UNIT 5: INVENTIONS
I. Aims:
1. Knowledge: By the end of the unit, students can gain knowledge about “inventions”.
2. Skills: By the end of this unit, students can:
- use nouns and phrases related to the topic Inventions.
- understand the formation of compound nouns and their meanings.
- identify the stress patterns of compound nouns and noun groups.
- use the gerunds and infinitives to talk about the uses or purposes of something.
- use the present perfect tense to describe an event or action happening in the past but having a result in the present.
- read a text about inventions based on nature for the main idea and specific information.
- talk about some unique inventions, their uses and their benefits.
- listen to an interview for specific information.
- make an outline before writing a short paragraph about the benefits of an invention.
II. Methods: - The whole lesson: mainly communicative, learner-centered.
III. Teaching aids: textbook, pieces of papers, handout, slide show and cassette.
IV. Anticipated problems: Some new technical terms may make Ss difficult to understand, so T should explain when necessary.
V. Procedures:


Date of preparation: ____________________
Date of teaching: ______________________
Period: ______________________________

LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED
Computers and our lives

1. Objectives: - getting to know the topic of unit 5, vocabulary related to inventions, and two grammar points.
2. Teaching aids: textbook, slide show and cassette/speakers.
3. Procedure:

Steps & time
Learning activities
Language focus
Modes


1. Warm up
(6 minutes)
GAME: What is this?
- Teacher divides the class into 2 groups.
- There is a picture which is hidden under 6 pieces. Each piece is equivalent to a question. If students answer question correctly, they can open a part of the picture.
- The winner is the group who can tell the name of the picture.
- Questions under pictures are:
1. Telephone was invented by _____.
A. The Wright Brothers
B. Benjamin Franklin
C. Marie Curie
D. Alexander Graham Bell
2. Who discovered penicillin?
A. Albert Einstein
B. Alexander Fleming
C. Isaac Newton
D. Biro Brothers
3. You can go to the concert with me, _____ you can go to the cinema alone.
A. and
B. but
C. or
D. so

4. Find the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.
A. second
B. band
C. bank
D. sand

5. She feels _____ about her voluntary trip to Hoa Binh Province next week.
A. excited
B. exciting
C. excite
D. excitement

6. My sister and I _____ when my father came home.
A. chatted
C. were chatting
B. was chatting
D. are chatting

- Key word: INVENTIONS
- Lead in the new lesson.
- Phonics:
/ n / and / ŋ /
- Grammar:
+ the passive voice
+ the simple past tense
+ compound sentence
+ the past continuous
- Vocabulary:
related to the game.


- group work

2. New lesson

(30 minutes)
















I. Listen and read
- Before playing the recording, teacher asks students some related questions about the picture in the textbook.
1. Can you guess the relationship between two people in the picture?
2. What are they talking about?
- Tell them the two people in the picture are Phong and his father; they are talking about some devices such as smart phone, tablet or laptop.
- Play the recording and then give time for silent reading and ask students to underline the words that they don’t know and try to guess the part of speech of these words.
- Call on two students to read the dialogue aloud. Teacher can give comment on students’ pronunciation if necessary.
* New words:
- Teacher asks a student to write the word that they don’t know on the board and gives some explanations quickly.
- Teacher prepares some certain words to emphasize:
+ invent (v) – invention (n) – inventor (n)
+ reward (v)
+ definitely (adv)
+ research (v)
+ assignment (n)
- If students want to know some words like “generous, portable, economical, versatile”, tell them not to worry about the new vocabulary or grammar points. The new items will be dealt with after Activity 3.
II. Answer the questions
- Ask students to read the conversation again and think of the answers to