LESSON PLAN 9 NAM CAT SECONDARY SCHOOL Week : 27 Peparing date : 28/ 02/ 2011. Wendesday, March 2nd 2011. Teaching date : 02/ 03/ 2011. Period : 51. A. I. Objectives :By the end of the lesson, students (Ss) will be able to: - Understand more about Tet holiday in Vietnam. Use new words to talk about the activities in the celebrations. II. Language contents : 1. Vocabulary : hug, priority (n), sense of humor (n), distinguish (v), feeling (n), tear (n) considerate (adj) 2. Structure : Clause of " who/ that / which" 3. Skills : - Listening, speaking and reading III. Teaching aids : - Pictures in the textbook - Some pictures about father. - Cassette IV. Techniques: - answer given, multiple choice V.Procedures : TIME TEACHER' ACTIVITIES STUDENT'S ACTIVITIES. 2' 6' I. Classroom stabilization 1. Establishing new class order 2. Checking attendance - Greeting class - Asking monitor II. WARM UP. Game: Face to face List holidays and festivals taking place every year in Vietnam. Rule: - 2 groups discuss the question in 2 minutes - leaders of 2 groups stand in front of class and play one-two-three to know who will play first - 2 leaders will in turn say their answers. Who gives wrong or repetitive anwers will lose. Suggested answers: Tet holiday, Liberity Day, Independent Day, Mother’s Day, Teacher’s Day, Women’s Day, Summer holiday, International Labor Day, Mid-Autumn Festival Presenting the rule of game - Dividing class in to 2 groups: A and B - Giving question for discussion - Asking each group choose a leader to play - Listen to their answers - Deciding the winner - - Greeting teacher - Responding - Listening - Sitting in 2 groups - Listening to question - Discussing in 2 mins. - Choosing leader - Saying answers - Clapping hands to congratulate winner - Discussing - Talking - Listening Teacher : Nguyen Thi Ngoc Ha School year : 2010 - 2011. 1 UNIT 8 : Lesson 3: Read ( page 68, 69 ) LESSON PLAN 9 NAM CAT SECONDARY SCHOOL 8' 4' 5' - Leading to Tet holiday - Asking Ss to discuss in pairs about the activities they like doing most at Tet - Calling some Ss to talk about that. - Introducing new lesson III. PRE - READING. A. Before you read * Vocabulary: - agrarian people(n) ~ farmers Context: People in my village work on fields to produce rice. They are agrarian people - decorate(v) ~ make st (house, street ) more beautiful Context: I decorate my house to make it more beautiful at Tet - traditional(adj) ≠ modern(adj) Context: Kimono is traditional dress of Japanese women. What is the traditional dress of Vietnamese women? - peach bloosom(n) - apricot blossom(n) - kumquat tree(n) - Reading all words 1 time - Asking Ss to listen and repeat in chorus - Calling some Ss to read new words individually - Checking by hiding new word and asking Ss to read the word basing on its synonym * Guiding question: What is the text about? - Asking Ss to read through the text to answer guiding question III. WHILE - READING 1. TASK 1: - Match words in colum A with its synonyms: 1. grand a. bang ron, khau hieu 2. agrarian b. su phan khich 3. banner c. thuoc ve nong nghiep 4. pray d. mut tao 5. sugared apples e. cau nguyen 6. excitement f. hoanh trang - Hanging the wallchart - Dividing class into groups of 3 - Asking Ss to discuss to find out the answers - Calling some Ss at random to say answers - Asking others Ss to check - Giving correct answers - Asking Ss to give Vietnamese meaning - Taking notes - Guessing - Listening and taking notes - Looking at picture to get meaning of words - Listening - Listening and repeating - Reading - Remembering and reading - Reading silently to get the main idea - Answering guiding question - Looking at the wallchart - Sitting in groups of 3 - Discussing - Reading the answers - Checking - Taking notes - Giving Vietnamese meaning Suggested answers : 1-f, 2-c, 3-a, 4-e, 5-d, 6-b Teacher : Nguyen Thi Ngoc Ha School year : 2010 - 2011. 2 LESSON PLAN 9 NAM CAT SECONDARY SCHOOL 5' 2. TASK 3: Answer the following questions: 1. When is Tet holiday in Vietnam? 2. How long did Tet preparations and celebrations last in the past? 3. What do streets look like before Tet? 4. What do people often do to prepare for Tet? - Asking Ss to read the questions from 1 to 4 of task 3 - Asking Ss to read the passage again and do task 3 individually - Calling some Ss to read answers - Asking in which line they find out the answer - Asking others to comment - Giving correct answers IV. POST - RADING. 3. GAME: Right or Wrong - Find out wrong information in the passage and correct it: - Asking Ss to close books - Asking Ss to sit in groups of 3 or 4 - Giving each group a handouts - Giving them 2 minutes to discuss to find and correct Suggested answers: 1. It falls sometime between 19 th January and 20 th February on the Western calendar (line 2- 3) 2. They used to last over months (line 5) 3. Streets are decorated with coloured lights and red banners (line 7-8) 4. They buy gifts, clean and decorate houses and cook traditional food (line 8-9) - Reading questions - Reading the passage again to do task 3 - Reading answers - Answering - Giving comment - Listening and taking notes - Closing books - Sitting in groups - Receiving handouts - Discussing - Writing answers on board - Looking at the wallchart - Checking Suggested answered : 1, Thanksgiving =) Tet 2, 18 th =) 19 th 3, Eastern =) Western 4, shorter =) longer 5, streets =) homes 6, homes =) streets 7, South =) North Teacher : Nguyen Thi Ngoc Ha School year : 2010 - 2011. 3 Thanksgiving is Vietnam’s main holiday. It falls sometime between 18 th January and 20 th February on the Eastern calendar. It used to be shorter than it is nowadays. Streets are decorated with plants and flowers. Homes are often decorated with coloured lights and red banners. Peach blossom is traditional at Tet in the South while apricot blossom is traditional in the North. Everyone receive lucky number in.side yellow envelopes. LESSON PLAN 9 NAM CAT SECONDARY SCHOOL 5' 2' the wrong information in the passage in the handout - Giving them 3 minutes to write the answers on board - Hanging the wallchart of passage - Checking answers with Ss. Which group finishes first and has more correct answers will be the winner and get gift. B. After you read Work in pairs: Tell each other about your last Tet holiday: - preparations - special foods - activities - Asking Ss to work in pairs to talk about their last Tet holidy - Calling some Ss to talk - Giving comment V. HOMEWORK. - Giving Ss requirements for homework 8, North=) South 9, everyone =) children 10, lucky number =) lucky money 11, yellow =) red - Talking in pairs about last Tet holidy - Talking aloud - Listening - Summarizing - Listening - Listening and taking notes - read the text again - learn new words - do the rest of task 2 - prepare for new lesson "Thanksgiving is Vietnam’s main holiday. It falls sometime between 18 th January and 20 th February on the Eastern calendar. It used to be shorter than it is nowsaday. Streets are decorated with plants and flowers. Homes are often decorated with coloured lights and red banners. Peach blossom is traditional at Tet in the South while apricot blossom is traditional in the North. Everyone receive lucky number inside yellow envelopes." * Self-Evaluation: 1.Good points : 2.Bad points 3.Can improve Teacher : Nguyen Thi Ngoc Ha School year : 2010 - 2011. 4 LESSON PLAN 9 NAM CAT SECONDARY SCHOOL Week : 27 Peparing date : 01/ 03/ 2011 Thursday, March 3rd 2011. Teaching date : 03/ 03/ 2011 Period : 52 I. Objectives :By the end of the lesson, students (Ss) will be able to write a letter to a friend/ pen pal to share their ideas. II. Language contents : 1. Vocabulary : Enhance(v): (Explanation): ave a day off : (translation) Support:(v) (symnonym) Nationwide: (adv) (translation) 2. Structure : Clause of " who/ that / which" 3. Skills : - Listening, speaking and reading III. Teaching aids : - Pictures in the textbook - Some pictures about father. - Cassette IV. Techniques: - answer given, multiple choice V.Procedures : TIME TEACHER'S ACTIVITIES STUDENT'S ACTIVITIES I. WARM UP. +Word square - T asks ss to play a game : C E L E B R A T E M S I F L O W E R S E P K P O P R S T U M E O N M O Y W W V O C I A L F O O D Z R T R A D I T I O N Y F I A O D C B A N M I G I L M N D R A C G H K R Q O P S Y W II. PRE - WRITING. - ts the scense : T gives a list of questions 1.Do you the Mother’s Day and the Father’s Day? 2.Do you want to celebrate these days ? 3.What reasons do you celebrate ? -  :Celebrate, tradition, flower  : Card Special food  : Gilf  : Memory -Ss listen and answer the questions : Yes/No Yes/No Teacher : Nguyen Thi Ngoc Ha School year : 2010 - 2011. 5 UNIT 8 : Lesson 4: Write ( page 70) LESSON PLAN 9 NAM CAT SECONDARY SCHOOL T asks ss to say detail the reasons to celebrations * Vocabulary: T elicits some new words and helps ss practise speaking them in chorus and individually T helps ss know the meaning of new words Check vocabulary: What and where Enhance Have a day off Support Nationwide +Ordering: T asks ss to keep their books closed, show the outline on the boarb. T asks ss to put the parts in the correct order III. WHILE - WRITING. - T asks ss to write individually to a friend to tell him / her about why they want to celebrate Mother’s day or father’s day in Vietnam and how to celebrate it. The outline on P.70 will help ss to write easily. IV. POST - WRITING. - T asks ss to share their writing with their partners and correct their partner’s mistakes - T asks ss to read aloud their writing before class -Get ss to give their opinions -T corrects their mistakes - T asks ss to read the text that they have written again V.HOMEWORK. The first…. (Ss can say the detail information such as : When you celebrate, how to celebrate, what special gilfs ) Ss listen and repeat in chorus and individually Enhance(v): (Explanation): Have a day off : (translation) Support:(v) (symnonym) Nationwide: (adv) (translation) Ss go to the board and rewrite the words Ss reads the text in order to know how aparagraph orgnise -Ss write individually to a friend to tell him / her about why they want to celebrate Mother’s day or father’s day in Vietnam and how to celebrate it. . - Ss work in groups share and check their writing together - T asks ss to write the text on their notebooks and prepare the next lesson * Self-Evaluation: 1.Good points : 2.Bad points 3.Can improve Teacher : Nguyen Thi Ngoc Ha School year : 2010 - 2011. 6 LESSON PLAN 9 NAM CAT SECONDARY SCHOOL Teacher : Nguyen Thi Ngoc Ha School year : 2010 - 2011. 7 . repeating - Reading - Remembering and reading - Reading silently to get the main idea - Answering guiding question - Looking at the wallchart - Sitting in groups of 3 - Discussing - Reading the. gifts, clean and decorate houses and cook traditional food (line 8-9 ) - Reading questions - Reading the passage again to do task 3 - Reading answers - Answering - Giving comment - Listening and taking. to write easily. IV. POST - WRITING. - T asks ss to share their writing with their partners and correct their partner’s mistakes - T asks ss to read aloud their writing before class -Get ss