Period: 46
UNIT 8: COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
SPEAK & LISTEN
I. Objectives
- By the end of the lesson, Ss practice speaking about the changes of a place, listen to complete the blanks with right words concerned with the plans in the future.
1. Knowledge, Skills, Attitude:
a. Knowledge:
- Vocabulary:
- Grammar:
b. Skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing
c. Attitude: Ss will be educated about helpful activities for our country.
2. Capacity is formed and developed for students
II. Preparation
1. Teacher: lesson plan, book, color chalks, pictures, MP3
2. Students: books, notebooks, pen, ruler …
III. Students’ activities
1. Warm up (5’) Matching

Teacher’s and Students’ activities
Content

- T asks Ss to find 7 adjectives
- T divides the class into 2 teams
- T asks Ss to go to the board and circle the word they find
- The team which circles more words will win the game
- T corrects and gives marks if necessary.
1. play a. table tennis
2. do b. a program
3. watch c. to Mom
4. go d. my ant. Mrs. Hang
5. clean e. a meeting
6. have f. to violin lesson
7. phone g. my homework
8. speak h. the house
KEY:
1. a; 2. g; 3. b; 4. f; 5. h; 6. e; 7.d; 8.c.


2. Knowledge formation activities (36’)

- T asks Ss to look at two large size pictures (p. 73)
- T has one Ss to describe picture A, another one B.
- T can write some descriptions on the board. S.A: The traffic was quiet.
S.B: The traffic is getting busier.
S.A: The houses were small.
S.B: The houses are getting more modern.
-Ss: Pair work: Speak about the changes. of the town, following the pictures.
- T goes around and observes, makes any correction if necessary.

III. SPEAK
* Ss know the difference between the past and now.
Presentation
Practice
1. Work with a partner. Look at the two pictures and talk about the changes of the town. The word prompts in the box may help you.


A
B

Traffic
Quiet
Busy

House
Small
Tall

Vehicles
Bicycles
Motorcycles and cars

Sight
Not beautiful
Beautiful

Trees
Fewer green trees
More green trees



- T has some pairs talk in front of the class.
- T asks Ss “Tell me some changes in your town/ school/ house?”
-T has Ss work in groups of 4 to express their opinions.
Free practice
Answer :
- The traffic is getting busier.
- There are more tall buildings and houses.
- The house is getting more modern.





- T asks students to work in groups and talk about changes in their hometown/ neighborhood.
- T calls on volunteer from each group to show their ideas before the class. Other groups can add in their ideas.

- The town is becoming more beautiful.
- There are more green trees.
- The streets are becoming cleaner/ large/ noisier.
- Goods are getting more expensive.

- T asks Ss to look at the pictures and then introduces the conversation between Lan and her aunt, Hang.
2. Work with a partner. Talk about changes in your hometown


- T says: Listen to the tape (1st time) to draw out the main idea of the conversation.
- Ss listen.
- T asks some students for the answer and corrects (if necessary)
- T says: Listen to the tape (2nd time) and fill the missing words.
- Ss listen and fill in the blanks.
- T says: Listen to the tape again (3rd time) and check the answers in pairs.
- Ss listen and check the answers.
- T corrects.
- T asks Ss to practice the conversation in pairs.
- Ss work in pairs (closed, adjacent, open)
IV. LISTEN
* Ss complete the conversation.


Key:
1. that
6. coming
11. afternoon

2. this
7. week
12. speak

3. It’s
8. arriving
13. my

4. Where
9. Thursday
14. get

5. from
10. late




- T asks ss some questions.
- Ss answer.
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