ENGLISH 8
WELCOME TO OUR CLASS !
LESSON 1 : GETTING STARTED
- Teacher : Le Trung Nguyen -

FOLK TALES
Cinderella
The Hundred-knot Bamboo Tree
The story of Tam and Cam
Snow white and the seven dwarfs
Cinderella
WHO ARE THEY ?
1.Listen and read
I.Vocabulary
- to research on : nghiên cứu về
- legend (n) : truyền thuyết về
- folk tales (n) : truyện dân gian , cổ tích
- fable (n) : truyện ngụ ngôn
- origin (n) : nguồn gốc
- to give birth : sinh ra
a. Read the conversation again and choose the correct answer .
1. What was Nick doing at 9 p.m last night ?
A. He was coming to Nick’s house.
B. He was phoning Nick
C. He was talking to Nick
a. Read the conversation again and choose the correct answer .
2.What was Duong doing at 9 p.m last night ?
A. He was watching a TV show.
B. He was talking about his project.
C. He was searching for information on the web
a. Read the conversation again and choose the correct answer .
3. What legend did Duong recommend to Nick ?
A. A legend about how Viet Nam began
B. A legend about Vietnamese people beging original
C. A legend that isn’t well known
a. Read the conversation again and choose the correct answer .
4. Who was Lac Long Quan ?
A. A fairy
B. Au Co’s father
C. The dragon king of the ocean
a. Read the conversation again and choose the correct answer .
5. Where did Au Co take half of the sons ?
A. To the moutains
B. To the sea
C. To Lac Long Quan’s land
b. Match the worlds to their meanings
1. title
a. the people the story is about
2. genre
4. plot
3. main characters
b. The content of the story
c. the name of the story
d. the type of story it is
c. Find the information in the converstation to complete the table
- legend
- Lac Long Quan
Au Co gave birth to one
hundred baby boys
Lac Long missed the sea
Lac Long Quan took 50 their son to the sea
Au Co took the others to the mountains.
4. What does this sentence from the conversation express? (Ex. d/ p. 59)
Nick: What an interesting legend it is!
It’s an exclamatory sentence
Exclamatory sentences are used to express surprise or strong feelings. We use what in exclamatory sentences:

 What + a / an + adjective + N (singular countable) + S + V!

 Example: What a naughty boy he is!

 What + adjective + N (uncountable/ plural countable) + S + V!

  Example: - What naughty boys they are!
- What beautiful weather it is!
We don’t always use an adjective or a subject and a verb in exclamatory sentences. 
Example: What a day!
REMEMBER!
2. GAME: GUESS THE STORY. (Ex. 3/ p. 59)
 
Example:
 
What kind of story is it?
It’s a fairy tale.
Who are the main characters?
Cinderella, her stepsisters, her stepmother, and a prince.
What’s it about?
It’s about Cinderella, a kind and beautiful girl who finally gets
married to a prince.
Is it Cinderella?
Yes!
* Work in pairs. Interview each other and try to guess the title of the story.
III. AT HOME
Learn by heart new words and structures.
Do Ex. 3a in your notebooks.
Be ready for A CLOSER LOOK 1.
The bye bye song

Bye, bye.
See you tomorrow.
Bye, bye.
See you tomorrow.
Bye, bye.
See you tomorrow.
Bye, bye. Bye, bye.
The bye bye
song