Grade level: Upper-secondary school Subject: English Period 5: Language Focus I. Duration: 45 minutes II. Description: - T uses tapes to help Sts to distinguish 2 different clutters / i / and / i: / Sts repeat several times so that they can identify the sounds and reproduce them later. - T reminds Sts remember - 2 tenses: The present simple and the past simple. - Adverb of frequency to do exercises. III. OBJECTIVES * Language: - Correctly pronounce /i/ and /i:/ - Sts will be able to use the simple present, simple past and adverbs of frequency * New words: - Adverbs of frequency IV. METHOD: Integrated, mainly communicative V. TEACHING AIDS: tape, a cassette player, pictures cards VI. PROCEDURE TIME TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTI VITI ES (3ms) (20ms) I. Warm up - Asks Ss to close their books. - Sticks a picture of 1kg of fish is 2£ and 1kg of meat is 5£. 1£ 5£ - Asks Ss to look at the picture and complete sentence: The fish is ……….and the meat is ……… => the fish is cheap and the meat is expensive. - writes the description of 4 underlined words the fish is cheap and the meat is expensive / fi∫/ / t∫i:p/ / mi:t/ / iks'pensiv/ II. Pronunciation Lead-in - Gets Ss pay attention to the pronunciation of “fish”, “expensive” and “cheap”, “meat” /i/ /i/ /i:/ /i:/ - Checking. - Leads to the lesson. Presentation Practice Activity 1 - Close their books. - Look at the picture. - A student reads the sentence loudly. - Listen. (20ms’) - Pronounces two sounds: /i/ & /i:/ /i:/ the front of tongue is raised. The mouth is nearly closed. The lips are spread. /i/ the front of tongue is raised. The mouth is half close. The lips are spread. - Asks Ss to repeat. - Introduces some words that have the sounds /i/ and /i:/ /i/ /i:/ hit heat bit beat meet meat kick repeat - Asks Ss to practise pronouncing them. Activity 2 - Asks Ss to open their books and work in pairs finding the words which have /i/ or /i:/ - Lets them listen to the tape (or the teacher) and repeat. (Pay attention to the sentence stress.) II. Grammar and vocabulary - Lead-in -gives an example: She often eats ice-cream everyday but yesterday she ate cake because she had a sore throat. Activity1 -Ask one St to tell the form of the present simple tense on the board. -Asks one Sts to present the use of the tense in - Listen and repeat - Open their books. - Work in pairs. - Listen and repeat. -Some Ss retell the points. Vietnamese. Reminds Sts: + Form: (+) S+V(s/es) (-) S + don’t/doesn’t + V (?) Do/ Does + S + V + Use: * Express a fact that is always true. * Express an action that happens again and again, that is a habit. * Express a fact which stays the same for a long time. Exercise 1 - Explains how to do the task. - Does some examples and asks Sts to do exercise . - Calls some Sts to read their answers. - Corrects them Keys: 1. is 2. fish 3. worry 4. are 5. catch 6. am 7. catch 8. go 9. give up 10. says 11. realize 12. Am Activity 2 Draw a line to show how the adverbs of frequency use 0% 50% 100% Never Rarely Not often Sometimes Often Usually Always - - Gives an example: I often go shopping with friends at weekend. - Listen. Do exercise Check the answers Note in their notebooks Listen and write on their notebooks. - Expresses and shows the position of adverbs of frequency:  Adverbs of frequency stand before ordinary verbs Eg. He usually goes to bed at 10.30.  Between auxiliary verb and main verb Eg. I don’t often get up early.  Adverbs of frequency stand after “to be” Eg. He is never interested in Maths - Gives Sts an exercise: Rearrange the position of adverbs of frequency in these sentences. ( if it’s necessary) 1. I go usually to bed at 12 2. I often don’t go swimming 3. He eats never meat. 4. He sometimes is late for school. 5. I’m usually in a hurry in the morning. - Asks Sts to do this exercise and checks. Keys: 1. I usually go 2. I don’t often go… 3. He never eats… 4. He’s sometimes late 5. Right. Do exercises Exercise 2 Explains how to do the exercise 2 Asks Sts to work in pairs then calls some pairs to read aloud their sentence. Corrects them Activity 3 Use the example in the activity 1 - - Asks some Sts to write the form of the past simple: Form: (+) S+V(ed) (-) S + didn’t +V (?) Did +S +V? Use: * Expresses finished action in the past * Expresses actions which follow each other in a story * Expresses a past situation or habit. - Gives Sts a small game: chain game - Divides Sts into groups of 6: A,B,C,D,E,F - Asks them to make questions about activities in the past ( and answers). - Gives Sts an example: What did you do last night? I did the home work. Goes around annd helps Sts correct mistakes. Work in pairs - Write the form on the board -Sts play the game. One asks and another answers. Takes turn - Asks some pair to practice in front of the class. Exercise 3 - Explains how to do the exercise 3 - Asks Sts to do exercise 3 at home. Suggested keys: 1. was done 2. cook 3. were 4. smelt 5. told 6. sang 7. began 8. felt 9. put out 10. crept 11. slept 12. Woke 13. was 14. leapt 15. hurried 16. found 17. wound 18. flowed Practices in front of class listen (2ms) Comments - Briefly retell the points - Assign homework: Supply the correct verbforms: 1. Ann….(watch) TV yesterday. 2. I ………( have) a car when I was 30. 3. Mr.Ha ………(water) the plants yesterday. 4. We ……….(have) dinner at a famous restaurant lastnight. 5. Sue… (often/drink) tea in the morning. 6. Peter ……….(sometimes/ tobe) late for school. Listen Write their homework VII. Teacher’s comment ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… Thai Nguyen University of Education Foreign Language lesson plan Unit 1: A day in the life of… Period 5: Language focus Leading teacher : Nguyễn Châu Loan Student : Đinh thị Hải Hà Thai Nguyen, 09/2008 . 1. was done 2. cook 3. were 4. smelt 5. told 6. sang 7. began 8. felt 9. put out 10 . crept 11 . slept 12 . Woke 13 . was 14 . leapt 15 . hurried 16 . found 17 .. 7. catch 8. go 9. give up 10 . says 11 . realize 12 . Am Activity 2 Draw a line to show how the adverbs of frequency use 0% 50% 10 0% Never Rarely Not often