* WARM UP
chatting
+ How many people are there in your family?
+ What does your father do in his free time?
+ What about your mother?
+ And you. Do you like reading in your free time?
+ Do you often read articles on the magazine?
English 8
UNIT 1 . LEISURE ACTIVITIES
PERIOD 4: communication
Welcome to our class

Unit 1: Leisure activities
Period 4:: Communication (P. 11)

1. window shopping (n):
ngắm đồ bày ở cửa hàng
2. to be hooked on something (adj):
yêu thích cái gì
3. to sound weird (v):
có vẻ kỳ cục
4. to be addicted to (adj) :
nghiện (thích) cái gì
5. to hang out (v):
tụ tập với bạn bè
6. netlingo (n):
ngôn ngữ dùng để giao tiếp trên mạng
* Vocabulary:
1. Read the following article on the 4Teen website.
This week 4Teen has opened a forum for friends around the world to share how they spend their free time.
I love hanging out w/ my best friend Helen in my spare time, like going ‘window shopping’. J4F! We also work as volunteers for an animal protection organization. 2moro we r going to a farm.
posted Tue 3.20 pm
This may sound weird, but I adore cloud watching. Find an open space, lie on ur back, n’ look at the clouds. Use ur imagination. EZ! DYLI too?
posted Wed 8.04 pm
This year my city is the European Capital of Culture, so lots goin’ on. At weekends my bro n’ I go 2 our city community centre where we dance, paint, and do drama. I’m hooked on drama! <3 it! 
posted Thu 6.26 pm
I like doing sports – I’m in my school’s football team. But what I mostly do in my free time is help my aunt. She has cooking classes 4 small groups of tourists. It’s WF 4 me! 
posted Fri 7.19 pm
I’ve been kind of addicted to the net. I just love sitting in front of my computer for hours! But now my mum has said it’s NUFF! I’ll start my judo class this weekend. It’s OK. WBU? 
posted Fri 8.45 pm
* Answer the questions:
Who loves hanging out with friends?

2. Who adores cloud watching?

3. Is Linn hooked on drama?

4. Who cooks in his free time?

5. Does Manuel love the net?
? Emily loves hanging out with friends.
? Hang adores cloud watching.
? Yes, she is.
? Minh cooks in his free time.
? Yes, he does.
I love hanging out w/ my best friend Helen in my spare

time, like going ‘window shopping’. J4F!

We also work as volunteers for an animal protection

organization. 2moro we r going to a farm.
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This may sound weird, but I adore cloud

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This year my city is the European Capital of

Culture, so lots goin’ on. At weekends my bro n’ I

go 2 our city community centre where we dance,

paint, and do drama. I’m hooked on drama! <3 it! 

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I like doing sports – I’m in my school’s football team.
But what I mostly do in my free time is help my aunt.
She has cooking classes 4 small groups of tourists. It’s

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I’ve been kind of addicted to the net. I just love sitting

in front of my computer for hours! But now my mum

has said it’s NUFF! I’ll start my judo class this

weekend. It’s OK. WBU? 

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What about you?
2. These abbreviations are informal language that is used on line and in texting message ( P11).
Now add to the dictionary other abbreviations used for online chatting/texting that you know.
Good night
Never give up
Are you fine?
Oh my god
+ hanging out with friends (window shopping)
+ working as a volunteer
+ cloud watching
+ going to community centre, painting, dancing, doing drama
+ playing football
+ helping his aunt in running cooking class
+ playing computer games
+ doing judo
She loves it.
She adores it. It’s easy
She loves it
He likes it. It’s fun
He’s addicted to it. It’s OK.
4. Pair work (P11).
Ss work with their partner and put the activities in 3 in order from the most interesting to the most boring. Then compare their ideas with other pairs.
Emily, Hang, Linn, Minh, Manuel

Keywords: + The most interesting, the most boring, First, Second, . Next, And,…….
+ cloud watching, going “window shopping”, cooking, dancing, playing games, reading books,….
Ex: In our opinion, the most interesting activity is dancing, painting and doing drama. The second is cooking and doing sports because we like playing soccer after school. The next activity is hanging out with friends.

IIi. Homework:

- Do the exercises in the workbook: Ex C 1, 2 p. 6
- Prepare the new lesson: Unit 1: Lesson 5: Skills 1.
THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION!
the end
GOOD BYE!