Bài 5: Study Habits

New wordsthó vÞ, thÝch thó - enjoyable adj: - to celebrate : kØ niÖm, lµm lÔ kØ niÖm - Lunar New year: tÕt ©m lÞch - Mid Autumn Festival: lÔ héi trung thu... Mid Autumn Festival enjoya

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I New words

thó vÞ, thÝch thó

- enjoyable (adj):

- (to) celebrate : kØ niÖm, lµm lÔ kØ niÖm

- Lunar New year: tÕt ©m lÞch

I New words

thó vÞ, thÝch thó

- enjoyable (adj):

- (to) celebrate : kØ niÖm, lµm lÔ kØ niÖm

- Lunar New year: tÕt ©m lÞch

- Mid Autumn Festival: lÔ héi trung thu

Mid Autumn Festival

enjoyable (adj)

(to) celebrate

Lunar New Year

thó vÞ, thÝch thó

“ Matching ”

A Body of the letter

B Heading- writer’s address and the date.

C Closing- Your friend/ Regards/ Love.

D Opening- Dear ……

II Ordering

12 Tran Hung Dao St.

Ha Noi

February 10, 200…

Dear Tim,

Thanks for your letter I m pleased t o hear you had an enjoyable Christm

as

’

vacation.

We received our first semester repo

rt a few days ago I got good grades for Science, English and History, but m y math result was poor My math tea cher

asked me to spend more time on it I must study harder next semester.

It is almost Tet That s the Lunar N’ ew Year Festival in Viet Nam I thin k I told you about it in my last letter We re’ going to Hue tonight to celebrate th e festival

with my grandmother I ll send you a’ postcard from there.

Write soon and tell me all your new s.

Regards,

Hoa

III Checking Ordering

4- C Closing- Your friend/ Regards/ Love.

1- B Heading- writer’s address and the date 2- D Opening- Dear ……

3- A Body of the letter

12 Tran Hung Dao St.

Ha Noi

February 10, 200…

Dear Tim,

Thanks for your letter I m please d to hear you had an enjoyable C

hristmas

’

vacation.

We received our first semester rep ort a few days ago I got good gra

des for

Science, English and History, but my math result was poor My math

teacher

asked me to spend more time on it I must study harder next semeste

r.

It is almost Tet That s the Lunar

New Year Festival in Viet Nam I t hink I

’

told you about it in my last letter W

e re going to Hue tonight to celeb’ rate the

festival with my grandmother I ll ’ send you a postcard from there.

Write soon and tell me all your ne ws.

Regards,

Hoa

IV Comprehension questions

a Who wrote the letter? To whom?

b How many sections are there in the letter? What are they?

c What is the main section of the letter?

d Who had an enjoyable Christmas vacation?

e What does Hoa write about this news in her letter?

f What information does Hoa want to give Tim?

a Who wrote the letter? To whom?

- Hoa wrote to Tim- her pen pal

b How many sections are there in the letter? What are they?

- There are four They are the heading, opening, body of the letter and closing

c What is the main section of the letter?

- It is the body of the letter

d Who had an enjoyable Christmas vacation?

- Tim did.

e What does Hoa write about this news in her letter?

- She writes “I’m pleased to hear ” …

f What information does Hoa want to give Tim?

Playing a game

“We write letters together”

20 Ba Trieu Street,

Ha Noi

February 5th , 2006

Dear Peter,

Thank you for your letter, I m very’ glad to hear you had an

enjoyable New Year vacation

I received my first semester report last week I got good grades

for all subjects except English My English teacher asked me to

improve it, especially speaking and writing Can you show me how

to study it well? I hope I ll be bette’ r at this subject next semester.

It is almost Tet That s the Lunar N’ ew Year Festival in Vietnam

Tonight,

we re going to Nghe An our home village by train and celebrate th

e

’

– festival

with my grandparents I ll send y’ ou a postcard from there.

Write soon to me and tell all your news .

Your friend,

2 Le Duan Street,

Ho Chi Ming City

July 5th, 2006

Dear Mary,

Thanks for your gift I’m happy t o hear that you had a nice

holiday in Paris.

I received my second semester r eport last month I got good grad

es for Literature, History and Englis h but my Math and Chemistry

results were poor My teacher to ld me to improve Math and

Chemistry I think I will have to s tudy harder next school year.

In a few weeks, we are going to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festiv al. That is a moon festival in Vietna m This afternoon I’m going to

Nha Trang with my aunt by bus and I’m going to stay there with

her until after the festival I’ll sen d you a postcard from there

Write soon and tell me all your n

VI Format of the letter

Love/ Your friend/ Regards/ Best wishes,

Lan/ …

Writer s address and the date. ’

Thanks/ Thank you for I m pleased/ happy/ glad to hear … ’ …

I/ We received my/ our first/ second semester report……

I m/ We re going to ’ ’ …

Write soon and tell me all your news.

•in a few weeks / Mid- Autumn Festival / moon festival

III Write 2 : Now help Lan write a letter to her pen pal Donna in San Francisco Use the information in the box.

• Mother’s Day

• second semester report / last month

• good grades / Geography / physics / Math

• teacher / tell / improve English / History

V Exhibition and Correction

 Format of the letter

Consolidation

cues in “Write 2 ” but changing the underline parts.

Mother’s Day second semester report / last month good grades / Geography / Physics / Math teacher / tell / improve English / History

in a few weeks / Mid- Autumn Festival / moon festival

Ha Long Bay / aunt and uncle / bus / this afternoon send you / postcard

• Write again “Write 2” into your notebooks.

• Do exercises in the Language Focus.