Week 2 Date of preparation: 10/9/2007 Date of teaching: 12/9/2007 UNIT 1 A VISIT FROM PENPAL Period: 5 WRITE I Objective: By the end of the lesson: Sts will be able to write a personal letter. 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 – Writing While – Writing * Chatting: - Have you ever visited any other places in Viet Nam? - When did you go? - How did you get there? - Did you visit any places of internet? - Did you buy any thing? - When you are away from home, do you keep in touch? How? Set the scene: “ Imagine you are visiting your relatives or friends in another part of Viet Nam or different country”. - Ask Sts on their own answer the following questions: 1. Where are you now? How did you get there? 2. Who did you meet? 3. What have you done? - What places have you visited? - Who have you met? - What kinds of food have you tried? - What souvenirs have you bought? 4. How do you feel now? 5. What do you think interest you most? 6. When are you returning home? - Ask two or three Sts to tell the class about their visit. - Ask Sts to work in pairs to talk to each other a bout their visit. - Remind Sts about the format of personal letter by asking the question: what are the pasts of a personal letter? * Answer keys: A. heading – Writer’s address and the date B. Opening – Dear C. Body of the letter D. Closing – Your friend/ Regard/ love - Ask Sts to write the letter to their family, telling them about their visit. - Ask Sts to look at outline on page 11 and ask them what part of the letter they are going to write (body of the letter) - Ask Sts to follow the outline to write their own letter. - Ask them to wrap their letters, compare with their partner’s T –Whole class Individual work Pair /Group work T – Whole class Individual work Homework and correct if they can. * Suggested ideas: First paragraph: I arrived at Danang airport at 2 P.M on Tuesday. Hoa met me at airport, the she took me home by taxi. Second paragraph: I have visited to many places like the beaches, the Cham Musium, Marble Mountains, supermarkets, the water park…… I have tried different foods: seafood, Danang speciality… I will visit Hoi An and My Son tomorrow. Third paragraph: I feel so happy and enjoy myself so much. The people here are so nice and friendly, the foods are so delicious, and the sights are so beautiful. I will leave Danang at 2 A.M next Thursday? And will arrive home at the airport. - Correct mistakes -Ask Sts to write their letters on their notebooks. T – Whole class Week:3 Date of preparation: 20/9/2007 Date of teaching: 21/9/2007 UNIT 1 A VISIT FROM PENPAL Period: 6 LANGUAGE FOCUS I Objective: By the end of the lesson: Sts will be able to use past simple and past simple with wish. 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 5 min Presentation 5 min * Match Visit Came Come Spent Take Liked Like Visted Spend Took 1. Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions about what each person did on the weekend. * Set the scene: This is the conversation between Tan and Phong. They are talking about what Ba did on the weekend. T: What did Ba do on the weekend? P: He went to see the movie called “ Ghost and Monsters” T: When did he see it? P: He saw it on Saturday afternoon at two o’clock. * Form: Verb + ED / V2 (in irregular verbs) * Meaning: ĐÃ T – Whole class T – Whole class Pair work Practice 10 min Presentation 5 min Practice 5 min Presentation 5 min Practice 10 min - Ask Sts to work in pairs to ask and answer questions about Ba, Nga, Lan, Nam and Hoa did on the weekend (Exercise 1 on page 11). - Tell them that the activities happened in definite time in the past. Possible conversations 1. A: What did Nga do on the weekend? B: She went to the concert performed by Hanoi singers A: When did she go? B: She went there on Saturday at 8 pm. 2. A: What did Lan do on the weekend? B: She went camping held by Y & Y. A: When did she go? B: She went camping at weekend. She went on Sat morning 3. …… 4. ……… 2. Write things they did to prepare for the party. Use the Pic and words in the box. * Set the scene: Lan and her friends are holding a farewell party for Maryam. Write the things they did top prepare for the party. - Ask Sts to use the words and the pictures in the box E. X 1. Hoa baked a cake 2. Hai hung colorful lamps on the wall in the room. 3. Hanh bought flowers. 4. Tan painted a picture of Hanoi. 5. Nga and My went shopping. 3. Work a partner. Write wishes you want to make in these situations. The past simple with Wish - Ask Sts to lok at the picture and answer the questions: • Is She tall? – No. • Is She happy with it? ? – No. • What does She have in her mind? – I wish I were taller. What tense was used in the clause after wish? Past tense. → WISH is use when we want really to be different and exactly opposite of the truth, E.X expresses wishes in the present → FORM: - Ask Sts to look at the real situations and make WISHES. * Sample answers: b. I wish I were in the swimming pool now. c. I wish I had a computer now. d. I wish I lived close to school. T – Whole class Pair work T – Whole class Indidvidual work T – Whole class Individual work I wish I were taller I WISH + S + Past Simple Homework e. I wish I ahd a sister. f. I wish I drew well. g. I wish I had my friend’s phone number. h. I wish I had knew many friends. i. I wish It rained so often in my hometown. J. I wish there were rivers and lakes in my hometown. -Ask Sts to make three wishes of their own. - Reinfore the knowledge. - Prepare for the next period.