Date: 10 / 1 / 2009
Unit 9: AT HOME AND AWAY
Period 57: A 4,5 - A holiday in Nha Trang
I. Objectives:
At the end of the lesson,Ss will be able to read a letter about the friendship
between a Vietnamese student and an American one .
II. Language contents:
1. Structures: The Simple Past , the Present Simple and the Future Simple Tenses.
a. Vocabulary - to keep in touch , to rent , to improve .
III. Teaching aids: cassette, pictures, subboard, handouts
IV. Techniques: guessing, asking and answering, role play,game
V. Procedures:
Stages Content Activities
Warm up
5'
Pre- reading
10'
Have Ss write the Qs with “Did ..?” and give the answer with
“Yes/No”
Did Liz go to Nhtrang ...?
Did she buy a lot of suovernirs?
Did she visit TN ...?
Did she return to Hanoi?
Did she talk to Ba ...?
* Set the sence: Liz is a good friend of Ba.She often
tell Ba the things she does. This is Ba’s diary which
talk about Liz.
-Have them predict the content of the text , using the
sentences below the text ( T / F ) .
a. Liz lived a long way from Ba .
b. Liz learnt Vietnamese in the USA .

6'
Homework
1'
-Have Ss read the text aloud before the class .
-Have Ss correct the sentences
a) Liz lived a long way from Ba .
b) Liz learnt Vietnamese in the USA .
c) Liz collects stamps .
d) Liz's aunt lives in Vietnam .
e) The Robinsons moved to HCM City .
f) The Robinsons moved . Now Ba is happy
g) Ba is never going to see Liz again .
-Have Ss reread the right sentences.
- Give handouts and have Ss complete the passage about Ba
and Liz: Liz (is/was) a good friend of mine.
a) She(is/was) American.
b) Liz and her parents (arrive/arrived) in Ha Noi
this year from the USA.
c) Mr. Robinson (works/worked) at a school in Ha
Noi.
d) Ba (teaches/taught) her some Vietnamese.
e) Sometimes they (talk /talked)in English and
sometimes in Vietnamese
f) Last week, the Robinsons (moves/moved) to a
new apartment
g) It(is /was) on the other side of Ha Noi.
h) Ba (misses/ missed) Liz, but she (comes/ is
coming) to visit Ba next week.
i) It (won't be/ was)difficult to keep in touch.
* Complete the sentences :