Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to: - read and write a letter in English.. - Talk about vacations in the USA.[r]
(1)UNIT : THE WORLD OF WORK Period 43: A2,3 A student’s work I Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to: - read and write a letter in English
- Talk about vacations in the USA - making comparisons
II Language contents:
- Grammar: Simple present tense
Comparative adjectives
- Vocabulary: celebrate, to spend time with, public holiday, turkey,
firework display, Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, 4th of July
III Techniques:
Pairwork, ask and answer
IV Teaching aids: pictures, a cassette, a tape, a sub-board V Procedures:
Teacher and sts’ activities Contents
1.Warm up: Ask Ss some questions about their work
2.Presentation + Practice:
+ Activity 1: A2.Read.Then answer the questions.
*- T introduces the situation “This is a letter which Tim wrote to Hoa, a friend in VN He tells her some more about the students’ life in America and he also wants to know the students’ life in VN.”
- Have them read quickly and find out whose letter it is and to whom it is sent - Explain voc
*- Have some Ss read the letter before the class
- Have them read the letter silently - Let them read and answer the questions
- Ss give the answers + Activity 2: A3.Listen.
- Have Ss look at the pictures and guess what the American holiday is in each picture
A2- Read Then answer the questions Vocabulary
- Celebrate - Easter (n)
- 4th of July = Independence day.
- Thanksgiving (n) - Christmas (n)
a.Summer vacation is the longest in America
b.During his vacation, Tim spends time with his family
c.Vietnamese students have fewer vacations than American students
A3- Listen: Vocabulary
- to spend time with - public holiday (n) - turkey (n)
(2)- Have them listen to the tape twice and write the names of the holidays
- Listen again and check the answers
- Give the correct answers 3.Production:
- Ask Ss to give the date of the holidays in the year
- Ss talk about their holidays in the year
4.Homework:
- Copy the answers and “remember”; Prepare A4
(Explain voc)
Key
a Thanksgiving