Welcome to our Welcome to our class class ! ! AN LAO - HIGH AN LAO - HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL TEACHER: LE HUU TEACHER: LE HUU PHUC PHUC WARM-UP WARM-UP ARRANGE THE FOLLOWING ARRANGE THE FOLLOWING LETTERS TO BECOME THE LETTERS TO BECOME THE WORD. WORD. STANHK STANHK Key: THANKS -When someone gives you a present - When someone does you a favor - When someone helps you with something In today's lesson, you'll learn how to write a formal letter to express gratitude or thanks. -Elicit the answers from Ss: - When do you say "thanks" Thursday, 18 Thursday, 18 th th October, 2008 October, 2008 Unit : 4 Unit : 4 VOLUNTEER WORK VOLUNTEER WORK Lesson4 Lesson4 : : WRITING WRITING Pre-teaching vocabulary: Pre-teaching vocabulary: Write the new words in their notebooks. Write the new words in their notebooks. 1. amount 1. amount [ə'maunt] [ə'maunt] ( ( n n ) ) 2. 2. donation donation [dou'nei∫n] [dou'nei∫n] ( ( n n ) ) 3. 3. issue issue ['isju:] ['isju:] ( ( v v ) ) số lượng số lượng , , số tiền số tiền söï ñoùng goùp, Qùa t ngặ C p ,ấ phát hành Work in groups and write down as much Work in groups and write down as much information about New York that they know. information about New York that they know. Group 1 (Weather) Group 4 (Area) Group 2 (Population) Group 5 (History) Group 3 (Famous places) Group 6 (State) State/ location History Area Famous places Population Weather New York ANSWERS ANSWERS 1. Weather: humid climate (wet) 2. Population: 7 million people live in the city and 19 7 million people live in the city and 19 million live in the whole metropolitan area. million live in the whole metropolitan area. 3. Famous places: Statue of Liberty, Wall Street, Broadway theatre district… 4. Area: 946 km2, the largest city in the USA. and the largest city in the USA. and one of the largest urban areas in the world. one of the largest urban areas in the world. 5. 5. History History : : Founded by the Dutch in 1624 and has Founded by the Dutch in 1624 and has had several names before like Fort Amsterdam had several names before like Fort Amsterdam and New Amsterdam and New Amsterdam . . 6. Location: Southeastern part of New York State. A B 1. Metropolitan region 2. Take over 3. Unusual 4. Ice-free 5. Mingle with a. Not covered with ice b. Mix with c. Get control of d. City and large area around it e. special Task 1: Task 1: Work in pairs Work in pairs Match the words in column A appear Match the words in column A appear in the reading passage with their definitions in in the reading passage with their definitions in column B. column B. 1. 2. 3 4. 5. c e a b d Task 2: Task 2: Read the text again and decide whether the Read the text again and decide whether the statements are true (T) or False (F) statements are true (T) or False (F) Work in groups Work in groups 1. 1. New York is the name of both a New York is the name of both a state and a city. state and a city. 2. 2. New York Harbour has a lot of ice in New York Harbour has a lot of ice in winter. winter. 3. 3. New York is on two rivers. New York is on two rivers. 4. 4. The United National Building is in The United National Building is in New York. New York. 5. 5. New York belonged to the Dutch New York belonged to the Dutch when it was founded. when it was founded. X T F X X X X It is ice-free all seasons. . "thanks" Thursday, 18 Thursday, 18 th th October, 2008 October, 2008 Unit : 4 Unit : 4 VOLUNTEER WORK VOLUNTEER WORK Lesson4 Lesson4 : : WRITING WRITING. York is on two rivers. New York is on two rivers. 4. 4. The United National Building is in The United National Building is in New York. New York. 5. 5. New