Planning date:2/102014
Period 15. Unit 3: a trip to the countryside
Lesson 1: Getting started & listen and read
I. Aims:
- To help students talk about activities in the countryside and read a text about the trip to Ba’s home village for details.
- To help students practice “wish” followed by the past simple tense.
- To develop students’skills.
II. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to understand the text in details and talk about life and activities in the countryside .
III. Ways of working: T - WC, team work, individual work.
IV. Materials: Textbook, picture in the textbook (P.22), additional board, cards.
V. Anticipated problems: The lesson may take time.
VI. Teaching steps:
1. Warm up: (1 minutes) Greet and check the students’attendance.
2. Revision:
3. New lesson:
STAGES
ACTIVITIES
ON BOARD

PRE
READING
(10 minutes)
* Getting started:
Picture cue drill:
- In pair students look at the pictures and describe what the people in the pictures are doing
Example exchange:
S1: Look at the picture 1. What is she doing?
S2: She is watering the vegetables.
Answer key:
Picture 1: She is watering the vegetables.
Picture 2: Some children are swimming in the pond / lake.
Picture 3: She is feeding the chickens.
Picture 4: The farmers are harvesting.
Picture 5: The man is feeding the pig.
Picture 6: The man is plowing in the field.
Picture 7: A buffalo boy id flying his kite.
Picture 8: Some children are playing football.
* Preteach vocabulary:
- T. uses techniques to teach ss new words.


* Set the scene:
Today we are going to listen and read about Liz’s trip to the countryside with Ba’s family. they visited Ba’s home village. Now look at these statements, read the silently and predict if they are true (T) or false (F).
* True - False statements prediction:
I. Getting started:












WHILE READING
(19 minutes)
* Listen and read. P.22 - 23:
- Students read the text as they listen to it and check their predictions.
+ T. gets ss to correct the false sentences.







- Students read the text for the second time and answer the comprehension questions on page 23.









* Lucky numbers!
Questions:
1. Where is Ba’s village?
2. LN!
3. LN!
4. Where is the banyan tree?
5. How did Ba and his family get to the village?
6. Where did they have their picnic?
7. What did they see on the mountain?
8. What did Liz do to show the trip to their parents?
9. What does Liz wish?
V. Listen and read. P.22 - 23:
1. Checking T - F predictions:
* Key:
1. F
2. T
3. F
4. F
5. T

6. F
7. T
8. F
9. T


* Correct the false sentences:
1. Ba and his family had a day trip to their home village.
3. There is a big old banyan tree at the entrance to the village.
4. She had a snack under the banyan tree.
6. People had a picnic on the river bank.
8. Liz took a lot of photos to show the trip to her parents.
2. Answer the comprehension questions:
* Answer key:
1. It’s 60 kilometers to the north of Ha Noi.
2. Ba and his family got to the village by bus.
3. The banyan tree is at the entrance to the village.
4. They saw the shrine of a Vietnamese hero on the mountain.
5. They had a picnic on the river bank.
6. Liz took a lot of photos to show the trip to her parents.
7. Liz wishes she could visit Ba’s village again.
3. Lucky numbers!

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3

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POST READING
(7 minutes)
* Retell story:
- In group of eight, students retell the journey to the village on their own words as Liz or Ba based on the text.
V. Retell story:
Example: (Liz say)
Last Sunday, Ba invited me to join his family on a day trip to his home village. It’s about 60 kilometers to the