PRONUNCIATION - Pronouncing the two sounds separately - Pronouncing words containing the sounds / sp / / st / / sk / Speak Stanley ask Speech stand disk Speed stop dusk Pay attention Cri[r]
(1)Week: 20 Preparatory date: 10/1 Period: 55 UNIT : THE POST OFFFICE Section A: Reading Period 55: I Objectives By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to: - develop such reading micro – skills as scanning for specific ideas and skimming for general information - Use the information they have read to discuss the topic II Materials Textbook., handouts III Procedure Content Teacher’s activities and Student’s activities WARM – UP : Magic hat Where you go to send a letter? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - BEFORE YOU READ Discussing the picture and saying How far is it from your home to the nearest post office? How often you go to the post office? What for? What services you think the post office offers? Suggested answers: It is km from my house to the nearest post office I sometimes go to the post office to send letters for my cousin who is living abroad I think the post office offers many services such as: Express Mail Service, Express Money transfer, Mail and Parcel Service Pre-teaching vocabulary New words: - well trained ( a) - express Mail service ( n) - express Money Transfer ( n) - press distribution (n) -Messenger Call Service ( n) - facsimile (n) - subscribe (v) - notify (v) Check ROR T asks the whole class to look at the picture on page 100 and asks them some questions: Group work Pair work & whole class Answer the questions - Asks the students to read the new words in page 193( unit 9) Read the new words - If there is some time left, T may ask some Ss to make sentences with the above words to check their understanding Do the task Lop11.com (2) Choose the best answer WHILE YOU READ TASK Instruction: Circle the letter (A,B,C or D) before the word that has the opposite meaning to the italicised word Answers: 1C 2B D C TASK Instruction: Read the text again and then answer the following questions Ss to say whether they agree or disagree - T gives feedback and suggested answers: Thanh Ba Post Office is equipped with dvanced technology and has a spacious and pleasant front office Mail and Parcel Service, Express Money ransfer, Phone Calls and Faxes, Press Distribution They are air mail, surface mail, and the express Mail Service(EMS) it is used for notifying the recipient of the time and place to receive the call You will have to subscribe to your favourite newspapers and magazines TASK Instruction: Find the evidence in the text to support these statements The post office opens daily from am to pm We offer a very competitive rate for parcels under 15 kg We also have the Express Email Service and your EMS mail will be delivered in the shortest possible time We offer a speedy and secure service of transferring money in less than 24 hours AFTER YOU READ Instruction: Work in groups to answer the following questions: Which service provided by Thanh Ba Post Office you think is the most important and why? What service you think Thanh Ba Post Office should have in the future? HOMEWORK - T summarises the main points of the lesson - T asks Ss to learn by heart all of the new words and the extra activity as homework Lop11.com - The T instructs Ss to read through the sentences - T asks Ss to work individually and exchange their answers with other Ss - T asks Ss for their answers and gives the correct Check with the key Work individually then in pairs Read the text to get information T asks Ss how to this task If they not remember, -T may instruct them to use some strategies to the task: - T asks Ss to work in pairs to the task, then discuss their answers with the whole class T call on some Ss to give their answers and asks other Answer questions by oral Answer questions by oral & written Work in pairs Copy and at home - T asks Ss to read the part carefully to find the answer - T gives the correct answers: - When all pairs have finished, T asks every two pairs to share ideas - T calls on some Ss to report their ideas to the class - T gives feedback (3) Week: 20 Preparatory date: 10/1 Period: 56 UNIT : THE POST OFFFICE Section B: Speaking I Objectives By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to: - make a dialogue for each situation - make a conversation at the post office II Materials Textbook, pictures, handouts III Procedure Student’s activities and Teacher’s activities Content I WARM – UP - Pair work -Read the dialogue -Answer the question -Check - make the dialogue - speak out - T asks Ss to works in pairs - T calls some Ss to read the dialogue - T encourages Ss to speak and asks them to explain their choices T asks them to look at the suggestions in page 104 - T can give Ss new words if there are - T make sure that Ss understand how to the task - T calls on a pair of Ss, let them speak their work II Pre – speaking Pre teach: - document ( n) - rate ( n) - to install ( v) - registration ( n) - fee ( n) - greeting card ( n ) - deliver ( v) ( check slap the board ) * Task Instruction: work in pairs to read the dialogue then answer the question: What service is the customer using in the dialogue? Suggested answers: - The service the customer is using is the fax service III While- speaking Task Instruction: Make a conversation from the suggestions Suggested answers: A: Good morning, can I help you? B: Yes, I want to have a telephone line installed at home A: OK Where you live? B: I live at 67 Ngoc Ha Street When can you install Lop11.com (4) - T calls on some other pairs it? to compare their dialogues A: We can install it one week after you have registered - check B: Can you come on Friday? A: Yes That is fine Do you have a telephone yet? B: Yeah, I have a telephone already How much is the installation fee and monthly fee? A: The installation fee is 1.4 million dong and the monthly fee is 27 thousand dong Can you fill in this Practise the dialogue & form? make similar dialogues Work in pair Task <1> A: Good morning, can I help you? B: I would like to subscribe to Lao Dong daily newspaper A: Yes How long would you like to subscribe to it? B: For a year, please A: Where would you like to get the newspaper? B: At home, please I live at 67 Ngoc Ha Street A: OK 67 Ngoc Ha Street B: Oh, can I get the newspaper every morning before 6.30? A: Before 6.30? Well, it might be a little bit too early How about before 7.30? B: OK That’s fine Thank you A: Right Can you just fill in this form? IV While- speaking :<2> A: Good morning What can I for you? B: Yes I would like to send a greetings card and some flowers to my friend on his birthday A: Right You can use our Flower Telegram Service It’s fast and very convinent When is your friend’s birthday? B: It’s May, 16th A: What kind of flowers would you like to send? B: Roses A bunch of red roses, please A: Would you like the card and the flowers to be delivered on May, 16th or a day before? B: On May, 16th It’s best to deliver it in the morning A: OK I’ll make a note for that Can you just fill in this form? And don’t forget to write the address clearly V HOMEWORK - T summarises the main points of the lesson - T asks Ss to make other dialogue Lop11.com (5) Week: 20 Preparatory date: 10/1 Period: 57 UNIT : THE POST OFFFICE Section C: Listening I Objectives By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to: Develop such listening micro – skills as intensive listening for specific information and talking notes while listening II Materials Textbook, cassette tapes, handouts III Procedure Ss' activities and Teacher’s activities - T puts the vocabulary items on the board in any order - T calls on some Ss to form teams, and one person from the team runs to the board, as a representative Play the game Content WARM – UP game – Slap the board T gives a Vietnamese translation for one of the word gets the board The first team to hit the correct word gets the point The representative change, ready for the next word… - After minutes, the team with more points will be the winner BEFORE YOU LISTEN Discussing the questions - T asks Ss to read through the questions and choices on page 105 and makes sure Ss understand all them - T asks Ss to discuss the question in pairs - T calls on some Ss to report on their partner’s answers Vocabulary Pre-teaching T helps Ss to pronounce the words given in the book T may read aloud first or play the tape and ask Ss to repeat in Discuss and answer the chorus and individually - T elicits / Pre-teaches some of these words and those questions taken from the listening passage: + commune + rural network + communal growth + capacity + digit subscriber - T may get Ss to make sentences with the words and give corrective feedback Read the words - T sets the scene: Now you are going to listen to a passage about the development of Vietnam’s telephone system over the past few years WHILE YOU LISTEN TASK Instruction: Listen and choose the best answer A,B,C or D T plays the tape once for the following statements and questions Lop11.com (6) for Ss to the task - T asks for Ss’ answers and writes them on the board - T plays the tape the second time for Ss to check their answers T instructs Ss how to this kind of exercise Listen carefully to choose the best answers B C - T asks Ss to work in groups of to compare their answers - T checks Ss’ answers by calling on some Ss If many Ss cannot complete the sentences, T plays the tape one or two more times - T gives the correct answers: D C D TASK Instruction: You are going to listen to the tape again and answer the questions - T may ask them to try to answer the questions with the things they remember from the previous times of - T plays the tape listening again for Ss to Suggested answers: the task - T gets Ss to work in China has the highest growth in the number of telephone subscribers the pairs and check In the early 1990s, there were only 140,000 telephones in their answers Vietnam - T calls on some Ss In 1996, the fixed telephone numbers were changed from to give the answers and elicits feedback six to seven digits in Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh city as well as five to six digits in other provinces from other Ss In 2001 There are 6,014 communal post offices in Viet Nam Check Listen again to get the information to answer the questions Check Work in group to summarise the passage AFTER YOU LISTEN - T gets Ss to work in groups to summarise the main ideas of the listening passage, Ss can use the suggestions in page 106 - T goes around to offer help and collect Ss’ mistakes - T calls on some Ss to present their summary - T elicits feedback from the class and gives final comments HOMEWORK - T summarises the main points of the lesson - T asks Ss to learn by heart all new words and the extra exercise as homework Do the work Lop11.com (7) Week: 21 Preparatory date: 17/1 Period: 58 UNIT : THE POST OFFFICE Section D: Writing I Objectives By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to: Write a letter to express satisfaction ( or dissatisfaction) II Materials Textbook, handouts III Procedure Sts' activities and Content Teacher’s activities WARM – UP Quiz – A formal letter To remind Ss of some rules of writing formal letters in English Play game T asks Ss to read the information that has given in page 107 and discuss the purpose(s) of the letter in pairs Check T asks Ss to TASK individually When they finish, Ss exchange their answer with another student Quiz You write your address in…………… of the letter The address of the receiver should be written on………., starting below our address You can write………on the right or the left on the line after the address you are writing to When the letter starts Dear Sir / Madam, you end it with…… When the letter starts Dear Dr Smith, you end it with……… It is not a good idea to use…………… such as I’m on can’t Answers: the top left – hand corner the date Yours sincerely, the left Yours sincerely, contractions Pre – writing : 1/.Suggested questions What time does Thanh Ba post office open and close? What is Thanh Ba post office equipped with? What services are offered at Thanh Ba post office? What are the attitudes of the staff? Key Thanh Ba post office opens at 7a.m and closes at 9p.m It is equipped with advanced technology and a spacious, pretty place for transaction 3.They are Mail and Parcel Services , EMS , Express Money Lop11.com (8) - T checks Ss’ answers by asking some Ss to read their answers out loud - T elicits corrective feedback from other Ss and gives the correct answers when necessary Transfer , Phone Calls and Faxes , Messenger Call Services , Press Distribution The staff are always thoughtful and courteous to the customers TASK The opening hours of the post office : It is too early when closing at p.m It would be much better if the post office opened until 11p.m so that customers can have Read the ideas &do more access to the services exercise The quality of the equipment: Thanh Ba Post office is a well-equipped and reliable address for the postal and telecommunication needs The security conditions of the post office : The parking area of Thanh Ba Post office is not a good and T asks Ss to exchange security place / Although the parking area is large, it has no their writing with another student for peer security guards The attitudes of the staff : correction The staff is always helpful and polite to the customers / The - T goes around and collects mistakes and attitude of the staff sometimes seems a bit cold and not very errors helpful - T collects some While- writing writings for quick Task feedback - Before Ss write the letter, T asks them to read the instruction carefully - T gets Ss to write the letter in 15 minutes - T goes around to observe and offer help - T explains the situation Post- writing - Asking Ss to discuss about the services of Thanh - T writes Ss’ typical errors on the board and elicits self and peer correction T provides correction only when Ss are not Ba Post Office - Asking Ss to be able to correct the errors able to give more - Finally, T provides general comments on the letter their own ideas - Going around the class to help if HOMEWORK necessary - T summarises the main points of the lesson - For homework, T asks Ss to improve their writing, talking into consideration their friend’s and T’s suggestion and correction and the extra exercise Lop11.com (9) Week: 21 Preparatory date: 18/1 Period: 59 UNIT : THE POST OFFFICE Section D- LANGUAGE FOCUS I Objectives By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to: - Distinguish the sounds / sp /, / sk/ and / st / - Pronounce the words and sentences containing these sounds correctly - Grammar: Defining relative clauses (revision) Non-defining relative clauses (revision) II Materials Textbook, handouts III Procedure Student’s activities Whole class and individually T models the sounds -T asks Ss to practise the dialogue in pars - Calling some Ss to read the dialogue Teacher’s activities I PRONUNCIATION - Pronouncing the two sounds separately - Pronouncing words containing the sounds / sp / / st / / sk / Speak Stanley ask Speech stand disk Speed stop dusk Pay attention Crisp best skill Spacious text school T gives examples Practise reading aloud this dialogue : and Ss to read them and then ( Textbook : page 108 ) distinguish the differences - Practising sentences containing the target sounds between defining relative clauses and non- II GRAMMAR Defining relative clauses defining relative clauses -T explains - defining relative clauses give essential information -T reminds not to forget the about person or thing (if we leave a clause, the reader can not understand what exactly we are talking comma before non defining about) relative clause eg: The picture that hangs next to Lisa’s portrait is Make some other examples the one I like best Non-defining relative clauses - give added information about person or thing ( if we leave a clause, the reader can still understand what we are talking about) Ex1: The man who lives next door is an engineer Ex2: The book which my father bought yesterday is very interesting Ex3: Tom, who lives next door is an engineer Ex4: Swimming, which is a good sport, makes people strong Lop11.com (10) Do the exercise Check Do the homework III Practice Exercise 1 A burglar is someone who breaks into a house to steal things A customer is someone who buys something from a shop A shoplifter is someone who steals from a shop A coward is someone who is not brave A tenant is someone who pays rent to live in a house or flat Exercise who whose whom/ who whose whom/ who Exercise 1.The man who answered the phone told me you were away 2.The waitress who served us was very impolite and impatient 3.The building which was destroyed in the fire has now been rebuilt The people who were arrested have now been released the bus which goes to the airport runs every half an hour IV PRODUCTION Exercise Peter, who has never been abroad, is studying French and German You ‘ve all met Michael Wood, who is visiting us for a couple of days We are moving to Manchester, which is in the north-west I’ll be staying with Adrian, whose brother is one of my closest friends Jonh Bridge, who has just gone to live in Canada, is one of my oldest friends V.HOMEWORK Summarises the main points of the lesson Make sentences using relative clauses “who”, “which”, “whose” as homework Lop11.com (11)