Today ,you will learn how to write an informal letter of invitation to invite a person to a party 2 Pre – writing: a Task 1: Instruction: “You will work in pair in 5 minutes to ask and a[r]
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READING
Date of preparation:
Date of teaching:
A Objectives:
1 Educational aim: - Students can talk about their parties and their parents’ parties
2 Knowledge:
- Students understand the reading with the activities of scanning for specific information and identifying and correcting false information
- Lexical items: anniversary (silver, ruby, golden, diamond)
3 Skills: Reading
B Method : Integrated, mainly communicative.
C Teaching aids :
D Procdure:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities 1) Warm-up: Matching
- Ask ss to work in group and match the celebrations
with the correct images below:
Christmas Easter Halloween
Wedding Birthday
Valentine’s Day Thanksgiving
2) Pre-Reading:
- Ask students to look at the first picture in the book
and ask them some questions:
o Are they having a party?
o What party is it?
- Ask students to look at the second picture and ask
some questions:
o Are they friends?
o What are they celebrating?
o How old are the people in the picture?
o How do they feel?
o How long have they been married?
The lesson today gives us some information about
birthday and wedding anniversaries in the US
- Group work
- Individual / Pair work
- Look at the first picture and give answers
o Yes, they are
o It is a birthday party.
o No, they aren’t.
o A golden wedding anniversary.
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- mark (v): đánh dấu
- milestone (n): an important event or stage in one’s
life
- lasting (a): continuing a long time
- golden (a): made of gold
- golden anniversary: celebration of the 50th
wedding anniversary
- diamond anniversary: celebration of the 60th
wedding anniversary
- blow out(v) : to put out a flame
- celebrate (v): to do something enjoyable because of
a special occasion or to mark someone’s success
- anniversary(n)
Tell Ss: My birthday is on December 20th I’m
celebrating the fortieth……… of my
birthday this year
3) While-Reading:
a) Task 1:Read and Tick
- gets Ss to read the passage silently and do Task 1
- reads around the words carefully to find the
answer
- gets Ss to check their answers with a peer
- Calls on some Ss to write their answers on the
board and ask them to explain their choices
- checks the answers with the whole class
b) Task 2 :Recognizing the wrong words
- checks if Ss can identify and correct the wrong
information in Task 2 after their first reading of the
passage
- gets Ss to check their answers with a friend
- Calls on some Ss to present and explain their
answers
- gives feedback and correct answers
4)Post – reading: Interviewing
- Ask ss to work in pairs, one is an interviewer and
the other is an interviewee
- Ask Ss to talk about the celebration of birthday or
wedding anniversaries, using the following
questions:
1/Where do you Prefer to celebrate your birthday at
home or in the restaurant?
2/Do your parents celebrate their wedding
- Listen and copy them down
- Individual work
- Read the passage silently and do Task 1
- Correct the mistakes
Expected answers:
1.both 2.both 3.birthdays 4.anniversaries 5.anniversaries 6.both 7.birthdays
Individual work/ pair work
Suggested answers:
1 eighth sevenths
2 makes eats
3 foods presents
4 anniversaries ages
5 months years
6 5 th 50 th
7 silver golden
- Work in pair
Expected answers:
1/ I prefer to celebrate my birthday
at home because iit is both cheaper and merrier Moreover, everyone feels ay ease and enjoy a family
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anniversaries in the future? Why or Why not?
-Call on some pairs to act out in front of the class
-Give comments
5) Homework:
- Write a paragraph about how Vietnamese people
celebrate their birthdays or wedding anniversaries,
based on the text they read in class
- Learn new words by heart
- Prepare Speaking
atmosphere.
2/ no, they don’t Vietnamese couples don’t have the habit of having wedding anniversaries 3/ I think I am because it’s our happiest day with a lot memories which mark our important turning
of our life.
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UNIT 3: SPEAKING
Date of preparation:
Date of teaching:
A Objectives:
1 Educational aim: Ss should be aware of the importance of talking about a party in a correct
way
2 Knowledge: + Ss learn to talk about parties and how to plan parties.
+ Language: Words related to the lesson
3 Skills: Speaking.
B Methods: Integrated, mainly communicative.
C Teaching aids: books, charts, pictures,…
D Procedure:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities 1) Warm up: Talking about a party
- Ask Ss some questions about parties
Do you like parties?
Have you ever been to a party?
Whose party was it?
On what occasion was the party held?
When did it take place? What time did it start
and end?
How were foods and drinks?
Was it fun?
2) Pre – speaking:
-Ask Ss to give the Vietnamese meaning of the
words / phrases
- house-warming party : tiệc mừng nhà mới
- farewell party : tiệc chia tay
- host(n): ông chủ(bữa tiệc)
- hostess(n):bà chủ
- decoration(n): sự trang trí
- budget(n): ngân quỹ
a) Task 1:
- Introduce the task and goes over the questions
with the class
- Get Ss to do the task individually T encourages
Ss to take notes while doing so
- Go around the class to check and offer help
- Call some ss to give answer
b) Task 2: Questions and Answers
- Ask Ss to work in pairs to ask, answer the
questions about the party they have been to, using
the questions in task 1,p.35 as help
+Whose party was it?
- Work in-group to answer the questions
Suggested answers:
Yes, I do
Yes, I do
It was my friend’s
On her birthday
Last month It started at 6p.m and added at 10 p.m.
snack, pizza, chips, soft drinks
Yes, it was
- Do the task individually
- Answer in front of the class
- Work in pairs
- One ask and one answer
- Call on some pairs to talk in front of the class
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+What did you do there?
+What sort of food and drink did you have?
+How did you enjoy it?
- Call on some pairs to act out in front of the class
- Make corrections on pronunciation ,stress and
intonation
3) While – speaking: Task 3
- Ask students to do Task 3 in pairs
- Ask some pairs to perform their talk before class
Why don’t you….
You ought to…
You should…
I think you should…
You’d better….
If I were you I would…
* Where (home cosy, not expensive, not spending a
lot of time to prepare, not have to clean up…
* What time
* How many guests
* What to eat / drink (soft drinks, mineral water…/
chicken soup, green salad, steak, fired chicken, fish,
beef, hamburger, cake…)
* What to wear (dress, jeans, shirts, T-shirt,
pullover, skirt…)
* Which activities (singing, playing games, taking
photographs, give gifts…
- Call on some pair to present in front of the class
4) Post – speaking: Task 4
- Ask students to do Task 4 in groups, using the
simple past tense to report the past events
- Give some suggestions
- Ask some students to perform before class
The party was held at….
It started at……and ended at…
There were about……….people.
He / She served us….
We took part in some activities such as…
We were all tired but happy.
- Correct common mistakes and give remarks
5) Home work:
- Write a paragraph , talk about the birthday party
- Prepare the next lesson : Listening
Pair work
Do the practise with the expressions
Ss will negotiate in order to come up with a plan for their parties
A: I am wondering where I should hold my birthday party.
B: Why don’t you have your birthday party at home? It’s cosy and not very expensive.
A: I don’t know if it’s suitable to begin at 5 pm?
B:
Group work Tell the rest of the class about their party
We are havinfg a Holloween party at 7p.m on October 31.Would you like to come? We have also invited English teacher when coming to our party , you dress up as witches , ghosts or mosters there will be lot of foof and drink that you like as pizzas ,hamburgers cake ,fruit juice Of course there will be dancing and some exciting game with interesting prizes for the winners.
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UNIT 3: LISTENING
A Objectives:
1 Educational aim: Ss should know how to celebrate a birthday party
2 Knowledge:
+ General knowledge: by the end of the lesson, ss will be able to:
- Understand the listening passage
- Improve their listening skills
+ Language: Words related to the lesson
3 Skills: Listening for specific information about a party.
B Method: Integrated, mainly communicative.
C Teaching aids:
D Procedure:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities 1) Warm – up: Game: Procedure
- Divide the class into 2 groups
- place a pack of cards on the desk, face down
- Assign one representative from each group to take
turns to choose a card at random
- He / she has to draw the word he / she sees on the
card He / she just gestures or mimes the word
- The other Ss in each group try to guess the word
- One correct word earns one point
- The group with more points wins
Key words:
Cake / candles / flowers / presents /
restaurant / blow out
Lead-in: What do you think of when you read these
words?
In today’s listening lesson, you’ll listen to a
passage about Mai’s birthday party
2) Pre - listening:
a) Ask and answer the following questions:
- Read out the questions and calls some Ss to
answer
When do you like to celebrate your birthday
party, during the day or in the evening?
What foods and drinks are often served at your
birthday party?
What activities do you often have at your birthday
party?
- Check answers
b) Pre- teaching vocabulary :
1.clap (v) (miming )
+Do the action of clapping and asks Ss: “What am I
- Work in group
- Play the game
Expected answer: A birthday party
- Work individually
→I’d like to organize my birthday party in the evening.
→At my birthday party, I often serve fruit, candy, biscuit, soft drink and cake.
→We often sing, dance and play the game.
- Listen and copy them down
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2 Decorate (v) (pic + example )
+Show a picture of a Christmas tree and tell Ss:
What is this? There are lots of colorful electric lights
on the tree
Can you fill in this gap with a verb?
The children……… the Christmas
tree with colorful electric lights
3 Icing (n) (pic.+ definition ) a sweet mixture of
sugar, water, milk and butter or egg white that is
used to cover or decorate cakes: lớp kem phủ trên
mặt bánh
4.slice (n) (realia )
+Bring along some slices of bread, lemon…and
show to Ss
3) While – listening :
a) Task 1:
- Instruction: “Now you will hear about Mai’s
birthday party and decide whether these statements
are True or False You will listen twice”.
- Ask Ss to read through all the sentences and ask if
there is any sentence that they do not understand
- Let Ss listen the first time
- Ask if they can answer some questions
- Let Ss listen the second time
- Ask Ss to exchange their answer with their partner
- Check the answer by calling some Ss
- Play the CD and stop when necessary
b) Task 2:
- Instruction: “Now you will listen again and answer
the questions in task 2, p 37 text book”
- Ask if Ss can guess or remember the answer
- Play CD the first time
- Ask them to exchange the answers their partner
- Play CD the second time
- Call 2 Ss to go to the board and write the answers
- Check the answer and play CD once more and stop
when necessary
- Check correct answers
- Read through the sentences
- Listen to CD
- Exchange the answers
- Present the answer
1 F 2 F 3 F
4 T 5 F
- Listen to CD
- Exchange the answers
- 2 Ss write the answers on board
1 She was 16 years old.
2 She didn’t like having the party at
a restaurant because it is noisy and expensive.
3 She served them soft drinks and biscuits.
4 It was brought out at about four thirty.
5 It was beautifully decorated with pink and white icing
6 They clapped their hands eagerly and sang “Happy birthday”.
7 It finished at about six in the evening
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- Ask Ss to work in groups of 4 or 5 to describe
Mai’s birthday party, using the pictures as help( T
can draw some pictures on the board)
- Go around to give help if necessary
- Call on some ss to talk about Mai’s birthday party
in front of the class
- Make corrections and give comments
5) Homework:
- Asks Ss to write their parties
- Prepare for the next lesson
- Work in group
- Describe
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A Objectives:
1 Educational aim: ss should be aware of the importance of writing an invitation letter in a
correct way
2 Knowledge:
- General knowledge: Ss learn how to write a letter of invitation
- Language: Structures and vocabulary used to write a letter of invitation
3 Skills : Writing
B Methods: integrated, mainly communicative.
C Teaching aids:
D Procedure:
Teacher’s activities Students’ avtivities 1) Warm – up: Game: Can you find these words?
4 O F T E N
8 S O N
-Divide the class into groups of 4 or 5
-Deliver handouts with sentences and phrases
-Ask Ss to read and find the correct word to fill in the
number rows
-Ask them to make three words with the letters in the
underlined letters
Key: Letter of invitation
Lead-in:
- Have you ever invited your friends to a party?
- How do you say to invite a friend of yours to the
party ?
Today ,you will learn how to write an informal
letter of invitation to invite a person to a party
2) Pre – writing:
a) Task 1:
Instruction: “You will work in pair in 5 minutes to
ask and answer the following questions:”
1 On what occasions are parties held?
2 What kind of clothes do people often wear at a
party?
3 What kind of presents do people often bring to a
1 A table can’t stand without them
2 The present participle of “sit”
3 A person who does something.
4 the opposite of “seldom”
5 What you do to ask someone to visit your house.
6 The name of your country.
7 “What … is it ?” it is 6 o’clock
8 The opposite of “ daughter”
- Work in group
- Play the game
Pair work: answer the questions
Give answers:
* birthday, wedding anniversaries, New Year’s Eve
* dress/ skirt/ shirt/ trousers/ suit/…
* gift/ flowers/ champagne
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- Go around checking and giving help
- Call some Ss to present the answers
b) Task 2:
Instruction: “Look at the letter and the words in this
box Your duty is to complete the letter of invitation
using the words in the box You will have 5 minutes
to do this task individually”.
- Let Ss do the task
- Call some Ss to read out the complete letter
- Call one S to translate the letter into Vietnamese
- Check the answers
c) Task 3: Re- ordering
- Have Ss work in groups of 4
- Tell them to put the headings into the correct order
of format of a letter of invitation
a A request for confirmation
b The announcement and a general invitation
c A friendly reason for invitation
d The precise arrangement suggested
e Closing
d) Task 4: Eliciting
-Elicit the useful statements used in writing a letter
of invitation from Ss
-Ask Ss: What do you say to invite or persuade a
friend of yours to come to your party?
3) While – writing: Write it yourself
- Ask Ss to write an informal letter of invitation to
invite their classmates to their birthday party
- Go around to control and give help
4) Post – writing:
a) Peer Correction:
- Ask Ss to exchange their writings and correct the
- Individual
- Fill in the blanks using given words
Keys:
1 at my house
2 to come
3 refreshments
4 to cook
5 winners
6 by Monday
- Work in group
- Put headings in the correct order
Expected answer:
1 – b The announcement and a general invitation
2 – c A friendly reason for invitation
3 – d The precise arrangement suggested
4 – a A request for confirmation
5 – e Closing
Expected answers
+Why don’t you join us?
+Do you feel like joining us?
+Would you like to come with me?
+How about going to the party tonight?
+I’d very much like you to join us
Suggested writing:
Dear Nam, It’ll be my birthday next Saturday, I’d like to invite you to come to the party, which will be at
my house probably at 4 pm Can you come to join us?
Give me a call before Saturday.
Hope to see you then.
Best wishes