Week 1 Date of preparation: 3/9/2007 Date of teaching: 5/9/2007 UNIT 1 A VISIT FROM PENPAL Period: 2 - Getting started - Listen and read I Objective: By the end of the lesson: Sts will be able to know about some places Lan went with a foreign friend and some activities they took part in together. II Language content : * Grammar: The past Simple The Past Simple with wish * Vocabulary: impress(ed); to pray; a mosque; correspond III Teaching aids: - text book, cassette, picture, poster card IV Teaching steps: Stage Teacher’s activities Sts’ activities Warm up Pre – reading While – reading Post – reading • Chatting: - Do you have any pen pal? - Where does She/He live? - Has She/He ever visited your City? - What activities would you do during the visit? • Possible answer: - I think I’ ll take our friend to temple and churches. - I’ ll take them to the beach. - I’ll take them to the mountains. - I’ll take them to the theatre and restaurants. E.X: Picture C P1: I think this is one of the places we want to take our friends to. We can do the shopping or I”ll just introduce them a Vietnamese Market. P2: Good idea! I believe they will be interested in it. I. Pre – teach Voc: - To correspond (explanation: If two people correspond, they regularly write to each other): trao đổi thư từ - A mosque (picture) nhà thờ hồi giáo - To be impressed by (explanation: admiring someone or something very much): có ấn tượng - To pray: (mime): cầu nguyện,cầu khấn * Check Voc: Rub out and remember II. Open prediction: Lan’s Malaysian pen pal came to visit her in Hanoi. Can you guess where she went and what she did during her stay? - Give feedback to the whole class to the open prediction. - Ask Sts to read the text to check their prediction and add some more information. - Ask Sts to read the text again to choose the correct option to complete the sentences on page 7 (work in pairs) * Answer keys: 1. …two weeks 2. ….Hanoi people were friendly T – Whole class Whole class Whole class Individual Pair work Homework 3. …famous places in Hanoi, areas for recreation, a place of worship 4. ….invite Lan to Kuala Lumpur. - Note the “ used to” structure in the text. Give some example E.X Lan used to walk past the mosque on her way to primary school… - Ask Sts to learn Voc by heart - Prepare for the next lesson Date of preparation: 4/9/2007 Date of teaching: 7/9/2007 UNIT 1 A VISIT FROM PENPAL Period: 3 SPEAK I Objective: By the end of the lesson: Sts will be able to make and respond to introduction II Language content : * Grammar: The past Simple The Past Simple with wish * Vocabulary: impress(ed); to pray; a mosque; correspond III Teaching aids: - text book, cassette, picture, poster card IV Teaching steps Stage Teacher’s activities Sts’ activities Warm up Activity 1 • Pelmanism - Prepare 10 cards with numbers on one side and the countries and their cities on the other. - Make sure the countries and the cities are mixed up. Stick the cards on the board so Sts can only see the numbers. - Divide the Sts into 2 teams and ask them to choose 2 numbers. - Turn over the cards and see if they match, E.X: Tokyo – Japan. If not, turn the cards face down again and ask the other team to choose. - Continue until all the cards are turned over. Tokyo Perth Liverpool Bombay Hoi An Japan Australia England India Vietnam - T introduces the situation: Nga is talking to Maryam. They are waiting for Lan outside her school. - Ask Sts to do exercise a on page 8. The Sts have to work impairs to put the sentences in the correct order to make a complete dialogue. * Answer keys: 1 c; 5 b; 4 d; 2 e; 3 a * Check Sts’ understanding: - Ask some questions to check Sts’s understanding * Have Nga and Maryam met each other before? (No) * Is Maryam enjoying her stay in Hanoi? (yes) * What does she like in Viet nam? (their people is very friendly and Hanoi is very interesting city) Group work T – Whole class Pair work T – whole class Pair work Activity 2 Homework - Ask Sts to practice speaking the dialogue. T – St St – St Set the scene : You are talking to Maryam’s friends. Introduce yourself. - Ask Sts to take turn to be one of Maryam’s friends and practice. * Answer keys: 1. A: Hello.You must be Yoko B: That’s right,I am. A: Are you enjoying your stay in Hue? B: Oh yes,very much. I like Vietnamese people and I love old cities in Vietnam. A: Do you live in Tokyo. Have you been there? B: No. What’s it like? A: It’s busy big capital city. It’s very different from Hue. B: I see. 2. ………… 3. ………… - Ask Sts to work in pairs to practice the dialogue. + First ask some pairs to present their dialogues. + Then ask Sts to practice with their partner - While Sts are doing their tasks, T goes round, take notes things should be corrected afterwards. - Ask Sts to copy dialogues into their notebook - Reinforce the knowledge. Pair work T – Whole class