Unit 8: Country life and city life. Period 46: Lesson 1: Getting started+ listen and read potx

Unit 8: Country life and city life.
Period 46: Lesson 1: Getting started+ listen and
read


I. Objectives:
- By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to talk about the country life and city
life.
II. Preparation:
- Textbook, cassette and tape.
III. Teaching procedure:
1. Organization:
2. Oral test:
- Homework correction
3. New lesson:
A. Warm- up: Chatting:
- Talk to Ss about life in the city and life in the country by asking some questions:
 Where do you live?
 Do you want to live in the city? Why?
 Do you want to live in the country? Why?
B. Presentation:
* Pre - reading:
I. Pre teach
- Teach some new words:
a relative peaceful permanently
Accessible medical facilities.
+ Checking: What and where.
II. Brainstorming :( Getting started):
- Get Ss to talk about the city life and country life, the words used in the box of
Getting stared may help:
Noisy

quiet


+ Possible answers:
- Tall buildings - beautiful views
- Plenty kinds of food - fresh food
- Polluted air - fresh air
- Traffic jams - friendly
- Entertainment - peaceful
- Busy -
* While - reading:
- Ask Ss to read the dialogue between Na and Hoa an compare their ideas.
- Give feedback and get more information.
1. Comprehension questions:
City life

Country life

- Get Ss to work in pairs to answer the questions in Ex 2 on P.73.
- Call some Ss to give the right answers:
a. She has been to Kim Lien Village.
b. She was there for the weekend.
c. It 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 areas are getting electricity.
People can now have things like refrigerators and TV, medical facilities are more
accessible.
- Ask some Ss to practice the dialogue.
4. Consolidation:
* Post - reading:

2. Discussion:
- Divide the class into 4 groups. 2 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 life or the country life? Why?
- Ask 4 pioneers from 4 groups to show their ideas before class.
5. Homework:
- Ss write a short passage about why they prefer the city life or the country life