Week 16 Unit 8 COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE Period 48 Lesson 3 Listen Preparing Date: 08.12.07 Aim: Practice in listening for details to complete the dialogue. Objective: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to know complete the dialogue between Lan and Aunt Hang. Skills: Listening, Speaking and Reading. Aids: Text book, cassettes, posters. Procedure: Time Content Teacher’s activity Students’ activity 5’ 10’ 18’ I. Warm up: Kim’s game II. Pre-listening: 1. Set the scene: 2. Guessing the missing words: (Exer. on page 74) III. While-listening: 1. Correcting the prediction: Keys: 1. that 2. this 3. It’s 4. Where 5. from 6. coming 7. week 8. arriving 9. Thursday 10. late 11. afternoon 12. speak 13. my 14. get 2. Reading comprehension: • Questions: a. Where does Lan’s family live ? - Setting up the activity - Giving instructions. - Congratulating. - Setting the scene by the pictures of Lan and her aunt Hang. - Giving instructions. Lan and her aunt Hang are talking on the phone. Read their conversation and predict the missing words. - Modeling - Writing Ss’ prediction on the board. - Letting Ss listen to the tape three times. - Asking Ss to give the missing phrases they hear. - Giving the feedback. - Giving instructions. Read the conversation in your books then give the answers for the questions. - Carrying out the activity in 2 groups. - Correcting and choosing the winner. - Listening & trying to understand the situation. - Reading the conversation and predict the missing words individually first, then comparing with a partner. - Listening to the tape and checking the prediction. - Correcting the mistakes if necessary. - Reading the conversation silently to give the answers. 97 where this get week coming arriving speak Thursday afternoon that Hello. Is that Lan ? Hello 10’ 2’ b. Where is Aunt Hang phoning from ? c. When is she going to visit Lan’s family ? d. Is she arriving in Hanoi in the morning ? e. Does she want to speak to Lan’ mother ? • Lucky number ! • Keys: a. They live in Hanoi. b. Aunt Hang is phoning from Hue. c. She’s going to visit Lan’s family next Thursday. d. No, she isn’t. e. Yes, she does. IV. Post-listening: Mapped dialogue Hello. 840257 Hello … How are … Great ! When … you … ? O.K. You are … Can I speak to…… ? This is … I’m … I … calling to tell … I … going … to … you next … On … at … V. Homework: • Practice the dialogue at home and prepare new lesson: Read on page 75. - Modeling. - Monitoring & assisting Ss. - Asking Ss to compare the answers with a partner. - Having Ss. play the game: Lucky number ! - Giving instructions. - Monitoring the activity. - Evaluating & congratulating the winner. - Giving instructions. You want to visit one of your classmates, so you phone to tell him / her about that. How can you start the talk ? - Modeling. - Asking Ss. to practice the dialogue in close pairs, then open pairs. - Monitoring & assisting Ss. - Correcting and feeding back. - Setting the tasks for Ss. - Giving instructions. Practice the dialogue at home and prepare the lesson Read on page 75. - Comparing with a partner. - Taking part in the game in 2 groups. - Choosing and congratulating the winner. - Listening to the dialogue and repeating in chorus. - Practicing in close pairs, then open pairs. - Taking notes in notebooks. 98 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Hello Can I … Week 17 Unit 8 Country life and City life Period 49 Lesson 4 Read Preparing Date: 12.12.07 Aim: Practice reading a text for details. Objective: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to know about the problem of people from the countryside moving to the city . Skills: Reading, Speaking, Listening and Writing. Aids: Text book, posters for doing the exer. Procedure: Time Content Teachers activity Students activity 5 12 I. Warm up: Brainstorming City Countryside - noisy - tall buildings - traffic jam - - quiet - rice paddies - fresh air - II. Pre-reading: 1. Pre-teach vocab. 1. rural (adj.) 2. increase (unc.): 3. a strain: 4. a drought: 5. a typhoon: 6. a struggle: - Setting up the activity. - Giving instructions. Work in 2 groups to think of the things that belong to the city and those in the country. The group has more and correct things is the winner. - Modeling. - Asking Ss from each group to write their things on the board. - Correcting & congratulating. - Eliciting, Modeling, Checking pronunciation & meaning. Explanation: belonging to the countryside. Explanation: becoming greater and larger. Translation: How do you say sửù quaự taỷi in English ? Explanation: What do you call the weather that is hot and dry for a long time in English ? Explanation: What do you call the weather that has heavy rain and big wind in English ?. Translation: How do we say cuoọc ủaỏu tranh in English ? - Working in 2 groups to think of the things that belong to the city and those in the countryside. - Ss from each group write their things on the board. - Choosing the winner. - Taking part in building the lesson. - Repeating in chorus & individually. rural increase a strain a drought a typhoon a struggle 99 17’ 2. True (T) or false (F) prediction: a. Many people from rural areas are moving to the city. b. Life on the farm is always a struggle with nature. c. The increase in population is not a strain on school and hospital. d. Providing facilities for the migrants is not a problem. III. While-reading: 1. Correction of Ss’ prediction: Keys a. T b. T c. F d. F 2. Matching the words in column A to its definition in column B: A B 1. rural 2. plentiful 3. increase 4. strain 5. tragedy 6. urban a. a great pressure b. a terrible event c. of the city or city life. d. become greater or large e. of the countryside f. as many as needed 3. Answering the questions: • Questions: a. Why do many people in the rural areas believe ? b. What can destroy a harvest of the farmer in the countryside ? c. Does the increase in population put a strain on water and electricity supplies ? d. Who may children live with, while their parents go and live in the city ? - Checking memory: Matching - Giving instructions You are going to read a passage about the problem of people in the countryside. Work in pairs to predict which sentences are True and which are False. - Modeling. - Writing Ss’ prediction on the board. - Giving instructions. Read the passage silently and check the prediction & then compare the answers with a partner. - Giving feedback. - Correcting & congratulating the best group. - Giving instructions. The words in column A is in the passage. Now read the passage and then match the word in Column A to its definition in column B. - Modeling. - Monitoring & assisting Ss. - Correcting & conducting feedback. Keys: 1 ---> e 2. ---> f 3. ---> d 4. ---> a 5. ---> b 6. ---> c - Asking Ss to read the passage again to give the answers to the questions. - Monitoring & assisting Ss. - Getting Ss’ answers. - Correcting and giving feedback. Keys: a. …… well-paying job are plentiful. b. Typhoons, floods or drought … - Copying new words in notebooks. - Doing the exer. individually & then comparing with a partner. - Working in two groups to discuss their prediction. - Telling the teacher about the prediction. - Reading the passage silently to check the prediction individually. - Comparing with a partner. - Congratulating the best group. - Doing the exer. individually, then comparing the answers with a partner. - Correcting if necessary. - Reading the passage and answering the questions individually. - Comparing the answers with a partner. - Telling the answers to the teacher. - Correcting the wrong answers. Keys: c. Yes, it does. d. …… relatives. 100 10’ 1’ IV. Post-reading: Gap-filling (Exer. 1 page 75) Keys: 1. leaving 2. home 3. city 4. rural 5. city 6. problems 7. school 8. hospital 9. problem 10. world V. Homework: - Learning by heart all new words. - Writing the complete summary into notebooks. - Preparing the new lesson: Write – P. 76 - Asking Ss. to practice asking and answering the questions in pairs. - Setting up the activity. - Giving instructions. Work in 2 groups to complete the summary by using the information from the passage. The group has more and correct words is the winner. - Modeling. - Monitoring & assisting Ss. - Giving feedback - Congratulating the winner. - Setting the tasks for Ss. - Giving instructions. At home, learn by heart all new words. Copy the complete summary into notebooks and prepare the new lesson: Write on page 76. - Practicing asking & answering. - Working in 2 groups to complete the summary. - Correcting if necessary. - Congratulating the winner. - Taking notes in notebooks. Week 17 Unit 8 Country life and City life Period 50 Lesson 5 Write Preparing Date: 12.12.07 Aim: Practicing writing a letter to friends about the neighborhood. Objective: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to write letters to their friends about their neighborhood. Skills: Writing, Reading, and Speaking. Aids: Text book, posters. Procedure: Time Content Teacher’s activity Students’ activity 5’ I. Warm up: • Revision of the form of an informal letter: Keys: - Setting up the activity. - Giving instructions. Put the outline of an informal letter in the correct order. - The whole class take part in the activity. 101 15’ 15’ 8’ 2’ 1. Heading - Writer’s address - Date 2. Opening 3. Body of letter 4. Closing II. Pre-writing: • Answering the questions: Possible answers: 1. … in a small village / town / big city. 2. … very nice / big with 4 rooms. 3. … can see a small park with many green trees and colorful flowers. 4. … about 2 kilometers from my house. 5. … get to school by bike. 6. … a park, a swimming pool and a library. 7. … like the library best because I can read many interesting books there. III. While-writing: Model: 22 Nguyen Du Street, Mang Thit district, December 11, 2007 Dear Hung, Thanks for your letter you sent me last month. I’m glad to hear that a new mall has just opened in your neighborhood. Let me tell you about my neighborhood. I live in a small town. My house looks very nice. It has 4 rooms. From my bedroom window, I can see a small park with many trees and colorful flowers. My school is rather far from my house so I often go there by bike … IV. Post-writing: • Correcting the Ss’ letters. V. Homework: Writing a complete letter in notebooks. - Modeling. - Monitoring & assisting Ss. - Correcting & feeding back. - Giving instructions. Read the questions in the exer. 2 on page 76 and give the answers to them. - Asking Ss. tell the answers in front of class. - Giving instructions. Work in 4 groups and write a letter to a friend about your neighborhood. You should reach an agreement about a certain house. - Modeling . - Motoring & assisting Ss. - Correcting & giving feedback. - Giving instructions. Write a complete letter in your notebooks. - Carrying out the activity individually & then comparing with partners. - Writing the outline for an informal letter on the board. - Correcting the mistakes. - Reading and answering the questions individually. - Comparing the answers with a partner. - Telling the answers in front of class. - Working in 4 groups to write a letter about their neighborhood. - Hanging the posters after finishing writing. - Correcting the wrong answers if necessary. - One or two Ss reading the letter in front of class. - Taking notes in notebooks. 102 Week 17 Unit 8 Country life and City life Period 51 Lesson 6 Language focus Preparing Date: 14.12.07 Aim: Further practicing in the present progressive tense and comparative and superlative adjectives. Objective: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to use the present progressive tense and comparative and superlative adjectives . Skills: Speaking, Listening, Writing, and Reading,. Aids: Text book, posters. Procedure: Time Content Teacher’s activity Students’ activity 5’ 5’ I. Warm up: Matching Verbs Phrases 1. Play 2. Do 3. Watch 4. Go 5. Clean 6. Have 7. Phone 8. Speak a. the house b. to mom c. a meeting d. my aunt, Hang e. table tennis f. my homework g. to violin lesson h. a program II. Activity I: • Revision of the present progressive tense: Model: Nam: What are you doing tonight ? Bao: I am playing table tennis. Form: - Setting up the activity. - Giving instructions. Work in two groups. Match the verbs to the phrases. The group has more and correct matching is the winner. - Modeling. - Monitoring. - Congratulating the winner. Keys: 1. e 2. f 3. h 4. g 5. a 6. c 7. d 8. b - Revising how to use the present progressive tense. - Modeling. - Running through the verbs - Giving feedback. - Giving instructions. Complete the dialogues yourself & then compare with your partner. - Reminding Ss to use the verbs in the present progressive tense. - Modeling. - Monitoring & assisting Ss. - Feeding back - Working in 2 groups to carry out the activity. - Choosing the winner and congratulating. - Doing the exer. individually & then comparing with a partner. - Doing the exer. individually & then comparing with a partner. - Correcting the mistakes if necessary. - Listening & taking part in the model. 103 am S + is + V- ing … are 18’ 15’ Use: expressing an intention or a plan in the future. Keys: a. am playing b. are doing c. am watching d. am going e. are cleaning f. am having III. Activity II: Brainstorming expensive cheap • Revising the forms of comparative and superlative adjectives: 1 $ 5 $ 500 $ Example: a. The pencil is cheaper than the book. b. The book is more expensive than the pencil. c. The computer is the most expensive thing. d. The pencil is the cheapest thing. Form: …… + short adj. – Er …… …… + more + long adj. …… …… the + short adj. + EST …… …… the + most + long adj. …… Use: making comparison of adjectives. Notes: Some irregular adjectives. good / well --- > better --- > the best bad --- > worse --- > the worst many / much --- > more --- > the most little --- > less --- > the least Possible answers: a. The food in the city is more expensive than in the country b. The school in the city is bigger than in the country. c. The traffic in the city is busier than in the country. d. The transport in the country is worse than in the city. - Giving instructions. Find out long and short adjectives you have learnt. - Modeling. - Writing the adjectives from Ss. on the board. - Presenting the target language by using the pictures. - Modeling. - Revising how to form the comparative and superlative adjectives. - Checking concept. Mean: Tell me the Vietnamese of the sentences. Form: How can we form the comparative and superlative adjectives ? Use: What do we use them for ? Pronunciation: Where should we have a heavy voice in the sentences ? - Asking Ss. to do the exercise 4 on page 79. - Running through the adjectives in the box. - Modeling. - Asking Ss. to do the exer. In 4 groups. - Monitoring & assisting Ss. - Correcting & giving feedback. - Asking Ss. to do the exercise 5 on page 79. - Giving instructions. Write the complete sentences to compare the houses, the villa and the apartment. - Running through the - Telling the adjectives to the teacher. - Listening & taking part in building the lesson with the teacher. - Answering the questions from the teacher to show how to know the lesson. - Copying the lesson in notebooks. - Working in 4 groups to write comparative sentences between the city and the country. - Hanging the posters after writing. - Correcting the mistakes if necessary. - Working in 4 groups to write comparative sentences between the city and the country. - Hanging the posters after writing. 104 long adj. short adj. 2’ IV. Activity III: (Exer. 5 page 79) Possible answers: a. The villa is older than the apartment. b. The house is more expensive than the apartment. c. The villa is bigger than the apartment. d. The apartment is smaller than the villa. e. The apartment is hotter than the villa. f. The house is the biggest. g. The villa is the most beautiful. h. The apartment is older than the house. VI. Homework: Reading the dialogues in the exer. 1 on page 77 and then make similar dialogues by using the shipping information. Model: Mr. Hung: Is the boat from Hai Phong arriving at 10.30 ? Clerk: Are you talking Bright Sky ? Mr. Hung: Yes. Clerk: It’s arriving on time, sir. adjectives in the box and the advertisements in the exer. 5 on page 79. - Modeling. - Asking Ss. to do the exer. In 4 groups. - Monitoring & assisting Ss. - Correcting & giving feedback. - Setting the tasks for Ss. - Giving instructions. Read the dialogues in the exer. 1 on page 77 and then make similar dialogues by using the shipping information. - Modeling. - Correcting the mistakes if necessary. - Taking notes in notebooks. 105 106 . the game: Lucky number ! - Giving instructions. - Monitoring the activity. - Evaluating & congratulating the winner. - Giving instructions. You want to. instructions. Work in 4 groups and write a letter to a friend about your neighborhood. You should reach an agreement about a certain house. - Modeling . - Motoring