UNIT 1: SCHOOL TALKS Period 1: (READING: TEXT + EXERXISE a) Time: 45 minutes Date of preparation: 4.9.2006 Date of teaching: 5.9.2006 I. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES : 1. Educational aim: - To enable the pupils to know about school activities and the helpfulness of studying in group. - After the reading lesson, the pupils can have better methods of studying. 2. Language: - Language function: Talking about school activities. - Vocabulary: improve, locate, identify, strategy, attentive, cooperative, diversity, face – to – face, interaction. - Structures: Revision of the simple present tense. 3. Skills: Reading (scanning, skimming) II. METHOD: integrated, mainly commmunicative. III. TECHNIQUES: Question-Answer, Summary Mapping. IV. TEACHING AIDS NEEDED: Textbook, pictures. V. PROCEDURE: Teaching steps and time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities I. Stabilization:(2’) II. Presentation of the new material: (37’) -Checks absence … WARMER: (5’) Goes around the class and asks the pupils about their summer holiday. PRE-READING: (Before You Read) (15’) -Asks the pupils to look carefully at the pictures in the textbook and then work in pairs to answer the questions. -Asks some pupils to stand up to answer the questions and give reasons. -Feedback. -Answer keys a.Studying in group. b.Studying individually. * I prefer to study in group because I can share my ideas with friends / I can get new ideas from friends. * I prefer to study individually because I want to think about the problem independently. -Leads the pupils to the topic of the text. -Presents some new words: -The monitor answers. -The pupils on duty answer the teacher’s questions. -Look at the pictures, work in pairs and answer the questions. -The pupils on duty answer the questions. -Listen. -Listen. -Copy down the words, the III.Consolidation: (3) III.Homework: (3) + improve (v) : to make something better. + locate (v) : to find the place / position of something / someone. + identify (v) : (example) (nhaọn ra) Example: These two girls are twins. They look alike. I cant identify them. + strategy (n) : (translation) Chieỏn lửụùc. + attentive (adj) : giving close attention to something / somebody. Example: He usually understands the lessons well because he is always attentive to the teachers teaching. + cooperative (adj) : working together for a common purpose. + diversity (n) : = variety. Example: There is a diversity of fish in the sea. + face-to-face (adj) : (action) + interaction (n) : communication (sửù tửụng taực) WHILE-READING: (Reading Text) (17) -Tells the pupils the aim of the exercise and then gives clear instructions to do the exercise. -Asks the pupils to read the text individually and then do exercise a) in pairs. -Asks some pupils to stand up and give the result. -Feedback. -Answer keys: 1. T 2. T 3. NI 4. F 5. F Correcting wrong information: 4. You should choose team mates with shared interests. 5. A small team allows more face-to-face interaction and is easier to get together. -Asks the pupils to repeat the new words above once more. -Asks the pupils to learn the new words by heart, read the text again and prepare exercise b) and c). examples and their meanings, then practise reading them. -Listen. -Read the text individually and then work in pairs to do exercise a). -The pupils on duty give result. -Listen. -Copy down the answer keys and the corrected information. -Repeat the words after the teacher. -Listen and keep in mind. 2 V. Self - evaluation : …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3 . once more. -Asks the pupils to learn the new words by heart, read the text again and prepare exercise b) and c). examples and their meanings, then practise