LESSON PLAN
Unit 2: CULTURAL DIVERSITY
Section A: Reading
* Aim: 1. Guessing meaning in context
* 2. Reading comprehension about love and marriage
* Grammar and structure: simple present
* Teaching aids: pictures
* Procedure
Time
STAGES Teacher ‘s act Students ‘s
act
3’
I/ Warm up: Jumbled sentence
Make a meaningful sentence by
putting the words given in the circle in
the right orders.
Love is supposed to follow marriage
not precede it
+ Does love come before marriage?
Yes / No
- Asks sts to
work in groups
- Groups
answer
- Sit into
groups and
guess
is supposed
love
to marriage follow
it not precede
10’
+ Do you agree with this opinion?
+ Do you think that there are places
in which people still think that this
opinion is true?
+ Where do you live, in western
countries or Asian countries?
II/ Before you read:
* Discuss the question: which of the
following factors is the most important
for a happy life? Why?
+ love + a nice house/flat
+ money + a good job
+ parents’ approval + good health
* New words:
- contractual (a): thỏa thuận
- confide (v): tin tưởng, giao phó
- sacrifice (v): hy sinh
- diversity (n): tính đa dạng
- response (n): sự đáp lại
III/ While you read:
* Silent Reading :
There are still some more opinions
about love and marriage. Read them
- Asks sts to
answer about
love and
marriage
- asks sts to
discuss
- follows the
step for the
presenting of
vocabulary
- Work in
groups
- discussion
- follow the
teacher‘s
guide
- copy down
20’
and decide :
Whose opinions are they , of
American students or Asian students ?
1/ A wife should maintain her beauty
and appearance after marriage. (A)
2/ Wives and husbands share all
thoughts. (Americans)
3/ It is unwise for husbands to confide
in their wives. ( Asians)
4/ A woman has to sacrifice more in a
marriage than a man. (Asian)
5/ A husband is obliged to tell his wife
where he has been. (Asian)
Task1:
1- happen or exist before
2- find out
3- tell someone about something very
private or secret
4- willingly stop having something
you want
5- having a duty to do something
Task2: Read and answer
- asks sts to
read in silence
and guess
- asks sts to
work in groups
- asks sts to
read the
answer
- read in
silence
-groupwork
- answer
10’
* Lucky number 1,4,7
2: They are … on love
3: The young Americans … a husband
5: The Indian … a man
6: The American … he has to …
counterparts
8: The main
IV/ After you Read: discussion
What are the differences between a
traditional Vietnamese family and a
modern Vietnamese family?
- number of children, the house they
like to have, the head of the family,
who works, who takes care of the
house work and children, the income
V/ Home work:
- asks sts to
read the text
again and take
note: physical
attractiveness,
confiding,
partnership of
equals and
trust built on
love
- asks sts to
play the game
“lucky
numbers”.
+ correct
- asks sts to
work in group
- Read the
text again and
answer the
questions.
- Play the
game
- copy down
2’
- Read again at home
- Prepare the next part of the lesson
- Give the
tasks
- take note