Objectives By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to: Write a personal letter telling about a past experience, using the structures and vocabulary that they have learned in previous l
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What do you think about ?
What's your opinion about ?
What's your feeling about ?
What's your point of view about ?
How do you feel about ?
Do you have any opinions about ?
Expressing Expressing Expressing
opinions agreements disagreements
I think I agree Well, maybe, but
Personally, I think so, too That might be true,
I believe That's true, and | 5ut
I feel That's right, and Well, my feeling is
In my opinion that
From my point of Well, I don't think
view so I think
— T gives examples and gets Ss to do some practice with
these structures
— Now T divides the class into small groups of 3 or 4 and
gets them to discuss the question in the textbook T might
want to appoint a group leader for each group This person
will monitor the discussion, note down friends' ideas and
appoint a representative to present the outcome of their
discussion to the class
— T goes around to check and offer help
— After checking that all the groups have finished, T calls
on the representative of each group to report their peers'
ideas T checks if other groups would have the same or
different ideas
S/
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—T listens and takes note of their errors T provides
corrective feedback after that
WRAPPING UP 3’ | —T summarises the main point of the lesson Whole class
— For homework, Ss write a summary of the story they
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a matches b cooking without watching c fireplaces
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a.family room b basement c kitchen
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tô ` tị: 3 Kitchen fires can be prevented by
a watching food on the stove every 10 minutes
b always watching what you are cooking
c cooking with a frying pan Answers:
l.b 2.C 3.b
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I Objectives
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
Write a personal letter telling about a past experience, using the structures and vocabulary that they have learned in previous lessons
Il Materials
Textbook, handouts
lll Anticipated problems
Ss may not have sufficient vocabulary to write about the topic, so T should
be ready to help them
A quiz about writing personal letters
(To remind Ss of the rules of writing personal letters in
English)
— T asks Ss if they have ever written a personal letter in
English and then announces the Quiz game and the rule
For example: "I'm going to divide the class into 2 big
groups Then I'm going to read out some questions about
the rules of writing personal letters in English You need
to give your responses as quickly as possible For each
question, if your answer is quicker and correct, you get
one point for your group Then we will add up the points
for each group Which one has more points will be the
winner"
— T divides the class into 2 big groups: A and B
— T reads out the questions and leads the game
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The Quiz
1 How many parts does a personal letter normally have?
2 What are these parts?
3 What do we normally write in the Salutation?
4 What do we normally write in the Closing?
5 Where do we normally sign the letter?
—T gets Ss to add up the points for each group and
announces the winner
Answers:
1 5 parts
2 The Heading, the Salutation (Greeting), the Body, the
Closing and the Signature
3 We normally write "Dear" or "Hello / Hi" etc plus the
name of the person we are writing to and a coma at the
end
4 We normally write something like "Sincerely", "Yours",
"Love", "Cheers", "Best wishes", "See you soon" etc
and after that we put a comma
5 Our signature normally goes under the Closing
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PREPARING SS TO WRITE
— T sets the scene: You are going to write a friendly letter
to a pen friend telling him or her about one of your most
memorable past experiences
— T gets Ss to read the task silently and work out what
they are required to write about
— T calls on a student to answer and elicits more ideas
from the class T might want to draw a network of ideas on
work, pair work & whole class
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— T elicits the verb tenses that can be used for describing a
past event (past simple, past perfect, past continuous) If
necessary, T reviews the uses of these tenses
E.g.:
+ The past simple is used to talk about an event that
happened and finished in the past
+ The past continuous is used to talk about an event that
was in progress around a specific past time We often use
the past continuous together with the past simple The past
continuous refers to a longer ‘background’ action or
situation; the simple past refers to a shorter action or
situation that happened in the middle or interrupted it
+ The past perfect is used to talk about an event that had
happened before another event that happened in the past
— T gives examples and checks that Ss understand the use
of these tenses
— T gets Ss to plan their stories according to the questions
on the board, then compare and check with a peer
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When it happened? | A year ago, my last summer vacation
Where it happened? | A river near my grandparents’ house
How it happened? When I was swimming, I suddenly
caught a cold, I felt dizzy and I was too weak to swim
Who was involved? | Some of my friends were also
swimming at that time, one tried to save me
How it affected you? | I learned that life is so important
— T goes around to check and offer help
—T collects some outlines and provides corrective
feedback T provides relevant vocabulary and structures if
necessary
WRITING
17 | —Now T gets Ss to write their own letters in 10 minutes Individual
— T then asks Ss to get in pairs, exchange their letters and work oe
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correct each other
— T goes around to offer help
A sample letter:
Hanoi 15 May 2007
Dear Peter,
How have you been doing? Have you got any plan for the
coming school break? Perhaps I will go to see my
grandparents in the countryside I haven't seen them since my
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Let me tell you about my last summer vacation at my
grandparents’ It was almost a year ago and was one of my
most unforgettable experiences
My grandparents live in a small village, which is about 70
kilometres southeast of Hanoi There is a large river at the
back of their house where I often do swimming every
afternoon when I spend my vacation with them
One day when I was swimming with some of my friends, I
suddenly caught a cold I felt so dizzy and was too weak to
continue swimming, so I started to sink I thought I was going
to drown but I couldn't call out for help because I was too
tired and terrified Luckily, one of my friends saw that and
shouted for help Immediately, another friend who swims the
best among us swam towards me and tried to pull me up
Then other friends swam towards us to help him push me in
My life was finally saved
Now recalling the moment I thought I was going to die, I
understand how precious life is This event definitely taught
me to appreciate my life
What about you? Have you got any unforgettable holiday
that you would like to share with me?
See you soon
Nam
FEEDBACK ON SS' WRITING 3! — T chooses one letter and reads it to the class Whole class
— Then T elicits corrective feedback from the class and
gives final comments afterwards T should draw Ss'
attention to the format of the letter, the organisation of
ideas and language use (especially verb tenses)
3" | — T summarises the main points of the lesson Whole class
— For homework, T asks Ss to revise their letters according
to their peer's suggestions and submit for marking in the
next lesson
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at me, and then she started to shout: "Stop it! Please stop it!"
1 Then from behind some more trees three more men appeared, jumped on me,
and pulled me away and pushed me to the ground
Answer:
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I Objectives
By the end of this lesson, Ss will be able to:
— DistinguIsh the sounds / m /, / n/ and / 1 /
— Pronounce the words and sentences containing these sounds correctly
— Distinguish the uses of different verb tenses: present simple for indicating the past, past simple, past continuous and past perfect
— Use these verb tenses to solve communicative tasks
— T models the three sounds /m/,/n/and/ 1 / for a few work, pair
work &
times and explains the differences in producing them (1.e
when producing / m/ Ss close their lips; when producing /
n / Ss' tongues touch the roof of their mouths; when
producing / y / their tongues touch their soft palates For
all three sounds, the air goes through the nose)
whole class
— T plays the tape (or reads) once for Ss to hear the words
containing these two sounds Then T plays the tape (or
reads) again and this time asks Ss to repeat after the tape
(or T)
— T asks Ss to read the words in each column out loud in
chorus for a few more times Then T calls on some Ss to
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pronounce the words correctly, T may want to get them to
repeat after the tape (or himself) again in chorus and then
individually
Practising sentences containing the target sounds
— T asks Ss to work in pairs and take turn to read aloud
the given sentences (p 29, Practise these sentences)
— T goes around to listen and takes notes of the typical
errors
—T calls on some Ss to read the sentences again and
provides corrective feedback
GRAMMAR
work &
— If necessary, T reviews the forms, meanings and uses of
the present simple, present perfect, and present
continuous
Present simple
+ Form:
1 bare root for I, you, we, they
2 verb +s/es for he, she, it
+ Meaning: present time
+ Use:
1 Use the Simple Present to express the idea that an
action is repeated or usual The action can be a habit, a
hobby, a daily event, a scheduled event or something that
often happens It can also be something a person often
forgets or usually does not do
E.g.: The train leaves every morning at 8 AM
The train does not leave at 9 AM
When does the train usually leave? whole class
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2 Speakers sometimes use the Simple Present to express
the idea that an action is happening or is not happening
now This can only be done with Non-Continuous Verbs
and certain Mixed Verbs
E.g.: He needs you right now
Do you have your passport with you?
Present continuous
+ Form: am / 1s / are + V—ing
+ Meaning: Present time
+ Use:
3 Use the Present Continuous with Normal Verbs to
express the idea that something is happening now, at this
very moment It can also be used to show that something
is not happening now
E.g.: Are you sleeping?
Present perfect
+ Form: have / has + Past Participle
+ Meaning: Present
+ Use:
4 We use the Present Perfect to say that an action
happened at an unspecified time before now The exact
time is not important So we can use the Present Perfect to
describe our experience It is like saying, "I have the
experience of " We can also use this tense to say that we
have never had a certain experience The Present Perfect
is NOT used to describe a specific event
E.g.: I have seen that movie twenty times
I think I have met him once before
5 With Non—Continuous Verbs and non-continuous uses
of Mixed Verbs we use the Present Perfect to show that
something started in the past and has continued up until
now "For five minutes," "for two weeks," and "since
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Tuesday" are all durations which can be used with the
Present Perfect
E.g.: I have had a cold for two weeks
Mary has loved chocolate since she was a little girl
Note:
6 You CANNOT use the Present Perfect with specific
time expressions such as: yesterday, one year ago, last
week, when I was a child, when I lived in Japan, at that
moment, that day, one day, etc We CAN use the Present
Perfect with unspecific expressions such as: ever, never,
once, many times, several times, before, so far, already,
yet, etc
— T emphasises that we can use all these present tenses in
telling stories (which are often concerned with past
events) to make the stories more interesting
— If T sees that Ss have already mastered the forms,
meanings, and uses of these verb tenses, T can skip the
presentation stage to save time, and go straight to the
practice stage
b) Practice
— T gets Ss to do Exercise | individually and then find a
partner to check their answers with
— T checks with the whole class and provides corrective
feedback
Answer:
1 invites 2 sets 3 gets 4 waves
5 promises _ 6 carries 7 contains 8 has baked
9 is 10 is shining I1l.aresinging 12 is
Exercise 2
a) Presentation
— If necessary, T reviews the forms, meanings, and uses of
the past simple and past continuous Individual
work, pair work & whole class
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Past simple
+ Form: V + ed or irregular verbs
+ Meaning: Past time
+ Use:
7 Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action
started and finished at a specific time in the past
Sometimes, the speaker may not actually mention the
specific time, but they do have one specific time in mind
E.g.: I saw a horror film last night
He didn't wash his car
8 We use the Simple Past to list a series of completed
actions in the past These actions happen to the following
order : lst, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and so on
E.g.: He arrived from the airport at 8:00, checked into the
hotel at 9:00, and met the others at 10:00
9 The Simple Past can be used with a duration which
starts and stops in the past Duration is a longer action
often indicated by expressions such as: for two years, for
five minutes, all day, all year, etc
E.g.: I lived in Brazil for 2 years
10.The Simple Past can also be used to describe a habit
which stopped in the past It can have the same meaning
as "used to." To make it clear that we are talking about a
habit, we often add expressions such as: always, often,
usually, never, when I was a child, when I was younger,
etc
E.g.: They never went to school They always skipped
their classes
11.The Simple Past can also be used to describe past facts
or generalizations which are no longer true As in USE 4
above, this use of the Simple Past is quite similar to the
expression "used to."
E.g.: She was shy as a child, but now she is very outgoing
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