Unit 8 Country life and city life Lesson 2 : Speak A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to practice speaking about the changes of a place B / Teaching aids : textbooks , pictures , poster C / Procedure : I / Warm up and pre - speaking Word square - Ask Ss to find out 7 adjectives E X P E N S I B O A M D N U V E U B O I S V E A I C D R T R U Y L E T L L A T S M R Y H G I U O N O I S Y F B P T F D E L U Work in group - Ask Ss to work in 2 teams - Ask Ss to go to the board and circle the word they find - The team which circles more words will win the game . Modern – dirty – busy – noisy – tall – expensive – beautiful  Setting the scene “ Hoa , s grand father is 78 “ - Five years ago , she was 73 and she was stronger than she is now . - Ask Ss to make a sentence about her health => Hoa , s grand father is getting weaker + Form : am / is / are + V-ing + Use : used to describe changes with get and become II / While – speaking : Work in the whole class . Listen and copy - Ask Ss to look at the two pictures on page 73 and talk to their partners about the changes of the town . The words in the box under the pictures may help you - Write the word prompts on the board so that Ss can speak easily - traffic - > busy - sky -> cloudy - houses -> high - city -> beautiful - trees - > green - Get Ss to work in pairs - Monitor and help Ss speak * Possible answers : - The traffic is getting busier . - There are more tall buildings and houses . - The houses are getting more modern Work in pairs - The town is becoming more beautiful . - The streets are becoming cleaner / larger / noisier III / Post - speaking : - Ask Ss to work in groups and talk about changes in their hometown / neighborhood . - Call on volunteer from each group to show their ideas before the class . Other groups can add in their ideas . IV / Homework : Write some sentences , using Present Progressive Tense to describe changes in their school Work in group Work individually Listen and copy . . Unit 8 Country life and city life Lesson 2 : Speak A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to practice speaking about the changes of. getting weaker + Form : am / is / are + V-ing + Use : used to describe changes with get and become II / While – speaking : Work in the whole class . Listen and copy . city -> beautiful - trees - > green - Get Ss to work in pairs - Monitor and help Ss speak * Possible answers : - The traffic is getting busier . - There are more tall buildings and