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Ask Ss to work in pairs, read the passage (a narrative) in the book and find all the verbs that are used in the past simple and the connectors ( time expression[r]

Teaching date: Thur, August 22nd 2008 Preparing date: 23rd

Period:2nd

Unit A day in the life of

Lesson: Reading I Objectives.

By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to talk about their daily routines by leaning a typical day of a farmer

II Materials

Textbook, pictures about farmers and field work

III Method.

Communicative

IV Procedure.

Steps T arrangementWork

Warm – up Chatting

Ask Ss to work in pairs Tell them to ask and answer about their daily routines by using the cues:

E.g: What time you often get up A: What time you often get up? B: I often get up at six

* What time you go to school/ have breakfast/ lunch/ dinner/ go to bed/

* What you often in the morning/ afternoon/ evening

5 Pair work

Before you read Vocabulary pre – teach

- Plough [plau] ( v ) : furrow, turn up the soil ( cµy )

- harrow ['hærou] ( v) : break the soil ( bõa )

- plot of land ( translation ) : Một miếng đất, mảnh ruộng

- fellow peasants (n): farmers working in the same field ( đồng nghiệp, nông dân )

- local tobacco ( translation ) : Thuốc đợc sản xuất địa phơng - take a short rest (v): have a rest for a short time : Nghỉ giải lao ngắn

- transplant [træns'plɑ:nt] (v): grow rice : cÊy

- Crop (n) ( translation ): Vô mïa - pump [pʌmp] (v) b¬m

Checking technique

Ganme: rub out and remember.

10 Whole class

Set the scene

You are going to read two passages about a day in the life of two farmers.

Task – Multiple choice

Ask Ss to read the passages individually and choose the option A, B or C that best suits the meaning of the italicised word(s)

Advise Ss to read the passages quickly and stop at the lines that contain the words to guess the closest meaning

Go around the class and provide help if necessary

Call on some Ss to read aloud their answers Ask them to explain their choice

Give correct answers:

1 C C A A

Note: T may wish to further explain the words in Vietnamese if

necessary

Task – Answering question

Have Ss work in pair and ask and answer about the passages Call on some pairs to the task in front of the class

Give feedback and suggested answers:

1 He’s a peasant / farmer.

2 He gets up at 4.30’ and then goes down the kitchen to boil some water for his morning tea.

3 In the morning, he ploughs and harrows his plot of land, drinks tea and smokes tobacco during his break.

4 In the afternoon, they repair the banks of their plot of land Mr. Vy pumps water into it and his wife does the transplanting.

5 Yes, they are Because they love working and they love their children.

Task 3: Note Completion

Ask Ss to come scan the passage and make a brief note about Mr Vy and Mrs Tuyet’s daily routines

Tell Ss to compare their notes with a friend Give correct answers:

In the morning

4.30 The alarm goes off and Mr Vy gets up,

goes down the kitchen, boils water for tea, drinks tea, has quick breakfast, leads buffalo to field.

5:15’ leaves house.

5:30’ arrives in the field, ploughs and harrows.

7:45’ take a break 10:30’: goes home

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Individual/pair work

Pair work

In the afternoon

11:30’ has lunch with family

2:30 p.m: Mr.Vy and Mrs.Tuyet go the field again, repair the banks of the plot of land. He pumps water into the plot of land She does transplanting.

6:00 p.m: finish work 7:00: have dinner

After dinner

Watch TV, go bed.

Sometimes visit neighbours , chat with them.

After you read

Ask Ss to work in groups and talk about Mr Vy and Mrs Tuyet’s daily routines

Call on some Ss to give a short talk about the daily routines of these two farmers Correct Ss’ pronunciation mistakes

Note:

1 This activity can be carried out through the game True or False Repetition Drill

T reads aloud to statements about Mr.Vy and Mrs Tuyet If they are true, Ss will repeat them If they are false, Ss will stay silent Ss who don’t follow this rule will get a kind “ punishment agreed by class

2 I also lets Ss the extra exercise in groups if they wish

Wrapping

Summarise the main points Assign homework

* Home work:

- Ask pls to prapare the reading lesson

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Individual work

Class work

Teaching date: Thur, August 24th 2008 Preparing date: 25th

Unit A day in the life of

Lesson: Speaking

I Objectives.

By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to talk about his or her daily routine by using given information and pictures

II Materials

Textbook, small cards of class timetable…

III Method.

Communicative approach

IV Procedure.

Steps T arrangementWork

Warm – up Network

Revision of school subjects

Ask pls in groups of to and make a list of the subjects they learn at school

The groups with the most words within a limited time will be the winner

Feedback and further explain all the subjects mentioned above especially the ones pls are not familiar

10 Group work

Presentation Set the scene.

Quan is a tenth-grade student He goes to school every morning Now, look at his weekly timetable

EX:

A: What time does Quan have Civic Education lesson on Monday? B: He has Civic Education lesson at 7:15 a.m on Monday?

A: What lesson does Quan have at 7: 15 a.m on Monday? B: (At 7:15 on Monday he has) a Civic Education lesson

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

7:15 Civic

Edu Physics PhysicalEducation English Maths Literature 8:05 Inform

Tech

Liter Literature Geograph y

Inform Tech

English

10 Pair work

8:55 Maths Biology Literature History English Maths 9:55 Maths Chem Physics Physical

Edu

Physics Maths

10:40 Chemistry Class

Meeting

Practice

Keep sts work in pairs and ask them to study the pictures carefully If sts find it difficult to understand the pictures, T may help by asking questions such as:

A: What does Quan at 14:00? -> B: He gets up

Go to different pairs and offer help if necessary

Finally, ask pls to link what they work in pairs such as:

Everyday Quan gets us at 14:00 Then he studies for about two hours He watches TV at 16:30 At 17:00 he rides to the station to play football with other boys in the neighborhood He gets back home at 18:30 After having a shower, he has dinner with his family at 19:00 he prepares for the following day’s lesson at 20:00.

Feedback, correct and mark

15 Pair work

Further practice

Ask pls to work in groups of to and talk about their daily routine

Note: Pls only talk about their main / important activities Call on some pls to present in front of the class

Have other pls comment on presenters’ pronunciation

7 Group work

Wrapping

Summarise the main points

Assign homework

Whole class

Teaching date: Thur, August 26th 2008 Preparing date: 27th

Period:4rd

Unit A day in the life of

I Objectives.

By the end of the lesson, pls will be able to write a narrative by using given prompts

II Materials

Lesson plan, poster, handouts

III Method.

Communicative

IV Procedure.

Steps T arrangementWork

Warm – up Hang man

_ _ _ _ _ CYCLO

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Class work

Before you listen

* Pre Teach vocabs

- passenger (n) 'pổsind hành khách

- district (n) 'pổsind thị trấn -food stall (n) quầy bán thực phẩm

- purchase (v) 'pə:t∫əs đồ đạc, hàng hoá

* Eliciting pictures:

a -> a cyclo driver & a lady b -> have lunch… c -> school pupils d -> take a short rest e -> get up f -> an old man * Guessing the ordering of the pictures in the Task 1.

10 Whole class

While you listen

with a partner

Ask pls to listen one time more then total up using the table:

a b c d e f

G1 G2 G3 G4 G5

Total up

Ask pls to listen to the tape to feedback

Task 2: True/False statements

Let pls read the statements carefully

Play the tape again and ask pls to listen and decide whether the statements are true or false

Draw pls’s attention to key words when they are listeninf Give correct answers:

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Individual/pair work

After you Listen

* Tell pls to work in pairs I and ask and answer questions about Mr Lam’s activities by using the cues below:

name start work

lunch occupation passengers Go around the class and offer help if necessary

Call on some pairs ask and answer in front of class Feedback and give suggested answers:

- What is the man’s name? - What does he do?

- What time does he start work?

- Who are his passengers?/Is his passenger an old man?

- Where does he have lunch?/ What time does hw have lunch? - Does he take a rest?

If the time allowed, ask pls to gather all the information they have from the above activity and retell the story in front of the class

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Individual work

Class work

Wrapping

Summarise the main points

Assign homework Whole class

Teaching date: Thur, August 27th 2008 Preparing date: 28th

Period:5th

Unit A day in the life of

Lesson: Writing

I Objectives.

By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to write a narrative by using given prompts

II Materials

Textbook, whiteboard markets

III Method.

Communicative approach

IV Procedure.

Steps T arrangementWork

Warm – up Noughts and crosses.

Draw a table containing words in each cell

Divide class into two groups: Noughts (O) and Crosses (X)

Ask Ss to choose word by word in the cells and make sentences with each word A correct sentence gets one O or X The group with O or X vertically, horizontally or even diagonally first will be the winter

at first before until

then after as soon as

in the end while since then

Note: The sentences must be grammatically correct and make sense.

10 Group work

Presentation Vocabulary pre-teach.

- be due to (a): because of owing to (bëi v× )

- stare death in the face (v): no scared, afraid (Sợ xanh mặt ) - take off (v): (plan) leave the ground (cÊt c¸nh )

- air – hostess (n): person who takes care of passengers on a plane

(tiếp viên hàng không )

- fasen seabelt (v): fix the seatbelt around he body to keep safe on

the plane (thắt dây an toàn )

- be in danger : to be in dangerous situation ( gỈp nguy hiĨm )

Ask Ss to work in pairs, read the passage (a narrative) in the book and find all the verbs that are used in the past simple and the connectors ( time expression ) in the story

Call on some Ss to give the verbs and connector in front of the class Give suggested answers:

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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, a few minutes later, on

hour later.

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, the climax, and the conclusion of the story Ask them to report the results to class

Give the answers and explain the development of the story

The events: Got on plate, 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.

Practice – writing a narrative (Têng thuËt)

Instruct the task Tell them to work individually, use the prompts and follow the development of writing sample in Task to build up a narrative about a hotel fire

Go around the class and offer help if necessary

Encourage Ss to finish the writing under time pressure

Ask Ss to have peer correction Tell them to pay attention to mistakes regarding verb tense and preposition

15 Individual work

production

Call on some Ss to read aloud their writing in front of the class Comment and correct necessary mistakes

Give 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.

It was crowded with people They were dancing and singing happily Suddenly we smelt smoke Then back smoke began to fill the room Everybody started to scream in panic People ran toward the fire exits One door was blocked Many people began to 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 the building Luckily nobody was seriously hurt It was the most frightening experience of my life.

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Wrapping

Summarise the main points Assign homework

* Remark:

- Pupils forgot all the grammar and made a lot of mistakes

Whole class

Teaching date: Thur, August 2nd 2008 Preparing date: 3rd

Period:6th

Unit A day in the life of

Lesson: Language Focus I Objectives.

By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to use the present and past simple tense and adverbs of frequency

II Materials

Textbook, whiteboard markets

III Method.

Communicative approach

IV Procedure.

Steps T arrangementWork

Warm – up

Categorising

Ask Ss to work in groups

Give out 10 to 15 words and tell Ss to put them under appropriate heading:

Adverbs of manner

Adverbs of frequency

Adverbs of time

Adverbs: tomorrow, usually, carefully, beautifully, hardly ever,

yesterday,

5 Group work

A pronunciation

 Listen & repeat

/ I / / i /

bit kick interest beat repeat eaten  Practice 1

Play the tape and ask them to repeat

Call on some Ss to the sounds clearly to class Ask Ss to work in pairs and practice the sentences Introduce peer correction

Go around the class and provide help if necessary

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Class / pair work

B Grammar and vocabulary Presentation 2

Review the present simple tense.

Ask Ss to work in pair and discuss the form and use of the present simple tense

Call on some Ss to answer some questions regarding the use and form of the present simple tense:

When we use this tense?

What adverbs of frequency does it go with?

Note: Ss have been quite familiar with this tense so.

Ts are suggested not to spend too much time on this presentation

4 Class work

Practice 2

Ask Ss to work individually and complete the blanks in the passage Use the correct simple present form of the verbs in the box ( There are more verbs than needed and you will have to use some verbs more than once )

Ask Ss to compare the answers with a friend Call on Ss to read the completed passage

Give correct answers:

Fishing (1) is my favourite sport I often (2) fish for hours without catching anything But this does not (3) worry me Some fishermen

(4) are unlucky Instead of catching fish, they (5) catch old boots

and rubbish I (6) am even less lucky I never (7) catch anything -not even old boots After having spent whole morning on the river, I always (8) go home with an empty bag " You must (9) give up fishing!", my friend (10) says " it's a waste of time ” But they don't

(11) realise that I (12) am not really interested in fishing I'm only

interested in sitting in a boat, doing nothing at all.

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Individual work/ Whole

class

Presentation 3 Revision of adverbs of frequency

Use

Adverbs of frequency show how often something happens 100%

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Always Usually

Normally Often Sometimes

Never 0%

Position

We put the adverbs of frequency: - in front of normal verb:

We never go bed late.

- between an auxiliary verb and the main verb:

He doesn't usually read newspapers after dinner.

- after the verb to be:

I am always free on Sundays.

Note : We put as a rule at the beginning of the sentence.

Class work

Practice 3

Ask Ss to exercise Put each of the adverbs in its correct order into the sentences in the book

Note: this exercise can be done orally.

Call on some Ss to read aloud their sentences to class Feedback and give suggested answers:

He usually gets up early. She is never late for school.

Lan sometimes practices speaking English.

Thao is always a hard- working student.

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Presentation 4

Revision of the past simple tense.

Use:

We use the past simple tense to describe: a completed action or situation in the past

We went to the cinema yesterday.

Ask Ss to make more sentences with the past simple tense

Practice 4

Ask Ss to work in pairs and supply the correct past simple form of the verbs in the brackets

Remind Ss to have correct past form of some irregular verbs

Call on some Ss to read the completed passage aloud in front of the class

Give correct answers:

1 was done 7 began 13.was

2 cooked 8 felt 14 leapt

3 were 9 put out 15 hurried

4 smelt 10 crept 16 found

5 told 11 slept 17 wound

6 sang 12 woke 18 flowed

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Individual / pair work

Wrapping

Summarise the main points Assign homework

 Remark:

- This lesson is too long Some pupils don’t know how to use the grammar in this lesson

2 Whole class