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Unit 1: A visit from a penpal
Lesson1 Getting started - Listen and read
I. Objectives:
- By the end of the lesson. Ss will be able to know about some places Lan went to with a foreign
friend and some activities they took part in together
Languge content:
- The past simple
- The past simple with wish
II. Teaching aids:
- Text book, pictures, transperancies, OHP
III. Work Arrangements:
- Pairwork, groupwork, individualwork
Anticipated Problems:
IV. Procedures
Time T's activities Ss' activities
5'
8'
3'
14'
1. Warm up: Chatting
- Do you have any penpals?
Where does she/he live?
- Has she/he ever visited your city?
- What activities would you do during the
visit?
2. Presentation
* Pre teach vocab:
- (to) correspond( explanation) Trao doi thu
tu
- (a) mosque (picture) nha tho hoi giao
- To be impressed by (explanation) co an
tuong
- (to) pray (mime) cau nguyen
* Check vocab: rub out and remember
3. Practice:
* Open prediction
- Introduce the situation of the text ( a friend
of Lan, Maryam visits Lan). Can you guess
where she went and what she did during her
stay?
- Give feedback
- Ask Ss to listen while reading the text and
check their predictions and add some more
information
- ASk Ss to work in pairs to choose the
correct option to complete the sentences on
page 7
- Whole class
* Possible answer:
- I think I'll take our friends to temples
and churches.
- I'll take them to the beach.
- I'll take them to the mountains
- I'll take them to the theaters,
restaurants.
- Choral repetition
- Individual repetition
- Work individually
- Listen while looking at the text
- Work in pairs
* Answer key:
1. C 2. B 3. D 4.B
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13'
2'
- Get feedback and correct
* Structure:
Lan used to walk past the mosque on her way
to primary scholl
I wish I had a longer vacation
4. Production: speaking
- Ask Ss to recoment places of interest in
their city
- Ask them to discuss where they should take
their friends to and what activities they
should do
Cues:
Lang co beach > Swimming/beach in Hue
Bach Ma national park > mountain
climbing/ ecological tour
LinhMu pagoda, TuDuc Tomd >
sightseeing/ beautiful sight
- Go round and help Ss
- Simulation: Imagine a pen pal ….
5. Homework
- Write a short paragraph about what they
have just discuss with your partner
Self-assessment:
- Choral repetition
- Individual repetition
- Work in groups
S1: I think We should take our friends to
Dong Ba market. We can do shopping or
I'll just introduce them a Vietnamese
market
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