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UNIT 3: A TRIP TO THE COUNTRYSIDE
Lesson1: GETTING STARTED + LISTEN AND READ
Period15: Week8: 22/10 ñeán 27/10/2007
Date of preparation: 20/10/2007
I. Objectives: after the lesson,Ss will be able to get acquainted with the life in the country.
II. Language contents:
1. Vocabulary: paddy field,bamboo forest,banyan tree,entrance to the village,shrine,…..
2. Structure:
• Modal could with wish
• The past simple with wish
• Preposition of time
• Adverb clause of result
III. Teaching aids: textbook,cassette,tape,chalks,pictures,…..
IV. Procedure:
Teacher-Students’ activities Contents
A. Warm-up
B. Teaching new lesson
T: set
Ss: listen and answer
T: introduce
Ss: listen and work in pairs
T: give out the answer
Ss: write
T: ask
Ss: discuss in groups
Activity 1
Do you usually go to the countryside?
Are you familiar with the country life?
Do you like the country life?
What activities do you usually see in the country?

In today’s lesson,we will study about countryside. Now you
work with a partner,look at the pictures and take turn to talk
about activities in the countryside.
What do you see in the picture 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 ?
What is he/she doing?
Where are they?
1. She is watering the vegetables.
2. Some children are swimming in the river.
3. She is feeding the chickens./ collecting the eggs.
4. They are harvesting the crop.
5. He is feeding the pigs.
6. He is flowing with his buffalo in the field.
7. A buffalo boy is flying his kite.
8. Some children are playing football.
Activity 2:
Do you usually come back to the countryside?
When did you last do that?
How did you get there?
With whom?
What did you see on the way to the village?
Key words:
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T: expain new words
Ss: write
T: introduce
Ss: listen and read the text
T: require
Ss: compare their answer with
a partner
T: call on some Ss

Ss: read their answer
T: give the correct answer
Ss: write
T: ask
Ss: answer
T: call on some Ss
Ss: read their answers
T: give the correct answers
Ss: write
T: guide
Ss: play games
C. Consolidation
T: remind
Ss: listen and remember
• paddy field: cánh đồng
• bambbo forest: bụi/luỹ tre
• banyan tree: cây đa
• entrance to the village: cổng làng
• shrine: lăng mộ
Today you will listen and read about Liz’s trip to the
countryside with Ba’s family. You listen and read then
decide the statements in a) True or False. Correct the false
sentences.
1. F: Ba and his family had a day trip to their home village.
2. T
3. F: There is a big old banyan tree at the entrande to the
village.
4. F: People had a snack under the banyan tree.
5. T
6. F: People had a picnic on the river bank.

7. T
8. F: Liz took a lot of photos to show the trip to her parents.
9. T
Read the text and answer the questions
1. It’s 60 kilometers to the north of Ha Noi.
2. Ba and his family got to the village by bus.
3. The banyan tree is at the entrance to the village.
4. They saw a shrine of Vietnamese hero on the mountain.
5. They had a picnic on the river bank.
6. Liz took a lot of photos to show the trip to her parents.
7. Lix wishes she could visit Ba’s village.
Activity 3:
Networks
Country
City
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D. Homework
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UNIT 3: A TRIP TO THE COUNTRYSIDE
Lesson1: SPEAK
Period16: Week8: 20/10 ñeán 27/10/2007
Date of preparation: 22/10/2007
I. Objectives: after the lesson,Ss will be able to talk about one’s village.
II. Language contents:
1. Vocabulary: paddy field,bamboo forest,banyan tree,entrance to the village,shrine,…..
2. Structure:
“ How far……”, How long does it take?” ( review)
III. Teaching aids: textbook,cassette,tape,chalks,pictures,…..
IV. Procedure:
Teacher-Students’ activities Contents

A. Warm-up+Check-up
T: call on some Ss
Ss: go to the board
B. Teaching new lesson
I. Pre-speaking
T: guide
Ss: play games
II. While-speaking
T: guide
Ss: listen and practice
T: call on some pairs
Ss: practice
II. Post-speaking
T: guide
Ss: listen and practice
T: call on some Ss
Write some words about the country
Matching:
A B
1. Where is your school? a. It takes 30 minutes.
2. How far is from your home? b. I go there by bus.
3. How do you get to school? c. It’s opposite the post office.
4. How long does it take to get
there?
d. Yes,I do.
5. Do you like it? e. It’s about 4 kilometers.
Answer key: 1c 2e 3b 4a 5d
You have revised te commonly-used structures. Now you work
with apartner. Read the questions. Then play the roll of A and
B,ask and answer about your partner’s home village using the

information in the boxes.
A B
to the south of the country. to the west of the city.
30 kilometers from the city. 15 kilometers from the city.
by bus by motorbike.
1 hour 50 minutes.
plant rice and vegetables plant rice and raise cattle.
a river flowing across the village. no river,but there is a big lake.
Read in front of class their answers
Now you ask and answer about your real home village. If
you don’t have a home village,make up information similar
to those in box A or B.
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Ss: present
T: give the suggested
answer
Ss: consult
C. Consolidation
T: remind
Ss: listen and remember
D. Homework
My friend’s home village is to the east of the city. It’s 30 km
from the city. She usually goes to the home village by
motorbike. It takes her about 40 minutes to get there. She
comes back to the home village every summer vacation.
People in the village plant rice raise cattle for their living.
The village has a big lake,a banya tree and a pagoda,……
Sumarize the main points
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UNIT 3: A TRIP TO THE COUNTRYSIDE
Lesson3: LISTEN
Period17: Week9: 29/10 âđến 03/11/2007
Date of preparation: 27/10/2007
I. Objectives: after the lesson,Ss will be able to know about places which they usually see
on the way to the home village.
II. Language contents:
1. Vocabulary: airport,gas station,pond,highway No.1,banyan tree,store,bamboo
forest,Dragon Bridge,Parking lot,…..
2. Structure:
“ How far……”, How long does it take?” ( review)
III. Teaching aids: textbook,cassette,tape,chalks,pictures,…..
IV. Procedure:
Teacher-Students’ activities Contents
A. Warm-up+check-up
T: call on some Ss
Ss: answer
B. Teaching new lesson
I. Pre-listening
T: introduce the vocabulary
Ss: write
T: guide
Ss: listen
Present about their home village
- airport: sân bay
- gas station: trạm xăng
- pond: ao
- highway No.1: đường quốc lộ 1
- Dragon Bridge: Cầu Rồng
- Parking lot: bãi đỗ xe

Now,we are going to listen to the trip to Ba’s village. Match
the places on the bus route with the letters on the map.
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II. While-listening
T: take the tape ( twice )
Ss: listen and do
T: give the correct answer
Ss: write
III. Post-listening
T: ask
Ss: work in pairs or groups
C. Consolidation
T: remind
Ss: listen and remember
D. Homework
At 6.30 in the morning,the bus collected Ba and his family
from their home. After picking everyone up,the bus
continued north on Highway Number 1. it crossed the
Dragon Bridge and stopped at the gas station to get some
more fuel. Then,it left the highway and turned left onto a
small road westward. This road ran between green paddy
fields,so the people on the bus could see a lot of cows and
buffaloes. The road ended before a big store beside a pond.
Instead of turning left towards a small airport,the bus went in
the opposite direction. It didn’t stay on that road for very
long,but turned left onto the road which went through a small
bamboo forest. Finally,the bus dropped everyone off at the
parking lot ten meters from a big old banyan tree. It parked
there and waited for people to come back in the evening.
A: banyan tree

D: Dragon Bridge
G: pond
B: airport
E: gas station
H: bamboo forest
C: highway No.1
F: store
I: parking lot
Describe a road from their house to somewhere
On the way from my house to school,there is a big banyan
tree and two bamboo forests. There are also green paddy
fields………..
Summarize the main points
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UNIT 3: A TRIP TO THE COUNTRYSIDE
Lesson4: READ
Period18: Week9: 29/10 âñeán 03/11/2007
Date of preparation: 30/10/2007
I. Objectives: after the lesson,Ss will be able to know more about country life in America
and the life on a farm of an American family.
II. Language contents:
1. Vocabulary: grow maize,work part-time,grocery store,collect egs,hamburger,hot dog,….