Giáo án Tiếng Anh 6 unit 15: Countries

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Week: 31
Period: 91
UNIT 15: COUNTRIES
Lesson 1: A. We are the world (A1-6)
I. Aims:
- To help ss know countries, nationalities and languages vocabulary to talk about
where people are from.
- To develop ss’skills.
II. Objectives:
- By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to ask and answer about where people are
from.
III. Ways of working:
- T-WC, pair work, team work, individual work.
IV. Materials:
- Text book, pictures, tape, additional board.
V. Anticipated problems:
- The names of countries and nationalities may be difficult for some ss.
VI. Teaching steps:
1. Warm up: (1 minute) Greet and check the ss’attendance.
2. Revision:
3. New lesson:
STAGES ACTIVITIES
ON BOARD
PRESENTA * Preteach:
I. New words:
TION
- T. uses techniques to teach ss the world: thế giới
(15
new words:

a country: đất nước
minutes)
your nationality: quốc tịch của bạn
a language: ngôn ngữ của bạn
(to) speak: nói
a postcard: bưu thiếp
wet (adj): ẩm ướt
Checking: R-O-R
interesting places: những nơi thú vị
* Guess from the the text: A1. II. Guessing:
P.154.
English
Vietnamse
- Ss read a text and use the
Japan
nước Nhật
pictures to work out the
China
nước Trung Quốc
country names in Vietnamses.
Astralia
nước Ôtstrâylia
Britain
nước Anh
Canada
nước Canada
II. Model sentences:
- T. elicits the model sentenses:

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PRACTICE

(12
minutes)

- Concept checking:
+ Những câu này có nghĩa
tiếng Việt là gì?
+ Khi nào thì dùng cấu trúc câu
hỏi và câu trả lời này?
+ Câu hỏi được bắt đầu bằng từ
để hỏi nào? Tiếp theo?
+ Câu trả lời bắt đầu bằng gì?
Tiếp theo?
* Picture drill. A1. P.154:
Example:
S1: Where is Laura from?
S2: She’s from Canada.
- Noughts and crosses:

S1: Where are you from?
S2: I am from Canada.
S1: Where is she from?
S2: She is from Japan.
=> Form: Where + be + S + from?
S + be + from + .....

* A2. P.155 + A3. P.155:

- Dictation list:
+ T. reads:Japanese,
Vietnamse, Chinese,
Australian, Canadian,
American, British.

3. Dictation:

- Ss practice saying the
nationality and language:

E.g: I am from Vietnam
I am Vietnamese.
I speak Vietnamese.
- Substitution drill:
+ Vietnam / Vietnamese.
+ America / American / English.
+ Canada / Canadian / English (French).
4. Make dialogues:
Thu: Who’s that?
Chi: That’s.......................................
Thu: Where is (s)he from?
Chi: (S)he is from .........................
Thu: What’s his / her nationality?
Chi: (S)he is.................................
Thu: Which language does (s)he speak?

* A4. P.156:
- Ss make dialogue, using
pictures A1.

III. Practice:
1. A1. P.154:
2. Noughts and crosses:
Laura
Marie
Lee
Jonh
You
Yoko
Susan
Bruce
Minh

...ese
Japanese
Vietnamese
Chinese

...an
Australian
Canadian
American

...?
British


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* Reading A5. P.156:
- Ss read a postcard and then
answer the comprehension
questions:
* Key:
1) Nhan
2) in London.
3) cool & wet.
4) No. By bus.
5) visit the tower of London.
6) Minh
7) Hanoi.
* Matching
- Ss work in team to put the
words into three columns.
Japan, Hue, the Statue of
Liberty, Vietnam, New York,
the Great Wall, The USA,
Beijing, Bondi Beach,
Australia, France, the Eiffel
Tower, Tokyo, Paris, Mount
Fujiama, China, Sydney, the
Citadel
* Board drill:
- Ss use the grid as cues.
E.g:
S1: Where are you?
S2: I’m in Japan. I’m visiting
Tokyo.
S1: What are you going to do

tomorrow?
S2: I’m going to visit Mount
Fujiama.
PRODUCTI
ON

(15
minutes)

Write a postcard to Nhân from
Minh

Chi: (S)he speak.............................
II. Read. A5. P.156:
* Answer to these questions:
1) Who’s the postcard from?
2) Where’s he?
3) What’s the weather like?
4) Is he traveling by train?
5) What’s he going to do tomorrow?
6) Who’s the postcard to?
7) Where is he?

III. Matching:
Country

City

Interesting
places

Japan
Tokyo Mount
Fujiama
Vietnam Hue
the Citadel
The USA New
the Statue of
York
Liberty
China
Beijing the Great Wall
Australia Sydney Bondi Beach
France
Paris
the Eiffel
Tower

Suggestions:
Dear Nhan,
I am on vacation in .....


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4. Homework: (2 minutes)
- Learn by heart the new words and model sentences.
- Do A6 P 157 + exercises: A1, A2, A3. P.126 - 128. (work book)
Week: 31
Period: 92
UNIT 15: COUNTRIES

Lesson 3: B1
I. Aims:
- To help ss compare places using comparative and superlative adjectives of one
syllable.
- To develop ss’skills.
II. Objectives:
- By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to say sentences using comparative and
superlative adjectives of one syllable to talk about places.
III. Ways of working:
- T - WC, pair work, team work, individual work.
IV. Materials :- Text book, pictures, tape, additional board
V. Anticipated problems: - Some ss may find the lesson difficult.
VI. Teaching steps:
1. Warm up: (1 minute) Greet and check the ss’attendance.
2. Revision: (2 minutes) Matching:
- Ss choose the adjectives with the best describe the cities. A city can have more
than one adjective.
Hue
hot
HCM. City
small
Hoi An
wet
Sa Pa
Hanoi
cold
big
Long Xyuen
3. New lesson:
STAGE ACTIVITIES

ON BOARD
S
PRESENT * Presentation text. B1. P.158:
I. Model sentences:
ATION
- T. play the tape, ss listen and then a big building.
(10
repeat.
a bigger building.
minutes) - T. elicits the model sentences:
the biggest building.
* Note:
- Concept checking:
1) So sánh hơn của tính từ đơn âm


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+ Những câu này có nghĩa tiếng
Việt là gì? (Vietnamese?)
+ Từ “big” thuộc từ loại là gì?
+ So sánh từ “big” với “bigger” và
“biggest”?
+ So sánh hơn và so sánh hơn nhất
của tính từ đơn âm tiết?

PRATICE

* Word cue drill:
(12

Example exchange:
Danang / Hanoi
/ HCM.C
/ bigthan Danang.
minutes)
S1: Hanoi
is bigger
S2: But HCM. City is the biggest.
Hanoi / Uong Bi / Sapa / cold

tiết:
Adj
Adj+er.
2) So sánh hơn nhất của tính từ đơn
âm tiết:
Adj
the+Adj+est
Những tính từ tận cùng là một phụ
âm và trước nó là một nguyên âm thì
ta phải gấp đôi phụ âm rồi mới +er
hoặc + est.
E.g: hotter, hottest.
II. Practice:

Vinh / Long Xyuen / Hoi An /
small
Ben Tre/ Tra Vinh / Ha Tinh /
hot
FURTHER
PRACTIC

E

* Answer given:
Key:
1) What is the tallest mountains in
(18
minutes) Vietnam?
2) What’s the biggest river in VN?
3) What’s the wettest city in VN?
4) What’s the coldest town in VN
(in the winter)?
5) What’s the biggest city in VN?
6) What’s the hottest town in VN
(in May)?
* Noughts and crosses:
- Ss make a sentence comparing
their home town (Ha Dong city)
with the town in the box.
E.g: Hanoi is bigger than Hadong.

III. Make questions for these
answers:
1) Phanxipang.
2) The Mekong.
3) Hue.
4) Sapa.
5) HCM City.
6) Ha Tinh.

* Noughts and crosses:

Hanoi
Hue
Sapa
HCM
City
Hai
Phong

Danang

Hoi An

Cantho

Dalat


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4. Homework: (2 minutes)
- Learn by heart the model sentences and do the exercises: B1, B2. P. 129 (WB)
* Guiding: B1: Điền Bigger, biggest, smaller, smallest vào chỗ trống.
B2: Đặt câu hỏi cho câu trả lời cho trước.
Week: 32
Period: 93
UNIT 15: COUNTRIES
Lesson 4: B2-5
I. Aims:
- To help ss read fact about famous places in the world and practice comparative.
- To develop ss’skills.

II. Objectives:
- By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to understand the reading.
III. Ways of working:
- T-WC, team work, individual work.
IV. Materials:
- Text book, pictures, tape, additional board.
V. Anticipated problems:
- The lesson may take time.
VI. Teaching steps:
1. Warm up: (1 minute) Greet and check the ss’attendance.
2. Revision: (3 minutes) Lucky numbers!
1) What’s the biggest city in VN? (HCM. city)
2) What’s the biggest city in Britain? (London)
3) What’s the biggest city in Japan? (Tokyo)
4) LN!
5) What’s the tallest mountain you know?
6) LN!
7) What’s the wettest city you know?
8)Which one is colder: Can Tho or Sapa?
3. New lesson:
STAGES ACTIVITIES
PRE
Preteach:
READING
- T. uses techniques to
(9
teach ss new words:
minutes)

ON BOARD

I. New words:
high (adj): cao
long (adj): dài
thick (adj): dày
over (adv): qua, quá
a million: 1 triệu


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WHILE
READING

(20
minutes)

- Checking understanding:
Wordsquare
* Key:
 wet, big, thick, long,
longer, old, high.
 over, (no), big, (ice),
(do),
(dog)
 cool
tall
 cold.
* Ordering:
Which is the biggest city in
the world? Put the ciies in

order, the biggest first.

* Word square:

* B2. P.159:
- Ss read and check their
orders.

III. Reading. B2. P.159:
1. Checking the ordering:
1. Mexico
2. Tokyo
3. London
4. HCM. City
5. Hanoi
2. Answer the questions: B2. P.159:
a) No, it isn’t.
b) Mexico is the biggest city in the
world.
c) Tokyo is bigger than London.
3. B3, B4. P.160 - 161:
* Guess the meaning of these words:
(with key)
a population: dân số
the capital city: thủ đô
a building: tòa nhà cao tầng
meter: mét
a structure: cấu trúc
kilometer: kilômét
4.Answer the questions: B3, 4. P.160 161:

* Key:

- Comprehension
questions. B2. P. 159:

- T. plays the tape, ss listen
and guess the meaning of
these words:

- Ss read again and answer
the qyestions: B3, B4.
P.160 - 161:

W
C
L
L
A
T

E
T
O
V
E
R

T
H
N

O
D
H

B
I
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L
L
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C
E
D
O
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G
K
R
X
C
H

II. Ordering:
Put the cities in order, the biggest first.
HCM.City, London, Tokyo, Hanoi,
Mexico City.

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- Petronas Twin Towers are taller.
- It is over 6,000 kilometers long.
- It is between 4 and 12 meters high.
- It’s over 9 meters thick.
POST
READING

* Answer given:
- T. puts ss into 2 teams.
10
Each team develop 7
(minutes) questions to ask other
teams.
Key:
1) What’s the biggest city
in the world?
2) How many people live
in Tokyo?
(or: What’s the population
of “Tokyo?
3) Which city has the
population of 6.3 million?
4) Which city in VN has
the population of 3.5
million?
5) Which city in USA has
Sears Tower?

6) How tall is the Sears
Tower?
7) What’s the tallest
building in the world?
8) Where are Petronas
Twin Towers?
9) How tall are Petronas
Twin Towers?
10) What’s the longest
structure in the world?
11) Where is the Great
Wall?
12) How long is the Great
Wall?
13) How high is the Great
Wall?

5. Make questions for these answers:
1) Mexico City.
2) 12 million.
3) London.
4) HCM City.
5) Chicago.
6) 442 meters.
7) Petronas Twin Towers.
8) Malaysia.
9) 452 meters.
10) The Great Wall.
11) China.
12) 6,000 kilometers.

13) 4 to 12 meters.
14) over 9 meters.


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14) How thick is the Great
Wall?
4. Homework: (2 minutes)
- Learn by heart the new words.
- Do exercise: B3. P.129. (workbook).
* T. guides ss to do the exrcise:
B3: Xem tranh sau đó viết câu sử dụng cấu trúc so sánh với bigger, smaller,
smallest, taller, tallest.
Week: 32
Period: 94
UNIT 15: COUNTRIES
Lesson 5: C1,2,4
I. Aims:
- To help ss know “ lots of” as a quantifier with geography vocabulary to describe
Vietnam.
- To develop ss’skills.
II. Objectives:
- By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to use verb “have” and geography
vocabulary to describe Vietnam.
III. Ways of working:
- T - WC, team work, pair work, individual work.
IV. Materials:
- Text book, pictures, tape, additional board.
V. Anticipated problems:

- The lesson may take time.
VI. Teaching steps:
1. Warm up: (1 minute) Greet and check the ss’attendance.
2. Revision: (3 minutes) Slap the board.
beatiful

3. New lesson:
STAGE ACTIVITIES
S

beaches

lakes

fields

green

rivers

mountains

ON BOARD


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PRESENT
ATION

* Preteach:

- T. uses techniques to teach ss
(15
new words:
minutes) * Presentation text. C1. P.162 163:
- T. plays the tape, ss listen and
then repeat.
- Ss read and then answer the
comprehension questions:

I. New words:
a forest: rừng
a desert: sa mạc
rain: mưa
great (adj): to, lớn, vĩ đại, tuyệt vời
lots of = a lot of = many
II. Answer the question:
What are the six “natural features” Lan
tells us about?
* Key:
1. mountains
2. rivers
3. lakes
4. rain
5. forests
6. beaches
III. Model sentences:
- We have lots of mountains.
rivers.
rain.

- T. elicits the model sentences:
- Concept checking:
+ Những câu này có nghĩa tiễng
Việt là gì?
+ Danh từ “ mountains / rivers /
rain” là danh từ đếm được hay
không đếm được?
+ Sau “lots of” là danh từ như thế
nào?
+ Ngữ điệu của câu?
PRACTIC
* Picture drill. C2. P.164:
IV. Practice:
E
Example:
1. C2. P.164:
(9
S1: Does Viet nam have any
minutes) mountains?
S2: Yes. Vietnam has lots of / a lot
of mountains.
* True / False repitition drill:
T: There are lots of beaches in
Danang. (Ss repeat)
T: There are lots of forests in
Hanoi. (silence)
T: There are lots of lakes in Hanoi.
(repeat)
T: There are lots of mountains in
Dalat. (repeat)

T: There are a lot of rice paddies
in HCM City. (silence)
T: There are a lot of people in
HCM City. (repeat)


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T: There is lots of rain in VN.
(repeat)
T: There’s lots of rain in a desert.
(silence)

PRODUCT
ION

* Noughts and crosses
S1: Are there any forests in VN?
(15
S2: Yes, there are lots of (them)
minutes) * Matching:

2. Noughts and crosses:
mountains interesting
places
beaches
rivers
trees
rain

lakes
buildings
forests

3. Matching: (with answer key)

* Write it up:

Lai Chau
Can Tho
HaNoi
Pleiku
Danang
Hue
Quang Ninh

forests
beaches
mountains
rice fields
rivers
lakes
rain

4. Writing:
E.g: My country
My country is very beatiful and
interesting. In Lai Chau there are lots
of forests. In Can Tho there are a lot
of................................

II. Reading. C3. P.165:
1. Checking the T / F prediction:
1) T
4) T

2) F
5) F

3) F

2. Answer the questions:
*Key:
a) The Mekong river is the longest river
in VN.
b) It starts in Tibet.


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c) The Nile River is the longest river in
the world.
d) It flows to the Mediterranean Sea.
4. Homework: (2 miutes)
- Learn by heart the new words and model sentences.
- Do exercises: C1, C2. P.130. (workbook)
* T. guides ss to do the exercises:
C1: Trả lời câu hỏi.
C2: Đặt câu hỏi cho câu trả lời.
Week: 32
Period: 95

UNIT 15: COUNTRIES
Lesson 6: C3
I. Aims:
- To help ss read a text about the world’s great rivers and mountains to skim for
details and get further practice in using comparative and superlatives.
- To develop ss’skills.
II. Objectives:
- By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to understand the reading.
III. Ways of working:
- T - WC, team work, individual work.
IV. Materials:
- Text book, tape, additional board.
V. Anticipated problems:
VI. Teaching steps:
1. Warm up: (1 minute) Greet and check the ss’attendance.
2. Revision: (5 minutes) Word square
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* Key:
 great, long
 meter)s)
 start, beach, tree, (in), (iron),
(one), (on), lots, (row), rivers
 world.
 (girl)
(or), rain, (to), high, China, (of)

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3. New lesson:
STAGES ACTIVITIES
PRE
* Preteach:
READING
- T. uses techniques to teach ss
(10
new words:
minutes)
* True / False prediction:

WHILE
READING

(18
minutes)

* C3. P.165:
- Ss read and check their
predictions.
- Ss read again and answer the
questions: C3. P.165 (a – f)

ON BOARD
I. New words:
(to) flow to: chảy tới
sea: biển
Tibet: Tây Tạng

North Africa: Bắc Phi
II. True / False prediction:
1) There are two great rivers in VN.
2) The Red river is longer than the
Mekong river.
3) The Red and Mekong Rivers both
start in China.
4) The longest river in the world is not
in VN.
5) Phanxipang is the highest mountain
in the world.
II. Reading. C3. P.165:
1. Checking the T / F prediction:
1) T
4) T

2) F
5) F

3) F

2. Answer the questions:
*Key:
a) The Mekong river is the longest
river in VN.
b) It starts in Tibet.
c) The Nile River is the longest river
in the world.
d) It flows to the Mediterranean Sea.
e) The highest mountain in the world is

Mount Everest.
f) Phanxipang is the highest mountain
in Vietnam.
POST
READING

(9

* Lucky numbers!
1) LN!
2) What are the two great rivers in

3. Lucky numbers!
1

2

3

4


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minutes)

VN?
3) How long is the Red river?
4) How high is Mount Everest?
5) LN!

6) Where does the Red River
start?
7) How long is the Nile?
8) How high is the Phanxipang?
9) Where does the Red river flow
to?
10) LN!
11) Where does the Nile start and
where does it flow to?
12) LN!

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

4. Homework: (2 minutes)
- Learn by heart the new words.
- Do exercise: C3. P.131. (workbook)

* T. Guides ss to do the exercise:
C3: Đánh dấu √ vào ô mà đất nước ban (thành phố hoặc làng quê bạn) có đặc điểm
địa lý như những từ mà bài đưa ra. Sau đó dùng “has/ there is / there are” để viết
câu.