HANOI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
FOREIGN LAGUAGE DEPARTEMENT
CLASS : 30A
TRAINEES : Nguyeãn thò Döông Haïnh
Vuõ Thanh Haø
DATE : May, 3rd 2014
LESSON PLAN
UNIT 8 : COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
LESSON 4 : READ ( Page 75 ~ 79 )
I/ OBJECTIVES :By the end of the lesson, Sts will be able to understand the text
about one of the social problems : Why many peopleare living their home in the
country togo and live in the city and the problems these people cause .
II/ LANGUAGE CONTENTS :
+ Vocabulary : Learn to read and write some new words
Adjectives : rural, urban .
Nouns : strain, typhoon, drought, struggle, migrant, increase .
+ Grammar : Practice the Present progressive tense by talking about the future.
III/ SKILL : Practice reading comprehension
IV/ TEACHING TECHNIQUES : Language method, communicative approach,
writing skill, other techniques …
V/ TEACHING AIDS : Textbook, sub-board, picture, poster .
VI/ WAYS OF WORKING : Individuals, pairs work, groups work .
VII/ PROCEDURES :
A/ Greetings and checking attendance :
T : How are you today ?
Sts : I’m fine, thank …
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B/ Today’s lesson
Steps Teacher’s activities Students’activities
I/ Warm up
( 5’ )
Jumbled words
-T writes the words which Sts learnt from
last lesson with disordered letters on the
board or uses the posters.
1/ swigminm-ploo
2/ hari-ressred
3/ groryce-serot
4/ drgu-streo
5/ wte-mrakte
6/ sdimuta
- Divide the class into two teams.
-Ask Sts in each team to go to the board
and write the correct form of words.
- The team which is faster with more
correct words win the game.
- T gives present to the best group.
- T reads the words cloudy and get St to
repeat
-Lead in the new lesson : Today we will
learn about country life and city life
- Answer keys :
1/ swimming-pool
2/ hairdresser
3/ grocery store
4/ drug store
5/ wet market
6/ stadium
- Sts work in group
- Write the words on
the board
- Sts repeat after
teacher chorally,
individually
II/ Pre-
reading
( 15’ )
T introduces the topic of the reading and
present some new words to Sts.
1/ Pre-teach vocabulary
a/ Present and give the meaning of the
new words
+ rural ( adj) (showing picture &
explaination)
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T asks Sts :
- Where is this ?
- Right, this is the countryside. So, this is
the rural area
- Rural means something deals with the
coutryside
- T reads the word clearly and cloudly,
then writes the word on the board
+urban (adj) (showing picture and give
antonym)
T asks Sts :
- What is the antonym of the rural area ?
- Good ! It’s city. It’s the urban area
- So, urban means something deals with
the city
Possible answers
- This is countryside
- Sts listen and repeat
chorally, individually,
then copy down
Possible answers :
- It is city
- Sts listen and repeat
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- T reads the word clearly and cloudly
- T writes the word on the board
+ Strain (N, V)(explaination and giving
examples)
- How do you feel before doing the
examination ?
-OK, everybody often become stress and
strain before doing text
- For that reason, strain means being
stressed/ anxiety/ worry about some
diffucult things
- T reads the word clearly and cloudly
- T writes the word on the board
+ typhoon (N)(giving synonym &
example)
- the synonyms of typhoon are storrm or
hurricane
- It means a storrm with very strong wind
- T reads the word clearly and cloudly
- T writes the word on the board
+ drought (N)(explaination&translation )
- Is there much rain in the sunny season?
-How do you feel in the sunny season ?
- I’m, too
-So, drought means there is little or no rain
for a long time/perord
- It’s means haïn haùn
- T reads the word clearly and cloudly
- T writes the word on the board
+ struggle (N)(expaination & giving
example)
- A country struggling for independence
- He struggled against cancer for two years
chorally, individually,
then copy down
Possible answer :
- I feel stressed
- anxiety
- worry about
that
- Sts listen and repeat
chorally, individually,
then copy down
- Sts listen and repeat
chorally, individually,
then copy down
Possible answers :
- No, there isn’t
- No, only a little
- I feel very dry and
hot
- Sts listen and repeat
chorally, individually,
then copy down
- Sts listen and repeat
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- So, struggle means to fight against S.th/
S.body to prevent a bad situation
- T reads the word clearly and cloudly
- T writes the word on the board
+ migrant (N)(explaination & giving
examples)
- Where are you living ?
- Before, I’ve lived in Ha Noi. Then, I’ve
moved HCM City for work . Now I’m
living HCM city, too
- So, migrant means a person who moves
from one places to another, especially in
order to find work
- T reads the word clearly and cloudly
- T writes the word on the board
- increase (V)(Explaination & giving
examples)
- Last year, how many students were there
in our class ?
- And now ?
- Now, the number of students increased
from twenty eight to thirty five
- Increase means to make something
greater in amount, number or value, etc
- T reads the word clearly and cloudly
- T writes the word on the board
b/ T speaks all of the words clearly and
cloudly once again ( 2 times for each
word )
2/ Checking vocabulary:
- WHAT AND WHERE
3/ Grammar Structure
Present progressive tense
a/ Giving example:
chorally, individually,
then copy down
Possible answers :
- I’m living in
HCM.City / Ha Noi
City/ another province,
etc…
- Sts listen and repeat
chorally, individually,
then copy down
Possible answers :
-Twenty eight persons
- Thirty five persons
- Sts listen and repeat
chorally, individually,
then copy down
- Sts listen and repeat
( 2 times for each
word )
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