Week: 5 Date: Thứ …..ngày ….tháng …. năm 2015.
Period:10 Teaching date: ...........................................

UNIT 4: When`s your birthday?
Lesson 1
I. Objectives:
By the end of this unit, pupils can
use the words and phrases related to the topic Dates and Birthdays.
Ask and answer questions about dates, using What is the date today? It’s…….
II. Language Focus:
+ Vocabulary: ordinal numbers (1st -> 31st)
+ Sentence pattern: What is the date today? - It`s the first of October.
III. Resources: Ss’ book, recording, computer, stereo, (projector), poster of calendar ( October, 2015), ordinal numbers cards ...
IV. Procedure:
Time
Learning activities
Language Focus

Modes



3’

Warm-up:
- Spend a few minnutes revising the previous lesson by asking the class to say the chant What do you do on…? And to clap their hands



Spoken Interaction.
Chant: “What do you do on...?



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 dates, using What day is the date today? It’s…….
- Have them look at the four pictures to discuss the context in which the language is used. Ask them questions such as Who are they? And What are they saying? (In Pictures a and b, Miss Hien greets the pupils and they then respond to her greeting in the classroom. Focus pupils on Picture c where Miss Hien asks Nam the date, using What is the date today?, and Nam answers It’s the first of October. In Picture d, Mai corrects Nam’s answer saying It’s the second of October. Check comprehension.
- Play the recording more than once, if necessary, for pupils to listen and repeat. Do choral and idividual repetition, pointing to the characters speaking.
- Play the recording again for pupils to listen and repeat.
***Language note:
Ordinal numbers are used for saying dates. Remember to use the before ordinal numbers.
Examples: 1 (one)- 1st (the first) 2 (two) -2nd (the second)

Spoken interaction



Whole class


Individuals



Whole class




10’

2. Point and say.
- Tell pupils that they are going to practise asking and answering questions about dates, using What day is the date today? It’s…….
- Have them look at the pictures to understand how the language is used.
- In order for pupils to say the dates, they need to know the ordinal numbers 1st to 31st. You can find these numbers in Glossary. (We focus on one month, October, in this lesson and will teach other months in Lesson 2.)
- Point to Picture a and have them repeat the date under the picture. Do choral and individual repetition. Then tell pupils to practise asking and answering about the dates in pairs, using the prompts in the bubbles and the pictures.
** Tell your class the date today.
- Tell pupils that they are going to practise asking and answering questions about the real date, using What is the date today? It’s…….
- Ask them to work in pairs, one points to the calendar and asks the question, the other looks at the calendar and answers. You can call one pupil to write the answer on the board.
- Call some pairs to practise in front of the class.

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 dates and tick the correct pictures.
- Have them look at the pictures to indentify that the month is the same but the dates are different. Revise the ordinal numbets 1st to 31st with them. Then ask them to say the nine dates shown in the pictures. Remind them the differences between cardinal and ordinal numbers (e.g. fourteen and fourteenth). Check understanding.
- Play the recording more than once, if necessary. Ask pupils to listen to the recording and tick the correct pictures. Tell them to focus on the dates.
- Get pupils to swap their answes before checking as a class.
Key: 1b 2c 3a
Audio script:
Miss Hien: Good morning, children.
Children: Good morning, Miss Hien.
Miss Hien: What’s the date today?
Children: It’s the third of October.
Miss: Thank you.
Mai: Is it the fourteeth of October today?
Nam: