Unit 16 historical places

Lesson Plan – Grade 10

Date:
Period :101

HISTORICAL PLACES

Unit 16

Lesson
READING
I. Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
- use vocabulary items related to the issue of conservation.
- guess the meaning of words based on contexts and components of the words.
- scan for specific information about Va Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam
II. Language Focus:
- Grammar: Revision
- New words: stelae, dynasty, relic, remains, confucianism . . .
III. Teaching Aids: cassette player, textbook . . .
IV. Procedures:
Stages/
Teacher’s Activities
Students’ Activities
Time
-T guides Ss to play the game - Crossword Puzzle
-T gets Ss to work in pairs and answer questions about Van
Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam
Warm – up * Suggested questions and answers:
(7 minutes) 1. What Quoc Tu Giamn considered to be (University)
-Ss work in groups
2. The stone stelae are carried on the backs of these and play the game.

animals (Tortoises)
3. The city where Va Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam is located
(Hanoi)
4. The site of the oldest university of Vietnam (Van Mieu)
5. What took place in Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam in feudal
times (Exams)
6. The material to make the stelae (Stone)
7. People come to see Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam
(Visitors)
8. The dynasty that founded Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam
(Ly)
1
2
3

4
5

6

7

8

Pre –
reading

-T may explains some new words in the questions:
+ stelae (n)
+ dynasty (n)

-T uses the picture on page 166 in the textbook to
introduce the topic of the lesson.
-T asks Ss to work in pairs and answer the questions in -Ss work in pairs and
“Before you read”.
do the task given in
-T invites some Ss to present their answers and helps them the textbook.
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Lesson Plan – Grade 10

8 minutes

While –
reading

10 minutes
7 minutes

Post –
reading
10 minutes

Homework
3 minutes

correct mistakes if necessary.
* Suggested answers:
1. Co Loa Citadel, Hoa Lu Capital, Den Hung Remains,
Pac Bo Site, Hue Imperial City . . .

2. Yes, it is. It is the first university of Vietnam.
3. Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam was founded in 1070 by the
Ly Dynasty. It was established on the site of Van Mieu . . .
Pre-teaching vocabulary
-T elicits or presents the meaning of some important new
words that do not appear in task 1.
+ relic (n) remains
+ confucian (n,a
+ confucianism (n)
+ stele – stelae (n)
+ banyan tree (n)
+ tortoise
Task 1 – Multiple Choice
-T asks Ss to read the passage silently and then do Task 1.
-T may write the following words on the board.originally,
representative, memorialise,engrave, flourish
-T asks Ss to read aloud the words on the board. Then T
instructs Ss to go back to the passage to locate and guess
the meanings of these words.
-T requires some Ss to tell the meanings of the words in
Vietnamese.
-T asks Ss to work in pairs and decide the correct option.
-T check the answers and gives feedback.
* Suggested answers:1. B 2. A
3. C
4. B 5. C
Task 2 – True or False
-T asks Ss to work individually to do the task.
-T asks Ss to discuss their answers with their peers.
T calls on some Ss to give their answers and asks them to

explain their choices.
-T comments and gives the suggested answers.
* Suggested answers:
1. F (It was built in 1070)
2. T
3. F (from 11th century to 18th century)
4. F (It is an example of well-preserved
traditional Vietnamese architecture)
Talking about Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam
-T asks Ss to work in groups of three or four and
introduces the task.
-T guides Ss to use the suggestions provided in the task to
help them generate ideas.
-T goes around and help the class.
-T calls some groups to report their ideas to the class.
-T give corrective feedback.
-T summarises the main points in the lesson.
-T asks Ss to learn all of the new words by heart
and make sentences with them.
-Prepare SPEAKING for the next period.

-Ss listen to T’s
explanation and take
notes new vocabulary.

Whole
class,
individual work and
pair work.

-Ss work individually
and do the task.
-Ss
present
their
answers in front of the
class.
-Ss
listen
T’s
comment and write
down the information.
-Ss work in groups

-Ss present in front of
the class.
- Ss listen and take
notes.

Date:
Period :102
Teacher in-charge: Nguyễn Thị Lan Anh


Lesson Plan – Grade 10

Unit 16(cont.)

HISTORICAL PLACES

Lesson
SPEAKING
I. Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
- Ask answer questions about a historical place.
II. Language Focus:
- Grammar: revision
- New words: revision
III. Teaching Aids: textbooks, pictures . . . .
IV. Procedures:
Stages/Time
Teacher’s Activities
Warm – up A Matching Game
(5 minutes) - T divides the class into groups of three or four and
asks Ss to work in their own groups to match the names
of different historical places or places of interest in
Hanoi with their English translation.
-T goes around the class to observe Ss.
-T checks with the whole class.
1. Chùa Một Cột
2. Cột cờ Hà Nội
3. Bảo tàng Cách mạng
4. Văn Miếu
5. Lăng Hồ Chủ Tịch
6. Phủ Chủ Tịch
7. Bảo tàng Dân tộc học
8. Bảo tàng Lích sử
9. Bảo tàng Mỹ thuật
10. Thành Cổ Lao

Pre –

speaking
10 minutes

While –
speaking

Students’ Activities

-Ss work in groups and
enjoy playing the game.

a. Presidential Palace
b. Temple of Literature
c. Ho Chi Minh
Mausoleum
d. National Museum of
Ethnology
e. Co Loa Citadel
f. National Museum of
Fine Arts
g. One Pillar Pagoda
h. Flag Tower of Hanoi
i. Revolution Museum
j. Vietnamese National
History Museum

* Suggested answers:1. g
2. h
3. i
4. b

5. c
6. a
7. d
8. j
9. f
10. e
Task 1
-T asks Ss to do work in pairs to ask and answer about
Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, a historical place of Hanoi.
-T gets Ss to study the fact sheet of the monuments
carefully.
-T requires Ss to guess the meanings of new words
+ stand (n): place
+ late (a): deceased, no longer holding the
Position
-T asks Ss to read aloud the conversation on page 169
and elicits the ways to ask for the information covered
in the fact sheet.
-T models by asking these questions for Ss to answer.
-T goes around and observes Ss working.
-T invites some pairs to perform in front if the class.
-T gives feedback and corrects answers.
Task 2 – An information gap activity
-T asks Ss to work in pairs to ask and answer the
questions about two historical places, namely Hu
Imperial City and Thong Nhat Conference Hall.

-Ss read through the task
and take note new words
given and explained by

T.

-Ss write down
correct answer.

the

-Ss work in pairs and
present
their
conversation.
-Ss work in pairs

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Lesson Plan – Grade 10

15 minites

Post –
speaking
12 minutes

Homework
3 minutes

-T pre-teaches sone vocabulary.
+ World Cultural Heritage
+ The Royal Citadel

+ The Imperial Enclosure
+ The Forbidden Purple City
+ Reunification Hall
+ to be heavily damaged
+ air bombardment
+ to decorate (v)
+ chamber (n): room
-T goes around the class and offers help.
-T invites some pairs to present in front of the class.
-T listens, taking note of mistakes for later correction.
-T gives feedback.
Task 3 – Discussion
-T asks Ss to work in groups to asks and anwser
questions about a historical place they have been to.
-T requires Ss to take notes of their friends’ talk while
listening so that they can report to the class.
-T goes around the class and help Ss.
-T takes notes of Ss’s mistakes for later correction.
-T summarise the main points in the lesson.
-T asks Ss to write a short paragraph about 70 words to
compare New York and London and state which city
they prefer and why.
-T requires Ss to prepare LISTENING for the next
period.

-Ss write down new
words
in
their
notebooks.

-Ss work in groups
asking and answering
questions
about
a
historical place that they
have been to.
-Ss listen and take note.
- Ss listen and take notes

Date:
Period :103
Unit 16(cont.)

HISTORICAL PLACES

Lesson
LISTENING
I. Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
- listen to get specific information about Hoi An.
II. Language Focus:
- Grammar: revision
- New words: merchant, vessel, ornamental, certify . . .
III. Teaching Aids: pictures in the textbook, cassette, extra board . . . .
IV. Procedures:
Students’ Activities

Stages/Time

Teacher’s Activities

Warm – up

-T has Ss work in pairs and answer the questions on page
171 of the textbook.
-T goes around the class and help Ss.
-T checks the answers with the whole class.
* Suggested answers for the pictures:
1. Notre Dame Cathedral
2. Ha Long Bay
3. The Huc Bridge (Sword Lake)
4. Noon Gate – Hue Imperial City
-T asks Ss to look at pictures on page 172 and guess what
they are going to listen about.
-T introduces the topic of the lesson and asks Ss to work
in groups of three to list down all what they know about

(7 minutes)

Pre –
listening

-Ss work in pairs

-Ss work in groups &
discuss the given
questions in the

Teacher in-charge: Nguyễn Thị Lan Anh

Lesson Plan – Grade 10

10 minutes

Whilelistening
7 minutes

10 minutes

Postlistening
8 minutes

Hoi An.
-T goes around to observe and check that Ss work in their
groups.
-T elicits answers from the different groups. T provides
vocabulary or further information if necessary.
-T calls on some Ss to describe the picture.
Vocabulary pre-teaching
-T elicits/teaches some of the words given in the book or
those taken from the listening passage.
+ merchant (n)
+ ornamental (a)
+ certify (v)
Task 1 – Multiple Choice
-T asks Ss to read through the questions and work out
what information they need concentrate on while
listening.

-T asks Ss to work individually to listen to the tape and do
the task.
-T plays the tape once.
-T asks Ss for answers and write them on the board.
-T plays the tape more than once if necessary.
-T invites some Ss to explain their answers in front of the
class.
-T comments and gives out the correct answers.
* Expected answers:
1. B
2. A
3. C
4. C
5. C
Task 2 – Answering the questions
-T asks Ss whether they can do the task based on the
previous times of listening.
-If Ss can, T asks them to give the answers and write them
on the board.
-T plays the tape once for Ss to check their answers.
-T asks Ss to work in pairs to compare their answers.
-If there are a lot of Ss having the same wrong answer,
play that point of the tape for Ss to check the answers
again.
-T gives feedback and correct answers.
* Suggested answers:
1. On the Thu Bon River, 30 kilometers south of Danang.
2. It was known as a major trading centrein Southeast
Asia between the 16th and 17th century.
3. It’s famous foe its old temples, pagpdas, small title –

roofed houses and narrow streets
4. They were made of wood and their pilliars were carved
with ornamental designs.
5. It was built in 1855.
6. It was nearly two centuries ago.
7. The house now looks almost exactly as it did in the
early 19th century/
8. In 1999.
Talking about the ancient town of Hoi An
-T divides the class into small groups of four and asks
them to tell about Hoi An, using the information given:
+ location

textbook.
-Ss write down the
correct answers.
-Ss listen to T’s
guidance and take
note new words,
practise pronouncing
them.

- Ss work
individually to listen
to the tapes and do
Task 1
-Ss give out the
results after listening
to the tape.
- Ss compare their

answers with a
friend and present
them on the board.
- Ss work in
individual to listen to
the tapes and do Task
2.
-Ss give out their
guesses before
listening to the tape
three times.
- Ss compare their
answers
with
a
friend and present
them on the board.

-Ss take note the
correct answers on
the extra board.
-Ss work in groups,
talking about Hoi An.

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Lesson Plan – Grade 10

Homework

3 minutes

+ role
+ features
+ tourist attractions
-T goes around the class and helps Ss.
-T invites representatives of some groups to talk about
their preparation.
-T asks for comments from other Ss.
-T gives feedback and any necessary corrections.
-T summarize the main points.
-T asks Ss to learn by heart all new words and write a
short paragraph about the ancient town of Hoi An.
-T asks Ss to prepare WRITING for the next period.

-Ss present their talk
in front of the class.
-Ss listen
remarks.

to

T’s

- Ss listen and take
notes

Date:
Period :104
Unit 16(cont.)

HISTORICAL PLACES

Lesson
WRITING
I. Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
- describe the information presented in a chart, using comparative structures and based on cues.
II. Language Focus:
- Grammar: revision
- New words: revision
III. Teaching Aids: textbook, handouts . . .
IV. Procedures:

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Stages/Time

Lesson Plan – Grade 10

Teacher’s Activities

Students’ Activities

Warm-up
-T guides Ss to play a game.
(5 minutes)

Pre-writing

12 minutes

Whilewriting

18 minutes

Postwriting
7 minutes

Homework
3 minutes

-Ss play the game in
groups

Task 1 – Working with the model
-T can use the writing in the warm-up activity as a model -Ss read the model
of a chart description.
and answer the
-T asks one student to read aloud the model writing.
given questions in
-T elicits the features of a chart description, including the pairs.
organisation and the language use:
+ The chart shows that . . .
+ The chart describes . . .
+ The chart presents . . .
-T asks Ss to study the chart in Task 1 and analyse it with a
partner by asking these questions:
1. What is the topic of the chart? Does it describe the past,
the present or the future? (Visitor arrivals to Vietnam in -Ss write down the

2001 and 2002 from the USA, France and Australia)
correct answers.
2. Which country had the biggest number of visitors to
Vietnam in 2001? (the USA)
3. How many French visitors arrived in Vietnam in 2001?
(99,700)
4. Which countries had the smallest number of visitors to
Vietnam in 2002? (Australia)
5. Was the number of Australian visitors coming to Vietnam
in 2001 bigger than that in 2002? (No, it wasn’t)
6. Which country, France or Australia had more visitors to
Vietnam in 2002? (France)
7. How did the number of American visitors to Vietnam in
2002 increase in comparison with that in 2001? (it
increased by 29,497)
-T checks the answers with the whole class.
Task 2 – Writing
-T asks Ss to write up a description invidually, based on -Individual work
their analysis of the chart.
-T goes around the class and offers helps.
-T asks Ss to work individually in 10 minutes.
-T requires Ss to work in pairs and correct each other’s -Ss work in pairs
writing.
Feedback on Ss’ writings
-T asks Ss to exchange their writing with another student
for peer correction.
-T goes around and collect mistakes and errors.
-T collects some wrtings for quick feedback.
-T writes typical errors on the board and elicits self and -Pair work and
peer correcttion.

whole class
-T gives general comments on the paragraphs.
Talking
-T asks Ss to work in groups and talking about the ancient -Ss work in groups
city that they have been to.
* Suggested inforamtion:
+ location
+ role
+ features
+ tourist attractions
-T summarise the main points in the lesson.
-T asks students to rewrite their chart descriptions based on
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Lesson Plan – Grade 10

Date:
Period :105
Unit 16(cont.)

HISTORICAL PLACES

Lesson
LANGUAGE FOCUS

I. Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
- distinguish and pronounce the sound / ʒ / and / ∫ / correctly.
- use comparatives and superlatives correctly when making comparison.
II. Language Focus:
- Grammar: as the above
- New words: revision
III. Teaching Aids: Textbooks
IV. Procedures:
Stages/Time
Teacher’s Activities
Students’ Activities
Warm-up Game
-T divides the class into small groups and asks them -Ss work in groups,
(5 minutes) try to find out as many words having the sounds / ʒ / playing the game as
and / ∫ / as possible.
guided.

Pronunciation
7 minutes

Grammar
Vocabulary
10 minutes

10 minutes

Activity 1 – Listen and repeat
-T demonstrates the sounds / ʒ / and / ∫ / by
pronouncing them exactly and clearly.
-T instructs the ways to pronounce two sounds.

-T asks Ss to pronounce the sounds several times.
-T makes sure that Ss are aware of the difference
between the two sounds.
-T gives feedback.
Activity 2 – Practise these sentences
-T plays the tape or read the two sounds and asks
them to repeat.
-T calls on some Ss to repeat the sounds clearly and
slowly.
-T asks Ss to work in pairs and practise the
sentences.
-T introduces peer correction.
-T goes around the class and provides help if
necessary.
Exercises 1: Comparatives and superlatives
-T helps Ss review the comparative and superlative
forms of adjectives
-T gets Ss to work in pairs and do Exercise 1.
-T goes around the class and offers help.
-T checks with the whole class and provides
corrective feedback.
* Suggested answers:
3. younger, the youngest
4. happier, the happiest
5. bigger, the biggest
6. busier, the busiest
(To be continued)
Exercise 2: Making sentences or questions from
given cues
-T gets Ss to do Exercise 2 invidually and asks them

to work with a partner to check their answers.

-Ss observe and listen to
teacher’s guidance.
-Ss listen.
-Ss practise pronuncation.

-Ss listen carefully &
work in pairs to read the
sentences.

- Ss work individually and
do Exercise 1.
-Ss work individually,
doing the exercise, then
exchange the results with
a partner to take peer
correction.
- Ss listen and take notes.

-Ss work individually,
doing the exercise, then

Teacher in-charge: Nguyễn Thị Lan Anh


Lesson Plan – Grade 10

10 minutes

Homework
3 minutes

-T goes around to provide help.
-T asks them to compate their answers with others.
-T asks Ss to go to the board to write their answers.
-T gives correct answers.
* Suggested answers:
2. My sister is younger than me.
3. Who is the oldest in the class?
4. Concord is the pastest passenger plane in the
word. (To be continued)
Exercise 3 – Making comparison
-T gets Ss to do Exercise 2 invidually and asks them
to work with a partner to check their answers.
-T goes around to provide help.
-T asks them to compate their answers with others.
-T asks Ss to go to the board to write their answers.
-T gives correct answers.
* Suggested answers:
1. further 2. so
3. more
4. the
5. 
6. 
7. than
8. of
9. 
10. it
11. and

12. 
13.
14. 
15. that

exchange the results with
a partner to take peer
correction.

- Ss listen and take notes.

-Ss work individually,
doing the exercise, then
exchange the results with
a partner to take peer
correction.

- Ss listen and take notes.

- T asks Ss to continue doing the remaning
exercises.
-Ss listen and take notes
- T asks Ss to prepare The Second Term Exam.

Teacher in-charge: Nguyễn Thị Lan Anh