Unit 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PA
GETTING STARTED + LISTEN AND READ
A. Aims:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to get more reading practice to
understand the text about Lan and her penpal Maryam’s visit to Hanoi and know a
new structure with “wish” with the simple past

B. Teaching aids:
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Extraboard, pictures, tape recorder, cue cards.

C. Content:
I. Pre
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reading:
1. Warm
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up: Brainstorm
a, Interesting places in Ha tinh
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Tran Phu general Secretary Memorial Site
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Le Khoi Temple
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V QUang Natural preservatiuon zone
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Ke Go lake


to go swimming
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to have specialities: P.Trach jackfruits, T.Dai persimmon
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to visit wildlife
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to climb up mountains
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to go boating/fishing

2. Pre
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teach:
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(a) mosque : nhà thờ Hồi giáo (picture/sit)
If my region were Islam, where could I go to pray?
_ (n) friendliness : sự/lòng mến khách (exp)

friendly
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(to) be impressed by : có ấn tượng (trans)/ ỉmpress (v): ghi khắc/in
sâu
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Key)

III. Post
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reading:(grammar awareness)

-Eliciting from students :
1) T : What did Lan used to do when she was a primary school girl ?
Ss :She used to walk past the mosque
T : What about now,Does she often walk past the mosque now ?
Ss :No, she doesn’t do this anymore
+Form : (+) S +used to +V(bare) +
(-) S + didnot + use to +V (bare)
(?) Did + S + use to +V (bare) ?
+Use : S.o often did sth in the past and no longer now

2) T : What did Lan say to Maryam at the end of the week?
Ss : Lan said “I wish you had a longer vacation”
+Form : S1 + wish + S2 + V(past) (S1 can be S2 or not)
Be(Were)
+Use : Expressing the wish about the present, regretting about the present situation

4. Practice: (optional-depending on time): word cue drill

IV. Homework:
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Learn the vocab by heart
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Reread the text carefully
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