Trường THCS Quế Phú GV: Nguyễn Thị Thanh Tuyền Week : 1 Period: 1 UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL Date of Preparing: August 16, 2008 Lesson 1: Getting started + Listen and read I. Aim: To help ss to reading the text for details. II. Objective: By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to know about some places Lan went to with a foreign friend and some activities they took part in together. III. Materials: Textbook, picture. IV. Ways of working: Individual, pair, group. V. Anticipated problem: VI. Procedure: Stages Steps/Activities Work arrangement Warm up * Chatting: - Do you have any pen pals? - Where does she/he live? - Has she/he ever visited your city? - What activities would you do during the visit? Possible answers: - I think I'll take our friends to temples and churches - I'll take them to the beach - T - whole class Pre-reading a. Pre - teach: - to correspond (explanation) - a mosque (picture) - to be impressed by (explanation) - to pray (mime) * Checking vocabs: ROR - Rub out the new word one at a time. - Each time you rub out an English word, point to the Vietnamese translation and ask "what's this in English?" - When all the English word are rubbed out, go through the Vietnamese list and get students to call the English words. Whole class Individual - If there is time, get ss to come to the board and write the English word again. Pairwork b. Open prediction: Lan's Malaysian pen pal came to visit her in Hanoi. Can you guess where she went and what she did during her stay? Individual While reading - Give feedback to the whole class to the open Pair - work Lesson plan English 9 - lni1382637404.doc/1 Trường THCS Quế Phú GV: Nguyễn Thị Thanh Tuyền prediction. - Ask ss to read the text to check their prediction and add some more information. - Ask ss to read the text again to choose the correct option to complete the sentences on page 7. * Answers: a. Lan and Maryam usually write to one another every two week b. Maryam was impressed because Hanoi people were friendly. c. The girls went to see famous places in Hanoi, areas for recreation, a place of worship. d. Maryam wanted to invite Lan to Kuala Lumpur. Post reading * Speaking: - Ask ss to recommend places of interest in their city. - Ask them to discuss where they should take their friends to and what activities they should do. Cues: LangCo Beach swimming/beach in Hue BachMa National Park mountain climbing/ ecological tour LinhMu Pagada, TuDuc Tomb sightseeing/ beautiful sight - Using the patterns S 1 : I think we should take our friends to DongBa market. We can do shopping or I'll just introduce them a Vietnamese market. S 2 : Good ideas! I believe they will be interested in it Pair - work Homework - Write a short paragraph - Be ready for Speak Lesson plan English 9 - lni1382637404.doc/2