Week: 4 Date: Thứ …..ngày ….tháng …. năm 2015.
Period:7 Teaching date: ...........................................

UNIT 3: What day is it today?
Lesson 1
I. Objectives:
By the end of this unit, pupils can
use the words and phrases related to the topic "Days of the week.
Ask and answer questions about the days of the week, using What day is it today? It’s…….
II. Language Focus:
+ Vocabulary: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
+ Sentence pattern: What day is it today? - It`s Monday.
III. Resources: Ss’ book, recording, computer, stereo, (projector), poster, day card...
IV. Procedure:
Time
Learning activities
Language Focus

Modes



3’

Warm-up:
- Spend a few minnutes revising the previous unit by having the class sing the song Where are you from? Then write today’s date on the board.
- Point to it and say Today is + (name of the day), and write the day on the board.
- In oder to give pupils an idea of days, use a calendar, point to each day and tell pupils that they go to school on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and that they study English on Mondays and Wednesdays, for example.



Spoken Interaction.
Song: “Where are you from"

“ Calendar Guessing”


Whole class

Pairs


Whole class



8’

1. Look, listen and repeat.
- Tell pupils that they are going to read a story in which pupils ask and answer questions about days of the week.
- Give them a few seconds to look at the four pictures and read the story. Then ask a few questions to check comprehension, such as: Where are the pupils? Who’s the teacher? What day is it? What lesson is it? When is the next English lesson? (They are in the classroom. Miss Hien is the teacher. It’s Monday. It’s the English lesson.)
- Play the recording more than once, if necessary, for pupils to listen and repeat.

Spoken interaction



Whole class


Individuals



Whole class




10’

2. Point and say.
- Tell pupils that they are going to practise asking the question What day is it today? And answering with It’s + (name of the day).
- Get them to point to the name of each day on the calendar and repeat each twice.
- Drill pupils on the questions anf answers chorally before getting them to work in pairs. Check their performance as a class.
*Language note: Remind pupils that the days of the week start with capital letters.Write the abbreviations of the days on the board (i.e. Mon., Tues., Wed., Thurs., Fri., Sat. and Sun.) and ask pupils to read aloud the days in full forms.
** Work in pairs. Ask your partners what day it is today.
- Tell pupils that they are going to practise asking questions about the days of the week, using What day is it? And answering with the name of a specific day.
- Have them play a guessing game in pairs.
+ Ask each pair to write each day of the week on a slip of paper and put the paper slips face down on the desk.
+ Pupil 1 draws a slip of paper without looking at it.
+ Pupil 2 asks What day is it? Pupil 1 should guess and say a day, and then look at the paper.
+ If the answer matches the day on the paper, he/she scores one mark and continues to draw another slip.
+ If the answer does not match the day on the paper, Pupil 2 has a turn. The pupil scoring the most marks will be the winner.

New words and structures/ function




Individuals






Pairs







Groups



8’

3. Listen and tick
- Tell pupils that they are going to listen to three dialogues about days of the week and tick the correct pictures.
- Ask them to look at the pictures to identify the different days of the week.
- Get pupils to read aloud the days in English before playing the recording.
- Get them to swap their answes before checking as a class. Monitor the activity and offer help, if necessary.
Key: 1b 2a 3c
Audio script:
Mr Loc: Hello, class.
Class: Hello, Mr Loc.
Mr Loc: What day is it today, class?
Class: