UNIT 3: A TRIP TO THE COUNTRYSIDE Lesson 5 : Write A. Aims: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know how to write a passage describing a story happening in the past and practice writing a passage entitled “A country picnic”, using the cues given. * Teaching aids: Extraboard, pictures B. Content: I. Pre writing: 1. Warm up: (Tense drill) Transformation drill Complete the second sentences: a, I often go to school on schoolday. Yesterday……. b, He catches a bus for work everyday. Yesterday morning… c, We usually have bread and milk for supper. Yesterday evening… d, They sometimes take me to the zoo. Last weekend… Eliciting questions: + What tense have we just used to rewrite the sentences above? + When do we often use the simple past tense? Introducing the new lesson:Today, we are using this past tense to write a passage about “A country picnic”. 2.Pre–teach vocabulary: (to) go on a picnic : đi giã ngoại (translation) (n) Picnic site : nơi giã ngoại (explanation) The place where you have a picnic (n) Blanket : chăn, mền (picture) (to) gather : lượm , thu lượm (synonym= collect) (to) lay – laid - laid (out) : trải, dọn(ra) (mime) (to) take (a bus) to somewhere: Đón (xe buýt)đi đâu (translation) *Checking : Slap the board/ matching 3.Ordering statements: a. We caught a taxi b. We had food and drank fruit juice c. We played games, listened to music and went fishing d. We got home at about 8 p.m e. Last Sunday we went to the picnic site by bus *Key: 1 e, 2 b, 3 c, 4 a, 5 d 4.Rules to write a passage describing a story happening in the fact: (Eliciting from the ordering) a. Use the past tense, mainly the simple past b. Activities are in time order 5.Describing: - Ask students look at each picture, one by one and read the cues given (individually) - Have students talk about what they write for each picture II. While writing: - Ask students to write a passage entitled “A Country Picnic” using the picture and cues given. - T models the first sentence on the board: It was a beautiful day, my friends and I decided to go on a picnic - Students continue - T goes around and helps weak students. * Key: It was a beautiful day , my friends and I decided to go on a picnic. We took a bus to the countryside and then walked about 20 minutes to the picnic site next to the river. We put down the blanket and laid out the food. After meal, we played the games “What song is it” and “Blind man’s bluff”. Late in the afternoon we went fishing. We enjoyed our picnic. When we look at the time, it was nearly 6.30 p.m. We hurriedly gathered our things and ran to the bus stop. We were lucky to catch the last bus and we arrived home very lately in the evening. III. Post–writing: - Ask students to share and compare their writings with their partners and correct if they can . - Choose some writings to correct in front of the class IV. Homework: – Rewrite the passage into the notebook – Write a passage about what you did last Sunday Do exercise 4,6 (workbook) V.Teacher’s self-evaluation: . UNIT 3: A TRIP TO THE COUNTRYSIDE Lesson 5 : Write A. Aims: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know how to write a passage describing a story happening in the past and. use the simple past tense? Introducing the new lesson: Today, we are using this past tense to write a passage about A country picnic”. 2.Pre–teach vocabulary: (to) go on a picnic :. (to) lay – laid - laid (out) : trải, dọn(ra) (mime) (to) take (a bus) to somewhere: Đón (xe buýt)đi đâu (translation) *Checking : Slap the board/ matching 3.Ordering statements: a.