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Unit 8
Country life and city life
Period 46 lesson 1 : Getting started
Listen and read
A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to talk
about the city life and the country life
B / Teaching aids : Textbooks , cassette , chalks , boards …
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up : Chatting
- Talk to Ss about life in the city and life in the
country by asking some questions
1. Where do you live ?
2. Do you want to live in the city ? Why ?
3. Do you want to live in the country ? Why ?

=> Lead in the new lesson
II / Pre -reading : Introduce the topic of the
passage reading and some new words .
1. Pre – teach vocabulary :
- a relative = uncles , aunts cousins
- peaceful = quiet and calm (a)

- permanently (adv) : its means existing all the
time
- accessible = co the den gan duoc
- medical facilities = cac phuong tien y te
* Checking vocabulary : Rub out and
remember
2. Brainstorming ( Getting started )
- Get Ss to talk about city life and country life .
The words in the box of getting started may help
you .


Chatting
( whole class )



Listen and copy



Listen and repeat
chorally
Copy down

Play game

Work in groups


 Possible answers :
- tall buildings - beautiful views
- plenty kinds of goods - fresh food
- polluted air - fresh air
- traffic jams - friendly
- entertainment - peaceful
- busy
III / While – reading :
1. True / false statements
Statements True False

1. Na lives in the city
2. Na went to a village which has
some relatives lives there .
3. The village is very peaceful
and quiet
4. Hoa prefers the city life
x
x

x

x
- Turn on the tape and ask Ss to work in groups to
predict the true / false statements .
- Call on some Ss to report their predictions and
write them on the board.
- Ask Ss to read the dialogue between Na and Hoa
and compare their ideas
- Give feedback and get more information
- Call on some pairs to practice the dialogue
2. Comprehension questions :
- Get Ss to work in pairs to answer the questions in
ex 2 / 73
- Call on some pairs to practice asking answering
the questions in front of class .
- Give feedback
a. Na has been to Kin Lien village
b. She was there for the weekend

Work in groups to
predict







Read the dialogue
, compare their
ideas

Practice the
dialogue in pairs


Work in pairs

Practice asking
city life

country
life

c. to her , the countryside is peaceful and quiet and
there is nothing to do .
d. There is no libraries , no movies , no
supermarket , no zoos …
e. Country life is becoming better . Many remote
area are getting electricity . People can now have
things like refrigerators and TV , medical facilities
are more accessible .
- Ask Ss to work in closed pairs
IV / Post - reading :
Discussion
- Divide the class into 4 groups . Two groups
include Ss who prefer the city life and the others
include Ss who prefer the country life .
- Ask Ss to work in groups to answer the questions

“ Do you prefer the city or the country life ?Why ?
“
- Call on 4 pioneers from 4 groups to show their
ideas before class .
V / Homework :
1. Learn by heart new words and copy two lines
for each word

2. Copy the answers in their notebooks .
3. Prepare the next lesson .
and answering the
questions





Work in groups

Demonstrate their
ideas in front of
class .



Listen and copy



Period 47 lesson 2 : Speak
A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to
practice speaking about the changes of a place
B / Teaching aids : textbooks , pictures , poster
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up and pre - speaking
Word square
- Ask Ss to find out 7 adjectives
E X P E N S I B

O A M D N U V E
U B O I S V E A
I C D R T R U
Y L E T L L A T



Work in group





S M R Y H G I
U O N O I S Y F
B P T F D E L U
- Ask Ss to work in 2 teams
- Ask Ss to go to the board and circle the word
they find
- The team which circles more words will win
the game .
Modern – dirty – busy – noisy – tall –
expensive – beautiful
 Setting the scene “ Hoa
,
s grand father is
78 “
- Five years ago , she was 73 and she was
stronger than she is now .
- Ask Ss to make a sentence about her health

=> Hoa
,
s grand father is getting weaker
+ Form : am / is / are + V-ing
+ Use : used to describe changes with get
and become
II / While – speaking :
- Ask Ss to look at the two pictures on page 73
and talk to their partners about the changes of
the town . The words in the box under the
pictures may help you
- Write the word prompts on the board so that
Ss can speak easily
- traffic - > busy
- sky -> cloudy
- houses -> high
- city -> beautiful
- trees - > green
- Get Ss to work in pairs
- Monitor and help Ss speak
* Possible answers :
- The traffic is getting busier .
- There are more tall buildings and houses .
- The houses are getting more modern
- The town is becoming more beautiful .
- The streets are becoming cleaner / larger /
noisier

Work in the whole
class .



Listen and copy






Work in pairs

Work in group

Work individually

III / Post - speaking :
- Ask Ss to work in groups and talk about
changes in their hometown / neighborhood .
- Call on volunteer from each group to show
their ideas before the class . Other groups can
add in their ideas .
IV / Homework :
Write some sentences , using Present
Progressive Tense to describe changes in their
school


Listen and copy .

Period 48 lesson 3: Listen


A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to
complete the dialogue by listening
B / Teaching aids : Text book , cards , cassette
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up : Matching
- Prepare eight cards with phrases on them

- Write eight verbs on the board ( play , do ,
watch , go , clean , have , phone , speak )
- Divide the class into 2 teams
- Hand out each team 8 cards
- Ask Ss to stick the cards with phrases
besides the suitable verbs
- The team which is faster is the winner
* Answers :
- play table tennis
- do my homework
- watch a program
- go to a violin lesson
- clean the house
- have a meeting
- phone my aunt , Mrs Hang
- speak to Mom
=> Lead in the new lesson .
II / Pre - listening
- Set the scene “ Aunt Hang is talking to Lan
on the phone . She is coming to visit Lan in



Work in group

Listen and repeat
chorally and
individually

Copy down


Listen and copy

Work in groups to
Hanoi “
- Ask Ss to predict information in the dialogue
.
- Call on some Ss to report their predictions
III / While - listening :
- Turn on the tape and check their predictions
- Let them listen twice and find out the
missing words individually .
- Ask Ss to share their answers with their
partners
- Call some Ss to read their results
Give feedback
1. that 2. this 3. It is
4. where 5. from 6. coming
7. next week 8. arriving 9.
Thursday
10 . late 11. afternoon 12 . speak

13. my 14 . get her
IV / Post - listening
- Ask Ss to play the roles of Lan and Aunt
Hang to practice the dialogue
V / Homework :
1. Copy down the completed dialogue in their
notebooks .
2. Do exercises in work book
3. Prepare the next lesson .

predict .

Listen to the tape to
check their
predictions

Listen again and
share their answers
with their friends .

Read their answers
aloud .

Work in pairs to
practice the dialogue




Listen and copy .

Period 49 lesson 4 : Read
A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to
understand the text about one of the social problems .
B / Teaching aids : Textbooks , poster , cassette .
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up :
Jumbled words
- Write the words with disordered letters on the
board .
+ Fulentipl -> plentiful
+ taneru -> nature
+ loofd -> flood
+ roestdy -> destroy





Work in group


+ viroped -> provide
+ suertl -> result
+ ciliestial -> facilities
- Ask them to write the correct words on the board
and repeat chorally , individually
=> Lead in the new lesson .
II / Pre- reading :
- Introduce the topic of the passage reading and
some new words to Ss .

1. Pre - teach vocabulary :
- rural (adj ) : something deals with the
countryside
- urban ( adj ) >< rural
- strain (n) = su qua tai ( dan so )
- typhoon (n) = storm (n)
- drought (n) : hot and dry weather for a long time
- to struggle = dau tranh
- migrant (n) : a person who moves from one place
to another especially in order to find work .
- to increase = tang len , tang them
* Checking vocabulary : What and where
2. Brainstorming :
- Ask Ss to think of the difficulties of farmers
,
life
Possible answers :
droughts / the weather / hard work / no vacations /
lack of clean water / electricity / insects destroy
harvests


- Ask Ss to work in groups to guess how farmers
deal with difficulties
- Call on some Ss to report their predictions and
write them on the board
III / While - reading :

Listen and copy
down



Listen and repeat
chorally ,
individually , then
copy down .





Play game



Work in groups

Demonstrate in
front of class




difficulties of
farmers
,
life

- Let Ss listen to the tape and read the text silently
to check their predictions .
- Answer “ What do many farmers do to solve
their problem ? “
=> They have to move to the city so that they can
get well – paid jobs .
- Call on some Ss to read the text in front of class .
1. Gap- filling :
- Ask Ss to work in pairs o complete summary ,
using the information from the passage .
- Call on some volunteers to report their results
- Give feedback
1. leaving 2. home 3. city 4. rural
5. city 6. problems 7. schools 8. hospitals
9. problem 10 . world
- Call on some Ss to read the complete passage
aloud
2. Finding the words

- Ask Ss to read the text again and work with their
partners
- Call them to report their results
- Give feedback
a. rural b. plentiful c. increase
d. strain e. tragedy f. urban
IV / Post - reading : Discussion
- Give a situation : If you were a Minister , what
would you do for farmers ?
- Ask Ss to work in groups to discuss
* Suggested answers :
- build streets , theaters , stadiums in the
countryside
- build schools , hospitals
- provide clean water , electricity , facilities
- build factory .
- Call on 4 volunteers from 4 groups to show their
ideas before the class .
V / Homework :
1. Write 5 things that government should do for
the rural areas .
2. Do exercises in workbook .

Work in groups to
guess the
difficulties of
farmers .


Listen to the tape

and read the text
to check their
predictions

Answer the
question

Read the text
aloud .

Work in pairs
Read their results .




Read the complete
summary .
Read the text
again and do the
exercise 2 / 75
Read the complete
results .



Work in groups to
discuss

3. Prepare the next lesson .
Show their ideas
before class .



Listen and copy .

Period 50 Lesson 5 : write
A/ Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to write
letters to their friends about their neighborhood .
B / Teaching aids : Textbook , cards , chalks……….
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up : Revision
- Ask Ss to put the outline for an informal
letter in the correct order .
- Prepare 6 cards with 6 outlines on them .
- Call 6 Ss to hold them and stand in a random
order
- Ask some other Ss to rearrange them in the
correct order .
- Write the answer on the board and ask Ss to
copy .
1. Heading
- Writer
,
s address
- Date

- Dear ……… ,
2. opening
3. Body
4. closing
II / Pre- writing :
- Ask Ss to work in pairs to answer the
questions .
- Call on some pairs to practice asking and
answering the questions
- Give feedback
III / While … writing :
- Ask Ss to write letters to friends about their
neighborhood
- Let them write individually .



Work on the whole
class .


Listen and copy
down

Work in pairs to
practice asking and
answering the
questions

Work individually


Compare with their
partners
- Have them compare with their partners and
correct if they can .
* Suggested letter :
( Writer
,
s address)
( Date )
Dear ,
I live in … , a small town . My family has a
large house with four rooms and a small
garden . My sister and I share one bedroom .
From the bedroom window , I can see a
beautiful park with green tress , flowers and a
pond . we do not live far form my school so I
usually walk there .
In my neighborhood , there is a swimming
pool and a beautiful park . On the weekend , I
often go swimming with my friends . Early in
the morning , I always jog with my sister

around the park . But the thing I like best in
my neighborhood is the public library near my
school . There I not only can study and read
books but also watch video and learn how to
use the computer .
Do you have a library like that in your
neighborhood ? Is there anything interesting
in the place where you live ? Write to me
I would like to say goodbye now . I am
looking forwards to hearing from you soon .
Love ,
( Signature )
IV / Post - writing : Correction
-
Choose some letters to correct before class
and ask them to read them aloud .
V / Homework :
1. Write their letters on their notebooks
2. Prepare the next lesson .

Exchange their
writings to correct .

Listen and copy .


Period 51 lesson 6 : Language focus


A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to use
Present progressive and comparative and superlative adjectives .
B / Teaching aids : Textbooks , chalks , boards …
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up : Matching

A B Key
1. play
2. do
3. watch
4. go
5. clean
6. have
7. phone
8. speak
a. to Mom
b. table tennis
c. a program
d. a meeting
e. my aunt , Mrs
Hang
f. the house
g. my homework
h. to violin lesson
1.b
2.g
3.c
4.h
5.f
6.d
7.e
8.a
- Call 2 volunteers from 2 teams to do the
matching
II / Practice :
1. Ex 2 : Ask Ss to use the suitable verbs in the

Present Progressive Tense to complete the
exercise
- Get Ss to work in pairs
- Call on some pairs to practice the dialogues
before class and correct
=> What tense do we use in 6 dialogues ?
What is the form ?
Look at the adverbs of time in the dialogue .
Are they at present or in the future ?
Present Progressive Tense is used to talk
about the future .
2. Ex 1 : Ask Ss to practice the dialogue as
example
S1 : Is the boat to Qui Nhon leaving at 11. 30 ?
S2 : Is that good fortune ?
S1 : That is right
S2 : I am very sorry . It has been delayed .
S1 : Oh , no !
S2 : Now , it is leaving at 13 . 45
- Give them the shipping information and ask
them to make similar dialogues


Work in group
( 2 teams )

Work in pairs


Answer the
questions







Work in pairs








Work individually
3. Ex 3 : Present Progressive Tense is used to
describe changes with “ get “ and “ become “
* Drill : Prepare six cards of cues

a. The boys / get / tall
b. The old men / become / weak
c. It / become / dark
d. The weather / get / cold
e. The students / get / better
f. The school yard / become / cleaner
- Model first two cues , then whole class repeat
chorally , then some Ss read out individually
- Give a new cue and go on until most of the Ss
in class can remember the structure .
4 . Comparative and superlative adjectives
- Remind Ss of the forms of comparative and
superlative adjectives
* Comparative : Short adj - er + than +
object
More long adj + than +
object
* Superlative : The + short adjective - est
The most + long adjective
* Irregular adjectives
good/ well – better – the best
bad – worse – the worst
many – more – the most
little – less – the least
Ex 4 : Have Ss work in pairs to make
comparisons between the city and the country .
Ex : The air in the country is fresher than in the
city
- Let each Student read aloud one of the
sentences they have made .

- Give feedback
IV / Further practice :
- Ask Ss to read the advertisements then ask
them some questions to check their
understanding
+ what are advertised ?
( an apartment , a villa and a house )






Repeat chorally ,
individually


Repeat the form of
comparative and
superlative
adjectives






Listen and copy

Work in pairs








Listen and answer
the questions



+ How old are they ?
( The apartment is 2 years old , the villa is 5
years old and the house is new )
+ How much do we pay per month ?
( 900,000 dongs for the apartment , 6,6 million
dongs for the house and 7,8 million dongs for
the villa )
- Game “ Nought and Crosses “ , using
comparative and superlative adjectives
old expensive big
expensive small hot
big beautiful old
Eg : - The villa is older than the apartment

- The house is more expensive than the
apartment
V / Homework :
1/Redo all the exercises and copy down
2/ Prepare the next lesson .



Play game
( whole class )



Listen and copy

Period 52 + 53 Consolidation

A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to grasp
the knowledge they have learnt in the first semester and know how to
supplement what they are short of .
B / Teaching aids : Textbook , chalks , boards
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up : Chatting about daily routine
II / Consolidation :
Period 52
1. Grammar
- Ask Ss to repeat the tenses they have learnt
in the first semester and write on the board
1.1 The tenses :
- Present Simple / - Past simple

- Present progressive / - Present perfect
- Simple future
1.2 The form of the verbs
- Modal verbs : can , could , may might
- Gerund ( V- ing ) => used after some verbs
such as like / dislike / hate / love / enjoy and
Play game



Repeat the tenses
they have learnt .


Listen and copy ,
then give some more
examples



prepositions
- Have Ss to repeat and copy , then give
examples with each one .
2. Exercises :
- Using the posters with some exercises to
show .
2.1 Give the correct form of the verbs in the
brackets + Ex 7/ 43 ( workbook ) : Infinitive or
Gerund
+ Ex 5 / 46 ( workbook ) : Past simple or

Present perfect
- Ask Ss to work in pairs
- Call on some pairs to practice in front of lass

- Ask some Ss to go to the board to write them
on the board
- Give feedback
Period 53
1. Grammar
1.2 Comparison
- Comparative
- Superlative
- Like
- (not) as …… as
- (not) the same as
- different form
1.2 Direct and indirect speech
- Commands
- Requests
- Advice
=> S + told + O +(not) to + V …
2. Exercises :
- Ex 7 / 48 ( workbook ) : Comparison
- Ex 3 / 33 ( workbook ) / Ex 6/ 51 (
workbook )
+ Have Ss work in pairs to do all the exercises
+ Call on some pairs to practice in front of
class
+ Give feedback
 Homework :

1. Redo all the exercises and copy
Listen and copy

Repeat and copy .







Work in pairs to the
exercises and
exchange their
answers with their
friends .




Listen and copy





Repeat and give
some more examples

Work in pairs
Demonstrate in front
of class .



Copy down
2. Prepare the test :
- Complete these sentences with the suitable
words or phrases in the brackets .
- Complete the conversation
- Read the passage carefully , then answer the
questions below
- Supply the correct tense form of the verb in
the brackets
- Listening comprehension