I/ SITUATION: 1. Advantages : a) Teacher: - Graduating Hue university of pedagogy specializing on English. - Having much knowledge and plentiful and good methods. - Attending all classes, courses and meetings on teaching English. - Having taught English for at least 10 years. - Loving teaching and cherishing children. - Being concerned by The Board of School Management and The Foreign Lnguage Goup of Truong Chinh Secondary School. b) Students: - Having studied English since they were pupils of the elementary school. - Having enough textbooks. - Being fond of English very much. - Being concerned by their parents for their studies. 2. Disadvantages : - Being lack of the necessary equipments and tools for teaching and learning. - Obtaining for students’ unequal knowledge. - Locating in the country area, students have local sounds. Therefore, they have a lot of difficulties in English pronunciation. 3. Students’ learning capacity at the beginning of school year : Class Total A B C D E Ss % Ss % Ss % Ss % Ss % 9D 34 2 5.9 6 17.6 14 41.2 10 29.4 2 5.9 9E 38 2 5.3 2 5.3 12 31.6 16 42.1 6 15.8 II/ SUBJECT’S DEMANDS: 1. Knowledge : a. Topics : Visit from a pen pal, Clothing, Trip to the countryside, Learning a foreign language, The media, The environment, Saving energy, Celebrations, Natural disasters, Life on the planets. b. Grammar notes : - The past simple. (review) - The past simple with wish. (review) - The present perfect. - The passive. (review) - Modal verbs. (review) - Preposition of time. - Adverbs clauses of result. - Directed and reported speech: here and now words in reported speech and reported questions. - Tag questions. - Gerunds after some verbs. - Adjectives and adverbs. - Adverbs clause of reason: as because, since. - Adverb clause of concession. - Adjective + that clause. - Conditional sentences: type 1/ type 2. - Connectives: and , but, because, or, so therefore, however. - Phrasal verbs. - Suggest + verb-ing / suggest ( that) + S + should. - Relative clauses. - Relative pronouns. 2. Skills : Listening - Speaking - Reading - Writing 3. Education : - Politeness. - Love on teachers, friends, neighbors, country and science. - Study habits. III/ TARGETS TO BE STRIVEN: Class Total The first term The second term The whole school year C  A A C  A A C  A A Ss % Ss % Ss % Ss % Ss % Ss % 9D 34 30 88.2 4 11.8 28 82.4 6 17.6 28 82.4 6 17.6 9E 38 34 89.5 4 10.5 33 86.8 5 13.2 33 86.8 5 13.2 IV/ MEASURES: 1. Teacher : - Having good designs for a teaching period: lesson plan, pictures, extra-board, real things, cassette recorder, etc … - Having many good methods which are suitable with every level of students’ability. - Making all the students participate: pair works, group works, individual work. 2. Students : - Learning their lessons by heart and finishing their homework before going to school (100 % of students) - Having necessary and sufficient equipments of studying: textbooks, workbooks, notebooks, rulers, reference books, . - Doing tests by themselves on examinations. V/ CHAPTER PLANS: CHAPTER PERIODS KNOWLEDGE - SKILLS -EDUCATION TEACHING AIDS NOTES Chapter 1 UNIT 1 UNIT 2 15 periods. -Theory and practice : 12ps -Review : 2p -Test : 1p THE FIRST TERM (38 periods) 1. Knowledge : - The past simple - The past simple with wish - The present perfect - The passive ( review) 2. Skills: Listening- Speaking- Reading- Writing 3. Topics: Visit from a pen pal, Clothing. 4. Education: Loving friends, the traditional things. Pictures Cassette Objects Extra board Projector Chapter 2 UNIT 3 UNIT 4 14 periods -Theory and practice :12ps - Review : 1p - test : 1p 1. Knowledge: - Direct and reported speech - Tag questions - Modal verbs with if - Gerund after some verbs - Adverb clauses of result - Preposition of time - The simple past with wish - Modal could with wish 2. Skills : Listening – Speaking - Reading - Writing 3. Topics: Learning a foreign language, The media 4. Education: Loving country, foreign language. Pictures Cassette Objects Extra board Projector Chapter 3 UNIT 5 9 periods -Theory and practice : 6ps -Review : 2p -Test : 1p 1. Knowledge : - Tag questions - Gerunds after some verbs 2. Skills: Listening – Speaking – Reading - Writing. 3. Topics: The media 4. Education: Loving the media Objects Extra board Cassette Pictures Projector Chapter 4 UNIT 6 UNIT 7 14 periods - Theory and practice : 12ps -Review : 1p - Test : 1p THE SECOND TERM (34 periods) 1. Knowledge: - Adjectives and adverbs - Adverbs clause of reason: as because, since - Adverb clause of concession. - Adjective + that clause - Conditional sentences: type1 - Connectives: but, because, or, so, therefore, however, and - Phrasal verbs - Suggest + verb-ing / suggest (that) + Objects Pictures Cassette Extra board Projector S + should 2. Skills: Listening - Speaking - Reading - Writing 3. Topics: The environment, Saving energy 4. Education: - Loving and protecting the environment - Saving energy Chapter 5 UNIT8 UNIT 9 14 periods - Theory and practice :12ps. -Review : 1p - Test : 1p 1. Knowledge : - Relative clause - Relative pronoun 2. Skills: Listening - Speaking - Reading - Writing 3. Topics : - Celebration - Natural disasters 4. Education: - Knowing how to decrease the damage from disasters - Loving celebrations Objects Extra board Cassette Pictures Projector Chapter 6 UNIT 10 8 periods - Theory and practice : 5ps - Review : 2ps - Test : 1p 1. Knowledge : - Modals: may, might - Conditional sentence: type1 and type 2 2. Skills: Listening-Speaking-Reading- Writing 3. Topics : - Life on other planets 4. Education: - studying about life on other planets Objects Extra board Cassette Pictures Projector Hoa Hiep Bac, August 20 th , 2008 The Foreign Group Teacher Signed Thach Thi My Nga Nguyen Minh Chinh The Board of School Management Signed and sealed Le Trung Thu . Listening-Speaking-Reading- Writing 3. Topics : - Life on other planets 4. Education: - studying about life on other planets Objects Extra board Cassette Pictures Projector. MEASURES: 1. Teacher : - Having good designs for a teaching period: lesson plan, pictures, extra-board, real things, cassette recorder, etc … - Having