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Th¹ch Qu¶ng Lower Secondery School Teacher : TrÇn Thanh H¶i
Sunday, November 27, 2006
Unit 7: My neighborhood
Lesson: 1 Period:40 Section: Getting started
I. Objectives : By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know more about
Na’s new neighbor.
II. Contents: - Vocabulary
- Structure:
III. Teaching Aids: Text book.
IV. Anticipated problems:
V. Proceduces:
1. Warm up: * Getting started:
- Ask students to match the names of places with the suitable pictures.
* Answers:
a. Groccery store.
b. Stadium
c. wet market
d. drug store
e. hairdresser’s
f. swimming pool
- Ask for their meanings to make sure students know axactly what they mean.
2.Pre - Reading:
1. Pre – teach vocabulary :
- close by (adv) ( explanation)
- to serve
- A pancake (translation)
- Tasty
* Checking vocabulary: What and where.
pancake close by serve
try tasty

- Ask students to repeat the words chorally, then rub out word by word but leave
the circles.
- Go on untill the circles are empty. Get students to go to the blackbord and
write the words in the correct circles.
2. Pre – Questions:
- Set the scene: Nam and Na are talking about the place where they live. But Na
is new there.
- Give two questions and ask students to work in pairs to guess the answers.
a. How long has Nam lived in that neighborhood?
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Th¹ch Qu¶ng Lower Secondery School Teacher : TrÇn Thanh H¶i
b. Where does Na want to go?
- Ask students to listen and read silently the dialogue between Nam and Na then
ask them if their answers are correct or not.
* Answers:
a. He has lived there for 10 years.
b. Na wants to go a restaurant.
- Give feedback.
3. While Reading– :
3. Complete the sentence:
- Ask students to do the exercises. They work individually then compare with
their partners.
* Answers:
a. Na is new to the neighborhood.
b. She and her family arrived last week.
c. Na’s mother is very tired.
d. There is a restaurant in the area.
e. The restaurant serves food from Hue.
f. Nam thinks the pancakes are tasty.

4. Answers given:
- Give students some answers and ask them to make questions.
* Answers:
a. Nam has lived here for ten years.
b. Yes My mother is too tired to cook.
c. The restaurant serves Hue food.
d. Hue food is very good.
- Ask students to work in pairs to make questions for those answers.
* Questions:
a. How long has Nam lived here?
b. Is Na’s mother tired?
c. What kind of food does the restaurant serve?
d. What is the food like?
- Ask some students to ask and answer the questions. Teacher can correct their
pronunciation.
- Get students to work in pairs.
4. Post Reading– :
* Write:
- Ask students to write a passage about their neighborhood by answering the
following questions:
a. How long have you lived in your neighborhood?
b. Do you like it? Why? (people are friendly/ the environment is good/safe)
c. Is there a restaurant/ post office/market/bank/shop is your neighborhood?
d. How do you do to keep your neighborhood clean?
- Students write, teacher moves around the class and help students .
5. Homework:
- Ask students to complete their writing.
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Th¹ch Qu¶ng Lower Secondery School Teacher : TrÇn Thanh H¶i

Unit 7: My neighborhood
Lesson: 2 Period:41 Section: Speak
I. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to talk about how to
send parcels or letters.
II. Contents: - Vocabulary
- Structure:
III. Teaching Aids: Text book.
IV. Anticipated problems:
V. Proceduces:
1. Warm up: * Chatting:
- Show a letter and ask students some questions:
+ What is it? (a letter)
+ Where can I post it to my friend? ( at the post office)
+ How can I post it? ( Stick stamp on it)
+ How much? ( 800 VN dong)
+ Is it more expensive when I send a parcel? (Yes. Of course)
+ Have you ever sent a letter or a parcel?
- Introduce the new lesson.
2. Presentation:
1. Pre teach – Vocabulary:
- Air – mail: (explanation)
- Surface mail:
- Charge (v)
* Checking vocabulary: Rub out and remember.
2. Reading – Comprehension.
- Set the scene: Mrs. Kim wants to send a parcel to Quy Nhon, so she has to go
to the post office.
- Give students some questions:
a. Does Mrs. Kim send the parcel air mail or surface mail? Why?
b. What’s the weight of her parcel?

c. How much does she play?
- Ask students to read the dialogue and find out the answers.
- Get students to work in pairs to compare their answers.
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Th¹ch Qu¶ng Lower Secondery School Teacher : TrÇn Thanh H¶i
* Answers:
a. Mrs. Kim send the parcel surface mail because it is much cheaper.
b. Her parcel is five kilograms.
c. She pays 19,200 dongs.
3. Practice:
- Call some students to ask and answer the questions.
- Call on a student to play the role of Mrs. Kim and practice the dialogue with
teacher.
- Call ao some pairs of students to practice the dialogue. Teacher correct their
pronunciation.
Ask students to practice the dialogue in pairs.
4. Further practice.
- Set the scene and ask students to make the dialogue.
1. Mrs. Lan wants to post a letter air mail.
- Ask students to make the dialogue between Lan and the clerk in the post
office.
- Elicit and encourage students to make the dialogues themselves.
- Get students to practice the dialogue in pairs.
- Give other situations and ask students to make similar dialogues. The box will
help students know the price.
2. Postcard / HCM city / airmail / 15kgs.
3. Parcel / Ca Mau / airmail / 2 kgs.
4. Parcel / Buon Me Thuot / surface / 5kgs.
- Divide class in to 3 groups, each prepares a dialogue.

- Ask 2 pairs from each group to practice their dialogue. Teacher corrects their
pronunciation.
- Get students to work in pairs, practicing 3 dialogues. Teacher moves around
and helps students.
5. Homework:
- Ask students to write a dialogue ao their notebooks.
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Th¹ch Qu¶ng Lower Secondery School Teacher : TrÇn Thanh H¶i
Unit 7: My neighborhood
Lesson: 3 Period:42 Section: Listen
I. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know what Na is
going to do on the weekend by listening.
II. Contents: - Vocabulary
- Structure:
III. Teaching Aids: Text book, cassettes
IV. Anticipated problems:
V. Proceduces:
1. Warm up: * Brainstorming and guessing:
2. Pre Listening– .
- Ask students to look at 4 advertisements of “ what’s on this week?” and get
students to guess what is in the blanks 2 – 3 – 4
1.Movies The new comer ( has been done)
Stadium
2. Place School ground
City / Town Ground
Drama / play
3. Activity English speak Club / Contest
Dancing
Picture Exhibition

Music
Gallery
4. Place Culture house
School
City Hall
- Set the scene: “ Na i new in the neighborhood. She is talking to Nam about
what she’s going to listen to the tape and fill in the blanks in each advertisment.
3. While Listening– :
1. Listening task 1:
- Let students listen to the tape twice and give the answers.
- Give feedback.
* Answers.
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