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Week: … Period … Date of planning : …/… / ….. Date of teaching : …/… / …… UNIT 4: REMEMBERING THE PAST Lesson 1: Getting started – At an English lesson I. OBJECTIVES By the end of this lesson, Ss will be able to: 1. Knowledge - Gain an overview about the topic Remembering the past; - Gain vocabulary to talk about some historical places. 2. Competences - Develop communication skills; - Be collaborative and supportive in pair work and team work. 3. Personal qualities - Understanding more about historic buildings in the world - Actively participate in class; - Develop self-study skills. II. MATERIALS - Grade 9 textbook, Unit 4, Getting started - Computer connected to the Internet - Projector / TV - hoclieu.vn III. PROCEDURES 1. ACTIVITY 1. WARM-UP (5 mins) a. Objectives: - To activate Ss’ knowledge on the topic of the unit; - To lead into the unit. b. Content: - Think! - Memory lane c. Expected outcomes: - Ss can answer some questions of the teacher about school. d. Organisation: TEACHER’S & STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES CONTENTS Think! - Begin the lesson by reviewing the content covered in Unit 3. T may ask some questions. - Ss answer some questions to review the previous unit. - Then tell Ss that they are going to learn about the topic Remembering the past in this unit. – Teacher ask Ss to open their books. Draw their attention to the THIS UNIT INCLUDES box and introduce what they are going to learn Questions: - Do you care about healthy living? - What do you often do to keep fit? - What did your parents / grandparents do to keep fit / to keep themselves healthy? - What do you know about your grandparents’ lifestyle (their clothes / cooking / eating habits, …)? Suggested answers:
- Set the context for the listening and reading: Ask Ss to look at the title of the conversation and the picture. Ask them some questions like: What do you think they are discussing? - Teacher ask Ss to look at the title / the picture and guess what the conversation between the teacher and Ss might be about. - Ss look at the pictures and answer questions. - Teacher play the recording one or twice for Ss to listen and read along. Then have some pairs of Ss read the conversation aloud. - Ss listen to the recording. - Teacher ask Ss what they are talking about. Now confirm the correct answer. (They are talking about historic buildings / our history / the past …) - Ss read the conversation aloud. - Have Ss say the words in the text that they think are related to the unit’s topic. Have them pronounce the words containing the sounds /m/ and /l/. Quickly write the words on the board (Cambodia, complex, monuments, build, communal, - Ss find the words in the text that are related to the topic. Questions: What do you see in the picture(s)? What do you know about it / them? The on page 40 Task 2: Read the conversation again and answer the questions. - Have Ss read the questions without reading the conversation again and try to guess the answers. Explain that they focus on some ideas of the conversation. - Ss read and do the task. - Ss work independently to do the activity. - Have Ss read the conversation again and answer the questions. Check their answers and explain if necessary. - Ss listen and check. Answer key: 1. About 900 years old / Nearly a thousand years old. 2. It’s quite magnificent. 3. In England. 4. Preservation efforts Task 3: Complete each sentence with a word or a phrase from the box. - Ask Ss to read the sentences and find the words and phrase from the box to fill in the gaps. Ss may read the conversation again and find the words / phrases in it. Go around and offer help, if needed. - Ss read and do the task. Answer key: 1. heritage 2. well preserved 3. magnificent 4. Thanks to
- Allow Ss to share answers before discussing as a class. Write the correct answers on the board. If there’s time, call on some Ss to read the sentences. - Ss check 5. occupied Task 4: Look at the pictures and complete the sentences. - Have Ss work in pairs. Invite them to look at the pictures and complete the sentences with the word related to each picture. - Ss work in pairs to do the task. Then ask some Ss to read the sentences aloud Check and correct their pronunciation. - Ss check. Answer key: 1. fish and chips 2. communal 3. monument 4. castle 5. temples 4. ACTIVITY 4: PRODUCTION (10 mins) a. Objectives: - To help Ss get to know about / remember past events; - To check Ss’ vocabulary and improve group work skills. b. Content: - Task 5: Game: Remembering past events c. Expected outcomes: - Ss can know more about past events. d. Organisation: TEACHER’S & STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES CONTENTS Task 5: Game: Remembering past events (10 mins) - Have Ss work in groups. Ask them to answer all the questions. - Set a time limit (3-4 minutes) for Ss to discuss and finish the task. - T may need to explain to Ss if they don’t know the answers. - Ss work in groups to answer questions Answer key: 1. King Ly Thai To (Ly Cong Uan). 2. In 1492. 3. In 1776. 4. In 1911. 5. World War I started / broke out. 6. King Bao Dai (1913 – 1997). 5. CONSOLIDATION a. Wrap-up - Ask one or two Ss to tell the class what they have learnt. - Ask Ss to say aloud some words / phrases and the grammar points they remember from the lesson. Tells Ss that they will learn these language points in the following lessons. b. Homework - Learn by heart all the words that they have just learnt - Do exercises in the workbook.