Time Steps Arrangement Work 10’ Feedback and give suggested answers: In the letter, Tan talked about one activity called Mardi Gras.. Time Steps Arrangement Work Call on severa
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10’
Feedback and give suggested answers:
In the letter, Tan talked about one activity called
Mardi Gras He described the activity from the start to
the end
- [went to see the parade of
- The people were in African clothes
- They threw beads to and handed out painted
coconuts
- I heard lots of marching bands
- It was a stunning procession of floats followed by
- At midnight, it was all over and the crowds went home
Provide Ss with more details about the activity and
explain the meaning of Fat Tuesday
(See Supplements for details.)
Vocabulary pre-teach
parade (n): a public celebration of a special day or
event (cudc diéu hanh)
bead (n): a small piece of glass, wood, etc with a hole
through it, that can be put on a string with others of
the same type and worn as jewellery (hat chudi)
erab(v): to take or hold sth with your hands suddenly
(vô, chộp)
procession (n): a number of people whom come one
after the other (đám tước)
float (n): a large vehicle on which people dressed in
special costumes are carried in a festival (xe rước)
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Call on several Ss to make sentences with the same
word to make sure Ss understand the meaning of the
words
Talking about an event happening in the past
When talking about an event in the past, we describe
the event in time order, and use the verbs in the past
tenses namely past simple, past progressive, and past
perfect tense
E.g:
- First, I went to see the parade of the krewe of
Zulu (Past simple)
- [ducked into Pat O’Brien’s, where I had
listened to some great jazz a few nights before
(Past perfect)
- Everybody was in Pat O’Brien’s They were
drinking hurricane (Past progressive) Have Ss study the letter again in groups, this time,
give the structure of the letter
Call on groups to give their idea
Feedback and give suggestion
In a letter describing a past event, we need to pay
attention to structure of the letter as follows:
9 Opening: Introduction of the situation/event:
the setting (Where? When? Who ? What?)
10 Body: General features of the situation/event
11 Specific details
12 Closing: Conclusion
35’ WHILE-WRITING
Have Ss look at the outline for Co Loa Festival
Ask Ss to work on their own, write a letter to describe
the festival Individual
work
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Remind Ss to pay attention to verb forms to give as
vivid an event as possible
Ask Ss to exchange their writing with a friend
Collect good writings as well as the ones with typical
mistakes and check in front of the class as a whole
Give suggested writing:
Saturday, March 15, 20 Dear Jim,
I went to Co Loa yesterday and had a festive day
with procession and singing there
Every year a festival is held at An Duong Vuong
temple in Co Loa, Dong Anh District, Ha Noi,
between the 6th and 16th of the first lunar month
The festival is held to commemorate King An Duong
Vuong, the first king of Au Lac During the
festival, people of the 12 hamlets of the village
perform a procession to pay homage to King An
Duong Vuong Many people are dressed in colorful
costumes and take part in various activities: Tru
and Cheo singing, swinging, rice cooking
competition, etc It's an exciting and glamorous
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Encourage Ss to refer to their own experience in which
they witnessed the event
Pick up some writings as samples for the whole class
Suggested writing
You wouldn’t believe what happened yesterday when
people welcomed the opening ceremony of Bai Chay
Bridge The ceremony started at 4:30 in the afternoon
There were hundreds of thousands of people taking
part in the carnival on the street I joined one team
with many beautiful girls wearing attractive clothes
And then I joined lines of people dancing happily
along the roads Being tired, I sat by the beach and
enjoyed a singing performance After that I had dinner
in a sea food restaurant The festival didn’t come to
and end until 9 o’clock in the evening It was the most
exciting activity I have ever taken part in
Fat Tuesday is Mardi Gras, the festival New Orleans, Louisiana, is famous for
"Gras" is French for fat and "Mardi" is French for Tuesday
The annual festivities start on January 6, the Twelfth Night Feast of the
Epiphany, when the three kings are supposed to have visited the Christ Child,
and build to a climax on Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, which always occurs on
the day before Ash Wednesday The parties and parades will continue until
Lent begins at the stroke of midnight on Tuesday
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Gras can happen on any Tuesday between February 3 and March 9
For two centuries it has been an annual event in New Orleans, except during the two World Wars
I Aim
Revision of entertainment-related words
The use of cleft sentences in the passive and structure: either or , neither nor or both
ll Objectives
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
- review all the common words related to entertainment and use them
IV Anticipated problems
Ss may not know how to use constructions either or and neither nor correctly
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Topic: “Write a letter to a foreign pen pal, talking
about one famous festival in Viet Nam that you had a
chance to participate recently.”
Whole class
Call on some Ss to read their works aloud in front of the
class
Comment on Ss’ works in terms of grammar,
pronunciation and body language
WORD STUDY PRESENTATION 1 Have Ss work in pairs, put the nouns from the box into
Art Music Movie
painter composer western
art gallery performance action
masterpiece Jazz cast
Give Vietnamese meanings of some difficult words:
portralt: bức chân dung
art gallery: phòng tranh
Pair work
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masterpiece: kiét tac
western: cao boi miễn Tây (thể loại phim)
action: hành động (thể loại phim)
cast: tuyến diễn viên
scriptwriter: người viết kịch bản phim
10’ PRACTICE 1
Have Ss work one their own, fill the blanks in each
sentence with the suitable words given in the box
Ask Ss to exchange their answers with a friend
Call on some Ss to give their answers in front of the
PRESENTATION 2 Review Cleft sentence (Refer to Unit 12)
Introduction to cleft sentences
A cleft sentence is a sentence formed by a main clause
and a subordinate clause, which together express a
meaning that could be expressed by a simple sentence
Clefts typically put a particular constituent into focus
This focusing is often accompanied by a _ special
intonation Whole class
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In English, a cleft sentence can be constructed as
follows:
It + conjugated form of to be + X + subordinate clause
It is a dummy pronoun and X is usually a noun phrase
(although it can also be a prepositional phrase, and in
some cases an adjectival or adverbial phrase) The
focus is on X, or else on the subordinate clause or some
element of it For example:
VY It is Joey that we're looking for
VY It's money that I love
Y It was from John that she heard the news
v It was meeting Jim that really started me off on
this new line of work
Cleft sentences are used to help us focus on a
particular part of the sentence and to emphasize what
we want to say by introducing it or building up to it
with a kind of relative clause
Cleft sentences are particularly useful in writing where
we cannot use intonation for purposes of focus or
emphasis, but they are also frequently used in speech
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PRACTICE 2
Ask Ss to work individually, rewrite the sentence using
the structure /t +is/was + that + be + past participle
Have Ss crosscheck their answers
Call on some Ss to read aloud their new sentences in
front of the class
Comment and give the correct answers:
1 It’s music that is preferred by my brother
2 It’s major professional sports events that are
attended by most Vietnamese
3 It was traditional dishes that were chosen by my
father Individual
work
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4 It’s on New Year’s Day that children are given
lucky money
5 It’s on Christmas Day that fine gifts are brought
to children by Santa Claus
It’s on Christmas Day that children are brought the gifts by Santa Claus
Either + noun + | or + plural noun + plural
Neither nor verb
Either + noun + | or +singular noun + singular
When either and neither are followed by or and nor, the
verb may be singular or plural, depending on whether
the noun following or and nor is singular or plural If or
or nor appears alone, the same rule applies
E.g: - Either my sister or lam going to come and give
E.g: - You can go either by car or by bus
- She can neither sing nor play a musical instrument
Whole class
10 PRACTICE 3
Have Ss work individually, rewrite each sentences,
changing both and into either or
Have Ss exchange their answers with a friend Individual
work
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Call on some Ss to give their answers
Feedback and give the correct answers:
I If you are in London, you can visit either
Piccadilly Circus or the lie theaters
2 You can either play a musical instrument or sing
songs at the picnic
3 Either your brother or you can attend the party
4 We will be delighted to see either Ann or Jim
5 To travel to Singapore, you can either take a
plane or go by ship
PRACTICE 4 10’ | Ask Ss to work on their own, combine the sentences, Individual using neither nor work Have Ss cross-check their answers
Call on some Ss to give their answers in front of the
class
Feedback and give the correct answers:
I They can begin working neither on Monday nor
on Wednesday
2 She can neither speak French fluently nor write
it well
3 On their next trip, my parents will neither take a
train nor go by plane
4 I will invite neither Ann nor Alice to my birthday
party
5 My sister neither watched TV nor listened to
music last night
6 Neither An’s birthday party nor Lam’s was held
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10’ | Ask Ss to work in pairs, give the correct form of the Pair work
words in brackets Have them exchange their answers
Call on some Ss to give their answers in front of the
class
Feed back and give the correct answers
I Do, does
1s enjoys
am are play / plays plays
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PERIOD 1 & 2 (Reading)
| Aim
Reading a text about passion for traveling into the space
ll Objectives
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
- improve their reading skill through True or False and Answering
Questions exercises
- know words related to space such as space shuttle, ferry, gravity, etc
Ill Materials
Textbook, pictures about space, whiteboard markers,
IV Anticipated problems
Ss may find figures in the passage confusing and it may prevent Ss from understanding the text thoroughly Therefore, Ss should instruct carefully
Group discussion work
Have Ss work in groups and discuss questions about
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- Can you see things in space? Why?
- How canwe fly into space?
- Is there air in space?
- Do you want to go into space? Why?
Gather ideas from Ss and lead in the reading
Have Ss look at the pictures and tell what these
pictures are about
Give the main content of the unit: Space conquests
Ask Ss to work in pairs, choosing the best answer to
questions about space conquerors
Call on some pairs to give their answers in front of the
Again in pairs, ask them to discuss the questions: If
you were to travel into space, what would you bring
with you?
Ask some Ss to give their ideas
Give suggested ideas:
If I were to travel into space, I would bring camera to
take photographs, the photographs of my parents and
friends to look at when I miss them, a music device to
relax, some plants to do an experiment
Note: Ss’ answers may vary because Ss may not really
know what existing in the space T should accept all
Ss’ ideas and ask for their explanations when necessary
Pair work
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arrangement
Vocabulary pre-teach
aeronautics (n): the science or practice of building and
flying aircraft (hang khéng hoc)
envisage (v): to imagine what will happen in the future
(dự kiến xây)
shuttles: spacecraft currently used by the United States
government for its human spaceflight missions (tau con
thoi vu tru)
domed (a): having or shaped like a dome (co dang
vom)
gravity (n): the force that attracts objects in space
towards each other, and that on earth pulls them
towards the center of the planet (trong luc)
frontier (n): a line that separates two countries (duong
bién g101)
Checking technique
Slap the board
Write or put the words on the board
Have two Ss or two teams of Ss stand at an equal
distance from the board
Call out one of the words in English in loud voice, the
two Ss must run forward and slap the word on the
board The one who slaps the correct word first will be
the winner If Ss play in teams, the scores will be
added up and the winner is the team which has higher
class
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