UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
I. General objectives:
1. Competencies:
- Make & respond to introduction
- How to compare with the likeness and the difference.
- Scan for specific information.
2. Language focus:
- Past simple tense
- Present unreal wish
II. Techniques: Brainstorming; Questions – answers
III. Etching aids: Cassette; Cassette recorder; illustrating pictures; OPH;
Pictures; Visual aids; Laptop; Flash cards, colored chalk.
IV. Total period distribution:
Period distribution
Items of Teaching

1
Getting started, Listen and read

2
Speak and Listen

3
Read

4
Write

5
Language focus

Lesson 1: Getting started – Listen and read (45 min)
I. Objectives:
- Introduce, leading to the topic of a unit
- Talking about places to visit
II. Grammar: Wish sentence & Past habit Used to + Verb
III. Vocabulary: Words relating to famous place to visit & activities done during the visit
Steps
Teacher’s activities
Student’s activities

Warm – Up
(15’)















Lead-in
(30’)











* Getting started.
- Showing 6 pictures of places of interest of Vietnam
- Eliciting the places of interest of Ho Chi Minh City
- Asking them some questions
1. Do you have any pen pals?
2. Do you like to have pen pals?
3. Where will you take him if he visits Vietnam for the 1st time?
4. Can you tell me the names of the places in 6 pictures?
- Teaching new words: Hung Temple; Temple of Literature; Dong Xuan Market; the City hall; Ho Chi Minh history museum; Ben Thanh market.
* Listen and read
- Introducing the situation of the passage: Rizal Mary is, Lan’s pen pal visited her for the fist time and Lan took her to some places of interest in Hanoi.
- Playing cassette once the 1st paragraph.
- Asking them questions: What do you know about Mary am?
- Having them a silent reading then identifying the places of interest.
- Playing cassette again.
- Explaining the new difficult words: Mosque; peaceful; keep in touch; atmosphere
- Reminding them of new and old structures.
* Old Structure: Past habit
Used to + V
* Ex: Lan used to walk past the mosque on her way to primary school.
* New structure:
Wish sentence: Present unreal wish
* Ex: I wish I had more time.
- Asking them to have silent reading for information to answer the questions.
- Calling some students to say their choices.
- Briefly explaining the use of Wish
Ex: I wish I had more time.
I wish + clause (Past simple)
Practice:
1. I don’t have enough money.
I wish …………………………
2. I can’t sing that song
I wish …………………………
3. It’s raining.
I wish …………………………
4. I am too fat.
I wish …………………………
5. The weather is bad to day.
I wish …………………………

- Looking at the 6 pictures and guessing what places they are.


- Answering the questions.






- Listening to the teacher’s explanations then write the vocabulary down.



- Listening to the teacher




- Listening to cassette.
- Answering the question.
- Having a silent reading.


- Listening to the cassette.
- Writing down the new words.
- Finding out structures.






- Identifying new structures.


- Having silent reading and get more information.
- Saying the choices.



- Doing the practice.

1. I wish I had enough money.
2. I wish I could sing that song.
3. I wish it wasn’t raining.
4. I wish I weren’t too fat.
5. I wish the weather were fine today.



Consolidation
Where did Lan take Mary am to visit?
What place did they visit on Friday?
What new structure is there in the passage?


Homework

- Do exercise 1 workbook (p.5-6).
- Explain the way how to do these exercises.



UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
Lesson 2: Speak – Listen (45 min)
I. Objectives:
- Developing speaking and listening skills.
- Introducing oneself
II. Language contents:
Grammar: Yes – No questions.
Vocabulary: Some words relating to capitals and big cities in the word, especially in Asia.
III. Techniques