Giáo án Tiếng Anh 6 - Units 15: Countries

Planning date:2- 4- 2013
Period 91. UNIT 15: countries
lESSON 1:A.We are the world (a1 – 6). p.154 – 157.
I. Aims:
- To help ss know countries, nationalities and languages vocabulary to talk about where people are from.
- To help ss write a postcard about being on vacation.
- To develop ss’skills.
II. Objectives:
- By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to ask and answer about where people are from and write a postcard.
III. Ways of working:
- T-WC, pair work, team work, individual work.
IV. Materials:
- Text book, pictures, tape, additional board.
V. Anticipated problems:
- The names of countries and nationalities may be difficult for some ss.
- The lesson may take time.
VI. Teaching steps:
1. Warm up: (1 minute) Greet and check the ss’attendance.
2. Revision:
3. New lesson:
STAGES
ACTIVITIES
ON BOARD
presentation
(10 minutes)
* Preteach:
- T. uses techniques to teach ss new words:
* Guess from the context: A1. P.154.
- Ss read the text and use the pictures to work out the country names in Vietnamses.
- T. elicits the model sentenses:
- Concept checking:
+ Nh÷ng c©u nµy cã nghÜa tiÕng ViÖt lµ g×?
+ Khi nµo th× dïng cÊu tróc c©u hái vµ c©u tr¶ lêi nµy?
+ C©u hái ®­îc b¾t ®Çu b»ng tõ ®Ó hái nµo? TiÕp theo?
+ C©u tr¶ lêi b¾t ®Çu b»ng g×? TiÕp theo? 
I. New words:
- the world: thÕ giíi
- your country: ®Êt n­íc b¹n
- your nationality: quèc tÞch cña b¹n
- your language: ng«n ng÷ cña b¹n
- (to) speak: nãi
- a postcard: b­u thiÕp
- (to) be on vacation: ®i nghØ
- wet (adj): Èm ­ít
- a lot of = many/ much: nhiÒu
- interesting places: nh÷ng n¬i thó vÞ
II. Model sentences:
S1: Where are you from?
S2: I am from Canada.
S1: Where is she from?
S2: She is from Japan.
practice
(10 minutes)
* Picture drill. A1. P.154:
Example:
S1: Where is Laura from?
S2: She’s from Canada.
- Noughts and crosses:
III. Practice:
1. A1. P.154:
2. Noughts and crosses:
Laura
Marie
Lee
Jonh
You
Yoko
Susan
Bruce
Minh
production
(22 minutes)
* A2. P.155 + A3. P.155:
- Dictation list:
+ T. reads:Japanese, Vietnamse, Chinese, Australian, Canadian, American, British.
- Ss practice saying the nationality and language:
E.g: I am from Vietnam
 I am Vietnamese.
 I speak Vietnamese.
- Substitution drill:
+ Vietnam / Vietnamese.
+ America / American / English.
 + Canada / Canadian / English (French).
* A4. P.156:
- Ss make dialogue, using pictures A1.
- T. elicits the questions and the answers about nationality and language.
Eg:
S1: What's your nationality?
S2: I am Vietnamese .
S1: Which language do you
 speak?
S2: I speak Vietnamese.
* Reading A5. P.156:
- Ss read a postcard and then answer the comprehension questions:
* Key:
1)Nhan
2) in London.
3) cool & wet.
4) No. By bus.
5) visit the tower of London.
6) Minh
7) Hanoi.
* Matching
- Ss work in team to put the words into three columns.
Japan, Hue, the Statue of Liberty, Vietnam, New York, the Great Wall, The USA, Beijing, Bondi Beach, Australia, France, the Eiffel Tower, Tokyo, Paris,
Mount Fujiama, China, Sydney, the Citadel
* Board drill:
- Ss use the grid as cues.
E.g: 
S1: Where are you?
S2: I’m in Japan. I’m visiting Tokyo.
S1: What are you going to do tomorrow?
S2: I’m going to visit Mount Fujiama.
* Transformation writing:
A5. P.156:
- Ss work in group.
3. Dictation:
...ese
...an
...?
Japanese
Australian
British
Vietnamese
Canadian
Chinese
American
4. Make dialogues:
Thu: Who’s that?
Chi: That’s.......................................
Thu: Where is (s)he from?
Chi: (S)he is from .........................
Thu: What’s his / her nationality?
Chi: (S)he is.................................
Thu: Which language does (s)he speak?
Chi: (S)he speak.............................
IV. Read. A5. P.156:
* Answer to these questions:
1) Who’s the postcard from?
2) Where’s he?
3) What’s the weather like?
4) Is he traveling by train?
5) What’s he going to do tomorrow?
6) Who’s the postcard to?
7) Where is he?
V. Matching:
Country
City
Interesting places
Japan
Tokyo
Mount Fujiama
Vietnam
Hue
the Citadel
The USA
New York
the Statue of Liberty
China
Beijing
the Great Wall
Australia
Sydney
Bondi Beach
France
Paris
the Eiffel Tower
IV. Writing:
Group 1: Postcard from Japan.
Group 2: Postcard from Vietnam.
Group 3: Postcard from the USA.
Group 4: Postcard from China.
Group 5: Postcard from Australia.
Group 6: Postcard from France.
4. Summary: ( 1 minute).
- Repeat the content of the lesson.
5. Homework: (1 minute)
- Learn by heart the new words and model sentences.
- Answer the questions A6.P157-TB in your notebook.
- Prepare next part( B1.P158).
Planning date: 4- 4 - 2013
Period 92. UNIT 15: countries
lESSON 2:cities, building and people (b1). p.158.
I. Aims:
- To help ss compare places using comparative and superlative adjectives of one syllable.
- To develop ss’skills.
II. Objectives:
- By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to say sentences using comparative and superlative adjectives of one syllable to talk about places.
III. Ways of working:
- T - WC, pair work, team work, individual work.
IV. Materials :- Text book, pictures, tape, additional board
V. Anticipated problems:
 - Some ss may find the lesson difficult.
VI. Teaching steps:
1. Warm up: (1 minute) Greet and check the ss’attendance.
2. Revision: (2 minutes) Matching:
- Ss choose the adjectives with the best describe the cities. A city can have more than one adjective.
hot
Hue
small
HCM. City
wet
Hoi An
Sa Pa
cold
big
Hanoi
Long Xuyen
3. New lesson:
STAGES
ACTIVITIES
ON BOARD
presentation
(10 minutes)
* Presentation text. B1. P.158:
- T. play the tape, ss listen and then repeat.
- T. elicits the model sentences:
- Concept checking:
+ Nh÷ng c©u nµy cã nghÜa tiÕng ViÖt lµ g×? (Vietnamese?)
+ Tõ “big” thuéc tõ lo¹i lµ g×?
+ So s¸nh tõ “big” víi “bigger” vµ “biggest”?
+ So s¸nh h¬n vµ so s¸nh h¬n nhÊt cña tÝnh tõ ®¬n ©m tiÕt?
I. Model sentences:
a big building.
a bigger building.
the biggest building.
* Note:
1) So s¸nh h¬n cña tÝnh tõ ®¬n ©m tiÕt:
Adj Adj+er.
2) So s¸nh h¬n nhÊt cña tÝnh tõ ®¬n ©m tiÕt:
Adj the+Adj+est
Nh÷ng tÝnh tõ tËn cïng lµ mét phô ©m vµ tr­íc nã lµ mét nguyªn ©m th× ta ph¶i gÊp ®«i phô ©m råi míi +er hoÆc + est.
E.g: hotter, hottest.
pratice
(12 minutes)
* Word cue drill:
Example exchange:
S1: Hanoi is bigger than Danang.
S2: But HCM. City is the biggest.
II. Practice:
Danang / Hanoi / HCM.C / big
Hanoi / Uong Bi / Sapa / cold
Vinh / Long Xuyen / Hoi An / small
Ben Tre/ Tra Vinh / Ha Tinh / hot
further practice
(18 minutes)
* Answer given:
Key:
1) What is the tallest mountains in Vietnam?
2) What’s the biggest river in VN?
3) What’s the wettest city in VN?
4) What’s the coldest town in VN (in the winter)?
5) What’s the biggest city in VN?
6) What’s the hottest town in VN (in May)?
* Noughts and crosses:
- Ss make a sentence comparing their home town (Ha Dong city) with the town in the box.
E.g: Hanoi is bigger than Hadong.
III. Make questions for these answers:
1) Phanxipang.
2) The Mekong.
3) Hue.
4) Sapa.
5) HCM City.
6) Ha Tinh.
* Noughts and crosses:
Hanoi
Hue
Sapa
HCM City
Danang
Hoi An
Hai Phong
Cantho
Dalat
4. Summary: (1 minute)
5. Homework: (1 minute)
- Learn by heart the model sentences and do the exercises: B1, B2. P. 129 (WB)
- Prepare B2,3,4- P159-161.
Planning date:7-3-2013
Period 93. UNIT 15: countries
lESSON 3:B.Cities, building and people (b2,3,4). p.159 - 161.
I. Aims:
- To help ss read fact about famous places in the world and practice comparative.
- To develop ss’skills.
II. Objectives:
- By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to understand the reading.
III. Ways of working:
- T-WC, team work, individual work.
IV. Materials:
- Text book, pictures, tape, additional board.
V. Anticipated problems:
- The lesson may take time.
VI. Teaching steps:
1. Warm up: (1 minute) Greet and check the ss’attendance.
2. Revision: (3 minutes) Lucky numbers!
1) What’s the biggest city in VN? (HCM. city)
2) What’s the biggest city in Britain? (London)
3) What’s the biggest city in Japan? (Tokyo)
4) LN!
5) What’s the tallest mountain you know? 
6) LN!
7) What’s the wettest city you know?
8)Which one is colder: Can Tho or Sapa?
3. New lesson:
STAGES
ACTIVITIES
ON BOARD
pre reading
(9 minutes)
Preteach:
- T. uses techniques to teach ss new words
- Checking understanding:ROR
* Ordering:
Which is the biggest city in the world? Put the cities in order, the biggest first.
I. New words:
high (adj): cao
long (adj): dµi
thick (adj): dµy
over (adv): qua, qu¸
a million: 1 triÖu
II. Ordering:
Put the cities in order, the biggest first.
HCM.City, London, Tokyo, Hanoi, Mexico City.
while reading
(20 minutes)
* B2. P.159:
- Ss read and check their orders.
- Comprehension questions. B2. P. 159:
- T. plays the tape, ss listen and guess the meaning of these words:
- Ss read again and answer the questions: B3, B4. P.160 - 161:
III. Reading. B2. P.159:
1. Checking the ordering:
1. Mexico
2. Tokyo
3. London
4. HCM. City
5. Hanoi
2. Answer the questions: B2. P.159:
a) No, it isn’t.
b) Mexico is the biggest city in the world.
c) Tokyo is bigger than London.
3. B3, B4. P.160 - 161:
* Guess the meaning of these words: (with key)
a population: d©n sè
the capital city: thñ ®«
a building: tßa nhµ cao tÇng
meter: mÐt
a structure: cÊu tróc
kilometer: kil«mÐt
4.Answer the questions: B3, 4. P.160 - 161:
* Key:
- Petronas Twin Towers are taller.
- It is over 6,000 kilometers long.
- It is between 4 and 12 meters high.
- It’s over 9 meters thick.
post reading
10 (minutes)
* Answer given:
- T. puts ss into 2 teams. Each team develop 7 questions to ask other teams.
Key:
1) What’s the biggest city in the world?
2) How many people live in Tokyo?
(or: What’s the population of “Tokyo?
3) Which city has the population of 6.3 million?
4) Which city in VN has the population of 3.5 million?
5) Which city in USA has Sears Tower? 
6) How tall is the Sears Tower?
7) What’s the tallest building in the world?
8) Where are Petronas Twin Towers?
9) How tall are Petronas Twin Towers?
10) What’s the longest structure in the world?
11) Where is the Great Wall?
12) How long is the Great Wall?
13) How high is the Great Wall?
14) How thick is the Great Wall? 
5. Make questions for these answers:
1) Mexico City.
2) 12 million.
3) London.
4) HCM City.
5) Chicago.
6) 442 meters.
7) Petronas Twin Towers. 
8) Malaysia.
9) 452 meters.
10) The Great Wall.
11) China.
12) 6,000 kilometers.
13) 4 to 12 meters.
14) over 9 meters.
4. Summary:( 1 minute)
- Repeat the content of the lesson.
5. Homework: (1 minute) 
- Learn by heart the new words.
- Do exercise: B3. P.129. (workbook).
- Prepare C1,2-P162.
Planning date:9- 4-2013.
Period 94. UNIT 15: countries
lESSON 4:Natural features(c1,2). p.162 - 164.
I. Aims:
- To help ss know “ lots of” as a quantifier with geography vocabulary to describe Vietnam.
- To develop ss’skills.
II. Objectives:
- By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to use verb “have” and geography vocabulary to describe Vietnam.
III. Ways of working:
- T - WC, pair work, individual work.
IV. Materials:
- Text book,computer, tape, colour chalks.
V. Anticipated problems:
-Writing activity in production may be difficult for some students.
VI. Teaching steps:
1. Warm up: (1 minute)
- Greet and check the ss’attendance.
2. Revision: (4 minutes)* Word square:
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* Key:
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- Show students some pictures about Vietnam and ask " Which country is this?"
to elicit new lesson.
3. New lesson:
STAGES
ACTIVITIES
ON BOARD
Presen
tation
(15 minutes)
* Preteach:
- T. uses techniques to teach ss new words( uses pictures)
- Checking vocabulary: Matching.( Ss look through the pictures and call the name of each picture.) 
* Presentation text. C1. P.162 - 163:
- T. plays the tape, ss listen and then repeat.
- Ss read and then answer the comprehension question:
- T. elicits the model sentences:
- Concept checking:
+ What is the meaning of these sentences in Vietnamese?
+ Are the nouns “ mountains / rivers / rain” countable nouns or uncountable nouns?
+ Which nouns are used after “lots of”? 
+ Which verb is used?
(use: "have"/ There are/is)
+ Ask Ss to make some sentences using "lots of / a lot of"
I. New words:
a forest: rõng
a desert: sa m¹c
rain(v + n): m­a
great (adj): to, lín, vÜ ®¹i, tuyÖt vêi
II. Listen and repeat.
What natural features does Lan tell about Vietnam?
* Key:
1. mountains
2. rivers
3. lakes
4. forests
5. beaches
6. rain.
1. Model sentences:
- We have lots of mountains
 rivers/ lakes
 forests
 beaches
 rain.
=> lots of/ a lot of = many/ much .
=> lots of/ + - pl.countable nouns
 a lot of - uncountable nouns
Eg:
- Hanoi has lots of / a lot of lakes.
- There are lots of / a lot of lakes
 in Hanoi. 
practice
(15 minutes)
* Picture drill. C1. P.164:
- Ss look at the pictures and complete the passage.
- T. checks and gives the answers:
* Key:
a. mountains b. rivers
c. lakes d. rain
e. forests f.beaches
g. deserts.
* Ask and answer:C2-P164.
- Ss look at the pictures again then ask and answer the questions about Vietnam.
Example:
S1: Does Vietnam have any
 mountains?
S2: Yes, it does. 
S1: Does Vietnam have any
 deserts?
S2: No, it doesn't.
- Ss can replace "Vietnam" by other places such as: Hanoi, Hue, Quang Ninh, Danang, Sapa..
Eg: Does Hanoi have any 
 mountains?
 -No, it doesn't.
2. Practice:
a).Gap fill- C1. P.164:
b). Ask and answer:C2-P164.
Example:
S1: Does Vietnam have any
 mountains?
S2: Yes, it does. 
S1: Does Vietnam have any
 deserts?
S2: No, it doesn't.
- Ss can replace "Vietnam" by other places.
Eg: Does Hanoi have any 
 mountains?
 -No, it doesn't.
Produc
tion
(8 minutes)
* Write it up:
- Ss base on the text C1 and write a passage to describe their home village, beginning with: My home village is very beautiful. It has
- T. takes some writings and corrects.
c)Writing:
Eg: My home village
My home village is very beautiful. It has
4. Summary: ( 1 minute)
- Repeat the content of the lesson:
+ We have many/ lots of beaches
+ We have much/ lots of rain.
5. Homework: (1 minute)
- Learn by heart the new words and model sentences.
- Do exercises: C1, C2. P.130. (workbook)
- Practice speaking at home.
- Prepare next lesson: C3-P165.
Planning date:10- 4- 2013.
Period 95. UNIT 15: countries
lESSON 5:C. natural features (c3). p.165.
I. Aims:
- To help ss read a text about the world’s great rivers and mountains to skim for details and get further practice in using comparative and superlatives.
- To develop ss’skills.
II. Objectives:
- By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to understand the reading.
III. Ways of working:
- T - WC, team work, individual work.
IV. Materials:
- Text book, tape, additional board.
V. Anticipated problems:
VI. Teaching steps:
1. Warm up: (1 minute) Greet and check the ss’attendance.
2. Revision: (5 minutes) Word square 
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$(or), rain, (to), high, China, (of)
3. New lesson:
STAGES
ACTIVITIES
ON BOARD
pre reading
(10 minutes)
* Preteach:
- T. uses techniques to teach ss new words:
* True / False prediction:
I. New words:
- (to) flow to: ch¶y tíi
- (to) start:b¾t ®Çu, b¾t nguån
- sea: biÓn
- Mediterranean Sea:BiÓn §Þa
 Trung H¶i. 
- Tibet: T©y T¹ng
- North Africa: B¾c Phi
II. True / False prediction:
1) There are two great rivers in VN.
2) The Red river is longer than the Mekong river.
3) The Red and Mekong Rivers both start in China.
4) The longest river in the world is not in VN.
5) Phanxipang is the highest mountain in the world.
while reading
(18 minutes)
* C3. P.165:
- Ss read and check their predictions.
- Ss read again and answer the questions: C3. P.165 (a – f)
II. Reading. C3. P.165:
1. Checking the T / F prediction:
1) T
2) F
3) F
4) T
5) F
2. Answer the questions:
*Key:
a) The Mekong river is the longest river in VN.
b) It starts in Tibet.
c) The Nile River is the longest river in the world.
d) It flows to the Mediterranean Sea.
e) The highest mountain in the world is Mount Everest.
f) Phanxipang is the highest mountain in Vietnam.
post reading
(9 minutes)
* Lucky numbers!
1+ 5 +10 + 12: LN!
2) What are the two great rivers in VN?
3) How long is the Red river?
4) How high is Mount Everest?
6) Where does the Red River start?
7) How long is the Nile?
8) How high is the Phanxipang?
9) Where does the Red river flow to?
11) Where does the Nile start and where does it flow to?
3. Lucky numbers!
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4. Summary: (1 minute)
- Repeat the lesson.
5. Homework: (1 minute)
- Learn by heart the new words.
- Do exercise: C3. P.131. (workbook)