UNIT 7: TRAFFIC Lesson 7: LOOKING BACK I OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, Ss can: - Talk about signs and means of transport - Use “it ”to talk about distance - Use “used to” to talk about past habit Knowledge: a Vocabulary: review b Grammar: review: used to Competences: Teamwork and independent working, pair work, linguistic competence, cooperative learning and communicative competence Qualities: Ss will be more responsible for using means of transport and more aware of learning some rules about road safety II TEACHING AIDS Materials: Textbooks, plan, song: Transportation song Equipment: computer accessed to the Internet, projector, loudspeaker III PROCEDURE Checking: Talk about the traffic problem in your country New lesson: Teacher’s and students’ activities Contents Warm up (5’) * Aim: To warm up the class and lead in the lesson * Content: Sing a song about means of transport * Products: *Song: Transportation song T lets Ss review means of transport by singing a song Ss sing a song about means of transport T introduces the lesson *Song: Transportation song Presentation (10’) * Aim: Help students review some vocabularies about traffic signs and means of transport * Content: Vocabulary and grammar: Used to * Products: Read, understand and remember the meaning of words I- Vocabulary What these signs mean? -T gives some signs and asks students to write the Traffic lights meaning of each sign School ahead T corrects their mistakes and lets them read the words correctly Then let Ss work in groups and put the signs into the correct boxes - Call two students go to the board to write the names of means of the transport.The winner is a person who have more correct words Hospital ahead Cycle lane Parking No parking left turn only No cycling Prohibition signs: 6,8 Warning signs: 1,2, Information signs: 3,4,5 Write the names of means of transport in the word web below - Suggestion: bicycle, motorbike, car, bus, taxi, train, plane, boat, ship… Practice (20’) * Aim:Help students review the structure “used to ”and distances * Content: Do the exercises * Products: Students read vocabularies exactly aloud Students the tasks - Have Ss work in pairs or in groups and write their answers in their notebooks T checks their answers - Ss work individually first to write the sentences Then they work in pairs to swap their sentences T gives correction and calls some Ss to read the sentences aloud Change the sentences according to the prompts in brackets Did you use to go to school on foot? Mr Van didn’t use to ride his motorbike dangerously Did the streets use to be cleaner and more peaceful? I used to go out on Sundays They didn’t use go to on holiday together Write sentences using these cues It is over 100 km from my home-town to HCM city It is about 25 km to my grandparents’s house I used to ride a small bike in the yard before my flat There used to be a bus station in the city centre, but it was/ has been moved to the suburbs Children must learn about road safety before they are allowed to ride a bike on the road Production (5’) * Aim: To give students a chance to apply what they have learnt * Content: Project: the questionare about television * Products: Students ask and answer about the traffic - Ss: Work in groups of four PROJECT Ss: Practice the dialogue before class T: Help Ss: Practice asking and answering the questions before class T: Help Home work (5’) - T reminds Ss to homework and prepare the new lesson - Retell the signs and means of transport - Make some traffic signs of your own out of paper, cardboard or other materials - Prepare: Unit 8- Getting started ... names of means of transport in the word web below - Suggestion: bicycle, motorbike, car, bus, taxi, train, plane, boat, ship… Practice (20’) * Aim:Help students review the structure “used to ”and... the questionare about television * Products: Students ask and answer about the traffic - Ss: Work in groups of four PROJECT Ss: Practice the dialogue before class T: Help Ss: Practice asking... Practice asking and answering the questions before class T: Help Home work (5’) - T reminds Ss to homework and prepare the new lesson - Retell the signs and means of transport - Make some traffic