Unit 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PA
LISTENING + LANGUAGE FOCUS 1,2
A. Aims:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to listen for specific information
to choose the correct pictures, and get more practice with the past simple tense
B. Teaching aids:
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pictures, tape recorder, extraboard
C. Content:
I. Pre
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listening:
1. Warm
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up: Lucky lots/sheets of paper to review the past simple form of some
verbs
eg: go
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went see
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saw be
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was/were
do
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did catch
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caught have
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had
draw


(n) hamburger : thịt băm viên/ xúc xích ham bua
(explanation)
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It’s up to you : điều đó tuỳ thuộc vào bạn
(translation)
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would rather + V(bare) : thích làm gì hơn
(situation)
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It’s time + S +V(past) : đã đén giờ để (ai) làm gì
(situation)
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one hundred and three (103)
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one hundred and thirty (130)
* Checking: R.O.R
3.Open
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prediction(Choose the number of the correct pictures P.9)
_Set the scene:Jim Jone’s Mexican penpal,Carlo is visiting the USA
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Eliciting the vocabulary for each picture from students
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Key:
a-1: Walking on the grass

Carlo :Oh sorry.I didn’t see the sign.
Tim : Come on.It’s time we caught the bus.
Carlo : Is that our bus, Tim?
Tim : No, that’s a 103 bus.We want the number 130.
Carlo : Where’re we going to eat?
Tim : It’s up to you.There’s a new Mexican restaurant in town.
Carlo : Oh no. I can eat Mexican food at home. I love American food. I’d rather eat
hamburgers.
Tim : Okey. I know exactly where we need to go.
III. Post
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listening:
1.Practice with the forms: a, It’s time + S +V(past)
(word cue drill) b, S + would rather + V(bare)
a1, It’s time we /catch/ the bus
a2, It’s time I /go/ to school
a3, It’s time he /be/ at home
b1, I /to eat/ hamburger
b2, We /to know/ many friends
b3, He /to draw/ pictures
2.Practice in the past simple: Language Focus
Ex1: Ask and answer questions about what each person did on the weekend
(pairwork)
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Students read the conservation about Ba (pairwork)
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Students make the conservation about the rest people (pairwork)
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