unit 12:read

A VACATION ABROAD
READ
Created by: Nguyen VAN AI
MY HANH Junior High School
School year : 2007 - 2008

Names of cities (places) in the USA
ChicagoHawaii
San FranciscoMount Rushmore
New York


* Eliciting questions:
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Do you remember Mrs. Quyen ?
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What plan did she have ?
→
She and her husband went on holiday
to the USA. They visited a lot of famous
places of interest.
This is Mrs. Quyen
Mrs. Quyen visited many places of
interest in the USA
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Now you look at the following postcards
and guess which places she visited.

Hawaii

San Francisco

Mount Rushmore

Chicago

New York


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When Mrs. Quyen visited these
places, she gave her children
some word postcards with
pictures on. And this lesson you
and I will read and find out about
them.

Wednesday, March 5
th
, 2008
Lesson 1: Getting started + Listen and read
Lesson 2: Speak+ Listen
Lesson 3: Read
Lesson 4: Write
Lesson 5: Language focus

We went swimming at Waikiki
Beach as soon as we arrived on
the Hawaiian island of Oahu.

We took a small plane to
Kilauea Volcano this
afternoon. The lava was
pouring out when we flew
overhead. It was very exciting.
Wednesday, March 5
th
, 2008
Lesson 3: Read
Read these postcards from Mrs. Quyen to her children.
Today we went on an eight-hour tour which
included Fisherman’s Wharf, the Napa Valley
wine-growing area, and the famous prison on the
island of Alcatraz in the middle of San Francisco
Bay.
Today we went on an eight-hour tour which
included Fisherman’s Wharf, the Napa Valley
wine-growing area, and the famous prison on the
island of Alcatraz in the middle of San Francisco
Bay.
This is a picture of Mount Rushmore
where the heads of four American
presidents are carved into the rock.
Mount Rushmore can be seen from
more than 100 kilometers away.
Chicago is often
called “The windy
City”. It’s situated
right on the shore of
Lake Michigan, one of

the Great Lakes.
Yesterday, while Dad
was visiting the Statue
of Liberty and the
Empire State Building,
I went shopping. I
bought lots of
souvenirs of our trip.

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Newwords :
- volcano (n)
- lava (n)
-
valley (n)
Example : In Dalat, there is a famous
valley called “Love Valley”.
- wharf (n)
- overhead (adv)
-
(to) pour out
Example : The lava is pouring out.
-
prison (n)
-
(to) carve
Example : The heads of four American
presidents are carved into the rock.
Love Valley