Unit 1 A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL LESSON 1

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<b>Unit 1: A VISIT FROM A PENPAL</b>

LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED AND LISTEN AND READ

<b>Aims: To introduce some famous places in Viet Nam and something about Maryam, Lan’s pen pal with </b>
her visiting in Viet Nam.

<b>Objectives: By the end of the lesson the students will be able to practice scanning for specific </b>
information, and get the use of the structure with “wish”.

<b>Skills: Reading, Speaking</b>
<b>Teaching aids: poster, pictures.</b>
Languages:

 <b>Grammar: simple past with “wish”; use of “used to”</b>

 <b>Vocabulary: correspond, impress, mosque, pray, depend, keep in touch, mausoleum. </b>

<b>TIME</b> <b>PROCEDURE</b> <b>T’S ACTIVITIES</b> <b>STS’ ACTIVITIES</b>

4’

<i><b>I.</b></i> <i><b>WARMER: Guessing pictures.</b></i>

Show the pictures a-f in the book and asks
students guess: what are they? Where are they?

a. Hung Temple

b. The Temple Of Literature.
c. Dong Xuan Market

d. HCM History Mausoleum.
e. A restaurant or food stall.
f. Independence palace.

- Shows the pictures.
- Asks the students to
guess. Where are
they?

- Look at the pictures
and guess.

15’

<i><b>II.</b></i> <i><b>PRE-READING:</b></i>

<i><b>1.</b></i> <b>Pre-teach vocabulary :</b>

- to correspond /_k_r_'sp_nd/ : trao đổi bằng thư
tín

- to impress /im'pres/ : có ấn tượng
- the mosque /mask/: nhà thờ hồi giáo
- to pray /prei/: cầu nguyện

- to depend on /di'pend _n/: phụ thuộc vào
- to keep in touch /k_p in t_/: giử liên lạc.
- Mausoleum /_m_s_'li_m/: lăng mộ.

 <b>Rub out and remember:</b>
<i><b>2.</b></i> <b>Set the scene :</b>

Lan has a pen pan in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
She is Maryam and she is going to visit Lan, Viet Nam.

<i><b>3.</b></i> <b>True or false prediction statements:</b>
a. Lan and Maryam has been pen pals for over two

years.

b. Kuala Lumpur and Ha Noi are busy modern
cities.

c. Maryam wasn’t impressed by the beauty of the
city and by the friendliness of the people.

- Follows the steps
for presenting
vocabulary.

- Gives the common
idea of the lesson.

- Sticks the poster on
the board and run
through.

- Listen and observe
what the teacher

does.

- Listen.
- Take notes.

- Guess.

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d. It’s the first time Lan has visited the mosque.
e. Maryam invited Lan to her country.

f. Lan doesn’t want to visit Maryam in Malaysia.
a b c d e f

15’

<i><b>III.</b></i> <i><b>WHILE-TASK:</b></i>

<i><b>1.</b></i> <b>Read to check the T/F prediction </b>
<b>statements:</b>

<b>Key: </b>

a b c d e f
<b>T T F T T F</b>
<i><b>2.</b></i> <b>Group-work :</b>

Read the text and list out the place that Lan and
Maryam visited.

<b>Key:</b>

- Hoan Kiem Lake.
- HCM’s Mausoleum.
- The History Museum.
- The Temple Of Literature.
- Many beautiful parks in Ha Noi.
- Many beautiful lakes in Ha Noi.
- The mosque on Hang Luoc Street.

<i><b>3.</b></i> <b>Multiple choice :</b>
<b>Key:</b>

1 2 3 4
<b>A B D B</b>

- Gives time to read.

- Explains how to do.

- Gives time for the
students to read the
text again and
choose the correct
words to fill in the
gaps.

- Read to check.

- Listen and read the
text, then list out.

- Read the text again
and fill in the gaps
with suitable words.

10’

<i><b>IV.</b></i> <i><b>POST-TASK:</b></i>
<i><b>1.</b></i> <b>Word-picking :</b>

Pick out the verbs in the text that are in the past form:
- was, took, visited, wanted, used to, enjoyed, had,
said, asked.

<i><b>2.</b></i> <b>Structure :</b>

<b>Ex: She isn’t here. (I want she is here now.)</b>
 I wish she were here.

<b>Ex: He plays soccer badly.</b>

 He wishes he didn’t play soccer badly.

 <b>Form:</b>

S1 + wish(es) + S1 + were/ V2/ Ved + ……
S1 + wish(es) + S1 + didn’t + V1 ……….
Weren’t ………

 Use: To show one’s present desire.

- Explains how to do.

- Gives model
structures.
- Explains

- Read the text and
pick the verbs out.

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1’ - Learn the lesson carefully.<i><b>V.</b></i> <i><b>HOMEWORK:</b></i>

- Write 5 sentences that use “wish”.

- Gives home
assignment.

- Take notes.

 <b>Notes :</b>

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