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Trang 1UNIT 1: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF…
LESSON 1 READING
I Objectives:
1 Aims: - Students read and guess the meaning of words in contexts.
- They read and answer questions about the texts
- They practise scanning specific information in the texts
2 Knowledge:
- General knowledge : A day in the life of a farmer
- Language: Words concerning farming The present simple tense
II Methods: integrated, mainly communicative.
III Anticipated problems: no problems
IV Teaching aids: - picture, board, chalks, textbook, handouts
V Procedures:
Teacher's activities Students' activities
1 Warm- up :(5 mins)
+ Aims: to introduce the topic of the lesson and
to raise sts' interest.
- Ask sts to close their books
- Deliver handouts, and ask sts to match a noun in
column A with a phrase in column B
A B
1 a teacher a does homework
2 a doctor b works in the field
3 a student c delivers letters
4 a postman d looks after patients
5 a farmer e gives lessons
- Ask sts to match quickly in one minute, then ask
some sts to stand up to answer T's quetions
- After the last question, T introduces the new
lesson
2 Before you read:(10 mins)
- Do the first example
T: What time do you often get up?
- Ask sts to work in pairs to ask and answer about
their daily routine, using the cues in the textbook
- Introduce the topic of the reading passage: " A
day in the life of a farmer"
- Introduce some new words:
- plough (v)
- 'harrow (v): bõa
- a plot of land (n) (point at the picture)
- 'peasant (n) : a poor farmer
- pump(v) : b¬m
- trans'plant (v)(use 2 words"plant" and "trans-"
to explain)
do the transplanting
- Ask sts to listen and repeat these words twice,
then ask some sts to read again
3 While you read:( 20 mins)
- Aims: Sts practise reading
- close their books
- match two columns
T : What does a teacher do?
S1 : He gives lessons
T : What does a doctor do?
S2 : He looks after patients.
T : What does a farmer do?
S5 : He works in the field.
S: I often get up at six S1: What time do you often go to school? S2: I often go to school at 6.30
S3: What time do you often have breakfast? S4: I often have breakfast at 6.15.
S11: What do you often do in the evening? S12: I often do my homework.
S: I think he is a farmer.
- Listen and repeat
- plough - peasant
- harrow - pump
- a plot of land - transplant
1 C
2 C
3 A
4 A S1: What is Mr Vy's occupation?
S2: He is a farmer.
S3: What time does he get up and what does he
do after that?
Trang 2+ Task 1:
- Ask sts to read the passage about a farmer, Mr
Vy and his wife, Mrs Tuyet and do Task1.
- Ask sts to work individually in 5 minutes to do
this task
- Translate number 4 into Vietnamese in case sts
do not know the word "contented with" and three
options
+ Task 2:
- Ask sts to read the passage again and answer the
questions about Mr Vy and Mrs Tuyet
- Ask them to work in pairs, one asks and one
answers
- Ask some sts to report and give feedback
+ Task 3:
- Ask sts to read the passage again, and explain
what they are going to do
- Ask them to complete the note in 7 minutes,
then discuss their answers with their partners
- Ask three sts to report their answers aloud
- Check and give remarks
Work in groups to discuss
- Ask one member of their groups to report if
possible
4 After you read: (9 mins)
- Aims: to help sts to consolidate what they have
read.
- Ask sts to close their books
- Ask them to work in small groups of three or
four to talk about Mr Vy and Mrs Tuyet's daily
routines basing on their note in Task 3.
- Encourage them to use their own words
- Ask one or two pairs to report
5 Homework: (1 min)
- Ask sts to write full passage about Mr Vy and
Mrs Tuyet basing on what they have discussed in
Post- Reading
S4: He gets up at 4.30, then he goes down to the
kitchen to boil some water for his morning tea.
S5: What does he do in the morning?
S6: In the morning he ploughs and harrows his
plot of land, drinks tea and smokes local tobacco during his break.
S7: What do Mr Vy and his wife do in the afternoon?
S8: They repair the banks of their plot of land
Mr Vy pumps water into it while his wife does the transplanting.
S9: Are they happy with their lives or not? Why?
S10: Yes, they are Because they love working
and they love their children.
- In the morning:
+ 4.30: The alrm goes off and Mr Vy gets up, goes down to the kitchen, boil water for tea, has
a quick breakfast, leads the buffalo to the field + 5.15: he leaves the house
+ 5.30: he arrives in the field, ploughs and harrows his plot of land
+7.45: He takes a rest + 10.30: he gose home + 11.30: he has lunch with his family
- In the afternoon:
+ 2.30: they go to the field again, repair the bank of the plot of land He pumps water into it, she does the transplanting
+ 6.00: they finish work
+ 7.00: they have dinner
- After dinner:
+ They watch TV, sometimes they see their neighbours for a cup of tea and chat with them +10.00: they go to bed