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PERIOD : 46 UNIT : COUNTRY LIFE & CITY LIFE

WEEK : 16 LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED – LISTEN & READ

OBJECTIVES :By the end of the lesson, the Ss will be able to give their opinions of the differences between the country& the city

LANGUAGE CONTENTS:

+ VOCABULARY: accessible , facility , peaceful , permanently , definitely , remote + GRAMMAR : Present Progressive to talk about the future and changes

TECHNIQUES : Categorization, True False Statements, comprehension Questions, Discussion TEACHING AIDS : textbook , posters , pictures , handouts , workbook

PROCEDURES :

 CONTENTS TEACHER’S

ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES 5’

9’

8’

* Warm-up: Categorization / Board Racing

* Set the sconce of the title: Pictures

I/ PRE- TEACH VOCABULARY:

-accessible (a) tiếp cận được, sử dụng (trans)

-peaceful (a) : bình (situ)

-remote (a) : xa xơi, hẻo lánh (expl/ anto) -permanently (adv) : mãi, vĩnh viễn (anto) -definitely (adv) : cách rõ rệt (anto) -facility (n) : sở vật chất (exam) -(to) prefer : thích (trans) * Checking: Rub out & Remember

II/

TRUE/FALSE STATEMENTS

1 Na went to the country for the weekend

 Stick the poster on the board

 Divide the class into teams  Ask Ss to compare

the differences between the country & the city by writing the words given in the boxes page 72 into the right column in the table

 Get feedback & praise Ss

 Elicit the words  Follows the steps

for presenting vocabulary

 The whole class  Groupwork

 Remember & write the words on the board quickly

 Listen to the T & follow the

instructions

Country City

quiet noisy

small houses tall buildings beautiful views kinds of goods entertainments traffic-jams

fresh air polluted air

friendly unfriendly

10’

7’

5’

2 Na’s country is noisy

3 Na’s relatives live in the country

4 Na wants to live in the country permanently but Hoa prefers the city

5 Life in the city is simple, the air is clean and people are friendly

6 Life in the country is definitely changing for the better

KEY:

1 T , F , T , F , F , T

III/ COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

KEY:

a) to Kim Lien village b) for one day

c) peaceful, quiet and there is nothing to d) There are no entertainments to join /

come and no activities to e) Many remote areas are getting

electricity and medical facilities are more accessible

IV/ DISCUSSION

1 Do you prefer the city or the country? Why you like the city / the country?

V/ GRAMMAR ITEMS:

* Model sentence:

Things are changing in the countryside * Concept check:

 Form:



Meaning: …… (diễn ra), trở nên

 Show poster on the board & give instructions  Run through the

statements

 Ask Ss to guess the True or False statements

 Ask ss to listen & check their prediction  Read the text

times or more  Monitor & check  Get feedback &

praises Ss

 Show poster & give instructions

 Run through the questions

 Ask ss to read & answer the dialogue questions

 Monitor & keep Ss on the task

 Give feedback & valuates Ss

 Ask Ss to ask & answer each other

 Look at the poster & listen to the instructions  Listen & give the

meanings  Do the task &

compare with friends

 Give the answers

 Listen to the

dialogue to find the correct answers  Individual  Do the task &

compare with their partners

 Give the answers

1’  Use:

diễn tả hành động diễn & tiếp tục xảy tương lai

* Drill:

-Many remote areas are getting electricity -TV is bringing not only information, but also entertainment

-Life in the provinces is definitely changing for better

 HOMEWORK:

-Learn by heart vocabulary & list out the changes in your areas using the Present Progressive tense

-Do Exercises , page 49 & 50 in WB E8 -Prepare new lesson SPEAK page 73

 Give instructions & indirect correction

 Give comments on the period

 Give homework

 Listen  Take notes

Note!

WEEK : 16 LESSON 2: SPEAK

OBJECTIVES :By the end of the lesson, the Ss will be able to use the Present Progressive tense & Comparative Adjective in talking about changes in their neighborhood LANGUAGE CONTENTS:

+ VOCABULARY: (to) get , (to) become

+ GRAMMAR : Present Progressive to show changes with “get” and “become” TECHNIQUES : Jumbled Words, Brainstorming, Chain game

TEACHING AIDS : textbook , posters , pictures , workbook PROCEDURES :

 CONTENTS TEACHER’S

ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES 3’

5’

8’

* Warm-up: Jumbled word

cahengs = change

wont = town

ticy = city

cedoryntrisu = countryside

* Set the sconce of the title: Pictures

I/ PRE TEACH VOCABULARY:

-(to) get : có được, trở nên (trans) -(to) become : trở nên, trở thành (trans)

-dirty(a) : dơ bẩn (anto) -busy(a) : nhộn nhịp, náo nhiệt (pict) * Checking : ROR

II/ PRE-SPEAKING:

* Brainstorming & Getting ideas

people traffic houses streets

sights trees facilities

 Ask Ss to close the books & give instructions  Divide Ss into

groups

 Ask Ss to arrange into correct order of words

 Feedback & give Ss good marks

 Elicit the words  Follows the steps for

presenting vocabulary

 Divide Ss into groups

 Ask Ss to guess the words with the topic & run to the Bb to write down

 Groupwork  Rearrange

 Listen to the T & follow the instructions

 Listen

 Guess certain words

18’

10’

* Comparative Adjectives

Adj + er : busier , taller , noisier , dirtier more + Adj: more beautiful , more modern , more expensive

EX: The town is becoming busier 

Form: S + be +

   

 

g beco getting

min + Comparative Adj.  Meaning: trở nên

Use: to describe changes

III/ WHILE-SPEAKING:

* Preparing ideas & Speaking up + Suggested KEY:

The town is getting / becoming busier noisier.

more beautiful. more modern. The people are getting busier

noisier. The traffic are getting busier noisier.

more beautiful. more modern. more expensive. The houses are becoming taller

more beautiful. more modern. more expensive. The streets are becoming busier

noisier. dirtier

more beautiful. more modern. The sights are getting more beautiful The facilities are becoming more modern more expensive

IV/ POST-SPEAKING : * Chain Game

S1: The town is becoming busier

S2: The town ……… busier, and noisier S3: The town ……… busier, noisier , and

 Write the eliciting words & recall using the Present

Progressive with “get / become” and Comparative Adjectives  Model the first

sentence as an example  Give Ss a few

minutes to write down their papers  Ask Ss to look at the

two pictures & the eliciting words to speak

 Divide Ss into two teams

 Monitor & help them

 Feedback & praise Ss

 Give instructions & indirect correction

 The whole class  Listen & the task  Look at the two

pictures & the eliciting words to write down  Can write more  Compare with a

partner

 Practice speaking

 Practice speaking Groupwork / Pairwork

1’ more beautiful

S4: The town ……… busier, noisier , more beautiful , and more modern

 HOMEWORK:

-Learn by heart vocabulary & structure, and then write a passage about the changes in your hometown

-Do Exercises & page 51 in WB E8 -Prepare new lesson LISTEN page 74

 Give comments on the period

 Give homework

Note!

- We can use “ Kim’s game” for Pre-speaking stage

+ Stick the pictures(page 73 textbook) on the board & ask ss to remember details in the pictures + Put the pictures away

+ Divide class into teams

+ Ask ss to come to the board & rewrite the details in the picture as much as possible

WEEK : 16 LESSON : LISTEN

OBJECTIVES :By the end of the lesson, the Ss will be able to talk about their plan / intention with using The Present Progressive Tense & Comparative Adjectives LANGUAGE CONTENTS:

+ VOCABULARY :

+ GRAMMAR :

TECHNIQUES : Board Racing, Open Prediction, Gap fill, Role play TEACHING AIDS : textbook , posters , pictures , workbook

PROCEDURES :

 CONTENTS TEACHER’S

ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES 6’

6’

15’

* Warm-up: Board Racing

Writes sentences about the changes in their town with using The Present Progressive Tense & Comparative Adjectives

* Set the sconce of the title: Situation

Lan & Aunt Hang are talking on the phone What are they talking about?

I/ PRE-LISTENING : * Open Prediction

II/ WHILE-LISTENING:

* Listen & Check / Gap-Fill

 Ask Ss to close the books

 Divide Ss into teams

 Organize the game: Board racing  Ask Ss to write the

sentences about the changes in their town One S - one sentence

 Give Ss minutes to that

 Ask Ss to guess what Aunt Hang and Lan are talking about

 Elicit with the questions & give Ss the time for

guessing

 Monitor & check  Get feedback &

praises Ss

 Show poster on the

 The whole class  Groupwork

 Remember & write the sentences on the board quickly

 The whole class  Think & guess the

words in the gaps  Compare with their

partners  Individual

 Give the answers

15’

2’

KEY:

(1) that (6) coming (11) afternoon (2) this (7) week (12) speak (3) It’s (8) arriving (13) my (4) Where (9) Thursday (14) get (5) from (10) late

III/ POST-LISTENING: * Role play

Practice the dialogue with a partner

* Exercise2 page 78 textbook KEY:

1) are doing 2) am watching 3) am going 4) are cleaning 5) am having

 HOMEWORK:

-Do Exercises 1,2,3 page 49 & 50 in WB E8 -Prepare new lesson READ page 75

board & gives instructions

 Ask Ss to fill in the gaps in the

dialogue

 Read the dialogue twice or times as monitors & keep Ss on the task

 Ask Ss to try asking & answering each other

 Give instructions & indirect correction

 Ask ss to put the verbs in the bracket into Present

Progressive Tense  Get feedback

 Give comments on the period

 Give homework

 Look at & listen  Listen & the

task

 Compare with their partner

 Give the answers

 Practice speaking  Groupwork / Pair

work

 Do exercise  Compare with

friends  Give answer

 Listen  Take notes

Note!

PERIOD : 49 UNIT 8: COUNTRY LIFE & CITY LIFE

OBJECTIVES :By the end of the lesson, the Ss will be able to know the reason of the increase in population of many big cities

LANGUIAGE CONTENTS: + VOCABULARY: a struggle, typhoon, flood, drought, a tragedy, a migrant, strain, overcrowded,

plentiful, rural, urban

+ GRAMMAR : Present Simple Tense, Present Perfect Tense

TECHNIQUES : Hangman, Matching, Noughts and Crosses, Discussion TEACHING AIDS : textbook , posters, pictures , workbook

PROCEDURES :

 CONTENTS TEACHER’S

ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES 5’

9’

4’

* Warm-up: Matching

Match the pictures of the weather & nature with their suitable words

typhoon , flood , drought , earth quake * Set the scene of the title: Hangman

POPULATION

I/ PRE TEACH VOCABULARY:

-a struggle : đấu tranh (expl) -a tragedy : bi kịch (anto) -a migrant : người di cư (expl) -a strain : tải (situ) -overcrowded (a) : chật ních, đông nghịt (situ) -plentiful (a) : nhiều (anto/syno) -rural (a) =/= urban (a) : thuộc nơng

thôn=/=thuộc thành thị (trans) -(to) increase : gia tăng (anto) * Checking: Bingo!

II/ PRE-READING:

* Matching

Match the following phrases with the above suitable words

a) of the countryside b) as many as needed c) become greater or larger d) a great pressure

e) a terrible event f) of the city or city life

 Ask Ss to close the books & gives instructions

 Ask Ss to match the words with the pictures

 Get feedback & praise Ss

 Elicits the words & follows the steps for presenting

vocabulary

 Stick the poster on the board

 Run through the sections

 Asks Ss to match the phrases with the above suitable words

 Monitor & keep Ss on the task

 Groupwork  Give the answers

 Listen to the T & follow the

instructions

 Look at the poster & listen to the instructions  Do the task &

compare with friends

15’

10’

2’

KEY:

a)rural ; b) plentiful ; c) increase ; d) strain ; e) tragedy ; f) urban

III/ WHILE-READING:

* Noughts & Crosses / Gap-Fill KEY:

(1) leaving (6) problems (2) home (7) schools (3) city (8) hospital (4) rural (9) problem (5) city (10) world

IV/ POST-READING:

* Discussion

1. Where you live?

2. Do you prefer the city or the countryside? 3. What are the advantages and disadvantages

of the country life ? And of the city life?  HOMEWORK:

-Learn by heart vocabulary & redo exercises & page 75

-Do Exercises & page 51, 52,53 -Prepare new lesson WRITE page 76

 Get feedback & valuate Ss

 Show poster on the board

 Run through the statements

 Ask Ss to fill in the gaps with the correct words  Monitor & keep Ss

on the task  Give feedback &

valuate Ss

 Ask Ss to try asking & answering each other

 Give comments on the period

 Give homework

 The whole class  Find the appropriate

words  Individual

 Compare with their partners

 Give the answers

 Practice speaking + Individual + Open pairs + Close pairs

 Listen  Take notes

Note!

PERIOD : 50 UNIT 8: COUNTRY LIFE & CITY LIFE

WEEK : 17 LESSON 5: WRITE

LANGUAGE CONTENTS: + VOCABULARY:

+ GRAMMAR : Present Simple Tense to talk about truth

TECHNIQUES : Questions & Answers, Write it up, Sharing & Comparing TEACHING AIDS : textbook , posters, pictures , workbook

PROCEDURES :

 CONTENTS TEACHER’S

ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES 5’

10’

20’

* Warm-up: Board racing / Ordering

KEY: Heading

a) Writer’s address b) Date

c) Dear Opening Body of letter Closing

* Set the sconce of the title: Hangman

NEIGHBORHOOD

I/ PRE-WRITING: * Questions & Answers Where you live?

2 What does your house look like? What can you see from your bedroom

window?

4 How far is it from your home to school? How you get to school?

6 What kinds of facilities are there in your neighborhood?

7 What things in your neighborhood you like best? Why ?

II/ WHILE-WRITING:

* Write it up

Write your neighborhood Suggested Key:

188,Tan Phu Village, ChauThanh District,

 Ask Ss to close their books

 Stick the poster on the board

 Run through the sections

 Ask Ss to rearrange the sections in order

 Monitor & keep Ss on the task

 Get feedback & valuate Ss

 Stick the poster on the Bb & give instructions  Run through the

questions

 Ask Ss to answer the questions  Monitor & keep Ss

on the task  Get feedback &

praise Ss

 Ask Ss to use the above answers like the information ,

 Look at the poster & listen to the instructions  Listen & give the

meanings  Do the task &

compare with friends

 Give the answers

 The whole class  Look at & listen  Listen & give the

meanings  Do the task &

compare with their partners

 Give the answers

10’

1’

DongThap Province December 20, 2004 Dear …

I live in Tan Phu, a small village near Tan Phu Trung My family has a big house with rooms From my bedroom window, we can see the river It’s about km from my home to school I usually get to school by bike

In my neighborhood there is a beautiful park On the weekend I usually go there with my friends But I like the school library best because I can read many books there

Is there anything interesting where you live? Write to me

I’m looking forward to hearing from you soon Love,

III/ POST-WRITING:

* Sharing & Comparing

 HOMEWORK:

-Write a similar letter to a pen pal telling about your school

-Prepare new lesson LANGUAGE FOCUS

then refer to the writing exercises in Unit to write  Ask Ss to start to

write a letter to a friend about your neighborhood  Give the suggested

key

 Ask Ss to swap the letter with a

partner

 Give instructions & indirect correction Ss’ mistakes

 Give comments on the period

 Give homework

write

 Use the above answers like the information to write

 Share & compare with their partner in pairs

 Help to correct the mistakes if any  Give the answers

on the board  Listen  Take notes

Note!

PERIOD : 51 UNIT 8: COUNTRY LIFE & CITY LIFE

WEEK : 17 LESSON : Language Focus

OBJECTIVES :By the end of the lesson, the Ss will be able to reinforce their language knowledge of The Present Progressive Tense in talking about the future and changes with get & become and structure of Comparative & Superlative adjectives

LANGUAGE CONTENTS: + VOCABULARY:

+ GRAMMAR : Present Progressive Tense, Comparative & Superlative adjective TEACHING AIDS : textbook , posters , pictures , cards , workbook

PROCEDURES :

 CONTENTS TEACHER’S

ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES 10’

15’

* Warm-up: Board Racing Comparativ

e adj: Adjectives Superlative adj

Adj + er the Adj + est

busier busy the busiest

easier easy the easiest

poorer poor the poorest

bigger big the biggest

cheaper cheap the cheapest

fresher fresh the freshest

better good the best

worse bad the worst

older old the oldest

smaller small the smallest

hotter hot the hottest

more + Adj the most + Adj more

expensive expensive the most expensive more

accessible accessible the most accessible more

beautiful beautiful the most beautiful GRAMMAR POINTS:

I/ COMPARATIVE &

SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES:

* Building Sentences Exercise page 79:

 Ask Ss to close the books & gives instructions

 Divide class into teams

 Introduce ways of comparisons  Ask Ss to read /

write on the board the Comparative & Superlative

adjectives of the adjectives given in the box in

Exercises & page 79

 Groupwork  Listen

 Follow the T’s steps

19’

Make comparisons between the city & the country

Ex:

- Food in the country is fresher than in the city ……… Exercise page 79:

Compare the house , the villa and the apartment

Ex:

- The villa is the oldest home

- The house is more expensive than the apartment

II/ PRESENT PROGRESSIVE:

* Substitution Drill

1. talk about the future Exercise1 page 77:

KEY:

a) Mrs Vui: Is the boat to Quy Nhon leaving Ho Chi Minh City

Nha Trang at 11.30?

11.55

11.40

Clerk: Is that Good Fortune? Golden Trail

City of Hue

Mrs.: That’s right./ It’s leaving on time, madam.

Clerk: I’m very sorry, madam, but it’s been delayed

Mrs.: Oh, no!

Clerk: Now , it’s leaving at 13.55. 16.20

b) Mr.Hung: Is the boat from Ho Chi Minh City

Phu Quoc

Ca Mau arriving at 10.40?

12.00

11.00

Clerk: Are you talking about Speed of Light? Stars Above

Diamond Eyes Mr Hung: Yes

 Models the 1st sentence of Exercises & page 79

 Ask Ss to Exercises & page 79

 Get feedback & praises Ss

 Recall the uses of the Present Progressive tense  Ask Ss to give its

form and structure  Ask Ss to

Exercise , page 78 and 1page 77 using the Shipping information to make the similar dialogues

 Look at & listen  Do the tasks by

speaking or writing on the board  Share & compare  Give the answers  Practice in pairs /

groups

 Listen & give the structure

 Do the task & compare with a partner

1’

Clerk: I’m very sorry, sir , but it’s been delayed / It’s arriving on time, sir Mrs Hung: Oh, no!

Clerk: Now , it’s arriving at 12.30. 18.15 * Complete the dialogues and sentences 2. show changes with get & become Exercise page 78:

KEY:

b) are getting weak c) is getting dark d) is becoming cold e) are getting better f) is becoming cleaner  HOMEWORK:

-Do Exercise page 51,52,53,54 in WB E8 -Prepare all units from1 to for revision

 Give instructions & indirect correction Ss’ mistakes

 Give comments on the period

 Give homework

 Listen  Take notes

 Note!