Word U 14 Reading(hay)

Unit I4: recreation
A: Reading
Time: 45 minutes.
I: Objectives
1. Educational aims:
- Students should know well about leisure activities in England.
2. Knowledge:
• General knowledge: Through this unit, students know about leisure
activities in England, ( traditional leisure activities and a new trend )
• Language: words related to the leisure activities.
3. Skills:
- Reading for gist and specific information.
- Reading and guessing the meaning of the words in the right context.
- Reading and answering the questions on the passage.
- Scanning and writing down the information in the passage.
- Summarising the passage in a form of speaking or writing.
II: Method:
-Integrated, mainly communicative.
III: Teaching aids:
• projector
• a piece of video clip with a song
• textbooks
IV: Procedure:
Teacher’s activities
1. Warm - up ( 5mns.)
-Teacher asks the monitor:
+Who is absent today?
+Who is on duty today?
+What date is it today?
-Teacher introduces:
“In the last period, you finished unit 13.

Today we will learn unit 14. Before the
new unit, you will watch a piece of
video clip with a song and answer the
question:
‘What are the people doing?”
monitor: responds
+………………………………
+………………………………
+ Wednesday, March 19
th
2008
- Students watch a piece of video clip
with a song and answer:
1. playing snooker 6. singing karaoke
2. swimming 7. bricklaying
3. listening to music 8. walking
4. gardening 9. drawing
5.playing darts 10. watching T.V
-Teacher gives the answers
-Teacher raises a question:
-What do you call these activities?
-Teacher leads to the new lesson:
We will learn about recreation today.
Now let’s start the new unit.
Unit 14: recreation
A. Reading
2. Before you read (5mns.)
-Teacher has students discuss the
question: “Which of the following
leisure activities do you think British

people often do in their spare time?
- To understand well about leisure
activities in England we move to the
part “While you read”
3. While you read ( 23 mns.)
Activity 1
-First, teacher asks students to listen to
the tape, and underline new words
-Teacher asks students to listen to the
tape again and focus on the new words.
-Teacher asks students to read the text in
silence to know what the text is about.
-Teacher gives the new words on the
screen
-Teacher reads the new words twice
-Teacher asks students to read after the
Teacher
-Teacher asks 2 students to read again
the new words
- Students listen to the teacher.
-A student answers:
¦We call them “ recreation”
- Students listen and write down
-One student reads the requirement
-Students work in pairs to answer the
question:
-reading books/newspapers
-watching TV/videos
-playing sports
-singing

-listening to music
-watching sports
……………….
(student’s answers many vary.)
- Students listen to the tape and underline
new words
-Students listen to the tape again and
focus on the new words.
- Students read the text in silence to
know what the text is about.
-Students point out the new words.
…………………………………
- Students listen to the teacher
-Students read the new words in chorus
- 2 students to read the new words.
-Teacher says: “Now, let’s do the tasks.
Task 1”
Activity 2: Task 1
-Teacher asks students to read the
requirement of task 1 and translate it
into Vietnamese.
-Teacher asks students to say how to do
Task 1
-Teacher asks students to work in
groups .Each table is one group
- Teacher walks around the class and
offers ideas and comments when
students need help.
-Teacher calls on 2 students to write on
the board.

-Teacher calls on some students to
remark and read each sentence.
- Teacher gives remarks and give marks.
Activity 3: Task 2
-Teacher asks students to read the
requirement of task 2 and translate it
into Vietnamese.
-Teacher gives the key words on the
screen.
-Teacher asks students to work in pairs.
- Teacher walks around the class and
offers ideas and comments when
students need help.
-Teacher calls on some pairs to practise
orally.
-Students read the requirement of task 1
and translate it into Vietnamese
-Students say how to do Task 1
“focus on italics and guess the right
words in the context”
-Students work in groups .
-2 students write on the board.
1.A 4.A
2.B 5.B
3.B 6.A
- Students remark and read the whole
sentence.
-Students read the requirement of task 2
and translate it into Vietnamese
-Students say how to do Task 2, find out

the key words.
1. why/ important
2. what sports/ like watching
3. what sports/ like taking part in
4. why/ take weekend courses
-Students work in pairs
-Some pairs practise orally.
1.A:Why are recreation and entertainment
important to people?
-Because without them people will
become dull/bored
2.What sports do the British like
Activity 4: Game
-Teacher says: “To remember well
about the leisure activities the British
often do, I’ like you to solve a
crossword puzzle. You have to complete
7 sentences all appeared in the reading
passage. Now read the sentences
carefully and fill each blank with the
right word from the text.
1.Watching T.V is by far the most .…...
pastime
2.Over 51 per cent of …... have
two or more television sets.
3.Other pursuits include listening
to …….., reading and gardening.
4……pool, darts are the next most
popular sports among men.
5.In the last few year, a new trend has

been developing, i.e, taking weekend or
holiday………..
6.For people who are interested in arts,
there are courses in painting or…….
7.Those who want to improve their
minds can take a course of “ Living with
more……….”.
-Teacher has students point out the key
word in the column.
Teacher: the word “ Leisure” leads us
to the part “ After you read”.
4. After you read(5mns)
watching?
-Football and rugby in winter, and
cricket and athletics in summer
3.What sports do they like taking part in?
-Walking and swimming
4.Why do many British people take
weekend courses?
-This is a new kind of entertainment.
They give them pleasure
-Students work in groups to solve the
crossword.
1.popular
2. households
3.music
4.snooker
5.courses
6.drawing
7.meaning

The key word in the column:
Leisure
-One student reads the requirement and
- Teacher asks students to read the
requirement and translate it into
Vietnamese.
-Teacher has students work in pairs to
find out leisure activities in the passage
which are popular or not popular in
Vietnam.
-Teacher calls on students to practise
orally.
5. Consolidation( 3MNS)
-Teacher raises a question:
What have we learned today?
-Teacher says: “ summarize the text
according to 2 questions on the screen”
1. What do the British people like doing
in the free time?
2. What about a new trend?
- Teacher calls on two students to
answer the questions.
6. Homework( 2 MNS)
-Teacher assigns homework.
7. comments (2mns)
_Teacher says: “You’ ve worked very
hard and effectively today. Thank you
for your help. Now the lesson is over .
Let’s say good bye to our guests”
translate it into Vietnamese.

-Students work in pairs to find out
leisure activities in the passage which are
popular or not popular in Vietnam.
popular Not popular
-watching T.V
-listening to music
-reading,
gardening
-playing sports
-singing karaoke
-playing pool
-playing darts
-glass engraving
-shoemaking
-bricklaying
-stock market
-Students answer the questions
1.Watching T.V, listening to music,
reading, do-it- yourself home
improvements, gardening, watching and
taking part in sports.
2.Taking weekend or holiday courses:
Bricklaying, stock market, painting,
drawing, karaoke singing, shoemaking,
glass engraving, taking a course of
“ Living with more meaning”.
Homework:
1.Learn the new words by heart and
make sentences with them.
2.Write a paragragh within 100 words

about the leisure activities of high
school students
3. Prepare the next part ( B :Speaking )