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week 8
Period 22: unit 4 : Our past
lesson 2: speak + Listen
Date of planning: 21/10/2007
a. Objectives :
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By the end of the lesson, Ss’ll be able to say the event in the past and use the structure fo “
used to” well.
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the content of the folktale and learn the moral lesson from it.
B . language content:
* Words : use the words denoting daily activities
* Skill: speaking and listening
c. Teaching aids :
* book, pictures, stereo and chalks
d. PROCEDURE :
1. Warm up :
T: Greeting & calling some ss to read the dialogue . Then answer some questions about
them
Ss: listen and answer the questions
2. Pre - speaking:
Teacher’s & Students’ activities Content of activities
T: ask ss some questions about the
dialogue to lead in the topic of
speaking
Ss: listen and answer the questions
T: explain how to use “ used to” and
then give more examples
Ss: listen and note down

T: call others to give more examples
Ss: do as the request
+ What did Nga’s great grandma use to do?
She used to cook the meals , clean the house and
wash the clothes
+ What did her great grand father use to do ?
He used to tell them stories
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Used to : ( past habit)
eg : I used to smoke a lot but now I don’t
3. Speaking :
Teacher’s & Students’ activities Content of activities
T: show the pictures and ask ss to give
the differences between the past and the
present
Ss:listen
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Talk about the pictures in the book
+ Look at the pictures what are they about?
+ What are differences between these two
pictures ?
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T; give some questions about them
Ss: listen and answer the questions
T: let ss prepare in a few minutes . Then
call them to talk before the class
Ss: talk in group and speak before the

class
T; help them when they find difficult to
express. Show the differences on the
board in each table
Ss: think and talk freely
T: go around the class to help them. Then
call others remark
(note: must use “ used to” to express)
T: give some suggestions
Ss; lisetn and choose
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Past:
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small house
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walked
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no electricity
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worked in the field
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traditional clothes
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Present:
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big houses. Buildings
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travelled by car, motorbike
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electricity, mobile phone

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big shops
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modern clothes, uniforms
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watch TV
supermarket
4. Post-speaking :
T: ask ss to work in pair to discuss each other about the things they used to do in
the past but now they don’t
Ss: listen and work in pair freely
T: call some pairs to present before the class.
Ss: raise the hand to do.
Teacher’s and Students’ activities Content of the activities
T: greet ss and call ss to say the tings they
did ten years ago but now they don’t.
T: raise the hand to do
T: ask ss to lead into the topic of the
lesson.
Ss: listen and asnwer.
* Now one of you goes to the board and
tell me the things you do ten years ago
but now you don’t.
- Have you ever read any folktales ?
- What is the story’s name?
- Tell me about the content of the story.
2. Pre- listening:
Teacher’s and Students’ activities Content of the activities
T: guide the task of listening
Ss: listen.

T: show some new wordsd in the tapescrip
Ss: listen and note down
T: lead in the listening by asking some
questions
Ss; listen and answer the questions
* Now you will listen to a folktale. Listen
and try to understand the content of the
story.
* New words :
+ to lay eggs
+ excitedly
+ in amazement
+ foolish and greedy
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T: guide ss the task of listening and ask “
What is the story about?”
Ss: listen and try to guess the key first
+ moral lesson
* Ask:
- Do you often read books/ stories?
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What kind of story do you like ?
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Do you like folktales?
3. Listening
Teacher’s and Students’ activities Content of the activities
T; ask ss to listen and find the information

about “ the chickens, the husband and the
wife
Ss; listen and do as the request
T: ask ss to lisetn and choose the correct
moral lesson
Ss: listen and choose the correct one
+ It is about chickens with gold eggs
+ It is about the farmer and his wife
+ It is about greedy people
* listen and find the information about the characters in
the story
+ The moral lesson is “ Don’t be foolish and greedy”
4. Post listening:–
Teacher’s and Students’ activities Content of the activities
T: call ss to try telling the content of the story
again.
Ss: raise the hand to do
T: help ss to say.
T: call ss to say other names of folktales
from which they can have morals lessons
Ss: try to do .
* Retell the content of the story.
5. Home assignment:
T: request ss to write 10 sentences to talk about their activities in the past, using” used to.
Prepare the next lesson
Ss: listen and note down
E. REMARK:
Period 23: unit 4: our past
lesson 4: read
Date of planning: 21/10/07

a. Objectives :
By the end of the lesson, Ss’ll be able to improve their reading skill trough a fairy tale
B. language content:
* Words : marry; do chores; fall in love; cruel; upset; prince; fairy; rags; immediately
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* Skill: reading comprehension
c. Teaching aids : book, pictures, and chalks
d. PROCEDURE :
1. Warm up :
T: Greeting & calling the pupils to say ten sentences using “ used to” orally
Ss: listen and do as the request
2. PRE – READING:
Teacher’s & Students’ activities Content of activities
T: lead into the topic of the reading by
the questions
Ss: listen and answer the questions
T: introduce the story by the questions
Ss: listen and answer the questions
T: read and find the information about
three characters in the story
Ss: raed and find the information
* answer the questions :
+ Do you like folktales?
+ What usually happen at the end of the folk
tales?
+ Name the titles of the folk you know
+ You are going to read the story “ The lost

shoe”. Have you read it?/ Can youn guess
the content from the title?
* Read and find the information about:
+ Little Pea
+ Stout Nut
+ Stepmother
3. reading:
Teacher’s & Students’ activities Content of activities
Ss: reae and find the information about
three characters. Ten compare with
each other
T: call ss to tell the in formation .Then
introduce some new words from the
story
Ss: listen and write down
T: request ss to read again to do Ex1
Ss: read & discuss to do the exercise 1
T: call some ss to present before the
class
Ss: do as the request
T: correct the sentences with them
* New words:
+ marry; fall in love; cruel; upset; prince;
fairy; rags; immediately; broken heart
+ Little Pea: her mom and dad died. Lived
with stepmother. Did chores and had old
clothes
+ Stout Nut: had new clothes
Stepmother: cruel
Ex1: complete the sentences

a) a farmer b) died c) used ; again
d) marry/ choose e) new clothes f) lost
Ex2: Answer the questions
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T: go on asking ss to read the story to
answer the questions about it
Ss: read and find the answers to the
questions
T: call some pairs to ask and answer
before the class
Ss: do as the request
T: correct with ss
Ss: write the correct answers in the
notebook
a) She was a poor farmers daughter
b) She made Little Prea do the chores all day
c) Before festival started, a fairy appeared
and magically changed her rags into
beautiful clothes
d) He decided to marry the girl who filled
the lost shoe/ who owned it
4: POST READING:
T: ask ss some questions: - Do you like the story?
- Who do you like/ hate? Why?
- Is this a true story? How do you know?
- What is the moral lesson from the story?
Ss: listen and answer the questions

T: allow ss time toi discuss
Ss: discuss to give a moral lesson
T: give the lesson One good turn deserves another ở hiền gặp lành
5. HOMEWORK:
T: Do the exercises again in your exercisebook. Retell the content of the story. Prepare the next
lesson "WRITE
Ss: listen and note down
E. REMARK:
Period 24: unit 4: our past
lesson 5: write
Date of planning: 21/10/07
a. Objectives :
By the end of the lesson, Ssll be able to improve their writing skill, write about a fairy story
B. language content:
* Words: the words about the folk tale This is my wisdom.
* Skill: writing skill
c. Teaching aids : book, pictures, cues and chalks
d. PROCEDURE :
1. Warm up :
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T: greeting and calling ss to retell the story “ The lost shoe" by playing the role of Little
Pea or Stepmother
Ss: listen and volunteer to do as the request
T: help ss to tell the story in the part of Stepmother
Ss: listen
2. PRE - writing:
Teacher’s & Students’ activities Content of activities

T: introduce the topic of the writing by
give some questions
Ss: listen and answer the questions
given
T: request ss to read and complete the
open story after explain the words
given in the box
Ss: think to complete with the partner.
Then compare with others ( try to guess
the meaning of the new words)
T:call ss to read the completed story
aloud . Then explain some new words
in the story
Ss; listen and note down the newwords
T: call others to remark the completed
story and give the correct key
Ss: listen and note down
* Lead in the topic of the writing
+ Do you know the folktale “ This is my
wisdom?
+ Who are the characters in this story?
+ Where did they meet?
+ What was the buffallo doing?
* Complete the story:
1) appeared/came 2) was 3) said
4) left 5) went 6) tied
7) lit 8) burned 9) escaped
+ New words:
servant >< master ; straw; stripe ; escape;
graze; disappear >< appear.

3. WRITING:


Teacher’s & Students’ activities Content of activities
T: guide ss how to carry out the task of
this exercise
Ss: listen
T: ask ss to work in group to do this
exercise
Ss: work in group. Then compare with
other group
T: call some groups to present before
the class and others listen to remark
Ss: do as the request
T: help them to correct the mistakes
that they can’t find
* Now imagine you are the man. You want to
tell the story to your friends. There are 9
sentences , you work in group to write the
full sentences with cues given
* Key:
One day I was in the field anmd my buffalo
was grazing nearby, a tiger came. It asked
why the strong buffalo was my servant and
why I was its master. I told the tiger that I
had something called wisdom. The tiger
wanted to see it , but I told it I left the
wisdom at home. Then I tied the tiger to a
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tree with a rope because I didn’t want it to eat
my buffalo . I went to get some straw and
burned the tiger. The tiger escaped but today
it still has black stripes from the burns
4. POST – WRITING:
T: ask ss to work in group to rewrite the story following the tale of the farmer and then find a
moral lesson from that story
Ss: do as the request
5. HOMEWORK:
T: rewrite the exercise in the book and then try to retell the story again. Then draw a lesson
from it. Prepare for the next lesson “Language focus”
Ss: listen and note down

E. REMARK:

week 9
Period 25: unit 4: our past
lesson 6: Language focus
Date of planning: 21/10/07
a. Objectives :
By the end of the lesson, Ss’ll be able to review some grammatical pattern from Unit 4
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B. language content:
* Words: review the past form of some verbs and used to
* Skill: applying what have been learnt ot do other exercises

c. Teaching aids : book, pictures, cues and chalk
d. PROCEDURE :
1. Warm up :
T: greeting and asking ss to retell about the story “ This is my wisdom”
Ss: retell the story
2. PRACTICE:
Teacher’s & Students’ activities Content of activities
T: help ss to revise the Simple past
Ss: listen and note down
T: request ss to do the exercise1,2 on
the page 44
Ss: think to do this exercises
T: Help ss to recll some prep that they
have learnt
Ss: listen and note dowm these
prepositions
T: rrequest ss to do
Ss: think to do
T: call ss to say the key
Ss: do as request and others remark
T: call ss to say how to use “ used to”
again
Ss: do as the request
T: call ss to make sentences with “ used
to”
Ss: think to make sentences
T: request ss to do exercise 4 on the
page 45
1. Past simple:
+ “ S + V-ed” ( note: irregularverbs)

- “ S + didn’t + V”
? “ Did + S + V ?”
Ex1,2
2. Preposition:
* Name the prepositions that you have learnt
+ on; at; by; behind’ under; between; after;
befere etc.
Ex3:
b) in c) between d) at/ after e) before
3. Used to: ( express a past habit)
+ “ S + used to + V”
- “ S + didn’t use / used not to + V”
? “ Did + S + use to + V/ Used + S +to+ V?
eg: She used to get up late
He didn’s use to smoke
Did they use to help their mother?
Ex4.
1) I used to have long hair
2) She used to be my next door neighbor
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Ss: think to do the exrecise
T: call some ss to present before the
class
Ss: do as the request
T: call others remark and give correct
answers
Ss: listen and write down

3) They used to live in Hue
3. PRODUCTION:
T: request ss to do as following
* Extensive activity: talk about your habit in the past that now you don’t have in pair
Ss: think to do freely
T: call some pairs to present before the class. Others listen and remark
Ss: present before the class
4. HOMEWORK:
T: request ss to revise how to use the Simple present again. Redo all exercises in Language
focus and then write ten things that youn did in the past but now you don’t
Ss: listen and note down
E. REMARK:
Period 26: unit 5: study habit
lesson 1: getting started + listen and read
Date of planning: 21/10/07
a. Objective : By the end of the lesson ss will be able to say their habit in English
through the tmetable of the subjects and practise the reported speech
B. language content:
* Words : report card; excellent; semester; pronunciation; improve
* Skill: listening and speaking
c. Teaching aid : book, pictures,stereo, posters concerned and chalks
d. PROCEDURE :
1. Warm up : 1. getting started

T: Greeting and leading in by helping ss to review the name of subjects they have
learnt. Arrange a game for ss to play “ Subjects at school”
Ss: will play the game by writing the subjects. Who writes more will win
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Team 1 Team 2
T: request ss to read the subjects in chorus
Ss: do as the request
T: ask ss the question “ How often do you have Math?”. Then ask ss ot do the same with
other subjects
Ss: listen to guide and work in pair to ask and answer
T: allow ss time to practise in pair freely
Ss: do as the request
2. presentation: 2) lIsten and read

Teacher’s & Students’ activities Content of activities
T: Show the picture and introduce the
situation of the dialogue
Ss: listen
T: explain the word “ report card” Then
request ss
Ss: lisetn and answer the questions
given by the teacher
T: call ss to answer the questions
Ss: hand up to answer the questions
T: explain some more new words
Ss: listen and note down
* This is Jim and this is his mother. They are
talking about Jim’s report card
* Listen and then answer the following
questions:
+ How did Jim study?
+ What does Jim need to improve?
* New words:

+ report card(n)
+ excellent ( adj)
+ improve (v)
+ pronunciation (n)
1.
practice:


Teacher’s & Students’ activities Content of activities
T: allow ss to listen for the second time
Ss: listen
T: help ss to read the dialogue in chorus
Ss: read the dialogue after the teacher
T: call some pairs to play the roles of the
characters to read the dialogue again
Ss: do as the request
T: allow ss to listen to the tape again. Then
ask ss to read themselves to check the
sentences given on the page 47
Ss: lisetn and discuss in pair to check
thesentences
T: requeet ss to check themselvees by using
* Read the dialogue
( ss listen to the dialogue and the practice
under control). Then practice it as the
request
* Ex1: True or False? Correct the false ones
Key: a-F ; b-T ; c- F ; d –T ; e-F ; f –
T
Check:

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Yes / No questions
Ss: do as the request
T: explain the task that ss have to do
Ss; listen and discuss to do this exercise
T; call some pairs to present before the
class and others listen to remark
Ss: ask and answer
T: give the corect answers
Ss; listen and note down
T: explain the model sentence
Ss: listen and note down
T: give more exercises for ss to pratice
Ss: apply to do the exercise
A: Was Jim home when his mother called
him ?
B: No, he wasn’t
Correct: a) out → home
c) poor → good/ excellent
e) grammar → pronunciation
* Ex2: Answer the questions
a) Miss Jackson is Jim’s teacher
b) Miss Jackson gave her Jim’s report card
c) He studied well this semester
d) Miss Jackson said Jim should work
harder on his Spanish pronunciaation
e) She gave him a dictionary

* Model sentence:
Focus on he sentence: Reported speech
+ Mis Jackson said Jim should work harder
on his Spanish pronunciation
→ Note: reported speech used to report the
others’words
S + said + that – clause in the past tense

4. production
T; ask ss to report their friend’s advice “ Nam should work hard”
Ss: listen and apply to do
5. HOME ASSIGNMENT:
T; request ss to do these tasks: learn the dialogue by heart and write 5 sentences to report their
friends’ speech. Prepare the lesson “Speak”
Ss: listen and note down
E. REMARK
Period 27: unit 5: study habit
lesson 2: speak
Date of planning: 24/10/07
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a. Objectives : By the end of the lesson ss will be able to say their timetable of the
subjecs in a week
B. language content:
* Words : name of the subjects
* Skill: listening and speaking
c. Teaching aids : book, posters concerned and chalks
d. PROCEDURE :

1. Warm up :
T: Greeting and checking the previous lesson. “ read the dialogue by heart”
Ss: listen and do as the request
T; use the poor report card to lead in the topic of the speaking by asking
+ This is Minh’s report card. Is it good ?
Ss: answer
+ Minh didn’t do well . What should he do?
Ss: answer
+ Yes, Lan said Minh should work harder. The others, please. So on and so forth
T: so “ How to make our study better?”. Now we will talk about this pont
Ss: listen and change to practise
2. pre- speaking:
Teacher’s & Students’ activities Content of activities
T: request ss to read the questions
given carefully. Then explain some new
words in the questions
Ss: listen and note down
T: request ss
Ss: think to answer the questions in 5
min. They can discuss in pair
* New words:
+ spend (time) on something
+ help somebody with something
* Think to answer in 5 min
3. PRACTICE
Teacher’s & Students’ activities Content of activities
T: request ss to work in 4 groups to ask
answer the questions given on the page
48. Give an example
Ss: work in group to ask and answer the

questions
T: call some ss to ask and others answer
Example:
T: When do you do your home work?
S: I do my home work after dinner
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before the class
Ss: ask and answer
T: call pupils to interview others. Then
note down
Ss: do as the request
T: call ss to report what they have just
interviewed. Notice about the tense in
the reported speech
Ss: apply to report
T: call others to remark
* Interview: 4 ss go around the class to ask
and note down what they interview in 5 min
* Report what you have just interviewed
eg : Nga said that she did her homework after
dinner
Note: change the tense in the reported speech
Simple present is changed into Simple past
* Write the reporterd speech on the board
4. POST – SPEAKING:
T: explain how to change the direct speech into reported speech again and then ask ss to giev
more examples

Ss: listen and od as the request
5. HOME ASSIGNMENT
T: make 10 reported speech and prepare the next lesson “ LISTEN”
Ss: listen and note down
E. REMARK
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