English 7 Loc Binh
secondary school
Preparing date:30/12/2008
Teaching date:.../01/2009 Class: 7A..................................................................
.../01/2009 7A..................................................................
.../01/2009 7A..................................................................

Period 55: unit 9: at home and away
Lesson 2: A. A holiday in Nha Trang (A2- P.87)
I/ Objectives:
- By the end of this lesson, students will be able to
+ Talk about vacation activities using the past simple tense with some irregular
verbs.
+ Listen to a conversation, read and number the statements.
+ love travelling and be proud of the beauty of our country.
- Train students four skills.
II/ Language content:
1. Vocabulary: aquarium, trip; some irregular verbs in the past simple tense.
2. Structures: - The past simple tense
III/ teaching aids:
Text book, chalks, board, pictures, postcard, wordcards.
IV/ Teaching methods:
- Methods help students improve communicating skills:
- Asking and answering.
- Pair works, group works, individual works, class work.
- ordering, matching
V/ Procedures:
Teacher's activities Students' activities
1. Warm up ( 5')
* Check old lesson:
- Write the past form of the following verbs:

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7. Nha Trang .......... beautiful.
8. The people in Nha Trang .......... very friendly.
- Introduce the new lesson:
6. talked
7. was
8. were
- Listen to the introduction.
2. presentation (10')
a. Present new words:( Using pictures)
- a shark (n): c¸ mËp
- a dolphin (n): c¸ heo
- a turtle (n): con rïa biÓn
- a crab (n): con cua
- seafood (n): h¶i s¶n (exp.)
- a cap (n): mò lìi trai
- a poster (n): tranh khæ lín (¸p phÝch)
- exit (n): Lèi ra >< entrance
* Checking vocabulary: Let Ss match the
word cards with the pictures.
b. Matching:
A B
1. eat a. wore
2. see b. thought
3. wear c. ate
4. think d. saw
- Have them repeat, then read.
c. T/F prediction:
- Show an extra board with these statements:

2. They saw many types of fish.
3. Liz thought the colorful turtles were the
most beautiful.
4. Mr. Robinson bought Liz a cap and a poster.
5. Liz wore the cap all day.
6. Liz ate fish and crab for lunch.
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* Questions:
- Have Ss read the passage and find out the
answer for the questions.
Lucky numbers
1. Lucky number.
2. Who went to the aquarium with Liz?
3. What did the Robinsons see there?
4. What did they buy in the souvenir shop?
5. Lucky number.
6. Did Liz like the cap? Which sentence
tells you this?
7. Do Mr. and Mrs. Robinson like to eat
seafood? How do you know?
8. Why did Liz eat noodles for lunch?
- Read the passage and find out the
answer.
- Play the game as teacher’s
commands.
*Key answer:
2. Her parents.
3. They saw sharks, dolphins, turtles
and many different types of fish.

Vietnamese.
3. Rewrite the story of the Robinsons’
trip to Tri Nguyen aquarium, using the
pictures on P.88.
4. Do exercise 2 (P53)
- Listen and write
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
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5. Prepare: Lesson 2 – A3,4,5 +
Remember.