LESSON PLAN I.AIMS: At the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to: - read about hobbies. - scan for specific ideas. - skim read for general ideas. II. RECENT WORK: - Students have finished unit 12: The Asian Games. III. APPROACH and TEACHING AIDS: - Communicative approach, Grammar - Translation Method. - Teaching aids: Blackboard (BB), chalk, text book (New English 11), pictures. IV. TEACHING STEPS: A. Classroom procedure: (5 minutes) - Greeting - checking the previous lesson B. New lesson: (40 minutes) Stages Teacher’s activities Sts’ activities 1.Warm-up:7 minutes Game: Cross word Give Ss a cross word with the key word is :Hobby. This cross word has 7 clues: 1. An activity takes place in the internet, we can talk without speaking. 2. A kind of sport requires gun. 3. Game similar to tennis, played by hitting a shuttlecock across a high net. 4. It’s called “king sport”. 5. You will have to use rod and food such as worms for this activity. 6. Which skill do you need to enjoy Ss do the cross word. Page: 1 2.Pre-reading:8 minutes 3.While-reading:18 minutes books ? 7. What do you go to karaoke for ? ( see appendix) Key: 1. Chatting 2.Shooting 3.Badminton 4. Football 5.Fishing 6.Reading 7.Singing. Key word: HOBBIES Lead in: What do you often do in your free time? Expected answer: I like reading newspapers. I like listening music. I like watching TV. …………. What is your hobby? Expected answer: I like collecting coins, stamps… That’s good. Now you are going to read a very interesting piece of writing about hobbies. First of all, I am going to help you with some new words. 1. guitarist (n) :the person who play the guitar. 2. accompany: play music to support a singer or another instrument.( 3. accomplished (adj):skilled. Ss answer the T’s questions. Page: 2 4. avid (adj):very enthusiastic , keen, eager. Avidly 5.tune: (n) series of musical notes that are sung or played in a particular order. 6.glass fish tank (n) a glass container which is used to keep fish. 7. admire: have a good opinion of s.b/s.th My Tam is my favorite singer. I admire her a lot. 8.continually: happening all the time or very frequently. 9.modest: not very large, expensive, important. 10.discarded (adj): thrown away. -Let Ss listen to the tape 2 times. Activity 1: Matching test A. 1. accomplished 2. accompanying 3. modest 4. avid 5. discarded 6. indulge in 7. keep me occupied. B. a. keep me busy b. well- trained. c. allow oneself the pleasure d. thrown away e. going with a singer, using a musical instrument. f. eager g. humble. Suggested answer: 1b 2e 3g 4f 5d 6c 7a - Call some pairs to read aloud their choices. - Go over the answer with the class. Activity 2: True- false statements: -T gives handouts. - T asks Ss to read the text individually to decide if these Ss do the matching test. Page: 3 statements are true or false. 1. The writer is an accomplished guitarist 2. The writer didn’t collect fish from the rice field. 3. The writer has more local stamps than foreign ones. 4. The writer is an avid stamp collector. Expected answer: 1.F 2.F 3.T 4.F Activity 3:Questions- answers -T divides the class into groups of four. -T ask each group to read the text again and write down the answer to the following questions. 1. What’s the writer’s first hobby? 2. Why does the writer admire his uncle? 3. What’s the writer’s second hobby? 4. How did he collect his fish? 5. Where does he collect stamps? 6. What does the writer do with the less common stamps and with the common ones? Suggested answer: 1. It is playing his guitar. 2. Because he is an accomplished guitarist and he is good at accompanying people by his guitar. 3. It is keeping fish. 4. He bought some fish from the shop, some others collected from the rice field near his house. 5. He collects stamps from discarded envelopes, his relatives and his friends. 6. He keeps the less common ones inside a small album. Ss do the task Page: 4 4.post- reading:6 minutes 5.Homework:1 minute The common ones he usually gives away to others or throws them away. Pair work: T ask Ss to work in pairs to talk about their hobbies, mentioning the following things. -What your partner’s hobby is. - How much time he/ she spends on it -Ask whether he/ she collects anything as a hobby. - Ask if he/ she shares the same hobby with any member of his/ her family/ class. - How much money he/ she spends on his/ her hobby. -Prepare the next part -Learn the vocabulary - Practise reading at home. Ss answer the T’s questions. APPENDIX Game: Cross word 1. An activity takes place in the internet, we can talk without speaking. 2. A kind of sport requires gun. 3. Game similar to tennis, played by hitting a shuttlecock across a high net. 4. It’s called “king sport”. Page: 5 5. You will have to use rod and food such as worms for this activity. 6. Which skill do you need to enjoy books ? 7. What do you go to karaoke for ? 7. Key: 1. Chatting Key word: HOBBIES 2.Shooting 3.Badminton 4. Football 5.Fishing 6.Reading 7.Singing. Page: 6 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.