language focus unit 10

Ngo Quyen high school Date of preparing: 27/01/2010
Supervisor: Tran Thi Thu Hong Date of teaching : 02/02/2010
Trainee teacher: Dang Thi Huong Class : 11/3

Unit 10: Nature in danger
Period 65 (Language focus)
Time: 45 mins
I. Objective:
1. Knowledge: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
+ distinguish consonant clusters: /sl/, /sm/, /sn/, /sw/
+ know how to use the grammar point: “Relative pronoun with
preposition”
2. Skill: speaking, writing, listening
II. Teaching aids: textbook, hand- outs, projector
III. Method: communicative approach
IV. Procedure:
Content Activities
I. Stabilization: (1 min)
II. Check- up: (3mins)
III. Warm- up: ( 3 mins)

She is sleeping He is smoking

She is sneezing He is swimming
IV. Pronunciation: ( 10 mins)
1. Listen and repeat (5 mins)
/sl/ /sm/ /sn/ /sw/
Slave Small Snack Swallow
Sleep Smart Sneeze Swim
slim Smell Snooker Swing
Slowly Smoke Snowy Switch

- T gives some cues and
asks Ss to make a
complete sentence.
- T shows 4 pictures on the
screen.
- T asks Ss “what is s/he
doing?”
- Ss answer.
- T reads again and
emphasizes on 4 clusters
of each sentence.
- Ss repeat after the
teacher.
- T introduces new lesson:
today, we are going to
learn about /sl/- /sm/- /sn/-
/sw/
- T asks Ss to look at the
screen.
- T reads first and asks the
whole class to repeat.
- T calls on some Ss to
read again.
2. Practice reading aloud this dialogue( 5 mins)
A: Is Snowy at home? Snowy Smith?
B: He is sleeping. Go away.
A: Sleeping? Where?
B: In there. Why do you smile?
A: Perhaps Snowy is in there. But he is not asleep.
B: I swear he is sleeping.

A: When Snowy sleeps, he snores but he looks sweet.
V. Grammar
1. Presentation(7 mins)
a. She is the woman. I told you about her.
 She is the woman whom I told you about.
 She is the woman about whom I told you

The relative clause following a
preposition
b. This is the magazine. I talked about it yesterday.
 This is the magazine which/ that I talked about
yesterday.
 This is the magazine about which I talked yesterday.

The relative clause following a
preposition
* Notes:
- A relative pronoun can be the object of preposition.
- In formal English we can put the preposition before
whom or which. We cannot leave out whom or which here,
and we cannot use who or that.
- In informal English the preposition can come after the
verb or the object of the verb. We can also leave out the
relative pronoun.
2. Practice:
* Exercise 1: ( 5 mins) Choose the suitable italicized words
to complete the following sentences.
Answers:
1. whom 3. whom 5. which 7. which
2. which 4. who 6. whom

* Exercise 2: ( 10 mins)
game” lucky picture”:
Combine the following sentences, using preposition + who/
which
Examples:
- T asks Ss to look at the
screen to listen and repeat
after the teacher.
- T calls on some pairs to
read.
- T writes some examples
and asks Ss to combine the
sentences, using relative
pronounce.
- T corrects if any
mistakes.
- T analyses the sentences.
- T gives some notes to Ss
so that they can
understand and use the
preposition + pronounce.
- T can explain by
Vietnamese if necessary.
- T asks Ss to do the
exercise 1 individually
- T calls on some Ss to
answer by reading the
whole sentence.
- T asks Ss to explain the
reason they choose.

- T gives feedbacks.
- T gives some examples
- T divides the class into 4
groups
- T gives instructions:
“There are 4 lucky
pictures and 6 questions. If
you choose the question,
1. She is the woman. I told you about her.
 She is the woman about whom I told you.
2. The song was interesting. We listened to it last night
 The song to which we listened last night was interesting
Answers:
1. The man to whom I talked yesterday was very kind
2. The man about whom I told you works in the hospital.
3.Lucky picture
4. The woman about whom I am telling you teaches me
English.
5. Lucky picture
6. The movie about which they are talking is fantastic.
7. The picture at which she was looking was beautiful.
8. lucky picture
9. I’ll give you the address to which you should write.
10. Lucky picture.
* Exercise 3 (5 mins): Complete the following sentences,
using who, whom, which or that.
Note:
1.PERSON + WHO + V
WHOM + S(I, we, John…) +V
2.THING + WHICH + V

S(I, you, Mr. Pike…)
+V
3.PERSON + preposition + WHOM
4.THING + preposition + WHICH
Key answers:
1. who/ that 5. which/ that
2. which 6. which
3. who 7. who
4. whom 8. whom
3. Production: ( home work) ( 1 mins)
- review the old lesson
- prepare for the next part
- do 2 exercises
* exercise 1: Choose the best answers
1. He is the singer about…………I often tell you
a. that b. who c. whom d. him
2. The concert …………I listened last week was boring
a. to that c. for which
b. to which d. for what
3. That’s the girl to ____ my brother got engaged
a. which b. who c. whom d. her
4. I like the village ____ I used to live
a. in that c. which
you’ll get 1 point if your
answer is right, otherwise
other groups will take your
turn. If you choose the
lucky picture, you’ll get 1
point without answering.
The group which has

many right answers will be
a winner.”

- T gives note to Ss
- T asks Ss to do the
exercise 3 individually.
- T calls on some Ss to
answer.
- T corrects if any.
T delivers hand- outs to Ss
T asks Ss to do exercises
at home.
b. in where d. in which
5. I don’t know the reason ____ she hasn’t talked to me
recently.
a. on which c. of which
b. for which d. about which
answers:
1. c 2. b 3. c 4. d 5. b
* exercise 2: Combine two sentences into one
1. The little girl has gone. I borrowed this pen from her
The little girl from whom I borrowed this pen has gone.
2. The speech was information. We listened to it last night.
 The speech to which we listen last night was information.
3. The knife is very sharp. I cut bread with it.
 The knife with which I cut bread is very sharp.
4. The authorities gathered those villagers. They explained
to them the importance of forests
 The authorities gathered those villagers to whom they
explained the importance of forests.

5. The ladder began to slip. I was standing on it.
 The ladder on which I was standing began to slip.
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