Date: Friday, October 12th 2012.
Period 21: Unit 4: OUR PAST
Lesson 1: GETTING STARTED + LISTEN & READ.
I- The aims of the lesson: To help ss with reading the dialoguage to understand
about the life in the past to compare with our nowaday life.
* Grammar: used to + V.
* Skills: - Main skill: Reading.
- Other skills: Listening, speaking & writing.
II- The objective of the lesson:
- By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to know the differences between the
life in the past and now. & they will be able to tell the activities people used to
do in the past.
III- Teaching aids: Pictures, extra board, tape and a cassette.
IV- Procedures:
1. Review (5’) * Pelmanism:The past forms of some verbs(LF1).
run
fly
take
go
have
do
come
ride
eat
sit

rode
did
sit
ran
came
took
went
flew
had
ate

 - Asks ss to read the words aloud twice.
2. Warm up (6’) KIM’S GAME ( getting started ) Picture/P38







Ask Ss to look at the picture on page 38 and write the names of the things that do not belong to the past.
Answers : - The TV - Modern clothing / school uniform
- The radio - The mobile phone
- The light fixture
3. Listen and read (22’): a. Pre – teach vocabulary
- electricitty (unc) < realia > ®iÖn, ®iÖn lùc
- (to) look after tr«ng nom, ch¨m sãc
- an equipment < synonym > thiÕt bÞ
- a folktale < examples > truyÖn d©n gian
- traditional < translation > (thuéc) truyÒn thèng
- great grandma < situation > cô bµ
- (to) sound < translation > nghe nh­-, nghe cã vÎ
- (to) light - lit / lighted < mime > th¾p (®Ìn)
+ used to # used (P1) ®· th­-êng
* Checking: R. O . R
b. Pre- reading T / F statements prediction.
a. Nga used to live on the farm.
b. Nga’s Grandma didn’t go to school.
c. She had an easy life when she was young.
d. There wasn’t any modern equipment at her time.
e. “ The lost shoe ” is a short story.
- Run through the sentences.
Give ss time to predict the T/F sentences. - Feedback ( whole class ).
c.While- reading
- Ss listen to the tape and check. – read and check again.
a.F ( Nga grandma ) b.T
c.F ( easy hard ) d.T
e.F (a short story an old folk tale )
* Comprehension questions: ( a- e)
- Ss read the dialogue to answer the questions in pairs. L. numbers.
a. Where did Nga’s Grandmother use to live?
She used to live on the farm.
b. Why didn’t she go to school?
Because she had to stay at home help her...
c. What did Nga’s great-grandmother use to do?
She used to cook meals, clean the house and wash the clothes.
d. What did Nga’s great-grandmother & great-grandfather use to do
after dinner? She lit the lamp & he used to tell them stories.
e. What did Nga ask her grandmother to do at the end of the
conversation? She asked her grandmother to tell her the tale.
d. Post- reading * Fact or Opinion :
- Have Ss read the statements part 3 on page 39 and decide which is
a fact and which is an opinion.
- Explain these 2 words ”fact” and “opinion” then give examples :
Fact : This flower is red.
Opinion : It is the most beautiful flower I’ve seen
Fact : People eat chicken and beef.
Opinion : I don’t like pork.
*Key: a, fact b, fact c, fact d, fact e,O f,O
4.Grammar (10’):
Grandma: “ I used to live on the farm when I was a young girl.”
- Form: ( + ) S + used to + V …
( - ) S + did not use to + V …
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