Week: 1. Date of Preparing :24-09-2014
Period: 2nd. Date of Teaching :25-09-2014
UNIT 1: A SUMMER CAMP
Lesson 1

Objectives:
By the end of this lesson, Ss will be able to ask and answer questions about where someone is from.
Develop speaking skill.
Teaching methods:
Communicative approach.
Techniques:
+ Ask and answer (say individually)
+ Work in pairs/ groups.
+ Discuss.
Resources:
Students’ and teacher’s book, fresh cards, posters, recording, puppets...
Languages focus:.
Vocabulary: summer, camp, country, Malaysia, Thailand, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, the UK, the USA, Indonesia, Thai, Laotian, Combodian, cultural display
Sentence patterns: Where is he /she from ?
He /She is from Malaysia.
Where in Malaysia is he /she from ?
He /She is from Kuala Lumpur.
Procedures:
Warm up:
_ T uses the character gallery on page 2 to play the game Slap the board. Say thename of each character and get Ss from 2 teams to move to the board to slap the pictures corresponding to the names of the characters.
Look, listen and repeat:
_ T asks Ss to open their book on page 6. Focus their attention on the title of the unit, the pictures and the texts. Get Ss to read the title of the unit and elicit their answers:Do you understand the title? Have you been to a summer camp?
_ Have Ss look at each picture and get them to identify the familiar characters and the new ones. Point to each character and ask: Who is this? Do you know him/ her? What’s his/ her name?
* Pre- teach: Teaching vocabulary.
+ summer camp (translate)
+ Malaysia(Atlas)
+ Thailand (Atlas)
+ Bangkok (Explaination)
+ Kuala Lumpur (Explaination)
Get Ss to read all the new words in chorus, in groups, then individual.
* Checking vocabulary: Slap the board.
Giving introduction of the text (set the scene):
Play the recording and asks Ss to listen to the tape twice.
T asks Ss to listen and repeat in chorus three times.
Let Ss practice the dialogue in pairs.
Gets some pairs to read it aloud.
* Presenting new structure:
T gives a situation to present (using picture).
T elicits the structures by asking Ss to speak out the model sentences:
Where is he/she from?
He/She is from Thailand.
Where in Thailand is he/she from?
He/She is from Bangkok.
-Ask Ss repeat the model sentences several times in chorus.
Point, ask and answer:
Have Ss look at the pictures a,b,c,d and introduce four characters: . (/Using the puppets).
T models the dialogue (Point to Zack and ask).
T: Where is he from?
S: He is from Malaysia.
T: Where in Malaysia is he from?
Ss: Kuala Lumpur.
Have the class repeat all the phrases.
Have Ss to work in pairs: Zack, Lawan, Sam, Azmi.
Monitor the activity, check the pronunciation ( sound, assimilation of sound and intonation) and offer help when necessary.
Call on some pairs to perform the task at the front of the class. Others observe and comment.
Make some questions to check Ss’ comprehension of language.
Have the whole class repeat all the phrases to reinforce their pronunciation.
Listen and tick:
Have Ss look at the pictures on page 7.Get Ss look at the pictures and tell them the purpose of listening:” You are going to listen to 4 dialogues in order to tick the correct picture in each number .
T does the first example with Ss.
T plays the recording twice; once for ss to listen all the way through and once for them to do the task.
T pause after each part for ss to have sufficient time to tick the pictures.
T replays the recording for ss to check their answers.
Answers: 1b 2b 3a 4c
Follow –up:
T asks Ss to open their books on page 7.
Each S chooses a boy/ girl from the pictures and introduces him/ her to his/ her partner. His/ Her partner will make questions.
T does the first example with the whole class in order to give them a clear idea of how the activity works.
Ss work in pairs_ Ss ask and answer questions about the characters in this section.
T calls on an open pair to demonstrate the task in front of the class.
Home- link:
Ss learn new words and structures.