Welcome to our class GAME: Guessing - One student goes to the front - Teacher shows pictures of five students in class one by one for the student to describe their characteristics - Other students listen and guess who they are Answer the questions Do you like these students? Why you like them? What characteristics they have in common?  Being independent Unit BECOMING INDEPENDENT Lesson GETTING STARTED An independent person Task Listen and read Task Read the conversation again Match the words with their definitions reliable a feeling certain about your own ability to things and be successful self-reliant b able to make decisions quickly c strongly motivated to something and not allowing anyone or decisive determined any difficulties to stop you d that can be trusted to something well; that you can rely on e capable of doing or deciding things by yourself, rather than well-informed confident depending on other people for help f having a lot of knowledge about current topics or a particular subject Vocabulary Reliable /rɪˈlaɪə.bl  ̩/ (adj): Đáng tin cậy Determined /dɪˈtɜː.mɪnd/ (adj): Quyết tâm Self-reliant /ˌself.rɪˈlaɪ.ənt/ (adj): Tự lực Well-informed /ˌwel.ɪnˈfɔːmd/ (adj): Hiểu biết Confident /ˈkɒn.fɪ.d ə nt/ (adj): Tự tin Decisive /dɪˈsaɪ.sɪv/ (adj): Quyết đoán Task Answer the questions about the conversation Why does Lan like Minh? Why does Lan think Minh is a very responsible student? What is an example showing that Minh is very determined? Why does Lan think that Minh is self - reliant? What are the characteristics of an independent person according to Lan and Mai? GAME Choose one characteristic you want to have You have to give the correct answer to each question to have the points for your team With each correct answer, you will receive 10 points Well - informed Why does Lan like Minh?  Because Minh doesn't rely on other people for help and isn't influenced by other people's opinions 2 Why does Lan think Minh is a very responsible student?  Because he always completes his tasks on time, and never needs to be reminded about assignments and other schoolwork 3 What is an example showing that Minh is very determined?  He tried hard and spent the whole night on a hard Maths problem when most students in the class had given up 4 Why does Lan think that Minh is self - reliant?  He always tries to find solutions to his problems and seldom needs help from others 5 What are the characteristics of an independent person according to Lan and Mai?  Responsible, reliable, self-reliant, determined, well-informed and confident 6 Which of Minh's characteristics you have? Which you like most? Task Find the sentences with to-infinitives after adjectives or nouns in the conversation and write them in the space below Suggestion: Noun Adjective + To - infinitive Eg But he still has time to read,… Task Find the sentences with to-infinitives after adjectives or nouns in the conversation and write them in the space below Answer key It's good to have a friend you can rely on good to have Even our Maths teacher was very surprised to read his answer surprised to read His parents must be really pleased to have such a son But he still has time to read, It's interesting to talk to him pleased to have time to read I really admire his ability to make decisions so quickly interesting to talk You're lucky to have a close friend like him ability to make lucky to have Complete the following mind map of an independent person’s characteristics AN INDEPENDENT PERSON * Complete the following mind map of an independent person’s characteristics reliable confident responsible AN INDEPENDENT PERSON well-informed self-reliant determined decisive HOMEWORK - Learn new words by heart - Practice the conversation in “Listen and read” again - Prepare: Language (page 32) ... you like them? What characteristics they have in common?  Being independent Unit BECOMING INDEPENDENT Lesson GETTING STARTED An independent person Task Listen and read Task Read the conversation... completes his tasks on time, and never needs to be reminded about assignments and other schoolwork 3 What is an example showing that Minh is very determined?  He tried hard and spent the whole night... words by heart - Practice the conversation in “Listen and read” again - Prepare: Language (page 32 )