Date of teaching: 18/8/2014
Week 1
Period: 2
UNIT 1: My hobbies
Lesson 1: Getting started- My favourite hobby
I. Objectives.
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to listen and read for information about the topic “My favourite hobby”, practice asking and answering with “ Do you like + Ving..?
II. Teaching aids:
- Stereo, CD.
III. Procedure
A. Class organization.
- Greetings.
- Checking attendance:
B. New lesson
TIME
CONTENT
TEACHERS’ ACTIVITIES
STUDENTS’ ACTIVIES

3’
1.Warm up:
- Summarise Ss’ activities in their free time
- Elicit the word “Hobbies” from Ss.


Ask Ss what they like doing in their free time.
Write on the board.
Elicit the word “Hobbies”.
Let Ss open their books and start the lesson.


Answer


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2. Activities
Ex1. Look at picture and answer the questions below
Can you guess who they are?
Where are they?
What can you see on the shelf? What may the hobby be?


Listen and read







Look out
“It’s a piece of cake” = “a thing that is very easy to do”.
Other simple idioms:
“as easy as pie/as ABC = very easy, or very easily; all of a piece = all at the same time, ect.


Exercise a, page 7
F (They go upstairs to her room.)
T
F (Mi’s hobby is collecting glass bottles.)
F (her parents, aunt and uncle)
T

Exercise b, page 7
She receives dolls on special occasions.
No, they aren’t.
She keeps the bottles after using them.
No, she doesn’t.
No, he hasn’t.


Ask the first questions
Introduce Elena, Nick’s sister
- Write Ss’ answers to questions 2 and 3 on the board.

Allow Ss to listen to the conversation.
Play the recording.
- Play it again and pause for Ss to repeat each word.
Correct their pronunciation

Have Ss guess the meaning of the idiom “It’s a piece of cake” from the conversation.
Ask Ss if they know any other idioms.

Ask Ss to read the sentences and decide if they are true or false.





Ask the Ss to answer the questions orally without reading the conversation.
Call 2 Ss write their answer.
Confirm the correct answer

Answer







Listen and read









Guess




Answer


Do exercise and share with friends
Give answer to the class




Do the exercise independently.
Correct the answers with T


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Ex2: Listen and repeat:
cycling
taking photos
cooking
bird-watching
gardening
arranging flowers
skating
playing the guitar
playing board games

Ex3: Match the words/phrase with the pictures
playing board games
taking photos
bird-watching
cycling
playing the guitar
gardening
cooking
arranging flowers
skating














Ask Ss to listen and repeat
Play the recording
Have some Ss to practice reading the words out loud
Elicit meaning.




























Listen and repeat
Write new vocabulary on the notebook


























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Ex4: Work in pairs and complete the tables below. Do you think the hobbies in 3 are cheap or expensive, easy or difficult?
Suggested answer:
Cheap hobbies: playing board games, gardening, bird-watching, collecting old bottles,…
Expensive hobbies: taking photos, cycling, playing the guitar, cooking, arranging flowers, collecting watches,…
Easy hobbies: playing board games, gardening, bird-watching, collecting old bottles, taking photos,…
Difficult hobbies: playing the guitar, cooking, arranging flowers, making short films,…

Game: Find