lesson plan 10-caried out by Tran Lan

Planning date:
Teaching date:
Period 1: INTRODUCTION
I. Aims:
- To introduce the textbook- English 10
- To introduce the way of testing.
- To set up some class regulations.
- To give a fifteen- minute test.
II. Procedures:
1. Textbook introduction:
a. Contents: - Six themes: + You and me
+ Education
+ Community
+ Nature and the environment
+ Recreation.
+ People and places.
Unit 1 A say in the life of…
Unit 2 School talks
Unit 3 People’s background
Test yourself A
Unit 4 Special education
Unit 5 Technology and you
Unit 6 An excursion
Test yourself B
Unit 7 The mass media
Unit 8 The story of my village
Test yourself C
Unit 9 Undersea world
Unit 10 Conservation
Unit 11 National parks
Test yourself D

Unit 12 Music
Unit 13 Films and cinema
Unit 14 The world cup
Test yourself E
Unit 15 Cities
Unit 16 Historical places
Test yourself F
b. The Structure of the book: - There are sixteen units. In each unit, there are five main parts:
+ Reading
+ Speaking
+ Listening
+ Writing
+ Language focus: Pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary.
2. The system of testing.
+ M : 1-2
+ 15’ : 2-3
+ 45’ : 3
+ HK : 1
*(M + 15’ = 4)
3. Class regulations.
4. Sts’ comment
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Planning date:
Teaching date:
Period 2: UNIT 1: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF......
LESSON 1: READING
I. Objectives:
1. Aims: - Students read and guess the meaning of words in contexts.
- They read and answer questions about the texts.
- They practice scanning specific information in the texts

2. Knowledge:
- General knowledge: A day in the life of a farmer
- Language: - Words concerning farming.
- The present simple tense.
II. Methods: integrated, mainly communicative.
III. Anticipated problems: no problems
IV. Teaching aids: - picture, board, chalks, textbook, handouts
V. Procedures:
Teacher's activities Students' activities
1. Warm- up :( 5 mins)
- Ask sts to close their books
- Deliver handouts, and ask sts to match a noun in
column A with a phrase in column B.
A B
1. a teacher a. does homework
2. a doctor b. works in the field
3. a student c. delivers letters
4. a postman d. looks after patients
5. a farmer e. gives lessons
- Ask sts to match quickly in one minute, and then
ask some sts to stand up to answer T's questions.
- Suggested answers:
T : What does a teacher do?
S1 : He gives lessons
T : What does a doctor do?
S2 : He looks after patients.
.........
T : What does a farmer do?
S5 : He works in the field.
- After the last question, T introduces the new

lesson.
2. Before you read:( 10 mins)
- Ask sts to open their books and look at "Before
you read”, explain what they are going to do.
- Do the first example.
T: What time do you often get up?
- Close their books
- Match two columns
- Stand up and answer the teacher’s
questions.
- Open the book and listen to the teacher.
- Listen to the teacher’s example
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- Ask sts to work in pairs to ask and answer about
their daily routine, using the cues in the textbook.
- Ask them to work in 3 minutes, meanwhile T
moves round to help if necessary.
- Ask some pairs to report.
- Suggested answers:
S: I often get up at six
S1: What time do you often go to school?
S2: I often go to school at 6.30
S3: What time do you often have breakfast?
S4: I often have breakfast at 6.15.
............
S11: What do you often do in the evening?
S12: I often do my homework.
S: I think he is a farmer.
- Ask sts to look at the picture in the textbook and
guess the man's job.

- Introduce the topic of the reading passage: " A
day in the life of a farmer"
- Introduce some new words:
- plough (v) ( the action of the man in the picture)
- 'harrow (v) :
- a plot of land (n) ( point at the picture)
- 'peasant (n) : a poor farmer
- pump(v) :
- trans'plant (v) (use 2 words "plant" and "trans-"
to explain).
do the transplanting
- Ask sts to listen and repeat these words twice,
then ask some sts to read again.
3. While you read:( 20 mins)
+ Task 1:
- Ask sts to read the passage about a farmer, Mr.
Vy and his wife, Mrs. Tuyet, and do Task 1.
- Ask sts to work individually in 5 minutes to do
this task.
- Guide sts to read through the passage, and then
focus on only the sentences surrounding the
italicized words to do the task effectively.
- Ask them to share their ideas with their partners.
- Ask 4 sts to stand up to answer, then give
remarks.
- Translate number 4 into Vietnamese in case sts
do not know the word “contented with” and three
- Work in pairs to ask and answer about their
daily routine
- Some sts report.

- Guess the man’s job
- Listen to the teacher.
- Write these words into their notebooks
- Listen and repeat.
- Read the passage silently
- Work individually
- Listen to the teacher
- Share their ideas with their partners
- Stand up and give the answers.
3
options.
- Suggested answers:
1. C 2. C 3. A 4. A
+ Task 2:
- Ask sts to read the passage again and answer the
questions about Mr. Vy and Mrs. Tuyet.
- Ask them to work in pairs, one asks and one
answers.
- Move round to make sure that all sts are working
and to help them if necessary.
- Ask some sts to report and give feedback.
- Suggested answers:
S1: What is Mr. Vy's occupation?
S2: He is a farmer.
S3: What time does he get up and what does he do
after that?
S4: He gets up at 4.30, and then he goes down to
the kitchen to boil some water for his morning tea.
S5: What does he do in the morning?
S6: In the morning he ploughs and harrows his

plot of land, drinks tea and smokes local tobacco
during his break.
S7: What do Mr. Vy and his wife do in the
afternoon?
S8: They repair the banks of their plot of land. Mr.
Vy pumps water into it while his wife does the
transplanting.
S9: Are they happy with their lives or not? Why?
S10: Yes, they are. Because they love working and
they love their children.
+ Task 3:
- Ask sts to read the passage again, and explain
what they are going to do.
- Ask them to complete the note in 7 minutes, and
then discuss their answers with their partners.
- Work in groups to discuss.
- Ask one member of their groups to report if
possible.
- Check and give remarks.
- Suggested answers:
- In the morning:
+ 4.30: The alarm goes off and Mr. Vy gets up,
goes down to the kitchen, boil water for tea, has a
quick breakfast, leads the buffalo to the field.
- Read the passage again and try to answer
the questions.
- Work in pairs
- Stand up and report
- Read the passage again and listen to the
teacher’s explanation.

- Complete the note and discuss the answers
with their partners.
- Report their answers
- Write the correct answers into their
notebooks
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+ 5.15: he leaves the house
+ 5.30: he arrives in the field, ploughs and harrows
his plot of land.
+7.45: He takes a rest
+ 10.30: he gose home
+ 11.30: he has lunch with his family.
- In the afternoon:
+ 2.30: they go to the field again, repair the bank
of the plot of land. He pumps water into it, she
does the transplanting.
+ 6.00: they finish work.
+ 7.00: they have dinner.
- After dinner:
+ They watch TV; sometimes they see their
neighbors for a cup of tea and chat with them.
+10.00: they go to bed.
4. After you read:( 9 mins)
- Ask sts to close their books.
- Ask them to work in small groups of three or
four to talk about Mr. Vy and Mrs. Tuyet's daily
routines basing on their note in Task 3.
- Encourage them to use their own words.
- Ask one or two pairs to report.
5. Homework:( 1 minute)

- Ask sts to write full passage about Mr. Vy and
Mrs. Tuyet basing on what they have discussed in
Post- Reading.
- Close the books
- Work in groups of three or four to talk
about Mr. Vy and Mrs. Tuyet’s daily routine.
- One pair report.
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Planning date:
Teaching date
Period 3: UNIT 1: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF......
LESSON 2: SPEAKING
I. Objectives:
1. Aims:
- Students work in pairs to ask and answer about one’s daily activities using a timetable or pictures
- They can talk about their daily routines.
2. Knowledge:
- General knowledge: A day in the life of a student.
- Language: - Words concerning school subjects.
- The way to tell clock time.
- The present simple tense.
II. Methods: integrated, mainly communicative.
III. Anticipated problems:
- Problems: Students may forget the names of school subjects and the way to tell clock time.
- Solutions: teacher should recall these words before they practice speaking.
IV. Teaching aids: - picture, board, chalks, textbook, handouts
V. Procedures:
Teacher's activities Students' activities
1. Warm-up:( 5 mins)
- Ask sts to close their books.

- Deliver the first handout.
A B
1. Civic education a. to¸n häc
2. Technology b. vËt lý
3. Maths c. tin häc
4. Literature d. thÓ dôc
5. Physics e. ®Þa lý
6. Biology f. gi¸o dôc c«ng d©n
7. Chemistry g. v©n häc
8. Physical education h. lÞch sö
9. Geography i. C«ng nghÖ
10. History j. sinh häc
11. Informatics k. ho¸ häc
- Ask them to match one item in column A with
one item in column B.
- Ask them to work in groups in 2 minutes, and
then check this exercise in chorus.
- Ask sts to read aloud the names of these
subjects in chorus.
- Listen and give correct answers
- Suggested answer:
- Close their books.
- Work in groups of three or four to match as
quickly as possible.
- Match one item in column A with column B
- Work in groups
- Speak aloud their answers
- Write the correct answer into the notebook
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1-f ; 2-i ; 3 - a; 4 - g; 5 - b; 6 - j;

7 - k; 8 - d; 9 - e; 10 - h; 11 - c.
2. Presentation: (9 mins)
- Introduce briefly what sts are going to do in
this lesson.
- Ask sts about the verb tense to use in talking
about daily routines.
- Remind sts of some rules of the present simple
tense.
- Recall the way of telling time.
T: (write on the board) 7.30 and ask a st to read
it aloud.
- Write some more examples and ask sts to read
aloud.
- Ask sts about the question :
- Ask sts to make question for the following
sentence:
" Mai goes to school at 6.30 a.m"
- Ask sts to give more examples.
3. Controlled- practice:( 20 mins)
+ Task 1:
- Ask sts to open their books.
- Introduce the requirement of the task.
- Ask sts to look at the timetable in the textbook
and read through it.
- Do the first example with a student.
- Example:
T: What time does Quan have a Civic Education
lesson on Monday?
S: He has a Civic Education lesson at 7.15 a.m
T: What lesson does Quan have at 7.15 a.m on

Monday?
S: At 7.15 on Monday he has a Civic Education
lesson.
- Ask the whole class to read these sentences
again.
- Ask two pairs to read again.
- Ask sts to work in pairs in 10 minutes to ask
and answer about Quan basing on the timetable.
- Move round to observe and to correct any
mistakes if there are.
- Ask five pairs to report because of the time
limit.
- Listen and give remarks.
- Listen to the teacher
- Talk about the present simple tense
- Tell some rules of the present simple tense
S: seven thirty or half past seven.
S: The question begins with “What
time..........?"
S: What time does Mai go to school?
- Open the textbook.
- Listen to the teacher.
- Look at the timetable and try to understand it.
- Read these sentences again
- Two pairs stand up and read the dialogue
again
- Work in pairs
- Some sts stand up and report
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- Suggested answer:

S1: What time does Quan have a Literature
lesson on Tuesday?
S2: He has a literature lesson at 8.05 a.m
S3: What lesson dose Quan have at 10.40 a.m on
Thursday?
S4: he has a Chemistry lesson.
S5: What time does Quan have a Physics lesson
on Wednesday?
S6: He has a Physics lesson at 9.55 a.m
S7: What lesson does Quan have at 8.55 on
Friday?
S8: He has an English lesson.
S9: What time does Quan have a Class Meeting
on Saturday?
S10: He has a class meeting at 10.40 a.m.
+ Task 2:
- “Quan is at school in the morning, and what
does he do in the afternoon? Please look at
pictures in task 2"
- Ask sts to work in pairs to ask and answer
about Quan's activities.
- do the first example:
T: (look at picture 1) What does Quan do at 2.00
p.m?
S: He gets up at 2.00 p.m
- Ask sts to work in the same way, remind sts to
use the present simple tense with the third
person.
- Move round to control the activity and to help
sts if necessary.

- Ask one student to talk about all Quan's
activities in the afternoon.
- Listen and give remarks
- Sample:
“At 2.00 p.m Quan gets up, he starts to study at
2.15 p.m. he studies until 4.30 and then he
watches T.V. At 5.00 he rides to the football
yard. At 5.15 he begins playing football. He
goes home at about 6.30 p.m......."
4. Free practice:( 10 mins)
- Look at pictures in task 2 and think of the
phrases to talk about Quan's activities.(e.g.: do
his homework, get up, etc)
- Work in pairs
- Listen to the teacher’s question and answer
- Work in pairs to talk about Quan’s activities.
- One student talk about Quan’s activities
- Think about their daily activities and talk to
their friends.
- Listen to the teacher
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+ Task 3:
- Ask sts to think about themselves, and then
work in small groups to tell their friends about
their daily routines.
- Remind sts that they are using the present
simple with the first person.
- Move round to check the activities and to make
sure that sts are working effectively.
- Ask one or two sts to report in front of the

whole class.
- Check and give remarks.
5. Homework: (1 min)
- Write a paragraph (about 80 words) about their
daily routines in their workbook.
- Try to use English to talk.
- Some sts report
- Listen to the teacher
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Planning date:
Teaching date
Period 4: UNIT 1: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF......
LESSON 3: LISTENING
I. Objectives:
1. Education aims: Students know how hard manual laborers in Vietnam work and appreciate
them.
2. Knowledge:
a. General knowledge: A day in the life of a cyclo-driver
b. Language: - The present simple tense
- Words concerning the cyclo- driver's work
3. Skills:
+ Listening comprehension
- Students listen and number the pictures in their correct order.
- Students listen and decide whether the statements are true or false.
+ Speaking: Students work in pairs to ask and answer about the information in the listening text.
II. Anticipated problems:
+ Problems:
- Students may do not know some works in the listening text.
- They do not know where to focus on the listening text.
+ Solutions:

- Teach new words in advance
- Guide students to guess the answers before they listen.
III. Teaching aids: - Tape, board, chalk, textbook.
IV. Procedures:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
1. Homework checking:( 5 mins)
- Two sts tell the whole class about their daily
routines
- Listen and give remarks
2. Before you listen:( 10 mins)
a. T asks sts to work in groups and make a list of
vehicles and the people who operate them, then
compare their list with other groups’

- Introduce the topic of the listening text: ‘A day in
the life of a cyclo driver’ and asks sts to open their
books.
- Ask sts to work in pairs to ask and answer the
questions in the textbook
Have you ever traveled by cyclo?
When was it?
Is it interesting to travel by cyclo?
Which do you prefer, going by bicycle or by
- Tell the whole class about the daily routines
- Listen to the teacher
- Work in groups and recall the vehicles and
their operators then make a list on a sheet of
paper
- Listen to the teacher and open the book
- Work in pairs to ask and answer the

questions in the textbook
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cyclo? Give reasons.
- Move around to help sts then ask some pairs to
report.
- Listen and give remarks.
- Sample:
S1: Have you ever traveled by cyclo?
S2: Yes, I have.
S3: When was it?
S4: Last summer holiday...
S5: Is it interesting to travel by cycle?
S6: Yes, it is.
S7: Which do you prefer, going by bicycle or by
cyclo?
S8: I prefer traveling by cyclo because I have time
to look around and I’m not tired.
b. T asks S to look at the words in the book and
read after T.
- Introduce some new words
- 'passenger (n): (in the pictures)
- 'district (n): e.g.: Ba Dinh district, Thanh
Mien district
- Drop (v): when the passenger gets off the
cyclo.
- 'pedal (v) = cycle (v)
- 'purchases (n) = the shopping: The things
someone has bought
- food stall (n) : (In the picture)
- Read the words aloud and asks sts to repeat.

- Ask some sts to read the words again.
3. While you listen:( 20 mins)
+ Task 1:
- Ask sts to work in pairs, look at the pictures in
the textbook and describe each picture.
- Do the first example:
In the first picture, a cyclo driver is cycling his
cyclo and taking a woman to somewhere.
- Introduce the situation about Mr. Lam, a cyclo
driver in Hochiminh city talking about his daily
routines. T asks sts to listen to the tape/ teacher
and number the pictures in the correct order.
- play the tape/ read the text twice.
- Ask sts to share their answers in pairs.
- Get sts’ answers.
- give feedback.
- Some pairs stand up and report.
- Look at the words and read after T.
- Copy the words and phrases.
- Listen and repeat.
- Some individuals read the words aloud
- Look at the pictures and listen to the T.
- Describe the other pictures in pairs.
- Listen to the teacher.
- Listen to the tape / the teacher and do the
task
- Share their answers.
- Read the answer
- Listen to the teacher
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- check their answers, and then correct their work
if they have any wrong answers.
- play the tape once again, stop where necessary
and conduct the correction.
Key: 5 – 6 – 1 – 3 – 2 – 4
+ Task 2:
- Ask sts to have a look at the statements and read
them in pairs and make sure they understand the
statements.
-Ask sts to listen to the tape/T again and tick the
box to indicate if the statements are true or false.
- Ask sts to compare their answer in pairs.
- Checks sts’ answers.
- Play the tape once again, stop where necessary
and conduct the correction.
Key: 1F; 2T; 3F; 4F; 5F.
4 . After you listen:( 9 mins)
- Ask sts to work in pairs and use the suggested
words to ask and answer about the cyclo driver.
- Move round to check the activities and to make
sure that sts are working effectively.
- Ask one or two sts to retell the cyclo driver’s
routines in front of the whole class.
- Check and give remarks.
5. Homework: (1min)
- Write a short paragraph about Mr. Lam's routines

- Listen to the tape and write the correct
answer into the notebook.
- Read the statements; underline the key

words in each sentence.
- Listen to the tape and try to guess whether
each sentence is true or false.
- Compare their answers with their partners.
- Give answers.
- Listen again and write the correct answer
into the notebook
- Work in pairs to ask and answer questions
such as:
“What is the man's name?"
“What does he do?"
.............
- Some sts retell the cyclo driver’s routines.
- Listen to the teacher
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Planning date:
Teaching date
Period 5: UNIT 1: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF......
LESSON 4: WRITING
I. Objectives:
1. Knowledge:
a. General knowledge: - Writing about a hotel fire.
b. Language: - The past simple tense.
- Connectors (time expressions)
2. Skills:
+ Reading: Students read a passage to find the verbs in the past simple and the connectors.
+ Writing a narrative using the prompts.
+ Speaking: - Students discuss in groups to share their answers.
II. Anticipated problems:
+ Problems:

- Students may not know some expressions in the tasks.
+ Solutions: Explain these words/ expressions in advance.
III. Teaching aids: - A picture, board, chalk, textbook.
IV. Procedures:
Teacher's activities Students' activities
1. Warm- up:( 5 mins)
-Show a picture that teacher prepared in advance about
the explosion in Twin Towers in 2001.
- Ask some questions:
Sample:
T: What is happening?
S: The buildings are on fire.
T: Do you know where it happened?
S: It happened in the U.S.A
T: When did it happen?
S: It happened on September 11th , 2001
T: How did it happen?
S: Two planes carrying bombs crashed into two
buildings and killed a lot of people.
- Tell sts that they are going to write a narrative of past
events.
2. Before you write:( 20 mins)
+ Task 1:
- Ask sts to look at Task 1.
- Ask them to read through the passage in two minutes
to get the main idea.
- Ask one student to report.
- Look at the picture.
- Answer the teacher’s questions
- Listen to the teacher

- Look at Task 1.
- Read through the passage
individually.
- One student report the idea.
- S: The most frightening experience
of the writer's life when he (she)
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- Explain some new words/ phrases in the passage:
+ stare death in the face ( explain the meaning of each
word ,then let sts guess the meaning of the whole
phrase)
+ 'fasten(v)( demonstrate)
+ dip (v): move to a lower level.
- Ask sts to listen and read these words again.
- Ask them to read the passage again more carefully and
do task 1 in 5 minutes.
- Ask sts to pay attention to the verbs and connectors:
+ Verbs used in the past simple: stared, was, arrived,
got, took off, began, thought, were told, seemed,
realized, were, screamed, thought, had, felt, gained,
announced, landed.
+ Connectors (expressions of time): on that day, at first,
then, a few minutes later.
- Ask sts to work in groups
- Move round to make sure that all sts are working.
- Ask them to share their answers with their partners.
- Check the task by asking two sts to report.
- Listen and give remarks.
Key:
+ The events: people got on plane, plane took off,

hostesses were just beginning to serve lunch when plane
began to shake, plane seemed to dip, people screamed
in panic.
+ The climax: We thought we had only minutes to live.
+ The conclusion: the pilot that everything was all right,
we landed safely; it was the most frightening experience
of my life.
+ Task 2:
- Ask sts to read the passage again and in groups to do
task 2.
- Divide the class into three regions: one identifies the
events, one identifies the climax and the rest identifies
the conclusion.
- Ask sts to work in only 2 minutes.
- Ask three representatives of three groups to report.
- Draw the conclusion about writing a narrative.
+ Form: 3 parts: - introduction.
- body: events, climax
- conclusion
traveled on a plane on 14th July 1995.
- Write these words into the notebook
+ stare death in the face
+ fasten
+ dip
- Listen and repeat these words.
- Read the passage again and do task
1.
- Listen to the teacher
- Work in groups
- Share the answers with their

partners.
- Report the answers
- Read the passage again
- Work in groups
- Some sts come to the board to report
- Listen to the teacher and take notes.
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+ Verb tense: the past simple tense.
+ Connectors: at that time, on that day, then, after that,
a few minutes later, until, etc.
- Ask sts to do task 3 but before that explain some new
words:
+ 'discotheque (n) : disco
+ choke (v): to be unable to breath
- Ask sts to listen and read these words again.
3. While you write:( 10 mins)
+ Task 3:
- Ask sts to build up a narrative about a hotel fire using
the prompts.
- Ask them to work individually.
- Remind sts that they should use the past simple to
write.
- Move round to conduct the activity and to note down
sts' mistakes.
- Ask sts to share their answers with their partners.
4. After you write:(9 mins)
- Ask sts to report their work sentence by sentence.
Sample:
Last year I spent my summer holidays at a seaside town.
The hotel was modern and comfortable. I had a

wonderful holiday until the fire.
It was Saturday evening and everyone was sitting in the
discothequeon the ground floor.
It was crowded with people. They were dancing and
singing happily. Suddenly we smelt smoke. Then black
smoke began to fill the room. Everybody started to
scream in panic. People ran away toward the fire exits.
One door was blocked. Many people began to cough
and to choke.
Then just as we thought we had only minutes to live, the
fire brigade arrived. Firemen fought their way into the
room and soon everyone was safely out of the building.
Luckily, nobody was seriously hurt. It was the most
frightening experience of my life.
5. Homework( 1min)
- Ex 1, 2 (page 9)
- Write these words into the notebooks
- Listen and repeat these words
- Write the passage basing on the
prompts
- Share their answers with their
partners
- Report their work
- Write the passage into their
notebooks.
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Planning date:
Teaching date
Period 6: UNIT 1: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF......
LESSON 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS

I. Objectives:
1. Knowledge:
- Students can distinguish the sound / i / from the sound /i:/ and pronounce them correctly.
- Students revise the present simple tense and the past simple tense.
- The present simple tense.
- Adverbs of frequency
- The past simple tense.
3. Skills:
- Reading sentences aloud
-Read the passages silently to do the exercises
II. Anticipated problems:
+ Problems: - Students may have difficulty in pronounce / i / and /i:/ correctly.
+ Solutions: - Explain carefully the differences between two sounds
III. Teaching aids: - board, chalk, textbook.
IV. Procedures:
Teacher's activities Students' activities
1. Homework checking.( 7 mins)
- Ask one student to do exercise 1 (page 9) on
the board.
- Check Ex 2 with the whole class. Check this
exercise sentence by sentence.
- Give remarks and marks.
- Answer:
Exercise 1:
1. I first went to school when I was six years
old.
2. My father held my hand firmly and took me
to the school gate.
3. I was frightened by all the strange faces and
the large buildings.

4. I quickly found another gate on the other
side of the playground.
.........
Exercise 2:
1. Last summer 5. so
2. In the morning 6. At first
3. Once in a while 7. in the end
4. However 8. On the whole
2. Pronunciation:( 17 mins)
- Do the exercise 1 on page 9
- Listen to the teacher and check exercise with
the teacher.
- Listen to the teacher and write the correct
answer into the notebook
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- Introduce two sounds / i / and /i:/.
- Read each sound twice and then ask sts to
listen and repeat.
- Ask sts to look at the book, then listen and
repeat.
- Ask sts to practice reading these words in
groups.
- Ask some sts to read aloud and give remarks.
- Ask sts to look at part 2 and tell sts what they
are going to do.
- Do the first example:(read the sentence aloud
and underline the sounds)
1. Is he coming to the cinema?
/ɪ/ /ɪ/ /ɪ/ /ɪ/
- Ask sts to work in pairs to practice reading

and to find the sounds in the rest sentences.
- Remind them of the intonation of the
questions.
- Move round to observe and provide help if
necessary.
- Ask some sts to read these sentences aloud.
- Listen and give remarks.
/ɪ/ / i: /
hit kick heat repeat
bit click beat read
little interested meat eaten
3. Grammar and vocabulary:( 20 mins)
- Ask sts to think about the present simple
tense and ask some to tell the whole class
about the form and the use of the tense.
- Ask sts about the position of adverbs of
frequency.
- Ask sts to do Ex 1 individually in 5 minutes,
and then share their answers with their
partners.
- Explain any new words if necessary.
- Look at the board and listen to the teacher.
- Listen to the teacher and then listen and repeat
/ i / and /i: /
- Listen and repeat.
- Read these words in groups
- Some sts read aloud these words and listen to
the teacher’s remarks.
- Look at part 2 and listen to the teacher
- Work in pairs to practice reading the

sentences.
- Listen to the teacher
- Read these sentences aloud
- Think about the present simple tense and tell
the form:
+ Form: (+) S + V/ Vs/ Ves +.......
(- ) S + don't/ doesn't + V +......
(?) Do/ Does + S + V +..........?
+ Use: to talk about present habits or present
states.
+ Position:
- After “to be" but before other verbs.
- “As a rule" is placed at the beginning of a
sentence.
- Do exercise in 5 mins and then share the
answers with the partners.
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- Move round to conduct the activity.
- Ask sts to read the answer Ex 2 orally
- Answer:
1. is 7. catch
2. fish 8. go
3. worry 9. give up
4. are 10. say
5. catch 11. realize
6. am 12. am
- Give some examples:
He always gets up early.
She is sometimes late for school.
As a rule, Thao is a hard- working student.

- Ask some students to tell the whole class
about the form and the use of this tense.
Sample answers:
+ Form: (+) S + V-ed/ V (irregular) +........
( - ) S + didn't + V +..........
( ? ) Did + S + V +.............?
+ Use: to indicate that something happens in
the past.
- Ask sts to look at Ex 3 and explain what sts
are going to do.
- Ask sts to pay attention to the past form of
irregular verbs and some verbs are put in
passive voice.
- Ask sts to do this exercise in 5 minutes, and
then share their answers with their partners.
- Move round to help sts if necessary.
- Ask 2 sts to do this exercise on the board.
- Check and give remarks.
Suggested answer:
1. was done 7. began 13. was
2. cooked 8. felt 14. leapt
3. were 9 put out 15. hurried
4. smelt 10. crept 16. found
5. told 11. slept 17. wound
6. sang 12. woke 18. flowed
4. Homework ( 1 min)
-Ex 1, 2 ( page 6)
- Read the answers
- Write the correct answer into the notebook
- Write the examples into the notebook.

- Tell the form and uses of this tenses
- Listen to the teacher.
- Listen to the teacher
- Do the exercise 3 and then share the answer
with the partners.
- Write the answers on the board
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Planning date:
Teaching date
Period 7: UNIT 2: SCHOOL TALKS
LESSON 1: READING
I. Objectives:
1. Education aims: - Students know more about school and related problems.
2. Knowledge:
a. General knowledge: - Knowledge about school.
b. Language: - The present simple tense.
- V-ing and To-infinitive.
3. Skills: - Speaking: talk in pairs and in groups.
- Reading comprehension: to fill in the blanks and to answer the questions
II. Anticipated problems:
- Students may have difficulty in understanding some of the topics like health problems or
hobbies.
III. Teaching aids: board, textbook, chalk.
IV. Procedures:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
1. Warm-up: ( 5 mins)
-Ask students to work in pairs and discuss this
question:
"When you meet your friends, which of the
following topics do you often talk about?"

- Ask sts to look at the cues in the textbook.
- Move round the class to observe and provide
help if necessary.
- Encourage them to think of other topics.
- Ask them to work in 2 minutes then ask some
pairs to report.
- Check and give remarks.
- Introduce the topic of this lesson.
2. Before you read:( 10mins)
a. Vocabulary pre-teach:
- Provide the students with these new
words/phrases in this way:
+ Read and write each word/phrase on the
blackboard then give the meaning of the
word/phrase
+ corner shop(NP): a shop at the corner of a street
+ pro'fession (n): = job, occupation .
+ stuck (adj): bÞ t¾c, bÞ kÑt
- Work in pairs orally to discuss the teacher’s
questions.
- Look at the cues in the textbook
- Some sts report.
S1: When I meet my friends, I often talk
about films, our study, and other students.
S2: I often talk about my favorite singers,
some film stars, or my hobbies.
S3: I usually talk sports and games.
- Copy down all these words
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+ 'attitude (n): what you think about or behave

toward something.
+ mall (n): an area containing a lot of shops.
e.g.: a shopping mall
- Ask sts to listen and repeat, then practice with
their partners.
- Ask some sts to practice reading these words in
pairs.
- Call some sts to read all the word/phrases aloud,
listen and help the students to read the
words/phrases correctly.
b. Gerund and to- infinitive introduction:
-Recall the usages of gerund and to-infinitive to
the students.
- Ask sts to tell the teacher the cases to use gerund
and to-infinitive.
- Ask sts to discuss quickly in 1 minute, and then
one of them stand up to report.
- Listen and give remarks.
- Sample:
like hope
love + V- ing want + to- V
enjoy decide
3. While you read:( 20 mins)
- Introduce briefly the content of the reading text.
"You are going to read three talks given by a
student, a teacher and a student’s father about
school. You read them and do the tasks assigned."
- Ask sts to read through three talks and tell
teacher the main ideas of these talks.
Task 1: Gap-filling.

- Ask the students to read again these talks, then
work independently and fill each blank with one
of the words in the box. There are more words
than the blanks.
- Have sts compare the answer with a partner.
- Call some sts to read their answers aloud
- Get feedback and give correct answers.
- Answer:
1. enjoy 2. traffic 3. worry
4. crowded 5. language
Task 2: Finding who....
- Ask students to work in pairs. Read the small
- Listen to the teacher then repeat.
- Practice reading these words with their
partners.
- Some sts read these words aloud.
- Listen to the teacher.
- Think about the cases to use gerund and to-
infinitive
- Report the ideas


- Listen to the teacher
- Read through the talks, and then discuss
their contents
- Read the text again and do the task.
- Share their ideas with their partners.
- Some sts read their answers aloud.
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talks again and find out who.....

- Move round to check sts' work.
- Ask sts to share their answers with other pairs'.
- 9-10 pairs are required to give answers in front of
the class (1 pair/ 1 time/ 1 answer).
- Listen and check.
- Sample:
- S1: enjoys teaching S2: Miss phuong
- S3: has to get up early S4: Phong
- S5: lives far from school S6: Phong
-S7: loves working with children
- S8: Miss Phuong
...........................
Task 3: Answering questions.
- Ask students to keep on working in pairs. Read
the talks more carefully and answer the questions.
- Move round to check the activity.
- Ask some pairs to report in front of the class.
- Get feedback and give correct answers.
- Sample:
S1: He studies at Chu Van An high school
S2: He studies many subjects such as Math,
Physics, and Chemistry.....
S3: Because it is an international language.
S4: She says that teaching is hard work, but she
enjoys it because she loves working with children.
S5: Because his son has to ride his bike in narrow
and crowded streets on the way to school
4. After you read:( 9 mins)
- Tell students to work in groups: Choose one of
the following topics and talk about it for about 5

minutes.
a. What subjects you like learning best and why.
b. What you like and dislike doing at school.
c. What you worry about at school.
- Go round to help students with their work.
- Ask some sts to talk about their topic in front of
the class.
- check and give remarks.
5. Homework:( 1 min)
- Part A ( page 10- workbook)
- Work in pairs to discuss.
- Share their ideas with other pairs'.
- Some pairs stand up and report.
- Write the correct answers into the
notebook.
- Discuss in pairs.
- Some pairs report
- Discuss in groups of three or four one of
three topics.
- Assign one member of each group to be the
secretary to take notes their group's ideas.
- Some sts stand up to present their ideas.
Planning date:
Teaching date
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Period 8: UNIT 2: SCHOOL TALKS
LESSON 2: SPEAKING
I. Objectives:
1. Education aims:
- Sts can learn good habits from their friends.

2. Knowledge:
a. General knowledge:
-Sts make a conversation and practice with their classmates
b. Language: - The simple past tense.
- Wh- questions
3. Skills:
- Speaking: - Asking and answering in small talks.
- Starting and closing a conversation.
- Reading: - Reading the sentences and then rearranging them into a conversation.
II. Anticipated problems:
-Sts may not be familiar with some expressions such as “How is everything at school? Catch you
later......"
III. Teaching aids: - board, chalk, textbook.
IV. Procedures:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
1-Warm - up: ( 5 mins)
- Introduce the situation and write a short dialogue
on board:
"Suppose that you meet a friend at the
supermarket. You are very busy .What will you say
to open and end the conversation."
A: ............................... ( 1)
B: Hi Lan. How are you?
A: I’m fine. Thank you. And you?
B: I’m very well. Thanks. I haven’t seen you for
a long time. Let’s go somewhere for a drink
A: Sorry, ..................... ( 2)
- Ask sts to complete the dialogue in pairs.
- Ask some pairs to report.
"Today we will practice speaking conversation

having starting and closing sentences."
2. Before you speak( 12 mins)
+ Task 1:
- Ask sts to look at the phrases in the book and to
work in pairs to put the expressions in starting and
closing a conversation
- Explain all the expressions = + How’s everything
at school? = How’s your studying?
- Look at the board and listen.
- Work in pairs to complete the dialogue
- Some pairs stand up to report.
(1) Hello, Mai/ Hi Mai
(2) I’m very busy now. I really must go now,
Perhaps another time.
- Work in pairs to put the phrases into the
correct columns.
- Listen to the teacher
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+ Catch you later = See you later.
- Move round to conduct the activity.
- Ask two sts to give answers.
- Get feedback and give remarks.
- Ask sts to read all the expressions aloud in
chorus.
3. While you speak:( 12 mins)
+ Task 2:
- Ask sts to read through all the sentences and
rearrange them into an appropriate conversation.
- Ask sts to do the task individually and then
discuss with their partners.

- Go around to provide help if necessary
- Call sts to read the answers
- Get feedback and give correct answers.
Answers: D - F - B - H - E - C - G - A.
- Ask sts practice reading this dialogue in pairs.
- Ask some pairs to read aloud.
+ Task 3:
- Ask sts to read all the given expressions and the
incomplete dialogue.
- Ask sts to complete the conversation with
suitable words, phrases or sentences in the box.
- Ask sts to work individually first and then work
in pairs
- Get feedback and give correct answers.
- Ask some pairs to practice in front of the class.
- Listen and help sts if necessary.
4- After you speak:( 15 mins)
+ Task 4:
- Introduce the topics:
The weather
Last night’s TV programmes
Football
Plans for the next weekend
- Divide the class in to four groups. Each group
gets one topic and use the starting and ending of a
conversation to practise.
- Ask sts to work in pairs to make small talks
about the topic they are assigned.
- Go round to provide help if necessary
- Some sts give the answer

- Ask two sts to give feedback.
- Read and rearrange the sentences into a
conversation.
- Share their ideas with their partners.
- Read the answer
- Practice reading in pairs.
- Some pairs stand up to read the dialogue
aloud.
- Read all the words and phrases as well as
the dialogue.
- Try to complete the conversation
- Work individually, and then work in pairs.
- Some pairs read the dialogue aloud.
A: ..................... What’s the matter with you?
B: ....... I feel tired .I’ve got a headache
A: .................. You’d better go home and
have a rest
- Listen to the teacher and try to brainstorm
about the topics.
- Work in groups
- Listen to the teacher.
- Work in pairs to make small talks.
- Some of sts act out in front of the class.
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- Call on some pairs to act out the dialogues in
front of the class.
- Ask others sts to comment on their
conversations.
- Get feedback and correct any mistakes if there
are

- Sample:
1. The weather:
A: Hi, Lan. How was your trip to Vung Tau?
B: Hi Hung. It was wonderful|. I really enjoyed it.
A: What did you like most in Vung Tau?
B: The weather.
A: What was the weather like in Vung Tau?
B: It was warm. I prefer the weather in Vung Tau
to Nha Trang.
A: Oh, really? I love it, too.
B: By the way, do you want to see my photos?
A: Sure ...
5- Homework:( 1 min)
- Write down what they have discussed.
- Comment on their conversations
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Planning date:
Teaching date
Period 9: UNIT 2: SCHOOL TALKS
LESSON 3: LISTENING
I. Objectives:
1. Aims:
- Sts are able to make mini conversations about daily topics such as study at school, weather
and traveling....
2. Knowledge:
a. General knowledge:
- Sts understand small talks about everyday life.
b. Language: Sts recall and learn more about:
- The present continuous tense
- Verbs to describe everyday activities

- Vocabulary on school, friends,
3. Skills: Sts develop the following skills:
- Listening and numbering the pictures in the correct order.
- Listening and answering given questions
- Listening and filling in the gaps.
- Speaking: describe the pictures and talk about their problems at school.
II. Anticipated problems:
- Sts have difficulty listen to the dialogues read aloud by one people.
- Sts cannot take notes to answer the questions while listening.
III. Teaching aids: - Textbook, chalk, board.
IV. Procedures:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
1 Homework checking:( 5 mins)
- Two pairs of sts make small talks about their daily
life.
- Listen and give remarks.
2. Before you listen:( 10 mins)
- Ask sts to read the questions and answers in the
book and work in pairs to match the question with
the appropriate answer, and then compare their list
with other pairs’.
- Check sts’ work
- Ask sts to work in pairs to ask and answer.
- Move around to provide help if necessary.
- Ask some pairs to present and gives remarks
- Sample:
S1: What subjects are you taking this semester?
S2: I’m taking maths.
S1: How do you like the class?
S2: I really like it

- Make small talk about their daily life.
- Listen to the teacher
- Read the questions and answer in the
book.
-Work in pairs and do the matching.
1-c; 2-e; 3-a; 4-b; 5-d.
- Work in pairs to ask and answer:
- Some pairs stand up and present.
- Copy the words and phrases.
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