Quang Trung secondary school School year 2007-2008 Date of preparation:Sunday,October 21 st , 2007 Unit 4: AT SCHOOL Section A SCHEDULES Period: 23 A 6 ,7 I. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: LANGUAGE CONTENT : - To teach the students some vocabulary relating to the passage. - To review the simple present. -Help the sts play with words LANGUAGE FUNCTION : - To talk about the differences between Vietnamese and American schools. EDUCATIONAL AIM : - To make the students aware of the different cultures between Viet Nam and the USA. 1. Language: a. Vocabulary: school uniform a 20-minute break cafeteria snack after-school activity b. Structure: There is no school uniform. There are no lessons on Saturday. 2. Skill: Integrated skills 3. Education factor: - To respect American “school cultures”. - To preserve and bring into play the nation’s “school cultures”. II. TEACHER AND STUDENTS’ PREPARATION: 1. Method: Communicative Approach. 2.Techniques: Repetition, Explanation, Demonstration, Pairwork, Groupwork, Using Pictures, Network, T/F, Asking and Answering. 3. Materials needed: Textbook, chalks, tape, stereo. 4. Students’ preparation: Prepare vocabulary beforehand. 5. Previous exercises: exercises A 4 in the workbook (p. 23). III. PROCEDURES IN CLASS: 1. Stabilization: 2’ a. Warm up: Greetings b. Checking absence: Asks the monitor: Is there anybody absent today? 2. Checking up the previous knowledge: Time needed: 5’ Questions: Asks two students to ask and answer about their schedules. Keys: Students’ answers. 3. Presentation of the new materials: GV: Nguyễn Thị Ngọc 92 Quang Trung secondary school School year 2007-2008 TIME TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES THE CONTENT OF THE LESSON 4’ 9’ I. WARM-UP: 1. Sets the situation: - Shows the picture in the textbook and asks: + Who are there in the picture? + Where are they from? 2. Introduces and tells the aims of the lesson: - Says: Today you are going to learn Unit 4: At School, Section A, Part 6,7. In this period you will read a passage about schoolls in the USA to know some differences between Vietnamese schools and American schools. II. PRE-PRACTICE: 1. Pre-teaches new words and phrases following steps and principles of teaching words. a. school uniform (adj) (using pictures) Ex: All of the students wear school uniform to go to school in Vietnam. b. break (n): (using examples) After a long time of studying, we usually have a break. -> A 20-minute break: a break lasts 20 minutes. -> two 20-minutes breaks. c. cafeteria (n) (translating) d. after-school activity (using examples) Baseball, football and basketball are after-school activities. e. American football = rugby (n) 2. Checks understanding of new words: Slap the Board. 3. Divides class into groups of 8. Has the students guess the information relating to American schools. - Observe the pictures and answer. + There are students and there is a teacher. + The USA. - Listen carefully to the teacher. - Listen and repeat, guess the meaning and copy down. - Play the game. - Guess the Unit 4: AT SCHOOL. Section A: SCHEDULES Period: 23 A6,7 I. Content: A6 1. New words and phrases: a. school uniform b. break (n) -> a 20-minute break -> two 20-minute breaks c. cafeteria (n) d. after-school activity 2. Read. 3. Answer T/F a. T b. F c. F d. T e. F f. F GV: Nguyễn Thị Ngọc 93 Quang Trung secondary school School year 2007-2008 12’ 5’ (Network) do not wear uniform III. CONTROLLED - PRACTICE: 1. Has the students listen to the passage. - Lets them read the passage silently. - Asks them to check their prediction. - Calls two students to read the passage respectively. 2. Asks the students to reread the passage then answer True or False in pairs, then correct the false sentences. - Goes round to help the students. - Checks their answers and makes any necessary corrections. a. T b. F (There are no lessons on Saturday.) c. F (One break in the morning, the other is in the afternoon.) d. T e. F (The school cafeteria is open at lunchtime and also at break.) f. F ( Basketball is one of the most popular after-school activities.) IV. FREE - PRACTICE: - Divides class into groups of eight, has them discuss the differences between Vietnamese and American schools and then write on their posters. - Asks each group to send one representative to go to the front and talk about this. information in groups of 8. - Listen to the passage. - Read the passage silently. - Check their prediction. - Two students read loud the passage. - Reread the passage and answer T/F in pairs. - Give their answers. - Work in groups of 8, discuss the differences between Vietnamese and American schools. - Each group sends one representative to go to the front of the class and talk about A7 1.Home economics. 2.The world changes 3.rivers and mountains ranges II. Remember: - There is no school uniform. - There are no lessons on Saturday. III. Homework: - Learn the lesson well. - Prepare B 1,2. (librarian ,science book ,dictionary ,reference follow me ) GV: Nguyễn Thị Ngọc 94 American Schools Quang Trung secondary school School year 2007-2008 3’ A7.Play with words . Introduecs some new words . 1.home economics 2 .body 3. the world changes 4.rivers and mountains ranges Reads then has the sts read in chorus Has the sts read individually V. CONSOLIDATION: - Asks the students some questions to get the main points of the lesson: + Is there school uniform in the USA schools? + What time do classes start and end in the USA? + Are there any lessons on Saturday in Vietnam? + What are the most popular after- school activities in the USA? this. Listen to the teacher Repeat Read the these passages in chorus .then individually - Listen carefully to the teacher and answer. + No, there is no school uniform. + They start at 8.30 and end at 3.30 or 4. + Yes, there are. + Baseball, football and basketball. 4. Homework: 5’ - Learn the lesson well. 5. Preparation for the next lesson: Prepare Unit 4, section B, part 1, 2.(librarian ,science book ,dictionary ,reference follow me ) 6. Self – evaluation: The students are very interested in this period . . GV: Nguyễn Thị Ngọc 95 . school School year 200 7- 2 008 Date of preparation:Sunday,October 21 st , 20 07 Unit 4: AT SCHOOL Section A SCHEDULES Period: 23 A 6 ,7 I. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:. repeat, guess the meaning and copy down. - Play the game. - Guess the Unit 4: AT SCHOOL. Section A: SCHEDULES Period: 23 A6 ,7 I. Content: A6 1. New words and