Unit 1: A visit from a pen pal

Objectives : _ To introduce the topic and new material _ By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know about places Lan went to with her foreign friends and activities they too

UNIT 1 : A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL

LESSON 1 : GETTING STARTED & LISTEN AND READ

LANGUAGE FOCUS 3

I Objectives :

_ To introduce the topic and new material

_ By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know about places

Lan went to with her foreign friends and activities they took part in

II Language contents :

1 Grammar :

+ The past simple

+ The past simple with wish

2 Vocabulary :

Correspond mosque

Impress friendliness

pray

III Techniques : Eliciting questions, asks and answers

IV Teaching aids : Textbook, pictures

V Procedures :

Warm up

Presentation

+ Teacher’s questions

 Do you have any pen pal ?

 Where does she / he live ?

 What activities would you do during the visit ?

+ Possible answers : I’ll take him / her

to ……

+ Introduce the new words and explain

- to correspond

- a mosque

- to be impressed by

- to pray

- friendliness + Checking vocabulary: Rub out and Remember

+ Call some students go to the board and write down

+ Lan’s Malaysian pen pal came to visit her in Hanoi Can you guess where

Try to answer the questions

Listen and practice before the class Notice and copy

Play the game

Go to the board and write down Listen and guess

Presentation:

Practice:

Homework :

+ Ask them to choose the correct option to complete the sentences

+ Call some students practice before the class

+ Give the correct answers :

 1/ C

 2/ B

 3 / D

 4 / B + Ask students to recommend places

of interest in the city they’ve visited

* Cues :

- Lang Biang Mountain / blimbing

- Xuan Huong Lake / walk around

- Valley of Love / sightseeing

A : I think I’ll take my friends to

………….We can ……

B : Good ideas ! I believe they will be interested in it

The past simple with wish

+ Give example and explain the way to use

Ex : a You are a student ( I wish I were a teacher )

b You live in a bike ( I wish I lived in a car )

Form : I wish + S + Past subjunctive

+ Ask students to look at the real situations and make wishes

 Sample answers : a) I wish I were in the swimming pool now

b) I wish I had a computer now c) I wish I lived close to school

d) I wish I drew well

+ Let students make three wishes of their own

- Lern by heart the new words

- Do exercises

Work in pairs Individual

Work in pairs

Individual

Practice

Individual Copy