The 1stperiod; week 01
Date of preparing:
05/9/2021



Date of teaching:
07/9/2021
07/9/2021
06/9/2021

Class:
8A
8D
8G

UNIT 1: LEISURE ACTIVITIES
A CLOSER LOOK 1
I.Objectives.
1. Knowledge
By the end of the lesson,students will be able to: Use the lexical items related to leisure activities; Pronounce /br/ and /pr/.
Skills: Drill listening and speaking mainly.
2. Ability.
- Practice saying sentences with correct stress on words
-Speaking and writing the lexical items related to leisure activities.
3. Attitude.
- Spend time on leisure activities by taking part in outdoors or indoors so that students can generate their positive energy after school
- Have respect for teachers.
II. Teaching aids:Ss’ books, text books, projector, computer …
III. Procedures:
Teacher’s activities
Students’cativities

Activity 1. 5’
Aim:
- Greetings.
- Checking attendance:
Checking the old lesson:
- Have some Ss repeat the words/ phrases indicating the leisure activities they learnt in the previous lesson.
Warm up: Ask Ss use network to answer the question:

Activity 2. 20’
Aim: Reading the chart and using vocab to talk about leisure activity.
-Ask Ss look at their book and read in silence:
-Explain new words



-Let Ss work in pairs to examine the pie-chart closely in order to understand its contents, including the heading, subheading, figure, colour codes and notes
-Allow enough time for this step.Do not give correction
-Then ask Ss to answer the questions that follow the chart
-Ask Ss practice before the class:














-Have Ss to prepare part 2 individually to complete the task.After giving corrective feedback, draw their attention to the part of speech of the words mentioned (eg.relaxing comes from the verb relax with-ing added and it refers to the activity)
-Then introduce the concept of gerund ( a noun made from a verb by adding-ing )
-Give Ss some examples where a gerund is transformed from a verb and used as a noun.For more able class,ask Ss to make their own sentences

-Ask Ss to cover the category labels
-Have Ss look at the words and try to guess what these words have in common.T may elicit from Ss by asking questions
-Ask Ss to work in pairs to complete the task.Once they have finished and T has given corrective feedback , encourage them to add more words in each category
-Have Ss work in small groups.Allow them enough time to think about what their average day may look like (including ,study and work) and how much time is spent on leisure activities.If there is plenty of time encourage them to calculate these times as percentages and put them in a simple pie chart similar to 1
-Have Ss write down how much time they spend leisure on an average day and three activities they do the most.
-Ask Ss move around and talk with at least three other classmates to find out who spends most time on leisure and what the most popular activities in the class are

Activity 3. 15’
Aim: Pronouncing the cluster /br/ and /pr/ correctly.
-Have Ss work individually to complete this task.Once they have finished
-Ask Ss work in pairs to compare their answers.
-Play the recording for Ss to check and then repeat
-Pause the recording to drill difficult items
-Ask Ss to add more words which contain these clutters. For a more able class.Ss may make sentences with these words and practice saying them


Activity 4:5’
Aim: Sum up the content of the lesson and guide ss to do homework
-Have Ss practice the words with the clusters first
-Then ask Ss to repeat the whole sentence.If the time allows ask Ss to cover their book and listen to the recording.If they hear the word with cluster /pr/ they have to raise up their left hand, if it is cluster /br/ they raise their right hand
-Ask Ss learn by heart new words and structures
-Write about the leisure activity.

- Use this network to answer:
What do you often do in your free time?







I. VOCABULARY
Ex 1.Look at the following pie chart on leisure activities in the US and answer the questions:
*New words:
-average
-socialize (v)
-communicate (v)








-> The answers :
1. In 2012,people in the UK spent 5.1 hours a day on sport and leisure activities
2.