UNIT 7 The world of work Period 40 – A 2,3 A student’s work (Cont’) I. Objectives: By the end of the lesson students will be able: - to know student activities in US - to know some important vacations of America - to know compare with fewer/more II. Language contents: 1, Vocabulary: - An Easter (n): Lễ phục sinh - A Thanksgiving (n): Lễ tạ ơn - A Christmas (n): Lễ giáng sinh - An Independence Day (n): Ngày độc lập (nước Mỹ) - to celebrate (v): tổ chức - to spend time with (v): giành thời gian cho - Public holiday (n): ngày lễ chung - Turkey (n): gà tây (món ăn) - Firework display (n): đêm pháo hoa 2, Grammar: - The Simple present tense. - Comparative: more, fewer • More/ Fewer vacations than… • The longest vacation III. TECHNIQUE: Eliciting, Pair/Group work, brainstorming, Questions and Answers IV. TEACHING AIDS: - Text book, plan, tape, cassette, extra board… ACTIVITIES CONTENTS 1. Warm up: (4 mins) Play a game “Kim’s game” To review some words of previous lesson. - Having 4 groups play the game What it means in Vietnamese? Ok, start - Each group remembers all the words in the box about one minute. Group write many words , they will be winner 2. Presentation: (14 mins) Almost - school year - during Come on - assignment - stamp To set up a context and pre-teach vocabulary - Asking to introduce the lesson - Having Ss listen to teacher - Having Ss copy, check comprehension, repeat choral/indi - Explaining some vacations *Task: Matching the words To check new words comprehension - Having Ss match the right VN means Grammar: Comparatives of countable nouns: fewer/ more than T: Show an example in letter to Hoa, show structure T: Give an example, Asking Ss to give an example 3. Practice: (13 mins) *Task 1: True/ False statement prediction and correct false answer To help Ss review/ remind lesson already learned T: now close your books, read the sentence and guess True or False . Ss: Work individually T: Asks Ss to open the books and check their prediction Ss: Check T: Gives the answer key T: Asking Ss read the letter again to answer the questions . Ss: Work in group of four T: correction. 2.Read-Answer Tell me who write this letter, to whom? * New words: - an Easter - a Thanksgiving - a Christmas - An Independence Day - to spend time with - to celebrate S1 + V + fewer + N + than + S2 (ít… hơn) S1 + V + more + N + than + S2 ( nhiều… hơn) You have fewer vacations than American students I have fewer books than Ms. Trang * True/ False statement prediction: 1. Vietnamese students have fewer vacations than American students. 2. American students have the longest vacation in the winter. 3. They don’t have a Tet’s holiday. 4. Their most important vacations are Easter, Thanksgiving, 4 th of July, Christmas. 5. Hoa sent this letter to Tim *Answers : 1. T 2. F 3. T 4.T 5. F 2. The longest vacation of American students is summer vacation 5. Tim sent this letter to Hoa * Answer the questions: a) The summer vacation is the longest. b) He spends the time with his family . c) Vietnamese students have fewer vacations than American students. T: Asks a question. - How many pictures are there? Ss: Answer. T: Brainstorming. Asks Ss guess the name of the public holiday in each picture. Ss: Guess. T: Lets Ss listen to the tape. Ss: Listen T: Call on some Ss to give their answer. Others: Compare T: Gives the keys. Ss: Write down *Task: Gap filling To consolidate information of public vacation T: Show extra-board, play the tape again Ss: Brainstorming to fill into the gap T: Check, and correct answer key 4. Production (4 mins) To improve speaking and listening skills Tell me some vacation of Vietnam you know. Discuss what do you usually do in Tet holiday 3,Listen *Vocabulary: - Turkey - Firework display - Public holiday *Answer: 1. Thanksgiving 2. Independence day 3. New year’s Eve 4. Christmas 1. At Christmas, he always gets a lot of gift 2. There is always turkey and lots of good food. 3. There is always a large fireworks display on Independence Day 4. Tim likes New Year because he can stay up until midnight and celebrate with his parents . holiday *Answer: 1. Thanksgiving 2. Independence day 3. New year’s Eve 4. Christmas 1. At Christmas, he always gets a lot of gift 2. There is always turkey and lots of good food. 3. There is always a large. fewer vacations than American students I have fewer books than Ms. Trang * True/ False statement prediction: 1. Vietnamese students have fewer vacations than American students. 2. American students. than T: Show an example in letter to Hoa, show structure T: Give an example, Asking Ss to give an example 3. Practice: ( 13 mins) *Task 1: True/ False statement prediction and correct false