Unit 7. My neighborhood

I Aims : By the end of the lesson, students will be able to understand the passage about a new shopping Mall and use present perfect tense with “for” and “since”. II[r]

UNIT 7: MY NEIGHBORHOOD

Division of lessons:

1 Getting started and Listen & read

2 Speak

3 Listen

4 Read + focus 1,2

5 Write + focus 3,4,5

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UNIT 7: LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED

LISTEN AND READ

I Aims :By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know more about Na’s new neighbor

II Language contents:

1 Vocabulary: close by (adv), serve (v), pancake (n), tasty (a)

2 Grammar: Present Perfect tense

III Techniques: What and Where, Role - play

IV Teaching aids: pictures, cassette

V Procedures:

Teacher asks Ss to match the names of places

with the suitables pictures

Ss practice individually

Teacher can ask for their meanings to make

sure students know exactly what they mean

Teacher gives students marks

Teacher presents new words

Ss repeat and say meaning

Then Ss copy

Ss join the game “ What and Where” to check

the vocabulary

T presents the model sentence of present

perfect tense

Teacher sets the scene: Nam and Na are

talking about the place where they live But

Na is new there

Before listening, T gives two questions

1 Warm up / Marks (5’)

.Answers

a grocery store b.stadium

c wet market

d drugstore

e hairdresser’s

f swimming pool

2 Presentation (10’)

*Pre- teach vocabulary

Close-by (adv): gaàn ( at the short distance) Serve (v) ( give somebody food or drink ) Pancake (n)

Tasty (a)=delicious ( What means the same as

“delicous” ? )

**What and Where

@ Model sentence

We’ve been here since last week We’ve lived here for about 10 years

3 Pracice (15’)

Ï Guiding questions :

+ How long has Nam lived in that

Ask Ss to listen and read the dial at the same

time

Teacher asks Ss to answer the questions given

Then they work in pairs and complete the

sentences

T goes around the class and helps them

Teacher gives students some answers and asks

them to make questions Students works in

pairs

Teacher asks some Ss to ask and answer the

questions

T can correct their pronunciation

T gives the situation “ Na is a newcomer in

Hue She wants to know more information

about this city Now act as Na and Nam Ask

and answer about Hue , using pictures and

words from

“ getting started”

neighborhood ? (for 10 years) + Where does Na want to go ? (a restaurant)

.Answers a) new b) last week e) Hue c) tired f) pancakes d) restaurant

4 Production : (13’)

* Answers

a Nam has lived here for 10 years

b Yes My mother is too tired to cook

c The restaurant serves Hue food

d Hue food is very good

* Questions:

a/ How long has Nam lived here ? b/ Is Na’s mother tired ?

c/ What kind of food does the restaurant serve ?

d/ What is the food like ?

a Role – play

T : Hi ! My name is Na I’m new here

S : Hello ! Nice to meet you , Na , I’m Nam

T : Is there a wet market near here ?

S : Yes , there is one on Au Co street

5 Homework (2’)

- Learn by heart new words

- Write a short paragraph about their neighborhood

- Do exercise 4 on page 45 in workbook

- Prepare : Lesson 2 Speak

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UNIT 7: LESSON 2

SPEAK

I Aims : By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to talk about how to send parcels or letters

II Language contents:

1 Vocabulary: parcel (n), airmail (n), surface mail (n), charge (n)

2 Grammar: none

III Techniques: Rub out and Remember, realia

IV Teaching aids: sub-board, textbook

V Procedures:

Teacher shows a letter and asks Ss some questions

Students listen and answer

T remarks and corrects

Teacher presents new words

Ss say meaning and copy

Ss join the game in order to remember the

vocabulary

T sets the scene: Mrs Kim wants to send a parcel

to Qui Nhon so she has to go to the post office

Students listen

Teacher asks Ss some questions

Teacher asks Ss to read the dialogue and find out

the answers

Ss practice in pairs

T calls some pairs to answer before class

T corrects

1 Warm up (5’)

 What is this ? (a letter)

 Where can I post it to my friend ? (at the post office)

 How can I post it ? (stick stamp on it)

 How much ? (800 VN dong)

 Is it more expensive when I post a parcel ? (Yes, of course)

 Have you ever sent a letter or a parcel?

2 Pre-speaking (15’)

½ New words:

Air-mail (letter or parcel sent by air) Surface mail (letter or parcel sent by bus, ship) Parcel (n) (realia)

Charge (n)

**Rub out and remember

a Does Mrs Kim send the parcel airmail or surface mail ? Why ?

b What’s the weight of her parcel ?

c How much does she pay ?

3 While- speaking (13’)

* Answers a/

Mrs Kim sends the parcel surface mail because it is much cheaper

Teacher calls on students to play the role of Mrs

Kim and practice the dialogue with teacher (clerk)

then asks Ss to practice the dial with a partner

Students work in pairs

Teacher asks Ss to read the information in the box

T makes the dialogue with a good student first

Teacher divides the class into 3 groups ,each

prepares a dialogue

Each group writes a dialogue on the sub-board

T corrects and gives marks

b/ Her parcel is five kilograms c/ She pays 19,200 dong

Expected dialogue:

T: I’d like to send a letter to Kontum S: Do you want to send it airmail or surface mail ? T: Surface mail, please

S: Let me weight the letter first, oh, 20g T: How much is it ?

S: 800 dong T: Here you are S: Thank you

4 Post / Marks (10’)

*** Write it up

Group 1: postcard/ HCM city/ airmail/ 15g/ 1.200 dong

Group 2: parcel/ Ca Mau/ airmail/ 2kg/ 13.000 dong

Group 3: parcel/ Buon Me Thuot/ surface/ 5kg/ 19.200 dong

4 Homework (2’)

- Learn new words

- Prepare: Lesson 3 Listen Comments

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UNIT 7: LESSON 3

LISTEN

I Aims : By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know about what Na is going to do on the

weekend by listening

II Language contents:

1 Vocabulary: Millenlium Cinema, Start Movies Channel, sound exciting, the newcomer, town

Ground, Culture House

2 Grammar: none

III Techniques: Brainstorming and guessing, Rub out and remember

IV Teaching aids: textbook, stereo, tape, sub-board

V Procedures:

Teacher asks Ss some questions

Ss answer

Teacher presents some words

Ss repeat and say the meaning

Ss join the game“Rub out and Remember”

T asks Ss to look at 4 advertisements of “What’s on

this week ?” and get Ss to guess what is in the

blanks 2-3-4

Ss work in groups

Teacher sets the scene: “ Na is new in the

neighborhood She is talking to Nam about what

she’s going to do on the weekend”

Teacher asks Ss to listen to the tape and fill in the

1 Warm up / Marks (3’)

 What do you often do on the weekend ? (go to the movie theater / swimming / shopping)

 Do you like watching a football match ?

2 Pre-listening (15’)

*** New words Millenlium Cinema: Rạp thiên niên kỷ Start Movies Channel

sound exciting newcomer (n) Town Ground Culture House

d Rub out and Remember

*** Brainstorming and guessing

1 Movies - The newcomer

2 Place - stadium

- school ground

- City / Town Ground

3 Activity - drama / play

- English speak club / contest

- Dancing

- Picture Exhibition

- Music

4 Place - Gallery: phòng trưng bày

tranh tượng

- Culture house: nhà văn hóa

- school

- City Hall

3 While- listening (15')

* Listening 1

blanks in each advertisement

Ss work individually and then compare with their

partners

Ss listen to the tape twice and give the answers

Ask Ss to read the statements in the exercises 2

page 66

Ss guess which is true, which is false and which has

no information

Ss work in pairs

T lets Ss listen to the conversation again and stick

in the correct boxes

True / False or no information

T calls Ss to give the key

Teacher asks Ss some questions to check their

understanding of the conversation

T can let students listen again if necessary

T gives marks if they answer well

ÑKey

a The newcomer

b Town Ground

c English Speaking Contest

d Culture House

* Listening 2

ÑKey

4 Post (10’)

* Comprehension questions a/ Does Na like movies ? (Yes) b/ Why won’t she go to see the film “The newcomer” ? (Because she has seen it before) c/ Why won’t Na go to the photo exhibition ? (Because it doesn’t open during the weekend) d/ Who will Na go to the soccer match with ? (Nam, Na and Minh)

e/ What time does the match start ? (At 4 p.m)

5 Homework (2’)

- Learn the words

- Write a short passage about what Na is going to do

- Prepare: Read

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True False No information a

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UNIT 7: LESSON 4 READ , LANGUAGE FOCUS 1,2

I Aims : By the end of the lesson, students will be able to understand the passage about a new shopping

Mall and use present perfect tense with “for” and “since”

II Language contents:

Grammar: Present perfect with for and since

Vocabulary: roof, convenient, selection, available, small, resident,be concerned about

III Techniques: Guessing, what and where, Brainstorming

IV Teaching aids: pictures, sub-board

V Procedures:

Teacher gives the definitions and gets

Ss to find out the words as quickly as possible

Give Ss good marks if they have correct answers

Teacher presents new words by using different

ways

 Simple English

 Picture

 Synonym

Students join the game “What & Where”

T sets the scene: In Nam’s neighborhood, there is

a new shopping mall

Ask students to think about the convenience of the

mall

Ss practice in groups

1 Warm up Marks (5’)

½ Guessing the words (Revision) 1/ A place where you can buy something (supermarket)

2/ A place where you can buy vegetables and fruit (Grocery store)

3/ A place where you can buy books (bookstore) 4/ A place where you can come to eat (restaurant) 5/ A place where you can come to see the movies (Movies Theater)

6/ A person who comes to the stores and buy something (customer)

2 Pre-reading (8’)

*Pre-teach vocabulary

Roof (n) Convenient (a) Selection (n) Available (a) Mall (n): many stores, restaurants even movies theaters are under one roof

Resident (n) people to live in the area

What and wherre

k Brainstorming

Shop in comfort

Customers don’t care of the weather

+ Possible answers:

- wide selection of goods

- lower prices

- buy many things at the same time

the convenience of the new shopping mall

T asks Ss to read the text silently and compare

their ideas or get more information

Give feedback

Then have Ss look at the statements in exercise 1

page 68

Get them to read the text again and decide which

are true, which are false

Ss practice in pairs

Ss correct false statements

After that Ss work in pairs to answer the questions

in exercise 2 page 68

T corrects

Teacher gives a situation and asks Ss to discuss it

“ Do you want to have a new mall in your

neighborhood ? If there is one, what will happen to

the residents ?”

T can make the model with a good student

Students work in pairs

T sticks a poster of infinitives and participles on the

board

Divide class into 2 teams and asks them to write

each pairs of inf- past participle

The team which writes more pairs wins the game

Ex: be- been

- have fun or relax while shopping

3 While- reading (10’)

ÑKeys

c F a/ The mall is open daily b/ There are 50 stores in the mall c/ Not everyone is pleased about the new mall

*Answers:

a) It is different from the present shopping area All the shops are under one roof So customers will shop in comfort and won’t notice the weather, especially during the hot and humid summer months

b) There are 50 air-conditioned especially stores, 4 movie theaters and 10 reataurants There is also a children’s play area

c) They think the mall will take their business d) The stores in the mall will offer a wider selection

of products, some goods are at lower prices

4 Post-reading (7’)

b Discussion

T: Have you ever been to the new shopping mall ? S: No, I haven’t

T: I’ve been there twice S: What are the prices in the shopping mall ? T: Oh, the prices are cheaper than at the small store near by

S: Oh, that’s good I’ll go shopping there next

* Focus 1 (5’)

be- been write- written go- gone live- lived do- done collect- collected eat- eaten attend- attended

work- worked

T gets Ss to repeat in chorus and remember the past

participles of irregular verbs

Give Ss an open dialogue between Nam and Na

then ask them to complete it

T presents the form and usage

Ss listen and copy

Then Ss practice exer 2 on page 69 and decide

which is the length of time and which is starting

point

* Focus 2 (8’)

Open- dialogues:

Na: How long (1) you (2) in this neighborhood ? Nam: I (3) (4) there (5) 10 years

Na: Really It’s a long time

ÑAnswers

(2) lived (4) lived

t Form: have/ has +V (past-participle )

¬ Usage: to talk about something which started in the past and continues to the present

- We often use “For” and “Since” with the present perfect tense

*For + length of time

*Since + starting point

Ñ Answers

- for 5 minutes –For

- for

5 Homework (2’)

- Learn the new words, the grammar

- Do exer in workbook 1,2 on page 44

- Prepare: Write + focus 3,4,5 Comments

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UNIT 7: LESSON 5 WRITE , LANGUAGE FOCUS 3,4,5

I Aims: By the end of the lesson, students wil be able to write a notice and to use some adjectives to

make comparisions

II Language contents:

1 Grammar: Comparision with like, (not) as as

not the same as, different from

2 Vocabulary: effect (n), contact, hardware store

III Techniques: Pelmanism, group work

IV Teching aids: cards, sub-board

V Procedures:

Teacher prepares 10 cards with numbers (from 1 to

10) on one side and adjectives with their opposites

on the board

Stick 10 cards on the board so Ss can only see the

number

Divide class into 2 teams and ask them to choose 2

numbers, turn the cards over if they match eg:

cheap – expensive that team gets 1 marks

Show students 3 books, a red book and a yelow

one which have the same size and a bigger brown

dictionary then ask Ss to make comparisions

Teacher writes the form on the board

Teacher asks Ss to do exercise 5 on page 70 / 71

Ss work in pairs

1 Warm up / Marks (3’)

**Pelmanism (focus 5)

different cheap expensive long same

2 Pre-teach (5’)

* Possible answers:

 The red book is the same as the yellow one

 The red book is as big as the yelow book

 The yellow book is different from the brown dictionary

 The yellow is not as / so big as the brown dictionary

Form:

The same as different from (not) as as

3 While (10’)

* Answers

a not as big as

c different from

d the same as

e not as big as

f the same as

g as long as

h not as modern as

i not as cheap as

T presents new words

Ss repeat and say meaning

T sets the scene: “The residents and store owners

on Tran Phu street are going to hold a meeting to

discuss the effects of the new mall”

T asks Ss to read the notice

One student reads aloud

T gives some questions

Get Ss work in pairs to answer

Let Ss know the way to write a notice not write

full sentences

Ask Ss to read passage 2 / p68

Then answer some questions

Get Ss to write the notice

Ss work in pairs

T corrects and gives the answers

T asks Ss to complete the sentences

Use the present perfect tense

Ss work individually

T gives marks to Ss

* Write

1) Pre-writing (10’)

Pre-teach

Effect (n): sự ảnh hưởng

To contact sb: liên lạc với ai Hardware store: cửa hàng bán đồ ngũ kim

a/ Why are the residents and store owners on Tran Phu street going to hold a meeting?

b/ When will they hold a meeting? What time? c/ Where will they hold the meeting?

*Answers

a To discuss the effects of the new mall

b They will hold the meeting on May 20 at 8p.m

c They will hold the meeting at 12 Hang Dao street, Binh’s hardware store

a) What is the English speaking club going to hold? (a speaking contest)

b) Where and When will it be held?

(At hall 204 on November 15th) c) What time? (From 7.30 p.m to10.00 pm) d) Who is the person to contact?)

(Tran Thi Thu Hang of class 8H) 2) While (8’)

Answers

The school English Speaking club Holding a speaking contest to celebrate Teacher’s day

Date: November 15 Time: 7.30 p.m to 10.00 p.m Place: Hall 204, Building G Please contact Ms Tran Thi Thu Hang of class 8H

at the above address for more information

3) Post (Focus 3.4) (7’)

Focus 3/ Marks

Keys

b/ haven’t eaten c/ haven’t seen d/ have attended