Purpose: To develop Ss’ speaking skill, using I Will/Won’t to express intentions. - T: “Look at these activities again[r]
(1)English 6
Date of planning: December 1st, 2019 Date of teaching: December 3rd, 2019 Period 48
UNIT (cont.) Lesson 5: SKILLS 1 Students’ level: average score of - 8/10 (75%)
Time allowed: 45 minutes A LESSON DESCRIPTION
I Aims: To help students (Ss) practice reading and speaking skills II Objectives: Ss will be able to
* Knowledge:
- remember some vocabulary related to practices and beliefs of the New Year: strike, cheer, bow, present, shrimp, move backwards…
- use Will/Won’t and Should/Shouldn’t to express intentions and advice * Skills:
- guess the meaning of some new words from the context
- understand the passages (Textbook – p.64-65) to fulfil the reading task - talk about some common practices and beliefs of the New Year
* Attitudes:
- give more love to their traditions at Tet in their country
- be aware of a variety of practices and beliefs of the New Year in Viet Nam and in other countries
* Competences:
Ss are expected to have the competences as follows: - Self-control
- Independent learning - Collaboration
- Problem-solving III Ways of teaching: + T- Wc
+ Individual work + Pairwork
+ Groupwork
IV Teaching techniques: - Passing the ball
- Asking and answering - Eliciting
- Slap the board
- Presentation
- Catching words from images - Matching
V Preparations for the lesson:
(2)Ss: revising the future simple tense and structure “should / shouldn’t + V”; preparing some pictures of some popular beliefs about the New Year
VI Anticipated problems:
- Some of the Ss may have difficulty in talking about beliefs of the New Year
- Solution: At the end of the last lesson, Ss were assigned to work in groups, preparing their pictures/acting and the beliefs they are going to talk about
B LESSON PROCEDURE
Teacher’s and Ss’ activities Contents I Greeting and Organisation (1minute) Teacher (T): Good morning
Ss: Good morning T: Who’s absent now? Monitor:
II Warm-up (4 minutes) Activity 1: Game: Passing the ball
Purposes: To break the ice, check Ss’ homework on several ways to celebrate New Year of some groups of people, and introduce the new lesson
- T: “Would you like to play a game? Ok Let’s play the game “Passing the ball”
- T explains the rules of the game: + “Pass the ball to your next
classmates while you are listening to the music”
+ “You with the ball in your hands at the moment that the music stops will answer the questions”
+ “After answering the four
questions, you will find out the three hidden children”
- T asks Ss some questions about the children
Game: Passing the ball Questions and keys
Do the H’Mong start the New Year by sticking feathers of a killed rooster to the drawings of the Sun?
- Yes
2 In which country temples ring bells at midnight on December 31st to remove bad actions in the previous year?
- In Japan
3 What the Scottish to welcome the New Year?
- Clean their houses
4 What people in Thailand to welcome the New Year?
- They throw water over others
(3)“Who are they?” (Ss’answers)
“Where are they from?” (Ss’answers) “What are they talking about?” (Ss’answers)
- T leads in the new lesson
“In today’s lesson, you will fulfil some reading and speaking tasks related to practices and beliefs of the New Year in America, China and Vietnam”
+ They are Russ, Wu and Mai.
+ Russ is from the USA Wu’s from China and Mai is from Viet Nam.
+ They’re talking about their New Year.
III Pre-reading (7 minutes) Activity 2: Vocabulary
Purpose: To help Ss learn some new words/ phrases in the passages (Textbook – p 126)
- T presents the new words / phrases - Ss practice reading the new
vocabulary (paying attention to the stressed syllables) chorally after T and then some individuals take turns to read the words / phrases in front of the class
1 Vocabulary: (on the black board)
- to strike (midnight)
[video clip / eliciting]
- to cheer
[video clip / eliciting]
- to bow [action]
- to present = to give [synonym]
- shrimp (n) [picture] - to move backwards
[picture / eliciting] Activity 3: Slap the board
Purpose:
- To help Ss remember the active vocabulary that they have just learned
- T: “Another small game for you – SLAP THE BOARD”
- T gives instructions and lets Ss play the game
Slap the board:
Group Group 2 move backwards
present
strike bow
s h
(4)T: “I have other new words Please look at them on this extra-board.”
IV While-reading (12 minutes) Activity 4: Matching
Purpose: To develop Ss’ ability of guessing new words from the context - T: “Russ, Wu and Mai are talking
about celebrating New Year in their countries Read the three passages silently for about minutes, guess the meaning of the words in the contexts so as to the matching exercise”
- Individuals the matching exercise in the handouts and then share their answers in close pairs - One student is called to the matching on the board
- T gives the keys
- T reads these words aloud and asks Ss to repeat in chorus
- Some Ss take turns to read the words again
Activity 5: Say who the statements refer to
Purpose: To help Ss fulfil the reading task
- T: “Please re-read the passages in silence and identify who the
following statements refer to”
- Ss give out their answers - T gives feedback
2 Complete the table:
Say who the following statements refer to
A Russ B Wu C Mai
Statements Who
1 A dog is a good present The child welcomes the New Year at Times Square
3 The child gets lucky money Giving rice is wishing for enough
(5)- T calls several Ss to take turns to read the three passages aloud in front of the class
- The others listen and follow the passages in their textbooks
- T corrects their pronunciation if necessary
food
5 The child dresses beautifully One shouldn’t eat shrimps at the New Year
C B C
Activity 6: Tick (V) the things which appear in the passages, and cross (X) the ones which don’t
Purpose: To test Ss’ memory
- T:“Now close all your textbooks, please You can check how good your memory is Look at the things on the screen I’d like you to say “YES” for the things which appear in the passages and say “NO” for the ones which don’t”
- Ss give out their answers - T gives feedback
3 Test your memory! Tick (V) the things which appear in the passages, and cross (X) the ones which don’t
a lucky money V b a day full of fun V b a cat’s cry V d house decoration X c fireworks V f say wishes V
d cheering and singing V h visit relatives X g giving rice V j Trafagar Square X
V Post – reading (Speaking) (19 minutes)
Activity 7: Say which practices and beliefs from passages in 1 you will or won’t this New Year
Purpose: To develop Ss’ speaking skill, using I Will/Won’t to express intentions
- T: “Look at these activities again They are the practices and beliefs of the New Year mentioned from the passages in As you know, to express intentions, we use
Will/Won’t + V Please say which ones you will/won’t do this New Year
- T calls Ss to read out the examples
- Ss (in close pairs) the
1 Expressing Intentions, using WILL / WON’T
Examples :
1 Go to Times Square to welcome the new year →I won’t go to Times Square to welcome the new year
2 Have a time full of fun →I will have a time full of fun
(6)speaking task
- T goes round and works as a controller and facilitator - Some Ss are called to stand up and say aloud
- T gives out encouraging comments
6 Cheer and sing when the clock strikes midnight Dress beautifully
8 Watch fireworks
Activity 8: Talk about what you should or shouldn’t at Tet
Purpose: To develop Ss’ speaking skill, using should/shouldn’t to give advice
- T: “To give advice, we use should/shouldn’t There are some suggested activities here Please talk about what we should or shouldn’t at Tet”
- T calls students (in the roles of Student A, B, C and D) to read the example sentences in front of the class
- Ss work in groups, making their own sentences for about one and a half minutes - One group is called to give their discussion in front of the class
- T: “What should you at Tet? (Some Ss answer ) - T: “What shouldn’t you at Tet?
(Some Ss answer ) - T gives encouraging comments
2 Giving Advice, using SHOULD / SHOULDN’T
play games all night
get up early invite friends home
buy some salt bring home a black cat
ask for lucky money
play music loud
(7)Activity 9: Game: Catching words from images
Purpose: To talk about some popular beliefs about the New Year
- T: “Please enjoy an interesting game called
Catching words from images”
- Ss enjoy the game
Look and say out the beliefs about the New Year
VI Consolidation (1minute) Practices and beliefs about the New Year
+ Reading (skills: reading for details; guessing meaning from context) about New Year in different countries
+ Speaking: - Express Intentions, using WILL / WON’T - Give Advice, using SHOULD / SHOULDN’T
VII Homework (1minute) - Write a list what you should and shouldn’t at Tet - Prepare for Skills
+ Review the structures of will/won’t and should/should’t
Student A: We should make a wish.
Student B: I agree
But we shouldn't get up early.
Student C: No, we shouldn't We should invite
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