Unit 13 HOBBIES Period 1: Reading I.. Skills: Sts develop the following skills: - Reading for specific information and explaining meaning in context.. - Reading for specific information
Trang 1Unit 13 HOBBIES
Period 1: Reading
I Objectives:
1 General knowledge:
- Sts know about the hobbies
2 Language: Sts recall and learn more about:
- The present simple tense
- Vocabulary on hobbies
3 Skills: Sts develop the following skills:
- Reading for specific information and explaining meaning in context
- Reading for specific information and answering the questions
- Discussing
II Anticipated problems:
Ss may not have enough vocabulary to talk about the topic
III Teaching aids:
- Textbook
IV Procedures:
1 Before you read: (10 minutes)
Aims: focus sts on the topic, revise and introduce the
words and phrases used to talk about the hobbies.
- Ask Ss to look at the pictures in the textbook and
answer the question:
What do you like doing in your free time?
- Check the answers with the whole class
- Suggested answer:
playing the guitar, playing computer games,
collecting stamps, swimming , fishing, reading,
singing, listening to music
2 While you read :
Set the scene: You are going to read a passage about
the writer’s hobbies While you are reading, do the
tasks in the book.
Task 1: (10 minutes)
Aims: Sts practice reading for specific information by
finding the meaning of the words .
- Ask Ss to read the passage quickly and underline
the words in task 1
- Ask Ss to exchange the answers with a friend
- Call on some Ss to give the answers in front of the
class
- Give the correct answers:
1 accomplished (adj): well-trained , skilled ( tài ba,
tài hoa)
2 accompanying : going with a singer, using a musical
instrument ( đệm đàn)
3 modest(adj): humble, unasuming ( nhỏ, khiêm tốn)
- Look at the picture and answer the question
- Some sts answer the question
- Others listen to their friends
- Read the words and do the task
- Some ss answer and others listen
Trang 24 avid (adj): eager( say mê)
5 discarded (adj):thrown away ( đã bị bỏ đi)
6 indulge in: allow oneself the pleasure of ( đam mê
vào việc gì)
7 keep me occupied; keep me busy ( làm tôi bận rộn)
Task 2: (15 minutes)
Aims: Sts practice reading for specific information by
answering the questions.
- Ask S to read the statements carefully and find the
answer
- Ask S to work individually , then discuss their
answers with a partner
- Call on some Ss to give the answers in front of the
class
- Give the correct answers:
1 His first hobby is playing his guitar.
2 No, he isn’t.
3 Because he’s an accomplished guitarist and he is
good at accompanying people singing by his guitar.
4 His second hobby is keeping fish.
5 He bought some from the shop and collected some
from the rice field near his house.
6 He collects them from discarded envelopes his
relatives and friends give him.
8 Local stamps.
9 He keeps the less common ones inside a small
album The common ones he usually gives away others
or if no one wants them he simply throw them away.
3 After you read: (9 minutes)
Aims: Sts practice working in groups and talk about
their hobbies.
- Ask Ss to work in groups to talk about their hobbies
- Go around and offer help
- Call on some Ss to give the answers in front of the
class
- Correct the Ss’ mistakes and give the comments
4 Homework: (1 min.)
Write the paragraph about your hobbies
- Work in pairs and do the task
- Some Ss answer in front of the class
- Work in groups
- Some Ss present in front of the class