Unit 1: Back to school - Nguyễn Thị Quỳnh Nga

Date of preparation 21/08/2009
Date of teaching: 22/08/2009
Period 2: Unit 1: Back to school
 Section A: Friends
 Lesson 1: A1, 4 
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*) Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to 
 - Greet and introduce about themselves.
 - Read for details to ask and answer the questions about Hoa.
*) Language focus: - Vocabulary: nice to meet you, so am I, just fine, not bad, 
 pretty good.
 - Grammar / Structure: simple present tense 
*) Teaching aids: text book, extraboard, pictures, tape.
*) Teaching procedure:
Stages
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
Warm-up
- Reads the questions and gets students run forward to slap the suitable answer on the board.
a) What’s your name?
b) How are you today?
c) Which grade are you in?
d) Good bye.
e) Are you a new student?
-Praises the winner.
Class 7A
Verywell,thanks
Yes, I am
My name’s Lan 
 Bye
*) Slap the board:
- Run forward and slap.
Presentation
- Explains the meanings of the new words.
- Reads and gets students to follow.
1. New words:
+ nice to meet you: rÊt vui ®­îc gÆp b¹n
+ so am I: m×nh còng vËy
+ just fine: b×nh th­êng th«i
+ not bad : kh«ng tÖ l¾m.
+ pretty good: kh¸ tèt
- Read after teacher 
Practice
- feedback and corrects the mistakes
- Has students listen to the tape and use the phrases above to complete the dialogues. 
- Gets students answer and corrects if necessary.
 - Sets the scene: ‘Hoa’s a new student in a new school year; the students meet each other after summer holiday. They greeting happily and introduce Hoa to their friends’.
- Asks students to practice the dialogue in pairs.
- Corrects students’ mistakes.
- Asks students to read the dialogues again and answer the questions a, b, c (p.11).
- Feedback and corrects.
2. Matching: (Extra-board)
3. Gap-fill: (A. 4)
- Listen to the tape twice.
- Complete the dialogues.
*) Answer keys:
DialogueA: between Mr Tan and Miss Lien.
Mr Tan:Hello,Lien. How are you?
Miss Lien: Pretty good, thank you. 
 How about you, Tan?
Mr: Not bad,but I’m very busy.
Miss Lien: Me, too.
Dialogue B: between Nam and Nga.
Nam: Good afternoon, Nga. 
 How is everything?
Nga: Ok, thanks. How are you 
today,Nam?
Nam: Just fine, thanks.
Nga: I’m going to the lunch room.
Nam: Yes, so am I.
4. Practice the dialogue:
- Work in pairs: practice the dialogue with their partners
5. Comprehension questions:
- Answer the questions.
*) Answer keys:
 a) Her name is Hoa . 
 b) She is in class 7A.
 c) Nam is also in class 7A.
Post-reading
- Asks students to work in pairs and make a similar dialogue with A4.
- Feedback and corrects.
 - Work in pairs
 *) Make a conversation :
 A:Hi,Tuan.Nice to meet you again.
 B:Hello,Lan.Nice to meet you,too.How is everything?
 A:Ok.thank you.How are you?
 B:very well,thanks.And you?
 A:Not bad.Thank you.
Homework
- Asks students to :
+ Learn by heart new words.
+ Do exercises 1+2+3 (P.3+4- W.B)
- Write exercises
*) Matching: (on an extra-board)
Pretty good.	RÊt vui khi gÆp b¹n.
How is every thing? 	T«i còng vËy.
Nice to meet / see you.	Kh¸ tèt.
So am I / Me, too.	Mäi viÖc nh­ thÕ nµo?
Just fine.	Kh«ng tèt l¾m.
Not bad.	Cßn b¹n th× sao?
How about you?	B×nh th­êng th«i.
*) Tape transcript: 
a) Mr Tan : Hello, Lien. How are you?
 Miss Lien: Pretty good, thank you. How about you, Tan?
 Mr Tan: Not bad, but I’m very busy.
 Miss Lien: Me, too.
b) Nam: Good afternoon, Nga. How is every thing?
 Nga: Ok, thanks. How are you today, Nam?
 Nam: Just fine, thanks.
 Nga: I’m going to the lunch room.
 Nam: Yes. So am I.
Date of preparation: 25/08/2009
Date of teaching: 26/08/2009
Period 3: Unit 1: Back to school
 Section A: Friends
 Lesson 2: A2 
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*) Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to read for details to ask 
 and answer the questions about Hoa.
*) Language focus: - Vocabulary: different from, unhappy, still, miss.
 - Grammar / Structure: + The simple present tense.
 + Comparision.
*) Teaching aids: text book, extraboard, pictures, tape.
*) Teaching procedure:
Stages
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
Warm-up
- Sticks the poster on the board.
- Asks students to find out 11 words in the square by working 2 groups.
- Gives feedback.
- Praises the winner.
*) Revision: WORDSQUARE
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® school, big, uncle,new, old.
¯ student, happy, live.
Pre-reading
- Explains the meanings of the new words.
- Reads and gets students to follow.
- Sets the scene: Hoa is a new student in class 7A. Now work in pairs and guess about Hoa.
- Hangs the extraboard with true/false and asks students to guess.
- Gives feedback.
- Asks students to read the text A2 (p.11) and check their prediction.
- Feedback and corrects mistakes
1. New words:
+ different from (adj): kh¸c víi
+ unhappy (adj): kh«ng vui vÎ
+ still (adv): vÉn cßn
+ miss (v): nhí
- Read after teacher.
2. True or False:
- Listen and guess.
a. Hoa is from Hue.
b. She is living with her parents in Hanoi now.
c. She has a lot of friends in Hanoi.
d. She misses her friends in Hue.
e. She is happy now.
While-reading
-Asks students to read the text and check their prediction.
- Has student work in pairs and answer the questions (p.11)
- Calls on some pairs to ask and answer.
- Corrects and writes the answer on the board.
- Gets students to copy down.
*)Answer keys: 
 a.T b.F c.F d.T e.F
3. Comprehension question:
- Work in pairs.
*) Answer keys:
a. Hoa is from Hue.
b. She is staying with her uncle and aunt.
c.No, she doesn’t.
d, Her new school is different from her old school.
e. Because she misses her parents and her friends in Hue.
Post-reading
- Ask students to write the text again and change the subject “Hoa” to “I”.
- Feedback and corrects
4. Transformation writing:
- Write
I am a new student in class 7A. I am from Hue and my parents still live there. I live with my uncle and aunt in Hanoi. I have lots of friends in Hue. But I don’t have any friends in Hanoi. Many things are different. My new school is bigger than my old school. My new school has a lot of students. My old school doesn’t have many students.
I am unhappy. I miss my parents and my friends. 
Homework
- Asks students to write a short paragraph about them and their school.
- Write exercises
Date of preparation: 28/08/2009
Date of teaching: 29/08/2009
Period 4: Unit 1: Back to school
 Section A: Friends
 Lesson 3: A3,5,6 
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*) Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to practice listening and review about expressions to greet others .	
*) Language focus: - Vocabulary: different from, unhappy, still, miss.
 - Grammar / Structure: + The simple present tense.
 + Comparision.
*) Teaching aids: text book, extraboard, pictures, tape.
*) Teaching procedure:
Stages
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
Warm-up
- Asks students to repeat the expressions to greet each other that they learnt.
- Feedback and corrects.
*) Brainstorm 
Expressions to greet
hello	 hi	 	 
Good morning How is 
 Everything?
Pre-listening
- Uses the picture ( P.12 ) to introduce.
? Who are they?
? Are their ages different?
? Can you guess what they are talking about?
ÞYes, this is Mr Tan and this is Nga. They meet and greet each other. How do they greet? Listen to them, please.
- Has students listen to the tape twice. 
- Has Ss practice reading the dialogue 
- Corrects students’ pronunciation if necessary.
- look at textbook and listen to the tape.
- work in pairs: practice the dialogue with their partners
While-listening
- Has students run through the four pictures (A5- P.13).
 ? Who are they?
 ? Where are they?
 ? What are they doing?
- Gives the task: You are going to listen to four conversations describing the four pictures but they are not in the correct order. Let’s listen and write the letters of the dialogues in the order you hear.
- Has Ss listen to the tape twice and take notes.
- Gets students’ answer and corrects if necessary.
- Call Ss to give correct answers.
- Listen to the tape and mark the numbers in correct orders as the conversations in the tape.
- Exchange their answers with their partners.
- Listen to the tape and check their answers again.
*) Answer keys:
 C- B – D - A
Post-listening
- Has students work in pairs, using the expressions to greet others, practice making dialogues as the model in A3. 
- Gives some topic: 
Ex: Greeting before class.
	 Greeting after school.
- Feedback and correct the mistakes.
- Work in pairs: make a conversation with their partners.
* Make a conversation :
A: Hello, Hung.Glad to see you.
B: Hi, Tuan.Glad to see you, too.How are you today?
A: Very well.thanks.And you?
B: Just fine. Thank you.Oh, the 
 class will begin soon. We must 
 come in class.Bye, see you late.
A: Ok. Byebye.
Homework
- Asks students to:
+ Write it up (Dialogues in Post-listening)
+ Do ex4 in WB.
*) Tape transcript:
Ba : Good evening, Mr Tan.
Mr. Tan: Good evening, Ba. How are you?
Ba : Fine, thanks.
Mr. Tan: Are you going home now?
Ba 	 : Yes. My dinner will be ready.
Nga : Good morning, Miss Lien.
Miss Lien: Good morning. Nice to see you again, Nga.
Nga : Nice to see you, too.
Miss Lien: Class will begin soon. You must hurry.
Nga : OK.
Miss Lien: Good morning, Tan.
Mr. Tan : Good morning, Lien.
Miss Lien: Do you have the time, please?
Mr. Tan : Yes. It’s 6.30.
Miss Lien: Thank you.
Nga: Good afternoon, Ba.
Ba : Good afternoon. How are you, Nga?
Nga: I am fine, thanks. How are you?
Ba : Not bad.
Date of preparation: 30/08/2009
Date of teaching: 31/08/2009
Period 5: Unit 1: Back to school
 Section B: Names and addresses
 Lesson 4: B1, 2, 3 
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*) Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to ask for and give 
 personal information: names, age and addresses.
*) Language focus: - Vocabulary: family name, middle name, address.
 - Grammar / Structure: The simple present tense. 
*) Teaching aids: text book, extraboard, pictures, tape.
*) Teaching procedure:
Stages
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
Warm-up
- Explains how to play the game.
 1. Who is Hoa?
 2. Where is she from?
 3. Whom does she live with in 
 Hanoi?
 4. Lucky number.
 5. Where do her parents live?
 6. Does she have any friends?
 7. How is her new school?
 8. Is her old school big?
 9. Why is she unhappy?
 10. Lucky number.
*) Play a game: “LUCKY NUMBERS”
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- work in 2 teams:choose the numbers and answer the teacher’s questions.
Presentation
- Sets the scene: uses a picture and ask somequestionsto introduce the lesson.
+ Who are they in the picture?
+ Where are they?
+ Are they learning their lesson?
+ Is the teacher asking Hoa?
+ What is the teacher asking Hoa about?
- Explains the meanings of the new words.
- gives an example to explain.
- Reads and gets students to follow.
- look at the picture and answer
1. New words:
 + family name = surname = last name: hä
 + middle name: tªn lãt
 + fore name = first name: tªn
 + full name: hä vµ tªn
+ talk (v): nãi
EX: PHAM THI HOA 
 first name
 middle name
family name
 ¯ ¯ ¯
- Read after teacher.
Practice
- feedback and corrects the mistakes.
- feedback and corrects the mistakes.
- Sets the scene: introduces the lesson by asking some questions:
? Who are they in the conversation?
? Who are they talking about?
® In the conversation between Nga and Lan, there is lack of WH-questions. Now you read and complete the conversation by putting the WH- questions in the right places.
- Calls Ss to complete the dialogue.
- Feedback and corrects.
- Asks students to work in pairs and read the completed dialogue.
2. Practice the dialogue:
- work in pairs:practice the dialogue with their partners.
3. Now answer: ( a ® d / page 15 )
- work in pairs:ask and answer the questions in textbook. 
*) Answer keys:
a. She is talking to Miss Lien.
b. Her family name is Pham.
c. Her middle name is Thi.
d. She lives at 12 Tran Hung Dao street.
4. Write. Complete this dialogue:
- Look at the picture and listen to teacher.
- Work in groups: complete the dialogue with suitable question words. 
*) Answer keys: Who – Who – Which/What –Where –Where - How
- Work in pairs: read the completed dialogue with their partners.
Further practice
- Shares Ss handouts and guide students to do the task by taking a survey:
? What’s your name?
? How old are you?
? Which grade are you in?
? What school are you in?
? Where do you live?
5. Ask your partner questions and complete this form:
Name:..
Age:..
Grade:.
School:...
Home address:.....................
 .
- Work in groups: ask and fill in the form to know their friend’s personal information.
Homework
- Asks students to: 
+ Learn by heart new words.
+ Do EX1,2 in the WB
- Write execises
*) More exercises: 
Words cue drill:
EX; Nam / Nguyen / 15 / 20 Le Loi street.
 + What’s his name?
 ® His name is Nam.
 + What’s his family name?
 ® His family name is Nguyen.
 + How old is he?
 ® He is 15.
 + Where does he live?
 ® He lives at 20 Le Loi Street.
Lan / Phan / 13 / 30 Nguyen Trai Street.
Minh / Le / 14 / 44 Hung Vuong Street.
Date of preparation: 31/08/2009
Date of teaching: 01/09/2009
Period 6: Unit 1: Back to school
 Section B: Names and addresses
 Lesson 5: B4, 5, 6, 7 
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*) Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to ask and answer about 
 means of transportation and distances.
*) Language focus: - Vocabulary: distance, means of transport, far, How far
 - Grammar / Structure: - How far is it from  to ? 
 It’s about..
*) Teaching aids: text book, extraboard, pictures, tape.
*) Teaching procedure:
Stages
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
Warm-up
- Lets students play game: ‘Wordsquare’ in 2 groups.
- Gets students to find as many words as possible.
- Gives feedback.
- Praises the winner.
*) Word square:
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- Find the words
® Why, when, on, to, from.
¯ What, where, at, by.
Presentation
- Explains the meanings of the new words.
- Reads and gets students to follow.
- Sets the scene:
? How many people are there in the picture?
? Where are they? (Are they on the street?).
? How do they travel?
 - Gets students to listen to the dialogue between Nam and Hoa.
- Asks students to answer some questions to make sure that they understand the dialogue. (Extraboard).
? Where does Hoa live?
? Is it far from school?
? How does she get there?
- Has students to work in pairs to answer the questions.
- Elicits from students.
- Gives the form.
- Explains the use: Asks and answer the distance from one place to another.
1. New words:
+ Far (adj): xa
+ How far?: Bao xa?
+ distance (n): kho¶ng c¸ch.
+ means of transport(n): ph­¬ng tiÖn 
 giao th«ng.
- Read after teacher.
2. Presentation the dialogue:
- Answer
- Listen to teacher.
- Answer.
® She lives at Tran Hung Dao Street
® No, it isn’t.
® She gets there by bike.
*) Model sentences:
How far is it from your house to school?
About 1 km
® Form: 
How far is it fromto.?
It’s about+meters/kilometers
- Listen
Practice
- Uses the picture (A5, p.17) to get students to drill.
- Makes examples
- Asks students to look at the map (p.18).
? Where is Lan’s house?
? Where is market/the post office?
? Is Lan’s house near/far from school?
- Has students to listen to the tape and find out the distance between the places mentioned in the tape.
- Feedback and corrects.
3. Picture cue drill:
The market/2kms
The post office/700ms
The movies theater/3kms
The bus stop/500ms.
EX: 
How far is it from your house to the market?
It is about 2 kms.
- Work in pairs.
4. Listening:
-Look at.
-Answer.
*) Answer keys:
School to Lan’s house: 300ms.
Lan’s house to post office: 700ms.
School to movie theater: 3kms.
Movie theater to post office: 2kms
Production
- Asks students to work in pairs and fill in the survey.
- Asks student to make sure students know the questions:
? What is your name? 
? Where do you live? 
? How far is it from your house to school?
? How do you go to school?
5. Take a survey:
- Work in pairs
Name:
Address:
Means of transport:.
Distance:.............
Homework
- Asks students to: 
+ Learn by heart new words.
+ Do EX3,4,5 in the WB
- Write execises
*) Tape transcript:
It’s about 300 meters from school to Lan’s house.
It’s only 700 meters from the post office to Lan’s house.
It’s 3 kilometers from school to the post office.
It’s about 2 kilometers from the movie theater to post office
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