Unit 1. Back to school

- By the end of the lesson, sts will be able to greet and respond to the greetings from other people; know how to introduce a new friend to other people and know more some new words.. Sk[r]

Week 1

Period 2

Date of preparation: 17/8/2015

Date of teaching: 19/8/2015

UNIT 1: BACK TO SCHOOL SECTION A: FRIENDS (1-2)

I- OBJECTIVES:

1 Knowledge:

- By the end of the lesson, sts will be able to greet and respond to the greetings from other people; know how to introduce a new friend to other people and know more some new words

2 Skills:

- Practice speaking and listening when greeting

- Sts will be able to read a short paragraph about Hoa and answer some questions about her

3 Attitude:

- Sts will be closer to each other and get accustomed with the teacher; how to greet people politely

II- LANGUAGE CONTENT:

1 Vocabulary: classmate, also, different, unhappy, to miss, why-because

2 Grammar: Wh-questions and answer, the present simple tense

III- TECHNIQUES:

- Pair work, group work, game, question- answer

IV- TEACHING AIDS:

- Textbook, cassettes, CD, board, chalk

V- PROCEDURE:

1 Greetings:

2 Checking attendance:

3 New lesson:

Teacher’s activities Students’ activities & Contents

1 Warm-up (5’): Slap the board

- T writes 5 phrases on the

board

- T gives instruction

“ Now, you are going to play a

game called Slap the board I

will read some questions and

you have to slap these phrases

to answer the questions With

each correct answer, you will

get 1 point The team with more

points will win the game

- T divides the class into 2 teams

and asks each team to choose 5

students to play the game

- T lets sts to play the game

- T reads the questions aloud

- T asks sts to stop and

announce the winner

- T leads into the new lesson

- T asks students some

questions:

“+ Are you happy to be back to

school?

+ Do you have any new friends?

+ What do you say to your

friends when you first meet

after the summer holiday?

Today, we will learn how to

introduce others and the way to

greet and respond to the

greetings.”

- Listen to the instruction

- Choose 5 sts to join the game

- Listen to the questions and slap the answer

- Stop playing when T asks

* The teacher's questions:

1 What is your name?

2 How are you today?

3 What class are you in?

4 Goodbye.

5 Are you a new student?

- Listen to the T and answer the questions

Unit 1: Back to school Period 2: Friends (A1-2)

2 Presentation (10’)

- Teaching vocabulary

+ Using some techniques:

synonym, antonym, example,

* Vocabulary:

+ classmate (n): give example + also: explanation

Class 7A

goodby e

No, I am not

My name's Hoa Very well.

Thanks

situation, explanation.

- Getting sts to answer some

eliciting questions

- Getting sts to copy down the

words

- Having sts read the words

chorally and individually

- T erases English version of the

words and leaves Vietnamese

one

- T points at the words randomly

and asks sts to read aloud the

words

- T calls some sts to rewrite the

words

+ nice to see/ meet you: translation + unhappy (a) >< happy

+ different (from) >< the same + miss (v): give situation

+ why- because: give example

- Copy down the words

- Read the words chorally and individually

*Checking vocabulary: Rub out and

remember

- Read the words aloud in English

- Go to the board and rewrite the words

3 Practice (20’)

- T has sts to look at their books

- T gives instruction

“Now, you are going to listen to

2 short dialogues and then work

in pair to practice with your

partner”.

- T plays the CD twice

- T asks sts to work in pairs and

practice the dialogues

- T calls some pairs to talk in

front of the class

- T asks sts to asks and answer

the questions (p.11)

- T calls some pairs to ask and

answer the questions

- T gives feedback

* Task 1 (p 10)

- Look at the textbook

- Listen to the T

- Listen to the dialogues

- Work in pairs and practice with the partner

- Speak in front of the class

- Listen to the other pairs

- Work in pairs, ask and answer the questions

- Write down the answers in their notebooks

=> Answer:

a Her name is Hoa./ She is Hoa

b She is in class 7A.

c Nam is also in class 7A.

- T gives instruction

“ Now, you are going to work in

groups of 4 and answer the

questions page 11 in 3 minutes.

Then I will call some of you to

answer.”

- T asks sts to read the text in

their books in 3 minutes

- T has sts to work in groups of 4

to answer the questions below in

3 minutes

- T calls sts to give the answer

- T gives feedback

* Task 2 (p.11)

- Listen to the T’s instruction

- Read the text in textbook

- Work in groups of 4

- Answer the questions

=> Answer:

a Hoa is from Hue.

b She is staying with her uncle and aunt.

c No, she doesn’t.

d Her new school is bigger and has more students than her old school.

e Because she misses her parents and her friends

4 Production (8’)

- T gives instruction

“ Now, imagine that you move

to another school Write a short

paragraph (5-6 lines) to tell the

differences between your old

school and the new one.”

- T gives some cues

- T lets sts write the paragraph

in 5 minutes

- T calls some sts to share their

paragraph

- T gives feedback

- Listen to the instruction.

- Work individually and write the paragraph

- Some cues: differences about

+ size of the school: big/ small….

+ the number of students:

+ Friends: friendly/ open/ helpful…

+ Teachers: many/ few….

+ views of school: new/ old/ beautiful….

- Share the paragraph

* Homework (2’)

- T reminds sts to complete the paragraph at home, learn by heart the vocabulary and prepare for the next lesson “Unit 1: section A 3-4-5-6”: preview the content of the dialogues; look at the pictures page 13 and try

to guess their order