Unit 15

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Unit 15: cities
Period 1: reading
A. Aims
• Ps can get more knowledge of the city of New York.
• Enlarge their vocabulary related to city.
• Improve their reading ability.
B. Skills
• Understanding new words expressions in context.
• Passage comprehension.
• Deciding on True or False statements.
C. Time allowanc e
• 45 minutes
D. Aids
• Textbook and pictures
E. Pr oced ur e
Time Teacher’s activities Pupils’ activities
8’
I. Pre- reading
Introduce some pictures of some famous cities in
the world, ask Ps name them.
Do you know these places?
What are they?
Where is New York?
What do you know about the city?
Guide Ps to read the places in the pictures:
The Empire State Building
Central Park
Times Square
The United Nations

The Statue of Liberty
New Amsterdam
Broadway
Hudson river
Passaic
Look at the pictures then ask answer with a
partner to name them.
Answer in Vietnamese
Work in pairs to ask and answer.
Answer:
Listen to the teacher then repeat.
30’
II. While-reading
1. Task 1
Ask Ps to read the task. Help them with some new
words. Let Ps read the passage to do the task.
2. Task 2
Ask Ps to work individually to read the statements.
Guide Ps to understand them. Let Ps write the
answer on the board. Check and correct.
Read and get the task, ask the teacher for help
with new words.
Read the passage individually then discuss the
answers with a partner to complete the task.
Answers:
1. d 4. a
2. c 5. b
3. e
Read individually. Work in groups to find the
answers.

1. T
2. F It is ice- free in all seasons.
Feed back.
3. Task 3
Let Ps work in pairs to read then do the task. Go
around helping them.
Ask Ps to answer individually ask the others to
correct mistakes of their partners.
Feed back.
3. T It is on the Hudson and Passaic
rivers.
4. T
5. T
Work in pairs to answer the questions.
1. It is in the southern part of New York
State.
2. 7 million in the city and 19 million in
the metropolitan region.
3. Because it was found by the Dutch.
4. Because it was home of the United
Nation, the central of the global
finance communication and business.
5. The Statue of Liberty, the Empire
State of Building, Wall Street and
Broadway theatre district.
5’
III. Post- reading
Go around helping and encouraging them.
Work in groups to discuss.
2’

IV. Homework
Prepare for the presentation of the post-reading.
Guide Ps to prepare.
- At home.
F. To instruct Ps how to do the homework
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Unit 15: cities
Period 2: speaking
A. Aims
• Ps can get more knowledge of the city of New York.
• Enlarge their vocabulary related to city.
• Improve their speaking ability.
B. Skills
• Comparing 2 cities
• Stating preferences and giving reasons.
C. Tim e a llowanc e
• 45 minutes
D. Aids
• Textbook and pictures
E. Pr oced ur e
Time Teacher’s activities Pupils’ activities
6’
I. Task 1
Guide Ps to do the task and use the
questions.
Read and do the task in pairs.
1. d 4.a- e
2. f 5. b- c
3. a- e 6.b- c
10’
II. Task 2
Go around helping Ps speak, encourage them
to speak.
Call on some pairs to ask and answer in front
of the class.

Work in pairs ask and answer about a city using
given prompts and the questions in the task 1.
15’
III. Task 3
Guide Ps to use the sample conversation to
speak. Read aloud the conversation 2 times
then let Ps work in pairs to practise.
Call on some pairs to read in front of the class.
Feed back.
Listen to the teacher. Imitate the pronunciation.
Work in pairs to practise.
Present in front of the class.
10’
IV. Task 4
Guide Ps to use the structures and contents in
the task 2 and 3.
Go around helping them to speak as well as
notice Ps’ mistakes of pronunciation.
Check some common mistakes of
pronunciation. Feed back.
Use the structures and contents in the task 2 nad3
to speak freely in the class. Ask the teacher for
help if need.
4’
V. Homework
- Ask Ps to do exercises in workbook.
- At home.
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Unit 15: cities

Period 3: listening
A. Aims
• Ps can get more knowledge of the city of New York.
• Enlarge their vocabulary related to city.
• Improve their listening ability.
B. Skills
• Monologue
 Listening for specific information
 Filling in a table
C. Time allowance
• 45 minutes
D. Aids
• Textbook and pictures
E. Procedure
Time Teacher’s activities Pupils’ activities
10’
I. Pre- listening
Introduce the picture of the Statue of Liberty
and as Ps some questions.
Look at the picture and work in pairs to answer the
questions.
1. It is the Statue of Liberty.
2. It is the statue of a woman
3. It’s got a crown on its head.
4. It’s got a tablet on its left hand.
5. It’s holding a burning torch in its right
hand.
6. It’s wearing a robe.
25’
II. While- listening

Task 1
Guide Ps to read the task help Ps to
understand the questions in the task. Give
some new words they may face.
Turn on the tape 3 times. Call on some Ps to
write the answer on the board. Turn on the
tape 1 time. Stop at each key sentence to
check and correct.
Task 2
Turn on the tape 2 times. Call on a P to fill in
the table on the board. Check and correct.
Feed back.
Read and get the task. Ask the teacher for help
with new words.
Listen to the tape 3 times and choose the correct
answer.
1. B 4. A
2. A 5. C
3. B
Read the task and read the table to get the
contents.
Listen to the tape 2 times then fill in the table.
Formal name
Liberty lightening the world
Height
46 metres
Weight
205 tons
Material
Cooper and iron

The base
Stone and concrete
Opening
time
9.30 a.m_ 5. 00 p.m_ daily except
Christmas Day
8’
III. Post- listening
Guide Ps to work in groups to talk about what
the have listened then ask Ps to present in
front of the class.
Present what they have listened.
2’
IV. Homework
- Ask Ps to do the exercises.
- At home.
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Unit 15: cities
Period 4: writing
A. Aims
• Ps can get more knowledge of the city of New York.
• Enlarge their vocabulary related to city.
• Improve their writing ability.
B. Skills
• Describing a city.
C. Tim e a llowanc e
• 45 minutes
D. A ids
• Textbook and pictures

E. Pr oced ur e
Time Teacher’s activities Pupils’ activities
5’
I. Lead- in
Ask Ps some questions:
Where is London?
What do you know about it?
Answer:
18’
II. presentation
Task 1
Guide Ps to get the questions.
Call on some Ps to answer the questions.
Feed back.
Get the questions then work in pairs to read the
description of London.
Answer:
1. In Southern England, on the river
Themes.
2. It covers an area of 1610 square
kilometers.
3. 7 million.
4. It is capital city.
5. It was founded by Romans in 43 AD.
6. It is famous for many things: its historic
buildings, such as St. Paul’s Cathedral
and the Houses of Parliament; its
museums and its many shops.
7. The parks.
17’

III. Practice
Task 2
Ask Ps work in groups to find a city in
Vietnam.
Go around helping Ps write.
Help Ps answer the questions to make their
group’s outline.
Give some new words if they need.
Call on some Ps to check and correct their
writing.
Check and correct some common mistakes of
grammar and spelling.
Work in groups to choose a city in Vietnam they
like. Make an outline basing on answering the
questions in the task 1.
Write individually basing on the outline.