Unit 13 Festival

- Ask Ss to look at the postcard on page 118 and complete the gaps with the appropriate words.. - Look at the postcard on page 118 and complete the gaps with the appropriate words?. Grid

TiÕt theo PPCT: 77.

Unit 12 a vacation abroad

Lessson 5: - Writing.

- Language focus 3.

I The aims.

- To get Ss to practice in writing postcard

II The objectives.

- By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to write postcards to their friends about their trip

III The ways of working

T-whole class, pair work, group work, individual, less controlled

IV The materials.

T-book, text book, pictures,

V Anticipated problems.

VI Procedures.

Teacher’s activities Students’ activities

1 Warm up.

* Lucky numbers.

- Write the numbers on the board

- Tell Ss each number is for a question but

four of them are lucky numbers For a

lucky number, Ss will get 2 points

- Ask Ss to answer briefly

* Questions:

1 Where did Mrs Quyen and her husband

spend their holiday?

2 LK.

3 What did they see on Mount Rushmore?

4 Who did they visit when they were in

the USA?

5 LK.

6 What did Mrs Quyen do while her

husband was visiting the Statue of

Liberty?

7 LK.

8 What did Mrs Quyen buy?

9 What did she send to her children from

the USA?

10 LK.

2 Pre-writing.

1 Gap fill.

- Set the scene: From the USA, Mrs Quyen

sent a postcard to her friend, Sally to tell

her about the trip.

- Ask Ss to look at the postcard on page

118 and complete the gaps with the

appropriate words

- Call on some Ss to go to the board and

write the words they guess

- Give feedback and correct

* Lucky numbers.

* Answers:

1 In the USA

2 LK

3 The heads of four American Presidents carved into the rock

4 The Smith

5 LK

6 She went shopping

7 LK

8 Lots of souvenirs

9 Postcards

10 LK

- Look at the postcard on page 118 and complete the gaps with the appropriate words

- Go to the board and write the words they guess

* Answers:

1 in 2 people

3 weather 4 visited

2 Grid.

- Write the topic on the board:

“Information needed to write a postcard”

- Ask Ss to look at part 2 (P.118)

- Go through the instructions by using

questions:

a What do you write about the place?

b What do you write about the weather?

- Draw the grid on the board

- Let Ss copy the grid

- Ask Ss to read the postcard again and fill

in the gaps with the sentences showing the

information on the left

- Call on some Ss to go to the board and

write their answers in the grid

- Give feedback and correct

- Ask Ss to write the grid in their

notebooks

3 While-writing.

1 Set the scene: Imagine you are a

tourist on vacation in a certain place/ city

in VN Write a postcard to a friend about

your trip, using the information in the

grid.

2 Writing.

- Tell Ss to write the postcard on a piece of

paper (to be collected if necessary)

- Monitor and assist Ss with their writing

4 Post-writing.

4 Language focus 3.

1 Set the scene.

- Elicit the model from Ss, using

Vietnamese

- Have Ss repeat and write the sentence on

the board

* Model sentences:

Bao is always forgetting his homework.

* Concept check:

Form: am/is/ are + always + V-ing

Use: to express a complaint

2 Picture drill.

- Ask Ss to look at the pictures

- Model the first picture and have Ss

5 her 6 nice/ lovely

7 bought 8 for

9 heaviness 10 soon

- look at part 2 (P.118)

- copy the grid

- read the postcard again and fill in the gaps with the sentences showing the information on the left

- go to the board and write their answers in the grid

- write the grid in their notebooks

* Answer:

Necessary information for a postcard

Place (We are having a

wonderful time in the USA).

How do you feel about the people. (The people arefrienly) Weather (The weather has been

warm and sunny) Who you meet/ visit (In Sanfrancisco, I

visited my friend, Sandra Smith).

What you see (No information) What you buy (I bought lots of

souvenirs)

- write the postcard on a piece of paper (to

be collected if necessary)

- repeat and write the sentence on the board

- work through the rest of the pictures

- go to the board to write the sentences

- Ask Ss to work through the rest of the pictures

- Call on some Ss to go to the board to write the sentences

VII Homework.

- Write your postcard in your notebooks

- Do the exercises in the workbook