Unit 1: A visit from a penpal
Lesson 6: Language Focus
A. Aims:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to get more practice with the past
simple tense, and “wish” sentence about the present situation.
B. Teaching aids:
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Extraboard, pictures
C. Content:
I. Pre
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reading:
1. Warm
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up: (Matching)
Verbs Noun (phrases)
Buy a cake
Make flowers
Hang a picture of Hanoi
Go colorful lamp
Paint shopping
-Ask students to come to the board and match a verb with a noun or noun phrase to
make meaningful phrasal verbs.
2. Set the scene: Lan and her friends are holding a farewell party for Maryam. Write
things they did to prepare for the party using the picture and phrasal verbs above.

- Divide the class into 2 groups. Tell them to name the people in the picture and to go
to the board , write as quickly as they could.
- Correct: 1. Hoa made a cake.
2. Quang hung colorful lamps on the wall.
3. Ha bought flowers.

Hoa: What did Nga do on the weekend?
Minh: She went to (see) a concert called (performed by) HN singers
Hoa: When did she go?
Minh: She went on Saturday evening at 8 o’clock
Eg2:
C: What did Lan do on the weekend?
D: She joined a camp organized by Y&Y (Youth and Young Pioner
Associations)
C: When did she join it?
D: She joined it all weekend.
Eg3:
K: What did Nam do on the weekend?
L: He went to see (He saw) a soccer match between Dong Thap and The
Cong.
K: When did he see it?
L: He saw it on Sunday at 4p.m
* The past simple with “wish”:
-Set the scene: Tom is shorrt, he wants to be taller.What will he say?
→ I wish I were taller.
Form: S + wish(es) S + were +
V(past)
Meaning: ước gì, mong ước
Use : diễn tả điều ước trái với thực tế
Concept check: + What tense is used for “wish”?
+ What comes after “wish”?
+ What tense is used in the clause after “wish”?
- Have students work with a partner, make wishes for the situations at page 12.
- Give feedback and correct:
* Key:
a.

Chain game (using the simple past tense): two tables, one groups
Eg:
A: Yesterday, I got up early
B: Yesterday, I got up early and had a big breakfast
C: Yesterday, I got up early, had a big breakfast and said goodbye to my
parents.
(etc)
IV. Homework:
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Redo all the exercises in “ L.F ” part (P.11
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12)
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Do exercises 3, 4, 6,7 in Unit 1 in Workbook.
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Study “Getting started”, “Listen and Read” (P.13
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14) and find out new vocabulary
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V. Teacher’s self- evaluation: