Unit1: Friendship Period: 3, 4, 5, 6,7 A. Aims and requirements. 1. Language objectives + Reading: - Read and guest the meaning of words basing on context - Answer questions basing on the content of the reading passage. - Skim and take note some information about the content. - Summarize the passage lesson by speaking or writing. + Speaking: - Describe a person’s characteristics - Talk about a person’ s personalities. - Interview to get information of afamous person + Listening - SS listen and and understand the main content of the lesson - Ss are able to choose true false information. - Ss are able to fill the missing information and answer questions relaing to the content of the lesson. + Writing: - write a passage to describe a friend’s characteristics and personality. + Pronunciation: pronunce correctly the consonants //dʒ/ , /t∫/ + Grammar: Use correctly “to – infinitive” and “bare infinitive” 2. Educational objectives : know the importance of true friendship. B.Teaching aids: cassette player, tape, chalks, pictures, handouts, charts, real objects if possible C. Teaching methods: communicative approach D. Content: 5 periods Period3: Reading The date of preparing: August 11 th / 2009 I. Objectives Language objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to: - read and understand the passage about friendship - Develop such reading skill as scanning for details, specific ideas, skimming for general information, and guessing meaning in context - Use the information and new words they have learnt to discuss the topic, speak, ask and answer. II. Methods: expaining, guessing, playing, asking and answering, gap- filling. III. Procedure Teachers activities Students activities 1. Check the attendance(2m) 2. Warm up(4m) Divide the class into teo groups Stick six pictures of things on the board Tell Ss to find out the treasure, the word of the day by combining the first letters in the names of these things The first group to find it will win the game. Declare the winner Ask Ss to open the books, reading and lsiten ing to the song in textbook. Ask SS some question: What is the song about? What is a friend like in the song? What is a good friend like, according to you? T can preteach adj of good character : understanging, caring, honest, reliable, sociable, modest, honest, trustworthy, sharing, sympathetic, helpful tolerant, unselfish. Lead-in: In todays reading,well get to know more about friendsand friendship A. Before you read(10m) Discussing the picture T asks the whole class to look at the picture on page 12 and asks them some questions: 1. What are girls and boys doing in the picture? 2. How do they feel? 3.What does the picture tell you? Ask SS to read the passage Teaching vocabulary Lasting(a)= lifelong (sym) Be concerned with sb/st (translate) Constancy(n)constant(a) (translate) Rumour(n) ['ru:m] (explaining) a story that is spread by being talk about but amy not be true Gossip(n): (explaining)information talk or stories about other peoples private lives that may be unkind or not true Incapable of/ in'keipbl/ Eg:Hes too honest so he is incapable of telling a lie. Suspicion(n)/ s'spin/ suspicious(a) (anto) Group work Observe the pictures Think and find out theword Tell the answer if they find out Read and listen to the teacher. Answer Ts questions. The friend in the poem is very dedicated and thoughtful. He/She is willing to help his/her friend in any circumstances SS can talk freely about a good friend, try to remember the adj of good personalities Take note some new words Pair work Suggested answers 1. One boy is playing guitar, and the other girls and boys are singing 2. They seem very happy because we can see their smile 3. The picture tells us that friends can happily do many things together or friendship is a beautiful thing that brings happiness to us Skim to get the main content and underline new words Lâu dài, bền vững Quan tâm tới ai, cái gì tính kiên định tin đồn chuyện ngồi lê đôi mách, chuyện tầm phào không đủ khả năng Period 4: Speaking The date of preparing: August 12 th / 2009 I. Objectives By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to describe the physical characteristics and personalities of their friends, using appropriate adjectives and know how to talk about a famous person. II. Methods: group work, play, suggest, III. Teaching aids Textbook, handouts, pictures about some famous people…………. teacher students 1. Warm up(5m) Divide the class into 4 groups, give each group a sheet of paper, ask them for 3 munites write as many adj of people’s physical characateristics and personalities as possible. T hangs the sheets of paper on the board, then count the words. Declare the winner. Guide Ss to read the words Lead-in: In today’s speaking, we’ll learn how to describe a person’s charcteristics and personalities. 2. New lesson A. Before you speaking. (5 minutes) Ask Ss to put the adj they write on the sheets of paper in the table below Height Forhead tall,short, medium, rather short, too tall Build slim, plump, overweight, thin.muscular/ 'mʌskjulə/, stocky, well-built Hair -length: long, short, shoulder- length -style: straight , wavy, curly,crew-cut -color: black,grey, red, brown Others: a fringe, a bun, plait(s)/ plæt/ Face oval, round, large, square, skinny/ ['skini], chubby, long, with high cheekbones Eyes : small, big, black, brown, blue, grey Nose straight, crooked, turned-up, big, small, flat Chin pointed chin, double chin Lips : thin, full, narrow, heart-shaped Skin white,pale/peil/, suntanner,dark, brown, black General appearance beautiful, handsome,pretty,good looking, plain, attractive, well –dressed, Elicit more adj from the Ss Suggest more adj B. While speaking Task 1 (7minutes) Ask 1 S to read aloud the title and explain Instruction: You are going to look at the picture of 4 people on page 15 and describe them in pairs Before letting Ss do the task, T ask them to read useful language on page 16 T asks to work in pairs to describe the people in the picture, and then calls on some Ss to present their answer T gives feedback Work in groups, receive the sheets of paper and write all adj they know on the sheet. Check with the teacher. Read after the teacher Listen to the teacher Whole class Tell the T if they know Take notes Read the request and listen to the T’s instruction Read useful language and the example Work in pair 4 pairs stand up and practise describe the people in the textbook Suggested answer: 1. The boy is about 16. He is short-sighted because he’s wearing apair of glasses. He has short black hair, a round face with a broad forehead, a small nose,thin lips and small chin. He quite good- Period 5 Listening The date of preparing: August 13 th / 2009 I. Objectives By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to Develop such listening micro-skills as intensive listening for specific information and taking notes while listening Listen and understand friendship of two people Choose true/ false information Listen and take notes. II. Teaching aids Textbook, handouts, cassette tapes…………. III. Methods: IV. Procedure teacher student 1. Warm up(5m) Play the song “Friend forever” of Mark Lennon” and ask Ss some questions - What is the name of the song? - What is the song about? - Are you friends always beside you? The day has to end but we don’t know, Leaves scatter in the wind But we won’t go Stars we wish upon Go shining on and on And steady as those stars that’s how we are Friends forever, friends forever The mountain, sky and the sea have always been Here together Friends forever Two things were just meant to be and that’s you and me Long as rivers race I’ll be around The worlds a pretty good place will slow on down The journeys we have planned will happen hand in hand Though many things will change, we’ll remain Friends forever, friends forever The mountain, sky and the sea have always been mHere together Friends forever Two things were just meant to be and that’s you and me Friends forever, friends forever The mountain, sky and the sea have always been Here together Friends forever Two things were just meant to be and that’s you and me Lead-in: In today’s listening lesson, we are listening to two Listen to the song Answer T’s questions Listen to the teacher person takling about their best friends 2. New lesson A. Before you listen(10m) Ask Ss to work inpair to discuss the questions on the page 17. Ask two pair to practise in front of the class Vocabulary pre –teaching - Before teaching the new words, T helps Ss to pronounce the words given in the book. T may read aloud first or play the tape and ask Ss to repeat in chorus and individually - elicits/teaches some of these word and those taken from the listening passage Apartment building: Sense of humour: Give sb a ring: phone sb Go though a rough time: - T may get Ss to make sentences with the words and give corrective feedback B.While you listen Task 1(10m) Instruction: You are going to listen to Lan and Long talk about their best friends. Listen and decide whether the statements are True or False. Put a tick() in the appropriate box Before Ss listen and do the task, T instructs them to use some strategies aks SS to read through the statements to understand them and underline key words. For example, the key words in the first statement are: shared, Nguyen Cong Tru, Residential Area, Hanoi…… T explains new words if necessary - T plays the tape once for Ss to do the task - T asks for Ss’answers and writes them on the board - T plays the tape the second time for Ss to check their answers - T asks Ss to work in group 4 to compare their answers - T checks Ss’ answers by calling some Ss and asks them to explain their answers - Play the tape again to check, stop at the important information. Ask and answer about their best friends Practise asking and answering Read after the tape and write down the meaning Pay attention Read carefully the instruction to know what they are going to listen and what they have to do Go through the staements and underline keywords. Write down Work individually Listen to the tape and pay attention to the key words + Decide whether statements are true or false based on what they can hear Tell the answers if they can Listen again and do the task Discuss the answers Each S tells a answer and explain why he/ she choose so Listen to check Lan’s talk 1. F(They used to live in the same buiding Task 2(7m) Instruction: You are going to listen to the tape again and fill the table in the book with notes -T plays the tape again for Ss to complete their notes. - after playing the tape, T gets Ss to work in pair and check their answers - T calls on some Ss to give the answers. T provides correct answers if necessary. If Ss cannot complete the task, T might let Ss listen one more time and pause at the answers for them to catch C. After you listen(8m) - T asks Ss to work in pairs to talk about how Ha has been Lan’s best friend and how Minh has been Long’s best friend - T goes around to offer help and correct Ss’ mistakes there) 2. F( It is what people think) 3. T 4. F( Lan went to Do Son first and then called Ha, so Ha rode on her mortorbike to Do Son to meet Lan) 5. T 6. F( They have been best friends since Lan’s trip to Do Son) Long’s talk 1. F( They met in college) 2. F ( Minh was a guitarist) 3. T 4. T 5. T Read the request carefully Work individually Work in pair to discuss the answer Write down the answer on board Listen to check Suggested answers: How and where did they meet? What do they like about their friends? Lan - They used to live in the same apartment building in HN - Lan went on a holiday in Do Son and Ha went there to help her - Ha’s very friendly and helpful - Ha’Ss sociable. She’s got many friends in Do Son and she introduced Lan around. Long - They met in college - Minh played the guitar, and Long was a singer - They worked together - Minh has a sense of humour - Minh likes to go to plays and movies - Minh is a good listener - Minh is friendly and helpful Pair work - T calls on some pairs to present their answers - T elicits feedback from the class and give final comments 4. Home work (3m) Write down a summary of the listening lesson Present their dialogue in front of the class Listen to correct Write down Tapescript: Lan’s talk My best friend is Ha. We’ve been friends for a long time. We used to lived in Nguyen Cong Tru Residential Area in HN. Her family moved to Hai Phong in1985. It is said that HP people are cold but Ha is really, really friendly. I first started to get to know her when I was going on a two-day trip to Do Son last year and didn’t know anybody there. I gave Ha a ring and she was so friendly, she said. “ Oh, I’ll come to visit you”. So she rode on her motorbike to Do Son and twenty minutes later she was there. She stayed with me for two days. She happened to know a lot of people there, so she introduced me around and we’ve been best friends ever since. Long’s talk My best friend is Minh. We met in college. And I was there singing and Minh was a guitarist. So we worked together a lot, but we also became friends. Minh has a great sense of humour, he’s very,very funny, and that’s of my favourite things about him. And over the years, we have been through good times and bad times with each other, and that’s one of the things I like best about him. And we have a lot of the same interests. We like to go to plays and movies together. But when we’re going through a rough time, he’s really a good friend, and he’s a very good listener, and he always helped me though. Period 4: Writing The date of preparing: August 14 th / 2009 I. Objectives By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to: Write about a friend, real or imaginary, using the words and expressions that they have learnt in previous lesson II. Teaching aids Textbook, handouts, …………. III. Methods:explain, suggest, group work, individual work, IV. Procedure Teacher Students 1. Warm up(5m) Guessing game T introduces the game: 1 student goes to the board and T gives him or her a piece of paper with the name of a student in the class. Other Ss have to ask Yes/No question to find out who students is. Ss should ask about the appearance, personalities, or clothes…. - The game can continue until the time is up. Group work Ss may ask questions such as: Is the person a girl? Is she tall? Is she short- sighted? Is she friendly? ………… A. Before writing(15m) - T sets the scene: You are going to write about a friend, real or imaginary, using the provided guidelines - T gets Ss to read the task and the guidelines silently and work out what they are required to write about. In general, Ss’ writing should include 3 parts: + general information about about their friend + his/her physical characteristics and personalities + and what Ss like about the friend T elicits the verb tenses that may be useful when Ss want to write about when and where they met their friend, and the tense used to describe charcteristics or personalities. If Ss can’t tell, T can suggest” past simple” or past continuous” T may also elicit the adjectives and expressions Ss can use to describe their friend’s appearance and personalities. If Ss can’t find out , T can suggest. T gets Ss prepare an outline for their writing and exchange it with their peer(partner)\ T goes around to offer help and gives corrective feedback B. While writing(15m) T gets Ss to write about their friend in 15minutes T goes around to observe and offer help C. Post writing(8m) T ask Ss to exchange their writing with another Ss for correction Listen to know what they have to do Read the guideline and tell T the form of the writing. Expected answer: In general, Ss’ writing should include 3 parts: + general information about about their friend + his/her physical characteristics and personalities + and what Ss like about the friend Tell the tense of verb they can use Expected answer: pats tenses and present simple. Revise some adj and think of structures they can use then tell the T Suggested answer: hair: she wears her hair in a ponytail/ bun. She has straight balck hair. Her hair is medium length Height: He/she is fairly/ very/ pretty tall. He is medium height. She/ he is the same height as . Age: She/ he is years old. - to be in her/ his early/ middle / late twenty. Personality: She/ he is a kind/sort of person who is . Prepare outline Pay attention Work individually Pair work and whole class [...]... individually and then compare their answers with another student - T calls on some Ss to read aloud their answers - T gives the correct answers 2 Infinitive without to(10m) Practice Exercise 2 -T asks Ss to do exercise 2 in pairs Ss have to rewrite the sentences by using the words given -T asks them to compare answers with another pairs -T calls on some Ss to go to the board to write their answers - T... their answer Give correct answer Read the request and the example , then do the exercise Discuss the answer Write the answer on board Listen and correct 1 The police watched them get out of the car 2 They let him write a letter to his wife 3 I heard them talk in the next room 4 The customs officer made him open the briefcase 5 The boy saw the cat jump though the window 6 Do you think the company will... him 7 We can’t refuse their invitation It would look rude 8 I met you again I was happy 9 The film was boring I didn’t watch it 10 The woman is old She can’t drive a car Ask Ss to write the answers on board Correct the answers on board 3 Homework(2m) Learn by heart all the knowledge they’ve learnt and practice them again at home Prepare the next lesson:unit 2 : reading the exercise Expected answer: -... Does he get anything to eat?= Does he get anything that he can eat? N/pro+to -infinitives Ex: I need someone to take care of my children to -infinitives + prepsitions ex: I need someone to talk to my mother Read loudly 5 Ss read loudly infront of the class Repeat after the tape Tell T if they can Expected answer: “ch” in the end or in the beginning of a word, ‘t’ in the middle of a word and before ur+... around and collects mistakes and errors T collects some writings for quick feedback T writes Ss’ typical errors on the board and elicits self and peer correction T provides correction only when Ss are not able to correct the errors Finally, T provide general comments on the writings Listen and correct 4 Home work(2m) Ask Ss to improve their writing, taking into consideration their best friends’ and T’s... and T’s suggestions and corrections Ask them to prepare the next period: ‘language focus” Period 7: Write down Language focus The date of preparing: August 15th/ 2009 I Objectives By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to: -Distinguish the sound /dʒ/ and /t∫/ - Pronounce the words and sentences containing these sounds correctly - Use some structures containing infinitives with and without to appropriately... the sound and write /dʒ/ and /t∫/ under them - T asks Ss to provide the sentences in pairs -T goes around providing help - T asks some Ss to read the sentences and gives feedback B Grammar and Vocabulary(20 minutes) 1 To infinitive (10m) - T writes some sentences on the board and underline the to+ infinitive + I have letters to write to my friends + I have some homework to do + Does he get anything... difference Listen and write in correct column /t∫/ or /dʒ/ gin biology - asks Ss to repeat them - T asks Ss to practice pronouncing the words in pairs -T goes around providing help - T asks some Ss to pronounce the words and give correction if necessary Ask Ss which letter are often pronunced /dʒ/ and /t∫/ Practicing sentences containing the target sounds - T reads the sentences and asks Ss underline... write to my friends + I have some homework to do + Does he get anything to eat? + Have you got anything to say? - T asks Ss to comment on the use of to + infinitives in these examples T reviews the form and use of to –infinitives in the example - The infinitive can be placed after nouns/pronouns to show how they can be used or what is to be done with them + I have letters to write = I have letters that... Teaching aids Textbook, handouts, ………… III Methods: IV Procedure Teacher Students 1 Warm up(3m) Show some pictures Ask Ss to tell the name of each object in each picture Ask them to find out which sound in common the words in each group has A Observe the pictures Tell what they are Sound in common /t∫/ Sound in common /dʒ/ B Lead- in: In today’s lesson, we’ll study the two consonants /dʒ/ and /t∫/ 2 New lesson . false based on what they can hear Tell the answers if they can Listen again and do the task Discuss the answers Each S tells a answer and explain why he/ she. adjectives and expressions Ss can use to describe their friend’s appearance and personalities. If Ss can’t find out , T can suggest. T gets Ss prepare an outline