UNIT 7: TRAFFIC
Lesson 1: Getting started – Monday in the playground

I. Objectives:
By the end of this lesson, students can know the key language and structures to be learnt in this unit.
II. Language Focus:
1. Vocabulary: the lexical items related to the topic “Traffic”.
2. Structures: It indicating distance.
Used to.
III. Method: Communicative approach.
IV. Teaching ads: Course book, CD player, picture.
V. Procedures:

Teacher’s Activities
Ss’ Activities
Content
Note


- Introduces the topic “traffic”.
- Ask Ss to look at the picture and guess what the conversation between Mai and Oanh might be about.
- Play the recoding.

- Answer



* Presentation:
Questions:
By what means do you go to school every day? On foot? By bicycle? By bus? On your parent’s motorbike?...
What means of transport is faster?
What means do you like most?




- Have Ss to work independently to choose the correct answer to the questions.
- Check their answers and give explanations if necessary.


- Ask Ss to work in pairs. Let them check their answers in pairs or groups.
- Call some pairs to read the questions and give answers.




- Tell Ss to refer back to the conversation to find the word/ phrases. Ask them to practice saying them together. Explain the meaning to the Ss, then give some examples.



- Ask Ss to role-play the short conversations in pairs before creating their own short role-plays. More able Ss can try to extend the conversation.
- Ask Ss to work in pairs and write the means of transport under the right pictures. Then Let Ss read each word correctly .
- Check their pronunciation.


- Ask Ss to work individually to do the task, and write their answers in their notebooks.
- Check their answers.
- Ask Ss to make sentences with the phrases.


- Individual work





- Pair-work








- Pair-work








- Pair-work











- Pair-work
* Practice:
1. Listen and read
a. Choose the correct answer.
Key:
B
A
B
C
b. Answer the following questions.
Key:
She stayed at home and played with her brother.
It’s about two kilometers.
She usually goes to school with her dad.
Because sometimes there are traffic jams.
She goes to school by bike.
c. Can you find the following expressions in the conversation? Do you know what they mean?
Key:
To get someone’s attention
When you strongly support or agree with something
Very excited and keen to do something
d. Work in pairs. Make short role-plays with the conversations above. Then practice them.

2. Write the words using the first letter given.
Key:
Bike
Bus
Plane
Boat
Ship
Train
Motorbike
Car


3. Match a verb on the left with a means of transport on the right. There may be more than one correct answer. Add a preposition when necessary.
Key:
Ride a bike
Drive a car
Fly by plane
Sail on/ in a boat
Get on a bus/ a train/ a bike/ a motorbike
Get off a bus/ a train/ a bike/ a motorbike



- Let Ss stand up and go around the class to ask other Ss the question.
- Ask them to take notes. Then some of them can report their result to the class.

- T whole class
* Production:
4. Find someone in your class who never…
Example:
How often do you walk to school?
Or
Do you often walk to school?




*Homework:
- Learn Vocabulary.
- Prepare the next lesson
(A closer look 1)




UNIT 7: TRAFFIC
Lesson 2: A Closer Look 1

I. Objectives:
By the end of this lesson, students can pronounce correctly the sounds /e/and /ei/ in isolation and in context; use vocabulary related to arrangements for a trip.
II. Language Focus:
1. Vocabulary: the lexical items related to the topic “Traffic”.
2. Structures: It indicating distance.
Used to.
III. Method: Communicative approach
IV. Teaching ads: Course book, CD player, flash cards.
V. Procedures: