Unit 4 : My neighbourhood
A closer look 2
I/ OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, students can: use comparative adjectives to compare things in their neighbourhood.
1. Knowledge:
a. Grammar : - Review: comparative adjects
b. Lexical items - Vocab: words to name places in a neighbourhood /,word to discrible a neighbourhood ,word to give directions
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 activites Content
Revision
- Check Ss’ homework: Get one student to go to the board to write new words. The student then reads the words he/she has written aloud.
- Teacher checks with whole class (spelling and pronunciation - focusing on the sound /i:/ and /i/.
New lesson
Grammar
Teacher introduces the subject of the lesson : comparative adjectives and give the rule.
1.Complete the following sentences with the... (P41)
- Ask Ss to read the instructions. Tell Ss what they should do.
- Have Ss compare their answers in pairs before checking with the whole class.
2. Now complete the following sentences (P41)
- Use Ss use the example to show what Ss should do.
- Ask them to pay attention to the syllables in each adjective and look back at the grammar box if necessary.
3. Read and complete... (P42)
-Ask Ss to read and complete the sentences individually.
Remind them to pay attention to the number of the syllables in each adjectives.
4.Look at the picture of... (P42)
- Elicit the contrast between the things in the two neighborhoods and the adjectives that can be used to describe them.
- Correct.
5. Complete the following sentences... (P42)
- Tell Ss how to form a question and pay attention to the number of the syllables in each adjectives.
- Check their answers.
6.Work in pairs. Ask aand answer... (P42)
- Model with a Student.
- Ask student to work in pairs.
- Call some pairs to practice in front of the class.
7. Work in pairs.... (P42)
- Ask Ss to think ot the places they’ve been to. Model with a more able Ss and then have them work in pairs while T goes around the class and monitors.
- Ask a few pairs with the most imaginative ideas to report them to the class.
• Pairwork
• Individual work
• Individual work
• Individual work
• Individual work
• Pair-work
• Pair-work
I. Grammar.
* Short adjectives: one or two syllable(s)
S1 + V + adj + er than + S2
( fast- faster; large- larger; noisy- noisier; hot- hotter)
* Long adjectives: two, three or more syllables
S1 + V + more adj + than + S2
( modern- more modern; expensive- more expensive...)
REMEMBER;:
Irregular adjectives
- good/ well => better
- bad => worse
- many / much => more
- little => less
- far => farther / further
1.Complete the following sentences with the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets.
Key:
2. taller 3. Bigger
4. noisier 5. Cheaper
2.Key
2. more beautiful
3. more convinient
4. more interesting
5. more expensive.
3.Key:
1 drier 2 smaller 3 older
4 wider
5 more delicious
6 cheaper
4. Look at the pictures of Yen Binh neighbourhood and LangSon neighbourhood . Now write about the differences.
Ex: Yen Binh is more crowed than Lang Son.
5.Key:
2. More expensive
3. More comfortable
4. More historic
5. Narrower
7.Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about the places that you know. Use the comparative form of the adjectives in the box.
Example:
A: Is Hue busier than Da Nang?
B: No, it isn’t.
Consolidation
• Ask students to retell the aims of the lesson
Homework
- Prepare the next lesson Unit 4: Communication
- Write 3 sentences using comparative adjectives.
- Prepare the next lesson Unit 4: Communication