The events: Got on plane, plane took off, hostesses were just beginning to serve lunch when plane began to shake, plane seemed to dip, people screamed in panic.. The climax: We thou[r]
(1)Period: Date: Aug 23rd, 2009
UNIT 1 A DAY IN THE LIFE OF…
***&*** D.WRITING
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
OLD LESSON:
- ask some questions about Mr.Lam activities, a cyclo driver
1. What is his occupation? 2. What time does he start work? 3. Does he have lunch at home?
4. How many passengers does he take in the morning?
5. Who’s his first passenger? 6. Does he take a long rest? WARM-UP:
- Asks Ss some questions
Have you ever heard a frightening story? When and where did it happen?
How did you feel about that?
- T introduces the situation Now we study a frightening story
- Answer questions
1. A cyclo driver 2. At a.m 3. Yes, he does. 4. 4 passengers 5. an old man
6. no, he doesn’t He takes a short rest
- Answer questions
Yes, I have / No, I haven’t.
It happened when I was young in my neighborhood
It made me frightened / happy / bored
PRE – WRITING:
- Ask student to read the narrative in task 1 - Explain some new words
be due to (a): because of, owing to (bởi vì) stare death in the face (v): so scared, afraid
(đối mặt với chết )
take off (v): (plane) leave the ground (cất cánh ) air-hostess (n): person who takes care of
passengers on a plane (tiếp viên hàng không )
fasten seat belt (v): fix the seatbelt around the body to keep safe on the plane (thắt dây an toàn ) dip (v) nhúng , ngâm, chìm xuống
We had only minutes to live : vài phút để sống
- T helps Ss to read the story and find all the verbs that used in the past simple and the connectors (time expressions) in the story -T goes around to help if necessary
-T calls on some Ss to give answers
- Listen and guess the meaning of words
Task 1:
- Suggested answers :
Verbs: started was, arrived, got, took off,
began, thought, were, told, seemed, realised, were, screamed, thought, felt, announced, was, landed,.
Connectors: on that day, at first, then, just,
(2)-T can explain the form and uses of the Simple Past
*It is used to express a habit ,an action in the past
WHILE - WRITING: - Ask students to task 2
- Explain to Ss the format of a narrative: the events, the climax and the conclusion
- Tell Ss to work in groups and identify the events, climax, and the conclusion of the story - Goes around and helps
- Ask them to report the results to class - Checks (corrects)
AFTER - WRITING: Task 3
- Ask students to keep book open
- Ask them to use the prompts to build up a narrative about a hotel fire
- Let students work individually - Walk round and help students
- Do task in groups - suggested answer
The events: Got on plane, plane took off, hostesses were just beginning to serve lunch when plane began to shake, plane seemed to dip, people screamed in panic.
The climax: We thought we had only minutes to live
The conclusion: Pilot announced that everything was all right We landed safely.
Task 3
- Practice in group, write in a sheet of paper - Change the sheet of paper to each other to correct
- Suggested answer:
Last year, I spent my summer holidays
at a seaside town The hotel was modern
and comfortable I had a wonderful holiday until the fire It was Saturday evening and everybody was sitting in the discotheque (which was) on the ground floor I was crowded with people They
were dancing and singing happily.
Suddenly we smelt smoke Then smoke
began to fill in the room Everybody
started to scream in panic People ran
toward the fire exits One door was
blocked.Many people began
coughing and choking Then, just
as we thought we had only minutes to
live, The fire brigade arrived Firemen
fought their way into the room and soon
everyone was safely out of building. Luckily, nobody was seriously hurt It was
the most frightening experience of my life
- Gets class to continue their writing correctly at home
HOMEWORK :