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- permanently (adv) : its means existing all the
time
- accessible = co the den gan duoc
- medical facilities = cac phuong tien y te
* Checking vocabulary : Rub out and
remember
2. Brainstorming ( Getting started )
- Get Ss to talk about city life and country life .
The words in the box of getting started may help
you . Chatting
( whole class )
Listen and copy
Listen and repeat
chorally
Copy down

Play game

x
- Turn on the tape and ask Ss to work in groups to
predict the true / false statements .
- Call on some Ss to report their predictions and
write them on the board.
- Ask Ss to read the dialogue between Na and Hoa
and compare their ideas
- Give feedback and get more information
- Call on some pairs to practice the dialogue
2. Comprehension questions :
- Get Ss to work in pairs to answer the questions in
ex 2 / 73
- 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

Practice asking
city life

country
life

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 .
- Ask Ss to work in groups to answer the questions

“ Do you prefer the city or the country life ?Why ?
“
- Call on 4 pioneers from 4 groups to show their
ideas before class .
V / Homework :
1. Learn by heart new words and copy two lines
for each word

O A M D N U V E
U B O I S V E A
I C D R T R U
Y L E T L L A T
Work in group S M R Y H G I
U O N O I S Y F
B P T F D E L U
- Ask Ss to work in 2 teams
- Ask Ss to go to the board and circle the word
they find
- The team which circles more words will win
the game .
Modern – dirty – busy – noisy – tall –
expensive – beautiful
 Setting the scene “ Hoa
,
s grand father is
78 “
- Five years ago , she was 73 and she was
stronger than she is now .
- Ask Ss to make a sentence about her health Work in the whole
class .
Listen and copy
Work in pairs


- Write eight verbs on the board ( play , do ,
watch , go , clean , have , phone , speak )
- Divide the class into 2 teams
- Hand out each team 8 cards
- Ask Ss to stick the cards with phrases
besides the suitable verbs
- The team which is faster is the winner
* Answers :
- play table tennis
- do my homework
- watch a program
- go to a violin lesson
- clean the house
- have a meeting
- phone my aunt , Mrs Hang
- speak to Mom
=> Lead in the new lesson .
II / Pre - listening
- Set the scene “ Aunt Hang is talking to Lan
on the phone . She is coming to visit Lan in
Work in group

13. my 14 . get her
IV / Post - listening
- Ask Ss to play the roles of Lan and Aunt
Hang to practice the dialogue
V / Homework :
1. Copy down the completed dialogue in their
notebooks .
2. Do exercises in work book
3. Prepare the next lesson .

predict .

Listen to the tape to
check their
predictions

Listen again and
share their answers
with their friends .

Read their answers
aloud .

Work in pairs to
practice the dialogue

Listen and copy .

1. Pre - teach vocabulary :
- rural (adj ) : something deals with the
countryside
- urban ( adj ) >< rural
- strain (n) = su qua tai ( dan so )
- typhoon (n) = storm (n)
- drought (n) : hot and dry weather for a long time
- to struggle = dau tranh
- migrant (n) : a person who moves from one place
to another especially in order to find work .
- to increase = tang len , tang them
* Checking vocabulary : What and where
2. Brainstorming :
- Ask Ss to think of the difficulties of farmers
,
life
Possible answers :
droughts / the weather / hard work / no vacations /
lack of clean water / electricity / insects destroy
harvests - Ask Ss to work in groups to guess how farmers
deal with difficulties
- Call on some Ss to report their predictions and
write them on the board
III / While - reading :


Demonstrate in
front of class

difficulties of
farmers
,
life

- Let Ss listen to the tape and read the text silently
to check their predictions .
- Answer “ What do many farmers do to solve
their problem ? “
=> They have to move to the city so that they can
get well – paid jobs .
- Call on some Ss to read the text in front of class .
1. Gap- filling :
- Ask Ss to work in pairs o complete summary ,
using the information from the passage .
- Call on some volunteers to report their results
- Give feedback
1. leaving 2. home 3. city 4. rural
5. city 6. problems 7. schools 8. hospitals
9. problem 10 . world
- Call on some Ss to read the complete passage
aloud
2. Finding the words

and read the text
to check their
predictions

Answer the
question

Read the text
aloud .

Work in pairs
Read their results .

Read the complete
summary .
Read the text
again and do the
exercise 2 / 75
Read the complete
results .
Work in groups to
discuss
- Dear ……… ,
2. opening
3. Body
4. closing
II / Pre- writing :
- Ask Ss to work in pairs to answer the
questions .
- Call on some pairs to practice asking and
answering the questions
- Give feedback
III / While … writing :
- Ask Ss to write letters to friends about their
neighborhood
- Let them write individually .
Work on the whole
class . Listen and copy
down


around the park . But the thing I like best in
my neighborhood is the public library near my
school . There I not only can study and read
books but also watch video and learn how to
use the computer .
Do you have a library like that in your
neighborhood ? Is there anything interesting
in the place where you live ? Write to me
I would like to say goodbye now . I am
looking forwards to hearing from you soon .
Love ,
( Signature )
IV / Post - writing : Correction
-
Choose some letters to correct before class
and ask them to read them aloud .
V / Homework :
1. Write their letters on their notebooks
2. Prepare the next lesson .
A B Key
1. play
2. do
3. watch
4. go
5. clean
6. have
7. phone
8. speak
a. to Mom
b. table tennis
c. a program
d. a meeting
e. my aunt , Mrs
Hang
f. the house
g. my homework
h. to violin lesson
1.b
2.g
3.c
4.h
5.f
6.d
7.e
8.a
- Call 2 volunteers from 2 teams to do the
matching
II / Practice :
1. Ex 2 : Ask Ss to use the suitable verbs in the
Work in pairs Answer the
questions

Work in pairs Work individually
3. Ex 3 : Present Progressive Tense is used to
describe changes with “ get “ and “ become “
* Drill : Prepare six cards of cues

- Give feedback
IV / Further practice :
- Ask Ss to read the advertisements then ask
them some questions to check their
understanding
+ what are advertised ?
( an apartment , a villa and a house )
Repeat chorally ,
individually Repeat the form of
comparative and
superlative
adjectives
Listen and copy
- The house is more expensive than the
apartment
V / Homework :
1/Redo all the exercises and copy down
2/ Prepare the next lesson .
Play game
( whole class )
Listen and copy

Period 52 + 53 Consolidation

A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to grasp
the knowledge they have learnt in the first semester and know how to
supplement what they are short of .
B / Teaching aids : Textbook , chalks , boards
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up : Chatting about daily routine
II / Consolidation :
Period 52
1. Grammar
- Ask Ss to repeat the tenses they have learnt
in the first semester and write on the board
1.1 The tenses :
- Present Simple / - Past simple

Present perfect
- Ask Ss to work in pairs
- Call on some pairs to practice in front of lass

- Ask some Ss to go to the board to write them
on the board
- Give feedback
Period 53
1. Grammar
1.2 Comparison
- Comparative
- Superlative
- Like
- (not) as …… as
- (not) the same as
- different form
1.2 Direct and indirect speech
- Commands
- Requests
- Advice
=> S + told + O +(not) to + V …
2. Exercises :
- Ex 7 / 48 ( workbook ) : Comparison
- Ex 3 / 33 ( workbook ) / Ex 6/ 51 (
workbook )
+ Have Ss work in pairs to do all the exercises
+ Call on some pairs to practice in front of
class
+ Give feedback
 Homework :
Work in pairs
Demonstrate in front
of class .
Copy down
2. Prepare the test :
- Complete these sentences with the suitable
words or phrases in the brackets .
- Complete the conversation
- Read the passage carefully , then answer the
questions below
- Supply the correct tense form of the verb in
the brackets
- Listening comprehension