Unit 1 lesson 3 read period 4 week 2

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Unit 1 my friends
Lesson 3 Read
A. The objectives
- By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to read the text about describing
friends to understand the main ideas and details. They’ll use the language to
talk about their friends’ characters.
b. content: Present simple tense to talk about factual actions; Adjectives to
describe people’s characters: sociable, outgoing, reserved, kind, generous,
hard-working, etc
C. Materials: Pictures, poster,
Work arrangements: Individuals, pairs, groups, T-WC
Anticipated problems: a long text, it may take longer time.
D. Procedure
I. Warmer
Role play
Introduce people and respond to
introductions
II. Checking the old lesson
III. New lesson

 Pre-reading

I. Vocabulary
- sociable (adj) = outgoing
reserved
Pre-teach
Eliciting:
situation,
example, - generous (adj)
- volunteer (n)
synonym, antonym, translation
Modeling, choral & individual - humor (n)  humorous (adj)
repetition
- joke (n):
Written
record,
VN
meaning, - annoy (v): make tired
pronunciation
- affect (v):

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Checking vocabulary: Ordering
Prediction: Open prediction
Set the scene: Ba is talking about
his friends
How many close friends does Ba
have?
What are they like?

Friends

Character Likes
s

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What do they like?
What do they like doing in their
free time?
Ask students to work in pairs to
complete the table.
II. Read
1. Choose the best answer and
write
 While reading
a – A (Of all my friends, Bao, Khai
Ask students to read the text and Song are the ones ...)
silently and answer the pre- b – C (He spends his free time
questions
and
check
their doing ...)
c – B (Khai and Song are quite
predictions
reserved in public)

Ask students to read the text again d – D (sometimes my jokes annoy
and do the multiple choice them)\
exercise.
Students work on their own first,
then they pair and compare
Teacher gets some students to
read the completed sentences
aloud.
2. Now answer the questions
Note: the key words/ phrases
a. Ba feels lucky having a lot of
friends.
Comprehension questions
Ask students to run through the b. Bao is the most sociable.
questions and read the text again c. Khai likes reading.
d. A bad thing about Ba’s jokes is
and answer the questions
Students work individually, then that sometimes his jokes annoy his
they practice asking and answering friends.
e. Bao spend his free time doing
in pairs
work
at
a
local
Teacher writes the answers on the volunteer
orphanage.
board
f. ( students’answers.)
 Production

Questionnaire
1. How many closed friends do you
have?
2. What are they like?
3. What do they like?
4. What do they like doing in their
free time?
5. Do they all have the same
favorite activities?

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IV. Consolidation
V. Homework

Talk about characters and hobbies
of one’s closed friends
Study vocabulary by hear
Read the text and do the exercises
again
Practice talking about your closed
friends’ characters
Prepare new lesson: Write

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