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CHAPTER III: SOME SUGGESTED GAMES FOR THE 10 TH FORM SPEAKING LESSONS Activity 1: Noughts and Crosses for Unit 1- Task 2 ( While- speaking) Type : Group work Aims: Talk about daily activities Teaching aids: Pictures of Task 2 Time: 10 minutes Preparation: prepare pictures of Task 2, use magnets to hang on board Procedure : - Divide class into 2 teams Team 1: Noughts Team B: Crosses - Asks students to choose one picture in Task 2 to make a sentence about Quan’s activities. - If their sentence is correct, that picture will be marked with their Noughts ( O ) for team A or Crosses ( X ) for team B - Do the same steps until one team has 3 continuous pictures in vertical, horizontal or in cross line will be the winner Activity 2: Matching for Unit 2-Task 1 ( Pre- speaking ) Type : Group work Aims: Use common expressions in making small talks. Teaching aids: 1 big sheet of paper and 10 pieces of expressions Time : 5 minutes Preparation: prepare a big sheet of paper with 10 movable pieces of expressions which are put in random , use magnets to hang on board Starting a conversation Closing a conversation Good morning. / Hi. Great. I’ll see you tomorrow Sorry, I’ve got to go. Talk to you later. Hello. How are you? Well, it’s been nice meeting you. Hello. What are you doing? How’ s everything at school? Catch you later. Goodbye. See you later. Hi. How is school? Procedure : - Three tables will be a group. So there will be 4 groups in total - Students will discuss in groups to put sentences to the right columns - The fastest group can go to the board and match - Teacher will check and give the key Activity 3: Interview for Unit 3- Task 2 ( While- speaking ) Type: Group work Aims: Talk about people’s background Teaching aids: interview form, magnets Time : 10 minutes Preparation: prepare an interview form, use magnets to hang on board Order Iterms Information 1 Greeting Good morning! 2 Date of birth When were you born? 3 Place of birth Where were you born? 4 Home Where do you live? 5 Parents Can you tell me about your parents? 6 Brother(s) How many brothers/ sisters do you have? 7 Primary school What is the name of your primary school/ secondary school? 8 School work Have you ever been a leader of 9 Favourite subjects What subjects do you like best? 10 Experience How do you work at school? 11 Thanking Thank you very much! Procedure : - Asks tudents to work in groups of three - Rearrange students’s seat to make them sit face to face - Asks them to use questions in interview form to ask and answer each other - Teacher goes around and offer help if necessary - Teacher can choose one student to go to the board and the whole class will interview him/ her - Teacher encourages students to make further questions for fun. Activity 4: Survey for Unit 3- Task 2 ( While – speaking) Type: Group work Aims: Talk about school life Teaching aids: Handouts Time : 15 minutes Preparation: Prepare handouts Order Questions Your friend Your friend 1 Which lower - secondary school did you go to? 2 What were your subjects then? 3 What was your timetable? 4 Can you tell me about the tests and examminations at your school then? 5 What about homework? 6 What part of school life didn’t you like then? 7 What did you like best about your school then? Procedure : - Ask to work in groups. - Remind that one student need to ask at least 3 students in his/ her group and it is not neccesary to ask every student all questions, then fill in the table. - Teacher goes around for help if neccesary, collect errors - Call some students to report - Teacher gives feed back and correct errors Activity 5: Guessing for Unit 5- Task 1( Pre- speaking) Type: Group work Aims: Talk about the uses of modern inventions Teaching aids: Nothing Preparation: No preparation Time : 7 minutes Procedure: - Divide class into 4 groups - Ask each group to choose one modern invention - They in turns guess the other groups’ objects by asking the question: Is it used for + V-ing? Is it used to + V infinitive ? - After 3 questions being asked for each object the answer should come out. Any groups who can guess correctly will get 5 points - The group with higher point will be the winner Activity 6: Giving advice for Unit 6- Task 2( While - speaking) Type: Group work Aims: Talk about the seat plan on a boat trip Teaching aids: Cards and the seat plan in text book Time : 10 minutes Preparation: Prepare 6 cards Card 1: Hello. My name is Mrs Andrew. I m going to a boat trip on Lake Michigan in Chicago with my students. I need to see all the students but I do not want to seat in the sundeck. Please help me to choose a suitable seat. Thank you very much! Card 2: Hello. My name is Susan . I m going to a boat trip on Lake Michigan in Chicago with my classmates. I want to be near Mary. I do not want to get suburnt. Please help me to choose a suitable seat. Thank you very much! Card 3: Hello. My name is Tim . I m going to a boat trip on Lake Michigan in Chicago with my classmates. I like to sit in the sun ad I do not want to be by myself. Please help me to choose a suitable seat. Thank you very much! Card 4: Hello. My name is John . I m going to a boat trip on Lake Michigan in Chicago with my classmates. I don’t like air- conditioning. I would like to take photos. Please help me to choose a suitable seat. Thank you very much! Card 5: Hello. My name is Mary . I m going to a boat trip on Lake Michigan in Chicago with my classmates. I often suffer from travel sickness, so I need plenty of fresh air. Please help me to choose a suitable seat. Thank you very much! Card 6: Hello. My name is Sam . I m going to a boat trip on Lake Michigan in Chicago with my classmates. I hane never been in a boat before. I want a good view. Please help me to choose a suitable seat. Thank you very much! Procedure: - Teacher sets context for the activity: You are school consultants. Some people in Tim’s class send you a seat plan and ask for help. - Ask to work in 6 groups. Ask each group choose one card then discuss and give advice - Teacher goes around for help if neccesary - Ask each group to present - Teacher marks the suitable seat for each person Activity 7: Circle of common for Unit 7- Task 2( While - speaking) Type: Pair work Aims: Talk about the main features of the mass media Teaching aids: A big sheet of paper, magnets Preparation: Ask each pair prepare an A4 paper, and the teacher prepare a big sheet of paper drawing 6 pairs of big circles Time : 10 minutes Procedure: - Ask to work in pairs. Each pair will talk about the typical features as well as the common features of two types of the mass media. Then with their typical features, students will write in 2 different circles, with the same ones , students will write in the intersection. - The fastest pairs will be the winner. - Teacher can give feedback by asking the winner pairs to write their doing on board and correct. TIVI RADIO TV BOOKS TV INTERNET RADIO BOOK BOOKS RADIO INTERNET BOOK INTERNET . Activity 8: Drawing and Matching for Unit 8- Task 1( Pre- speaking) Type: Group work Aims: Talk about plans to improve life of a village and their possible results Teaching aids: Some pieces of paper Preparation: Prepare some sentences written on pieces of paper Sentence 1: Widen the road Sentence 2: Raise and resurface the roads Sentence 3: Build a medical centre Sentence 4: Build a football ground Sentence 5: Grow cash crops Sentence 6: Build a bridge over the canal Sentence 7: Build a new school Time : 7 minutes Procedure: - Divide class into 2 groups - Ask each groups choose 1 student to the board to take one piece of paper from teacher , then try to draw what is in the paper without saying anything - One of the two groups very quickly choose one possible result and read out loud. If they are right they will get 1 point - Do the same steps until all sentences are drawn and all possible results are read out loud - The winner is the one with higher points Activity 9: Story In A Bag for Unit 9 -Task 2 and Task 3 ( While speaking ) Type: Group work Aims: Talk about problems and give out solutions Teaching aids: 6 small bags ( or envelopes) Preparation: Write words relevant to the topic in Task 2 in some pieces of paper. Each piece has one word and each group has one series of relevant words Series 1: beaches, plastic bags, glass, cigarette butts Series 2: whales, sharks, food, medicine, products Series 3: explosives, catch, fish, sea animals Series 4: oil, spill, tankers Time : From 15 to 18 minutes Procedure: - Divide class into 6 groups. Each group will be delivered with one bag containing words - Each group find one group leader so that every member will work more effectively - They have one minute to think about some threats to the environment basing on their series of words. Then discuss about the bad results and give some solutions - After 10 or 12 minutes, teacher asks one student in each group reports. The other students will listen, compare and take notes Activity 10: Debate for Unit 10- Task 3 ( While - speaking) Type: Group work Aims: Talk about the new kind of zoo in comparison to the old one Teaching aids: Nothing Preparation: No preparation Time : 10 minutes Procedure: - Divide class into 2 groups Group 1: Choose the new kind of zoo Group 2: Choose the old kind of zoo - Teacher sets a context like this: She is a millionaire. She wants to invest a big amount of money in building a zoo. But she hasn’t decided what kinds of zoo to be built yet. Now try to convince her to invest in your choice - Two groups will try to persuade teacher by talking about the advantages of their zoo and disadvantages of the others’ - Teacher will finally decide which group speak better to invest money Activity 11: Chain story for Unit 11- Task 3 ( While - speaking) Type: Pair work and whole class Aims: Tell a story about an excursion Teaching aids: Handouts Preparation: Prepare handouts: one for Nga and the other for Nga’s friend Nga’s friend Nga - Ask what Nga did last Saturday - Ask about the means of transport Nga’s class used to go to Huong Pagoda - Ask about food and drinks Nga’s class - Answer - Answer and express regrets - Answer and express regrets brought - Ask about the duration of the excursion - Ask what they did in Huong Pagoda - End up the conversation - Answer and express regrets - Tell what they did and express regrets. Time : 12 minutes Procedure: - Ask to work in pairs first and give each pair 2 handouts: one for Nga and the other for Nga’s friend - Each pair has to make a conversation based on the information in the handouts - After 6 to 8 minutes, call on students to make a story about Nga’s excursion. Each student talks only one sentence. The other takes turn and continues the story to the end pf the excursion story. If time is spare, make another story about Nga’s excursion Activity 12: Interview for Unit 12- Task 2 ( While - speaking) Type: Group work Aims: Ask and answer about music taste Teaching aids: Pieces of paper Time: 12 minutes Preparation: Prepare some pieces of interview paper for all students : Partner 1 Partner 2 Kind of music Jazz Reason for listening to music Favourite band/ musician Favourite song/ piece of music When to listen to music Procedure: - Divide class into small groups of three. One of them will be a journalist who wants to interview high school students about their music taste. The [...]... teams using the information they gain via the quiz - Which groups have more right answers will be the winner Activity 15: Searching game for Unit 15- Task 4 (Post - speaking) Type: Whole class Aims : Ask and answer about the preferences s regard to where to live and give reasons to back up their opinions Teaching aids: copies of tables Preparation: make copies for the table below: Time: 10 minutes Opinion... ask 2 students some questions and fill in the table for his/ her later article - Students can change the role if time permits - After 8 minutes of interviewing, the teacher calls on some groups to make presentations on what they have done in their group - Teacher give comments and corrects errors Activity 13: Film Reporter for Unit 13- Task 4 ( While- speaking) Type: Group work Aims : Talk about the film... limited time - Remind them to take notes while interviewing - The students who have more names in the survey will be the winners - Call some to report their finding Activity 16: Information Gap for Unit 16- Task 2( While - speaking) Type: Pair work Aims : Ask and answer about two historical places, namely Hue Imperial and Thong Nhat Conference Hall Teaching aids: cards Preparation: prepare cards Time:... Who was the head coach of the German team in the World Cup 2006? Card 6: What nationality was the top scorer in the World Cup 2006? Card 7: Who was the captain of the English national football team in the World Cup 2006? Card 8: Who beat English in the World Cup 2006 quarter final ? Procedure: - Hang on the pictures of four football teams on the board and ask students names of these teams - Divide class... films? Procedure: - Divide class into 6 groups Each group will choose a film reporter This student will go to the board The others will discuss about films for him to guess - After 2 minutes the film reporter will guess the films by asking questions For example : Reporter : where did you see it? Player 1 : On T.V Reporter : What kind of film is it? Player 2 : Tragic love story Reporter: What is it about?... class what films they are - Do the same steps with the others groups - Finally, teacher choose some representatives from some groups to talk about their favourite film Activity 14: Quiz for Unit 14- Task 1 ( While- speaking) Type: Group work Aims : Talk about football teams Teaching aids: Pictures, cards Preparation: Prepare some questions about the football teams and their pictures, then write questions... 1832 CARD 1B Hue Imperial City - Listed as a World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO in - In Hue city, km from Ha Noi and 107 km from Ho Chi Minh City - Construction: started 1805 and completed - Comprises 3 sections: The Royal - Comprises 3 sections: The Royal Citadel, and The Forbidden City - Open daily from a.m to 4:30 p.m - Admission fee: 55,000VND CARD 2A Citadel, The Imperial Enclosure and... Hanoi - Originally built in 1865 and heavily damaged by an air bombardment in - Rebuilt and construction completes in 1966 - Has floors with 100 beautifully decorated rooms and chambers - Open daily from 7:30 to 11:00 a.m and from .to .p.m -Admission fee: 10, 000VND - Also called Reunification Hall or Independence Palace - In District No 1 , Ho Chi Minh City, km south of Hanoi - Originally built... Activity 13: Film Reporter for Unit 13- Task 4 ( While- speaking) Type: Group work Aims : Talk about the film you have ever seen Teaching aids: One big sheet of paper with questions about films Time : 10 minutes Preparation: One big sheet of paper with questions about films QUESTIONS 1 where did you see it? 2 What kind of film is it? 3 What is it about? 4 Who is/ are the main character(s)? 5 How do... bombardment in February 1963 - Rebuilt and construction completes in - Has 5 floors with beautifully decorated rooms and chambers - Open daily from to a.m and from 1:00 to 4:00p.m -Admission fee: 10, 000VND  . CHAPTER III: SOME SUGGESTED GAMES FOR THE 10 TH FORM SPEAKING LESSONS Activity 1: Noughts and Crosses for Unit 1- Task 2 ( While- speaking) Type : Group work Aims: Talk about. Interview for Unit 3- Task 2 ( While- speaking ) Type: Group work Aims: Talk about people’s background Teaching aids: interview form, magnets Time : 10 minutes Preparation: prepare an interview form,. O ) for team A or Crosses ( X ) for team B - Do the same steps until one team has 3 continuous pictures in vertical, horizontal or in cross line will be the winner Activity 2: Matching for