Date of preparation: April 16th Date of signing: April 18th
Distributive period: 93 Date of teaching:
Unit 10 healthy lifestyles and longevity
Lesson 1 Getting started
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A. Objectives:
1. Language focus
- To help learners get started with some language items in Unit 10
- For vocabulary, that is words and phrases related to healthy lifestyle and longevity
- For pronunciation, that is intonation in invitations, suggestions, polite requests, uncertainty and surprise
- For grammar, that is reported speech with conditionals and reported speech with to infinitives and gerunds
2. Skills
- To help learners get started with 4 skills in Unit 10
- Reading: Reading for general ideas and specific details about factors responsible for the increase in life expectancy
- Speaking: Giving advice on body care
- Listening: Listening for gist and specific information about physical activity precautions
- Writing: Writing a story about how young people have changed their lifestyle to overcome a problem
3. Attitudes
- To help Ss get started for Unit 10 with the topic "healthy lifestyle and longevity"
- To provide Ss some motivation
B. Preparations:
- Teacher: Handouts, textbook, lesson plan, pieces of papers and cassette.
- Students: Textbook
C. Methods: - The whole lesson: Integrated, mainly communicative.
D. Procedures:
Time/Stages
Activities
Interactions


1. Warm up
5 minutes

Lead in
- Ask Ss listen to answer some questions to lead Ss to the lesson.
- Ask Ss to tell the class about their lifestyle.


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2. New lesson

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Activity 1: Kim is asking Mark about a TV health show she missed. Listen and read
- Tell Ss that they are going to listen to a conversation between Kim and Max.
- Ask them to read the heading and guess what the two speakers will be talking about
- Play the recording. Have Ss listen and read the conversation silently. Then ask Ss if their predictions were correct. Have Ss summarise the conversation.
- Ss listen and read the conversation, take notes new word
Activity 2: Read the conversation again. Find the verbs that go with the following nouns
- Ask Ss to read the conversation again and find the verbs
- Let Ss compare their answers in pairs or groups.
- Check Ss’ answers as a class.
Keys:
relieve
weaken
practice
increase
do
practice
take
Activity 3: Complete the following notes on Dr. Quan’s four principles to stay healthy
- Ask Ss to read the conversation again and complete the sentences
- Let Ss compare answers in pairs or groups.
- Check Ss’ answers as a class.
Keys:
relieving stress
we practice meditation
eating healthy food
developing heart diseases
exercising regularly
sports; yoga and t’ai chi
natural remedies; take prescription medicine
Activity 4: Work in pairs. Answer the following questions
- Ask Ss to read the conversation again and answer the questions.
- Have them write the questions carefully.
- Check Ss’ answers.
* Keys:
1. The first principle is relieving stress. The second one is to consuming healthy food. The third one is exercising regularly
2. Yes. I agree with these principles
Activity 5: Find all the examples of reported speech in the conversation.
- Ask Ss to read the conversation again and find the sentences.
- Have them write the sentences in the space provided
- Check Ss’ answers.
* Keys:
Dr. Quan said if you practiced …
Yesterday, I read an article on the internet which claimed …
He said read meat is high in fat …
Dr Quan advised viewers to …
He suggested playing sports …

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Pair work





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Group work



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3.
Consolidation
2 minutes
- Ask Ss: What have you learnt today? What can you do now?
- Summarize the main points of the lesson.


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4. Homework
1 minute
- Words and phrases about cities of the future
- Practice the conversation
- Do the task again
- Read Unit 10 - Language at home

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E. Experience:
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