Unit 1 A day in the lìe of - Reading

UNIT 1: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF…
Reading
I. Aim
Reading for specific information about a day in the life of a farmer
II. Objectives
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to talk about their daily routines by learning a typical
day of a farmer.
III. Materials
Textbook, pictures about farmers and field work
IV. Procedure
1. Take attendance
2. Today’s lesson
Tim
e
Content Teacher and students’activities
3’
10’
• Warm-up
Chatting: Daily routines
Question 1: What time do you get up in the morning?
Question 2: What do you do after getting up?
Question 3: Do you have breakfast at home or
outside?
I. Pre- reading
• Vocabulary
- To plough (v): to turn up the soil: cay
- To harrow (v): to break the soil: bua
- Plot of pland: mieng dat, manh roung
- Peasant (n): farmer: nong dan
- Local tobacco (n): thuoc la dia phuong
- To take a short rest: nghi giai lao ngan

- To pump (water) into (v): bom (nuoc vao)
- To transplant (v): cay, trong
- Crop (n): vu mua
- To chat (v): to talk friendly: tro chuyen than
mat
• Practice the pronunciation
T: Ask students to work in pair
Tell them to ask and answer about
their daily routines by using the cues
Go around, check their voc., pro.,
and grammar stucture if there’s
necessary
S: Pair work
T: Give out some new words
Elicit them by mine, explain,
synonym, translation
Read them one by one
S: Guess the new words’ meaning
Repeat them loudly
S: Read the new words louly in front of
class
7’
12’
II. While- reading
Read the text quietly and do the tasks that follow
Task 1: Choose the option A, B, or C that best
suits the meaning of the italicised words
- Go wrong: đi sai
- Go away: biến đi, cút đi
- Ring: gọi

- Wake up: thức giấc
- Prepare: chuẩn bò
- Discuss: thảo luận
- Satisfied with: hài lòng với
- Disapponted with: thất vọng về
- Interested in: thích thú, say mê vào
Answer:
- Goes off = rings
- To get ready = to prepare
- Chat = talk in friendly way
- Contented with = satisfied with
Task 2: Answer the following questions
- Occupation (n): job, career: nghề nghiệp
- Read the questions
Answer:
1. He’s a farmer/peasant.
2. At 4:30’, he gets up and goes down the
kitchen to boil some water for his morning tea.
3. He ploughs and harrows his plot of pland,
drinks tea and smoke tobacco during his
break.
4. They preapare the bank of their plot of pland.
Mr.Vy pumps water into the field and his wife
T: Elicit some new words
T: Ask the words’ meaning
S: Answer
T: Ask them to do task 1 in pairs
S: Pairworks
T: Call some Ss to tell their answers
and explain their choices

S: Answer
T: Correct and give feedback
T: Ask Ss to work in pairs
Ask them to read the whole
questions and discuss if there’s not
understand
Elicit some questions
S: Pairsworks
Ask and answer
T: Call some Ss to write their answer
on the board
Ask the whole class to correct the
answer on the board
T: Ask Ss to work in groups
10’
3’
does the transplanting.
5. Yes, they are. Because they love working and
they love their children.
Task 3: Scan the passage and make a brief note
about Mr. Vy and Mrs. Tuyet’s daily routines. Then
compare your note with a partner
In the morning 4:30’ The alarm goes off and
Mr.Vy gets up, goes down the
kitchen, boils water for tea,
drinks tea, has quick breakfast,
leads buffalo to field.
5:15’ He leaves house
5:30’ He arrives the field
7:45’ He takes a rest

10:30’ He has lunch
In the afternoon 2:30’ They go to the field
again, prepare the banks of the
plot of pland. He pumps water
into th eplot of pland. She does
transplanting.
6:30’ They finish work
7:00 They have dinner
After dinner They watch TV and go to bed.
Sometimes they visit their
neighbours annd chat with
them.
III. Post- reading
Talk about Mr.Vy and Mrs.Tuyet’s daily
routines
(look at the information in task 3 to talk)
Tell them to look back 2 passages
and take a brief note about Mr.Vy and
Mrs.Tuyet’s daily routines
Ask them to compare with the others
S: Groupworks
Take a brief note
Then compare the note with their
friends
T: Call some Ss to tell the answers
Correct and give feedback
T: Ask Ss to work in groups
Guide them to talk based on the
information in the board in task 3
S: Groupworks

T: Go around and help Ss to talk,
correct their pronunciation, grammar
struture and vocabulary
3. Summarize the main points
4. Assign homework
- Learn all the new words
- Retell the daily routines of the 2 peasants
- Prepare the next lesson