Period: 31
UNIT 5: STUDY HABITS
WRITE
I. OBJECTIVES
- By the end of the lesson, Ss know the format of a friendly letter and practice writing a letter to a friend.
1. Knowledge, Skills, Attitude:
a. Knowledge:
- Grammar: Past simple and present simple.
- Vocabulary: Related to “Study habits”
b. Skills: Listening, speaking, reading and writing.
c. Attitude: - Ss will be educated to write the letter.
2. Capacity is formed and developed for students
- Self-learning capability.
- Communicative competence
- Cooperation capacity
II. Preparation
1. Teacher: - Lesson plan, book, color chalks, pictures, MP3
2. Students: - Books, notebooks, pen, ruler …
III. Students’ activities
1. Warm up (5’)
Teacher’s and Ss’ activities
Content

- T asks Ss some questions dealing with writing letters.
- Ss answer.
- T corrects and gives marks if necessary.
- Have you ever written a letter to someone?
- To whom do you usually write?
- What do you often write about?


2. Knowledge formation activities (36’)
Teacher’s and Ss’ activities
Content


- T gives new-words, writes on the board, guides Ss to read, asks the meaning.
- Ss read after the teacher (chorus, individually), give the meaning.
- T corrects if necessary.
VI. Write
( New-words:
- Lunar New Year Festival:
- enjoyable (a):
- celebrate (v)
- regard (n)

- T introduces the situation.
- Ss listen.
- T asks Ss to put the parts of the letter in the correct order.
- Ss work in pairs how to write a letter.
-Ss write on the board.
- T gives feedback.
- T asks Ss to read the letter on page 51 to check their order.
- Ss read aloud.
- T corrects the mistakes.
- T asks Ss to label each section with the correct letter.
- Ss practice individually.
1. Look at Hoa’s letter to Tim. She wrote it at the end of term. Identify the sections. Label them with correct letter
* Ss identify the part of a letter
( Ordering:
A) Opening B) Closing
C) The Date D) Body of the letter
( Answers:
B : Heading - Writer’s address and the date
D : Opening - Dear …
A : Body of the letter
C : Closing - Your friend / Regards / Love

- T asks Ss to work in pairs, ask and answer some questions.
- Ss work in pairs (ask and answer together).
- T moves around and helps Ss if necessary.
- T asks Ss to practice asking and answering the questions.
- Ss ask and answer (closed pairs and opened pairs)
- T corrects the mistakes.

( Comprehension questions:
a) Who wrote the letter? To whom?
- Hoa wrote a letter to Tim, her pen pal
b) What are there in the heading?
- There are the writer’s name, writer’s address and the date
c) What is the main part of the letter?
- The body of the letter is the main part
d) What did Hoa receive a few days ago?
- She received her first semester report
e) Is Hoa good at Math?
- No, she isn’t
f) What subject is Hoa good at ?- Science, English and History
g) Where is she going to celebrate the lunar new year festival?
- She’s going to Hue to celebrate the festival with her grandmother

- T asks Ss to do exercise 2 on page 51. Ss have to imagine that they are Lan and write a letter to her pen pal Donna in San Francisco, using the given information.
- Ss work individually (the whole class write a letter).
- T moves around and helps Ss if necessary.
- T asks some Ss to read aloud their letters and corrects the mistakes.








Ss read their letters aloud.
2. Now help Lan write ………………. in the box
15 Thanh Cong Street
* Ss compete the letter
Hanoi, June 10 th 2004
Dear Donna,
Thanks for your letter. I’m glad to hear you had an interesting / enjoy-able Mother’s Day
We received our second semester report last month. I got good grades for Geography; Physics and History results were poor. My teacher advises me to improve English and History. I think I have to study harder next school year.
In a few weeks, we’re going to celebrate the mid Autumn festival. That is an Autumn moon festival in Vietnam. This afternoon, I’m going to Ha Long Bay with my aunt