UNIT 2: SCHOOL TALKS
Period 7 A: Reading
I. Objective:
* Aims:By the end of the lesson, student will be able to understand small talks of students, teachers, parents about themselves, their daily lives or teaching and learning in school.
II. Language focus
1. Grammar: using gerund and to – infinitive appropriately
2. Vocabulary: words related to school
3. Skill: Skim the text for specific information
III. Teaching aids: powerpoint
IV: Teaching procedure:
Time
Teacher’s activities
 Students’ activities

7 min
1. Warm-up:
a, Ask students to guess the meaning of “school talks”:
+ means the dialogues at school, conversation, discussion about school.
b, Ask students which topics they often talk about their school life?
+ favorite subjects, score, their friends. etc...
- Introduces the situation of the passages 1,2,3.
- Students guess the meaning and work in pairs to say which topics they often talk about when they meet or talk to each other.



2. Before you read:
Vocabulary pre-teach:
- Provide the students new words/phrases, then explain the meaning of the word/phrase.

- Students read all the word/phrases aloud.
- Write down their notebooks
+ corner shop(NP): a shop at the corner of a street
+ pro`fession(n): = job, occupation .
+ stuck(adj): bị mắc kẹt
+ `attitude(n): what you think about or behave toward something.
+ mall (n): an area containing a lot of shops .
eg: a shopping mall



3. While you read:
- Introduce briefly the content of the reading text.
- Get feedback and give correct answers
- Move round to check students’ work.
- Listen and check.



































- Ask students to keep on working in pairs.
- Move round to check the activity.
- Get feedback and give correct answers.














4. After you read:
- Tell students to work in groups:
- Go round to help students with their work.
- check and give remarks


- Students read these talks, then work independently and fill each blank with one of the words in the box.
- Compare the answer with a partner.
Task 1: Gap-filling.
.Fill each blank with one of the words in the box below. There are more words than needed
Correct answer:
1.enjoy
2.traffic
3. worry
4. crowded
5. language

-Students to work in pairs. Read the small talks again and find out who.....
- 9-10 pairs are required to give answers in front of the class (1 pair/ 1 time/ 1 answer).
Task 2: Finding who...…

Name

-Enjoys teaching profession
Miss Phuong

-has to get up early
Phong

-lives far from school
Phong’ family

-loves working with children
Miss Phuong

-loves learning English
Phong

-rides a bike to school everyday
Phong

-studies at a high school
Phong

-teaches English at a high school
Miss Phuong

-worries about someone else’s travelling
Mr Ha, Phong’s father


-Read the talks more carefully and answer the questions.
- Some pairs to report in front of the class.
Task 3: Answering questions.
1: He studies at Chu Van An high school
2: He studies many subjects such as Math, Physics, Chemistry.....
3: Because it is an international language.
4: She says that teaching is hard work, but she enjoys it because she loves working with children.
5: Because his son has to ride his bike in narrow and crowded streets on the way to school



Students work in group. Choose one of the following topics and talk about it for about 5 minutes.
- Some students talk about their topic in front of the class.
Examples:
a.What subjects you like learning best and why.
- I like English best because it is an important means of international communication
- I like learning Math, Chemistry or Vietnamese Literature because it’s useful, interesting
b. What you like and dislike doing at school .
– doing a lot of homework
- taking part in social activities
- talking with my parents
c. What you worry about at school .
- I worry that many students cheat in exams/ live far from school/ difficulty in speaking