Week 1 (Aug 4 – Aug 8)
UNIT 1:Back to school
Period 1+2: A1+3+4+5
Objectives:
Students will be able to greet people (old friends/ new friends/ teachers) on their first day of school; make self-introduction as well as introduce another person.
Skills:
Listening: conversationsbetween student – student, student – teacher.
Speaking: greetings and introduction.
Teaching aids:
Textbook, computer,projector.
Procedure:

Time
Content
T’s activities
Ss’ activities

5’
Lead-in
Ask Ss to say some ways of saying hello that they know.
Recall and answer T.

30’
Listening
Have Ss listen and answer the questions in task A1+A3+A4+A5 (p.11-12-13).
Listen and answer the questions in task A1 (p.11).
Practice the conversations/ dialogues.

30’
Listening and Speaking
Have Ss watch some videos aboutnatural ways of greeting people in the United States.
Present some real-life greeting conversations/ expressions. Have Ss work in pairs to create their own conversations and practice.
Watch the videos. Take notes and practice the conversations.

20’
Listening and Speaking
Have Ss listen to 2 dialogues between native speakers about making new friends.
Have Ss work in pairs to create their own dialogue and practice.
Listen and take notes.
Create the dialogues and practice.

5’
Homework
Each pair practices2 dialogues and shoots a video or records audio (mp3).




Week 1 (Aug 4 – Aug 8)
UNIT 1:Back to school
Period 3+4: A2
Objectives:
Students will be able to develop their reading skills – find the information from the reading text to answer the questions. Besides, they can also learn a lot of vocabulary and sentence structures, which contributes to improve their listening and speaking skills.
Skills:
Reading: skimming.
Speaking: Talk about thoughts/ feelings.
Writing: short paragraph on thoughts/ feelings and solutions.
Teaching aids:
Textbook, computer, projector.
Procedure:

Time
Content
T’s activities
Ss’ activities

10’
Warm-up and lead-in
Ask new Ss to share with the whole class about their feelings when they first entered this school.
Ask current Ss to talk about their thoughts toward new students and how they can help new students to adapt to new learning environment.
(Give prompts).
Recall and share feelings/ thoughts with the whole class.

5’
Pre-reading
Ask Ss to look at the picture (p.11) and predict the main content of the text.
Give opinions.

50’









While-reading + Language Focus
Have Ss read through the text and underline/ highlight unfamiliar words/ phrases/ structures.
Quantifiers: lots of, a lot of, many.
The comparatives: one-syllable adj.
Explain the meanings of the quantifiers and how to use them. Ask Ss to think of similar expressions that they learned before.
Explain the use and how to form the comparatives (one-syllable adj). Ask Ss to give examples.
Have Ss read the text again and find the information/ clue to answer the questions in A2 (p.11).
Read through the text and underline/ highlight unfamiliar words/ phrases/ structures.
Recall and say some similar quantifiers.

Give some examples of their own experience using the comparatives.
Read the text again and find the information/ clue to answer the questions.

20’
Practice (BTBT)
Have Ss do exercise V, VI (p. 7,8) in BTBT.
Provide correct answers and explanation if necessary.
Do exercise V, VI (p. 7,8) in BTBT.

5’
Homework
Write a short paragraph (about 100 words) on one of the following topics:
You are a new student in Doan Thi Diem Ecopark School. Write about your thoughts and feelings on your first days of school. What do you do to adapt to the new school?
You are a current student of Doan Thi Diem Ecopark School. There are some new students who just got into your class. What do you think/ feel about them? What can you do to help them adapt to the new school?




Week 1 (Aug 4 – Aug 8)
UNIT 1:Back to school
Period 7+8: BTBT + KTTN + WS1.1
Objectives:
Students will review vocabulary and grammarthrough doing exercises.
Skills:
Reading: skimming.
Teaching aids:
BTBT, KTTN, WS1.1.

Time
Content
T’s activities
Ss’ activities

25’
Review
Ask some pairs to have the greeting/ introducing new student conversations.