Period 8

Unit 2:
My HOME
Lesson 1: GETTING STARTED

I/ Objectives
By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
 Use the lexical items related to the topic "My home".
 Use prepositions of place correctly and appropriately.
 Know how to describe houses, rooms and furniture.
II/ Language contents
+ The lexical items related to the topic "My home".
+ Prepositions of place.
III/ Teaching aids
Prepare pictures, CD disk, cassettes.
IV/ Anticipated problems
Students may have difficulties in remembering the names of things in the houses/ rooms.
V/ Teaching produces
Stages/
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
time
I. Warm up
- Greetings
Greetings
(5')
- Playing a game: “ Kim's game”.
- Present 8 pictures in sequence and -Listen carefully.
ask students to look at the pictures
only in 30 seconds and remember.
a picture of a family / a living room / a
sofa/ an apartment / grandparents/ a
bed / a kitchen/ a wardrobe.
-Ask students to write names of the -Playing a game in 2
groups
pictures in groups in 1minute.
-Check the answer and introduce the title
of the lesson “ My home”
Unit 2: My Home
Lesson 1- Getting Started
II. Pre- reading 1.Vocabulary
( 10')
- apartment (n): (situation)
-Listen to the teacher,
- kennel (n): (situation)
guess the meaning of the
- wardrobe (n): (picture)
words.
- bowl (n): (situation)
- Read the words with correct stress.
-Listen and repeat twice.
-Read the words
- Ask some students to read the words individually.
individually.
2.Set the context
- Look at the pictures,
- Present the pictures of Mi and Nick: listen to the teacher and
This is Mi, and this is Nick. Now look at guess the answers:
the pictures and guess the answers:
+They are chatting/
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+ What are they doing?
+ How are they chatting?
+ What are they talking about?

talking.
+ Through the Internet.
+ They are talking about
…..

3.Open- Predictions
- Ask students to guess: Which family
members does Mi talk about?
-Guess
grandparents

dad
mum
brother
uncle
aunt
-Give the prediction
cousin
-Ask students to give the prediction answers.
answers.
III.
While-reading
(20')

1. Check open-predictions
-Play the tape twice.

-Confirm the correct answers. (1.a)
dad / mum / brother / aunt / cousin
2. Practice reading the conversation
- Ask students to practice reading the
conversation in pairs in front of the class.
- Ask students to read the conversation
again (silently) and complete the
sentences. (1.b)
-Ask students to share the answers with a
partner before showing their answers in
front of the class.
-Check and confirm the correct answers:
1. TV- sofa
2. town house
3. sitting on the sofa
4. noisy
5. three
3. Present prepositions of place
- Ask students to find the prepositions of
place from the conversation.
-Write them on the board: behind, in , on,
near, next to
-Introduce: Beside the prepositions of
2

-Listen for the first time
to
check
their
predictions.
- Listen for the second
time to give the correct
answers.

- Practice reading the
conversation in pairs.
-Work individually.
- Share the answers and
then show their answers.

-Do as directed
-Look at the board
-Listen

place we have from the conversation,
there are some more prepositions of place
such as: between, under, in front of.
-Give examples to explain the meaning of
each preposition above. ( between/ under/
in front of)
4. Match the prepositions with the
pictures.
-Ask students to work in pairs and match.
-Ask for students' answers.
-Check and confirm the correct answers.
A. on B. next to
C. behind
D. in E. in front of F. between
G. under
5. Write the sentences to describe the
pictures.
- Ask students to look at the picture A/
part 2 and present the example sentence:
The dog is on the chair.
-Ask students to work individually, write
the sentences for the pictures in Part 2,
like the model example.
-Ask them to share the sentences with a
friend.
- Call on some students to write their
answers on the board.
- Check the sentences with the whole
class.
B. The dog is next to the bowl.
C. The cat is behind the TV.
D. The cat is in the wardrobe.
E. The dog is in front of the kennel.
F. The cat is between the lamp and the
sofa.
6. True – false statements.
-Ask students to look at the picture of the
room and do this exercise in pairs.
-Ask students to give the answers.
- Confirm the correct answers.
1. F (The dog is between the bookshelf
and the bed)
2.T
3. F (The clock is between the pictures.)
4. F (The cat is in front of the computer)
5. F ( The cap is next to the pillow)
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-Guess the meaning of
each preposition.

-Work in pairs.
-Give the answers

-Look at the picture,
listen to the model
example.
-Write the sentences
individually.
-Share the sentences.
-Write the answers.

-Do as directed
-Give the answers

6.T
7. Discussion.
- Ask students to describe the picture in
part 4 in groups.
- Call on a representative from each
group to describe the picture in front of
the class.
- Asks the students in another group to
interview using the questions in part 5.

IV.
Post-reading
( 10')

V. Homework
(1')

Answer keys:
1. They are on the desk/bookshelf.
2. They are on the floor.
3. Yes, it is
4. No, they aren't. They're on the bed
5. It's behind the bookshelf
6. No, it isn't. It's next to the desk
- Divide the class into 4 groups.
- Present some pictures of furniture on the
screen.
- Give each group some furniture above
(picture cards) and ask them to design a
room in a house/ in an apartment.
- Ask them to describe the room after
designing.
- Write a description of your own
rooms.
- Learn by heart vocabulary.
- Do Ex 5 / 17 ( textbook)
- Prepare “A Closer Look 1”.

-Describe the picture
(Part 4) in group.
A
representative
describes in front of the
class.
- S1: Ask questions in
part 5.
- S2: answer

-Receive the picture
cards and design a
room.
-Describe the room that
they've designed.

-Write the assignments

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