- Ss can organize the words into four different categories as follows: FACE: square, oval, round HAIR: curly, wavy, dyed, sleek, shoulder-length, long, short, fair, straight, grey NOSE: [r]
(1)Period: 3rd Date of preparation: August 23rd, 2011 UNIT1: Friendship Lesson: Speaking I OBJECTIVES: Aim: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: - Describe the physical characteristics and personalities of their friends, using appropriate adjectives - Make a dialogue talking about a famous friend Knowledge: - Vocabulary: Words to describe physical characteristics, personalities and friendship - Grammar/ Structures: - (Pronunciation): Skills: speaking II PREPARATION: Teacher: textbook, workbook, tests, chalks Students:textbooks, workbooks, notebooks, pens III PROCEDURE: Warm-up: Game: “Take Them Home” - T divides the class into groups - T gives each group a poster and 20 cards then gives the rule of the game Poster: Card: FACE HAIR NOSE HEIGHT tall oval curly dyed flat short long square wavy round grey sleek large fair shoulder-length medium straight pointed heart-shaped turn-up Lop11.com (2) - Ss work in groups, take turns to choose the cards then stick them in the right categories - Ss can organize the words into four different categories as follows: FACE: square, oval, round HAIR: curly, wavy, dyed, sleek, shoulder-length, long, short, fair, straight, grey NOSE: straight, flat, turned-up, pointed HEIGHT: tall, short, medium - T asks: + Which other words are used for describing physical characteristics? New lesson: Teacher’s activities A Pre - speaking Students’ activities - Help Ss to read those words - Help them use those words in their own sentences to describe one of their friends in their class Elicit them by asking: + What does he / she look like? + What is / she like? + Is he / she tall? - Describe one of their friends - Take part in the teacher’s work Model dialogue: T: Could you tell me something about your friend? What’s he like? S: Oh, he is friendly T: What does he look like? S: Tall and good-looking B While - speaking Task 1: Describe the four persons: Give them some useful expressions: - He is of medium height - He has got a square face with blue eyes - She wears her hair in a bony tail.( đuôi ngựa) - Ask Ss to work in pairs, then call some Ss to present their answers Expected answers: The boy is about 16 He may be shortsighted because he is wearing glasses He has short black hair, a round face with a broad forehead, a small nose, thin lips and a small chin He’s quite good – looking The girl is about 14 She’s also wearing a pair of glasses She has shoulder – length black hair, and she’s wearing a ribbon She’s has an oval face with a straight nose, full lips and a pointed chin She’s quite pretty The man is in his late forty He’s tall and well- built He has short brown hair and a square face with a broad forehead, small eyes, a crooked nose and thin lips He’s quite good – looking 4.The woman is in her late twenty She’s quite tall and slim She has long curly brown hair and an oval face with a broad forehead, big eyes, a straight nose, heart – shaped lips and a small chin She’s very beautiful Lop11.com (3) Task : Rearrange the adjectives - Elicit or explain some adjectives quickly: * Caring: kind, helpful, showing that you care about other people * Hospitable : pleased to welcome guests, generous and friendly to visitors * Modest: not talking much about your own abilities or personalities * Sincere: saying only what you really think or feel * Understanding: showing sympathy for other people’s problems and being willing to forgive them when they something wrong Expected answer: My group thinks that being caring is the most important in friendship because when friends care about each other, they will know when to share happiness or difficulty with their friends -Ask Ss to work in groups, discuss and take notes of the ideas -Call some Ss to present their answers C Post - speaking Task 3: Make an interview - Ss make questions, using the suggestions -Ask Ss to work in groups to make (textbook, page 17) questions or facts about a famous friend Expected answer: based on the suggestions in the textbook * What’s your friend’s/ his/ her name? before doing the task * When was he/ she born? - Elicit some questions they may ask: * What does he/ she look like? * What are his/ her hobbies? * his/her physical characteristics : * What’s he/ she like? * his/her hobbies * What makes him/ her a good friend? *His/her personalities: * What made him/ her successful? * How much time does he spend on - Ask Ss to work in pairs to perform the Math every day? interview * What does he in his free time? -Call some Ss to present their answers - Ss work in pairs: Journalist & Interviewee - Elicit feedback from the class and give final comment IV HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT: - Practise the dialogue talking about a famous friend - Prepare the next period – unit1: Listening V TEXTBOOK ADAPTATION: No Lop11.com (4)