Unit 15: WOMEN IN SOCIETY
Lesson 1 : Reading

I Aim: By the end of the lesson, students can:
+ use dictionaries to look up the meanings of the words.
+ make intensive reading to find out information in the lesson.
+ practice reading skills such as skimming, clustering.
II Skills : reading ,speaking
III Aids: Lesson plan, textbook, available pictures, prepared pictures, other materials.
Procedures:
Time Content Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
3’
3’
8’
8’
8’
I:WARM-UP:
Short conversation with a school girl about
her/her mother’s daily routines, activities at
home and in society.
II: PRE-TEACHING:
A: Pre-reading:
Look at the pictures and answer the
questions that follow: (page 162)
a) How many roles does this woman have?
b) Is her life typical of a Vietnamese woman’s
life? Why / Why not?
c) In your opinion, what is a typical
Vietnamese woman like?
B: Pre-teaching vocabulary:

(page 164)
Key:
1:C 2:D 3:C 4:B 5:A
Making questions
1. Showing the
pictures. Asking
2. Asking students to
look at the pictures
at page 162. making
questions.
Translation
Translation
Translation
Translation
Translation
Explantions
Synonym
Translation
Giving instructions
Asking students to
do individually.
Calling 8 students to
give the key
Giving the suggested
key.
Giving instructions
Asking students to
do in pairs.
Calling 5 students to
give answers

passage by writing ONE sentence for
each paragraph.
Suggested key:
1. In the past, women were restricted to the
role of mothers and wives due to the
widespread doubt about their intellectual ability.
2. The struggle for the women’s rights began
in the 18
th
century as European political
philosophers believed that women should be
treated equally.
3. Women now enjoy important legal rights
such as equal work opportunities and equal
pay, the right to vote and to gain education.
B: Suggest a typical Vietnamese woman by
your own thoughts.
V: HOMEWORK:
 Study by heart vocabulary.
 Preview the next part (Speaking).
 Write a short passage about your thought
of your female idol.
Giving instructions
Asking students to
do in groups of 3 or
4.
(Teacher’s
explanations)
Giving instructions
Asking students to

A B
C

- Dividing class into2
groups.
- Giving the instruction
- Checking and correcting
- Deciding the winner
-Listening to T’s
instruction
- Matching the picture
with the number
- Checking
10’
15’
15’
1’
D E
1.Washing the dishes
2. Washing the clothes
3. Cleaning the house
4. Cooking the meal
5. Going to the supermarket
* Keys: 1.E 2.D 3.B 4. A 5. C
II. PRE -SPEAKING:
* Pre – teach Vocabulary:
+ neglect (v): xao lãng
+ rear (v): nuôi dưỡng
+ slave (n) : nô lệ
+nonsense(n) : sự vô lí

- Asking ss to work in pairs
and respond to these
statements in 10’
- Calling some pairs to
demonstrate
- Explaning the task &
giving example
- Asking ss to work in
groups of 4 and discuss
the statement
-Calling some ss to
demonstrate in front of
class
-Writing on the blackboard
-Listening T’s
instructions.
- Giving Vietnamese
meaning.
- Copying down
- Listening and repeating
- Listening to T ‘s
explanation
-Copying down
- Practising
- Working in pairs in 10’
- Expressing
- Demonstrating
- Listening T’s
explanation
-Working in groups of 4

-Africa
-respect
-two-thirds
-three-fourths
III/ While-listening
Task 1.(page 167)
Key:
1 2 3 4 5
B C C A B
Task 2 : Listen again then answer (poster)
Key :
1. 40 %
2. They earn nothing for doing their
domestic work
3. They produce more than half of the
food
4. 80 %
5. At 4.45 am
6. At 9.30 pm
- T sticks poster on the
board
- Asking ss to devide the
class into 2 teams
-T corrects & decides what
team is the winner
- T asks Ss to work in pairs
and answer the question
-T asks Ss listen and
repeat
-T explains fast meanings

answers with a partner
-Ss answer
-Ss take notes
-Listening & guessing
them
-Ss work in individually
,listen and take note
- Listen carefully
-work in groups & compare
with friends
- Take note
13’
2’
IV/ Post-Listening(poster)
Complete the table about a day work
An African woman A Vietnamese woman
FOOD % %
FARMWORK % %
TIME BEGIN % %
TIME FINISH % %
V/ Homework
- Learn by heart vob. & expression
-Practice listening again
-Prepare the writing
poster & works in pairs to
compare about a day work
of An africian woman with
A vietnamese woman
-Who do work harder
than?

task 1
a Work in pairs :
- percentage of married men and married men
- roles of women and men in society
- housework hours per week
b answer the questions :
Keys:
1 In general ,married women do more housework than men do
2 They have to do less house work when they have more
children .
3 Married men have to do less house work when they have
more children
4 Married men and women without children spend 20 and 30
hours on their housework per week respectively .
5 It takes men and women with one or two children 15 and 50
hours respectively to do their house work every week .
6 They are 10 and 55
7 Married men should spend more time sharing the housework
with their wives .
II While –writing
-T giveS the
rule of the
game
-T corrects
-T gives the
suggested
answers on the
board
T asks sts to
work in pairs