Unit 6 a closer look 1

Knowledge: Aims: To help Ss use the lexical items related to the topic “Our Tet holiday” and pronounce correctly the sounds /∫/ and /s/ in isolation and in context.. Competence: By the

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UNIT 6: OUR TET HOLIDAY LESSON 2: A CLOSER LOOK 1 (P 60) D O P: D O T:

I OBJECTIVES:

1 Knowledge: Aims: To help Ss use the lexical items related to the topic “Our Tet holiday”

and pronounce correctly the sounds /∫/ and /s/ in isolation and in context

2 Competence: By the end of the lesson, Students will be able to:

- Practice using new words/ phrases about Tet holiday

- Pronounce the sounds /s /and /ʃ/ in isolation and in context

3 Character qualities: Ss are aware of what should be done at Tet

II TEACHING AIDS: Textbook, sub –board, pictures, cassette

III PROCEDURE:

1 Warm up: Game - Name the pictures:

Aim: To activate students’ prior knowledge and vocabulary related to the topic, the targeted vocabularies and its pronunciation

- Teacher divides students into 4 groups

- Teacher gives 5 words/ phrases in random order on the board: furniture - fireworks - fun - special food - wish

- Then teacher shows pictures one by one and asks students to raise hands to give the correct words and their spelling

- The group raising their hands the fastest will get the chance to answer first

- Teacher gives 10 points for the group that gives the correct answers

- The group getting the highest points will be the winner

1 fireworks 2 special food 3 fun

4 wish 5 furniture

- Teacher leads in the new lesson about vocabulary and pronunciation

2 Pre-stage:

Aim: To teach students how to combine a verb with a noun to talk about Tet activities.

* Vocabulary :

- visit relatives = come to the place where the family members live: thăm họ hàng, bà con (explanation)

- make a wish = to wish/ ask for something you really want: thực hiện 1 điều ước (explanation)

- clean the furniture = make the things in our house free from dirt: lau chùi đồ đạc trong nhà (explanation)

* Checking vocab: What & Where

3 During-stage:

Aim: To help students revise the words learnt in context and identify how to pronounce the sounds /s/ and /∫/ and practice pronouncing these sounds correctly in words and in context.

a) Matching (group work) (task 2)

- T divides class into 2 groups, gives 2 students in 2 groups a number

- T calls numbers

- Ss in each group run to the board and match the verbs with the nouns

- The group which is faster and has more correct answers is the winner

(Good students make sentences with the phrases they’ve matched)

b) Gap-fill: (pair work)

- T asks ss to fill in the gaps with the words given in the box

1 In Viet Nam, we celebrate Tet in January or February.

2 At Tet, we decorate our houses with peach flowers.

3 Children should help their parents to clean their houses.

4 People do a lot of shopping before Tet.

5 My mother usually cooks special food during Tet.

c) Pronunciation:

* Listen and repeat the sounds /ʃ/ and /s/

- Teacher may write two Vietnamese words on the board first, e.g xách and sách and asks students to say the words aloud and draw their attention to the difference in the pronunciation of x and s

- Teacher writes the words see and she under the words xách and sách and read aloud the four words

- Teacher lets students elicit the difference in the two sounds /s/ and /∫/ in English

- Teacher has some students read out the words first Then play the recording and ask students to listen and repeat Teacher plays the recording as many times as necessary

- Teacher calls on some students to check

- T explains the differences in the pronunciation of the 2 sounds

/s/: rice spring celebrate /ʃ /: shopping special wish

* Listen and play: game: Who is the best and the most expressive?

- Teacher plays the recording for students to listen and repeat to the poem, ask them to pay attention to the underlined words with the /s/ and /∫/ sounds

- Teacher divides students into 4 groups, take turn to stand up and read the poem aloud The group which can read the poem best and with the most expression is the winner

/s/: spring, sells, smile /ʃ /: she, shine, shy

4 Production:

Aim: To help students use fluently words/phrases they’ve learnt in communication.

*Speaking: (Pair work)

1 What do you do to prepare for Tet?

- clean / decorate the house - do shopping

- cook special food - make Chung cake

2 What do you do at Tet?

- have a wish - visit relatives

- watch fireworks - give lucky money

5 Homework:

- Learn by heart vocabulary

- Practice vocabulary and pronunciation /s /and /ʃ / sounds.

- Write 5 sentences to tell about the most useful things on Tet holiday

- Prepare A CLOSER LOOK 2

* Feedback:

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