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LESSON PLAN

UNIT 3. LEISURE ACTIVITIES

LESSON 3.1: VOCABULARY

October 26th, 2023

 ENGLISH DISCOVERY – GRADE 8

UNIT 3: LESURE ACTIVITIES

LESSON 3.1: VOCABULARY
I. Aims
1. Check the effectiveness of students’ self-study at home, students are assigned to look up new words (meaning and pronunciation)
2. Introduce lexical words related to movies and TV programmes
3. Help students use the related words in contexts.
II. Objectives
1. Language Focus:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- recall the meanings of the vocabulary related to films and television.
Types of films action film, cartoon, comedy, documentary, fairy tale, fantasy, romantic film, sci-fi, thriller
Film and TV audience, character, episode, hit, reviews, screen(s), series, special effects
- produce a small conversation in 4 - 5 minutes about their favourite films or TV programmes.
2. Competence:
- Communication
- Problem-solving
- Self-studying
3. Ss’ activities:
Individual work, pair work, group work, teamwork
III.Teaching methods
1. Flipped Teaching (students prepared lesson at home)
2. Communicative and natural approach
3. TPR (Total Physical Response)
IV.Teaching aids
1. Teacher: Grade 8 textbook, Unit 3 (SB p. 30-31), laptop/computer, loudspeaker, projector/TV, PPT slides, extra-boards, flashcards,
reusable adhesive clay.
2. Students: Textbooks, pens, and notebooks

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V.Procedures
1. WARM-UP (5’)
ACTIVITY 1: GAME “TABOO”
* Aims:
- To revise some common vocabulary about movie types in Grade 7.
- To arouse Ss’ interest in the lesson.
* Content: Play the game to get Ss to involve in the lesson.
* Outcome: Students can guess the words based on the definitions/clues .
* Organisation: Instructions of games, games, and announcement of winners
Teacher’s activities Student’s activities Content
- T guides Ss how to play the game - Whole class listens to the instructions.
“Taboo”.
- T divides the class into 2 teams. - Ss name their teams.
- T shows 3 posters and 1 trailer - 2 representatives from 2 teams stand
respectively. against their teams, in front of the class.
These 2 Ss are not allowed to see the
board.
- T asks 2 teams to describe the 4 words - 2 teams describe the words together
about types of movies to help 2 friends and 2 representatives have to ring the
guess. bell on the table before saying aloud the
- T writes scores for the team having the correct words. Answers:
correct answers. 1. Action (20 points)
- At the end of the game, T congratulates 2. Fairy tale (30 points)
the winner team. 3. Romantic movie (40 points)
4. Documentary (50 points)
2. PRESENTATION (20’)
ACTIVITY 2: VOCABULARY
* Aims:
- To review the vocabulary about movie types from Grade 7
- To introduce new words related to films and TV.
* Content: Some vocabulary about different types of films and TV
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* Outcome: Students can recognize words used to describe different types of films.
* Organisation: T gives instructions, Ss work in pairs, Ss contribute their ideas, Ss learn new words, Ss individually complete the text, Ss
compare their answers
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Content
1. Match pictures with the correct 1. Look at the posters. In pairs, ask and answer. Use
types of film. the words below. (Ex 1, p. 30)
- T has Ss look at the posters and try to - Whole class listens to teacher’s Answers:
guess the types of movies for each instructions.
poster from 1 to 6 in 1 minute - Ss work in pairs, ask and answer about
the posters using the words given.

- T shows the answers and checks the - Whole class says out loud the answers.
meanings of some difficult words: - Some Ss explain these words in
fantasy, sci-fi, thriller English or in Vietnamese.

2. Reorder pieces to find 7 meaningful words, then

2. Match pieces to find 7 meaningful
words with correct definitions.
- T divides class into 8 groups of 4,
gives each group a clear bag with pieces
of flashcards and an extra board.
- T guides Ss to match all pieces of
paper to find 7 meaningful words with
correct definitions in 2 minutes.
- T guides the fastest group from each
team to race to the board and stick their
extra-board on the blackboard.
match with their correct definitions.
Answer
- Ss work in groups of 4 in 2 minutes
using adhesive clay to reorder the pieces
of words.
- The fastest group from each team will
race to the board and stick their extra
board to the classroom black board.
- 2 Ss cross check the answer.

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- T calls 2 students to cross check and
writes points for 2 teams.
- T guides students to differentiate
syllables and stress in words using
clapping hand technique.
3. Gap-filling
3a. Complete the text.
- T draws Ss’ attention to the text in ex.
2 (p.30)
- T has one S read the instruction.
- T elicits Ss how to do the exercise
using the key words.
- T has Ss do ex. 2 (p.30) in 2 minutes.
- T checks the answers with the whole
class.
3b. Complete the sentences.
- T has Ss look at the words in the word
building table on the screen and elicits
Ss to notice how one word develops
from the root word to noun of action,
people or things.
- T lets Ss draw their own conclusion
- T guides Ss to find clues in the text
that helps them determine if the missing
word is a verb, noun, or person.
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- Whole class listens to the teacher.
3a. Complete the text with words from the
Vocabulary box. There are more words than needed.
(Ex 2, p. 30)
- 1 S reads the instruction aloud. Answers:
- Ss discuss in group of 4, and then
whole class points out the key words
they have found.
- Ss do ex.2 (p.30) individually in 2
minutes.
- Whole class says out loud the answers.
3b. Study the table. Complete the sentences with the
- Whole class listens and discusses with words from the table. (Ex 3, p. 31)
the teacher about the changing of the
words, and how the endings of words
are different.
- Ss may point out that normally when
we refer to a person in a job the word
will end in -or/-er. Similarly, noun of
action often end in -tion or -ent.
Answers:
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- T shows answers and checks the -Ss find key words themselves and then 2. produced 3. act 4. entertainment
answers with whole class. do the exercise individually in 2 5. producer(s) 6. performance
minutes.
-Whole class checks together.

3. PRACTICE (5’)
ACTIVITY 3: LISTENING
* Aims:
- To let Ss understand the meaning of the new vocabulary items about films and how they work in conversation context.
* Content: Listening and filling in the table using given hints.
* Outcome: Ss can correctly fill in 5/8 of the blanks.
* Organisation: T gives the instructions, Ss follow the instructions, T checks the answers
Teacher’s activities Student’s activities Content
- T draws Ss’ attention to the screen, - Whole class listens and talks freely 4. Listen to the dialogue. Complete the table.
using two posters of the movie Star Trek about the movie and the main character (Ex 4, p. 31)
and The Simpsons. Bart Simpson. Answers:
- T has the Ss read the instructions. - 1 student reads the instructions.
- T checks how Ss understand the - Ss work individually to try to complete
instructions the table using the given hints.
- T plays the audio for the Ss to listen
once.
- T has Ss listen again to complete any - Ss swap the book and cross check.
missing parts/correct any mistakes.

5. PRODUCTION (12’)
ACTIVITY 4: SPEAKING
* Aims:
- To let Ss use the language they have learned communicatively
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* Content: Asking and answering about their favorite films or TV programmes

* Outcome: Ss can ask and answer about their favorite films or TV programmes
* Organisation: T gives instructions, Ss stand in 2 lines facing their friends, Ss then report their friends’ answers and choose the posters to
get points.
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Content
- T goes over the expressions in the - Whole class listens to the teacher’s
Speaking box in Ex. 5 (p.31) instructions.
- T tells the Ss to use the expressions in
the Speaking box to talk about their own
favourite films or TV programs.
- T guides Ss to stand in two lines -Ss stand in two lines, watching T demo
(number the line: line 1 and line 2), Ss with one student.
will interview the opposite friends.
- T gives Ss 5 minutes to interview 3 of - Ss interview opposite friends.
their friends.
- T rings the bell -The first student of line two moves to
the back. The rest will move to the left Talking about a film or TV programme:
to continue asking a new opposite My favourite film is … It’s a (comedy / an action film,
friend. etc.).
What’s it about? It’s about (a group of friends).
Who’s in it? … is / are the main actor(s).
What’s it like? It’s + adjective (exciting / scary / strange
/ dramatic).
- After 5 minutes, T guides Ss from 2 -1 S from each team takes turn to stand Report your friends’ answers
teams to take turn to report their friends’ up and reports 1 of the interviewed *Rule:
answers. friends, then goes to the screen to - 3 seconds to stand up or lose turn when the other team
-T writes points on the board for 2 choose one poster he/she likes to get rings the bell.
teams. points for his/her team. - Choose 1 poster to get points randomly.
- At the end of the activity, T asks 2
teams to sum up the points and
congratulates the winner.

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6. WRAP-UP & HOMEWORK (3’)

- T asks Ss to talk about what they have learned in the lesson.
✔ Vocabulary related to films and television.
✔ A small interview in 5 minutes about favourite movies and films
* HOMEWORK:
1. Scan the QR code in your handout for further vocabulary practice.
2. Do exercises 1, 2, 3 in your workbook page 26, 27.
3. Write about your friends’ favourite movies, using the information in your handout.

Board Layout
Unit 3. Leisure Activities
Lesson 3.2: Vocabulary (page 30, 31)
I. Warm up: Taboo
II. Vocabulary
1. Match types of movies with correct pictures.
2. Use words in written context.
III. Listening
Listen to a short conversation about Star Trek and The Simpsons.
IV. Speaking
1. Interview your friends about their favourite movies and TV programmes.
2. Report your friends’ about their favourite movies and TV programmes.
V. Homework
1. Scan the QR code in your handout for further vocabulary practice.
2. Do exercises 1, 2, 3 in your workbook page 26, 27.
3. Write about your friends’ favourite movies.

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Name: ………………………………………………………..
QUESTIONNAIRE

Friend’s name Friend’s name Friend’s name

Questions You
…………… …………… ……………

1. What is your favourite

film/movie?

2. What kind of film is it?

3. What is it like?

4. What is it about?

5. Who is the main

character?

Quizizz Code: 69660997

Online Vocabulary Practice
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