- Reading the page from 4 Teen magazine about five friends to understand where they come from and according to their birthday, we can guess what character they may have.. - Talking abou[r]
(1)Week: Date of planning: 12 / 09 / 2015
Period: 19 Date of teaching: / /
UNIT 3: MY FRIENDS Lesson 4: Communication I Objectives:
- Reading the page from Teen magazine about five friends to understand where they come from and according to their birthday, we can guess what character they may have - Talking about character of friends
II Language Focus:
1 Vocabulary: the lexical items related to the topic “My friends”. 2 Structures: Verbs be and have for descriptions
The Present continuous for future III Method: Communicative approach
IV Teaching aids: Course book, CD player. V Procedures:
STAGES TEACHER AND STUDENTS’
ACTIVITIES
CONTENTS Warm-up
5’
-Ask Ss to play in groups
-Ss write the answer on the board
Network
Adjectives of personalities. - humorous
- friendly - sensitive -
Presentation 10’
Vocabulary - Give new words
- Have Ss play game: ROR
Vocabulary
- choir: đội hợp xướng/ đồng ca
- field trip: chuyến thám hiểm nghiên cứu
- volunteer (a): tình nguyện - curious (a): tò mò
(2)- reliable (a): đáng tin cậy/ chắc chắn - firework: pháo hoa
- competition: cuộc thi đấu/ tranh tài - Racing: cuộc chạy thi
- independent(a): độc lập - freedom: sự tự
Practice 20’
- Show the picture of the five friends in the magazine Discuss the friends with class: where they are come from, what their name might be, what might they like to do, etc
- Can bring a map or a global to show where they are from
- Tell the class they will be introduced to some new verbs
- Ask Ss to the star signs of the five friends in 4Teen magazine
1 Read the passage form 4Teen magazine.
* Adia: Yobe, Nigeria Birthday: 15/5 * Vinh: Danang, Viet Nam Birthday: 7/12 * John: Cambridge, England Birthday: 26/2 * Tom: New York, US Birthday: 19/1 * Noriko: Sakai, Japan Birthday: 21/8
(3)- Ask Ss to look at the adjectives of personalities in the star sign and compare them with what they read about the five friends in
- Have Ss review the star sign description for their own signs Ask Ss to tick adjectives they agree with
- Allow them to share their thoughts with a partner
Dương)
Independent, active, freedom-loving * Taurus: 21/4 – 20/5 (Thiên Ngưu) Patient, reliable, hard-working * Gemini: 21/5 – 20/6 (Hoàng Đạo) Talkative, curious, active
*Cancer: 21/6 – 20/7 (con Cua) Sensitive, caring, intelligent * Leo: 21/7– 20/8 (Nhân Sư) Confident, competitive, creative * Virgo: 21/8 – 20/9 (Xử Nữ) Careful, helpful, hard-working * Libra: 21/9 – 20/10 (Thiên Xứng) Talkative, friendly, creative
* Scorpio: 21/10/20/11(Hổ Cáp) Careful, responsible, curious
* Sagittarius: 21/11 – 20/12 (Nhân Mã)
Independent, freedo-loving, confident * Capricorn: 21/11 – 20/1 (Dương Cưu)
(4)* Pices: 21/2 – 20/3 (Song Ngư) Kind, helpful, creative
3 Look at the star sign Do you agree with the description?
Production
8’ - Have Ss play a line-up game - Ask Ss to arrange themselves in order of birthdays Support them by reviewing months and dates and giving a question and answer they can use: When’s your birthday?
4 Think about your friends’
personalities What star signs you think they are? Find out if you are correct!
Play a line-up game
Homework 2’
-Write a paragraph to describe your friend in your notebook
- Prepare the next lesson : (Skills 1)
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