Unit 8: The Story of My Village Lesson 1 – Reading Date: 27/11/2009 Class: 10A1 – K64 School: Luong Ngoc Quyen senior high school Trainee: Bui Thi Thu Huong Coach: Ngo Kim Thuy I. Aim: - Students read about the changes in the country life. II. Objectives: - By the end of the lesson, students are able to know about the life of a village. III. Skills: - Scanning for specific information. Use the new words, which relate to the topic in speaking, asking and answering activities. IV. Teaching aids: - Pictures, board, chalk, textbook, tape, cassette. V. Procedure: Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities 3’ 15’ - Greeting: - Good morning! - How are you today? - Who is absent today? - What is the topic of our lesson today? 1. Pre-reading - Give Ss 2 pictures and ask: + Look at the picture a, what do you see? What are they doing? + Look at the picture b, what do you see? + These pictures about the city or the country? + Do you prefer life in the city of life in the country? Why? - Now, work in pairs. Look at the picture and discuss the questions a. What are the people in the picture? b. How are they working? c. What do you think of the crop? d. What helps produce good crops? Vocabulary: - Now, I will present some new words to help you understand the text easily. Make ends meet [ ‘meik end ‘mi:t] In needs of [ in ‘ni:dz əv] Straw [strɔ:](n) Mud [mʌd](n) Shortage ['∫ɔ:tidʒ](n) Bumper crop ['bʌmpə krɔp](n) Cash [kæ∫](n) Export ['ekspɔ:t] - Explain the meaning of new words and provide some examples: E.g.: - Poor people should make ends meet all year. - She is always in needs of many things. - There are some straws on his hair. - The buffalo like to soak into the mud. - Our country had been in a shortage of rice. - Our village has a bumper crop this year. - I have no cash with me. - The government is going to increase the export duty of rice this year. - Guide Ss to read aloud the new words. - Good morning! - Answer. - Answer (The topic of our lesson today is the changing of country life). - Answer: + There are some farmers with their buffalo plough on the field. + There is a man who is fishing on the river, near the river’s bank there are some bamboo trees… + These pictures are about the country. + I prefer life in the country because it is peaceful… (I prefer life in the city because it is modern and excited…) - Look at the picture and discuss the questions a. They are harvesting. b. They are working hard. c. It is good / It is a bumper crop. d. Good farming methods/ farmers’ efforts using farming machines, fertilizers … - Pay attention to the new words. - Copy new words onto the notebook - Pay attention to the meaning of new words and examples, copy it into notebook - Read after the Ts Date:……………………. Signature coach Ngô Kim Thúy . Unit 8: The Story of My Village Lesson 1 – Reading Date: 27/11/2009 Class: 10A1 – K64 School: Luong Ngoc Quyen senior high school Trainee:. morning! - How are you today? - Who is absent today? - What is the topic of our lesson today? 1. Pre -reading - Give Ss 2 pictures and ask: + Look at the picture a, what do you see? What are they