English 10
Teacher: Phan Thanh Phuong
Week: 32
Period: 91
UNIT 15: CITIES
E: LANGUAGE FOCUS
I. Aim:
- Grammar: - Pronunciation: /θ/, / ð /
- Non- defining and defining relative clauses.
- Although.
II. Teaching aids:
- Pictures, posters, lesson plan, textbook, etc.
III. Procedure:
Teacher
,
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s activities Students
’
s activities
Pronuciation:
* Warm up.
- Show a picture of Tom
’
s family (3
brothers).
- Ask: How many people are there in
Tom
’
s family?
- How many brothers are there in
Tom

- Pratise in pairs.
- Pronounce.
A B
/θ/ / ð /
English 10
Teacher: Phan Thanh Phuong
some words pronounced / θ/ in column A.
and some words pronounced / ð / in
column B
- Divide into 2 groups.
- Choose the winner.
Activity 2
- Practice the sentences.
(These sentences are written on a poster)
- Ask students to listen and repeat.
- Get some Ss to go to the blackboard and
use two kinds of coloured chalk to underline
the words pronounced /θ/, / ð /
- Conduct correction.
- Get students to practice 3 minutes.
- Get some Ss to read these sentences
individually.
- Correct their mistakes.
- Get Ss to read these sentences in chorus
again.
Grammar
Activity 1:
Shows a picture of New York Harbour
(textbook)
Asks: What is it?

* Defining relative clauses
+ Not after comma
+ can not be omitted
- Take notes
- Copy down
* Connecting contrasting ideas:
Although
- Beginning: Although = Even though=
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Teacher: Phan Thanh Phuong
Connecting contrasting ideas: Although.
Activity 1
- Give an example
Says: Although it is raining, they’re still
playing football. S V
- Write this sentence on the board
- Explain
- Ask Ss to look at the example in their
textbooks
Ex: Although New York is not the capital of
the
S V
U.S.A, it is the home of the United Nations.
- Analyse
- Explain
notes
ex: Though it is raining, they’re still
playing football.
Homework:
Teacher assigns homework.

to the pictures.
- Ask 4 pupils to give their results.
- Get other students to remark
- Remark, explain and give information
about the cities.
- Ask Ss to close their books, discuss with
their friends and answer the two questions.
1. Where is New York?
2. What do you know about this city?
- Get 2 pairs to give feedback.
- Get other Ss to remark or give more
information.
- Teacher pre-teaches some voc.
New words:
To mingle (v): Hoà lẫn, trộn lẫn
Ice- free (adj) không bị đóng băng
Take over (v) = to get control
Unusual (adj) = special, strange
- Work in pairs in 2 minutes then give the
names of the cities.
- Work in pairs and do the task.
- Speak out and write on the board
Answer
1.a 2.b 3.d 4.c
- Listen and correct
- Work in pairs
(one asks one answers)
- They ask and answer aloud in front of
class.
Ss repeat in chorus

New York city and answer the question.
- Ask 1 Ss to ask Q and one to answer in
front of class.
- Remark together
Homework
- Ask Ss to learn words and prepare new
lesson
- Read the passage
- Work in pairs, read the passage, discuss
with their friends then match the words in
column A with their definitions in
column B
- Give the answers and explain
Key :
1.d 2.c 3.e 4.a 5.b
- Work individually, read the statements
then get the answers.
- Sit in pairs and compare the results.
- Speak out one by one. Then write on the
board
Keys
1.T 2.F 3.T 4.T 5.T
They sit in pairs and do the task
Answer key:
B. It’s in the Southeastern part of New
York state.
B. 7 million in the city and 19 million in
the metropolitan.
B. Because it was founded by the Dutch
B. Because it is the home … and business

information about New York and the other
- Ss’ answers
- Do the task
Answer key:
1.d; 2.f; 3.e; 4.e; 5.b/c; 6.b/c
- Practice making questions
- Close their books
- Work in pairs
- Exchange the information
Suggested questions:( on poster)
1. When was New York founded?
2. What is the population of N Y/
New York
city
Located in the Southern
part of New York State
The
largest city
largest
N.Y city
7 million
people
city
Some famous
places
Times
Square
Central
Park
Founded by the

the role of B)
- Ask Ss to practice in pairs in 5 minutes
- Go around and helps them if necessary
- Get some pairs to represent (without
looking at their textbooks on the whole of
time)
- Ask Ss to pay attention to comparative
phrases.
- Ask Ss to work in pairs and make some
sentences of comparison between London
and NY, using the information in Task 2 in
3 min
- Ask some Ss to make some sentences of
comparison.
* Post- Speaking
Task 4
- Ask Ss to work in groups of 4 and tell each
other which of the two cities they prefer and
London?
3. What is the total area of NY/
London?
4. How many national holidays are
there in New York / London?
5. How many high buildings are there
in N Y/ London?
6. How many big parks are there in N
Y/ L?
7. What are the people like in NY/ Ld?
8. What is the transport in NY /
London?

……………… ect……………………
Example:
I prefer London to New York because it
has more parks, and…
- Present their talks in front of the class
- Use the information in task 2 to write a
paragraph (about 50 words) about
London.
IV. Feedback
English 10
Teacher: Phan Thanh Phuong
Week: 33
Period: 94
UNIT 15: CITIES
C: LISTENING
I. Aim:
- Listen for specific information.
II. Teaching aids: pictures of the Statue of Liberty, some pictures of some famous
cities, lesson plan, textbook.
III. Procedure:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
* Warm up: Matching:
- Uses a poster: Match the names of the
cities in column A with the names of the
countries in column B
- Corrects
* Pre-listening
- Gets Ss to work in pairs to answer 6
questions in textbook
* While-listening

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Teacher: Phan Thanh Phuong
- Play the tape twice
- Ask Ss what they have heard.
- Listen to Ss’ answers
- Play the tape the last time to make sure
that Ss can fill in the table enough with
correct information
* Post- listening
- Divide the class into 2 groups
- Have the students sit in groups of six and
retell their friends what they have learnt
about the Statue of Liberty, using the
information in the table.
- Go around to help students
- Get 2 representatives of two groups to
present their talks
- Give feedback
Homework
Assigns homework
- Listen to the tape and fill in the table
- Give their answers
- Listen to the tape and correct the
answers
Answer key
1. Liberty Enlightening the World
2. 46 meters
3. 205 tons
4. Copper (outside) and iron (frame)
5. (Made of) stone and concrete

- Go around class to help students
- Explain some structures when describing
a city
+ (be) situated
+ cover an area of
+ (be) founded by
+ (be) famous for
+ The best thing about …is ……
- Gives feedback
* While - writing:
- Elicit 2 famous cities
- Ask students some questions about each
Answer
(individually
- Work in groups, discuss, and answer
the questions in task 1
Answers
1. In southern English, on river Themes
2. It covers an are a of 1,610 square
kilometers
3. 7 million
4. It is a capital city
5. It was founded by the roman in
43AD
6. It is famous for many things : such
as St paul’s cathedral and the houses of
parliament, its museums and its many
shops
7. The best thing about London is the
park

- Founded : 2004
- Famous: NinhKieu pier, CanTho port
- Work in groups to write about a city
of their interest
- Exchange their writings and correct
them each other
- Correct
- Do the work at home.
IV. Feedback