unit 4 - used to

Description of class: English level: intermediate – grade 10 Number of students: 44 Characteristics: active, intelligent and attentive Teaching period: Language focus – grammar practice

Supervisor: Dinh Tran Hanh Nguyen

Student: Huynh Thi Thu Thuy

Class: CQBT 05

Lesson Plan

Unit 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION

(textbook 10)

I Description of class:

English level: intermediate – grade 10

Number of students: 44

Characteristics: active, intelligent and attentive

Teaching period: Language focus – grammar practice ( mechanical practices and meaningful practice)

used to + infinitive Duration: 10 minutes

II Recent work:

Students have finished reading, speaking, listening and writing parts in unit 4

Students have learnt simple past tense

III Objectives:

At the end of this practise part, students should be able to:

Language:

 Understand the form and the use of the grammar point – “used to + bare infinitive”

 Use “used to” to express past habbits or things that do not happen any more.

Skills: listening and speaking

IV Approach and teaching aids:

Communicative approach

Teaching aids: blackboard, chart, wallchart

V Anticipated problems:

Students may not remember the form or the use of “used to”

Students may not understand the rule of the game in task 2

VI Solutions:

T reviews quickly the form and the use of “used to”

T explains slowly as well as gives examples for Ss to understand

VII Procedures:

T greets Ss and check the class’ attendance.

Time T’s activities and Ss’ activities Contents

1’  T writes the lesson T is going to teach

on the board

 T asks Ss to recall the form and the use of “used to”

T: We have just learnt the grammar point

“used to”, who can tell me the form of it?

Ss: used to + infinitive

 T writes the form of “used to” on the board

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

Unit 4: Special education

Grammar – used to

Practice

used to + infinitive

T: What is it used for?

Ss: It is used to talk about past things that do not happen any more

T: That’s right We use “used to” when talking about past habbits or things that do not happen any more

T: In order to help you practise this grammar point, I’ve prepared some tasks for you

Now, let’s do task 1

Task 1: repetition (2’)

 T sticks a wallchart with some sentences on it on the board

 T uses back-chaining technique to conduct repetition chorally and individually

Task 2: picture prombts (5’)

 In task 2, in order to make Ss contribute to the task actively and eagerly, T designs task 2 into a game named TYPHOON

 T sticks a wallchart with uncomplete sentences and another one with numbers from 1 to 6 on the board

Task 1:

1 Liz used to have a motorbike but last year she sold it and bought a car

2 What did you use to do when you was five?

3 They didn’t use to like Tom but they quite like him now

Task 2:

0 I rarely eat ice-cream now, but I ……

1 John lives in a big house

 T divides class into 2 teams.

 T explains the rule of the game:

T: you’re going to play a game called

TYPHOON In the game, two teams have to

complete these sentences with the pictures

I’ll give you

If one answer is correct, you are able to open

one among these 6 numbers

Under these numbers there are 3

circumstances:

+ : your team will get more points (eg: +7)

-: your team will lose your points

: your team will lose all of your points

now, but he ………

2 I go to work by car, but I

………

3 Nick and Jane hate each other, but they …………

4 Dennis gave up smoking 2 years ago He ………

5 They live in NewYork now, but they ………

6 She is a famous actress, but she……

Team A will begin the game first.

 T considers the result and decides the winner

Answer:

0 I rarely eat ice-cream now, but I used to love it when I was young

1 John lives in a big house now, but he used to live in

a very small house

2 I go to work by car, but I used to go to work by bicycle

3 Nick and Jane hate each other, but they used to be best friends

4 Dennis gave up smoking 2 years ago He used to smoke a lot

5 They live in NewYork now, but they used to live

in Hanoi

6 She is a famous actress, but she used to be a waitress

2’

Task 3: Guessing game

(technique: T gives a situation which implies the structure and Ss decide what to say.)

 T uses a folded three-flap paper with

a picture of a monk at the first flap

 T asks Ss how the monk used to

behave before he became a monk.

T: What are the 3 things the monk used to do

before he became a monk?

 Ss guess and give answers

 Ss with correct guessing will get

awards

Answer:

1 Eating meat

2 Drinking wine/beer

3 Hanging out with girls/ going overnight with girls