When I have extra stamps of the same kind I often exchange them with my friends to enrich my collection!. If I have money, I also go to the post office to buy some valuables ones[r]
(1)* WARM UP
Collecting glass
(2)(3)(4)1 Do you know
anything about collecting glass bottles? Do you think it is a good
(5)2 Listen to an interview about hobbies A 4! Teen reporter, Ngoc asks MI about her hobby Complete each blank in the word web with no more than three words.
1 Name of the hobby.
2 Started. _
3 Person who shares the hobby with Mi. _
4 To this hobby you have to:
a) collect bottles after use + get them from b) make _vases
or
c) use them as decorations.
5 Feelings about the hobby.
_ 6 Future: will
_
collecting bottles
2 years ago
(6)Ngoc: Today we’re talking about your hobby, collecting glass bottles It’s quite unusual, isn’t it?
Mi: Yes, it is.
Ngoc: When did you start your hobby?
Mi: Two years ago I watched a TV program about this hobby and liked it right away
Ngoc: Do you share this hobby with anyone? Mi: Yes, my mum loves it too
Ngoc: Is it difficult?
Mi: No, it isn’t I just collect all the beautiful glass bottles after we use them My grandmother also gives me some
Ngoc: What you with these bottles?
Mi: I can make flower vases or lamps from them I keep some unique bottles as they are and place them in different places in the house They become home decorations
Ngoc: Do you think you’ll continue your hobby in the future? Mi: Certainly It’s a useful hobby It can help save the
(7)(8)3 Work in pairs Ask and answer questions about each other’s hobby Take notes below.
1 Name of the hobby.
2 When he/she
started the hobby:
3 Who he/she shares it with:
_
_ 4 To this hobby you
have to:
5 Feelings about the hobby. 6 Future: will
_
collecting stamps
5 years ago
her pen friend
+ Collect stamps from old
envelopes / S.O else gives you. + Stick them in an album, write
down where they come from, when you get them…
interesting hobby
make learning fun, great way to meet people, make new
friends and share ideas
Anna from the US
(9) Ngoc hobby is collecting stamps
She started collecting stamps years ago.
Anna, her pen friend from the USA, and some of
her classmates share the hobby with her.
To this hobby:
+ She collects stamps from old envelopes and
she gets her father, her relatives and her friends including Anna for stamps.
+ She sticks them in an album She takes notes of their origins, the dates she gets them…
+ She also exchanges stamps with her classmates.
She thinks collecting stamps is interesting and helpful In the future, she will go on to enrich her collection.
(10)Topic: Write a paragraph to tell about your favorite hobby.
Model 1: My hobby is collecting stamps It is also one of the most popular hobbies among children Children can enjoy this pastime because it is not an expensive hobby. I started collecting stamps since I was in primary school My hobby began to influence some of my classmates who started sharing the same hobby with me I got my father, relatives and friends for letters with stamps and started keeping them in a box One day I bought my first stamp album with my pocket money that I saved and then I also started exchanging stamps with my classmates After a few years of collecting, now I have got a rather large collection of stamps.
(11)Model 2: My hobby is collecting stamps It is an easy and cheap hobby It is also very useful and interesting as well. I started collecting stamps five years ago Now I have both local and foreign stamps My father helps me with my hobby He brings me stamps from the letters he receives from his friends in many different countries When I get more stamps with the same kind I exchange them with my friends for new ones I have two stamp albums now with about 500 stamps The stamps are in different shapes Some are square while others are triangular and rectangular We can learn many things about the customs and cultures of other countries through stamps There are pictures of great persons, animals, birds, buildings and vehicles on stamps.
(12)Model 3: My hobby is collecting stamps I feel that my life becomes more meaningful when I have a collection of stamps. I have been collecting stamps for more than years so I have a great collection now My hobby got started when I was a little girl I have always wanted the beautiful pictures on the stamps so I have always kept them whenever I receive a letter from my friends and relatives At first I collected only local stamps Some of my relatives went abroad, then my foreign stamps gradually increased Now I have two albums, one for local and the other for foreign ones I classify the stamps into categories before putting them into my stamp albums: animals, flowers, birds, landscape, heroes…, each kind on different pages, which makes me more easily look for them When I have extra stamps of the same kind I often exchange them with my friends to enrich my collection If I have money, I also go to the post office to buy some valuables ones.
(13)Model 4: A hobby is an interesting means of spending leisure time Most people have a hobby, so I People may have different hobbies such as listening to music, singing, dancing, photography, reading, playing games, etc I take great pleasure in stamp collecting
My hobby started two years ago when a friend of mine showed his stamp collection to me At first I collect every stamp I get from postal envelopes which I receive Later my father gives me more I also exchange stamps with my friends My uncle who lives in Australia sends me stamps as well Little by little my collection grows larger Now I have two albums I think I have about 300 stamps of all kinds: celebrities, landscapes, animals, plants, events, etc
(14)HOMEWORK:
+ Write your own favorite hobby. + Do exercises E1,2 / page –
exercise book.
(15)Goodbye.
See you again!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION