UNIT 1: LEISURE ACTIVITIES
6T Objectives:
By the end of this unit, students can:
• Pronounce words containing the clusters /br/ and /pr/ correctly in isolation and in context
• Use the lexical items related to leisure activities
• Use verbs of liking that are followed by gerunds
• Use verbs of liking that are followed by to-infinitives
• Read for general and specific information about the positive and negative effects of using computer
•Listening for specific information about ways of sending time with friends
• Write to discuss an opinion about leisure activities





Introduction
Prepare photos or magazine cut-outs about some popular leisure activities including those you often do in your spare time. Ask Ss to describe them in English. Then ask them to guess which activities you enjoy doing. Encourage Ss to do the same in pairs: One student write a short list of activities and the other guesses.


1 Ask Ss to open their books to the picture. Introduce Mai, Phuc and Nick. Ask Ss to guess where they are and what they are doing. For more able classes, brainstorm questions with Ss and write them on the board. Questions may include:
What can you see in the picture?
Why do you think Mai, Phuc and Nick are there?
What are they holding in their hands?
What are they talking about?
Can you guess what Mai, Phuc and Nick like doing in their free time?
Etc.
Accept all possible answers from Ss and do not provide correction at this stage. Play the recording and have Ss answer them. Again, do not give correction at this stage.
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A Ss work individually to circle the correct answer. Ss compare their answer with a partner and then discuss as a class. T goes through each statement and asks Ss how the text and the visual in the dialogue support their answers. After the discussion, T writes the correct answers on the board.
Key: 1. Bookstore 2. Book 3.dog
4. craft kit 3. Folk music 4. Vietnamese
B Go through the list of activities mentioned. Ecourage Ss to explain what they are and to give examples. Ask Ss if they have any of these activities, or if they know anyone who does these in their free time.
Have Ss do this task individually first, then compare the answers with their partner. They should be able to give ideals from the text that support their answers.
Key:







Phuc
Mai
Nick

1.Pet training
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2. Making

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3.Reading
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4.listening to music


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5.Learning languages


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6. Playing sports
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7. Helping parents with DIY projects
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C Draw Ss’ attention to the contexts when Mai said ‘Check out this book’ and Phuc said ‘It’s right up your street!’. Together with Ss elicit the meaning of these two experessions.
To check out something means to examine something or get more information about it in order to be certain that it is suitable (or true, or false ).
If something is right up your street, it is the type of thing that you are interested in or that you enjoy doing.
Ask Ss for examples of something they can check out, and something which is right up their street. For a more able class, ask Ss to make a 2- turn dialogue in which they use these expression.

2. Ss work in pairs to match the words/ phrases in the box to the photos, then they listen together to check their answers.
Key: 1.playing computer games 2. Playing beach games 3. Doing DIY
4. texting 5. Visiting museum 6. Making crafts
If time allows, ask Ss to use adjectives to say what they think of these activities, eg.exciting, interesting, etc.

3 Ss work individually to do the task then compare their answers with a partner. Tell Ss they need to look for the surrounding key words in order to complete the task. Note that ‘good’ and ‘satisfied’ fit both items 1 and 5. Acknowledge this point with Ss who have them the other way round.
Key: 1.satisfied 2.relaxing,exciting 3.fun 4.boring 5.good
4 Game: Changing partners
This game can be done in groups of four or six, or as a mingle activity.
If your classroom is large enough, ask Ss to stand in two lines facing each other. Each pair will talk about one activity for one minute. When the time is up and T calls out ‘change!’, they will move one step to the left/right to meet a new partner and talk about another activity.

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