Giáo án Tiếng Anh 10 - Unit 2: School talks - Lesson: Language focus 1 (period 12)

Teacher: Vo Thi Trinh Date of preparation: 27/9/2015
Unit 2: SCHOOL TALKS
 Lesson: Language focus 1 (Period 12)
A. Aims: 
By the end of the lesson, students will able to:
distinguish the pronunciation of the sounds /a: / and / ^/ 
understand and use correctly: gerund 
B. Procedure:
Time
Activities
5’
10’
20’
7’
3’
­ Warm up
Game: Hot – seat
love
father
Guide how to play the game
Monitor 
I. Pronounciation
- Distinguish two sounds
- Instruct the way to pronounce these sounds
/a: / : pronounce the sound / a:/ then put your tongue down and back - long sound.
/ʌ/ : first practice the sound / / then put your toungue back a little - very short sound.
- Listen and repeat 
/ʌ/
 /a:/
 Cup
 Subject
 Cousin
 Love
 Wonderful
 Sun
Father
Marvellous
Target
Guitar
Heart
 Stars
- Practise the sentences
1.They are dancing under the stars.
 /a:/ /a:/ /ʌ/ /a:/
 2. I love my school very much.
 /ʌ/ /ʌ/
I think my cousin is lovely.
 /ʌ/ /ʌ/
II. Grammar 
* Gerund
- Give the model:
Model: - They enjoy going fishing. à going – gerund (V-ing)
- Elicit
- Ask students to list some Verbs go with Gerund and positions of Gerund in sentences.
- Listen and give feedback
a, Avoid, consider, mind, practise,miss, postpone/delay/put off, risk, suggest, like, love, enjoy, dislike, can’t stand/can’t help/ can’t bear, be used to, get used to, look forward to, it’s no use / it’s no good (không có ích lợi gì), be busy, be worth (đáng giá) + V-ing
b, preposition (in, on, at, from, to, about ) + V-ing
 eg. He is interesting in reading book.
c, V + money/ time + V-ing
 eg. I spent too much money buying clothes.
Exercise 1. Complete the following sentences with a gerund:
1. She always spend much money (buy) clothes 
2. The boys like ( play) games but hate ( do) lesson
3. He always think about (go) swimming
4. She dislikes (do) a lot of housework
5. My children enjoy ( read) books
6. By ( work) day and night , he succeeded in ( finish) the job in time
7. I always think carefully about things before ( make) decision
8. Did you succeed in ( solve) the problem?
9. Don’t waste too much time (read) that story.
10. He suggested (go) out for dinner.
- Give the exercise
- Ask Ss to do
- Have Ss go to the board and write down the answers
- Correct 
1. buying 2. Playing 3. Going 4. Doing 5. Reading 
 6. Finishing 7. making 8. Solving 9. Reading 10. Going 
III. Homework
- Ask Ss to review the lesson
- Prepare next lesson