Unit 12 A Vacation abroad
Lesson 1 : Getting started
Listen and read
A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to
aware of how to make accept and decline invitations .
B / Teaching aids : Pictures , cassette , chart ( true / false )
C / Procedure :
I /
Warm up
:
1. Guessing game ( Getting started )
- Show the pictures to Ss , one by one , and ask Ss
to guess what country it is .
- Feedback :
a) The USA b) Australia c) Thailand
d) Statue e) Canada f ) Japan
2. Chatting :
T :Where do you want to visit among these
countries?
Individual
Ss: ……………………
T : Why ?
Ss : ……………………
II / Pre- reading : Introduce the topic of the
passage reading and some new words .
1. Pre – teach Vocabulary :
- to include : bao gom , gom co
- to come over : to come to Someone
,
s house to
visit for a short time
- to pick so up : to come and get so in your car to
drive him / her to a place
- abroad (adv ) = in a foreign country
-> to be / go / travel / live abroad
* Checking Vocabulary : Rub out and
remember
2 . True / False Prediction
- Set the scene “ Mrs Quyen is going to the USA
Teacher – Ss
Whole class
Teacher
for a vacation . She is ringing her friend , Mrs
Smith , to tell her about the trip . “
- Put the chart on the board and ask Ss to read the
statements
a. Mrs Quyen is calling Mrs Smith from the
airport in San Francisco .
b. Mrs Smith invite Mrs Quyen and her husband
to stay with her while they are in town .
c. Mrs Quyen does not accept Mrs smith
,
s
invitation because she wants to stay with a
Vietnamese friend of hers .
d. Mrs Quyen and her husband will be in the USA
for 3 days .
e. Mrs Quyen and her husband will come over to
Mrs Smith
,
s place for dinner one night .
f. Mr Thanh ; Mrs Quyen
,
s husband , goes abroad
for a business meeting .
Pair work
- Ask Ss to work in pairs to decide if the
statements are true or false .
- Call on some Ss to read their predictions and
write them on the board .
III / While – reading
1. Checking predictions :
- Have Ss open their books , listen to the tape
while reading the dialogue .
- Call on some Ss to correct the false statements .
1. False -> Mrs Quyen is calling Mrs Smith from
Ha Noi
2. True
3. False -> … because her accommodation is
included in her tickets price .
4. True
5. False -> Only Mrs Quyen will come over to
Mrs Smith
,
s .
Teacher – Ss
Individual
Whole class
6. True
2. Grid : Complete Mrs Quyen
,
s schedule
- Ask Ss to read the dialogue again and work in
pairs to complete the grid with the information
taken from the dialogue .
- Call on some Ss to go to the board to write the
information in the grid on the board .
Date Mon 25 Tue
26
Wed
27
Thu 28
Schedule
coming
to San
Francisco
Going
out
Having
dinner
with
the
Smiths
Leaving
San
Francisco
- Have Ss copy
3. Comprehension Questions
- Ask Ss to look at their books and answer the
Pair work
Individual
Pair work
questions .
- Let Ss compare their answers with their partner.
- Call on some Ss to answer
- Give feedback and correct
Answer key :
a) No , they won
,
t . Because they are coming on a
tour , and their accommodation is included in the
ticket price , so they will stay at the hotel .
b) No , he won
,
t . Because he will have a business
meeting in the evening that day .
c) Mrs Smith will pick her up at her hotel .
- Get Ss to copy .
IV / Post – reading :
Grammar Awareness
- Tell Ss to read the dialogue again and pick out
the statements indicating the following situations
1. Making an invitation
Whole class
Pair work
2. Accepting an invitation
3. Declining an invitation
4. Making a complaint
- Call on Ss to give their answers and have Ss
copy .
1. Would you like to come and stay with us … ?
you must come over for dinner one night .
2. Ye , we
,
d love to but we will only be in town
for three nights .
3. That is very kind of you but we are coming on a
tour
4. Oh . dear . He is always working
V / Homework :
1. Learn by heart new words and structures to give
some more examples .
2. Do the exercises in the workbook
3. Prepare the next lesson .
Individual