Ngày soạn:
Period 41
Unit 7: The world of work
Lesson 2: A2-A3 (page 73-74)
Aim: Reading a letter about American student’s vacations and practice listening
Objective: by the end of the lesson, Ps will be able to know more about American student’s vacation.
Teaching aid: pictures and posters, stereo
Ways of work: groups , pairs.
Language content:
Vocabulary: celebrate, important, spend, Eeaster, Thanksgiving, Independence day
Production:

I> Warm up: Pelmanism
T gives 8 cards with numbers from 1 to 8 on one side and advers with their comparatives on the other side.
Divide the class into 2 teams and ask them to choose 2 numbers
Turn the cards over, if they match
Eg: early – earlier that the team have 1 mark
If not, turn the cards over again and ask the next team to continue
Early
Hard
Late
Few
Many/much

More
Later
Fewer
Harder
earlier

 - T-whole class.
II> Pre-reading:
* Pre-teach vocabulary:
T gives these words
Translation these words
Explanation: the day is on september 2nd
*Check vocabulary: RO&R
-T-whole class.
* True or False.
T gives a poster of five staterments on the board
Ask Ps to keep their books closed and read the statements, guess which is true or which is false
Set the scence:
These statements are about American student’s vacation and holidays.
Read them and guess which is statement are trues.

 Guess

 A


 B


 C


 D


 -pair work






III> While reading:
Have Ps read the letter A2 on page 73
Check their prediction
Ask Ps to correct if the statements are falses

Guess
Check
correction


 A

 T


 B

 F
American student’s have the longest in the summer

C

T



 D

 F



T calls 2 Ps to go to the board and check their predictions.
-pair work
T ask some questions:
Which American vacation is the longest?
What does tim do during his vacation?
Do Vietnamese students have more or fewer vacations than American ones?
T-whole class
Ps work in pairs
T calls some pairs to ask and answer before class.
* Filling the grid:
T gives the poster o nthe board
Ask Ps to copy down into their books
Get Ps to read the letter again and complete the grid
-Individual work.
Vacation
 In Vietnames
In American


1. longest vacation
2. Tet holiday
3. Thanksgiving
4. Christmas
5. Independence day.

In the summer







September 2nd
In the summer








July 4th




IV> Post reading: Listeing
1. Prediction:
Ask Ps to look at the piscturs A3 on page 74
Guess the names of the holiday
Give feedback
-pair work
* Answer key:
Picture 1: thanksgiving
Picture 2: independence
Picture 3: new year day
Picture 4 : chirstmas
Ask Ps to ordering these pictures
T gives these pictures on the board
Ask Ps to go to the board and ordering these pictures.
*Answer key:
Picture a : 2
Picture b : 3
Picture c: 4
Picture d: 1
2. listening and checking:
Get Ps to listen to the tape (about 2 times)
Check their prediction
Give feedback
-individual work
T-whole class check
2. Matching:
Ask Ps to match the holiday with their symbols
Thanksgiving 1. fire works displays
Independence 2. gifts
New year’s eve 3. turkeys, good food
Chirstmas 4. flowers, wine.


Homework
Ask Ps to write about what they vdo in New year day, christmas, tet in Vietnam








Pelmanism

Early
Hard
Late
Few
Many/much

More
Later
Fewer
Harder
Earlier




Vocabulary:
- celebrate (n) tổ chức lễ kỉ niệm
- important (adj) quan trọng
- spend (v) tiêu phí, sử dụng
- Easter (n) lễ phục sinh
- Thanksgiving (n) lễ tạ ơn
- Independence day (n) ngày quốc khá