av 6 unit 15

Presentation Pre teach the world your country nationality language to speak Guess from context A1 P.154 Ss read the text and use the pictures to work out the country name in Viet

UNIT FIFTEEN COUNTRIES

I Topics

A We are the world

B Cities , buildings and people

C Natural features

II Tasks

- Talk about countries, nationalities, languages

- Describe places

- State dimensions

- Make comparisons

- Describe natural features

III Grammar

- Present simple tense

- Adjectives : comparatives and superlatives

- Comparison with “ than “

IV Language Focus

- countries

- nationalities

- languages

- adjectives

- natural features

Ngày soạn :

UNIT 15 - LESSON 1 : A1 - 4 - P.154 155.156

Teaching points

Countries , nationalities, and languages vocabulary to talk about where people are from

1 Presentation

Pre teach

the world

your country

nationality

language

(to) speak

Guess from context A1 P.154

Ss read the text and use the pictures to work out the

country name in Vietnamese

Japan

China

Australia

Britain

Canada

Model sentences

S1 : Where are you from ?

is he / she

S2 : I’m from Canada

He / She ‘s Vietnam

2 Practice Picture drill A1 P 154

Example exchange

S1 : Where’s Laura from ?

S2 : She’s from Canada

Noughts and crosses

T – Whole class

Pair work

Group work

Period 91

3 Presentation A2 P 155

A3 P 155

Dictation lists

…ese …… an … ?

“ This summer vacation … “

T reads

4.Practice

A4 P.156

5 Homework

- Learn the vocabulary by heart

- Exercise book A 1.2 P.127

Individual work

UNIT 15 - LESSON 2 : A5 - P.156

Teaching points

Writing a postcard about being on a vacation

1 Revision Word cue drill

Example exchange

S1: Where’s Hoa from ?

S2: She’s in Viet nam

S1: Which language does she speak ?

S2: She speaks Vietnamese,

2 Pre writing

Pre teach

a post card

(to)be on a vacation

wet

a lot of = many

interesting places

Reading A5 P 156

Comprehension questions (with answer key )

T – Whole class

T – Whole class

……

ese …… an …… ?

Japanese Canadian British

Chinese Australian

Vietnamese

Period 92

Hoa / Viet nam Jo / Australia

Tomiko / Japan

Li / China John / Britain Susan/ Canada

Who’s the postcard from ?

Where is he ? (in London )

What’s the weather like ? (cool and wet )

Is he traveling by train ? (no, by bus )

What’s he going to do tomorrow?( visit the tower of London)

Who’s the postcard to ? ( Minh )

Where’s he ? ( Hanoi )

Matching

Ss work in teams to put the words into three columns

Country / city / Interesting places

Answer key

Japan

Vietnam

The USA

China

Australia

France

Tokyo Hue New york Beijing Sydney Paris

Mount Fujiama The citadel The statue of liberty The greatwall Bondi beach The Eiffel tower Board drill

Ss use the grids as cues

Example exchange

S1: Where are you ?

S2: I’m in Japan I’m visiting Tokyo

S1: What are you going to do tomorrow ?

S2: I’m going to visit Mount Fujiama

3 While writing

Transformation writing A6 P.156

Group 1: Postcard from Japan

Group 2: Postcard from Vietnam

Group 3: Postcard from the USA

Group 4: Postcard from China

Group 5: Postcard from Australia

Group 6: Postcard from France

4.Post writing

Group work

Japan Beijing The statue of Liberty

Tokyo Vietnam Sydney The USA France The Eiffel Tower The Citadel China Bondi beach Paris The Great Wall New York Australia Hue Mount Fujiama

Each group copies their postcards onto a poster and illustrates

it Ss move around the classroom and read the different

postcards from around the world

5 Homework

- Learn the vocabulary by heart

- Exercise book A3.4.5 (P.128 )

UNIT 15 - LESSON 3 : B1 - P.158

Teaching points

Comparing places using comparative and superlative adjectives of one syllable

1 Revision

Matching

Ss choose the adjectives which best describe the cities A

city can have more than one adjective

2 Presentation

Presentation text B1 P 158

Models

1 ( + er ) small  smaller  the smallest

SMALL, TALL, COLD

2 (double last letter + er ) big  bigger  the biggest

BIG , WET, HOT

3 Practice

Word cue drill

(“big”)

(“small”)

( “wet”)

(in May ) ( “hot”)

Group work

Pair work

Period 93

hot Hue small

HCMC

wet Hoi An cold

Sapa

big Hanoi

Long xuyen

DaNang Hanoi HCM

Vinh Long xuyen Hoi An

Hanoi Can tho Hue

Ben tre Tra vinh Hue

S1 : Hanoi is bigger than Da nang

S2: But HCM city is the biggest

4 Further practice

Answers given Answer key

Phanxipang What’s the tallest mountain in Vietnam ?

The Mekong What’s the biggest river in Vietnam ?

Hue What’s the wettest city in Vietnam ?

Sapa What’s the coldest town in Vietnam( in the

Winter)

HCMC What’s the biggest city in Vietnam ?

Ha Tinh What’s the hottest town in Viet nam ? ( in

May )

Noughts and crosses

Ss make a sentence comparing their town with the town in

the box

Example

S1 : Hanoi is bigger than [ name of own town ]

Or

S1: [ name of own town ] … is wetter than Hue

6 Homework

- Learn the vocabulary by heart

- Exercise book B1.2 (P.104 105)

Group work

UNIT 15 - LESSON 4 : B2 – 5 P.159 - 161

Teaching points

Reading facts about famous places in the World and practicing comparatives ]

1 Revision

Lucky numbers

1 What’s the biggest city in Vietnam ? ( HCMC )

2 What’s the biggest city in Britain ? ( London )

3 What’s the biggest city in Japan ? ( Tokyo )

4 LUCKY NUMBER!

5 What’s the tallest mountain you know ?

6 LUCKY NUMBER!

7 What’s the wettest city you know?

8 Which one’s colder : Can tho or Sapa ?

T – Whole class

Period 94

2 Pre Reading

Pre teach

high

long

thick

over

a million Word square

 wet, big, thick, long, longer, old,

high

 over, (no) , big, (ice) , (do), (dog)

 cool  tall  cold

Ordering

Which is the biggest city in the world ? Put the cities in order :

biggest first

HCMC LONDON TOKYO HANOI MEXICO CITY

3 While reading B2 P 159

Ss read and check their order

Answer key

1 MEXICO CITY

2 TOKYO

3 LONDON

4 HCMC

5 HANOI

Comprehension questions

B2 P 159 a) – c)]

Guess from context

T directs Ss to look at the text and guess the meanings of :

a population , the capital city

B3 P 160 – B4 P 161

Guess from context

T directs Ss to look at the text and the pictures and guess the

meanings of : a building , meters , a structure , kilometers

Comprehension questions

B3 and B4 P 160 – 161

4 Post reading

Answers given

T – Whole class

Group work

Individual work

Group work

W E T B I G

L O N G E R

L V O L D X

A E D L O C

Mexico city What’s the biggest city in the world ?

12 million How many people live in Tokyo ?/

Which is smaller than ?

London Which city has a population of 6.3

million ?

HCMC Which city (in Vietnam ) has

a population of 3.5 million ?

Chicago Which city is bigger than the capital?

442 meters Where is the Sears Tower ? How tall

is the Sears tower ?

Petronas Twin Tower What’s the tallest building in the

world ?

Malaysia Where is Petronas Twin Towers ?

452 meters How tall is Petronas Twin Towers ?

The Great wall What’s the longest structure in the

world?

China Where is the Great wall ?

6,000 kilometers How long is the Great wall ?

4 to 12 meters How high is the great wall ?

Over 9 meters How thick is the Great wall ?

5 Homework

- Learn the vocabulary by heart

- Exercise book B1.2 (P.104 105)

UNIT 15 - LESSON 5 : C1 – 2 P.162 - 164

Teaching points

“ Lots of “ as a quantifier with Geography vocabulary to describe Vietnam

1 Revision

Slap the board

2 Presentation

Pre teach Vocabulary

(to) do your homework.a forest

a desert

rain

great

T – Whole class

T – Whole class

Period 95

beaches

rivers

beautifu

l mountain

s

lots of = a lot of = many

Presentation text C1 P 162 – 163

Comprehension questions ( answer key )

What are the 6 “natural features Lan tells us about ?

1 mountain 2 rivers 3 lakes 4 rain 5 forests 6 deserts

(to)play games

3 Checks

Slap the board

Model

sentences

3 Practice

Pictures drill C2 P 164 a) – g)

Example exchange

S1 : Does Viet Nam have lots of “lakes “ ?

S2 : Yes, it does

True – False Repetition drill Ss

4 Practice

T:

There are lots of beaches in Da Nang Substitution drill

[repeat ]

There are lots of forests in Ha Noi [silent ]

There are lots of lakes in Ha Noi [repeat ]

There are lots of mountains in Da Lat [repeat ]

There are lots of fields in HCMC [silent ]

There are lots of people in HCMC [repeat ]

There are lots of rain in Viet Nam [repeat ]

There are lots of rain in deserts [silent ]

Teacher Students

I Write – it –up

Or Ss orally report back

“ Every morning , Mai gets up at five thirty She has

breakfast at six thirty…… “

54 SummaryProduction

Pair work

Group work

Period 95

We have lots of rainbeaches / lakes

Noughts and crosses

I I I

You play You watch You do

We We We

They They They

mountains interesting places lakes

S1: ( Are there any forests) in Viet Nam ?

S2 : Yes, ( there are) lots of (them)

Matching

Lai Chau forests

Can Tho beaches

Ha Noi mountains

Pleiku rice fields

Da Nang rivers

Hue lakes

Quang Ninh rain

Write it up

My country is very beautiful and interesting In lai Chau there

are lots of forests In Can Tho there are lots of rivers In Ha

Noi there are lots of lakes In Pleiku there are lots of

mountains In Da Nang there are lots of beautiful beaches In

Hue there’s lots of rain and in Quang Ninh there are lots of

rice fields

65 Homework

- Learn the vocabulary by heart

- Exercise book A1.2 (P.44)

UNIT 15 - LESSON 6 : C3 - P.165

Teaching points

Reading a text about the world’s great rivers and mountains to skim for details and get further practice in using comparatives and superlatives

Period 965

Word square

T – Whole class

Pair work

Group work

 great , long

 meters, ( or), rain, (to), high, (of)

 river(s) , start(s), beach, tree, (in ), (iron)(one) , on, lots, ( row)

 world (  girl )

2 Pre reading

Pre teach

(to) flow to Tibet

the sea North Africa

True – False Prediction

1 There are two great rivers in Viet Nam

2.The Red River is longer than the Mekong River

3.The Red River and the Mekong both start in China

4 The longest river in the world is not in Viet Nam

5 Phanxipang is the highest mountain in the world

3 While reading C3 P 165

Ss check their prediction

Answer key

1.T 2 F 3 F 4.T 5 F

Comprehension questions

C3 P 165 a) – f)

4 Post reading

Lucky Numbers

1 LUCKY NUMBERS !

2 What are the two great rivers in Viet Nam ?

3.Make a sentence about the highest mountain in the world

4 How long is the Red River ?

5 How high is Mount Everest ?

6 Make a sentence about the highest mountain in Viet Nam

7 LUCKY NUMBERS !

8 Where does the Red River start ?

9 How long is the Nile ?

10 How high is Phanxipang ?

11 Where does the Red River flow to ?

12 LUCKY NUMBERS !

E L B E A C H I

T R E E A C H I

S D L R O W X F

13 Make a sentence using “longer than “ about the “ Mekong River and the Red River

14 Where does the Nile start and where does it flow to ?

15 Make a sentence about the longest river in Viet Nam

5 Homework

- Learn the vocabulary by heart

- Exercise book C2.3 (P.130 131 )