Period: 17
UNIT 3 : A TRIP TO THE COUNTRYSIDE
READ
I. Objectives
1. Knowledge, Skills, Attitude:
- By the end of the lesson, Ss know more about country life in the USA.
+ Vocabulary: Related to the countryside.
+ Grammar: Adverb clause of result
- Listening, speaking, reading and writing
- Ss will be educated about the love of their countries.
2. Capacity can be formed and developed for students
- Self-learning capability.
- Cooperation capacity
- Communicative competence
II. Preparation
1. Teacher: lesson plane, book, color chalks, pictures
2. Students: books, notebooks, pen, ruler …
III. Students’ activitive
1. *Warm-up (5’)
Teacher’s and students’ activities
Content


- T asks, Ss answer the questions

- Are you going to go to the university after finishing grade 12 ?
- Are you going to go aboard to study ?


2. Knowledge formation activities (36’)

Teacher’s and students’ activities
Content

- T introduces the content of the lesson and new words.
- Ss pay attention to teacher.







- T explains the requirement of exercise a and gives example a.
- Ss do the exercise individually, then compare the answers in pairs.
- Ss give the answers before the class.
- T checks and corrects if necessary.
- Ss copy down the correct answers.
- Ss read the text in silence.
- T calls some Ss to read the text.
- T corrects Ss’ pronunciation if necessary.
- T asks, Ss answer the questions.




5. Read
Ss know more about country life in the USA.
*Pre-reading
Today many students have chance to go aboard to study.
- exchange student (n)
Van is an exchange student. He is from Ho Chi Minh city. He is now living in the USA with the Parker family on a farm outside Columbus, Ohio.
*While-reading
a. Match the words in column A with the words or groups of words in column B having the same meaning.
Ex: maize = corn
Answer keys :
- feed = give food to eat
- grocery store = where people buy food and small things
- part-time = shorter or less than standard time
- collect = bring things together
Questions:
1. Where is the Parker’s family farm ?
2. What does Mr. Parker / Mrs. Parker do ?
3. How many children do they have ? who are they ?
4. What does Van do in the afternoon ?
5. What do the whole family do on Saturday afternoons ?



- T explains the requirement of exercise b.
- Ss read the summary, then read the text again to find suitable words or phrases to complete the summary.
- Ss compare the answers in pairs.
Ss give the answers before the class.
- T checks and corrects if necessary.
- Ss copy down the correct answers.

- T asks, Ss answer the questions.
b. Complete the summary. Use the information from the passage.
Answer keys :
1. Ohio 2. farmer
3. works part-time at a grocery store
4. Peter 5. Sam
6. after 7. farm
8. they watch 9. baseball
10. member
*Post-reading
Is the country life in the USA different from the one in Viet Nam ?


3. Consolidation (4’)
T calls some Ss to read the summary before the class.
T asks, Ss answer the question:
Do you want to be an exchange student in the future ? why (not) ?
IV. Experience:
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Period: 18
UNIT 3 : A TRIP TO THE COUNTRYSIDE
WRITE

I. Objectives
1. Knowledge, Skills, Attitude:
- Ss write a passage entitled “A country Picnic”.
+ Vocabulary: Related to the countryside
+ Grammar: Past simple
- Writing, reading less speaking and listening.
- Ss will be educated about the activities when having a picnic.
2. Capacity can be formed and developed for students
- Self-learning capability.
- Cooperation capacity
- Communicative competence
II. Preparation
1. Teacher: lesson plane, book, color chalks, pictures
2. Students: books, notebooks, pen, ruler …
III. Students’ activities
1. Warm up(5’)
Teacher’s and students’ activities
Content

- T asks, Ss answer the questions.

- Have you ever gone to your friend’s house in the countryside?
- Did you have a picnic in the countryside with your classmates or friends?


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