Unit 1 Home life

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Unit 1:
HOME LIFE
A. READING 1

I. Aims: Help Ss develop reading skill- guessing meaning from context
1. Contents of language
- Vocabulary: work on, shift, lab, join hands, responsibility, run, give somebody a hand (with something), lend a hand (with something), mischievous,
close-knit, come up
2. Knowledge: By the end of the lesson, SS will be able to guess the meaning in context
3. Skills:
- Main skill: Reading
- Sub skills:Speaking, listening, writing
4. Attitude: Being aware of home life and having the love for family
5. Ability:
- Ability to use the learnt vocabulary to understand the passage about home life
- Abilty to use the learnt vocabulary to communicate in our daily
II. Teacher and Students’ preparations
1. Teacher: Projector, pictures, chalks, board, H/O, chairs
2. Students: Books, notebooks
III. Techniques: Gap-fills, Asking and answering

IV. Procedures
STAGES/TIME/ TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES
FOCUS
1. Warm up (T- Act 1:

Ss- 6 min)
- Write a setence on the blackboard and ask sts to
complete the sentence by filling the gaps with the
suitable words:
- Call some sts

to answer then call another

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
- Complete this sentnece:
……. build the house …….make it
home.
- Exchange answer with their partners.

CONTENTS


comment.

Expected answer:

- Ask sts to answer some questions about their
family.
Lead to new lesson
Unit 2: Home life- A. Reading 1
2. Presentation (
T-Ss -10 min)

Men build the house and
women make it home.

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Ss listen to T

Act 2:Pre-teach vocab.
work on (v):

Vocabulary:
work on (v):

shift [∫ift] (n): ca
lab [læb] (n): = laboratory [lə'bɔrətəri]  PICTURE
join hands [dʒɔin hænd] (v): chung tay
responsibility [ri,spɔnsə'biləti] (n) [For]: trách
nhiệm
run (v): điều khiển, tổ chức
give somebody a hand (with something): help

shift [∫ift] (n): ca
Ss try to give the meanings.
Take notes

lab
[læb] (n): = laboratory
[lə'bɔrətəri]
join hands [dʒɔin
chung tay

hænd] (v):

responsibility [ri,spɔnsə'biləti] (n)
[For]: trách nhiệm
run (v): điều khiển, tổ chức

lend a hand (with something):

give somebody a hand (with
something): help

mischievous ['mist∫ivəs] (a): tinh nghịch, tinh
quái, ranh mãnh, láu lỉnh

lend a hand (with something):

close-knit ['klousnit] khăng khít
come up (v): tới gần, đến gần ,được nêu lên,
được đặt ra
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Unit 2: Home life- A. Reading 1

Help SS pronunciate these words

mischievous ['mist∫ivəs] (a): tinh
nghịch, tinh quái, ranh mãnh, láu
lỉnh
close-knit ['klousnit] khăng khít
come up (v): tới gần, đến gần

- Ask students to read up in chorus twice.

,được nêu lên, được đặt ra

- Ask students to read up in individuals
- Checking vocab:Game: Slap the board

- Read in chorus twice
-Read individually
Play game

3. Practice(T-Ss- Act 3: Choose the best answer (handout)
S 17 min)
- Ask Ss to choose the best answer individually
- Give feedback.

- Choose the best answer individually
EA:
* 1.b 2. c 3. c 4. c 5. c
6. a 7. a 8. d 9. b 10. d

H/O: Choose the best answer
1. You are old enough to take
_______ for what you have done.
a. responsible b. responsibility
c. responsibly d. irresponsible
2. These quick and easy _______
can be effective in the short term,
but they have a cost.
a. solve

b. solvable
c. solutions

d. solvability

3. John is _______ only child in his
family so his parents love him a
lot.
a. a
b. an
c. the

d. no article

4. According to the boss, John is the


most _______ for the position of
executive secretary.
a. supportive
b. caring
c. suitable

d. comfortable

5. She got up late and rushed to the
bus stop.
a. came into b. went leisurely
c. went quickly

d. dropped by

6. Billy, come and give me a hand
with cooking.
a. help
b. prepared
c. be busy

d. attempt

7. Whenever problems come up, we
discuss them frankly and find
solutions quickly.
a. .happen
b. encounter
c. arrive

d. clean

8. What are the _______ of that
country? - I think it is some kinds
of cheese and sauces.
a. drinks
b. beverages
c. grains

d. special dishes

9. Peter tried his best and passed the
driving test at the first _______.

a. try
b. attempt
c. doing

d. aim


10. Where is Jimmy? - He is ____
work. He is busy ____ his
monthly report.
a. on / for
b. in / about
c. to / through

d. at / with

* 1.b 2. c 3. c 4. c 5. c
6. a 7. a 8. d 9. b 10. d

Act 4: Gap-fills (10’)
- Ask Ss to use the words given to fill in the
blanks (work in pairs)
- Call some Ss to answer and give feedback

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Work in pairs

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Listen and comment

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Take notes

1. With greatly increased
workloads, everyone is
_______ pressure now.
2. He was looking at his parents
_______, waiting for
recommendations.
3. The interviews with parents
showed that the vast majority
were _______ of teachers.
4. Billy has been seriously ill,
and he was taken to _____
hospital yesterday
5. My husband and I both go out
to work so we share the
_______.
6. You should not burn _______.
You had better dig a hole and
bury it.
7. He was very respectful at
home and _______ to his
parents.
8. One of Vietnamese traditions
is a belief in _______ families
and in preserving their

cultures.
9. He was _______ when I had


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Ask Ss to tranlate these sentences

EA:
* 1. under
supportive 4. Ø

2. obediently

those problems and said
whatever I did he would stand
by me.
10. He was determined to give his
family a secure and solid
_______.

3.

5. household chores
6. garbage
7. obedient 8. close-knit
9. supportive 10. base

4. Free practice
(10 min)

T-Ss (5’)

Act 5 (T-Ss ) : Ask SS to work in groups to write
3 sentences using the learnt words
- Go around and give help if necessary.
- Call on some students to give their answer
- Give necessary correction

-Do as directed

Act 6 (T-Ss- 5’) Talk about your family/ your
home life.

← individually
← Ea: optional

5’
T-Ss5. Summary (TSs1 min)

What have we learned today?

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6. Homework
assignment (1
min)

T assigns homework:
- Write 5 sentences about home life, using the
learnt words

Take notes

Reflexions:

- Ss’right answers

vocabulary about home life

Homework
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Write 5 sentences about home life,
using the learnt words


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Unit 1:
HOME LIFE
A. READING 2 (cont’)

I. Aims: Help Ss develop reading skills
1. Contents of language
- Vocabulary: work on, shift, lab, join hands, responsibility, run, give somebody a hand (with something), lend a hand (with something), mischievous,
close-knit, come up
2. Knowledge: By the end of the lesson, SS will be able to - read and understand the passage about home life.
3. Skills:
- Main skill: Reading
- Sub skills: Speaking, listening, writing
4. Attitude: Being aware of the importance of home life
5. Ability:
- Ability to use the learnt vocabulary in the previous lesson to exploit the passage further
- Ability to use the learnt vocabulary to communicate in our daily
II. Teacher and Students’ preparations
1. Teacher: Projector, pictures, chalks, board, H/O, charts
2. Students: Books, notebooks, pictures
III. Techniques: McQ, Asking and answering

IV. Procedures
STAGES/TIME
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES
FOCUS
1. Warm up (T- Act 1: Oral test
Ss- 7 min)
- Call on two students on board
- Ask Ss to write down the learnt words
based on given cues.
- Ask ss to talk about their family

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

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Work individually
Do as directed

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Ss listen to T

CONTENTS


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Give feedback and give marks

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Ss answer

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Ss listen to T

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Answer

Lead to new lesson
Unit 1: Home life- A. Reading 2 (cont’)

Unit 1: Home life- A. Reading 2 (cont’)

2. Before
reading ( T-Ss
-4 min)

Act 2:Ask SS to guess about the home life in the
passage

3. While
reading (T-Ss-S
18 min)

Task 1- Matching

Task 1- Matching

- Read the reading passage and match each of - Read through the text and match.
the paragraphs with its appropriate heading.
- Give answers.
- Go around and offer help.
Expected answers :
- Call on some sts to give answers
Paragraph 1. C
- Give feedback.
Paragraph 2. D

Paragraph 1. C
D

Paragraph 2.

Paragraph 3.A
B

Paragraph 4.

Task 2: True/ False statements
- Stick a poster on the board

Paragraph 3.A
Paragraph 4. B

- Ask sts to read the passage again and decide
whether the statements are T or F
- Read passage and decide True/ False
statements..
- Ask sts to exchange the answers with a partner.
- Exchange answers with another
- Call on some sts to give answer and the student.
reasons.

Task 2: True/ False statements
a. F

b. T

d. F

e. T

c. T


- Check and give feedback.

Give answer.
Expected answer:
a. F

b. T

d. F

e. T

4. After reading Activity 5:
-Do as directed
(12 min)
- Ask sts to work in groups of four to discuss the
Ss-Ss (5’)
question.

c. T

- Ss’right answers

Describe your family life
- Walk around the class to help sts when they
need.

- Call on some sts to report it in front of the class.
- Give the corrections
T-Ss (7’)
5. Summary (T- What have we learned today?
Ss 2min)
6. Homework
assignment (2
min)
Reflexions:

T assigns homework:
-Write a short paragraph (50 – 60 words) about
your home life.

← Work in groups
← Ea: optional
Ss answer:
home life
Take notes

Homework
Write a short paragraph (50 – 60
words) about your home life.


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Unit 1:
HOME LIFE
B. SPEAKING

I. Aims: Help Ss develop speaking skill and ttudents can talk about the differences among cultures
1. Contents of language
- Vocabulary: words, phrases and expressions for telling the information
- Grammar: wh-question (who), simple present
2. Knowledge: By the end of the lesson, SS will be able to :- talk about their family life
3. Skills:
- Main skill: Speaking
- Sub skills: reading, listening, writing
4. Attitude: Being deeply concious of family life
5. Ability:
- Ability to use use sentences, words, phrases and expressions for telling the information
- Abilty to present a simple presentation about a topic relating to family life
II. Teacher and Students’ preparations
1. Teacher: text books, chart, handouts, cards,sub-board
2. Students: Books, notebooks
III. Techniques: McQ, Integrated, mainly communicative
IV. Procedures V. Procedures:
STAGES/TIME
FOCUS
Warm- up

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

Activity 1 :Name the picture

CONTENTS
Unit 1: Home life- B. Speaking

- Work in pairs to look at the pictures


5’

Looking and guessing.

and answer teacher’s question.

- Prepare pictures of some actions and Expected answer:
ask sts to answer question:
1. going shopping
What are the people in the pictures doing? dishes

2. washing

- Ask sts to answer some questions to 3. cleaning floor
introduce the lesson.
watering plants
- Who often does these things in your

family?

5. cooking meals
the bed

4.
6. making

- Do you have to do household chores? - Answer questions about their families.
What are they?
- Call on some sts to answer the
questions.
- Lead to new lesson: talking about
household chores.
Pre- speaking
7’

Activity 2: Task 1
Ask each student read and tick the ones in
task 1 that apply to her/him and his/her
family.

- Read the statements and tick.

- Model first.

-Talk about their own family’s lives.

- Give answers.

- Ask 1-2 students to stand up to talk
about his/her family.
- Give comments.
Whilespeaking

Activity 3: Task 2 & 3 Who works in

Task 2 & 3


25’

your family?

- Make questions as T requires.

Work in pairs to find out whether your
partner’s family life is like yours.

Expected answer:

* Write down some expressions on the
blackboard and then elicit the questions
from sts.
Could
you
…………...who.......................?

tell

By the way who in your family................?

1. Could you tell me who woks……?
2. Who in your family does….?
3. What ‘s your reponsibility in the
family?
(What do you often do to help your
parents)

4. What interests do your family
members share together?
What
about
your
5. Who do you often share you
father/mother/brother...?
secrets with?
6. Who do you often talk to before
- Ask sts to ask and answer in pairs to
making an important decision?
compare their answers.
- Practise asking and answering the
- Call on some students to talk about their questions above.
family then compare with their partner’s - Compare the answer with the partner.
family.
- Talk about their family and comapre
- Give example:
with the partner’s.

1. Could you tell me who

woks……?
2. Who in your family does….?
7. What ‘s your reponsibility in the
family?
(What do you often do to help your
parents)
8. What interests do your family
members share together?
9. Who do you often share you
secrets with?
10. Who do you often talk to before
making an important decision?

In my family only my father works but
both Hong’s parents go to work.
- Members of my family share the
household chores but Hong’s father - Tell the whole class the information
Task 4
have been collected.
doesn’t do anything.
Activity 4: Task 4
- Ask sts to make a report about the

I talked to Minh about his family life. I talked to Minh about his family life.
He told me that…….
He told me that…….


information have been collected.

Post- speaking
6’

Activity 5: Correction

- Correct mistakes.

- Write the typical mistakes on the BB
and ask for peer’s correction.
- Make correction if needed and make
comments.

Homework
2’

Ask sts: to write about the family of the Listen and take note
friend you have just talked about, in less
than 60 words

Write about the family of the friend you
have just talked about, in less than 60
words

Reflexions:
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Unit 1:
HOME LIFE
C. LISTENING


I. Aims: help Ss develop their listening skills - completing the sentences
- answering the questions
1. Contents of language
- Vocabulary: - altar , ancestor (n) , banquet (n), tray (n) , blessing (n) = best wishes, Master of Ceremony (MC)
- Grammar: present tenses
2. Knowledge:By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: - listen for the understanding of passage about a wedding in Vietnam
- listen for specific details
3. Skills:
- Main skill: Listening
- Sub skills: Reading, speaking, writing
4. Attitude: Be understood more about our manners and customs and know how to preserve such a precious tradition.
5. Ability:
- Ability to listen for the understanding of the passage reltaing to the topic learnt
- Ability to listen for specific details about the topic relating to the lesson
II. Teacher and Students’ preparations
1. Teacher: Handouts, tape, cassette, textbooks, pictures, realia, video clip
2. Students: Books, notebooks,
III. Techniques: filling missing information ,answering the questions, T/F statements

IV. Procedures
STAGES/TIME

FOCUS
Warm- up

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES
Activity 1: Jumbled word

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
-

Rearrange

the

letters

to

make

CONTENTS
a Unit 1: Home life- C. Listening


5’

- Ask sts to rearrange the letters to make a meaningful noun phrase
meaningful
noun
phrase
Expected answer: FAMILY REUNION

MAFYIL REINNOU
- Lead to the new lesson

Pre- listening
10’

Activity 2:

- Answer teacher’s questions.

- Ask sts to answer some questions to elicit 1. Yes…
the new words.
2. Tet holiday….
1. Do you have sisters or brothers living far
3. By train, by coach, by plane….
away home?
2. On what occasions do people home to 4. Yes….
have a family reunion?
5. No….
3. How do they get home?
4. Do you prepare a special meal for the
family reunion?
- Give meanings of new words through
5. Have they eaten up all the food on the answering the questions.
table?
- Listen an repeat after the teacher in
Vocabulary
chorus.
-

coach (n)
- flight
- Read aloud the words individually.
(n)
- reseved (adj)
- leftovers
(n)
- spread- out (vp)
- Ask sts to listen and repeat chorally.
- Call on some sts to read aloud the words.

Vocabulary
-

coach (n)
flight (n)
reseved (adj)
leftovers (n)
spread- out (vp)

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- Correct mistakes.
While- listening
20’

Activity 3: Task 1

Task 1

- Give the sutuation and explain: you will - Skim through the sentences in the Task .
hear Paul and Andrea talking about their
family life. Listen to the tape and decide if - Underline key words in ech sentence.
the sentences given are True or False.
- Guess the answer before listening.

1

2

3

4

5

T

F

F

T

T

- Have sts read the sentences in the task to - Listen to the tape three times and do the
make sure that they understand the task task individually and in pairs.
clearly and underline key words in each

- Give answers.
sentence..
- Play the tape the first time and ask sts to do Expected answer:
the task individually .
1
2
- Play the tape the second time .Ask sts to
T
F
compare their answers with a partner.

3

4

5

F

T

T

Task 2

Call on some sts to give their answers.

Paul: - His family are not very close.

- Play the tape the third time and stop in the

right answers to check the last time.

- The family often eat the meal the
mother cooks at home.

Activity 4: Task 2

Andrea: - His is a close-knit family.

- Ask Ss to listen again and note down two - Listen again and do the task.
things that are different about Paul’s and
- Give answers.
Andrea’s family.

- The family often go out to eat
when they get together

- Call on some Ss to read their notes and check Expected answer:
with the class.
Paul: - His family are not very close.
- The family often eat the meal the


mother cooks at home.
Andrea: - His is a close-knit family.
- The family often go out to eat when
they get together
Post- listening
8’

Activity 5: Discussion
- Ask sts to work in groups of four and - Discuss the question in groups.
discuss the question:
- Take note some idea
The importance of family in a person’s life.
- Present in front of the class.
- Ask sts to answer some questions:
Model:
Is family very important for you? Why do
For me, family is very important. I think,
you think so?
It’s a place where we can share the secrets
- Suggest some idea to sts
and find solutions to problem that arise.
Only in families, can we enjoy true love and
- place to share the secrets and find
comforts. We are sure to be welcomed back
solutions to problem arise.
when we have disappointments or failures
- Enjoy true love and comforts.
in life.
- We are sure to be welcomed back
when have disappointments or
failures in life.
- Calls on some sts to present tin front of the
class.

For me, family is very important. I
think, It’s a place where we can share
the secrets and find solutions to

problem that arise. Only in families, can
we enjoy true love and comforts. We
are sure to be welcomed back when we
have disappointments or failures in life.

- Listens and give comments.
Homework
2’
Reflexions:

- Ask Ss to : write about your family reunion Listen and take note
about 60 words

Write about your family reunion about
60 words


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