UNIT 6: AN EXCURSION
LESSON 1. READING
I. Objectives:
1. Education aims: Famous places in Vietnam and read an informal letter in English..
2. Knowledge: a. General knowledge: - Knowledge about some famous places in
Vietnam.
b. Language: - The present progressive tense (with a future meaning).
- Vocabulary concerning tourism.
3. Skills: - Speaking: talk in pairs and in groups.
- Reading comprehension: Multiple choice exercise and to answer the
questions.
II. Anticipated problems: Background information about famous places in Vietnam.
III. Teaching aids: board, textbook, chalk.
IV. Procedures:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
1. Warm-up: (3 mins)
Aims: Sts get used to the topic.
- Ask the sts to work in groups of three or four and make a
list of famous places in Vietnam.
2. Before you read: (15 mins)
Aims: to prepare information and vocabularies for the
topic and to provide students with new words/phrases.
a.Vocabulary:
- Provide the students with new words/phrases.
+ Lotus (n):
+ resort (n):
+ picturesque site (n):
+ cave ( n ):
+ permission (n):.
to get smb’s permission:
+ persuade (v):
- Read each word twice and ask the sts to repeat it.
- Leave the sts 1 minute to self-practice.
- Listen and help the students to read the words/phrases
correctly.
b. Matching:
- Ask sts to work in pairs to match the photos with the
information given.
- Ask one st to report the answer and ask him/her to say the
names of these places if they can.
- Ask some other sts to tell the teacher which of places they
would like to visit and the reasons as well.
3. While you read:( 17 mins )
Aims: Sts read the letter for information to do the tasks.
+ Task 1: Multiple choice.
- Ask sts to read the letter individually and choose the best
answer( A, B, C, or D) to complete each of the sentences.
- Tell sts to compare their answers with a friend.
- Call on some sts to report and explain their answers aloud
- Work in groups of 3-4 students
- 3 students speak aloud.
- Listen to their friends and the
teacher.
- Listen and then copy down
- Listen to the teacher and repeat.
- Read these words silently.
- Others listen.
- Self-correct.
- Work in pairs
- One st report the answer:
1 - d (Thien Mu Pagoda)
2 - b (Ha Long Bay)
3 - a (One-pillar Pagoda)
4 - c (Da Lat)
- Some sts stand up and speak aloud.
- Do the task individually.
- Share their answers with their
partners.
- Report their answers:
Key: 1 – C 2 – D 3 - A
- Work in pairs to ask and answer the
questions.
1. They are going to have some days
off at the end of the first term .
2. Because they want to understand
more about rock formations and many
of them have never been inside a cave.
3. It’s only over 20 kms.