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Unit 5 study habits
Lesson 1 Getting started + Listen and read
A. The objectives

- Content: Past simple tense; reported speech
- By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to understand the dialogue about the
study report. They’ll understand the reported speech and use the language to
talk about which subject they are good at and which subject they need to
improve
B. Materials: Timetable, cassette, disk, tranperancies, OHP

Work arrangements: Individuals, pairs, groups, T-WC
Anticipated problems: Ss may find reported speech difficult, especially the
pronouns
C. Procedure

I. Warmer

Chemistr

Teacher asks questions - Ss answer …
Ask Ss to practise in pairs to - How often …?
ask&answer
We have Math four times a week
How often do we have Math?
We have Chemistry twice a week
How often do we have Chemistry?
Which subject do you like best?
Which subject don’t you like much?
Activity two
Pre teach
Eliciting:
visual,
synonym,
Situation/explanation, example
- Modeling, choral repetition
- Individual repetition
- Written record, VN meaning

I like … … … best
I don’t like ……… much.
II. Listen and read
1. Vocab
- report card (n) :
- excellent (adj) :
- proud (adj) + of :
- semester (n) :
- improve (v) :

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mother about Tim ?
harder
on
his
Spanish
Ask the students to listen to the pronunciation
dialogue twice
Ss practise the dialogue in chorus
and then in pairs
Notes: pronunciation
- Model sentences: Reported
speech
Tim should work harder on his
“Miss Jackson said you should work Spanish pronunciation
harder
on
your
Spanish Please give Tim this dictionary
pronunciation. She asked me to
give you this dictionary”
+ What exactly did Miss Jackson
say to Tim’s mother?
Organise groupwork. Ss work on 2. True or False?
the transparencies and OHP.
a. False. Tim was in the living room
Activity four
when his mother called him
Practice
b. True (I went to your school ….)
 True or False?

Need to

2


Production
- Take a survey
+ Ss work in group of 4, ask and
answer the question about the
school subjects
+ Report back the results of the
survey (transparencies and OHP)
Which subject do you like?
Which subject are you good at?
Which subject do you need to
improve?
IV. Consolidation

Hung

Math
Literature
English
Physics
Chemistry
Biology
History
Geography
Physical
education

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d
v
v
v

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v

improve
History

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v

Sat
v

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3


- Think about these questions:
Is Tim’s report good?
Which subject does Tim need to improve?
What did Tim’s teacher tell his mother about Tim ?

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4


What exactly did Miss Jackson said to Tim's
mother?
Miss Jackson said to Tim’s

Tim’s mother said to Tim

mother
Miss Jackson said you should
work harder on your Spanish
pronunciation. She asked me
to give you this dictionary

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dictionary?)

True or False?
a. Tim was out when his mother called him.
b. Tim’s mother met his teacher at school.
c. Tim’s report is poor.
d. Tim’s mother wants him to improve one thing.
e. Tim needs to improve his Spanish grammar.
f. Tim promised to try his best in learning Spanish.

Answer key
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a. False. Tim was in the living room when his mother
called him
b. True (I went to your school ….)
c. False. Tim’s report is excellent
d. True. (But there’s one thing …)
e. False. Tim needs to improve his Spanish pronunciation
f. True. (I’ll try my best to improve them)

3. Answer the questions
a. Who is Miss Jackson?
 Miss Jackson is Tim’s (Spanish) teacher.
b. What did Miss Jackson give Tim’s mother?
 She gave Tim’s mother his report card.