Vinh Ha Secondary School
Date of preparing: 13/01/2025
Class : 6/3,6/5
Date of teaching: 17/01/2025
Period 57:
UNIT 6: COMMUNITY SERVICES
Lesson 1 - Part 3 (Page 48) – Pronunciation and Speaking
I. OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to...
1. Knowledge
- pronounce the /st/ sound correctly
- talk about public services in their town
2. Ability
- improve speaking and reading skills
- develop the ability to communicate and cooperate with their partners, to self - study
3. Quality
- have positive attitude in English language learning so that they actively participate in all
classroom activities, especially with the topic “Community services” conducted by the teacher
- have awareness of protecting/ saving the environment
II. TEACHING EQUIPMENT AND LEARNING MATERIALS.
Lesson plan, PPT slides, student's book, workbook, notebook, personal computer (if any),
projector/ TV, speakers, handouts…
III. PROCEDURES
A. Warm up (5')
a) Objective: To check up and lead in the new lesson.
b) Content: Role-play, chatting
c) Product: Students can review the contents of the previous lessons
d) Competence: Communication, collaboration, presentation, creativity
e) Organization of the activity:
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
-Have Ss talk about community services near where - Students practice asking and answering
they live.
the questions using the language learnt
- Go around the class and give support if any.
earlier in the unit.
Example:
Is there a supermarket...near your house?
B. New lesson (35')
 Activity 1: Pronunciation
a) Objective: To pronounce the /st/ sound correctly.
b) Content: Listening and repeating, listening and focusing on the underlined letters.
c) Products: Students know how to pronounce the /st/ sound correctly and confidently.
d) Competence: Communication, collaboration
e) Organization of the activity:
Teacher's activities

Students' activities

* Presentation:
a. Focus the /st/ sound.
- Briefly explain the pronunciation
b. Listen to the words and focus on the underlined
letters.
- Play the audio and draw attention to the
pronunciation of the sound of the underlined letter
(CD2 -04)
* Practice
c. Listen and repeat.
- Play the audio again and ask Ss to listen and repeat
the words given.
- Correct the mistake if necessary.
d. Read the words with the correct sound to a
partner.
- Have students work in pairs taking turn saying the
words.
- Walk around and correct the mispronunciation if
any.

- Listen carefully how to focus on the /st/
sound.
- Listen and notice the underlined letters
individually.
station, post office
-Listen and repeat in chorus and
individually.

- Practice saying the words given with a
partner.

 Activity 2: Practice
a) Objective: To have students recycle the language learnt earlier to make a conversation about
community services.
b) Content: Practicing the conversation. Swapping roles and repeating, practicing with their own
ideas.
c) Products: Students can make plans for a trip.
d) Competence: Communication, collaboration, creativity, public speaking, observation
e) Organization of the activity:
Teacher's activities
* Practice:
a. Practice the conversation. Swap roles and repeat.
- Set the context for the speaking task.
- Demonstrate the activity by practicing the role play with a student.
- Have student practice the conversation.
- Ask students swap the role and repeat.
- Have students demonstrate the conversation
(Teacher should ask some weaker pairs to practice)
* Production (for better students)
b. Practice. with your own ideas. (For better
students)
- Have students practice the conversation with their
own ideas. Swap roles.
- Give support if any.

Students' activities

- Practice the role - play with teacher.
- Work in pairs to practice the
conversation. (Closed pairs)
- Swap the role and repeat using the
prompts/ cues on the right. (Closed pairs)
- Demonstrate the activity in pairs in
front of the class.
- Work in pairs
- Demonstrate the activity in pairs in
front of the class.
- Observe what they peers are doing (for
those who do not deliver the conversation
in front of the class)

 Activity 3: Speaking – Is there a Library near Here?.
a) Objective: To ask and answer about community services in a new town.
b) Content: Working in pairs/ Role-play activities
c) Products: Ss can use the language learnt in the lesson in communication.
d) Competence: Communication, collaboration, presentation,
e) Organization of the activity:
Teacher's activities
a.You're visiting a new town. Work in pairs.
Student A, stay on this page and answer Student
B's questions about Maple Falls. Students B, go to
page 122 (File 5)
- Set Ss ready for the activity by checking if they
really know what they are going to do.
- Have Ss review the target language learnt earlier
so that weaker Ss can catch up with the other Ss.
- Remind Ss that they should pay attention to their
pronunciation and the conversation skills.
- Demonstrate a role play activity with a faster S
using the cues given in the book.
- Have Ss practice speaking the conversations in
pairs.
- Go around the class and give support if any.
- Have some pairs demonstrate the role- play in
front of the class.
b. Student A, look at the map of Fair View and
ask about these places: post office, library and
train station. Add them to the map.
- Have Ss get ready for the task.
- Have Ss practice the conversation.
- Have some pairs role-play the conversation in
front of the class.
- Go around and give support if any.
- Give feedback.

Students' activities

- Explore the task
- Recall the target language with the class.
- Listen to the teacher
- Observe
- Work in pairs.
- Demonstrate/ Observe

- Explore the task
- Work in pairs
- Demonstrate/ Observe
Example :
B: Excuse me, is there a hospital in Maple
Falls?
A: Yes, the hospital is on Orange Street.
It's bewteen the post office and the café.
B: Thanks. Oh, where is the bus station?
A: It's on Queen's Road and it's opposite
the train station.
B: Thanks, and where is the police staion?
A: Well, it's on Orange Street and it's
opposite the café.
B: Great. Thank you.

D. Consolidation (2')
Activity 5: Homework guidance (3')
Guide Ss to do the tasks assigned.
- T guides students to have a look back on the lesson at home, do exercises in workbook and get
ready for the next lesson.
E. Homework
- Practice stressing for most gerunds correctly.
- Make arrangements for a class trip.
- Prepare for the next lesson: Unit 8 - Lesson 2: New words and reading - page 65.
(The meaning of new words)
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