Unit 1. A day in the life of

UNIT 1: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF . . .
- Period 1: A. Reading.
- Date of preparing: 1/9/2019.
I. Aims:
1. Skills:
- Reading: to develop Ss’ skills of guessing meaning in context and scanning.
- Language practice: words related to the topic “A day in the life of a farmer” (Peasant, Lead the buffalo to the field, Pump, Transplant, Plough, Harrow, Fellow…).
- Individual, pair and group work.
2. Knowledge:
- For better understanding of the topic “A day in the life of a farmer”.
3. Attitude: to help students appreciate the daily activities of some people.
II. Resources/devices: textbook, pictures in the textbook, chalks…
III. Procedures:
Activities
Contents

Activity 1: (1’)




I. Checking attendance:
- Purpose: to enable the T to know how many Ss are absent from the class.
Class
Date of teaching
Attendance

A2
3/9/2019


A4
3/9/2019




Activity 2:
(2’)





II. Warm-up: Answer the questions
- Purpose: to make Ss familiar with the topic of the lesson and raise their interest.
- Instruction: You are going to answer some my questions.
- Task: Ss answer the T’s questions orally.
- Form of learning: pair work
- T asks Ss:
1. What does your mother/father do?
2. What time does she/he get up/have breakfast / lunch / dinner / go to bed?
3. What does she/he often do in the morning / afternoon / evening?
- Ss answer orally.
- T leads Ss to the lesson: “Today, we read a passage about a day in the life of a farmer and do the tasks that follow”.

Activity 3:
(9’)
III. Before you read:
1. Ask and answer questions about your friend’s daily routine, using the cues below:
- Purpose: to focus Ss on the content of the passage.
- Instruction: You are going to ask and answer questions about your friend’s daily routine, using the cues below.
- Task: Ss ask and answer questions about your friend’s daily routine, using the cues below.
- Form of learning: pair work.
- T explains the example to guide Ss to do the task:
A: What time do you often get up?
B: I often get up at six.
- Ss practise asking and answering in pairs in 3 minutes.
- T calls on Ss to ask and answer in pairs aloud then others provide comment.
- T gives feedback.
2. Vocabulary:
- Purpose: to help Ss know some new words and how to pronounce them.
- Instruction: There is a text which tells about a day in the life of a farmer. You read the text and realize new words.
- Task: Ss read the text and realize new words.
- Form of learning: individuals and the whole class.
- Ss read the text silently and underline new words.
- T writes the new words on board.
- Each St provides the Vietnamese meaning of one word then others provide comment.
- T affirms the correct meanings and lets Ss write.
- T guides Ss to read the words in chorus twice.
- T calls 2 Ss to read the words.
- T comments and guides the whole class to read the last time.
* Vocabulary:
1. go off (v)
reo, đổ chuông (đồng hồ)

2. boil (v)
đun, nấu, luộc

3. lead sb/sth to somewhere
dẫn, dắt ai/ con gì đến đâu

4. plough (v)
cày

5. harrow (v)
bừa

6. fellow (n)
bạn, đồng chí, người cùng làm

7. peasant (n)
nông dân

8. pump (v)
bơm (nước)

9. transplant (v) = do the transplanting
cấy lúa

10. be contented with
hài lòng với



Activity 4:
(7’)
IV. While you read:
1. Task 1: Choose the option A, B, or C that best suits the meaning of
the italicised word(s).
- Purpose: to develop Ss’ skills of guessing meaning in context
- Instruction: There are sentences containing some words/phrases from the text. You read them and choose the option A, B, or C that best suits the meaning of
the italicised word(s).
- Task: Ss read the sentences and