Trường THCS Quế Phú GV: Nguyễn Thị Thanh Tuyền Week : 2 Period: 4 UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL Date of Preparing: August 24, 2008 Lesson 4: Read *. Check up: Write wishes you want to make in these situations 1. You are not very tall 2. It's so hot. You want to be in the swimming pool 3. You don't have a computer 4. You live very far from school I. Aim: To help ss to reading the text for details. II. Objective: By the end of the lesson, ss will have some knowledge about Malaysia, one of the countries of the ASEAN. III. Materials: Textbook, picture. IV. Ways of working: Individual, pair, group. V. Anticipated problem: VI. Procedure: Stages Steps/Activities Work arrangement Warm up * Hangman: - Draw strokes on the board. Each stroke stands for a letter of the word. - Ss take turn to guess the letters of the word. - Is a student's guess is not right, the teacher draws a stroke (according to the oder in the picture). - If student guess wrong eight times, they lose. Teacher gives the answer. - The word has letters. It is Malaysia. T- whole class Pre - reading - Ask ss what they know about Malaysia. - Ask them to make questions for what they want to know. Expected questions: - Where is it? - What is the capital of Malaysia? - How big is Malaysia? - What language is spoken in this country? Individual Pair work While reading - Ask ss to read the text to find out the answers to their questions. - Teacher gives feedback to the class. - Ask student to read the text the second time to fill in the chart in exercise a) on page 10. * Answers: 1. 329,758 5. Kuala Lumpur Pair - work Lesson plan English 9 - vng1382637404.doc/1 Trường THCS Quế Phú GV: Nguyễn Thị Thanh Tuyền 2. over 22 million 6. Islam 3. tropical climate 7. Bahasa Malaysia 4. the ringgit 8. English - Ask ss to read the text to do the True or False statements. Answer: 1. T 2. F (there are more than two regions) 3. F (English, Chiriese, and Tamil are also widely spoken) 4. F (One of the three: Malay, Chinese, Tamil) 5. F (English is a compulsory second language, not primary language of instruction). - Ask ss to answer the questions in front of the class. - Teacher gives feedback to the whole class. Post reading * Interview: - Ask ss to work in pair. - Give ss their task A: You are going to visit Malaysia. Prepare some questions to ask Maryam about her country (refer to ther chart on page 10) B: You are Maryam, from Malaysia. You have to answer A's questions about your country. The interview may start like this: A: Hi, Maryam. I going to visit Malaysia on my summer holiday. I'd like to know something about your country. Can you help me? B: Yes, certainly. A: What language is spoken in your country? B: Bahasa Malaysia. Enhish, Chinese, and Tamil are also widely spoken. A: Do children have to study any foreign language school? B: Yes, English is a compulsory second language in secondary school. A: Ah, I see. What about the people? What are they like? B: I think they are friendly Pair - work Homework - Reread the text, learn vocabs by heart. - Be ready for Write Lesson plan English 9 - vng1382637404.doc/2