UNIT 1 A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL Grade 9
Week 1
Period 2
Lesson 1 GETTING STARTED + LISTEN AND READ page 6-7
Objectives: Introducing to a friend from another country about Vietnam
Materials: pictures, posters, textbooks, cassette…
Procedure
Timing
CONTENTS
Teacher’s and Sts’activities

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Places in Hanoi
. One Pillar pagoda
. Sword Lake
. Ngoc Son Temple
. Ba Dinh Square
. The Temple of Literature
. West Lake

Imagine that a foreign pen pal is coming today with you for a week. What activities you like to do during the visit. The pictures in the book may help you.
Suggested answer: I think I will take my friend to Doi Son beach where we can swim and build sand castles.


to correspond - corresponded
liên lạc qua thư tín

to be impressed by
bị ấn tượng bởi

a mosque
nhà thờ Hồi giáo

friendliness (unc)
sự thân thiện

peaceful (adj)
yên bình

to keep in touch (kept – kept)
giữ liên lạc


To express regret about a present situation
S + wish(es) + that + S + V-ed/2 / were (be)

 Ex: I wish you had a longer vacation.

Lan’s Malaysian pen pal, Maryam has come to Hanoi at the first time.
1. What did Maryam go to see?
2. What did she wish?


Choose the correct option to complete the sentences
1. Lan and Maryam usually write to one another every…
A. two years
B. month
C. two weeks
D. day
2. Maryam was impressed because…
A. Hanoi was big and modern
B. Hanoi people were friendly
C. Hanoi was different from Kuala Lumpur
D. Hanoi and Kuala Lumpur were the same
3. The girls went to see…
A. famous places in Hanoi
B. areas for recreation
C. a place of worship
D. all the above



4. Maryam wanted to …
A. visit Hanoi the next summer
B. invite Lan to Kuala Lumpur
C. stay in Hanoi
D. visit HCM city
Answer Key: 1C 2B 3D 4D


1. She went to see some famous places in Hanoi: Sword lake, Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, the History Museum and the Temple of Literature.
2. She wishes she had more time to get to know Lan’s beautiful country better.

Suggested Answer
Lan and Maryam usually write to one another every two weeks. Maryam was really impressed because Hanoi people were friendly. They went to see famous places in Hanoi such as: Hoan Liem Lake, HCM’s Mausoleum, the History Museum and the Temple of Literature, and many beautiful parks. Lan wishes Maryam had a longer vacation in Hanoi.


Learn by heart vocabulary.
Read the text + answer the questions again.
Prepare Unit 1 Lesson 2 SPEAK + LISTEN
Vocabulary: different, the same, introduce, to pick
I. Warmer
Networks
. Sts work in 2 groups
. Which group writes more places is the winner
. T gives feedback + checks their answers

Introduction of the topic




II. Pre-stage
Pre-teach vocabulary
- explanation
- situation
- explanation
- situation
- explanation
- example





Setting the scene
Open Prediction
. Sts predict + answer them in groups
III. While-stage
Multiple Choice
. Sts work in groups
. Sts read the passage + underline the sentences which can give the answers




















. T gives feedback + check their answers
Listen + Read
. Sts read the text silently while to listen the text.
. Check their predictions

IV. Post-stage
Summary
. Sts summarize the text basing on the questions and answers and multiple choice questions


V. Homework
. Sts copy down the homework



Getting teaching experience





























UNIT 1 A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL