Unit 4: At school
I.Trọng tâm kiến thức, kỹ năng:
1. Topic: School activities & School children’s life.
2. Competences:Talk about school subjects / schedules and regulations.
3. Skills:
- Speaking: Ask and say the time / timetables; Talk about school subjects / schedules and regulations; talk about school libraries; ask for and give directions.
- Listening: Listen to monologues / dialogues within 80-100 words for general information.
- Reading: Read dialogues and passages within 100-120 words for general or detailed information.
- Writing: Write a paragraph within 60-70 words about related topics with word / picture cues.
4. Grammar:
- Tenses: Present simple, Present progressive.
- Wh-questions: What? Where?.
- Prepositions of position.
- This, that, these, those.
5. Vocabulary:
- Names of school subjects: Physical Education, Literature, Geography, … - Names of different kinds of books in the library: magazine, science book, reference book, …
II. Unit plan:
Unit 4: At school (5 periods)
Lesson1: A1-2, 4 Revision for telling the time. School vocabulary and present tense
Lesson 2: A3, 5 Listening for detail and school vocabulary
Lesson 3: A6 Reading for details and comparing an American school with a Vienamese school
Lesson 4: B1 Reading a text to understand for details and practice library vocabulary
Lesson 5: B2- 4 Reading for details and futher practice in prepositions of position
Date of preparing: Period 21
Unit 4: At school
Lesson 1: A
1-2,4A.Objectives:
1. Aims:
- Ask and answer about the time and the schedules - Review the present simple tense
- By the end of the lesson, students will be able to tell the time using school vocabulary and present simple tense.
2. Practice skill: Pracice speaking and listening skill.
3. The knowledge needs to get:
+ Standard knowledge: Ask and answer about the time; tell what they do at what time.
+ Advanced knowledge: Talk about their own schedules.
4. Basic language:
- Vocabulary: schedule, period, class, classes, Physics, Geography, Physical Education, History.
- Structure: What time is it? It’s half past eight.
What time do you get up? I get up at six.
- Idioms: half past, a quarter, as usual, next class, start again, the last class.
5. Attitude: Help ss to have good consciousness in order to learn hard.
B. Teaching- aids: Lesson plan, textbooks, pictures, poster, cards, cassette.
C. Methods:
- Model-Talk-Practice, individual work, pair work.
- Some techniques can be used: Nought and crosses, Mapped dialogue, Picture cues drill.
D. Procedure:
I. Organization: ( 1’)
- Greeting: Good morning!
- Who’s absent today?
Class Date of teaching Absent students 7A
7B
Teacher & students’ activities Contents II.Warm up ( 5’)
Nought and crosses
- Divide the class into two teams - Draw a nine square on the board - each sqare is numbered ( from 1 to 9) and there is a time in it
- The team take turn to choose the words on the grid and spell the word.
If their answer is right put a X or a O
* Nought and crosses
Example Exchange
5.25 8.15 12.40
6.35 9.00 4.45
11.05 8.15 3.10
in that box
- The first team that has three Xs or Os iin a line on the grid wins the game III-New lesson(35'):
Step 1: Presentation ( 10’) 1.Vocabulary
( example ) ( picture ) ( picture ) ( picture ) - Sts listen.
- listen and repeat (chorally then individually)
- Copy
* Check voc: What and where 2. Telling the time: (A1 P.42) - Ask sts to listen and repeat .
- Ask them to work in open pairs then close pairs to say the time.
Step 2: Practice ( 15’) Picture cues drill ( 14 )
- Use the six pictus on page 43 for drill
- Model the first picture and ask students to repeat individually
- Get students to practice asking and answeringfollowing the model sentences
5. Hoa
What’s Hoa studying ? She is studying Math
What time does Loan have her Math class?
She has Math class at 10.10 6. Mi
What’s Mi studying ?
She is studying Physical education What time does Loan have her Physical education class?
She has Physical education class at 10.10
S1: What time is it ? S2 : It’s seven o’clock
1.Vocabulary
- physics( n ): môn vật lý
- physical education( n ): môn thể dục - geography ( n): môn địa lý
- history ( n): môn lịch sử
2.Telling the time Eg:
S1: What time is it ? S2: It's seven o'clock.
3. Practice
* Picture cues drill Eg:
S1: What’s Lan studying ? S2: She is studying physics
S1: What time does Lan have her physics class?
S2: She has physics class at 8.40
* Answer key 2. Binh
What is Bing doing?
He’s studying Geography What time does Bing have his Geography class ?
He has his geography class at 1.50 3. Hung
What is Hung doing?
He’s studying English
What time does Hung have his English class?
He has his English class at 4.45 4. Loan
What’s Loan studying ? She is studying Music
What time does Loan have her Music
Step 3: Production ( 10’) Mapped dialogue
- Prepare the dialogue using simbols, cues, visuals…
- Have students make each sentence then form the dialogue
- Call on some pairs of some students to demonstrate the dialogue before the class
- Have students work in pairs to practice the dialogue
Eg:
You: What time is it?
Your friend: It’s 2.30
You: What time do you get up?
Your friend: At 6.30
You: What time do you r classes start?
Your friend: At 7.00
You: What time do your classes finish?
Your friend: At 11.15
You: What time do you have lunch?
Your friend: At about 12.10
You: What time do you go to bed ? Your friend: At about 11.00
You: Oh too late
class?
She has Music class at 3.30
* Mapped dialogue
What time….? 9.00
What time…get up.? 6.30 What time…classes start? 7.00 What time……finish ? 11.15
What time….. lunch ? 12.10 What time….. bed ? 11.00
IV. Summary (2’): - Review telling the time V. Homework (2’): - Study the lesson
- Write the answers of the questions A2 on page 42 in their notebook
- Prepare new leeson: Unit 4: A3,5
E. Evaluation:
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Date of preparing: Period 22
Unit 4: At school
Lesson 2: A
3, 5A.Objectives:
1. Aims:
- Listen and fill the information about the time and subjects at school.
- Ask and answer about the timetable: subjects at school and what time, favorite subjects.
2. Practice skill: Pracice speaking and listening skill.
3. The knowledge needs to get:
+ Standard knowledge:
- Remember the timetable at school, and write it in English.
- Ask and answer fluently about the timetable.
- Listen to the time and the subjects.
+ Advanced knowledge: Make a similar dialogue as A5 with the partners in the class, write it again.
4. Basic language:
- Vocabulary: subjects at school: Physics, Geography, Physical Education, History, English, Math, Music, important, difficult.
- Structure: What is Lan doing at 8.40? She is studying Physics.What time/
When do you have English? I have it on Monday/ at 8.20 on Monday.
What is your favorite subject? I like Math
5. Attitude: Help ss to have good consciousness in order to practice speaking about timetable.
B. Teaching- aids:
Lesson plan, textbooks, pictures, poster, cards, cassette.
C. Methods:
- Model-Talk-Practice, individual work, pair work
- Some techniques can be used: Word square, Open prediction, Comprehension questions, Speaking.
D. Procedure:
I.Organization: ( 1’)
- Greeting: Good morning!
- Who’s absent today?
Class Date of teaching Absent students 7A
7B
Teacher & students’ activities Contents II. Warm up ( 5’)
Word square
- Stick the poster on the board
- Ask ss to find out 12 words dealing with school
- Get ss to work in pair to find out the
P I C T U R E S S
H I S T O R Y T T
Y S I C S N H A U
S U X A B S W R D I M T N I X U T Y C O H L Y M A T H
words
- Divide the class in to two teams, students from each teams go to the board and circle the words they have found then write them down in the column of their team
- The team that has more words will win the game
III. New lesson(35’):
Step 1: Pre - listening ( 10’) 1.Vocabulary
( realia ) ( translation ) ( definition ) ( translation) - Sts listen.
- listen and repeat (chorally then individually)
- Copy.
Check : R.O R 2 Open prediction
* Set the scence:
This is a schedule on Friday and Saturday of the students in class 7A.
Please predict 5 classes Thu has on Wednesday and Thursday
- SS predict individual.
- T gets feedback.
Step 2: While - listening ( 15’) 1. Checking prediction
- Ss work individually.
- Ss compare with other.
- T gives feedback.
2. Comprehension questions
- T puts some questions on the poster.
- SS run through the questions.
- SS answer in pairs.
- Pairs compare with each other - T gives feedback .
A M G E O G R A P L N C L A S S E S
E D U C A T I O N
Picture, history, math, classes Sixth, month, start, study
English Geography Music
Physics, physical education 1. Vocabulary
- schedule ( n ) ch¬ng tr×nh, th¬× kho¸
biÓu
- important ( adj ): quan träng - favoutite ( n ): yªu thÝch nhÊt - fun ( n ): vui nhén, niÒm vui
2. Dialogue
3.
Listening
* Answer key
1. English 2. Math 3. geography 4. physical education
5. Music
* Comprehension questions
1.When doesThu have English class?
2.What time do they start?
3.What others clsses does Thu have on Thursday?
4.What’s Thu’s favorite subject? Why?
5.What’s Hoa’ favorite subject? Why?
* Answer key
1. Thu has Englidh classes on Wednesday and Thursday
2. Thu has math, geography, physical
3. Filling the gaps with time and subjects
- SS run through the cue words in the box
- SS compare with eachother - T gives feedback
Step 3: Post – listening ( 10’) Speaking
- Get ss write their schedule in their notebooks
- Have them ask and answer about their schedule with their partners
education and music on Thursday 3. History is Thu’s favourite subjectice.
Because it is interting and important 4. Math is Hoa’s favourite subjectice.
Because it is difficult but fun
* Filling the gaps with time and subjects
Key :
FRIDAY SATURDAY
7.00 English 1.00 Physical education 7.50
Geography
2.40 Math 8.40 Music 3.40 English 9.40 Physics 4.30 Physics 10.30
History 4. Practice
* Example
1. When do we have english/ Math/
literature?
2. What clases do we have on Monday/
Tuesday…...
3. What time do we have our last Math class?
4. What’s your favourite subject?
Why?
5. Are you god at English/ Math?
IV. Summary (2’): - School vocabulary.
- Listening for details.
V. Homework (2’): - Study the lesson.
- Write about our subjects at school, about the subject you like best, or they hate best.
- Prepare new leeson: Unit 4: A6
E. Evaluation:
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Date of preparing: Period 23
Unit 4: At school
Lesson 3: A
6A.Objectives:
1. Aims:
- Read the text and understand about schools in the USA
- Talk about some differences between schools in the USA and schools in Viet Nam.
- By the end of the lesson, students will be able to read the text for details and compare an American school with a Vietnamese school.
2. Practice skill:
- further pracice reading and writing skill.
3. The knowledge needs to get:
+ Standard knowledge:
Read the text and understand about schools in the USA, correct the false sentences.
Summarize the main contents of the text through the 6 correct sentences.
Give out 3 differrences with schools in Viet Nam.
+ Advanced knowledge: Write a passage about schools in Viet Nam ( 5-10 sentences).
4. Basic language:
- Vocabulary: school uniform, a 20- minute break, cafeteria, snacks, popular, baseball, football, to wear, to sell.
- Structure: There is / are no...
two twenty minute breaks.
the other.
the most popular.
after class activities.
5. Attitude:
- Help ss to have good consciousness in order to practice reading for details.
B. Teaching- aids: Lesson plan, textbooks, pictures, poster.
C. Methods:
- Model-Talk-Practice, individual work, pair work.
- Some techniques can be used: Shark attack , True false prediction, grids, Transformation writing.
D. Procedure:
I. Organization: ( 1’)
- Greeting: Good morning!
- Who’s absent today?
Class Date of teaching Absent students 7A
7B
Teacher & students’ activities Contents II.Warm up ( 5’)
Shark attack
- T give the lines of some words and
* Shark attack
- - - ( schedule )
tell them that the words are about school.
- T divide the class in to two teams and ask them to predict the letters of words.
III. New lesson(35’):
Step 1: Pre - reading ( 10’) 1.Vocabulary
( example ) ( translation ) ( traslation ) ( example ) ( antonym) - Sts listen.
- listen and repeat (chorally then individually)
- Copy
Check voc: Rub out and remember
2. True / false prediction
- Give a poster of six staments (on page 45) on the board
- Ask ss to keep their books closed and read the staments and guess which is true which is false
- Ask ss to work in pairs to guess.
- Give feedback
Step 2: While - reading ( 15’) 1. Checking prediction
- Have ss to read the text A6 on page 44 and check their prediction.
- Ask ss to correct of the staments are false.
- Give feedback.
2. Filling the grids
- Get ss to draw the grid in their note books.
- Ask ss to read the text again and fill
- - - ( schools ) - - - ( classes )
1.Vocabulary
- uniform ( n): đồng phục - break ( n ): giờ nghỉ
- cafeteria ( n ): quán ăn tự phục vụ - snack ( n ): món ăn nhẹ, ăn nhanh - sell ( v ): bán
- popular (adj): phổ biến
- unpopular (adj): khụng ph bi nổ ế Statements Guess Read
a b c d e f
2. True / false prediction a. Students do not usually wear school uniform
b. There are classes on Saturday morning
c. Students don’t have a break in the afternoon
d. The school cafetaria sells food to students
e. The school cafetaria only opens at lunch time
f .Basket ball is an unpopular after- school activity.
3. Reading Key:
a) T
b) F (There are no lessons on Sunday) c) F (One break is in the morning, the other is in the afternoon)
d) T
e) F ( The school cafeteria is open at luch time and also at break)
f) F (Basketball is one of the most popular after-school activities)
in the grid. Have them work in pairs.
- Give feed back.
Step 3: Post reading ( 10’) Transformation writing
- Ask ss to write a paragraph about schools in Viet Nam. Sts may use the grid.
- Ask ss to work individual.
- Go round the class and help ss if necessary
- Take some student’s writing to correct before class.
* Answer key
Schools in Viet nam are litter different from schools in the USA. Students in Viet Nam have to wear uniform.
Classes in the morning start at 7.00 and finish at 11.00. Classes in the afternoonstart at 1.00 and finish at 5.00 There are classes on Saturday.
Students have lunch at home. There is one 15- minute break in the morning and one in the afternoon. There isn’t usually school cafetarial in Viet Nam.
The most popular after school activities are badminton, soccer , or play video games.
* Transformation writing
IV. Summary ( 2’ ): - Reading a text about the schools in the USA comparing with Viet Namese schools.
V. Homework ( 3’ ): - Study the lesson.
- Do exercises in the workbook.
- Prepare new leeson: Unit 4: B1
E. Evaluation:
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Date of preparing: Period 24
Unit 4: At school
Lesson 4: B
1Activities In VN In the USA There is school
uniform X V
Classes start at 8.30 7.30 The school day ends
at
3.30 or 4.00
11.00
There are lessons on Saturday
X V
Students have lunch
at school V X
A.Objectives:
1. Aims:
- Know the books in the school library.
- Ask and answer about the instructions in the library.
- Use the prepositions to talk about position of the books in the school library.
- By the end of the lesson, students will be able to get futher practice in library.
vocabulary by reading a dialogue.
2. Practice skill: Further pracice reading and writing skill.
3. The knowledge needs to get:
+ Standard knowledge:
- Remember the books in the school library and prepositions of position.
- Ask and answer about the questions from a- g.
- Tell at least one book in the school library and its position.
+ Advanced knowledge: Describe all the kinds of the books in the school library and their positions.
4. Basic language:
- Vocabulary: this, that, these, those, library, rack, dictionary, reader, novel, reference book, welcome, on the left, on the right, at the back, in the middle of.
- Structure: Where are the magazines? They are on the racks in the middle of the room.
Where can I find the Math books, please? They are on the shelves on the left.
These racks have magazines and those racks have newspapers.
5. Attitude:
- Help ss to have good consciousness in order to practice reading for details.
B. Teaching- aids: Lesson plan, textbooks, pictures, poster.
C. Methods:
- Model-Talk-Practice, individual work, pair work.
- Some techniques can be used: Jumple words, Pre questions, Grid, Comprehension questions.
D. Procedure:
I.Organization: ( 1’)
- Greeting: Good morning!
- Who’s absent today?
Class Date of teaching Absent students 7A
7B
Teacher & students’ activities Contents II. Warm up( 5’)
Jumple words
- Write the words with disorded letters on the board ( or use the poster )
- Devide the class into two teams
- Ask students from each team to go to the board and write the correct words
* Jumple words
- liogoby = biology - torishy = history - hispics = physics - phygrageo = geography - luratitere = literature - spanweepr = newspaper
- The team which is faster with more correct words wins the game
III- New lesson (35’):
Step1: Pre – reading ( 10’) 1.Vocabulary
( a room or building containing a collection of book )
( realia ) ( realia ) ( example ) ( realia ) - Sts listen.
- Listen and repeat (chorally then individually)
- Copy.
Check: R.O.R 2. Pre - questions
- Set the scene: Hoa and her friends are in the library. The librarian is
introducing the books in the library to the children
- Give students two questions and ask them to guess the answers
- Give feed back
Step 2: While - reading ( 15’) 1. Checking the predictions
- Get students to read the dialogue B1 on page 47 and check their answers
2. Grid
- Get ss to draw the grid in their notebooks
- Encourage them to work individual and fill in the grid
- Give feed back
3.Comprehension questions
- Hve students read the questions on page 48 and work in pairs to answer the qestions.
- Give feedback.
- zagamime = magzine - tamh = math
1.Vocabulary
- library ( n ) thư viện - novel ( n ): tiểu thuyết - reader ( n ): sách đọc thêm
- reference book( n ): sách tham khảo - dictionary ( n ): từ điển
- rack ( n ): kệ, giá đỡ
2. Pre - questions
1.When is the library open ?
2.What kinds of books are there in the library?
2. Reading
* Answer key
a. The library is open at 7 am
b. There are newspapers, magazines, readers, novels, dictionaries,
reference books and many kind of science books…
* Grid
Open time 7am Books on the
racks
Magazines, newspepers Books on the
left
Math, science books
Books in English
Readers, novels, reference books, dictionary
Books on the right
History, Geography,
dictionary, lierature in Vietnamese Closing time 4.30 pm
* Answer key
Step 4: Post Reading ( 10’) Written exercise
- Have ss make a similar grid about heir school library
- Get ss to work in pairs to write about their school library using the
information in the grid
- Take some writings and correct before class
a. They are on the racks b. They are on the racks
c. The math and science books are on the shelves on the left
d. The history and geography books dictionaries and Literature in Viet name are on the shelves on the left e. The books in English are at the back of the library
f. It opens at 7 am g. It closes at 4.30 pm 3. Prctice
* Written exercise
Eg: Our library opens at ...
IV. Summary ( 2’): - Reading a text for detail about a library V. Homework ( 2’): - Study the lesson
- Do exercises B1 in the workbook
- Write te answer of the qestions B1 on page 48.
Eg: Our library opens at ...
- Prepare new leeson: Unit 4: B2-4
E. Evaluation:
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Date of preparing: Period 25
Unit 4: At school
Lesson 5: B
2- 4A.Objectives:
1. Aims:
- Review the words of the school library.
- Read and understand about the biggest library in the world.
- By the end of the lesson, students will be able to describe the position of books in the library using prepositions of position and know more about the biggest library in the world.
2. Practice skill:
- Listening skills about the books and position of the books in the school library.
- Reading comprehension skills about a famous library.
3. The knowledge needs to get:
+ Standard knowledge:
- Review the words of the school library through the listening text.
- Tell about the library in B4 through 5 answers (a-e).
+ Advanced knowledge: Learn B4 by heart.
4. Basic language:
- Vocabulary: librarian’s desk, study area, together, center, to receive, copy, to contain, employees, congress.
- Structure: Wh- questions in the present simple.
one of, in the center of, copies of, to keep...together.
5. Attitude:
- Help ss to have good consciousness in order to practice reading for details.
B. Teaching- aids:
Lesson plan, textbooks, pictures, poster.
C. Methods:
- Model-Talk-Practice, individual work, pair work.
- Some techniques can be used: Pre questions, Comprehension questions.
D. Procedure:
I.Organization: ( 1’)
- Greeting: Good morning!
- Who’s absent today?
Class Date of teaching Absent students 7A
7B
Teacher & students’ activities Contents II.Warm up ( 5’)
- T shows the map of the library to the students( on page 48).
- Give ss 6 cards with library vocabulary on them.
Study area English Geography, History Librarian’s
desk
Science , Math
Newspapers, Magazines
Listening: B3 P48 - guess
- listen
- Have ss to guess and label the cards in the numbers on the map.
- Let them work in group.
- Give feedback.
- Get ss to listen to the tape and chech their prediction.
- Give feed back.
III. NEW LESSON ( 35’) Step 1: Pre Reading (10’):
1. Vocabulary:
( mime ) ( translation ) ( picture ) ( picture ) ( translation) ( translation) Check voc: R.O.R
2. Pre Questions
- Set the scence: You are going to read about one of the biggest libraries in the world. Guess and answer the questions about it.
a. Is the library in the USA ? b. Does it contain 100 books ? Step 2 : While Reading (15’):
Activity 1 : Reading and Checking.
- Have ss read the text on page 49 to check their prediction.
- T gives feedback.
Activity 2 : Comprehension Questions.
- Ask ss to read the text again to find out the answers.
- SS work in pairs.
- Give feedback.
Step 3: Post Reading(10’):
B2 (P48):
- Ask sts to listen then practise the dialogue with their parners.
- Ask sts to make a similar dialogue about the library plan in B1.
- Ask 2 pairs to say out their dialogues before the class and correct any mistakes.
Key:
1 - Study Center/ area 2 - Science , Math 3 - Geography, History
4, 5 - Newspapers, Magazines 6, 7 - English books
8- Librarian’s desk 1.Vocabulary
- receive ( v ): nhận
- contain (v): gồm cú, chứa đựng - employees (n): người làm cụng - in the middle ( pre ): ở giữa - at the back of ( pre ): ở cuối - find (v): tỡm thấy
Sts : - listen.
- listen and repeat (chorally then individually).
- copy.
- answer 2. Reading Answer:
a) Yes, it is.
b) No. It contains 100 million books.
Key :
a) It’s in the Washington DC, the capital of the USA
b) It has over 100 million books c) It has about 1000km of shelves d) Over 5,000 people work there e) Because it receives copies of all American books.
3. Practice
- Practice the dialogue
IV. Summary ( 2’):
- Reading a text about the biggest of the library in The USA Place: WashingtonDC
Number of books: over 100 million books Length of shelves: 1,000 km
Number of employees :over 5,000
- Listen a dialogue to know the position of things in the library V. Homework ( 2’):
- Wirte 5 sentences to compare your library with the library of Congress
Cuess :
+ smaller
+ more morden + has more books
+ has shorter bookshelves + more emploees
+ largest Eg:
My school library is smaller than the library of Congress.
- Prepare new leeson: Unit 5: A1
E. Evaluation:
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