LESSON PLAN UNIT 1: A DAY IN A LIFE OF… Lesson 2: Speaking I. Aims: help students to speak about one’s daily life. II. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to: • Speak accurately and fluently about one’s daily life • Know how to talk about time III. Time allotted: 45 minutes IV. Teaching aids and materials: textbook, posters, handouts, pictures. V. Anticipated problem: Students may find it difficult in talking about time. VI. Procedure: 1. Settlement (1’): Greeting class and checking students’ attendance. 2. Checking homework (3’) 3. New lesson (41’) Time Stage Activities Work arrangement 4’ Warm-up Guessing game: SUBJECTS AT SCHOOL - T elicits some subjects at school from Ss by asking: + Can you tell me some subjects that you have learned at school? Expected answer: physics, mathematics, literature, history, geography, physical education, English, civic education, chemistry, Information technology, biology. - T gives instruction: I have a box. There are many subjects in this box. One of you will come here and take a piece of paper. Your duty is trying to describe the subject to your friends to help them guess what it is. But, don’t use the exact word on the paper. - T checks instruction: + What is this? (Ss: a box) + What are there in this box? (Ss: subjects) + What will you do in this game? (Ss: describe and guess these subjects) - T gives model: T: What is the subject in which we learn about the events happening in the past? Ss’ expected answer: history. T - whole class Subjects at school Physics English 5’ Pre- speaking How to talk about time: - T presents the way to talk about time. + We use “PAST” to say times after the hour from 1 st min to 30 th min. Ex: 8:20 => twenty past eight + We use “TO” to say times before the hour from 31 st min to 59 th min. Ex: 8:35 => twenty-five to nine + We use “O’CLOCK” to say full hour. Ex: 8:00 => eight o’clock + Note: 15 minutes = a quarter 30 minutes = half Ex: 8:45 => a quarter to nine 8: 30 => half past eight - T shows the posters and asks Ss to answer the question for each poster. + Excuse me, What time is it? + Sorry, could you tell me the time, please? Poster 1 poster 2 Poster 3 poster 4 Poster 5 poster 6 T – whole class Expected answers: 1. a quarter past twelve 2. a quarter to seven 3. half past four 4. three o’clock 5. twenty-five to eight 6. ten past six 4’ While- speaking Task 1: Fill in the timetable - T gives Ss handouts. Handout1: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 7:15 Civic education Physical education English 8:05 Literature Geography Information technology 8:55 Maths Literature Maths 9:55 Chemistry Physics 10:40 Class meeting Handout 2: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 7:15 Physics Maths Literature 8:05 Information technology Literature English 8:55 Biology History English 9:55 Maths Physics Physical education Maths 10:40 Chemistry - T gives instruction: First, keep your papers for yourselves. Next, each of you finds a partner. If you are A, find a B and if you are B, find an A. Quan’s a student at grade 10. Each of you has a part of Quan’s weekly timetable. It means that there are some lessons on your paper but not on your partner’s paper and vice versa, there are some lessons on your partner’s paper but not on yours. Now, work in pairs and ask and complete the timetable. You will have 5 mins to do this task. - T checks instruction: 1. T: How many minutes do you have to do this task? Ss: 5 minutes. 2. T: What are you going to doing in this task? Ss: asking and complete the timetable. - T gives model by making a short conversation with a student: T – whole class T – Student 5’ 3’ 3’ 5’ 3’ T: What lesson does Quan have at a quarter past seven on Monday? S: He has Civic education lesson. - Ss work in pair ( T goes around to control and offer help if necessary) - T calls some pairs to check. - T gives feedback and corrects Ss’mistakes if any. Task 2: Do survey - T draws a 2-column table on the blackboard. Time Activity - T gives instruction: Copy the table in your notebooks. Work in pairs and ask your partner about his/her daily activities. Fill the information you get in the table. You have 5 minutes to ask and answer. - T helps by giving some questions such as: + What time do you get up? + What do you often do at 7:30 a.m? … - T checks instruction: + How many minutes do you have to do this task? Ss: 5 minutes + What do you ask for? Ss: daily activities. - Ss work in pairs. - T goes around to control class and offer help if necessary. - T calls on some ss to report their partner’s answers. - T gives feedback corrects Ss’ mistakes if any. Pair work T – whole class Pair work T – whole class 4’ 4’ 1’ Post- speaking Write it up - T gives instruction: Each of you writes a short paragraph about 3 – 5 sentences to talk about the activities you often do in the afternoon. - T checks instruction: + How many sentences are you going to write? (Ss: 3-5 sentences) + Do you write about the activites in the morning? (Ss: No, in the afternoon) - T goes around, offers help if necessary and corrects mistake if any. - T calls on a student to write his/her work on the blackboard and checks. - T gives homework: + Learn the way to talk about time by heart. + Write a paragraph to talk about the activities you often do in a whole day. + Prepare next lesson: listening. T – whole class Individual work T – whole class APPENDIXES A Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 7:15 Civic education Physical education English 8:05 Literature Geography Information technology 8:55 Maths Literature Maths 9:55 Chemistry Physics 10:40 Class meeting B Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 7:15 Physics Maths Literature 8:05 Information technology Literature English 8:55 Biology History English 9:55 Maths Physics Physical education Maths 10:40 Chemistry . Ss handouts. Handout1: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 7:15 Civic education Physical education English 8:05 Literature Geography Information technology 8:55 Maths Literature. class APPENDIXES A Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 7:15 Civic education Physical education English 8:05 Literature Geography Information technology 8:55 Maths Literature. Literature Maths 9:55 Chemistry Physics 10:40 Class meeting Handout 2: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 7:15 Physics Maths Literature 8:05 Information technology Literature English 8:55