Planning date : 07/ 03/ 2014
Period: 50
Teaching date: 11/ 3/ 2014
UNIT 8 : CELEBRATIONS
SPEAK + LISTEN


I. Objectives
1. Knowledge: By the end of this lesson, Ss improve their speaking and listening skills:
- Speaking: Give and respond to a compliment for common situations.
- Listening: Listen and complete the missing words of an English song (Auld Lang Syne).
a. Vocabulary: Related to celebration.
b. Grammar: Giving and responding to a compliment.
2. Skills: Speaking, listening, less reading and writing.
3. Attitude: Ss will be educated about celebrations.
II. Preparation
1. Teacher: lesson plane, book, color chalks, pictures, cassette and tape.
2. Students: books, notebooks, pen, ruler …
III. Teaching methods
- Communication approach
- Question and answer, eliciting
- Techniques: Ask and answer, Work in pairs/ groups, Discuss.
IV. Procedures:
1. Greeting and checking the attendance (1’)
2. Review of the previous lesson (4’)
T calls one S to go to the board, read the text and answer the questions:
a. How many celebrations are mentioned in the text ? What are they ?
b. Which celebration do you like best ? Why ?
Then S writes new words on the board : celebration (n), sticky rice cake (n), parade (n).
3. New lesson (35’)

Teacher’s and students’ activities
Content


- T asks, Ss answer the questions.






- T explains how to give and respond to a compliment.
- Ss pay attention to teacher’ explanation and take notes.







- T explains the requirement, the situations and new words.
- Ss pay attention to teacher’ explanation and take notes.
- T calls two Ss read the example a.
*Warm up
- When do people give a compliment to others?
- Do you usually give a compliment ?
- On which occasion ?
- To whom ?
- Do you know to respond to it ?
I. Speak.
* Pre – speaking
* Structures
Give a compliment
Respond to a compliment

Well done.
Thanks

That’s a great/an excellent …..
It’s nice of you to say so.

Let me congratulate you on…
That’s very kind of you.

Read the following situations with a partner: Then give and respond to appropriate compliments.
Vocabulary :
- contest (n)
- activist (n)
- charity (a)
- nominate (v)
- take part in (v)





- Ss make dialogues with pictures b, c, d in pairs.
- T calls some pairs to give the dialogues before the class.
- T checks and corrects students’ pronunciation if necessary.

- T explains the requirement and give some suggestions if Ss can’t think up the situation.
- Ss work in pairs : give and respond to compliments.
- T calls some pairs to give the dialogues before the class.
- T checks and corrects students’ pronunciation if necessary.

* While – speaking.
* The keys :
b. Well done, Huyen. / Thanks , Mom.
c. Let’s congratulate you on your nomination, Tuan. / It’s nice of you to say so.
d. That’s excellent drawing, Hoa. / That’s very kind of you to say so.
Now think up situations in which you can compliment your friends and get respones fro him/her/them, then make up dialogues with partner.
* Suggestions:
- passing the exam.
- Wearing a new shirt/ dress
- Winning the first prize in a speech/ in a singing contest.
* The keys
- Well done, Nam / It’s very nice of you to say so.
- This shirt looks good on you./ thank you.
- You speech was very excellent./ Thank you.
- That was a very good performance./ That’s very kind of you.
* Post – speaking.
Do you think compliment is important and necessary in our life?


- T asks, Ss answer the questions.
- Ss answer the questions.

- T helps Ss know something about the song “Auld Lang Syne”.



- T helps Ss understand the meanings of new words by doing the exercise Matching.
- T checks and corrects students’ answers.





- T explains the requirement of the listening.
- Ss read the song once and guess the missing words.
- Ss listen to the song three times.
- T calls some Ss to give the answers.
- T checks and