UNit 3 - a trip to the countryside
I. Objectives:
- By the end of this unit, Ss will be able to ask for and give information about life and activities in the countryside.
- Review the modals " could, would". Preposition of time " in / on/ at / from / to ..."
Adverb clause of result: " so" to talk about the result of an action.
- Practice speaking, listening, reading and writing skill.
+ Speaking: Ask for and give information about the geography of one's home country, describe direction/ location , talk about a pinic in the country.
+ Listening: Listen to a monologues about a trip to the countryside to talk about the position of place.
+ Reading: Read a text about an exchange student in the USA to get information about a country life in the USA.
+ Writing: Write about a picnic to the countryside.
II. Teaching aids
Books, teacher's book, lesson plan, posters, cards, tape, cassette player.
III. Procedure:
Lesson 1. Getting started- listen and read.
Lesson 2. Speak Lesson 3. Listen Lesson 4. Read Lesson 5. Write
Lesson 6. Language focus.
Date of preparing: Period 14
Unit 3- a trip to the countryside
Lesson 1 : getting started- listen and read A. Objectives
- By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to read a text about a trip to the countryside and know something about country life and about country activities
* Skill: Practice reading and speaking skill.
* Ability: Help Ss to be more confident to communicate with others, show their love to their hometown and their country.
B. Teaching aids
T: Text book, lesson plan, poster, pictures. projector Ss:Text books, notebooks, pen, homework...
C. Methods
- Practice (Chatting, T/ F prediction) ,Game ( Lucky number) D. Contents
I. Orgnisation
Class Date of teaching Absent students
9A II. Warm up
1. Getting Started Chatting (5m)
T asks Ss some question about country topic.
- Have you ever been to the countryside?
- Where is it?
- How often do you go there?
- What do you often do when you are in the countryside?
- Have you ever done any farm work/ work on the farm?
T asks Ss to open their book to look at the picture ( P22) T: What are these pictures about?
Ss: About country activities
T: Now I want you to make sentences with these pictures.
Ex: The man is plowing with his buffalo.
III. New lesson
1. Pre reading(10m)(use projector) Bamboo forest( n) bui tre, khom tre ( picture)
Banyan tree( n) cay da ( explaination) Snack (n) : bua an nhe ( example) Shrine (n) den, mieu ( explaination River bank (n) bo song ( translation) Act 2 T/F prediction ( Poster) (use projector)
1. Ba and his family had a two- day trip to their home village.
2. Many people like going their on the weekend.
3. There’s a small bamboo forest near the main entrance to the village.
4. Liz had a snack at the house of Ba’s uncle.
5. There’s a shrine on the mountain near Ba’s village.
6. Everyone had a picnic on the mountain.
7. Everyone left the village late in the evening.
8. Liz had a video tape to show the trip to her parents.
9. Liz wants to go their again.
Step 2. While – reading(20’)
Act 1 Check prediction(use projector)
St Guess Read Correction 1
2 3 4 5 6 7
F T F F T F T
...a day trip….
There’s a big old banyan tree
Liz had a snack under the banyan tree
-Introduce vocab using some different techniques
-Ss listen and repeat
-Copy down the words on notebook.
-Check vocab by Ro& Re
- Set the scene: about Liz and Ba.
T: Do you know what did they do on the weekend?
T: Who did they go with?
Ss: They went to the countryside.
Ss: they went with Ba’s family.
T: Now I have some statements about their trip to the countryside. I want you to guess which one is T, which one is F.
Ss run through the statements.
Ss guess and compare with their partners, then give their prediction on board.
Compare with others
T asks Ss to read the text and check their prediction.
T asks Ss to read the text again and correct the false sentence( write in the correction column)
Read the text and check Correct the false sentences
8 9
F T
Everyone had a picnic on the ricer bank
Liz had a lot of photo to show the trip …
Act 2. Comprehension questions Lucky number(use projector) 1. Lucky number
2. Question: Where’s Ba’s village?
3. Question: How did Ba and his family get to the village?
4. Question: Where’s the banyan tree?
5. Lucky number
6. Question: What did they see on the mountain?
7. Lucky number
8.Question: Where did they have a picnic?
9. Lucky number.
10. What does Liz wish?
Step 3. Post reading(8m)
* Write it up
T asks Ss to read the questions and prepare the answer, then ask them to play Lucky number game.Ss read the text prepare the answer for the questions given.
Ss run through all the Qs and answer the questions.
- Ss prepare in 4' then play LN game (2 teams).
Write in individual IV. Summary (1m)
T stresses on some main ideas of the lesson
Today we have known a trip of Ba and Liz to the countryside and we have known some activities in the countryside.
V. Homework (1m)
Learn by heart the vocab, read the text again, answer the question in the notebook and continue writing the passage at home.
* Evaluation
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Date of preparing: Period 15
Unit 3- a trip to the countryside
Lesson 2 : speak A. Objectives
By the end of this lesson, Ss will be able to practice asking and asnwering about the geography of one's hometown, describe directions/ locations to talk about a picnic in the countryside.
* Ability: Help Ss to be more confident to communicate with others, show their love to the hometown and the country.
* Skill: Practice their speaking skill B. Teaching aids
T's preparation:Text book, lesson plan, poster, pictures. projector Ss' preparation: Text book, notebook, homework
C. Methods
Practice (Brainstorming, matching survey.) D. Contents
I. Orgnisation
Class Date of teaching Absent students
9A
II. Warm up(5’)
T asks Ss : How many question words have you learn so far? What are they?
Ss list the question words.
Brainstorming
Who
Where What Why
How far How long Which
III. New lesson
Step 1. Pre speaking(10’) 1. Matching(use projector)
A Question B
- By bus
- plant rice and vegetable
- a river flowing..
- to the south of
… - 1 hour
- 30 km from …
1 2 3 4 5 6
- 50 km
- no river but
….
- to the west of
…
- plant rice and raise cattle - by motorbike - 50 km from the ..
T asks Ss to open the book to look at the questions and run through.
Ss read the questions
T give 2 posters of answer on board
T models
Ss match (2 teams)
Practice reading the questions and answers ( pairs work)
T asks Ss to practice asking and asnwering about their real hometown.
Question words
Step 2. While speaking.(20’) Activity 1.Survey(use projector) Example exchange:
S1: Where’s your village?
S2: It’s to the west of the city.
S1: How far is it from the city?
S2: It’s about 30 km S1: …..
Question me S1 S2
1. Where…….?
2. How far….?
3. How/ get…?
4. How long/ take/ get ..?
5. What/ people / do /for a living?
6. Does / village/ river?
HP 30 Bus 1 hour Plant rice Yes
Step 3. Post speaking.(8’)
Talk about a picnic in the countryside.
- Place of the picnic - When ?
- with whom?
- What to bring?
- What to do there?
....
Ss work in pair ask and answer about their home village using the suggested ideas in column A and B and the questions given
T goes round and monitors
T gives some suggested questions Ss retell a picnic to the
countryside they have attended IV. Summary (1’)
T stresses on some main ideas of the lesson
Today we have practiced asking and answering about life in the countryside V. Homework(1’)
Practice the questions again. Write again a trip to the countryside.
Prepare for the next lesson.
* Evaluation
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Date of preparing: Period 16
Unit 3 - a trip to the countryside
Lesson 3 : Listen A. Objectives
-By the end of the lesson , students will able to listen for specific information a text about a trip to the countryside
* Ability: Help Ss to be more confident to communicate with others and in learning English. Show their love to the hometown and the country.
* Skill: Practice listening skill ( Listen to text within 100- 200 words for general information)
B. Teaching aids
T's preparation:Text books ,teacher book ,tape and cassette player, projector Ss' preparation: text book, notebook, homework
C. Methods
- Chatting, matching, retell
- T – W.C , pair work , group work, individual D. Contents
I. Orgnisation
Class Date of teaching Absent students
9A
II. Warm up Chatting (5’)
T asks Ss some question about their home village - Where’s your home village?
- How far is it from here?
- How often do you go there?
- How do you go there?
III. New lesson
Step 1. Pre listening(13’) (use projector) Gas station ( n) :Trạm xăng ( example) Pond( n): Ao ( explaination)
Parking lot ( n): Bãi đỗ xe ( example) Dragon Bridge (n): Cầu Rồng ( translation) Opposite direction( n): hớng đối diện ( Board drawing)
2. Prediction.
Matching.
Step 2. While listening.(15’)
Activity 1. Check prediction. (use projector) Place
Place on the map Guess Listen 1. Air port
2. gas station 3. pond
4. highway No 1 5. banyan tree 6. store
7. bamboo forest 8. Dragon Bridge
B E G C A F H D
T introduces some vocab using different techniques
-Ss listen and repeat
-Copy down the words on notebook
Check by Ro & Re
-T sets the scence about Ba
T: Do you remember Ba and Liz’s trip to Ba’s village?
Ss: Yes
T: And to day you’ll listen to a text about their route
Then T asks Ss to guess and match the places on the map with the words given
( start the route at the narrow) Ss run through the map and the
9. parking lot I 3. Post listening.(10’)
Retell the route ( For strong class )
Example: Last week Ba and Liz had a trip to the countryside with Ba’s family.At 5 o’clock, the bus collect everyone and it run on Highway No 1, it passed the Dragon Bridge…..
words given.
Ss guess and match Give prediction on board
T asks Ss to give their prediction on board.
Ss to listen to the tape and check their prediction.
T asks Ss to look at the map and retell the trip.
Ss practice retelling the trip.
IV. Summary (1’)
T stresses on some main ideas of the lesson
Today we have listen and know the route Ba and Liz with his family to the countryside V. Homework (1’)
Practice writing the passage at home.
- Prepare for the next lesson.
* Evaluation
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Date of preparing: Period 17
Unit 3 - a trip to the countryside
Lesson 4: Read A. Objectives
-By the end of the lesson , students will able to read a text about farm work in the USA to understand the detail
* Ability: Help Ss to be more confident to communicate with others and in learning English, show their love to the countryside in their country and other countries.
* Skill: Practice reading skill ( reading a text within 100- 200 words for detail information)
B. Teaching aids
T's preparation:Text books ,teacher book ,poster, projector.
Ss' preparation: text book, notebook, homework C. Methods
- Practice ( Matching, Braistorm, Role play). Game ( Lucky number) - T – W.C , pair work , group work, individual
D. Contents I. Orgnisation
Class Date of teaching Absent students
9A
II. Warm up Brainstorming. (5’) T asks Ss some questions
T: Have you ever been to the countryside?
Ss:
- Learn by heart the vocab,
T: Have you ever done any farmwork?
Ss: .
T: What farmwork have you done?
Ss: .
Grow rice
III. New lesson
Step 1. Pre reading(13’)
* Pre- teach(use projector)
Exchange student ( n) : Lu häc sinh Maize ( n) : ng«, b¾p
Work part time : lµm thªm giê
Pre- question
1. How long will Van stay there?
2. How many people are there in the Parker’s family?
3. What do Mr and Mrs Paker do ?
4. What does Van do after finishing his homework?
Step 2. While reading (15’)
Activity 1: Check prediction(use projector) 1. He will stay there till the beginning of October.
2. There are four people in their family.
3. Mr Paker is a farmer and Mrs Paker works part time at agrocery store.
4. He feeds the chicken and collect the eggs.
Activity 2.Matching(use projector)
A B
- Maize - Feed
- Grocery store
- Part time - collect
- bring things together
- where people buy food or small things
- give food to eat - corn
- shorter or less than standard time.
T introduces vocab using different techniques
Ss listen and repeat.
Copy down
T sets the scence about Van Where’s Van from?
Where is he now?
Who is he staying with?
Where does the Paker live?
Van is from Hochiminh city, now he’s staying in the USA ( He’s an exchange student) He’s staying with the Parker’s family on a farm outside Columbus , Ohio
T gives some questions on board
Ss guess the answer.
Ss open the book to read and check their prediction.
Ss read the text again and guess the meaning of these Harvest the crop plow the field
Collect the eggs water the vegetable Works on the
farm
Activity 2.Complete the summary. (use projector)Answer key.
1. Ohio 2. farmer 3. works part time at 4. Peter 5. Sam 6. After
7. farm 8. watch 9. baseball 10. member
Step 3. Post listening.(10’) Act 1.Role play
Example exchange.
S1: Where are you from?
S2; I’m from Viet nam.
S1: Where are you staying now?
S2: .
S1: Who are you staying with?
S2:
S1: What do they do?
S1: How many children do they have?
S1: What do you do after finishing your homework?
S1: Do you enjoy the time there?
words by matching.
Tgives a poster on board for Ss to match.
T models T runs through T models Give feedback
Ss read the text again and fill in the gap with the words in the text
Ss work in pairs, one imagine that he/ she is Van, other is the interview, asking and
asnwering about Van and the Pakers family
T controls
Give models with one strong student
IV. Summary (1’)
T stresses on some main ideas of the lesson
Today we have known about Van’s staying in the USA and uderstand some thing about farmwork
V. Homework(1’)
- Learn by heart the vocab, - Read the text again at home.
- Prepare for the next lesson.
* Evaluation
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Date of preparing: Period 18
Unit 3 - a trip to the countryside
Lesson 5: write( P.26-27) A. Objectives
-By the end of the lesson , students will able to write a short paragraph describing a story happened in the past.
* Ability: Help Ss to be more confident to communicate with others and in learning English. Help Ss to know how to prepare and arrange for a pinic.
* Skill: Practice writing skill ( writing a story) B. Teaching aids
T's preparation:Text books ,teacher book ,poster. projector Ss' preparation: text book, notebook, homework
C. Methods
- Communicative approach. Chatting , Braistorming, Write it up, Correction - T – W.C , pair work , group work, individual
D. Contents I. Orgnisation
Class Date of teaching Absent students
9A
II. Warm up * Chatting.(5’)
-Ask Ss some questions about going on a picnic.
.1. Have you ever gone on a picnic?
2. Where did you go?
3. How did you get there?
4. What did you bring?
5. What did you do there?
6.When did you come home?
7. Did you enjoy the trip?
III. New lesson
Step 1. Pre writing (15’)
* Pre- teach(use projector)
picnic site(n): địa điểm picnic ( example) blanket(n): chăn, bạt ( picture)
lay out (v): don ra, bày ra ( explaination) gather (v):thu dọn vào ( antonym)
put down (v):đặt xuống, trải ra.
(explaination)
* Check : Ro& Re
* Brainstorming
food/ drink car/ bus/ bike sing/
Camera/ tent… motorbike… play games
T introduces vocab using different techniques
Ss listen and repeat Copy down the words.
T asks Ss the question to get Ss ideas.
T : What things do you usually bring when you go on a picnic?
Food/ drink ( snack)
T asks Ss to look at the pictures and asks them some questions.
T: Where did they go?
T: What did they bring?
T: What did they do?
Ss: They went on a picnic.
Ss: They brought food and drink.
go on a picnic
what to do means of
transport things
to bring
Step 2. While writing(15’) Example writing
It was a beautiful day, My friends and I decided to go on a picnic. We took a bus to the countryside and then walked about 20 minutes to the picnic site nest to the river.
We put down the blanket and laid out the food. After meals, we played game “ blind man’s buff” and “What song is it?”.
Late in the afternoon, we went fishing. We enjoyed our picnic.
When we looked at the time, it was nearly 6.30 p.m. We hurriedly gathered our things and ran to the bus
stop. We were lucky to catch the last bus and we arrived home very late at night Step 3. Post writing (8’)
Exhibition.
Ss: They went fishing/ sang some songs and played games.
T: How did they go?
Ss: They went by bus.
T: Did they go home early or late?
Ss: They went home late.
( Group work- Ss write on posters)
T and Ss run through the words and the pictures and then asks Ss to write a paragraph to tell the story.
Ss sticks their wriring on board.
T - Wcl correct 1 or 2 as example.
IV. Summary (1’)
T stresses on some main ideas of the lesson.
V. Homework(1’) - Write again at home
- Prepare for the next lesson.
* Evaluation
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Date of preparing: Period 19
Unit 3 - a trip to the countryside
Lesson 6: language focus( P. 29-31) A. Objectives
- By the end of this lesson Ss will be able to review the model verb “could” in wish sentences, the past simple with wish, preposition of time and adverb clause of result.
* Ability: Help Ss to be more confident to communicate with others and in learning English, enhance the love for English.
* Skill: Doing exercises skill.
B. Teaching aids
T's preparation:Text books ,teacher book ,poster, projector Ss' preparation: text book, notebook, homework
C. Methods
- Communicative approach .Braistorming, pictures drill, finding friends.
- T – W.C , pair work , group work, individual D. Contents
I. Orgnisation
Class Date of teaching Absent students
9A
II. Warm up (5’) *Check previous lesson T asks Ss to remind the structre with “wish”
If you have 3 wishes now , what do you wish ? III. New lesson
1. Activity 1: (10’) (use projector) Wish sentences:
Example sentences.
Ba wishes he could have a new bike.
Answer key:
b. Hoa wishes she could visit her parents.
c. I wish I passed the exam.
d. We wish it didn’t rain e. He wishes he could fly.
f. They wish they stayed in Hue.
2. Activity 2: (12’) (use projector) Preposition.
Brainstorming.
after before at
till in
for between
LF 2 up to Answer key:
a. at 2 o’clock
b. on Monday evening
c. between 11 a.m and 1 p.m d. till 10 a.m
e. after 10 p.m f. up to Saturday.
LF3.
a. on Monday
-T asks Ss to open their books and look at the pictures.
-T –WC run through the pictures.
Ss make sentences with the cues given and the pictures
( individual work) T – Wcl correction
T asks Ss to remind some preposition they have learnt.
Ss fill in the blank with the preposition of time (LF 2,3)
( individual work)
Ss read the sentences loudly.
Prepositio n of time
b. at/ in
c. in the summer d. for half an hour e. in June
g. at night
3. Activity 3 - Adverb clause of result.
(15’) (use projector)
Last night I was too tired , so I went to bed early.
Reason result “so I went to bed early” is an adverb clause of result.
LF4:
Example:
1. Hoa works hard.
2. It was hot.
3. Nga is sick today.
4. Na woke up late.
5. The new camara didn’t work.
6. Today is Sunday 7. Nam was lazy 8. He was tired
9. His parents went out.
10. She was hungry.
a …so I turn on the air conditioner
b. ..so she didn’t have time for breakfast.
c. ..so Mrs Robinson took it back to the shop.
d. …so she won’t go to school.
e. …so she passed her exam.
f. …so we went on for a picnic.
g…..so she went to bed early.
h. …so she ate all the cakes.
i. …so he had to cook dinner.
j. ..so he got bad marks.
Answer key:
1 – e 2 – a 3 – d 4 – b 5 - c 6 – f 7 – j 8 – g 9 – i 10- h
T sets the scence and write model sentence on board.
T asks : What’s the reason?
What’s the result ?
T: What cojunction beginning an adverb clause of result?
Meaning?
"Last night I was tired"
" I went to bed early."
“ so”
" Nªn/ cho nªn"
T writes half sentence on a piece of paper and give to Ss, Ss have to find their friend who has onother half to make a complete sentence.
Ss practice by doing LF 4 by a game “ finding friends”
IV. Summary (2’)
T stresses on some main ideas of the lesson.
T stresses on some main ideas of the lesson
( wish sentence, preposition of time, adverb clause of result).
V. Homework(1’)
- Practice to do the exercise again.
- Prepare for the next lesson.
* Evaluation:
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