Giáo án Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Unit 2: Life in the countryside - Period 10: A closer look 1

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1. UNIT 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE Period 10: A CLOSER LOOK 1 Contents *Matching: A B picking tomatoes drying the rice riding a horse herding the buffaloes flying kites collecting water I. Vocabulary. 1. Listen and repeat the word. 1. slow 2. colourful 3. friendly 4. hard 5. brave 6. boring 7. inconvenient 8. vast 9. peaceful 10. nomadic 2. Put the words in 1 into the appropriate category. Some words can be used in more than one category. To describe... Words people Friendly, brave, boring, nomadic, colourful Slow, hard, boring, inconvenient, peaceful, nomadic, life colourful scenery colourful, vast, peaceful 3. Match the nouns/ noun phrases in the box with each verb hay a pole wild flowers water a camel the buffaloes a horse apples a tent the cattle
2. * Key: ride: a horse, a camel put up: a tent, a pole collect: hay, the cattle herd: the bufallo, the cattle pick: wild flowers, apple 4. Use the words in 1 and 3 to complete the sentences. Remember to use the correct form of verbs. 1. picking 2. inconvenient/ collect 3. herd 4. ridden/ brave 5. peaceful 6. nomadic 7. vast 8. put up/ hard II. Pronuciation. 5. Listen and repeat the words. Pay attention to the initial clusters. 1. blackberry 2. clothing 3. clim 4. blind 5. click 6. clay 7. bloom 8. blossom 9. clock 10. clear 6. Listen and circle the words you hear. 1. blame 2. blast 3. Blue 4. clock 5. close 7. Listen to the sentences and repeat. 1. The win is blowing so hard. 2. These people have climbed to the top of the mountain. 3. The tree is in full bloom. 4. Look at the clear blue sky. 5. Blind people can read with Braille.
3. - Learn the lesson well. - Do exercises in the workbook. - Prepare: SKILLS 2 UNIT 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE Period 11: A CLOSER LOOK 2 Contents • Chatting: -Where do you prefer to live? In the city or in the countryside. -Can you compare life in the city and life in the countryside? GRAMMAR Comparative forms of adjectives • as + adj + as • adj –ER + than • more + adj + than *Key: 1. higher 2. Easier 3. better 4. more exciting 5. more convenient 6. happier 7. more friendly 8. fast 9. best Comparative forms of adverbs: a. as + adverb + as Ex: She walks as slowly as a turtle. b. more/less + adverb + (than) b. adverb-ER + (than) Ex: The rain is coming. Let’s run faster / more quickly 2. Complete the sentences with suitable comparative forms of adverbs in the box. * Key: 1. more slowly 2. more soundly 3. less traditionally 4. more generously 5. more healthily 3. Finish the sentences below with a suitable comparative form of hard, early, late, fast, well and badly. *Irregular adverbs - fast - faster - hard - harder - early - earlier
4. - late - later -well - better - badly - worse Key: 1. better 2. faster 3. later 4. harder 5. worse 6. earlier 4. Underline the correct comparative forms to complete the sentences. Key: 1. more optinistically 2. more popularly 3. less densely populated 4. more quickly 5. more easily 6. better 5. Write the answers to the questions below. 1. The countryside is more peaceful. 2. A computer works faster. 3. Life in a remote area is harder. 4. HCM City is more expensive. 5. Animals can smell better. - Learn the comparative by heart. - Do exercises in your workbook. - Prepare Unit 2: communication UNIT 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE Period 12: COMMUNICATION Contents *Watch a video: about the countryside 1.Read the posts on “Holidays in the countryside” *New words : -disturb (v) -beehives (n) -dig(v) - hole (n)
5. -unforgetable (adj) 2.What are the attitudes of these people towards their experiences ? Tick (v) the appropriate box Positive Neutral Negative Dennis from London Julie from Paris Phirun from phnom Penh Yumi from Seoul Emi from Tokyo Lan from Ha Noi Bob from Hong Kong 3.Work in groups .Reply to the osts in 1 .Write down your replies Discuss and share your replies with the class -Bob : In my opiniom ,the countryside has benefits that a boring person would never discover -Bob ; I think this is one of the reasons for urbanisation - Do the exercise again - Prepare the new lesson : SKILLS 1