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Period 1 : Reading I
Aims :
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
- Better their reading skill through vocabulary matching and Table completion exercises
- Enlarge vocabulary about country life such as bumper crops, cash, crops, brick house, straw, mud
II Materials: Textbook, whiteboard markers, Cassettes…
III Procedure:
1 Warmer : Networks
- Ask Ss to work in groups of three or four and make a list of words
related to the country
- The group with the longest list will be the winner
2 Before- reading:
Picture description:
- Ss work in pair and discuss the questions in the book
- Call on some Ss to read their answers aloud in front of the class
1 The farmers are harvesting the crop
2 They are working very hard
3 It’s a good/ bumper crop
4 Good farming methods, good varieties Modern
technology used, people work hard
Some questions may be used :
What do you see in the picture?
Who are they?
What are they using?
Vocabulary pre-teach:
Straw ( n): rom
Mud (n): bun
Technical high school: truong trung hoc ki thuat day nghe
Farming methods: Phuong phap canh tac
Brick houses: nha ngoi
Thanks to: ( prep): nho co
3 While- reading:
Coun try
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3- a ( making one’s life better) ( cai thien cuoc song)
4- e ( good crops) ( vu mau boi thu)
5- c ( crops to be sold, not for use by the people who grow it ) ( cay
trong de ban va thu loi nhuan)
Task 2: Table completion:
Areas of change Before Now
house Made of straw and
mud Made of bricks Radio and TV Few families had a
radio or a TV set Many families have a radio or a TV set Farming methods Old New
crops poor Good/ bumper
Task 3: Answering the questions:
1 It was poor and simple
2 Because they hope that with an education of science and
technology their children could find a way of bettering their
lives
3 They introduced new farming methods which resulted in
bumper crops They also helped grow crops for exports
4 He said their lives had changed a lot thanks to the knowledge
their children had brought home
5 He told his grand children : “ Study harder so that you can do
more for the village than your parents did”
4 After- reading: How can people with an education help make
the life of their community better?
- Introduce new farming methods
- Grow cash crops for export
- Help local people apply modern technology in farming
- Help community especially young people access to ways of
entertainment
- Raise people’s awareness about food safety and environment
hygiene
Homework: Write a paragraph about your hometown and its changes
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Period 2 : Speaking
I Aims :
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to: talk about plans to improve life of a village and their possible results
II Materials: Textbook, whiteboard markers, Cassettes…
Procedure:
- pair work
- Group discussion and fill in the blank
- Pair work discussion
discussion and
presentati on
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- Ss may have ideas in Vietnamese
- Gather the ideas and present before class
2 Pre- speaking:
Pre teach new words:
Resurface: put a new surface on, renew…
Canal (n): man-made waterway for irrigation
Muddy ( a) : full of mud
Task 1: The villagers of Ha Xuyen are discussing plans to improve life in
the village Match the plans with possible results
- Give the correct answer: 1b, 2g, 3d, 4e, 5f, 6c
Conditional sentences Type 1:
Present tense
If the road are widened
Will/ can/may/ might + do Cars and lorries can get to our village
- Call some students to make up sentences with conditional sentence
type 1
3 While- Speaking:
Task 2:
- Ask Ss to work in groups of three: Read and practice the conversation
- Call some groups to practice the conversation in front of the class
4 Post- speaking
Task 3: Work in group
- Continue the conversation, using the ideas in the table in task 1 Add
some more possible results if you like
- Teacher observes and give help if necessary
- Comment and have necessary corrections
5 Homework:
- Pair work
- Make
up senten ces
- Group work
-Group work
III Self evaluation:
Period 3 : Listening
I Aims :
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
- compare the past and the present of a town
- improve listening skill through True or False and Gap-filling exercises
II.Materials: Textbook, whiteboard markers, Cassettes
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1 Warmer:
2 Pre- listening:
- Ask Ps to work in pairs: Look at the pictures of the same town in
the book and discuss the differences between them
In the past, there used to be no cars in the town, but now there is a big
car park with a lot of cars inside In the past, the roads used to be small,
but now they are bigger and wider
In the past, the buffalos used to walk on the roads, but now there aren’t
any buffalos on he road
In the past the road used to be dirty, but now they are very clean
- Pre- teach new words:
Tourist resort: (n): khu du lich vui choi giai tri
Atmosphere (n) : khong khi
Pull down (v): pha bo
Suburb (n): ngoai o
Turn into (v): bien thanh, chuyen thanh
3 While- listening:
Set the scene: You will hear someone talking about the changes in his
hometown Listen to the talk and do the tasks that follow
Task 1: True/ False
Ss listen to the tape and decide if the statements are true or false
according to the talk
Suggested answer:
1 F ( It’s on the south coast of England)
2 F ( It used to be a small quiet town )
3 T
4 F ( A lot of trees have been cut down for wider streets)
5 F (Some people don’t like the changes; they miss the quiet the
peaceful life of the old town.)
Task 2: Gap- filling: Listen again and write the missing words
Ps can guess the answer before they listen
Suggested answers:
1 house
2 hotel
3 widened
4 cut
5 car
6 shop
7 department
8 expensive
- Indivi dual work
- Indivi dual work
4 Post listening:
Discuss the changes in your own hometown or home village - Pair work
-III Self evaluation:
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Unit 8 : The story of my village
Period 4: Writing
I Aims:
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to write a letter giving directions to a certain place
II Materials: Textbook, whiteboard markers, Cassettes…
III Procedure:
1 Warmer:
- Call some Ss to go to the board and follow T’s direction (turn right,
turn left, go ahead…) Ss who can’t follow the direction will be the
loser
- Ask Ps to give direction to some places in the city
- Group work
2 Pre- writing:
Task 1: Read the letter and find out all the words and phrases that are
used for giving directions and find out Ann’s house on the map:
Come out of/ Go out of
Turn right/ left
Keep walking/ moving/ keep on going
Go over/ past/ through the crossroads/ roundabout/ traffic
light/ T-junction…
Walk past
Take the first/second turning on the left/ right
Some useful phrases: opposite/ behind/ in front of/ next to/ near
You can’t miss it, You will find it
- Group work
3 While-writing: Your house is A on the map Write a letter to Jim,
telling him the way to your house from Roston Railway Station
- Ask Ss to write the letter independently and go around the class,
provide help when necessary
- Peer correction
- Pick up some writing and correct in front of the class
- Suggested answer:
Dear Jim,
I am very happy to hear that you will come here for the summer
holiday I am writing to tell you how to get to my house from the
Roston Railway Station
Now when you come out of the station, turn right Keep walking for
about 5 minutes; you will see a small bridge ahead Go over the bridge,
go along the street past the medical centre and the car park then
take the second turning on the left Walk past the Souvernir shop and
you will see my house It’s on the right, next to the shop You can’t
miss it I enclose the map so that you can follow my directions easily
Looking forward to seeing you soon
Love,
4 Post- writing:
Give the map of a city or university
Ask Ps to give direction to some places on the map
Make necessary corrections
5 Homework: Write a letter to your friend giving direction to your
own house
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Period 5 : Language Focus
I Aims:
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to :
- pronounce the sounds / au/ and /ou/ clearly and correctly
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A Pronunciation: The diphthongs: / au/ and /ou/
- Demonstrate the sounds / au/ and /ou/ by pronouncing them clearly and slowly
- Practice in individual words:
Cow, town, house, couch, how,
mouse…
Coat, bowl, phone, note, bone, close…
- Practice in sentences
- Whole class
B Grammar:
I Statements in reported speech:
1 Presentation
Teacher gives example
The farmer said, " I hope it will rain tomorrow"
-> The farmer said he hoped it would rain the following day
The teacher said , " I am happy today"
-> The teacher said she was tired that day
- Ss give remarks on the differences between direct and indirect sentences
- What changes are there in the indirect sentences? ( tenses, pronouns and
adverbs of time and place)
a Changes of tense: When we change direct speech to the indirect one
we change the verb in the direct speech backward one tense
simple present → simple past
present continuous → past continuous
simple past → past perfect
present perfect → past perfect
past continuous → past perfect continuous
present perfect continuous → past perfect continuous
simple future → future in the past
Notes: For some modals:
must → had to/must
can → could
will/ shall → would
may → might
b Changes of adverbs of time and place
this / these → that/ those
here → there
Now → then
today → that day
yesterday → the day before/ the previous day
tomorrow → the day after/ the following day
ago → before
next week → the week after/ the following week
2 Practice:
Exercise 1:
1 An old man said their lives had changed a lot thanks to the knowledge
their children had brought home
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3 I thought the film would be interesting
4 She said she couldn’t help me/ you/ him/ her…because she had too much
to do
5 Rick told me that Ann had written Jim a letter
6 He told me it took him three hours to get there because the roads were
muddy and slippery
7 She said she thought it was a crazy idea and it wouldn’t work
8 He announced that breakfast was served between 7:00 and 9:00
Exercise 2:
1 told
2 said
3 said
4 told
5 talked
II Conditional sentence Type I:
1 Set the scene: Tell students that they are going to arrange a
program for an imaginary overseas visitor to their school but they
don’t know if the visitor is a man or a woman, old or young.
- Get Ss to work in pairs and think of some relevant activities, write
some sentences on the board:
If the visitor is a man, I’ll……
If the visitor is a woman, I’ll……
If the visitor is young, I’ll……
If the visitor is old, I’ll……
- What form of the verb is used in the if- clause? How about in the
main clause?
- Is it possible the he is young/ old/ a man ( Yes)
2 Presentation:
Conditional sentences Type 1: Present and Future possible
Present tense
If the road are widened
Will/ can/may/ might + do Cars and lorries can get to our village
- Call some students to make up sentences with conditional sentence type 1
3 Practice:
- Make more examples with the situation provided.
If he is a teacher, I’ll ask him to make a speech at my school
If she is a photographer, I’ll show her some beautiful places to photograph
………
- Get Ss to make examples about their weekend plans
If the weather is good,……
But if it is rainy, …
Exercise 3:
1 if I don’t go out so much, I’ll do more homework
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6 If I become a doctor, I’ll be able to cure diseases and help sick
people
Exercise 4:
1 if
2 when
3 if
4 if
5 when
C Homework: In work book
III Self evaluation:
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