Get to know English 10
Period 1:
Class
Teaching date
Absentees
10A2
10A3
I. OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, the Ss will get to know English 10: what to learn and how to learn
it.
II. PROCEDURE:
T: How many words in English do you know beginning with “T”, “T” and “E” (2 minutes: 1 for preparing,
one for presenting)
Checks and gives feedback
T: I am Thuan. I’m your Teacher of English. Now, let’s begin the first lesson “Get to know
English 10”
What do you study in English 10?
Discussing the following questions and answer them:
1. How many units are there in the book? How many topics (themes)? What are they? What topic do
you like best?
- 12 units. 12 topics.
- A Day in the Life of, School Talk, People’s Background, Special Education, Technology and You, An
Excursion, The Mass Media, The Story of the Village, Undersea World, Conservation, Natonal Park,
Music, Films and Cinema, The world Cup, Cities, Historical Places
2. How many lessons are there in each unit? What are they?
- 5 lessons
- Reading, Speaking, Listening, Writing, Language Focus
3. How many tests yourself are there in the book?
- 6 tests your-seft
4. How many 15-minute tests are there?
- 6 15-minute tests per a school year (3/ semester)
5. How many 45-minute tests are there?
- 4 45-minute tests (2/semester)
6. How many semester tests are there?
- 2 semester tests
(1/semester)
Groupwork:
3.How will you learn English 10?
Ss discuss in the group of 8 students, giving idea(s)
T gives feeedback
Suggested answers:
- Learn new words by heart
- Read the text in advance at home
- Watch and listen to progammes in English in the radio and on TV
- Do homework and exercises
- Practise a lot, sing English songs
- ..........
4. Consolidation
Summarising the lesson
Give some recommendations
Homework: Preparing Unit 1: A Day in the life of .... Lesson One
III. EXPERIENCE
UNIT1
Period 2:
Class
:
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF ....
A. READING
Teaching date
Absentees
10A2
10A3
I. OBJECTIVES:
- Ss read the text and guess the meaning of the new words, ask and answer base on the content of
the text, scan and take note the information
- Students should appreciate the daily activities of some people.
II. LANGUAGE FOCUS:
1. Grammar: - The present simple tense
2. Vocabulary: Words related to daily activities: working time, working day,...
III. SKILLS: Reading for gist and for specific information.
IV. TEACHING AIDS: some pictures of farmers' activities and hand- out.
V. PROCEDURE:
Teacher's activities
WARM UP: (5mn)
Students' activities
Match A with B in pairs
A
Gives some hand-out 1 and gets Ss to
match A with B, then asks:
B
1. teacher
a. market
2. doctor
b. school
3. worker
c. hospital
4. seller
d. field
5. farmer
e. factory
He / She works at a school.
Where does a teacher work?
He / She works in the field.
Where does a farmer work?
Peasant (n) = farmer (n)
..........................................
-Lead the buffalo to the field
We'll understand more about the life of a
-Pump water (v)
farmer in unit 1.
1. Pre-reading: (10mn)
Shows the pictures and introduces some
words and phrases:
Guides Ss to read in chorus
-Transplant (v)
-Plough (v) (n)
-Harrow (v) (n)
- Fellow (n) = friend
Read the chart and guess what Mr Vy does and Mrs Tuyet
does.
Their activities
Mr Vy
Mrs Tuyet
1. take care of children
Gives hand- out 2 and guides Ss to do it.
2. transplanting
Introduces: Mrs Tuyet and Mr Vy are
3. drinking tea and chatting
farmers.
with friends
4. ploughing and harrowing
the plot of land
5. preparing meals
6. leading a buffalo to the
field
7. boiling water
Open the book and check the information
about Mr Vy and Mrs Tuyet's daily routines.
Skim the text and do tasks.
Task 1: Practise with groups of 4
Asks Ss to check the information and read
the text.
Check the correct answer.
1. C
2. While- reading: (20 mn)
Asks Ss to read the text silently.
Requires Ss to do task 1 in groups of 4
Gives the correct answer
2. C
3. A
4. A
Practise task 2 with pairwork.
Suggested answers:
1. He's a peasant / a farmer.
2. He gets up at 4.30 and then he goes down the
kitchen to boil some water for his morning tea.
3. In the morning, he ploughs and harrows on his
plot of land, drinks tea and smokes local
tobaco during his break.
4. In the afternoon, they repair the banks of their
plot of land. Mr Vy pums water in to it while his wife does
the transplanting
5. Yes they are. Because they love working and they love their
children.
Scan the passage and make a brief (short) note about Mr Vy
Task 2:
and Mrs Tuyet. Do it individual and compare their note with a
Gets Ss to ask and answer in pairs.
partner.
Suggested answers:
* In the morning:
- 4:30 : The alarm goes off, Mr Vy gets up, goes down to the
kitchen, boils water for tea, drinks tea, has a quick breakfast,
lead the buffalo to the field.
- 5:15 : leaves the house
- 5:30 : arrive in the field, ploghs and harrows his plot of land
- 7:45 : takes a rest
- 10:30 : goes home
- 11:30 : has lunch with family
* In the afternoon:
- 2:30 p.m : Mr Vy and Mrs Tuyet go to the field again, repair
the banks of their plot of land. He pums water in to it. She
does the transplanting.
- 6:00 p.m: finish work
- 7:00 p.m : have dinner
* After dinner:
Listens and checks their answers
- watch TV, go to bed
Guides Ss to make a brief note about Mr
- sometimes visit neighbours, chat with them
Vy and Mrs Tuyet's daily routines.
- Close the book and talk about Mr Vy and Mrs Tuyet's daily
routines.
- Talk about their parents' daily routines.
Can help some bad Ss
Homework:
- Write a paragraph about a farmer's daily routines in Viet
Nam. (about 80 words)
- Do exercise 1, 2 (p. 4, 5) in workbook.
- Prepare lesson 2: speaking
3. Post- reading: (8mn)
Asks Ss to close the book and discuss
about Mr Vy and Mrs Tuyet's daily
routines.
Assigns homework (3mn)
COMMENTS (2mn)
VI. EXPERIENCE
Period 3:
Class
B. SPEAKING
Teaching date
Absentees
10A2
10A3
I. OBJECTIVES:
- Ss know about daily activities of some people or themselves.
- Ss ask and answer about daily routines and talk about daily activities of some people or themselves.
II. LANGUAGE FOCUS:
1. Grammar: The present simple tense
2. Vocabulary: Words related to daily activities.
III. SKILLS: Fluency in expressing opinions
IV. TEACHING AIDS: A poster and hand- out.
V. PROCEDURE:
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
WARM UP: (3mn)
Retell the subjects individual.
Shows the poster and asks Ss try to
Subjects are learn in school
remember the subjects
Listens and checks
1. Civic education
7. Biology
2. Technology
8. Chemistry
3. Maths
9. Physical education
4. Physics
10.Geography
5. Literature
11.History
6. English
12.Information technology
Match a number in A with a suitable in B
1. Pre- speaking: (8mn)
work in pairs
Gives handout and asks Ss to match a
number in A with a suitable in B
2. While- speaking: (20mn)
Task1:
Guides Ss to ask and answer about Quan's
daily activities using his weekly timetable.
A
B
6.00
a quarter to ten
7.15
five to nine
8.05
a quarter past seven
8.55
five past eight
9.45
twenty to eleven
10.40
half past six p.m
17.00
five o'clock p.m
18.30
six o'clock a.m
Helps and checks
Ask and answer about Quan, using the information from the timetable
(practise with pairwork)
S1: What time does Quan have a Civic Education
Task 2:
lesson on Monday?
Asks Ss to look at the pictures (p.15) and
S2: (He has a Civic Education lesson) at 7:15 a.m.
descibe Quan's activities
Or:
S1: What lesson does Quan have at 7:15 a.m on
Monday?
S2: (At 7:15 on Monday he has) a Civic
Education lesson.
3. Post- speaking: (10mn)
Task 3:
Asks Ss to close the book and tell their
classmates about his/ her daily routines.
S1: What time does he have English lesson on
Friday?
S2: (He has English lesson) at 8:55 on Friday.
....................................................................
Look at the pictures and describe Quan's activities
Work in groups of 4
Answer:
At 2:00 o'clock p.m Quan gets up after taking a short nap. He studies
Lets 1 or 2 good Ss come to the board to
his lesson at 2:15 p.m. He watches TV at 4:30 p.m. Then he goes to
speak.
the stadium by bycicle at 5:00 p.m. There he plays football with his
friends at 5:15 p.m He comes back home at 6:30 p.m, takes/has a
shower at 6:45. He has dinner with his family at 7:00 p.m. At 8:00
Assigns homework (2mn)
p.m he reviews his lesson/ does his homework.
Practise individually
Suggested answer:
I usually get up at 5.15 a.m, I do morning exercises at 5.30. At 6.00 I
have breakfast and then I cycle/ride to school at 6.30. I have the first
lesson at 7.15 a.m . At 11.30 I cycle/ ride home. At 12.00 I have lunch
with my family. Then I take a nap until 1.30 p.m. I go to extra classes
at 1.45 p.m and get home at 4.15p.m I watch TV, listen to music, read
COMMENTS (2mn)
books or go out with my friends at 4.50 p.m. I have dinner with my
family at 7.00 p.m. From 8.00 to 10.15 I do my homework. Then I
watch TV until 10.45 p.m. I go to bed at 11.00 p.m.
HOMEWORK:
-Write a 50-word paragraph about your daily routines
- Prepare lesson 3: listening
V. EXPERIENCE
Period 4:
Class
C. LISTENING
Teaching date
Absentees
10A2
10A3
I. OBJECTIVES:
- Students understand a daily activities of a cyclo driver
- Students listen and understand a daily activities of Mr Lam.
- Number the pictures in their correct order
- Tick ( ) in box T or F according to the content of the passage.
II. LANGUAGE FOCUS:
1. Grammar: Simple present tense
2. Vocabulary: Words related to daily activities.
III. SKILLS: Listen for gist and for specific information.
IV. TEACHING AIDS: A poster .
V. PROCEDURE:
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
WARM UP: (3mn)
Look at the poster, listen and come to the board to tick words or
Shows a poster and asks Ss to listen and tick
phrases which T's just read
the words or phrases which T's just read
get up, have breakfast, drink tea, leave the house, start work, learn,
1. Pre- listening: (8mn)
plough, take a nap, .....
Shows the picture and asks:
What is this? Points to the cyclo
Answer
Who is he?
- It's a cyclo.
Requires Ss to asks and answer in pairs.
- He is a cyclo driver.
Practise with pairwork.
Helps and checks.
S1: Have you ever travelled by cyclo?
S2: Yes, I have.
S1: When was it?
Asks Ss to listen and repeat some words.
S1: When I was in HaNoi last summer.
S1: Is it interesting to travelled by cyclo?
2. While- listening:
S2: Yes, it is.
Task 1:
S1: Which do you prefer, going by bicycle or by cyclo?
Asks Ss to look at 6 pictures and guess their
S2: I prefer going by bicycle because it's interesting and helps me to
correct order then number them.
strengthen my muscles.
Plays the tape the first time.
Listen and repeat
Plays the tape the second time and gives Ss 1
district
minute to number pictures.
drop
Plays the tape the third time and asks Ss to
Look at the pictures and try to guess their correct order, then number
check the answer.
them.
routine
passengers
office
pedal
ride
park
purcharses
food stall
Work in group of 4
Task 2:
Listen for gist
Asks Ss to read the sentences (p.17) and tick
Listen for specific information and number in the box on the top of
in box T or F
each piture.
Plays the tape the first time.
Listen and check the correct order
Plays the tape the second time and gives Ss 1
Answer:
minute to tick the box.
a. 3
b. 5
c. 4
d. 6
e. 1
f. 2
Plays the tape the third time and asks Ss to
check the answer.
Read the sentences and guess to tick in box T or F
Listen and tick
The correct answer:
1. F
4. F
2. T
5. F
3. F
6. F
Practise asking and answering about Mr Lam's daily activities in pairs.
Eg:
A: What's his name?
B: His name's Lam
A: What's his job? / What does he do?
B: He's a cyclo driver.
A: What time does he start work?
B: He starts work at 6.00 am. / At 6.00 a.m.
A: Who is his first passenger?
B: An old man.
A: How many passengers does he usually have in
the morning? Who are they?
B: He usually has 4 passengers a day. They are an
old man, a lady and two school pupils.
A: What time does he have lunch?
3. Post- listening:
B: He has lunch at twelve.
Requires Ss to ask and answer about Mr
A: Does he take a long rest?
Lam's daily activities.
B: No, he doesn't. He only takes a short rest.
Assigns homework (2mn)
Try to retell about Mr Lam's daily activities
COMMENTS (2mn)
HOMEWORK:
Write what you can remember about Mr Lam's daily activities.(about
50 words)
V. EXPERIENCE
Period 5:
Class
D. WRITING
Teaching date
Absentees
10A2
10A3
I. OBJECTIVES:
- Students know how to build up a narrative, using the given prompts
- Students learn to build up a narrative about a hotel fire.
II. LANGUAGE FOCUS:
1. Grammar: Students know how to use the past simple to write a passage about a hotel fire.
2. Vocabulary:
III. SKILLS: Writing a narrative about a hotel fire.
III. TEACHING AIDS: poster
IV. PROCEDURE:
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
WARM UP: (3mn)
Asks Ss some quetions:
Answer
(suggested)
Have you ever heard a frightening / an
Yes, I have.
interresting story?
When and where did it happen?
It happen when I was young. / When I was in the six grade... It
How did you feel about that?
happen at my house/ school /.....
1. Pre- writing: (10mn)
Task1:
Asks Ss to read the model narrative
It made me frighten / happy / bored/ .....
(P.17&18) and find all the verbs that are
Task1:
used in the past simple and the
Read the model narrative, underline the verbs that are used in the
connectors(time expression) in the story.
past simple tense, circle the connectors (time expression) in the story
Guides Ss to work in groups of 4
such as:
Helps and checks.
Stared, was, arrived, got, began, ......
Emphasizes the past simple to narrate a
At first, then, .......
story.
Work in groups of 4
2. While- wrting: (20mn)
Task2:
Asks Ss to do task 2 in groups of 4
Identify the events, the climax, and the conclusion of the story.
+The events: got on plane, plane took off, hostesses were just
beginning to serve lunch when plane began to shake, plane seem to
Checks and helps.
dip, people screamed in panic.
+ The climax: We thought we had only minutes to live.
+ The conclusion: Pilot announced that everything was all right, we
landed safely.
Work individually.
Suggested answer:
Task 3:
Asks Ss to build up a narrative about a
hotel fire, using the given prompts.
Last year, I spend my summer holiday at a seaside town. The hotel
was modern and comfortable. I had a wonderful holiday until the
fire.
It was Sunday evening and everybody was sitting in the discotheque
(which was) on the ground floor. It was crowded with people. They
were dancing and singing happily. Suddenly we smelt smoke. Then
black smoke began to fill the room. Everybody started to scream in
Surveys and helps
panic. People ran toward the fire exits. One door was blocked. Many
people began coughing and choking.
Then, just as we thought we had only minutes to live, the fire brigade
arrived. Firemen fought their way into the room and soon everyone
was safely out of the building. Luckily, nobody was seriously hurt. It
was the most frightening experience of my life.
Read one another's narratives.
Then 1 or 2 Ss read their narratives in front of the class.
3. Post-writing: (10mn)
Gives suggestions and corrections
HOMEWORK:
Assigns homework.
- Complete their narratives base on the teacher's suggestions and
corrections.
- Prepare language focus.
COMMENTS: (2mn)
V. EXPERIENCE
Period 6:
Class
E. LANGUAGE FOCUS
Teaching date
10A2
10A3
I. OBJECTIVES:
- Should distinguish between the vowels / i / & / i: /
Absentees
- Review the present simple, the past simple and adverbs of frequency.
- Do all exercises
II. LANGUAGE FOCUS:
1. Grammar: the present simple, the past simple and adverbs of frequency.
2. Vocabulary: tent, creep, Put out, leap, wind, flow,...
III. SKILLS: reading, listening, writing.
III. TEACHING AIDS: poster
IV. PROCEDURE:
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
WARM UP: (3mn)
Draws a picture (a cup of tea and some biscuits)
Suggested: tea, biscuit
and asks Ss to find the words related to the picture
He drinks tea every morning.
then make sentences with those words.
I want to eat some biscuits.
1. Pronunciation: (8mn)
Introduces how to read 2 vowels / i / (short) & / i:/
Listen and repeat
(long)
Minimal pairs:
Read aloud
/i/
/ i:/
hit
heat
bit
beat
meet
meat
it
eat
lick
leek
Asks Ss to open the book (P.19) and show the
vowels / i / or / i:/
Guides Ss to read aloud sentence by sentence in
the book.
Notes the sentence stress
2. Grammar and vocabulary:
Shows the picture and introduces the simple
Eg:
present, simple past and adverbs of frequency.
Is he coming to the cinema?
Revise the simple present, simple past and adverbs
We'll miss the beginning of the film.
of frequency.
..........................................................
Exercise1:(10 mn)
He is a schoolboy. He usually goes to school by bicycle
Asks Ss to choose the correct form of the verbs in
everyday but yesterday he went to school on foot
the box to fill in the gap.
usually: adverbs of frequency
Checks and helps
goes
: simple present
went : simple past
Exercise1:
Complete the blanks. use the correct present simple form of the
Exercise2: (6mn)
verbs in the box.
Guides Ss to know how to put each of those
Practise in pairs
adverbs of frequencyin its appropriate place in the
Answer key:
given sentences.
1.is
4.are
7. catch
10. say
2.fish
5.catch
8. go
11.realise
3.worry
6.am
9. give up
12. am
Checks and calls 1 or 2 ss to read in front of the
class.
Exercise3: (14mn)
ASks Ss to choose the past simple of the verbs in
brackets.
Exercise2:
Can give the meaning of some words
Practise individual.
Example: He gets up early.
He usually gets up early.
She is late for school.
She is often late for school.
Helps and checks
Note: As a rule, I go to bed at 10.00 p.m
Exercise3:
Remember the form of the past simple tense and supply the
correct past simple form of the verbs in brackets
- tent (n): lÒu
- creep (v) crept - crept: ®i rãn rÐn
- Put out: dËp t¾t
- leap (v) - crept - crept: nh¶y dùng lªn
- wind (v) - wound - wound: cuén, lîn vßng
- flow (v): ch¶y, tr«i
Assigns homework.(2mn)
Practise with pairwork.
Suggested answer:
COMMENTS: (2mn)
1. was done
2. cooked
3. were
4. smelt
5. told
6. sang
7. began
8. felt
9. put out
10. crept
11. slept
12. woke
13. was
14. leapt
15. hurried
16. found
17. wound
18. flowed
HOMEWORK:
- Do exercises in part LANGUAGE FOCUS of UNIT 1 in
workbook.
- Prepare unit 2
V. EXPERIENCE