Unit 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PA
GETTING STARTED + LISTEN AND READ
A. Aims:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to get more reading practice to
understand the text about Lan and her penpal Maryam’s visit to Hanoi and know a
new structure with “wish” with the simple past
B. Teaching aids:
Extraboard, pictures, tape recorder, cue cards.
C. Content:
I. Pre
reading:
1. Warm
up: Brainstorm
a, Interesting places in Ha tinh
Tran Phu general Secretary Memorial Site
Le Khoi Temple
V QUang Natural preservatiuon zone
Ke Go lake
T.Cam Beach/T. Hai Beach
Vung Ang post
Huong Tich Pagoda
Hoi Thong village (Dtho)
Dong Loc road-juction
Memorial Site of the Great Poet Nguyen Du
Handicraft village
Thai Yen Carpentry village (Nxuan)
Van chang and Minh Lang forge villages
b, Activities we can do in Ha Tinh:
to go swimming
to have specialities: P.Trach jackfruits, T.Dai persimmon
to visit wildlife
to climb up mountains
to go boating/fishing
2. Pre
teach:
(a) mosque : nhà thờ Hồi giáo (picture/sit)
If my region were Islam, where could I go to pray?
_ (n) friendliness : sự/lòng mến khách (exp)
friendly
(to) be impressed by : có ấn tượng (trans)/ ỉmpress (v): ghi khắc/in
sâu
(to) pray : cầu nguyện (mime)
(to) keep in touch (with): giữ liên lạc (với) (examp)
(to) correspond : trao đổi thư từ (explanation)
It means ‘to write to one another regularly’
(to) depend on : dựa vào/phụ thuộc vào (sit)
* Checking: ROR
3.Open-prediction:
-Set the scene : Lan’ s Malaysian penpal came to visit her in Hanoi.Can you guess
where she went and what she did during her stay ?
-Ss guess –T writes their prediction on the board.
-Have ss listen to the tape,reading the text on p.6,7 to check.
II. While
reading:
1.Students listen to the tape(optional)
2. Students practice reading the text silently
3. Choose the correct option to complete the sentences *(P.7)
* Key:
1- C ; 2 - B ; 3 - D ; 4 - B
4. Teacher gives feedback to the whole class to their open-prediction: (
Key)
III. Post
reading:(grammar awareness)
-Eliciting from students :
1) T : What did Lan used to do when she was a primary school girl ?
Ss :She used to walk past the mosque
T : What about now,Does she often walk past the mosque now ?
Ss :No, she doesn’t do this anymore
+Form : (+) S +used to +V(bare) +
(-) S + didnot + use to +V (bare)
(?) Did + S + use to +V (bare) ?
+Use : S.o often did sth in the past and no longer now
2) T : What did Lan say to Maryam at the end of the week?
Ss : Lan said “I wish you had a longer vacation”
+Form : S1 + wish + S2 + V(past) (S1 can be S2 or not)
Be(Were)
+Use : Expressing the wish about the present, regretting about the present situation
4. Practice: (optional-depending on time): word cue drill
IV. Homework:
Learn the vocab by heart
Reread the text carefully
Do exercise 3 (P.12) (Text book) + Ex7 (P.10) (workbook)
Find out new words in “Speak” (P.8)
V.Teacher’s self- evaluation: