Giáo án NLS Tiếng Anh 8 Global Success Unit 2 Skills 1: Reading: Different aspects of a Vietnamese village, Speaking: The village or town where someone lives

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UNIT 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE

SKILLS 1

I. OBJECTIVES

1. Knowledge and skills

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to: 

• Understand and activate their knowledge of the topic.
• Remember some adjectives that are often used to describe scenes and scenery in the countryside.
• Improve their knowledge of vocabulary related to life in a village in Viet Nam.
• Improve their skill of reading for specific information.
• Prepare ideas and practise talking about a village or town where they live or which they know.

2. Competences

General competences:

• Self-control and independent learning: actively read and share personal opinions. 
• Communication and collaboration: work in pairs or groups to complete the learning tasks. 

Specific competences:

• Read for specific information about rural life.
• Talk fluently about their living environment or a known village.

Digital competences:

• [1.1.TC2a]: Identify information needs.
• [1.2.TC2a]: Analyze, compare, and evaluate data, information, and digital content sources.
• [2.1.TC2a]: Choose simple digital technologies for interaction.
• [2.2.TC2a]: Use appropriate digital technologies to share data, information, and digital content.
• [2.4.TC2a]: Select digital tools and technologies for collaborative processes.
• [3.1.TC2a]: Identify ways to create and edit content in different formats.
• [4.2.TC2a]: Discuss ways to protect personal data and privacy in digital environments.
• [5.2.TC2b]: Select digital tools and technological solutions to address those needs.
• [6.2.TC2a]: Optimize the use of AI tools to achieve greater efficiency.

3. Attributes

• Hard work: Actively participate in class activities and complete given tasks. 
• Love: Develop a deeper appreciation and love for the beauty of the countryside and their homeland.

II. RESOURCES AND MATERIALS

1. Teacher's aids

• Textbook Global Success 8, Teacher's Book, Lesson Plan. 
• Computer, projector/smart TV. 
• Digital collaborative board (Padlet/Mentimeter), Gen AI account (ChatGPT/Gemini).

2. Students' aids

• Textbook, notebooks, pens. 
• Smartphones/Tablets/Laptops with Internet access.

III. PROCEDURES

1. WARM-UP

a. Objective: To create an active atmosphere in the class before the lesson and to lead into the new lesson.

b. Content: Teacher organizes an engaging "Two Truths and One Lie" brainstorming game about life in the countryside to spark students' interest.

c. Product: Students' creative statements and their correct identification of false statements.

d. Organization:

Step 1: Teacher assigns learning tasks

- Teacher asks the students to watch an AI-generated video designed to support the lesson and answer the questions that appear in the video.

- T provides a QR code/link to a collaborative digital board (e.g., Padlet).

- Ask each student to write down three statements about life in the countryside, with two being true and one being false.

Step 2: Students perform learning tasks

- Students watch the AI-generated video and answer the questions about it. 

- Ss use their smartphones/tablets to scan the QR code, access the digital board, and type their three statements.

- The teacher observes, guides, and supports the students.

Step 3: Reporting and Discussion

- Put Ss into pairs.

- Ask them to exchange the statements with their partners.

- Each student has to identify which statement of his / her partner's is false.

Step 4: Evaluation

- Teacher invites a few pairs to share their most interesting statements to the class.

- Introduce the objectives of the lesson.

- Write the objectives in the top-left corner of the board.

[2.1.TC2a]: Choose simple digital technologies for interaction.

[2.4.TC2a]: Select digital tools and technologies (Padlet) for collaboration processes to share and evaluate statements with peers.

2. PRESENTATION

READING

Activity 1: Work in pairs. Look at the picture and discuss the following questions.

a. Objective: To help Ss understand and activate their knowledge of the topic. To help Ss remember some adjectives that are often used to describe scenes and scenery in the countryside.

b. Content: Students discuss what they can see in the picture and identify adjectives to describe it.

c. Product: Correct vocabulary and selected adjectives describing the countryside picture.

d. Organization:

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Activity 2: Read the text about life in a village in Viet Nam. Match the highlighted words in the text with their meanings.

a. Objective: To improve Ss' knowledge of vocabulary related to life in a village in Viet Nam. To improve Ss' skill of reading for specific information.

b. Content: Students read the passage, find highlighted words, and match them with their meanings.

c. Product: Students correctly match the vocabulary words.

d. Organization:

Activity 3: Read the text again and tick (✓) T (True) or F (False) for each sentence.

a. Objective: To improve Ss' skill of reading for specific information.

b. Content: Students read sentences based on the text and determine if they are True or False.

c. Product: Correct True/False answers.

d. Organization:

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SPEAKING

Activity 4: Make notes about the village or town where you live or which you know.

a. Objective: To help Ss prepare ideas for the next activity.

b. Content: Students make notes about a village or town where they live or which they know.

c. Product: Students' structured notes containing information about a village/town.

d. Organization:

Activity 5: Work in groups. Take turns to talk about the village or town where you live or which you know. Use the information in 4. 

a. Objective: To provide an opportunity for Ss to practise talking about a village or town where they live or which they know.

b. Content: Students work in groups and use their prepared notes to talk about their chosen village or town.

c. Product: Fluent and confident oral presentations within groups.

d. Organization:

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3. PRACTICE

a. Objective: To deeply consolidate the vocabulary and sentence structures learned in the lesson.

b. Content: Students complete Mission: Countryside Exploration, consisting of two written, exercise-based tasks (non-game, non-multiple-choice).

c. Products: Students' correctly completed worksheets with accurate spelling and syntax.

d. Organization:

Step 1: Teacher assigns learning tasks

- Teacher distributes Worksheet digitally via a live interactive platform (e.g., Liveworksheets or Google Forms).

- Teacher sets a time limit of 8 minutes.

Step 2: Students perform learning tasks

- Students work individually on their devices to select and type the basic answers into the interactive worksheet.

- The teacher observes, guides, and supports the students.

Step 3: Reporting and Discussion

- The platform automatically grades the basic exercises.

- Teacher asks students to exchange worksheets with a partner for peer-checking.

Task 1:

1. picturesque

2. cultivate

3. orchards

4. peaceful

5. harvest

Task 2:

1. Life in the village seems to move more slowly than in cities.

2. People in my village are friendly and hospitable.

3. Life in the countryside is very comfortable for children.

4. The villagers get along very well.

5. They catch fish in lakes, ponds, and canals.

- Teacher calls on different students to read their answers aloud and write the answers on the board.

Step 4: Evaluation

- Teacher provides final feedback, corrects mistakes, and praises good work.

[3.1.TC2a]: Students complete the basic vocabulary exercises using a digital interactive worksheet platform and submit their answers in a digital format.

Mission 2: Complete the quiz (optional).

Step 1: Teacher assigns learning tasks

- Teacher sends link the quiz on website https://kenhhoctap.edu.vn/bai-tap/quiz-global-success-8-textbook-unit-2-life-countryside-25086 for student to perform.

Step 2: Students perform learning tasks

- Pupils receives the link and choose the answer.

Step 3: Reporting and Discussion

- Teacher gives pupils 5 minutes to choose the correct answer.

- Teacher calls out pupils to share their answers and explain the correct ones.

Step 4: Evaluation

- Teacher gives feedback, corrects mistakes, and praises good work.

- Teacher moves on to the next content.

[2.1.TC2a]: Choose simple digital technologies to interact.

4. APPLICATION

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