UNIT 1 A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL
Lesson 1: - Getting started
- Listen and read (page 6,7)

I. Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know about some places Lan went to with a foreign friend and some activities they took part in together.
II.Language contents:
Grammar: The past simple
Vocabulary: Correspond, mosque, to be impressed by, pray
III. Teaching aids: cassette, picteurs, textbook,…
IV. Procedure:

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T’s & Ss’ activities
Rationale

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I.Warm up :
Getting started
Chatting:
-Do you have any pen pals?
-Where does he/ she live?
What activities would you do during the visit?
Possible answers:
-I think I’ll take our friends to temples and churches.
-I’ll take them to the beach.
-I’ll take them to the mountains.
-I’ll take them to the theaters, resterants
II.Presentation :
LISTEN AND READ
Vocabulary :
- correspond (v) : trao đổi thư từ (explanation)
- mosque (n) : nhà thờ hồi giáo (picture)
- to be impressed by : có ấn tượng (explanation)
- pray (v) : cầu nguyện (picture)
- atmosphere (n) : bầu không khí (translation)
III. Practice :
*Open predition
Lan’s Malaysian pen pal came to visit her in Hanoi. Can you guess where she went and what she did during her stay?
(She will take her friend to temples , church
She will take them to the beach, mountains, theaters, restaurants…)

* Choose the correct option to complete the sentences
Key :
1.Lan and M aryam usually write to one another every two weeks.
2. Maryam was impressed because Hanoi people were friendly.
3. The girls went to see famous places in Hanoi, areas for recreation, a place of worship.
4. Maryam wanted to invite Lan to Kuala Lumpur.
III. Production :
Cues:
a) Vien Lua Lake ->
a paddling/ swimming in Lake
b) Thuy Tien National Park -> riding elephant/ a guided hide along the edge of Thuy tien National park
c) Camly Waterfall -> sightseeing/ beautiful sight
Example :
S1: I think we should take our friends to Thuy Tien National Park. We can ride elephants and visit villages or I’ll just introduce them Vietnam’s ethnic minorities.
S2: Good ideas! I believe they will be interested in it.
V. Homework :
- Write a short paragraph about what they have just discussed with their partner
- Learn by heart new words and read aloud the text at home
- read the information in speaking part.
-T asks Ss some questions
- Ss answer
- Ss ask and answer the questions









- T presents the vocabulary by simple English, pictures and Vietnamese
- T asks Ss to read the vocabulary after the T
- T checks vocabulary : Rub out and remember
- Ss do the task








- T set the scene the text
And ask Ss guess where maryan went and whar she did.
- Ss guess the details


-T asks Ss to read the text to check their predition and add some more information.
- Give feedback to the whole class to the open predition.
-T asks Ss to read the text again to choose the correct option to complete the sentences on page 7 ( work in pair)






- T asks Ss to recommend places of interest in their city.
-T asks them to discuss where they should take their friends to and what activities they should do.
- Ss do the task










- T asks Ss to do the homework.( Write a short paragraph about what they have just discussed with their partner, learn by heart the new words, and prepare for : SPEAK )
- Ss do the homework


Ss can talk about the places they want to go


T can set the scene the lesson .




Suport new words

Ss learn pronounciation and meaning










Help Ss to focus about the main details before they read.


Ss can practise their reading skill by scaning the text