Date: 09/03/2012
Unit 13: HOBBIES
Lesson 1: Reading
Objectives:
Aims: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to
- use vocabulary items related to the hobbies.
- guess the meanings of words based on contexts
- scan for specific information about the Asian Games
Language focus:
-Language: Vocabulary concerning the hobbies such as keep fish, fish tank, accomplish, collect stamps guitarist, accompany, modest, avid, discarded, indulge in, keep one’s occupied,…
-Grammar: revise the present simple.
Skills:
- Guessing meaning in context
- Scan for specific information to do tasks
Teaching aids: Textbook, picture
Anticipated problem:
-Problem: SS may have little knowledge about hobbies
-Solution: Pre- teaching a few new words
Procedure
Content
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
I. Warm-up (5’)
List all the things people often do in their free time.
Collecting stamps, reading books, listening to music, going shopping, ….
- divide class into 4 groups
- ask Ss to work in groups to list all the things people do in the free time in 3 minutes
- Ask them to write down their answers on the board.
- Sum up and lead in
- Work in groups to discuss.
- state the ideas( some, others listen, compare, add and correct)
- listen to T
II. Pre- reading
Activity 1: Discussion
What are the names of the hobbies described in the pictures?
What do you like to do in your free time? Why?
Activity 2: Vocabulary
keep fish (V): nuôi cá
guitarist (N): a person who plays a guitar
accomplished (adj)= talented (adj)
accompany (V): đệm đàn
modest (a) = not very big
discard (V)= throw away (V): bỏ, vứt bỏ
indulge in (V): say mê
avid for = greedy for = eager for (a): thèm thuồng, khao khát
occupied in >< unoccupied = free, available
= busy at
- Ask Ss to work in pairs and give the names of some hobbies.
- Have Ss give answers.
- Provide some new words
- Read each word 2 times and ask Ss to repeat it.
- Listen and help Ss to read correctly
- Discuss to give answers.
- Present their ideas
- Listen and repeat ( chorus
III. While reading
Task 1: The words/ phrases in the box all appear in the passage. Use them to fill the blanks
modest accomplished avid
accompanying discarded
indulge in keep me occupied
1. I’ll forget about dieting today. I’m going to…………….eating whatever I like.
2. He’s a/an……………….musician. All his songs are very popular.
3. She is a/an………….book collector. Whenever she finds a book interesting, she buys it immediately.
4. I don’t like a big house in the city. My dream is to have a …………..little house in countryside.
5. I spend most of my free time looking for the stamps. They really………………….
6. They don’t use the broken table any more. It can be……………..
7. My friend loves ……………… her on the organ.
1. to + V(inf) -> indulge in
2. adj + N -> accomplished
3. adj + N -> avid
4. adj + N -> modest
5. S + V( inf) -> keep me occupied
6. be + Vpp/ adj ->discarded
7. love + Ving -> accompanying
Task 2: Answer the questions.
Key words:
1. What , writer’s hobby
2. writer , accomplished guitarist
3. Why, writer ,admire, his uncle
4. What, writer’s second hobby
5. How, collect the stamps
6. kind of stamp collector , writer
7. Where,collect the stamps
8. Which, get more of, local stamps or foreign stamps
9. What, writer do,less common stamps, the common ones
Play a game Lucky numbers
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12
Lucky numbers: 1, 7, 12
No
2
3
4
6
5
8
10
11
9
Q
4
2
5
8
9
3
1
6
7
Suggested answers:
1. The writer’s first hobby is playing the guitar (line 1, paragraph 2)
2. No, he isn’t. (His uncle is) (line 1-2, paragraph 2)
3. Because he’s an accomplished guitarist and he’s good at accompanying people singing with his guitar.(
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