Week: UNIT 6: OUR TET HOLIDAY Period: Lesson 4: COMMUNICATION Date: * Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to get to know New Year practices in Viet Nam and in other countries. * Language contents: + Vocabulary: the words of flags, nationalities & practices on Tet holiday + Grammar: Simple present * Techniques: matching, R & R, Groupwork * Teaching aids: Ss’ books, text books, extra board, pictures * Procedure T Contents Teacher’sativities Students’ activities 10 10 20 A. WARMER: MATCHING * Match the flags with the countries Viet Nam Holland Japan the USA Scotland Thailand Korea Australia * Match the countries with the nationalities. Japanese America Scottish Thai Vietnamese Australian Dutch Korean Ex: A: I’m from England. B: You’re English. B. PRESENTATION: I. Pre – teach: - (to) kill - (to) believe - (to) ring a bell - (to) remove - (to) stick - a first footer - feather (n) - cover (n) * Checking: R & R II. Activity 3 Feedback: 1. The Scottish, Scotland 3. The H’Mong, Viet Nam 2. The Thai, Thailand 4. The Japanese, Japan -have ss play the game Matching - read the words of countries - read the words of nationalities aloud - ask SS to hold a flag - present the new words - give out the pictures of people in different countries celebrating New Year differently - help Ss by drawing their attention to some details from the reading - in groups, match the flags with the countries - repeat in chorus and individually - match the countries with the nationalities. - repeat in chorus and individually - move around the class and introduce where they come from, their friends will tell them their nationalities. - follow the teacher - match them with the different groups of people - read the four paragraphs 5 III. Activity 4: * Feedback: a. H’mong b. Thai c. Japanese d. Scottish IV. Activity 5: * Feedback: a. feathers: the covers of a rooster, chicken or bird. b. rooster: an adult male chicken c. remove: take away d. first footer: the first person to enter your home after New Year’s Eve. V. Activity 6: Write the two facts of the group of people they like best C. Homework - learn the lesson - prepare SKILLS 1 and referring to the picture provided in 3 - ask Ss to find and check the meaning of some new words as they are used in the text - ask Ss to work in groups to write the two fact they like best down on a piece of paper - underline the verbs and the objects to remember the information from the reading - match them with the definitions - take turns to read aloud. The group decides which group of people he/she is talking about. Week: UNIT 6: OUR TET HOLIDAY Period: Lesson 5: SKILLS 1 Date: * Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to get to know New Year practices and beliefs in Viet Nam, in The USA and in China. . * Language contents: + Vocabulary: the words of practices and beliefs for Tet + Grammar: S. Present, S. Future * Techniques: Brainstorming, R & R , Guessing, Roleplay * Teaching aids: Ss’ books, text books, extra board, pictures * Procedure T Contents Teacher’sativities Students’ activities 5 10 10 20 I. Warmer: Brainstorming ( about activitíes at Tet of The H’Mong, the Scottish, the Thai & the Japanese) Ex: kill a rooster,…………… Clean the house,……… Throw water over people,……… Ring the bells,…………………. B. PRESENTATION: I. Pre – teach: - belief (n) - (to) strike midnight - good luck (n) vận may ≠ bad luck (n) xui xẻo - (to) move backwards: làm cho thụt lùi - (to) remove: xua đuổi - (to) present: cúng; biếu, tặng - (to) succeed - (to) bow * Checking: R & R * Set the scene: A. Russ B. Wu & C. Mai II. Reading: 1. Activities 3: GUESSING Tick the things which appear in the passages, and cross the ones which don’t Activities Tick Cross a. lucky money v b. a day full of fun v c. a cat’s cry x d. house decoration v e. fireworks v f. say wishes v g. cheering & singing v h. visit relatives x i. giving rice v j. Trafalgar Square x 2. Activity 2: Say who the following statements refer to Russ, Wu or Mai *Keys: 1. C 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. B 6. C III. Speaking: 1. Talk to your friends and say practices & beliefs you will do or won’t do this New Year Ex: I won’t go to the Times Square to welcom the New Year. -help SS remember activitíes at Tet of The H’Mong, the Scottish, the Thai & the Japanese in the previous lesson - use the steps of presenting new words - ask SS to guess first - read the texts to check - ask SS to read the texts again - in groups, give their ideas - follow the teacher - guess first - read the texts to check - read the texts again to check Week: UNIT 6: OUR TET HOLIDAY Period: Lesson 6: SKILLS 2 Date: * Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to listen to get information about going shopping for Tet and write a short guided e-mail . * Language contents: + Vocabulary: the words of Tet practices and plans + Grammar: intentions with WILL and advice with SHOULD. * Techniques: Brainstorming, R & R, Guessing, Write it up * Teaching aids: Ss’ books, text books, extra board, pictures * Procedure T Contents Teacher’sativities Students’ activities 5 15 10 A. Warmer: Brainstorming ( about practices and beliefs at Tet in Viet Nam, in The USA, and in China) Ex: Tet in Viet Nam, present rice to wish for enough food,…………… In the USA, people go to Times Square to welcome the New Year ,……… In China, people,……… B. New lesson: I. Listening: * Set the scene: Mai & her mother 1. Prediction: 2. Listen to check: Activities Tick a. peach blossoms v b. banh chung c. new clothes v d. a tie v e. sweets v f. fruit g. chocolate biscuits v 3. Listen to write: A. People B. Things 1. Mai & her brother clothes 2. Mai’s Dad a tie 3.Mai’s grandparents some sweets II. Writing Write an e-mail to a friend about your Tet holiday From: To: Subject: Dear………… , I feel very…………… Our Tet holiday is coming. This year I will……………………………………. I won’t……………………………………………… At Tet, people should……………………………… People shouldn’t…………………………………… Write soon, ………… III. Test 15’ - remind SS of practices and beliefs at Tet in Viet Nam, in The USA, and in China - ask SS to predict - ask SS to listen to check - ask SS to listen to write - ask SS to write an e-mail to a friend about your Tet holiday - in groups, speak out - predict what Mai & her mother will buy - listen to check their prediction - explain what makes them to choose so - listen again to write out the names of the things they will buy for the people in column A. - write an e- mail individually. - For more advanced SS, they may be 15 C. Homework - learn the lesson - prepare LOOKING BACK & PROJECT - give out the papers allowed to ‘ get out” of this framework, and they can write as they like, e.g. How the Vietnamese will celebrate Tet in ten years’ time. - do a fifteen- minute test . guess first - read the texts to check - read the texts again to check Week: UNIT 6: OUR TET HOLIDAY Period: Lesson 6: SKILLS 2 Date: * Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will be able. away d. first footer: the first person to enter your home after New Year’s Eve. V. Activity 6: Write the two facts of the group of people they like best C. Homework - learn the lesson -. to read aloud. The group decides which group of people he/she is talking about. Week: UNIT 6: OUR TET HOLIDAY Period: Lesson 5: SKILLS 1 Date: * Objective: By the end of the lesson, students