Lesson plan- English 8
Week 3: Unit 2 : MAKING ARRANGEMENTS Date :
Period 7: Lesson 1: Getting started- Listen and read
1. Objectives : By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to know steps to make
arrangements on telephone
2.. Language Contents :
• Vocabulary: directory, answering machine, fax machine, a bit far from
• Grammar : Simple Present Tense, Present Continuous Tense
3. Techniques : Q & A, Matching, pairwork, groupwork
4. Teaching aids : pictures, textbook, sub board, cassette player
5. Procedures :
STAGES TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
Warm up
_ T has Ss look at the book (Getting
started) and match each object with
its name
* Feedback
(?) When do you use this thing?
* Feedback
a/ To leave and take messages
b/ To make a phone call to anywhere we like
c/ To send fax
d/ To find someone's telephone number
e/ To make a phone call when we have no a
telephone
f/ To write and address and telephone
numbers
_ T helps Ss practise 6 new words
Look at the book &match
each object with its
name

Read the name of each
object aloud
As the Qs (groupwork)
Each group gives an answer
Practise reading new words
Presentation
_ T helps Ss review expressions when
speaking on the phone
[Can I speak to …, please?/ … speaking./
Wait a minute./ Hold on …]
_ T : "Hoa and Nga are talking on the phone.
Let's listen and read the dialogue to find out
what they call for."
(?) Who calls who? What to call for?
Review some expressions
Listen to the teacher
Answer the questions
_ T helps Ss review some structures
+ What would you say if you want to know
where people show the film?
+ How do you say" Is 6:30 all right?" in
Vietnamese?
+ How do you say" a bit far from" in
Vietnamese?
Review some structures
_ Where is the film on?
_ 6:30 ñöôïc khoâng?
_khaù xa
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Lesson plan- English 8

_ T asks Ss to look at the dialogue and
read the sentence " I'm using my cousin's
bike tonight."
(?) Is Hoa using her cousin's bike now?
* Sometimes the Present Continuous
Tense express an action in the future
_ T asks Ss to look at another sentence
" I'm going to see the movie Dream city …"
and Answer the question
(?) What does "be going to + inf." express?
_ T has Ss listen to the tape and repeat
_ No, she isn't.
_ To express ana intension
Listen and repeat
Practice:
_ T asks Ss to to practise the dialogue with
a partner
* Feedback
_ T has Ss read the dialogue again and do
exercise 2 in the book
_ T asks Ss to share their answers with
another pair
* Feedback
_ T has Ss give steps when making an
arrangement
* Feedback
pairwork
3 pairs read the dialogue
aloud
Read the dialogue and do

Ex.2
Share the answers
6 pairs read the Qs and As
aloud
Find out steps to make an
arrangement on the phone
pairwork
One group shows their steps
on the board and the others
correct if necessary
Summary
Homework
+ To make the phone
+ To ask for permision to speak to your
friend and to introduce yourself
+ to invite your friend to do sth
+ To arrange the meeting place and the
time ( if there still is a lot of time)
_ T asks Ss to make an arrangement with
a friend on the phone
+ Practise reading the dialogue and
remember steps to make an arrangement
on the phone
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Lesson plan- English 8
Week 3: Unit 2 : MAKING ARRANGEMENTS Date :
Period 8: Lesson 2: SPEAK and LISTEN
1. Objectives : By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to know how to male
arrangements on the phone and write a message from a conversation

2.. Language Contents :
• Vocabulary: message (n)
• Grammar : Simple Present Tense, Simple Past Tense
3. Techniques : pairwork. groupwork. Q & A. Ordering, role play
4. Teaching aids : pictures, textbook, sub board, cassette player
5. Procedures :
STAGES TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
1/ Pre-
speakin
g
* Set the scene:
_ T asks Ss to review steps to make an
arrangement on the phone
Review steps to make an
arrangement on the phone
* Set the topic
" Today we are going to study how to make an
arrangement on the phone"
_ T has Ss read sentences in exercise 1 and
Answer the questions:
(?) Who made the call? What to call for?
_ T asks Ss to do Ex.1/20 and to share the
answers with another group
* Feedback ( _ T has Ss write the answers on
the board and T chooses the correct answer)
G1 G2 G3 G4
1 b b b b
… 11
Read Ex.1 and Answer the
questions

_
groupwork
each group shows their
answer on the board
1 – b/ Hello.9 210 752
_ T has Ss practise the conversation
* Feedback
Practise reading
Pw. (closed/ open pairs)
* Set the task
_ T shows picture in exercise 2 and asks:
(?) What are they doing?
T:"Ba and Bao like playing chess together.
Now Bao is making a call to ask Ba to play
chess. Look at the dialogue in the book and
complete the dialogue."
Answer the questions
_ They are playing chess.
Complete the dialogue
pairwork (share the
answers)
2/ While-
speakin
g
_ T has one pair read the dialogue aloud
and the rest of the class remark.
_ T helps Ss correct mistakes
_ T asks Ss to practise the dialogue with a
partner
A pair reads/The others

listen & remark
pairwork
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Lesson plan- English 8
* Feedback 3 pairs read the dialogue
Post-
speaking
_ T asks Ss to make an arrangement to see
the film" Harry Poster" at Mini movie
theater at 7:00.
* Feedback
pairwork
3 pairs show their
comversation before class.
Pre-listening
* Set the
scene:
* Set the
topic
Sometimes you call someone but he/ she is
out. What would you do?
_ T shows the message to Ss
LAM SON HIGH SCHOOL
Date: Thursday Time: 8:00
For: The form teacher of the class 8A
Message: Mr Nam wanted to see you at 9:00
on Thursday.
Tel. number: 513 874
(?) When did Mr Nam make the call?
(?) Could he talk to the form teacher of the

class 8A?
(?) Who did Mr Nam want to meet at 9:00
on Thursday?
(?) What is Mr Nam's phone number?
Look at the message
Answer the questions
_ At 8:00 on Tuesday
_ No, he couldn't.
_ The form teacher of the
class 8A.
_ 513 874
* Set the task
_ T has Ss look at the message in the book
(?) Who received this message?
_ T:"Today a woman phoned the principal, but
he was out. The woman left the message to
him. Now llisten to the conversation between
the woman and his secretary and complete the
message."
Look at the message
Answer the questions
While-
listening
_ T asks Ss to listen to the tape and
complete the message in the book, then
asks 2 Ss to write on the board
* Feedback ( _ T has Ss look at 2 messages
on the board and compare with their owns. If
there is sth different, asks them to listen to the
tape again to find out the correct answers.)

Listen to the tape and
complete the message in the
book
pairwork (share the As with
another pair)
Post-
listening
If there is still time , T has Ss listen to
another conversation and write a message
Summary
Homework
• Ss retell what they've just studied
Phone your friend to make an arrangement
to go swimming on Sunday morning
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Lesson plan- English 8
Week 3: Unit 2 : MAKING ARRANGEMENTS Date :
Period 9: Lesson 3 : READ
1. Objectives : By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to know more about the inventor
of telephone
2. Language Contents :
• Vocabulary: (v) emigrate, experiment, transmit, conduct, demonstrate
(n) deaf-mute, assistant, device, exhibition
(a) countless, commercial
• Grammar : Simple Past Tense
3. Techniques : Q & A, Matching, Ordering
4. Teaching aids : pictures, cards, textbook, sub board
5. Procedures :
STAGES TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

Pre-reading
* Set the
scene
_T: “These are inventors and these are their
inventions. Please match one name with
his invention.”
A B
Thomas Edison Television
Jonh Logie Baird Ball-point pen
Alexander Graham Bell Telephone
Laszlo Biso Electric light bulb
* Feedback
Matching
groupwork
* Set the
topic
_ T shows the picture of A.G.Bell
(?) What did he invent?
(?) When did he invent telephone?
(?) When and where he was born?
_ T writes the answers on the board
_T: “Let’s read the text about A.G.Bell to
check the answers”
_ T has Ss read new words aloud
Look at the picture
Answer the questions
• Pre- teach vocab
• emigrate (v)
[Ex. go to another country to live]
• deaf- mute (n)

[Ex. a person who can’t hear or speak]
• experiment (v/n) [T]
• transmit (v) [T]
• assistant (n) [Ex. helper]
• conduct (v) [T]
• device (n) [Ex. machine]
• demonstrate (v) [Ex. perform, show]
Listen and repeat
Take notes
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Lesson plan- English 8
• countless (a)
[Ex. Do you know how many leaves are
there in the tree?Can you count them all?
No, the leaves in the tree are countless./
Your hair is also countless.]
• exhibition (n) [T]
_ T helps Ss practise reading vocab
* Comprehension check
_ T has Ss complete the following
sentences
1/ In Chemistry classes we often conduct a
lot of ___.
2/ I can’t find him on the beach, there are
___ people there.
3/ Kari Max was born in Germany, but he
___ to England in 1847.
4/ A ___ is a person who can’t hear and
speak.
5/ People often ___ the World Cup on TV to

every country in the world.
6/ A lot of big companies introduce their
products in this ___.
* Feedback
Practise reading the vocab
Complete the sentences
groupwork
* Set the task
_ T has Ss compare their answers with
the information in the text
+ What?Telephone/ When?  In 1876
+ When/ Where to be born?
Edinburgh, on March 3 rd, 1847
_ T asks Ss to read the text again and to
do exercise 1 in the book
* Feedback
Read the text and compare the
answers with the
information in the text
pairwork (share)
Each group reads one
sentence, says T/F, and says
the correct answer if False
While-
reading
_ T asks Ss to read the text again and to
do exercise 2
• Feedback
G1 G2 G3 G4
1/ d ñ ñ ñ

2/ e a a e
...
groupwork
(share the answers with
another group)
d/ was born in Scotland
e/ went to live in Canada
Post-reading
_ T has Ss put subjects or conjunctions
before sentences to combine them
into a text
• Feedback
Use subjects or conjunctions to
combine the sentences
into a text
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Lesson plan- English 8
Summary
Homework
“ Alexander Graham Bell was born in
Scotland, He went to libe in Canada
and then went to live in the United
States. He ...”
_ T asks some Ss to tell about A.G.Bell
+ Write a paragraph about A.G.Bell
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Lesson plan- English 8
Week 4: Unit 2: MAKING ARRANGEMENTS Date :
Period 10: Lesson 4: WRITE

3. Objectives : By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to write a message from a
paragraph/ a dialogue or a paragraph from a message
4. Language Contents :
• Vocabulary: (n) furniture delivery
• Grammar : Simple Present Tense, Simple Past Tense
3. Techniques : pairwork, groupwork, Completeing
4. Teaching aids : pictures, textbook, sub board, cards
5. Procedures :
STAGES TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
1/Pre-
writing
* Set the
scene
(?) What do you do if you want to buy a
desk, a bed, a cupboard ...?
_T: “ Nowadays we can buy sth by using
telephone, e-mail ...Mrs Lien wanted to buy
some furniture, she called Mr Ha at Thang
Loi Delivery Service, but he was out. So she
left a message for him. Now we read the
message and complete the exercise 1”
_ Go to a shop/ Telephone a
shop and ask them to bring
it to our house ...
Listen to the teacher
Read the message and complete
the passage
groupwork (share the answers
with another group)
* Set the

task
* Pre- teach vocab
• delivery service (n)
• customer (n)
• reach (v)
Listen and repeat
_ T gives Ss 8 cards and asks them to
write the information to complete
the passage on the board
* Feedback
Complete the passage on the
board
2/ While-
writing
_ T asks Ss :
(?) How many details must we get to write
a message? What are they?
Answer the questions
_ 5 details:
1/ Date
2/ Time
3/ Receiver
4/ Content of the message
5/ Writer of the message
_ T has Ss read the dialogue in the
exercise 2 and answer the Qs for details
(?) When did the customer phone the Thanh
Cong delivery Service?
(?) At what time?
(?) Who received the message?

_ On June 16
_ 12.10 am.
_ Mr Van
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Lesson plan- English 8
(?) What did Mr Nam call about?
When did he want Mr Van call him?
(?) Who took this message?
_ Mr Nam called about his
stationary order. He wanted Mr
Van to call him at 8 634 082.
_ Mr Toan
_ T asks Ss to underline 5 details in the
message
_ T has Ss write the telephone message in
exercise 2 by using 5 underlined details
• Feedback
Correct the message on the board
Underline 5 details
Writing
pairwork (share)
3/ Post-
writing
(?) Do you often play sport/ go to the
movie/ go swimming... with your friends?
“ Today Tom phoned Nancy to ask her to play
tennis this afternoon, but she was oout. Now
we read the dialogue betwwen Lisa and Tom
to help Lisa write a message for Nancy.
Before writing, let’s underline necessary

information in the dialogue”
Answer the questions
Listen to the teacher
Read the dialogue and
underline necessary
information (pairwork)
[Nancy/ Tom play tennis this
afternoon, come over to pick
her up, at 1:30/ Lisa]
_ T asks Ss to write a message for Nancy
( T gives Ss handouts – 2 Ss write a
message on the board)
• Feedback
Correct the message on the board
pairwork
Share the message with
another pair
Homework
+ Write the message Lisa writes for
Nancy in their exercise notebooks
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Lesson plan- English 8
Week 4: Unit 2: MAKING ARRANGEMENTS Date :
Period 11: Lesson 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS
5. Objectives : By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to talk about intentions with “be
going to” and use some adverbs of place in right contexts
6. Language Contents :
• Vocabulary: (n) fishing-rod
(adv. of place) outside, inside, here, there, upstairs, downstairs

• Grammar : Structure: Be going to + inf.
3. Techniques : Q & A, pairwork, groupwork, Completing, Matching
4. Teaching aids : pictures, cards, textbook, sub board
5. Procedures :
STAGES TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
Warm up
• Matching game:
( T shows 6 pictures:
1/ movie ticket 2/ fishing rod
3/ novel 4/ present
5/ material 6/ tent
and 6 phrasal verbs:
make a dress go fishing
give someone a birthday present
go camping read a novel
go to see a movie)
(?) What do you use these things to do?
* Feedback
Matching pictures with verbs
groupwork
P
1
=> go to see a movie
P
2
=> go fishing
P
3
=> read a novel
P

4
=> give some a present
P
5
=> make a dress
P
6
=> go camping
Activity 1
_ T asks:
(?) If Nga has a movie ticket, what is she
going to do?
(?) Yesterday Nam and Lan borrowed
some tents. What are they going to do?
_ T has Ss do exercise 1 in the book
* Feedback
_ T corrects Ss’ mistakes
Answer the questions
_ She is going to see a movie.
_ They are going to go
camping.
Do Ex.1 (pairwork)
5 Ss read sentences
_ T has one S write sentences a and b on
the board, others say the corrrect
sentences again
* Underline “be going to” in 2 sentences
on the board
Say correct sentences
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