Unit 4. Our past

Welcome to our class
8B
Wednesday , October 10th 2012
Unit 4: OUR PAST
Period 21 - Lesson 1: Getting started + Listen & read (p.38, 39)
Welcome to our class
I. Getting started :
Look at the picture and write the names of the things that do not belong to the past
Television
radio
Mobile phone
lighting fixture
uniform
Ao dai
school bag
II. Listen & read :
1. New words:
- equipment (n) :
- (a) great grandma :
bà cố, cụ bà
- (a) folktale :
traditional (adj) :
trang thiết bị
chuyện dân gian
truyền thống
2. T or F statements prediction:
Nga’s grandma used to live in the city.
b. Nga’s grandma didn’t go to school.
c. She has an easy and happy life when she was young.
d. There wasn’t any modern equipment at her time.
e. “The lost shoe” is a short story.
3. Listen and practice the dialogue with a partner: (p.38, 39)
2. T or F statements prediction:
Nga’s grandma used to live in the city.
b. Nga’s grandma didn’t go to school.
c. She has an easy and happy life when she was young.
d. There wasn’t any modern equipment at her time.
e. “The lost shoe” is a short story.
F
F
T
F
T
on a farm
a hard life
an old folk tale
I used to live on a farm.
S +
used to +
V(inf)…
S + dind’t + use to + V(inf)…
Did + S + use to + V(inf) … ?
4. Model sentences:
5. PRACTICE
Ex 1: Look at the pictures, make sentences then change
them into negative and interrogative
bring water
dream/ class
a. Where did Nga’s grandmother use to live?

b. Why didn’t she go to school?


c. What did Nga’s great- grandma use to do?


d. What did Nga’s great- grandma and great- grandfather do after dinner?


f. What did Nga ask her grandma to do at the end of the conversation?
She used to live on a farm.
Because she had to stay at home and help her Mom to look after her younger brothers and sisters.
She used to cook the meals, clean the house and wash the clothes.
Her great- grandma used to lit the lamp and her great- grandfather used to tell stories.
She asked her grandma to tell her about the tale “The Lost Shoe”.
Ex 2: Answer the questions: (p.39)
LUCKY NUMBERS
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
Ex 3: Fact or opinion? Check () the boxes: (p.39)
a. I used to live on a farm.
b.There wasn’t any electricity.
c. Mom had to do everything without the help of modern equipment.
d. My father used to tell us the stories.
e. The best one was The Lost Shoe.
f. Traditional stories are great.
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* Guessing game:
Watch the clips and guess what your friends used to do last year.
The students used to gather in front of the school gate after school.
He used to ride his bike in the school yard.
The students used to skip rope at recess
The students used to play basketball so late after school.
HOMEWORK:
1.Learn by heart the new words.
2. Rewrite the sentences you talk
about your friends
3. Prepare Speak + L.F 4
a. Where did Nga’s grandmother use to live?
- She used to live on a farm.
LUCKY NUMBER
LUCKY NUMBER
b. Why didn’t she go to school?
- Because she had to stay at home and help her mom to look after her younger brother and sister.
c. What did Nga’s great-grandmother use to do?
- She used to cook the meal, clean the house and wash the clothes.
d. What did Nga’s great-grandmother and great-grandfather do after dinner?
- Her great-grandmother lit the lamp and her great-grandfather used to tell stories.
LUCKY NUMBER
e. What did Nga ask her grandmother to do at the end of the conversation?
- She asked her grandmother to tell her the tale “The lost shoe”.


WHAT AND WHERE
Look after
traditional
equipment
folktale

Great-grandma