Unit 1: A visit from a penpal Lesson 6: Language Focus A. Aims: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to get more practice with the past simple tense, and “wish” sentence about the present situation. B. Teaching aids: Extraboard, pictures C. Content: I. Pre reading: 1. Warm up: (Matching) Verbs Noun (phrases) Buy a cake Make flowers Hang a picture of Hanoi Go colorful lamp Paint shopping -Ask students to come to the board and match a verb with a noun or noun phrase to make meaningful phrasal verbs. 2. Set the scene: Lan and her friends are holding a farewell party for Maryam. Write things they did to prepare for the party using the picture and phrasal verbs above. - Divide the class into 2 groups. Tell them to name the people in the picture and to go to the board , write as quickly as they could. - Correct: 1. Hoa made a cake. 2. Quang hung colorful lamps on the wall. 3. Ha bought flowers. 4. Tan painted a picture of Hanoi. 5. Nga and Lan went shopping. 3. Revision: Form: (+) S + V(past) + (-) S + didn’t + V(bare) + (?) Did + S + V(bare) + ? Meaning: Use: Express actions happened in the past at a definite time(yesterday, last , ago) II. Practice:(LF 1) -Get students to ask and answer questions about what each person did on the weekend (Use the table on page 11) -T models A: What did Ba do on the weekend? B: He went to see a movie called “Ghosts and Monsters” A: When did he see it? B: He saw it on Saturday afternoon at two o’clock * Steps: Some pairs of good students model the example conversation Closed pair practice with the cues from the table (P.11) Open pair practice (teacher asks any two other students to demonstrate any conversation) Eg1: Hoa: What did Nga do on the weekend? Minh: She went to (see) a concert called (performed by) HN singers Hoa: When did she go? Minh: She went on Saturday evening at 8 o’clock Eg2: C: What did Lan do on the weekend? D: She joined a camp organized by Y&Y (Youth and Young Pioner Associations) C: When did she join it? D: She joined it all weekend. Eg3: K: What did Nam do on the weekend? L: He went to see (He saw) a soccer match between Dong Thap and The Cong. K: When did he see it? L: He saw it on Sunday at 4p.m * The past simple with “wish”: -Set the scene: Tom is shorrt, he wants to be taller.What will he say? → I wish I were taller. Form: S + wish(es) S + were + V(past) Meaning: ước gì, mong ước Use : diễn tả điều ước trái với thực tế Concept check: + What tense is used for “wish”? + What comes after “wish”? + What tense is used in the clause after “wish”? - Have students work with a partner, make wishes for the situations at page 12. - Give feedback and correct: * Key: a. I wish I were taller b. I wish I were in the swimming pool c. I wish I had a computer d. I wish I lived near school/I didn’t live very far from school e. I wish I had a sister f. I wish I could draw well/ I didn’t draw so badly g. I wish I had my friend’s phone number h. I wish I knew many friends a c d g b f e i h i. I wish there were (some) rivers and lakes in my home town. III. Production: Chain game (using the simple past tense): two tables, one groups Eg: A: Yesterday, I got up early B: Yesterday, I got up early and had a big breakfast C: Yesterday, I got up early, had a big breakfast and said goodbye to my parents. (etc) IV. Homework: Redo all the exercises in “ L.F ” part (P.11 12) Do exercises 3, 4, 6,7 in Unit 1 in Workbook. Study “Getting started”, “Listen and Read” (P.13 14) and find out new vocabulary . V. Teacher’s self- evaluation: . Unit 1: A visit from a penpal Lesson 6: Language Focus A. Aims: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to get more practice with the past simple tense, and “wish” sentence about. lamp Paint shopping -Ask students to come to the board and match a verb with a noun or noun phrase to make meaningful phrasal verbs. 2. Set the scene: Lan and her friends are holding a farewell. board , write as quickly as they could. - Correct: 1. Hoa made a cake. 2. Quang hung colorful lamps on the wall. 3. Ha bought flowers. 4. Tan painted a picture of Hanoi. 5. Nga and Lan