UNIT 8
COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
PERIOD 46 LESSON 1 : GETTING STARTED
LISTEN AND READ
A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to talk
about the city life and the country life
B / Teaching aids : Textbooks , cassette , chalks , boards …
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up : Chatting
- Talk to Ss about life in the city and life in the
country by asking some questions
1. Where do you live ?
2. Do you want to live in the city ? Why ?
3. Do you want to live in the country ? Why ?
=> Lead in the new lesson
II / Pre -reading : Introduce the topic of the
passage reading and some new words .
1. Pre – teach vocabulary :
- a relative = uncles , aunts cousins
- peaceful = quiet and calm (a) Chatting
( whole class )
Listen and copy
Work in groups city
life

count
ry
- busy
III / While – reading :
1. True / false statements
Statements True False

1. Na lives in the city
2. Na went to a village which has
some relatives lives there .
3. The village is very peaceful
and quiet
4. Hoa prefers the city life
x
x

x
Read the dialogue
, compare their
ideas

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- Call on some pairs to practice asking answering
the questions in front of class .
- Give feedback
a. Na has been to Kin Lien village
b. She was there for the weekend
c. to her , the countryside is peaceful and quiet and
there is nothing to do .
d. There is no libraries , no movies , no
supermarket , no zoos …
e. Country life is becoming better . Many remote
area are getting electricity . People can now have
things like refrigerators and TV , medical facilities
are more accessible .
- Ask Ss to work in closed pairs
IV / Post - reading :
Discussion
- Divide the class into 4 groups . Two groups
include Ss who prefer the city life and the others
include Ss who prefer the country life .
Practice the
dialogue in pairs Work in pairs


Demonstrate their
ideas in front of
class .
Listen and copy