Unit 3 : MY FRIENDS
Communication
I/ OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, students can:
• Understand where they come from and according to their birthday, we can guess
what character they may have
1. Knowledge:
a. Grammar : - Review: The present simple and the present continuous
b. Lexical items- Vocab: Adjectives of personality....
c. Pronunciation:
2. Skills:
- Listening, Speaking, Reading,Writing and interactive skills
3. Attitude:
- Cooperation, respect, having right and friendly attitudes with friends, teachers in the new school
4. Quality and competence:
- Be confident and friendly with the new school environment
- Develope listening, speaking skills and cooperative interaction
II/ TEACHING AIDS (MATERIALS)
1.Teacher’s preparation:
2.Students’ preparation:
• Lesson plan, Pictures, posters ,textbook, CD-MP3 (Computer-Multi projector/cassette/ “sách mềm”) and other materials
• Textbook, notebook, school things.
III/ WORKING ARRANGEMENTS( WAYS OF WORKING )
• Pair work , individual work, group work, T-WC
IV/ TEACHING PROCEDURE:
1. Greeting`and checking students’ adtendence: Total: In: ......... Out: .......... .
2. Checking the old lesson
3. New lesson:
Teacher’s activities Students’s activities Content
I-Warmer
• Greeting.
• Checking attendance.
• Asking for the teaching date
II-Revision
-Ask Ss to play in 2 groups.
- Ss write te answer on the board.
III-New lesson
Vocabulary
- Teacher uses different techniques to teach vocab (situation, realia)
- Follow the seven steps of teaching vacab.
1.Read this page from... (P30)
- Teacher asks Ss to look at the picture and guess where they are from.
- Ask Ss to read the page to understand the detail.
2.Find the star sign.. (P31)
- Ask Ss to the star signs of the five friends in 4Teen magazine. - Ask Ss to look at the adjectives of personalities in the star sign and compare them with what they read about the five friends in 1.
3. Look for your star sign... (P31)
- Have Ss review the star sign description for their own signs. Ask Ss to tick adjectives they agree with.
- Allow them to share their thoughts with a partner.
4. Think about your friend’s personality.. (P31)
- Have Ss play a line-up game. - Ask Ss to arrange themselves in order of birthdays.
-Support them by reviewing months and dates and giving a question and answer they can use: When’s your birthday?
• Copy all the words in notebook
• Repeat in chorus
-Pair-work
• Whole class
• Individual work
• Pair-work
• Whole class
Adjectives of personalities.
- humorous
- friendly
- sensitive...
1. Vocabulary
- choir: đội hợp xướng/ đồng ca
- field trip: chuyến thám hiểm nghiên cứu
- volunteer (a): tình nguyện
- curious (a): tò mò
- responsible (a): có trách nhiệm
- reliable (a): đáng tin cậy/ chắc chắn
- firework: pháo hoa
- competition: cuộc thi đấu/ tranh tài
- racing: cuộc chạy thi.
- independent(a): độc lập
- freedom: sự tự do
1.Key:
* Adia: Yobe, Nigeria
Birthday: 15/5
* Vinh: Danang, Viet Nam
Birthday: 7/12
* John: Cambridge, England
Birthday: 26/2
* Tom: New York, US
Birthday: 19/1
* Noriko: Sakai, Japan
Birthday: 21/8
2.Find the star sign of each friend to find out about their personality. Do you think the description is correct?
3. Star sign and personalities.(Ex2)
* Aries ['eəri:z]: 21/3 – 20/4 (sao Bạch Dương)
Independent, active, freedom-loving
* Taurus ['tɔ:rəs]: 21/4 – 20/5 (Sao Kim Ngưu)
Patient, reliable, hard-working
* Gemini ['dʒeminai]: 21/5 – 20/6 (Cung Song Tử)
Talkative, curious, active
*Cancer: 21/6 – 20/7 (Con Cua - cung thứ 4 trong Hoàng đạo)
Sensitive, caring, intelligent
* Leo ['li:ou]: 21/7– 20/8 (cung Sư Tử)
Confident, competitive, creative
* Virgo ['və:gou]: 21/8 – 20/9 (Xử Nữ - cung thứ 6)
Careful, helpful, hard-working
* Libra ['li:brə]: 21/9 – 20/10 (cung Thiên Bình)
Talkative, friendly, creative
* Scorpio ['skɔ:piou]: 21/10/20/11(cung Hổ Cáp)
Careful, responsible, curious
* Sagittarius [,sædʒi'teəriəs]: 21/11 – 20/12 (cung Nhân Mã - cung thứ 9 trong Hoàng Đạo)
Independent, freedo-loving, confident
* Capricorn ['kæprikɔ:n]: 21/11 – 20/1 (cung Ma Kết)
Careful, hard-working, serious.
* Aquarius [ə'kweəriəs]: 21/1 – 20/2 (Bảo Bình)
Friendly, independent, freedo-loving.
* Pices ['paisi:z]: 21/2 – 20/3 (cung Song Ngư)
Kind, helpful, creative.
Consolidation
• Ask students to retell the aims of the lesson
Homework
• Prepare for the next lesson: Unit 3: Skills 1.
- Students prepare for the next lesson: Unit 3: Skills 1.
- Do exercise C1, 2, 3(p.19) (Workbook