Period: 3 Date of planning: 23/8/2015
Unit 1 . A DAY IN THE LIFE OF …...……
A. Reading
A. Aims: By the end of the lesson , the Ss will be able to understand farmers` activities and talk about the daily routines and the love of the work
B. Objectives:
+ Knowledge :
- General knowledge : Students should know how to do their daily activities
effectively and be in love with their work.
- Language : - Sts can learn some new words related to farming , the daily activities
- Sts can read for gist and for information and summarize the content of
the reading.
+ Skills : reading for gist, reading for details.
+ Competence: self- study; problem- solving; communication; cooperation; using language.
C. Teaching method: integrate, mainly communicative approach
D. Teaching aids: textbooks, pictures, handouts, reference books, ...
E. Procedures:
Teacher’s activities
 Students’ activities

Warm-up: 3’
Stick the picture of the farmer on the bb and ask Sts about it.
What is his job?
Where does he work?
Can you tell me what a farmer usually does every day?
* Brain-storming:
Get up go to the field


DAILY ACTIVITIES OF A FARMER



* Introduce the new lesson

Look at it and answer the questions



Speak out the answers




Pre- reading:7’ + pre-teach new words:
Lead the buffalo to the field:
Plough (v). (n):
Harrow (v), (n):
Pump water (v) :
Transplant (v):
Peasant (n) :
- Ask Sts to read the new words and write down
- Deliver the handouts to Ss
Handout.
leading the buffalo to the field, singing karaoke, doing homework , ploughing and harrowing, transplanting, teaching English , pumping water into the land, getting up early, preparing lesson plan, chatting with friends, drinking tea.
- Ask Ss to look at the hand out
- Read the activities and ask Ss to repeat
- Ask Ss to pick out some activities which
farmers usually do.
- Ask Ss to give their chosen ones.
- Check the information chosen by the groups in
front of the class.
- Give feedback
- Guess the words and give their meanings by
looking at the pictures:
Lead the buffalo to the field:
Plough (v). (n):turn up the soil (cày)
Harrow (v), (n):break the soil()
Pump water (v) : bơm nước
Transplant (v):grow rice ( cấy)
Peasant (n) :nông dân
- Take notes
- Get the handout


- Look at the hand out
- Repeat them after teacher
- Do the task: Ss work in groups and choose
some
- The representatives of some groups present
their information.
Suggested answers
(Ss’ answers may vary)
leading the buffalo to the field,ploughing and harrowing, transplanting, pumping water into the land, getting up early,chatting with friends, drinking tea.

While-reading: 25’
- Ask Ss to read the text
- Ask Ss to work in groups to check the
information
- Go around to help them to do the task if
necessary
- Ask Ss to give their answers again
- Give feedback.
Activity 1.(Task 1)
- Run through the requirement
- Ask Ss to do the task in pairs
- Monitor class
- Ask Ss to say their chosen answers.
- Give feedback
Activity 2(Task 2)
- Ask Ss to tell what they are going to do in task 2.
- Run through the questions in task 2
- Ask Ss to reread the passage and answer them in groups
- Go around and monitor.
- Ask some pairs to practice in front of class.







- Give feedback


- Read the passage silently and quickly.
- Work in groups and get the correct information
for their choices
- Give their answers
- Take notes

- Read the reading again
- Work in pairs

- Give their answers.
- Take notes
Suggested answers:
1.C 2.C 3.A 4. A

- Listen to the teacher - Reread the passage
- Work in pairs - Answer the questions
- Practice in pairs (one asks; another answers)
Suggested answers:
He’s a peasant/ farmer.
He gets up at 4:30 and then goes down the kitchen to boil some water for his morning tea.