READING UNIT 1

PRE- READING 10' - Short introduction the types of family show the pictures Nuclear family: A Nuclear family consists of 2 generations only2. the father, the mother, and the children

A.OBJECTIVES:

By the end of the lesson, students will:

- Understand more about home life

- Use vocabulary related to the topic of the lesson through exercises

B TEACHING AIDS:

- Textbook, pictures, cassette, tape, handouts and real objects

C PROCEDURE:

- Method: mainly communicative approach and learner-centered approach

I WARM-UP ( 5')

- Ask Ss to work in groups and tell about their families

- Suggestion questions

1 How many people are there in your family?

2 What is your father’s job?

3 What is your mother’s job?

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- Go round the class and control

- Call on some Ss to present

- Feedback

II PRE- READING (10')

- Short introduction the types of family (show the pictures)

Nuclear family:

A Nuclear family consists of 2 generations only

( the father, the mother, and the children )

Extended family: An extended family consists of three or more

generations (the grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins,

nephews, nieces, and in-laws, (relatives through marriage)

Single parent family: A single parent family consists of the

children and one parent either the father or the mother

+ In USA, single parent families are popular

+ In Viet Nam, there are more and more single families

Blended families or stepfamilies:

In a blended family, or stepfamily, one or both partners have

been married before One or both has lost a spouse through divorce or

death, and may have children from the previous marriages They fall in

love and decide to remarry, and in turn, form a new, blended family that

includes children from one or both of their first households

- It consists of stepparents, stepsister, stepbrother,

- Group work

- Discuss

- Present

- Listen and take notes

halfbrother and half sister

Pair work

- Have Ss to look at the pictures in the textbook and answer

questions

1 Who do you think they are?

2 Where is the family?

3 What is each member doing?

4 Is the family happy? Why/why not?

5 Are there any pets? What are they?

6 What are they doing?

7 Do you like having pets in your house?

8 What pets do you want to have?

- Call some pairs to answer and give feedbacks

- Introduce the text

Explain some new words:

- Introduce and explain the meaning of the new words

1 Caring (a): paying attention to the others = quan tâm,

chu đáo với mọi người

2 run (V) = manage (v) = điều khiển, quản lý, trông nom

to run the household / family

4 household chores (n) = housework (n)

5 mischievous(a) ['mist∫ivәs ]s ]

6 obey (v) , obedient(a) [әs ]'bi:diәs ]nt]

7 close-knit(a)

8 supportive(a) ~ of

9 frankly ['fræŋkli](adv) = thẳng thắn, trung thực, chân thành

10 secure [si'kjuәs ]](a) = an tâm, không có cảm giác lo âu

11 to take the responsibility for + N/ V-ing

12 to be under a lot of study pressure

In my attempt to win a place at university, I am under a lot

of pressure

13 to give sb a hand with (doing) sth = to help Sb (to) do/ with Sth

14 attempt (n) / (v)

In one's attempt to + V / at V-ing

To make attempt to + V / at +Ving

Eg: He made attempt to break out of the jail.

breaking out of the jail.(v/ ngục)

15 supportive [sәs ]'pэ:tiv] = thông cảm, khuyến khích,

đem lại sự giúp đỡ

- Read aloud and ask Ss to repeat

- Explain new words in Vietnamese if necessary

III WHILE-READING (20'):

Ask Ss to read the passage silently to understand about it then do

the tasks

a Task 1 : Choose the best answer:

- Work in pairs, Answer the questions (In E or V )

* Suggestion answers:

1 - Parents and children

2 - At home

3 - The mother is helping the daughter with her study, the father is playing with the son

4, 5, : Depend on Ss

- Answer

- Listen and take notes

- Read the passage silently

- Get Ss to read the requirement of task 1

- Ask Ss to read through the sentences and find out new words

- Explain new vocabulary if necessary

- Ask Ss to read the text again to find out the answers

- Ask Ss to work in pairs and choose the right answer

- Get Ss to share the answers with other pairs

- Call 2 Ss of 2 groups to write down the answers

- Check and give feedbacks:

b Task 2 : Answer the questions:

- Check if Ss can answer the comprehension Qs without reading the

text again If not, get them to read the Qs carefully and underline

the key words

- Ask Ss to read the text again and then answer the questions

individually

- Get Ss to exchange theirs answers with a friend for peer check

- Call some Ss to read their answers and explain their choices

- Comment and give feedbacks

Suggestion answers:

1 Very busy They have to work long hours and sometimes they

have to work at night.

2 She is always the first one to get up in the morning to make

sure that her children leave home for school having eaten

breakfast and dressed in suitable clothes She always makes

dinner ready before her husband comes home.

3 The daughter helps with household chores: she washes dishes

and takes out the garbage She also looks after the boys/her

younger brothers The father sometimes cooks/does some cooking

or mends things around the house at weekends.

4 She attempts to win a place at university.

5 Because they are very closed – knit and supportive of one

another They often share their feelings and whenever problems

come up, they discuss them frankly and find solutions quickly.

IV POST READING (8'):

- Give some Ss handouts and asks them to fill in the table the

missing information from the reading text (work in groups of 4)

What is your mother's/father's/your responsibility in your family?

- Work / Earning money

- Washing dishes

- Cooking

- cleaning the house

- Read the task

- Read through 5 sentences and find out new words

- Read the text by self

- Work in pairs

- Share the answers

- Listen and check

1-B; 2-C; 3-A; 4-B ; 5-A;

- Individual work and then share the answers with a friend

- Take notes

Work in groups: Fill the table

- Check and give feedback.

- Call some to give answers

- Let Ss compare the family described in the text with your own

family (basing on the handouts)

- Work / Earning money

- Washing dishes

- Cooking

- cleaning the house

- Tell each group to choose a secretary to note down all of others’

ideas

- Ask the secretary to report their ideas

- Comment and corrects Ss’ mistakes

V REVISION AND HOMEWORK (2'):

- Revise the main points of the lesson

- Ask Ss to learn the new words by heart, read and translate the

text, do the tasks again

- Prepare the section B (The Speaking part of Unit one)

- Check the answers

- compare the family described in the text with your own family

- Report their ideas

- Listen and comment

- Learn the new words by heart, read and translate the text, do the tasks again

- Write down the homework requirements