Period 18 lesson 4 : Read
A / Aims and objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to know more
about the country life in the USA and some farming words : grow maize , grocery
story , feed the chickens , collect eggs
B / Teaching aids : Text book , chalk , boards and some pictures about the life in
the countryside .
C / Procedure :
6 min
13 min
I / Warm up :
Matching
( Using the words they have learnt about the countryside )
Suggested words : Tree , paddy , bank , home , bamboo ,
field , forest , fresh , banyan , air , river , village …
- Remark and lead in the new lesson
II / Pre - reading :
- Introduce “ Today we will study about the life on a farm
of an American family .”
- Have Ss work in pairs and guess about the differences
between life on American farms and Vietnamese ones ,
Using the suggested questions :
Work in groups
Demonstrate in front
of class.
Listen carefully
Work in pairs
15 min
1. What trees / vegetables do farmers in America grow
2. What animals do they raise ?
3. What do they usually eat ?
- Call on some pairs to demonstrate their ideas .
* Introduce : In order to understand the lesson better , I
will help you some words
* Vocabulary :
+ Grow maize (v) : Translation
+ Work part – time (v) : Explanation
+ Grocery store ( n ) : Explanation
+ Collect eggs ( Translation
+ Exchange student ( n ) : Translation
Checking technique : Slap the board
III / While - reading :
- Now you read the text and do exercise a ) : Match the
words in column A with the word or groups of words in
column B having the same meaning:
A
B
Key
Demonstrate in the
front .
Listen and repeat in
chorus and
individually .
Guess its meanings
and copy .
Play games
Listen and do the
exercise
1. Maize
a. bring things together
1-d
2. Feed
b where people buy food and small things
2-c
3. Grocery store
c. give food to eat
3-b
4. Part – time
d. corn
4-e
5. Collect
e. shorter or less than standard time
5-a
- Call on some Ss to read the answers aloud .
Read their results
aloud
Work in pairs
Practice in pairs
8 min
3 min
- Correct mistakes if any and give correct answers
( Table above )
Checking their understanding by asking some
questions :
1 .Where is the Parker family
,
s farm?
2. How many children do Mr and Mrs Parker have ?
3. What does Van do in the afternoon ?
4. What do the whole family do on Saturday afternoons
- Ask Ss to read the text and answer the questions
- Call on some pairs to read their answers aloud .
- Correct mistakes and give correct answers :
1. It is 100 Km outside Columbus Ohio .
2. They have two children : Peter and Sam
3. He feeds the chicken and collects their eggs .
4. Peter plays baseball , the Parker family and Van eat
humbuggers and hot dogs .
- Ask Ss to read the text again and complete the summary .
- Call on some Ss to read the complete passage aloud
- Remark and correct mistakes if any . Then give answer
keys :
1. Ohio 2. farmer 3. works part – time 4. Peter and 5.
- Complete the
summary individually
Exchange their
answers to compare
with a friend .
Read the complete
passage loudly
Listen and order the
passage .
Read their ordered
passage aloud .
Listen and copy .
Sam 6. after 7. farm 8. they watch 9. baseball
10. member of
- Ask Ss to read the complete passage loudly .
- Correct pronunciation .
IV / Post reading :
Ordering :
- Ask Ss to read close their books and read the passage
which is divided into four small pieces to order the logical
passage .
- Call on some Ss to read their passage aloud .Correct
mistakes if any .
V / Homework :
1. Learn by heart all new words .
2. Redo all the exercises and copy .
3. Prepare the next lesson .