Unit 8: The story of my village
Period 1 : Reading
Aims:
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
Better their reading skill through vocabulary matching and Table completion exercises.
Enlarge vocabulary about country life such as bumper crops, cash, crops, brick house, straw, mud
Materials: Textbook, whiteboard markers, Cassettes…
Procedure:
Teacher
Students


Warmer: Networks
- Ask Ss to work in groups of three or four and make a list of words related to the country
- The group with the longest list will be the winner











Before- reading:
Picture description:
Ss work in pair and discuss the questions in the book.
Call on some Ss to read their answers aloud in front of the class
The farmers are harvesting the crop.
They are working very hard
It’s a good/ bumper crop.
Good farming methods, good varieties. Modern technology used, people work hard.
Some questions may be used :
What do you see in the picture?
Who are they?
What are they using?
Vocabulary pre-teach:
Straw ( n): rom
Mud (n): bun
Technical high school: truong trung hoc ki thuat day nghe
Farming methods: Phuong phap canh tac
Brick houses: nha ngoi
Thanks to: ( prep): nho co
While- reading:
Task 1: Matching
1-b ( have just enough money to pay for the things that you need) ( kiem tan tien du song)
2-d ( having to have many things that you so no have) ( thieu thon nhieu thu)
3- a ( making one’s life better) ( cai thien cuoc song)
4- e ( good crops) ( vu mau boi thu)
5- c ( crops to be sold, not for use by the people who grow it ) ( cay trong de ban va thu loi nhuan)
Task 2: Table completion:
Areas of change
Before
Now

house
Made of straw and mud
Made of bricks

Radio and TV
Few families had a radio or a TV set
Many families have a radio or a TV set

Farming methods
Old
New

crops
poor
Good/ bumper

travel

By motorbike


Task 3: Answering the questions:
It was poor and simple
Because they hope that with an education of science and technology their children could find a way of bettering their lives
They introduced new farming methods which resulted in bumper crops. They also helped grow crops for exports.
He said their lives had changed a lot thanks to the knowledge their children had brought home.
He told his grand children : “ Study harder so that you can do more for the village than your parents did”
After- reading: How can people with an education help make the life of their community better?
Introduce new farming methods.
Grow cash crops for export
Help local people apply modern technology in farming
Help community especially young people access to ways of entertainment.
Raise people’s awareness about food safety and environment hygiene

Homework: Write a paragraph about your hometown and its changes

































Teacher
Students





pair work



Group discussion and fill in the blank



- Pair work discussion


Group discussion and presentation





III. Self evaluation:













Unit 8: The story of my village
Period 2 : Speaking
Aims:
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to: talk about plans to improve life of a village and their possible results.
Materials: Textbook, whiteboard markers, Cassettes…
Procedure:
Teacher
Students

Warmer:
Ask Ps to work in small groups and make a list of the ideas that can be carried out to improve the village life.
Ss may have ideas in Vietnamese
Gather the ideas and present before class
-Group work

Pre- speaking:
Pre teach new words:
Resurface: put a new surface on, renew…
Canal (n): man-made waterway for irrigation
Muddy ( a) : full of mud
Task 1: The villagers of Ha Xuyen are discussing plans to improve life in the village. Match the plans with possible results.
Give the correct answer: 1b, 2g, 3d, 4e, 5f, 6c
Conditional sentences Type 1:

If clause
Main Clause

Present tense
If the road are widened
 Will/ can/may/ might + do
Cars and lorries can