Unit 06 a excursion reading

GROUP OF ENGLISH UNIT 6: AN EXCURSION PART A: READING TEACHER: VU THI DUNG Class: 10c12 GAME: DO YOU LIKE TRAVELLING? Rule: You are in two groups A and B You will choose the provinces you want to visit on the map You have to tell exactly the places by using the cues Cues: It is one of the beautiful biggest bridges in Asean countries HAU GIANG HO CHI MINH CITY It is the place where Uncle Ho went aboard to find out the way to save the nation Cues: It is a pagoda in the shape of a lotus which was built in 1049 HA NOI It is a mountain resort whose altitude is 1500m with some wonderful places to visit: Xuan Huong Lake, pine forest, waterfall,… HIGHLAND PROVINCES altitude: chiều cao so với mặt nước biển Cues: It is a picturesque site which was recognized as The Natural Heritage ofNINH the World (Wonder QUANG of the world) by Unesco It is a pagoda which is on the left bank of Huong River HUE Da Lat Ha Long Bay Thien Mu Pagoda One Pillar Pagoda Nha Rong Habour PART A: READING I PRE- READING Small talk: a Have you ever traveled to these places? b Do you like to make an excursion to one of these places? c What should you plan before travelling? Situation: Reading an excursion of Lan and her classmates through her letter to Minh Dear Minh, I’m writing to tell you a piece of news The first term is coming to an end soon and my school is going to have some days of On this occasion, my class is visiting some caves near Hanoi as we have recently studied rock formations Beside, many of us have never been inside a cave, so I suppose the trip will be very interesting At first, we wanted to travel to Thay Pagoda because it is only over 20 kilometres away, and we could go on a day excursion However, only today have we learnt that the caves near Thay Pagoda are closed until after Tet So we are visiting the ones near Huong Pagoda instead A night campfire on a two-day trip will be a great event in our schooldays! To make the trip cheap, we are bringing our own food and sharing buses with some other classes It is much warmer now I believe we’re going to enjoy good weather with lots of sunshine The only problem I seem to have is getting my parents’ permission They may not want to let me stay the night away Pre-teach vocabulary Day off( n): day’s holiday Cave (n) As = because (conj) Formation(n): Excursion(n): Campfire(n): Permission(n): = To persuade: rock formation a short journey for pleasure fire in a camping allowance try to get agreement II WHILE READING A Task Choose the best answer A, B , C, or D to complete each of the sentences Lan wrote the letter to _ A inform Minh of her days off B complain about her parents C tell Minh about the plan for her class trip D talk about what she and her classmates will at Houng Pagoda The students decided to go on an excursion because they wanted to _ A understand their Geography lessons better B relax after work C have a campfire D A and B The students have changed their destination as Thay Pagoda điểm đến A it is impossible to visit the caves near B it cost them a lot to visit C they prefer Huong Pagoda D many of them have been to II WHILE READING A Task Choose the best answer A, B , C, or D to complete each of the sentences C Lan wrote the letter to _ A inform Minh of her days off B complain about her parents C tell Minh about the plan for her class trip D talk about what she and her classmates will at Houng Pagoda The students decided to go on an excursion because they wanted to _ D A Understand their geography lessons better B Relax after work C Have a campfire D A and B The students have changed their destination A as Thay Pagoda điểm đến A it is impossible to visit the caves near B it cost them a lot to visit C they prefer Huong pagoda D many of them have been to Task Answer the following questions When are Lan and her classmates going on a trip? Why are they visiting some caves? How far is Thay Pagoda from their school? What are the students’ plans for their trip to Huong pagoda? What is Lan anxious about? Why? Task Answer the following questions When are Lan and her classmates going on a trip? They are going on a trip when the first term is coming to an end and they have some days off Why are they visiting some caves? They are visiting some caves because they have recently studied rock formation /(want to understand their geography lesson better) and many of them have never been inside a cave How far is Thay Pagoda from their school? It is only over 20 km Task Answer the following questions What are the students’ plans for their trip to Huong Pagoda? They are going to make two-day trip and have a night campfire They are bringing their own food and sharing buses with some other classes to make the trip cheap What is Lan anxious about? Why? Lan is anxios about her parents’ permission because they may not let her stay the night away from home Task Fill each blank in the summary of the letter with a suitable group of words from the box bellow her classmates want to see learnt to persuade them their trip some caves is going to go on only problem have is going to go on Lan’s classmates (1) _a two-day excursion to visit some caves want to see (2) near Huong Pagoda They (3) _with their have learnt their geography lessons recently and own eyes what they(4) _in trip relax after their hard work, as well They have planned (5) _ their carefully only problem For Lan, the (6) is getting her parents’ permission She will try (7) so that to shepersuade will be able to join (8) on her classmates the excursion III POST-READING Listen to some statements Decide whether these statements are True or False(T/F) The first term of Lan’s school have just ended F They decide to visit Houng Pagoda first and Thay Pagoda later F There is a night campfire on their trip T They have to buy their food along their way to Houng Pagoda F They are going by buses with other classes to make the trip cheap T CONSOLIDATION Visit some famous places Know some plans for an excursion HOMEWORK - Learn new words - Summarize the letter - Prepare part B: speaking ... Long Bay Thien Mu Pagoda One Pillar Pagoda Nha Rong Habour My Thuan Bridge Quang Ninh Ha Noi Hue A Highlands Hau Giang HCM City B PART A: READING I PRE- READING Small talk: a Have you ever traveled... kilometres away, and we could go on a day excursion However, only today have we learnt that the caves near Thay Pagoda are closed until after Tet So we are visiting the ones near Huong Pagoda instead A. .. complain about her parents C tell Minh about the plan for her class trip D talk about what she and her classmates will at Houng Pagoda 2 The students decided to go on an excursion because they wanted