help students
check their predictions. (5’)
-Ask students to read the dialogue again and
answer the questions on page 11 (pair work)
-Call on some students to ask and answer the
questions.
-Correct their mistakes or pronunciation.
-Ask them to work in close pairs.
4.Discussion: Speaking (6’)
-Have students work in groups of four,
describing one of the students in class about the
hair, the dress, the body…
Listen and Read
Vocabulary
-to seem (v) dường như
-a next door neighbor (explanation: a person
who lives next to your house) người hàng xóm,
láng giềng.
Review:
go come thought
sent received think
write came send
went receive wrote
Answers:
a) She lives in Hue.
b) No, she doesn’t.
c) “She wasn’t old enough to be in my
class.”
d) At Christmas.
*Homework: (4’Ask students complete the exercise Use the correct tense

-She _ _ _ _ _ to Hanoi yesterday. (go)
-Nien _ _ _ _ _ in Hue now. (live)
-We _ _ _ _ _ Lan last week. (see)
-They……………. Their ralatives once every two weeks. (visit)
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Week 1
Date: 21/08/2011 UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS
Period 3 Lesson 2: Speak -Listen
I/ Objective
By the end of this lesson, all the students will be able to describe the groups of friends and their favorite
activities and know more about Ba’s friends. They can also improve listening skill through the dialogues.
II/ Language contents
1.Vocabulary:
-blond (adj)
-curly (adj)
-fair (dj)
-slim (adj)
-straight (adj)
2.Grammar
S + have+ adj + hair.
S + be + adj.
III/ Techniques:Questioning, eliciting…
IV/ Teaching aids
-Lesson plan, textbook, cassette player.

V/Procedure:
Teacher and students’s Activities Contents
SPEAK
* Brainstorming: To help students to check
their knowledge about the previous lesson.
(10’)
-Ask students to think of the adjective used to
describe body build and hair.
Examples:
tall blond
body build hair
-Expected answers:
- fat
- short
- slim
- slender
- thin
- long
- short
- straight
- overweight
- dark
-Show students a picture of Mary and ask them to
describe her hair and her body build.
1.Word cue drill: To help students improve
their speaking and writing skill. (10’)
UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS
Lesson 2: Speak –Listen
Vocabulary
-blond = fair (adj) vàng hoe

-curly (adj)xoăn
-slim (adj) thanh mảnh
-straight (adj) thẳng
Example:
- She has long blond hair.
- She is short and thin.
Form:
S + have+ adj + hair.
S + be + adj.
Drill
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-Prepare six cards so that students can drill easily.
-Stick the cards on the board and students try to
describe people using the cues.
-Teacher helps if necessary.
2.Show the poster of six people on page 11 –
12: To help students guess one of the six people
by using simple describing sentences. (10’)
-Call on a student to describe one person. The
others have to guess who he/ she is.
Example:
S1: This person is short and thin. She has long
blond hair.
S2: Is this Mary?
S1: Yes.
-Go on with the six people.
Ask students to describe some of their classmates
and their friends have to guess.
LISTEN: To help students choose the suitable

expressions in correct situations. ( 12’)
-Ask students to do exercise “Listen a – b – c – d”
on page 12 – 13.
-Make sure the students know what it means in
the box.
-Get students to guess and complete four
dialogues on page 12 – 13 using the given
expressions in pairs.
-Let students listen to the tape twice.
-Ask students to practice speaking with the
dialogues.
-Call on some pairs. Correct their pronunciation.
e) he/tall/thin
He is tall and thin.
f) she/short/fat
She is short and fat.
g) he/short/slim
He is short and slim.
h) long/black
She has long black hair.
i) curly/blond
He has curly blond hair.
j) straight/brown
You have straight brown hair.
Suggested dialogues
a.
A:This person is tall and thin.He has short black
hair.
B:Is this Van?
A: Yes.

b.
A:This person is short and fat.He is bald.
B:Is this Mr Lai
A:Yes
c.
A:This person is tall and slim.She has long dark
hair.
B:Is this Miss lien?
A:Yes.
d.
A:This person is tall and slim.She has curly
blond hair.
B: Is this Ann?
A:Yes.
e.
A:This person is tall and thin. He has short dark
hair.
B: Is this Mr Khoi?
A: Yes.
Answers
(1) I’d like you to meet
(2) Nice to meet you
(3) I’d like you to meet
(4) It’s a pleasure to meet you
(5) Come and meet
(6) How do you do
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*Homework: (3’)
-Write 5 sentences to describe one of the students in class about body build and hair.

-Prepare the next lesson Read.
*Experience:
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Week 2
Date: 25/08/2011 UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS
Period 4 Lesson 3: Read
I/ Objective
By the end of this lesson, all the students will be able to describe the groups of friends and their favorite
activities and know more about Ba’s friends.
II/ Language contents
1.Vocabulary:
Generous (adj )
character (n)
orphanage (n)
annoy (v)
sociable (adj)
reserved (adj)
joke (n)
volunteer (n)
2.Grammar
III/ Techniques:Questioning, eliciting…
IV/ Teaching aids
-Lesson plan, textbook.
V/Procedure:
Teacher and students’s Activities Contents
Pre-reading: To arouse and help students get
the meaning of new words. (10’)

Pre-teach vocabulary
-Some words are translated directly into
Vietnamese. Some need explanation.
-Students listen the tape twice.
+ an orphanage: a place where children without
parents live
+ a joke: a funny story
Game: Rub out and remember
-Write the words on the board, put one in each
circle.
-Ask students to repeat the words in chorus then
rub out word by word but leave the circle.
-Point to each circle and ask students to say
chorally the English words.
-Ask students to write the words again in the
correct circles.
UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS
Lesson 3: Read
Vocabulary
-Generous (adj ) rộng lượng
-character (n) tính cách, tính nết
-orphanage (n) trại mồ côi
-annoy (v) làm khó chịu, bực mình
-sociable (adj) dễ gần gũi, hòa đồng, dễ chan
hòa.
-reserved (adj) kín đáo, dè dặt
-joke (n) lời nói đùa, chuyện đùa
-volunteer (n) người tình nguyện, xung phong.
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While reading: To help students check their
answers and improve their speaking skill. (20’)
T/F statement prediction
-Show the T/F statements on the screen.
-Set the scene: Ask students to work in pairs.
T/F statements
a) Ba has only three friends – Bao, Khai, and
Song.
b) Ba and his friends have the same characters.
c) Khai and Song don’t talk much in the public.
d) They enjoy school and study hard.
Feedback:
a b c d
F F T T
-Give feedback.
-Ask students to open their books and read the
passage again.
-Students read the text and do exercise 1 on page
14.
Post reading: writing –To help students
improve their writing skill.(10’)
-Have students work in groups of 4 Put the
following words in the correct order.
+I’m / lucky / a lot of / enough / friends / have /
to.
+younger / blond / has / hair / his / long / sister.
+this / is / woman / short / fat / and.
+She / a / beautiful / girl / is
+My / long / straight / teacher / dark / has / hair.
1.Choose the best answer and write

Exercise 1:
a b c d
A C B D
2.Answer the questions.
a.He feels lucky enough to have a lot of friends.
b.Bao is the most sociable.
c.Khai likes reading.
d.Sometimes Ba’s jokes annoy hisfriends.
e.He spends his free time at a local orphanage.
f. (Students answer )
Possible answers.
+I’m lucky enough to have a lot of friends.
+His younger sister has long blond hair.
+This woman is short and fat.
+She is a beautiful girl.
+My teacher has long straight dark hair.
*Homework: (5’)
-Read the passage again and learn the new words by heart.
-Have students choose one of the classmates ,then describe him / her about the body , hair , character and
dress in front of the class and ask another guess who he / she is.
-Prepare the next period Lesson 4 Write.
*Experience:
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Week 2
Date: 27/08/2011 UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS

Period 5 Lesson 4: Write
I/ Objective
By the end of this lesson, all the students will be able to write a paragraph about themselves and the other
people.
II/ Language contents
1.Vocabulary:
-humorous (adj)
-humor (n)
-helpful (adj)
2.Grammar
III/ Techniques:Questioning, eliciting…
IV/ Teaching aids
-Lesson plan, textbook.
V/Procedure:
Teacher and students’s Activities Contents
Warm up
Kim’s game : To motivate students and help
them check their previous knowledge.( 10’)
-Ask a good students in front of the class and
describe a person in class and have another try to
guess who he / she is.
-Then,Ask students to look at the picture on page
17 quickly (15 seconds). Then let them keep their
books closed and describe each person.
+The woman is wearing a red shirt and a green
skirt.
+The man next to the car is wearing brown
trousers and a yellow shirt.
+The man on the pavement is wearing a pink shirt
and blue trousers.

+The boy is wearing blue shorts and a white shirt.
-Teacher gives two questions to two groups. The
group, which answers correctly the fasted, wins
the game.
-Students compare their answer with the
paragraph in their books on page 15.
Pre-Writing:Teaching Vocabulary: To help
students understand the meaning of words and
show them know how to use them in correct .
(5’)
(explaination, translation)
-humorous (adj)
-humor (n)
-helpful (adj)
While Reading : To help students get the
content of the coming writing and improve
UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS
Lesson 4: Write
Vocabulary
-humorous (adj) hài hước
-humor (n) sự hài hước, khôi hài.
-helpful (adj) hay giúp đỡ
Fill in a similar form f your partner.
Name:Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao
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speaking skill.( 15’)
-Students read the information about Tam then
answer some questions.
-Students work in pairs.

-Call on some pairs to ask and answer the
questions.
a.What is his name?
Le Van Tam.
a) How old is he?
He is fourteen.
b) What does he look like?
He is tall and then. He has short black hair.
c) What is he like?
He is sociable, humorous and helpful.
d) Where does he live?
He lives at 26 Tran Phu Street, Hanoi.
e) Whom does he live with?
He lives with his mother, father, and an elder
brother.
f) Who is his best friends?
Ba and Bao are his friends.
-Correct their answers.
-Students write some information about one of
their friends, and then write a paragraph about
him or her.
-Get students to share their writing with partners
and correct if necessary.
Post Writing : To help students improve their
writing skill. (12’)
-The teacher can go around the class to help
students to do exercise.
-Have some students write out ( or report ) the
finished writng in front of the class.
-The teacher corects and gives feedback.

Description (appearance):pretty, tall, thin, long
black hair.
Characters:kind, humorous,friendly.
Adress:240 Tra Co street, Tan Phu.
Family: parents, younger sister Loan.
Friends:Minh and Thuong.
Suggested writing
Her name’s Nguyen Thi Phuoung Thao.She’s
fourteen years old.She lives at 240 Tra Co street
in Tan Phu ward with her parents and her
younger sister, Loan.She’s pretty She’s tall and
thin and has long black hair.She’s very kind,
humorous and friendly.Her best friends are
Minh and Thuong.
*Homework: (3’)
-Write a paragraph about one of your family member.
-Prepare Language focus .
*Experience:
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Week 2
Date: 29/08/2011 UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS
Period 6 Lesson 5: Language Focus
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I/ Objective
By the end of this lesson, all the students will be able to use Present simple tense to talk about general
truths and write some sentences using the structures: (not) adj enough + to-infinitive.

II/ Language contents
1.Vocabulary:
2.Grammar
S + tobe + (not) adj enough + to-infinitive.
III/ Techniques:Questioning, eliciting…
IV/ Teaching aids
-Lesson plan, textbook.
V/Procedure:
Teacher and students’s Activities Contents
Game: Categories : To check their previous
lesson and help students to join the new lesson
effectively. (10’)
-Ask students to find out the adjectives beginning
with the letters that the teacher gives.
-Divide the class into two groups.
-Give four letters at the same time, students are to
find out four adjectives.
T a b c d
S awful big clever dirty
T k l n o
S kind lovel
y
new old
T p r s g
S poor rich strong good
-The team that finishes first wins the games.
Activity 1: To help students realize the
difference between simple present and simple
past. ( 8’)
-Have students work in pairs to complete the

paragraph by using the correct form of the verbs
in brackets.
-Then, have students read aloud the finished
paragraph in front of the class. (The teacher can
correct their pronunciation if necessary )
Activity2: To help students know how to use
Simple present in some cases. (5’)
Language focus 2
-Ask students to say the form of the Present
simple:
S + V
(s/es)
-Students work in groups of four.
-Students say their answers. Teacher corrects.
Activity 3 Language focus 3: To help students
UNIT 1: MY FRIENDS
Lesson 5: Language Focus
Answers
1 - a
(1) lives (2) sent
(3) was (4) is
1 - b
(1) are (2) came
(3) showed (4) introduced
Answers
1 2 3 4 5 6
sets goes moves is is is
Look at the pictures and answer the
questions.
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improve their speaking skill. ( 7’)
Kim’s game
-Ask students to look at the picture on page 17
quickly (15 seconds). Then let them keep their
books closed.
-Teacher gives two questions to two groups. The
group, which answers correctly the fasted, wins
the game.
a) How many people are there in the picture?
b) What is each person wearing?
Activity 3Language focus 4: To help students
improve their speaking and writing skill by
using the structure “S +tobe + (not) adj enough
+ to-infinitive”. ( 10’)
-Ask students to look at the boy in the picture on
page 17: Is he old enough to drive a car? (No)
-So we can say:
He is not old enough to drive car.
-Students work individually.
-Call on some students to write their answers on
the board.
-Give feedback.
c) How many people are there in the picture?
(Four)
d) What is each person wearing?
-The woman is wearing a red shirt and a green
skirt.
-The man next to the car is wearing brown
trousers and a yellow shirt.

-The man on the pavement is wearing a pink
shirt and blue trousers.
-The boy is wearing blue shorts and a white
shirt.
S +tobe + (not) adj enough + to-infinitive
Ex:
-I am not strong enough to lift this bicycle.
-He is old enough tobe in my class.
Answers
b) not old enough
c) strong enough
d) good enough
*Homework: (5’)
-Have students copy these sentences into notebooks and combine them into new one using the structure
S +tobe + (not) adj enough + to-infinitive
+ He is tall. He can play volleyball.
+She isn’t strong.She can’t take part in that game.
+My younger is too old.He can’t drive a car.
- Prepare Getting started and listen and read (Unit 2)
*Experience:
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Week 3
Date: 03/09/2011 UNIT 2: MAKING ARRANGEMENTS
Period 7 Lesson 1: - Getting started -listen and read
I/ Objective
By the end of this lesson, all the students will be able to communicate on telephone. Review some
wordssuch as : a fax machine, a public telephone, address book….can I speak to…?

II/ Language contents
1.Vocabulary:
-answering machine (n)
- mobile phone(n)
- fax machine (n)
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- telephone directory (n)
- public telephone (n)
- address book (n)
-downstairs # upstairs.(adv)
- a bit (n)
2.Grammar
Would you like…?
Let’s + V
III/ Techniques:Questioning, eliciting…
IV/ Teaching aids
-Lesson plan, textbook, cassette player.
V/Procedure:
Teacher and students’s Activities Contents
Warm up : Chatting: To elicit the ew lesson
and help them chech their speaking skill (5’)
+Dou you have telephone number?If yes, please
give me your phone number.
+What do you often use telephone for?
-Ask students look at the pictures and talk about
the name of each picture.The students can speak
in Vietnamese.
-The teacher can uses the real objects to describe
these words.

Pre teach vocabulary: To help students get the
meaning of new words. (8’)
-How many words have you known in English?
Now you work in groups, check the meaning of
the words in the box and match them with the
right pictures in your book.
-Encourage students to guess the meanings of the
words and match them with the correct pictures.
-The students works in groups, then the
presentative from each group go to the board
write them down.
-The teacher gives feedback and correct.
Activity 1: Match each object with its name –
To help students realize the medias that they
know or use everyday. (8’)
Activity 2: Pairs work – To help students
practice English skill. (reading and speaking
skill ) ( 15’)
-You can easily recognize the topic in our today
lesson: telephone communication.Do you
remember anything about this?
-Ask the students read some telephone numbers
and how to answer telephone number.
-The teacher introduces the next part of the
UNIT 2: MAKING ARRANGEMENTS
Lesson 1: - Getting started -listen and read
Getting started
Vocabulary.
-answering machine (n) máy tự động trả lời
- mobile phone(n) điện thoại di động

- fax machine (n) máy fax
- telephone directory (n) danh bạ điện thoại
- public telephone (n) điện thoại công cộng
- address book (n) sổ ghi địa chỉ
*Answer.
a.an answering machine
b.a mobile phone
c.a fax machine
d.a telephone directory
e.a public telephone
f.an address book.
Listen and Read
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lesson.As we know, telephone has become more
popular in our social communication.Thus, it is
necessary for English learners to have a good
skill of using and understanding the language
used in telephone.Now , we learn how to read
the telephone number and some other related
structures.In this period, we will further study
this topic.
-Have students listen the dialogue.
-The students listen and repeat.
-Ask the students to practice the dialogue in pairs.
-The teacher explains new words and the
structures in the dialogue.
-Have students works in pairs answer the
questions then compare with a partner.
-Ask some pairs ask and answer the questions in

front of the class.
-The teacher gives feedback.
*Open practice: To help students improve
their speaking skill. (5’)
- Ask students to make up a new dialogue by
changing some details of the original one.
-The teacher corrects their mistakes.
Vocabulary and Structures
Would you like…?
Let’s + V
Ex: Would you like to leave a message?
Let’s me do it now.
-Downstairs (adv) ở tầng dưới, ở dưới lầu
-upstairs(adv)ở tầng trên ,ở trên lầu
- a bit (n) một chút, phần nào
EX:It’s a bit far from my house.
Answer these questions
a.Nga made the call
b.Nga introduced her self.
c.Nga invited Hoa to the movies.
d.Nga arranged a meeting place.
e.Hoa arranged the time.
f.Nga agreed the time.
*Homework: (4’)
-Have students prepare lesson 2.Speak – Listen
-Have students make questions from the underlined parts in these sentences.
+Nga and Lan are going to see the movie Dream City .
(What are Nga and Lan going to see?)
+Minh will take the final exam next week .
(When will Ba take the final exam?)

*Experience:
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Week 3
Date: 06/09/2011 UNIT 2: MAKING ARRANGEMENTS
Period 8 Lesson 2: - Speak & Listen
I/ Objective
By the end of this lesson, all the students will be able to communicate on telephone. They can use some
new structures in the suitable situations: great, me too, I’m sory, I can’t…
By the end of this lesson, all the students will be able to communicate on telephone. Students can write a
message to another when he/ she goes out use the phrases: leave a message, make an appointment,
available…
II/ Language contents
1.Vocabulary:
-Make an appointment
-To be available
2.Grammar
-May I speak to…/can I speak to…?
-Vocabulary: Stadium, school gate, Central Chess Club.
-Can I leave a message for…?
-Can you take a message…?
-Would you like to leave a message?
III/ Techniques:Questioning, eliciting…
IV/ Teaching aids
-Lesson plan, textbook, cassette player.
V/Procedure:

Teacher and students’s Activities Contents
SPEAKING
Chatting : To help students review their
previous lesson and guides for them to the new
lesson. (8’)
-Checking the previous lesson.Ask the two
students practice the dialogue again in front of the
class.
-The teacher introduces the lesson.This is a
dialogue whose sentences are not in goood
order.Firstly, you read it and answer: Where is
the dialogue carried out? What is it about?
-Have students work in pairs, read the dailogue
again and put the sentences in the correct order.
-Have some pairs practice the dialogue cloudly in
front of the class.The teacher corrects their
mistake if necessary.
-Give feedback.
Practice in pairs ( 5’)
UNIT 2: MAKING ARRANGEMENTS
Lesson 2: - Speak & Listen
SPEAKING
1.Put the sentences in the correct order to
make a complete conversation.
*Answer
1.b: Hello.9210752
2.f:Hello.Can I speak to Eric please? I am
Adam.
3.j:Hello Adam. How are you?
4.a:I’m fine.I’m going to a pop concert at the

city Concert Center tonight.Would you like to
come?
5.i:Which band is it?
6.c:It’The Kids in Town.You like it? Don’t
you?
7.e:Yes.What time can we meet?
8.k:Is 7.15 OK? The concert starts at 7.45.Let’s
meet inside the center, at the caf corner.
9.g:That’s fine.See you at 7.15.Thank you,
Adam.
10.h:Bye, Eric
11.d:Bye.
2.Complete the dialogue
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-Ask students to look at part 2, practice in pairs.
-Call on some pairs practice the finished dialogue
in front of the class.
-The teacher gives feedback.
Open practice:To help students have a chance
practice speaking English. ( 8’)
-Now you continue practicing in pairs, making
new dialogue based on the sample one.
-The teacher goes around the class and help
students.
-Call on some pairs practice the dialogue in front
of the class.
-Ask students learns by heart the dialogue and
prapare lesson 3.
Activity 1.

Play a game with its name “ Making up a
dialogue”.
The teacher gives a situation.The two people are
talikng on telephone.The students work in pairs to
practice the dialogue in front of the class.
Activity 2.Give situations
-What will you say if you are the caller?
-What will you say if you are the receiver?
-What will you are if the person you want to
speak to is out?
-Have students answer these questions.
-The teacher explains some structures which is
often used in calling or writeing a message for
another.
LISTENING
Pre –listening:Answer and question (5’)
+What will you say if you are the caller?
+What will you say if you are the receiver?
+What will you say if the person you want to
speak to is out?
-The teacher introduces situation of the
dialogue.Now we listen to a dialogue on the
phone between a woman and the secretary of
the Principle at Kingston Junior High
School.This woman wants to take to the
principle.You listen to the tape and fill the
missing information in the card.
While Listening: To help students get the
content of the dialogue and improve their
listening skill. ( 10’)

-The students listen to the tape once or
twice.Then, ask them compare answers with a
Bao:May I speak to Ba, please? This is Bao.
Bao:I’m fine, thanks.And you?
Bao:Can I play chess to night?
Bao:What about tomorrow afternoon?
Bao:I’ll meet you at the Central Chess Club.
Bao:Is 2.00 o’clock OK?
*Suggested dialogue:
Minh:Hello 5657194
Quang:Can I speak to Minh, please?This is
Quang.
Minh:Yes.I’m speaking.Hello Quang.How are
you?
Quang:I’m fine, thanks.And you?
Minh:I’m OK.Thank you.
Quang:Can I play soccer this afternoon?
Minh:I’m sorry.I can’t play soccer this
afternoon.I’m going to the English class.
Quang:What about tomorrow aftrenoon?
Minh:Yes.Tomorrow afternoon is fine.
Quang:Is it OK if we meet at the school gate?
Minh:At the school gate?Why don’t we meet at
the stadium? It is easier.
Quang: Yes.Is 4.00 o’clock?
Minh:Great.See you tomorrow afternoon at 4.00
o’clock.
Structures
-Make an appointment: hen gặp
-To be available: rảnh.

+Can I leave a message for…?
+Can you take a message…?
+Would you like to leave a message?
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partner.
-The teacher can ask students read their own
answers in front of the class.
-The teacher gives feedback .
-Have students copy the answers in their
notebooks.
-The teacher explains structures on the lesson.
Post Listening: To evaluate good students. (5’)
-Ask students give some structures which are
often used in calling.
-The teacher can introduces which can be used in
calling telephone.
+“Could I have extension 235, please?”
+“ I’m sorry. The line’s engaged / busy.Would
you like to hold or try again later?
Answer
Date : Tuesday
Time:9.45
Message:Mrs Mary Nguyen wanted to see you
at 9.45 on Tuesday morning.
Telephone number: 64683720942.
* Tape transcript:
Secretary:Kingston Junior High school.Good
afternoon.
Woman:Good afternoon.Could I talk to the

principle, please?
Secretary:I’m afraid Mr Kelvin is out at the
moment.Would you like to leave a message?
Woman:Uhm, no.But I’d like to make an
appointment to see him.
Secretary:I think he will be available on
Tuesday.
Woman:Tuesday’s OK.Can I see him in the
morning?
Secretary:Sure, you can.What time would you
like to come?
Woman:is 10.30 OK?
Secretary: I’m sorry.The principle will have a
school visit at 10.30. What about 9.45?
Woman: 9.45?Let me see.Yes, it’s allright.
Secretary:What’s your name, please?
Woman:My name’s Mary Nguyen.
Secretary:Is that N-G-U-Y-E-N?
Woman: Yes, that’s right.Mrs Nguyen.
Secretary: And your address, please?
Woman:Number 23.51
st
street.My telephone
number is 64683720942.
Secretary:Thank you, Mrs Nguyen.
Woman:Thank you very much.Goodbye.
Secretary:Goodbye.
*Homework: (4’)
-Ask students to correct the mistake by themselves in the following sentences.
1.Can I speak with Mr Phong, please?

2.I’d like to do an appointment with the dentist.
3.Would you like to live a message?
4.He will be available in Monday.
Answer.
1.with → to
2.do → make
3.live →leave
4.in →on
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*Experience:
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Week 3
Date: 08/09/2011 UNIT 2: MAKING ARRANGEMENTS
Period 9 Lesson 3: - Read
I/ Objective
By the end of this lesson, all the students will be able to know the information about the person who
invented the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell.Help the students can speak English fluently by asking
them to report the events they have just read.
II/ Language contents
1.Vocabulary:
-emigrate (v)
-deaf-mutes (adj)
-experiment (v)
-experiment (n)
-transmit (v)
-invent (v)

-invention (n)
-conduct (v)
-exhibition (n) cuộc triễn lãm, trưng bày
2.Grammar
III/ Techniques:Questioning, eliciting…
IV/ Teaching aids
-Lesson plan, textbook, pictures.
V/Procedure:
Teacher and students’s Activities Contents
Pre-reading: Question and answer: To
motivate students. (10’)
-Have students look at the picture in their
books.Then , ask them answer some questions.
a.Who is in the picture? What do you know about
him?
b.What did he invent? When?
-The students answer the questions in pairs.
-The teacher introduces the lesson.When we talk
about Alexander Graham Bell, what words
about this man appear in your mind?
-Then , the teacher explains new words.
(translation , expalination )
-Have students listen and repeat.
While reading :To help students understand
UNIT 2: MAKING ARRANGEMENTS
Lesson 3: - Read
Vocabulary
-emigrate (v) xuất cảnh, di cư
-deaf-mutes (adj) tật vừa câm ,vừa điếc
-experiment (v) làm thí nghiệm.

-experiment (n) cuộc thí nghiệm, thực nghiệm.
-transmit (v) truyền, phát tín hiệu
-invent (v) phát minh
-invention (n) sự phát minh
-conduct (v) thực hiện, tiến hành, điều hành.
-exhibition (n) cuộc triễn lãm, trưng bày
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the content of the passage and show them
know how to exercises. (20’)
-Set the scene:we are going to read about one of
the greatest scientists in the world, the inventor
of telephone- Alexander Graham Bell.You read
and decide whether the statements are True (T )
or False ( F).Tick (
√
) the true statements and
correct the false statements.
-Have students work inpairs to do exercise 1.Then
compare with another.
-The teacher gives feedback.
-Have students go to the board and write down
the correct answers.
-Now you read the passage again and put the
events in the correct order.
-Have students works in pairs.Call some students
read the answers in front of the class.The teacher
corrects their mistakes.
Post Reading: Speaking ( 10’)
-Have students work in groups of 4 or5

students.You make a short presentation about
Alexander Graham Bell by using the events in the
exercise 2 that you have done.
-Then ask the presentative from each group to
report again in front of the class.Take notes their
pronunciation, fluency, accuracy and the contents
of the report.
1.True or false.Then correct the false
sentences.
a.F ( He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland ) (not
in the USA)
b.F ( he worked with deaf-mutes at Boston
University ( not in a hospital in Boston )
c. T
d.F ( Bell and Watson introduced the telephone
in 1876 ( not in 1877 )
e.F ( Bell experimented with ways of
transmitting speech over along distance (not
between indeaf-mutes )
f.T
2.Put the events in the correct order.
Alexander Graham Bell …
d.was born in Scotland.
e.went to live in Canada.
a.went to live in the United States.
g.worked with people neither speak nor hear.
c.worked with Thomas Watson.
b.successfully demonstrated his invention.
f.invented the telephone.
*Homework: (5’)

-Have students prepare lesson 4 Write
-Have students copy the exercise and do it at home.Fill in each gap with one suitable word.
+Alexander Graham Bell ……………………the telephone in 1876. ( invented)
+What’s ……………… at the City Theater tonight? (on)
+Thomas Watson was Bell’s…………………… (assistant)
+Hello, I’m Dung. Can I speak………………… Toan, please. (to)
*Experience:
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Week 4
Date: 11/09/2011 UNIT 2: MAKING ARRANGEMENTS
Period 10 Lesson 4: -Write
I/ Objective
By the end of this lesson, all the students will be able to write a message to another.
II/ Language contents
1.Vocabulary:
- message(n)
-Taken by (v)
-Furniture delivery (n)
-tobe out (v)
-Reach somebody (v)
2.Grammar
III/ Techniques:Questioning, eliciting…
IV/ Teaching aids
-Lesson plan, textbook, pictures.
V/Procedure:

Teacher and students’s Activities Contents
Pre-writing: To check their previous lesson
and help them gist the meaning of new words.
(7’)
-Checking the previous lesson.Have students talk
about the life of Alexander Graham Bell again.
-Ask students to look at exercise 1. Call some
students read the message.
-The teacher explains these words which is often
used in a message.
+date
+time
+for
+Message
+taken by
While writing: To help students improve their
writing skill in writing message with the
information provided. (25’)
-Set the scene :This is the passage which was
written based on the above message by filling
the most suitable word in the blank.
-Have students do the exercise then compare the
answer with another.
-The teacher gives feedback and correct.
-Have students write the correct words on the
board.
UNIT 2: MAKING ARRANGEMENTS
Lesson 4: -Write
Vocabulary
-message (n) nội dung tin nhắn.

-Taken by (v) ghi lại bởi…
-Furniture delivery (n) chuyển giao đồ đạc.
-tobe out (v) đi vắng.
-Reach somebody (v) có thể gặp ai đó qua điện
thoại.
-stationery (n) đồ dùng văn phòng phẩm (giấy,
bút)
1.Read the message.Then fill in the gaps in
the message that follows with the
information.
1.telephoned ( called )
2.May
3.speak
4.took
5.name
6.delivery
7.Mr Ha
8.at
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-Have students read the passage in exercise 2,
then write the message again.
-Ask the two students to write the message on the
board.Then, ask students compare the message
with a partner.
-Ask students prcatice the dialogue in pairs .Now
you help Lisa write a message for Nancy using
the information in the dialogue.Then ask them
compare the answer with a partner.
-Call on some students write the message on the

board. ( Teacher can ask students finish the
exercise 3 at home If there have enough time )
Post writing: To evaluate good students (8’)
-Have students work in groups of 4 or 5 write
message to another with the contents ( go to see a
movie, go to English speaking club…)
-The teacher give feedback and correct the
finished writing in front of the class.
2.Write the telephone message.
THANH CONG DELIVERY SERVICE
Date: June 16
Time: after midday
For:Mrs Van
Message: Mr Nam called about his stationery
order.He wants you to call him on 8 634082.
Taken by: Mr Toan.
3.Write a message for Nancy.Use the
information from the dialogue.
Date:
Time:
For: Nancy
Message:Tom called about playing tennis this
afternoon.He will come over to pick you up at
1.30
Taken by: Lisa.
*Homework: (5’)
-Have students prepare lesson 5. Language focus.
-Have students complete the sentences with the best words.
+He wants to meet you…………… June 25.(on)
+I am sorry.The line is ………………Would you like to……………….? (busy / hold)

+She is out.Can I………………… your message? (take )
*Experience:
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Week 4
Date: 12/09/2011 UNIT 2: MAKING ARRANGEMENTS
Period 11 Lesson 5: -Language Focus
I/ Objective
By the end of this lesson, all the students will be able to use the near future with the structure “ be going
to”, some adverbs of place : inside, outside, here, there, downstairs, upstairs.
II/ Language contents
1.Vocabulary:
Fishing rod(n)
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Action movie (n)
2.Grammar
…tobe going to + Verb ( infinitive)
III/ Techniques:Questioning, eliciting…
IV/ Teaching aids
-Lesson plan, textbook.
V/Procedure:
Teacher and students’s Activities Contents
Activity 1: To help students know how to use
the structure …tobe going to + Verb
( infinitive) in correct situations and show
them how to do the exercise with this
structure. (15’)

-Have students recognize the difference between
the two sentences.
+I will visit him tomorrow.
+I am going to visit him tomorrow.
-The teacher explains how to use “will and be
going to”
-We use “will + infinitive” to express an action
which happens in the future.This action is
decided together the time we talk, without
arrangmenting and preparation before.
-We use “be going to + infinitive” to express an
action which happens in the future.This action
requires an arrangment and preparation
carefully.
-Then, have students work in pairs using “be
going to”.The teacher explains some words in the
lesson.
Ex:Nga has a movie ticket
→ Nga is goingto see a movie.
-Call on some pairs read loudly in front of the
class.
-The teacher gives the correct answers.
Activity 2 : To help students have a chance
improve their speaking skill using the
structure …tobe going to + Verb ( infinitive)
( 10’)
-Ask students listen and answer some questions.
+What are you going to do on the weekend?
+What are you going to do tonight?
+What are you going to do tomorrow?

-The teacher introduces the lesson.The following
is a questionaire about things you are going to do
in the future.You complete “you” column with
checks (√) if you are going to do ans crosses
( X ) if you are not.
UNIT 2: MAKING ARRANGEMENTS
Lesson 5: -Language Focus
1.Say what the people are going to do.
Fishing rod (n) cần câu cá
Action movie (n) phim hành động
S + tobe going to + infinitive
Ex:
-Nga is goingto see a movie.
-They are going to go to the countryside.
a.They are going to go fishing.
b.She’s going to read a new novel.
c.She’s going to do her home work.
d.He’s going to watch / see an action movie on
TV tonight.
e.She’s going to give him a birthday present.
2.What are you going to do on the weekend?
-see a movie ( I’m going to see a movie)
-play sports (I’m going to play sports)
-meet your friends (I’m going to meet your
friends)
-help your parents (I’m going to help my
parents)
-do your home work (I’m going to do my
homework)
-Watch TV. (I’m going to watch TV)

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-Have studenst compare answers with a partner.
-Now you work in pairs, ask your friends what
he / she is going to do and not going to do by
completing : “your partner” column.
-Call on some pairs practice in front of the
class.The teacher corrects their mistakes if
necessary.
Activity 3 : To help students improve their
writng and speaking skill by using Adverbs of
place. (10’)
-The teacher reviews adverbs of place again.
( upstairs, downstairs,inside, outside, here, there.)
-Have students work in pairs to do the exercise
and then write down them on the board.
-The teacher gives feedback.
Open practice: To help students improve their
writing skill. ( 8’)
-Have students work in pairs make questions with
“be going to + Verb (infinitive) for each situation.
-The teacher goes around and help students.
-Ask students read aloud the finished questions in
front of the class.
1.My parents are coming for dinner tonight.
( What / you / cook ?)
(What are you going to cook tonight?)
2.Mrs Lan is going shopping. (What / she / buy ?)
(What is she going to buy?)
3.My brother is going to learn a foreign language?

(What language / he / learn?)
(What language is he going to learn?)
3.Complete the speech bubbles.Use each
adverb in the box once.
Adverbs of place
Upstairs # downstairs
Inside # outside
Here
There
a.Where is Tuan? I think he’s upstairs.
b.No, he isn’t here.
c.He isn’t downstairs and he isn’t upstairs.
d.Perhaps he’s outside.
e.No, he isn’t there.
f.I’m not outside.I’m inside , Ba.
*Homework: (2’)
-Have The students copy the correct answers in their note books.
-Have students prepare unit 3.Lesson 1: Getting started & Listen and Read
*Experience:
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Week 4
Date: 14/09/2011 UNIT 3: AT HOME
Period 12 Lesson 1 - Getting started & Listen and Read
I/ Objective
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By the end of this lesson, all the students will be able to use the simple present, simple future and how to

use the verbs: have to, ought to.
Help students use Reflexive pronouns.
II/ Language contents
1.Vocabulary:
Steamer (n)
Sink (n)
Saucepan (n)
Frying pan (n)
Cupboard (n)
2.Grammar
III/ Techniques:Questioning, eliciting…
IV/ Teaching aids
-Lesson plan, textbook, pictures.
V/Procedure:
Teacher and students’s Activities Contents
Activity 1: Quiz show –To help students check
their vocabulary. (10’)
Play game with its name: Noughts and Crosses.
-Ask students write out the verbs which tells
about the chores everyday.
Clean cook Wash
Tidy iron Sew
Go shopping feed water
Activity 2:Question and answer:To arouse
students and help them improve their speaking
skill. ( 15’)
-Have students answer some questions.
+What do you have to do at home?
+Do you have to sweep the floor?
+Do you have to feed the chicken?

+Do you often help your mother at home?
+What is the girl in the first picture doing?
+Is she doing the washing up?
-Then , have students work pairs practice asking
and answering of each picture.
-Have students a short passage about chores you
often do at home by using pictures as
prompts.The teacher goes around the class to help
students when they write.
-The teacher can give some words to help
students to write easily. ( look after brother /
sister, water vegetables, look after the house…
-Ask them compare the writing with a partner.
-Call on some students read aloud the writing in
front of the class.
UNIT 3: AT HOME
Lesson 1 - Getting started & Listen and Read
Getting started
a.washing the dishes / doing the washing up.
b.making the bed
c.sweeping the floor
d.cooking
e.tidying up
f.feeding the chicken
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Activity3: Pairs work (10’)
-The teacher introduces situation of the dialogue
between Nam and his mother Mrs Vui.
-We have talked and written about chores you

often do at home.Now you listen to the dialogue
between Mrs Vui and Nam talking about chores
and practice the dialogue with a partner.
-Introducing vocabulary. ( pictures)
-Have some pairs practice the dialogue.The
teacher corrects their pronunciation and
intonation.
-Now you work in pairs and make a list of the
things that Nam has to do.
Open practice: To evaluate good students. (8’)
-Base on the dialogue between Mrs Vui and
Nam, you make up a new dialogue about the
chores you have to do at home.
-The teacher goes around the class to help
students use the verbs “ have to / ought to and
reflexive pronoun yourself” in correct situations.
-Have some students read aloud the dialogue in
front of the class.
Listen and Read
Vocabulary
Steamer (n) nồi hấp
Sink (n)bồn rửa bát đĩa
Saucepan (n)cái chảo
Frying pan (n)chảo rán
Cupboard (n) tủ chạn, tủ ly
A list of things Nam has to do.
-Nam has to cook dinner
-He has to go to the market and buy fish and
vegetables.
-He has to call his aunt Chi and ask her to meet

his mother at grandma’s house.
*Homework: ( 2’)
-Have students learn new words.
-Ask students to prepare the next lesson ,lesson 2 Speak
*Experience:
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Week 5
Date: 16/09/2011 UNIT 3: AT HOME
Period 13 Lesson 2 - Speak
I/ Objective
By the end of this lesson, all the students will be able to describe the furniture in their house and how to use
adverbs of places in some cases.
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II/ Language contents
1.Vocabulary:
-rug (n)
-coffee table (n)
-cushion (n)
-cupboard(n)
-opposite (adv)
2.Grammar
III/ Techniques:Questioning, eliciting…
IV/ Teaching aids
-Lesson plan, textbook, pictures.
V/Procedure:
Teacher and students’s Activities Contents

Pre speaking: Question and answer : To help
students practice speaking English and get the
meaning of new words. (10’)
-Have students come in front of the class practice
asking and answering the questions about the
things they usually do in the family.
Suggested questions:
+What do you usually do at home?
+Do you often help your mother?
+What do you often do on Sunday?
-Have students work in pairs to find out the
names of the things in the pictures.
-The teacher introduces new words.
Task 1: To help students improve their writing
skill by using adverbs of places : next to ,
opposite, on, between, above, under… (13’)
-The teacher guides for the students know how to
use adverbs of places to describe these things in
the pictures.
-Have some students describe these things in front
of the class.
-The teacher corrects their mistakes.
-Have students compare the answers with a
partner.
-The teacher gives feedback.
Task 2: To help students practice the writng
skill by using adverbs of places and their own
ideas. (15’)
UNIT 3: AT HOME
Lesson 2 – Speak

Vocabulary
-rug (n) thảm ,thảm trải sàn nhà
-coffee table (n)bàn uống cà phê
-cushion (n)cái gối
-cupboard(n)tủ ly
-opposite (adv) đối diện
1.Talk about the position of each item.
Suggested Answers.
-The calendar is on the wall, under the clock
and above the refrigerator.
-The sink is next to the stove.
-The cupboard is on the wall, above the counter.
-The knives are on the wall, under the cupboard.
-The bowl of fruit is between the rice cooker
and the disk rack.
-The clock is on the wall, above the refrigerator.
-The flowers are on the table
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