Trần Thị Thu Phương Lesson plan 12
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Unit 1: HOME LIFE
Reading
I. Objectives: By the end of this lesson Ss can talk about their family life and compare with their
friends' family life.
II. Method: mainly communicative, integrated
III. Teaching aids: pictures, textbook
IV. Procedure:
Teacher's activities Students' activities
I. Before you read (14’)
Lead - in
Qs:
1. How many people are there in your
family?
2. What do they do? Are they busy?
3. Who works in your family? Who do the
household?
4. Do you help your parents do
household?
5. Is your family happy?
Topic: Home Life
T supplies vocabulary/phrase and then elicits
Ss' idea to gives their meanings.
1. give a hand
2. mischievous /'mist∫ivəs/
3. close-knit ['klousnit]
4. supportive [sə'pɔ:tiv]
5. share [∫eə]
6. secure [si'kjuə]
7. confidence ['kɔnfidəns]
8. attempt [ə'tempt]
9. well-behaved ['welbi'heivd]
10.trick [trik]
T reads the vocabulary/phrase and asks Ss to
repeat.
T asks Ss to read the vocabulary/phrase to
check their pronunciation.
II. While you read (20’)
Task 1 (textbook - page 14)
T asks Ss to read the passage and the
sentences given, work in pair, choose the best
Ss' answers
1. help
2. playfully naughty or troublesome
3. mutually supportive
4. use something along with others
5. take responsibility together
6. not worried: untroubled by feelings of
fear, doubt
7. belief in own abilities
8. to try to do something, especially
without much expectation of success
9. behaving properly
Ss note down, listen and repeat after T.
Ss correct their pronunciation.
Task 1 (textbook - page 14)
Work in pair
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T gives feedback.
Task 2 (textbook - page 14)
T asks Ss to read the passage again and work
in pair to answer the questions.
T goes around and helps (if necessary)
T listens and gives feedback.
III. After you read (10’)
T asks Ss to work in pair and interview each
other about their family.
Suggested questions
1. How many people are there in your
family?
2. What do they do? Are they busy?
3. Who works in your family? Who do the
household?
4. Do you help your parents do
household?
5. Is your family happy?
T asks Ss to report about their friend's home
life and then compare with their home life.
T gives feedback.
Expected answer:
1. b
2. c
3. a
4. b
5. a
Task 2 (textbook - page 14)
Work in pair
Expected answer:
1. Very busy. They have to work long hours and
sometimes they have to work at night.
2. She is always the first one to get up in the morning
to make sure that her children leave home for
school having eaten breakfast and dressed in
suitable clothes. She always makes dinner ready
before her husband comes home.
3. The daughter helps with household chores: she
washes the dishes and takes out the garbage. She
also looks after the boys. The farther sometimes
cooks or mends things around the house at
weekend.
4. She attempts to win a place at university.
5. Because they are very close - knit and supportive
of one another. They often share their feelings and
whenever problems come up, they discuss them
frankly and find solutions quickly.
Ss practice questions and answers.
Ss go around and interview their friends and
take notes.
Ss report their task in front of class.
Ss give their assessment about the reports.
V. Homework (1’)
T asks Ss to prepare some questions they use when they want to know information about their
friends' families.
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