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17/8 Lesson A: Reading
I Aim
Reading a text about the life of a happy family
II Objectives
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
- get the ideas of a happy family by understanding a range of related vocabulary such as close-knit, join hands, active, mischievous, obedient, supportive…
- improve micro reading skills by guessing meaning from context through multiple choice
& answering qs exercises
III Materials
Textbook, family pictures, whiteboard markers,…
IV Anticipated problems
- Ss may not fully understand the meaning of some words & phrases such as Men build thehouse & women make it home, join hands or close-knit
V Procedure
arrangement
- Ask Ss to complete the the sentence:
….build the house….make it home.
- T leads in the main topic: FAMILY LIFE
- the whole class
- have Ss look at the pictures & answer the qs:
1 Where is the the family?
2 What is each member of the family doing?
3 Is the family happy? Why (not)?
- encourage Ss to share their own ideas & feelings upon seeing
the picture
- go round the class & join the pairs if possibe
- give the suggested answers:
1 The family is at home.
2 The son is playing games, the father is playing with the son,
the daughter is studying & the mother iss helping her with her
work.
3 The family is very happy because the members are getting
on well with each other.
- give the main content of the unit: home life
- pairwork
While-reading
- Set the scene:
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Each family is a cell of the society A happy family makes it a
good cell And if a cell is in good condition, the society is sure
to be good as well In today’s lesson, we will read about
elements for a happy & close-knit family
Task 1 – Multiple choice
- have Ss work in pairs, read the sentences & have a of the
answers before reading the text for the right information
- ask Ss to work in their own, read the text & choose the best
answer to each sentence
- have Ss cross check their answers
- call on some Ss to give their answer in front of the class
- feedback & give the correct answers
1.B 2.C 3.A 4.B 5.A
- ask Ss to practice using the new words & phrases from the
exercise to help them comprehend the use of these words &
phrases
Task 2 – Answering the qs
- have Ss work in pairs, asking & answering about information
in the text, using the given qs
- call on pairs to make qs & answers in front of the class
- feedback & give the correct answers:
1 Very busy They have to work long hours & sometimes they
habe to work at night.
2 She is always the first one to get up in the morning to make
sure that her children leave home for shool with breakfast &
suitable clothes She always makes dinner ready before her
husband comes home.
3 The daughter helps with the household chores: she washes
the dishes & takes out the garbage She also looks after the
boys/her younger brothers The father sometimes cooks/does
some cooking or mending things around the house at
weekends.
4 She attempts to win a place at university.
5 Because they are very close-knit & supportive of one
another They often share their feelings & whenever proplems
come up, they discuss them frankly & find solutions quickly.
- pairwork
- pairwork
Group discussion
- have Ss work in groups & compare the family described in
the text with their own family
- help Ss find the main ideas about the family described in the
text:
+ numbers of the family members: five
+ mother: nurse, busy but caring, run the household
- group work
Trang 3+ father: biologist, busy but willing to help his wife, enjoy
cooking
+ I: study at the secondary shool, help with the household
chores, look after the boys
+ a very close-knit family & supportive of one another.
- then ask Ss to provide the information about their family
following the above points to compare the two families
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
- review related words about the family life including household chores,
responsibility, wash the dishes…
- exchange information about their family life by carrying out interviews from a givenlist of qs & sharing information with a friend
III Materials
- Textbook, handouts…
IV Anticipated problems
- Ss may not know how to use words describing daily activities related to family life
V Procedure
arrangement
- ask Ss to write down on a piece of papper a list of things
considered as the household chores in one minute
- check in front of the class
- suggested answers:
+ to clean the floor/ to cook/ to do the washing up/ to wash
clothes/ to tidy the kitchen/ to iron clothes/ to hang dry the
clothes/ to repair things/ to take care of the baby/ to take out
the garbage…
- encourage Ss to make sentences about themselves with those
phrases:
- Ex: My main responsibility is to wash the dishes
My mother often cooks for the whole family
My father never irons his clothes My mum does it for him
- group work
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chores & family life
Task 1: Checking appropriate information
- have Ss work individually, check the suitable box for
information that apply to his/her own family
- help Ss fully understand all the information by giving them
meaning of the following words:
+ work(v): kiếm tiền
+ share (v): chia sẻ
+ interest (n): sở thích
+ closely (adv): một cách chặt chẽ
+ personal secret: bí mật riêng tư
+ make an important decision: đưa ra 1 quyết định quan trọng
- call on some pairs to give their choices
- have Ss work in pairs, prepare a list of qs to ask each other to
find out whether their family life is alike or not
- Suggested qs are as follows:
* Who works in your family?
* Who does the household chores in your family?
* What are your responsbility in your family?
* What inrerest does your family share closely?
* Who do you often share your secret with?
* Who do you often talk to before you make a decision?
- have Ss work in pairs, asking & answering, using the given
information
- call on some pairs to practice speaking in front of the class
- feedback on the Ss’ work
Task 2 – Getting information
- have Ss work on their own, using the just-formed qs above to
ask another Ss in the class about his/her family life & then take
note of the information from their answers
Task 3 – Giving information
- ask Ss to go back to their original pairs or make another pair
if needed, & tell the other information about the family life of
the friend who he/she has just interviewed
Note: Remind Ss to change all verb tenses & pronouns where
necessary
Ex: I have just had an interview with Lan about her family life
Both her parents work And at home, her mother usually does
the household chores.Lan’s responsbility in the family is to
look after her little brother…
-pairwork
- individual & pairwork
- pairwork
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- have Ss work in pairs, discuss the question:
Why should family members share the household chores?
- help Ss to list some benefits of sharing the housework
* relieve the burden on parents’ shoulders
* members become closer to each other
* children aware of the value of labor
* help children become more independent
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
- Understand a family life through a conversation between two friends
- Enrich more vocabulary used to describe a family life
III Materials
- Textbook, handouts…
IV Anticipated problems
- Ss may have difficulties catching exact words to complete the table Thus, careful instruction for this activity is needed
Key: FAMILY REUNION
- lead in the lesson
- whole class
* Answering questions:
- have Ss to work in pairs,ask & answer about the picture:
1 What’s happening in the picture? ( The family is having a
big meal).
2 How many people are there? ( 9 people).
3 How are they feeling? ( very happy).
4 On what occasions do people come home to have a family
reunion? ( holiday season).
* Vocabulary:
+ elicit & teach new words:
- pairwork
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- close – knit (adj): gắn bó
- spread – out (v): lan tỏa, tản lạc
- have Ss work on their own & guess the answers
- Play the tape twice
- Have Ss exchange their answers for a check
- Call on Ss to give their answers in front of the class
- Comment & give correct answers
_1.Andrea can’t wait for her flight
_2.Paul’s home is 280 kilometer form where they are now
_3.There are more children in Andrea’s family than in
Paul’s
_4.Paul is excited about coming home
_5.When Andrea’s family get together , theyoftem go out for
- Ask Ss to crosscheck their answers
- Play the tape again & pause at the answers:
1 His family
members aren’t
very close.
2 The family often
eat the meals the
mother cooks at
home.
1 It’s a close – knit family.
2 The family often
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I.Aims
- Writing about family rules
II Objectives
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
- give an account of their family rules
- Strengthen micro-writing skills such as brainstorming,outlining, editing…
III Materials
- Textbook, handouts…
IV Anticipated problems
- Ss may not have sufficient vocabulary about things that should be & should not be done in their family T should provide necessary vocabulary so that Ss can fulfill the task easily
V Procedure
7’
Warm up
- in one minute ask Ss to make as many sensible sentences as
possible by joining the elements in the following pattern table:
come home late
do the household chores use the family motorbike talk on the phone with friends
- call some Ss representing for the groups to read out the
sentences, T writes on board
- declare the winner & lead in the new lesson
-> Our teacher does not allow us to have private talk in
class.=(We are not allowed to have…)
* have to + do st (vs must do st)
-> I have to do homework everyday.
* permit + sb + to do + st
permit + doing st
-> They permit to use the phone.
- ask Ss to work in pairs to give some examples
- whole class
- pairwork
While-writing Describing family rules
- have Ss work individually, write a letter to a penpal
describing his/her family rules
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that they have a good arrangement of such a letter
- go round the class & provide help when necessary
- have Ss exchange their writing & then pick up surtain writing
of the Ss & check in front of the class
- give suggested writing:
Dear Hue,
We haven’t written each other for a long time There are
changes in my family so that we have had new rules for our
family members to follow.
Because my mum has to look after our new-born brother, we
have to do the household chores.Moreover, we are not allowed
to come home late at night as usual because it may disturb
mom & the baby.
For meals, my sister has to prepare it In the evening, we are
not allowed to to watch TV so late.
And another thing is that we are not permitted to talk loudly on
the phone And another thing is that my dad doesn’t allow us to
go out with friends whenever we have free time.
Busy as we are, we still feel very happy because we can help
parents a lot with things around home.
How about you? Are there any changes in your family rules?
Look forward to your reply.
- ask Ss to work in groups think of some family rules & then
divide them into 2 kinds namely “Do” rules & “Don’t” rules
+ “ Do “ rules: Walk inside, Sit down to eat, Speak ina polite
voice, Wear your sit belt in the car, Be gentle with each other.
+ “Don’t” rules: Don’t split, Don’t ask for things in the
Period 7 UNIT 1: HOME LIFE
20/8 Lesson E: Language Focus
I.Aims
- Revision of pronunciation of the ending “s”
- Revision of verb tenses
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By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
- Pronounce the ending “s” correctly.
- Master the use of the past simple, past progressive & present perfect
III Materials
- Textbook, handouts…
IV Anticipated problems
- Ss may confuse the rules for pronouncing the ending “s” & the use of tenses
V Procedure
Correcting mistakes:
- ask Ss to find out each mistake in each sentence:
1) When I was a little girl I often help my parents with
household chores.
2) Unlike most men my father enjoyed cooking.
3) My brothers never worked long hours like this before.
- Ss discuss quickly to do it
- give feedback & explain
- answer: 1) helped 2) enjoys 3) have – worked
- remind the identification through some words or situations in
those sentences
- Call some Ss to read aloud them
- > remind Ss the 2 main contents of the lesson through these
“s” is pronounced /s/ after voiceless sounds: /p/k/t/f/
“s” is pronounced /z/ after voiced sounds(except for /z/dz/)
- have the Ss listen to the tape & repeat the words
- write some words on the board & call on some Ss to read
these words aloud
- correct the mistakes if any
Practice 1
- read the sentences once for Ss to listen
- whole class
- individual
- ask Ss to practice reading the sentences in pairs so that they
can help each other correct the mistakes in pronunciation
- call on some pairs to read the sentences aloud in front of the
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- The past simple is used for an action completed at one
specific time in the past
Ex: I bought a book yesterday
Past progressive
- It is used for an action which was occurring at some specific
time in the past
Ex: We were watching TV at 7 o’clock last night.
Present perfect
- it is used to indicate an action in the past with a result at
present or is still occurring in the present
Ex: I have just had breakfast.
She has lived here for 10 years.
- ask Ss to make more sentences using the tenses given
Exercise 1:
- have Ss work independently, underline the most suitable tense
of verbs in each sentence
- have them exchange answer with a friend
- call on some Ss to read their answers aloud in front of the
class
- feedback & give the correct answers:
1.have you seen 2.have you enjoyed
3.has been married 4.did you give/saw
5.didn’t listen 6.have you two met
7.did you meet
Exercise 2:
- have Ss work on their own, choose the best answer to fill the
numbered blanks
- ask Ss to crosscheck their friends’ answers
- call on some Ss to give their answers in front of the class
- comment & give the correct answers
1.B.haven’t written 2.C.have been
3.A.had 4.a.haven’t done
5.b.have stopped 6.b.am waiting
7.b.have changed 8.c.live
9.b.have decided 10.c.has become
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II Objectives
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
- have some basic background information about the difference between American & Asian thoughts on love & marriage
- improve their reading skill by explaining the meaning of words & answering qs
II Materials
- Textbook, handouts…
IV Anticipated problems
- Ss may find some terms in the text difficult to understand so T should deliver the lesson carefully
- T write the following words on board
- Ask Ss to arrange them into a meaningful sentence:
- call some Ss to give answers
- T gives the key:
“ love is supposed to follow marriage not precede it”
- tactfully help Ss understand its meaning by asking:
+ Does love come before marriage?
+ Do you agree with this opinion?
+ Do you think that there are places in which people still think
that this opinion is true?
+ Where do they live, in Western or Asian countries?
- T leads to the main topic of the lesson: OPINION ABOUT LOVE AND MARRIAGE
(- T can change this act by asking Ss to do the guessing game
to find out the word: marriage & lead in the new lesson)
- whole class
5’
Pre-reading What makes a happy marriage?
- ask Ss to discuss the question in the book: Which of the
following factors is the most important for a happy life?
* love*money*parents’ approval*a nice house/flat*a good
job*good health*
- T can help Ss understand more by asking some qs:
+ Why love is an important factor for a happy marriage?
+ Can you buy all things by money?
- pairwork
is supposed marriage follow not not to precede love it
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precede(v): elicit from the above sentence
contractual (adj): arranging st before with s.o
“Cultural diversity” refers to the differences that exist between
people such as language, dress & traditions, & the way
societies organize themselves, their conception of morality &
religion, & the way they interact with the environment In our
today’s lesson, we will learn about the differences in the
American’s & Asian thought on love & marriage”.
Task 1 – Meaning of words
- have Ss read each sentence & give the meaning of each
italicized word in the sentence
- encourage Ss to try to guess the meaning of the word
depending on the context in which it appears
1 precede = happen or exist before
2 determine = find out
3 confide = tell s.b about st very private or secret
4 sacrifice = willingly stop having st you want
5 obliged = having a duty to do st
Task 2 – Answering questions
- ask Ss to work in pairs to answer the given qs
- go round the class & provide help when necessary
- call on some pairs to ask & answer the qs in front of the class
- feedback & give the suggested answers:
1 They are: Trust built on love; physical atractiveness;
confiding; partnership of equals.
2 The Americans are more concerned than the Indians & the
Chinese with physical atractiveness when choosing a wife or a
husband.
3 They agree that a woman has to sacrifice more in a
marriage than a man.
4 She trusts her husband to do the right thing because he loves
her not because he has to.
5 The main finding of the survey is that young Asians are not
as romantic as their American counterparts
- individual
- pairwork