Unit 5 lesson 1 getting started listen and read period 26 week 9

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Unit 5 study habits
Lesson 1 Getting started + Listen and read
A. The objectives

- Content: Past simple tense; reported speech
- By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to understand the dialogue about the
study report. They’ll understand the reported speech and use the language to
talk about which subject they are good at and which subject they need to
improve
B. Materials: Timetable, cassette, disk, tranperancies, OHP

Work arrangements: Individuals, pairs, groups, T-WC
Anticipated problems: Ss may find reported speech difficult, especially the
pronouns
C. Procedure

I. Warmer

Chemistr

y

Geograp
hy
Biology

History

School Subjects

Literatur
e

Physic
s
Math

Englis
h

II. Checking the old lesson

Which subjects do you have on
Tuesday?
We have English, Math, Physics
and Literature
III. New lesson
I. Getting started
Activity one
- School subjects: Math, Literature,

Teacher asks questions - Ss answer …
Ask Ss to practise in pairs to - How often …?
ask&answer
We have Math four times a week
How often do we have Math?
We have Chemistry twice a week
How often do we have Chemistry?
Which subject do you like best?
Which subject don’t you like much?
Activity two
Pre teach
Eliciting:
visual,
synonym,
Situation/explanation, example
- Modeling, choral repetition
- Individual repetition
- Written record, VN meaning

I like … … … best
I don’t like ……… much.
II. Listen and read
1. Vocab
- report card (n) :
- excellent (adj) :
- proud (adj) + of :
- semester (n) :
- improve (v) :

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- Pronunciation
- pronunciation (n) :
- Checking vocab: Give example
sentences
I
need
to
improve
English
pronunciation
Tim’s report card is excellent.
Activity three
Presentation Dialogue
- Set the scene, introduce the
characters
They are Tim and his mother
Who are they? What are they They are talking about Tim’s report
talking about?
card.
- Think about these questions:
Yes, it’s excellent
Is Tim’s report good?
He needs to improve his Spanish
Which does Tim need to improve?
pronunciation
What did Tim’s teacher tell his His teacher said he should work

mother about Tim ?
harder
on
his
Spanish
Ask the students to listen to the pronunciation
dialogue twice
Ss practise the dialogue in chorus
and then in pairs
Notes: pronunciation
- Model sentences: Reported
speech
Tim should work harder on his
“Miss Jackson said you should work Spanish pronunciation
harder
on
your
Spanish Please give Tim this dictionary
pronunciation. She asked me to
give you this dictionary”
+ What exactly did Miss Jackson
say to Tim’s mother?
Organise groupwork. Ss work on 2. True or False?
the transparencies and OHP.
a. False. Tim was in the living room
Activity four
when his mother called him
Practice
b. True (I went to your school ….)
 True or False?

c. False. Tim’s report is excellent
Ask the Ss to work individually. d. True. (But there’s one thing …)
Then pair and compare. Teacher e. False. Tim needs to improve his
Spanish pronunciation
gets feedback
f. True. (I’ll try my best to improve
them)
3. Answer the questions
a. Miss Jackson is Tim’s (Spanish)
teacher
 Answer the questions
Ask Ss to read the dialogue again b. She gave Tim’s mother his
report card
and answer the questions
Practise asking and answering in c. He studied/ worked really hard
this semester.
pairs
T shows the answer keys on the d. Miss Jackson said Tim should
work harder on his Spanish
OHP
pronunciation
e. She gave him the dictionary
Activity five

Name

Good at

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Production
- Take a survey
+ Ss work in group of 4, ask and
answer the question about the
school subjects
+ Report back the results of the
survey (transparencies and OHP)
Which subject do you like?
Which subject are you good at?
Which subject do you need to
improve?
IV. Consolidation

Hung

Math
Literature
English
Physics
Chemistry
Biology
History
Geography
Physical
education

Civic Education
Fine Art
Music
Technology

Math

Example: Hung said he was good
at Math. He needed to improve
History

School subjects; Report card;
Reported speech
1. Study vocab by heart
2. Write dictation and translation.
Learn by heart the dialogue
3. Do exercise 2,3 again
4. Practice reporting speech
5. Prepare new lesson

V. Homework

School subjects

Mo

Tu

We Th

n

e

d
v
v
v

v
v

improve
History

v
v

u
v

Sat
v

v
v
v
v

v

v

Fri

v
v

v

v
v

v
v
v
v

v
v

Example exchanges
We have Math
four times a
week

How often do
we
have
Math?

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- Think about these questions:
Is Tim’s report good?
Which subject does Tim need to improve?
What did Tim’s teacher tell his mother about Tim ?

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What exactly did Miss Jackson said to Tim's
mother?
Miss Jackson said to Tim’s

Tim’s mother said to Tim

mother
Miss Jackson said you should
work harder on your Spanish
pronunciation. She asked me
to give you this dictionary

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Miss Jackson said to Tim’s

Tim’s mother said to Tim

mother
Tim should work harder on Miss Jackson said you should
his Spanish pronunciation
Please

give

Tim

this pronunciation. She asked me

dictionary
(Can

you

work harder on your Spanish
to give you this dictionary

give

Tim

this

dictionary?)

True or False?
a. Tim was out when his mother called him.
b. Tim’s mother met his teacher at school.
c. Tim’s report is poor.
d. Tim’s mother wants him to improve one thing.
e. Tim needs to improve his Spanish grammar.
f. Tim promised to try his best in learning Spanish.

Answer key
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a. False. Tim was in the living room when his mother
called him
b. True (I went to your school ….)
c. False. Tim’s report is excellent
d. True. (But there’s one thing …)
e. False. Tim needs to improve his Spanish pronunciation
f. True. (I’ll try my best to improve them)

3. Answer the questions
a. Who is Miss Jackson?
 Miss Jackson is Tim’s (Spanish) teacher.
b. What did Miss Jackson give Tim’s mother?
 She gave Tim’s mother his report card.

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c. How did Tim study this semester?
 He studied/ worked really hard this semester.
d. What did Miss Jackson say Tim should do?
Miss Jackson said Tim should work harder on his Spanish
pronunciation
e. What did Tim’s mother give him at the end of the
conversation?
 She gave him the dictionary.

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