Week 2 Date of preparation: 10/9/2006 Date of teaching: 11/9/2006 UNIT 1 A VISIT FROM PENPAL Period: 3 LISTEN I Objective: By the end of the lesson: Sts will be able to listen to specific information to select the correct pictures. 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 – listening Homework * Jumbled word: tecah -------- catch rkap -------- park ondp -------- pond rssag -------- grass rrubhmage ---------- hamburger - Divide the class into 2 teams. - Ask Sts from each team to go the board and write down the correct words wins the game> Set the scene: “Tim Jones’s Mexican pen pal,Carlos is visiting the USA.” - Ask Sts to look at the pictures and tell the class what there is in each one. Where the place is, what the people are doing. * Open predictions: - Tell Sts that Tim is taking Carlos to visit some places. Ask them to think of three things that Tim and Carlos are doing. * Possible answers: 1 They are going to the park 2 They are taking a bus 3 They are going to the restaurant - Ask Sts to listen to the tape to check their guesses. - Give feedback - Ask Sts to listen to the tape the second time tochoose the correct picture. * Answer keys: a. 1 b. 2 c. 2 - Ask Sts to write into their notebooks - Prepare for the next period Group work T – Whole class Individual work T – Whole class Whole class Date of preparation: 13/9/2006 Date of teaching: 14/9/2006 UNIT 1 A VISIT FROM PENPAL Period: 4 READ I Objective: By the end of the lesson: Sts will have some knowledge about Malaysia, one of the countries of the ASEAN 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 * Hangman: - Draw strokes on the board. Each stroke stands for a letter of the word. - Sts take turn to guess is not right, the teacher draws a stroke (according to the order in the picture) - If Sts guess wrong eight times, they lose. Teacher gives the answer. - The word has …… letter. It is MALAYSIA. - Ask Sts what they know about MALAYSIA - Ask Sts to make questions for what they want to know. - Expected questions: Where is it? What is the capital of Malaysia? What is its population? How big is Malaysia? What language is spoken in this country? - Ask Sts to read the text to find out the answers to their questions. - Give feedback - Ask Sts to read the text the second time to fill in the chart in exercise a on the page 10. * Answer keys: MALAYSIA 1. Area: 329758 sq km 5. Capital city: Kuala Lumur T – Whole class Whole class Individual work Pair work Homework 2. Population: over 22 million 6. Official religion: Islam 3. Climate: Tropical climate 7. National language: Malay 4. Unit of currency: Ringgit 8. Compulsory second Language: English - Ask Sts to read the text again and do the T or F statements * Answer keys: 1. T 2. F ( there are more than two religions) 3. F ( English, Chinese, tamil are also widely spoken) 4. F ( One of three: Malay, Chinese, Tamil) 5. F ( English is a compulsory second language, not primary language of instruction.) - Ask Sts to answer the questions in front of the class> - Give feedback * Do project In your group of eight do a project to introduce your city as a tourist attraction. Use the cues: Where is your city? What is it famous for? What could people do when coming to the city? Where could they go? What could you do to make your city more attractive? - Do the exercise in workbook T – Whole class T – Whole class