Unit 3 A PARTY
A- READING
Period: 11
th
Week: 5
Date: /09/2008
I. Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to understand about the passage's content , get more
information , words and structures to talk about the birthday party and anniversary party in the United States so that
they can do well the exercises .
II. Teaching method: communication method
III. Teaching aids: pictures, handout, cassette, tape, textbook
VI- Procedures:
Teacher's Activities Students' Activities
1.Warm up: (6mn)
- T: What's your birthday ?
What do your parents and your friend often give
you?
What do you often prepare for your birthday party?
Do you remember your father's and your mother's
birthday or their wedding day?
What do you often give them on their birthday and
their wedding day?
Ask sts to work in groups to answer the questions and
then call on some pairs to practise speaking in front of
the class.
Then give sts handout and ask them to do it in groups
Explain some difficult words
+ Silver: the 25th anniversary of a wedding.
+ Ruby: the 40th anniversary of a wedding.
+ Golden: the 50th anniversary of a wedding.
+ Dimond: the 60th anniversary of a wedding.

3. sing
4. eat
5. blow out
6. receive
7. open
a. the candle
b. Happy anniversary
c. a birthday song
d. flowers
e. someone a joke
f. some cake
g. agift/a present
Answers: 1.e; 2.b; 3.c; 4.f; 5.a; 6.d; 7;g
Work in pairs to answer the questions:
1. The people are members in a family.
2. They are celebrating a birthday party/ a golden
wedding.
3. While you read: (20mn)
T reads the passage once model.
T has sts do the task 1.
T conducts the correction of the task 1.

T has Sts do task 2
Ask sts read through the exercise and do it in groups
T let sts do in group and walk around to help them.
Call on some present and another comment.
Give the correction .
T has sts do task 3

Ask sts to read the questions .

10.What is the party?
11. What do the people do in the anniversary
party?
12. How many anniversaries do the people call?
And What are they?
4. After you read: (10 mn)
T gives sts a handout and ask them to do it groups.
Then call on some sts to do it in front of the class.
And T give the corrections
1. birthday parties/ anniversary parties.
2. cards, flowers, toys, clothes.
3. a quiet dinner at home or restaurant / a big paty.
4. ice cream.
5. birthdays.
Handout :
Complete the sentences about the birthday parties
and the anniversary paties in Vietnam, using the
words from the text:
1. In Vietnam, ……… are common than……..
2. In our country, we often give………. As
birthday gift.
3. In our country, to celebrate wedding
anniversaries, we often have………
4. In Vietnam, people don't often eat…….
5. In our country, people who are over 50 don't
like to celebrate……..
5. Homework: (5mn)
T guides sts do homework.
Do again the tasks and write about the activities in your
birthday party.

Coloured lights , dacing, dress, milk, pizzas.
Decoration

Special food
and drink
2. Pre- speaking: (10mn)
Task 1: Ask sts read the requirement.
Have them dicuss in groups the way to do this task.
call on some present their own opinions in front of
the class.
Ask sts to work in pairs to ask and answer
about the party which they took part in .
Let sts do the task in pairs.
Walk around and help sts with some new words.
Then call on some pairs practise model.
Listen and give commentations.
Read the requirement, and discuss the way to do .
study the questions .
And work in pairs to finish it.(one asks and the other
answers).
1. Whose party was it?
2. Did you take a gift for the host?
3. Who did you go with?
4. Where was the party?
5. Were there any decorations?
6. Were there a lot of people there?
7. What sort of food and drink did you have?
8. What was the music like?
9. Did you dance?
10. Did you meet any nice there?

with a plan for their parties.
Walk around to check and offer help. While doing
so, listen and take note of their errors, and provide
corrective feedback when necessary.
Work in pairs to discuss to do the task.
Practise speaking with this information in pairs.
Some pairs practise in front of the class.
Sts A: It's lovely! I've just been invited to Hoa' s house
my closest friend for dinner.
Sts B: Oh, how nice. What do you often do when you
are invited to someone's house?
Sts A: Well, it's a custom to bring a small gift.
Sts B: Really, like what/
Sts A: Maybe some flowers or something for desert.
Sts B: And is it alright to bring a friend along.
Sts A: Well, if you want to bring someone you are
expected to call first and aks it is OK.
Anothers listen and comment.
Listen to teacher carefully and work in groups to
discuss the way to plan a party.
Take some important information to plan a party.
Then make question setences with suggestions and
practise speaking with them in groups.
. Budget: How much you spend for your party?
. date and time : When do you organise your party?
. who to invite: Who have been invited to your
party? / How many people do you plan to invite and
who are they? (relatives, friends, classmates,
teachers,…)
. place: Where do you organise your party? ( home or

Then listen to teacher 's providing corrective feedback
and take notes if necessary.
5. Homework:
Ask sts to write a paragraph about a party they
have been to.
Take notes.
Unit 3 A PARTY
C- LISTENING
Period: 13
th
Week: 5
Date: /09/2008
I. Aim: By the end of the lesson sts will be able to listen about girl's telling a party that she has been to and after
that they can develop such listening micro-skills as listening for specific information.
II. Teaching method: communication method
III. Teaching aids: pictures, handout, cassette, tape, textbook
VI- Procedures:
Teacher's Activities Students' Activities
1.Warm up: (5mn):
Devide class into 4 groups and introduce the game:
Ask sts to generate as many words related to
birthday and birthday parties as possible in 4 mn.
Then divide class into 4 sections as the numbers of
the presentative of each group to come to board and
write their answers.
Then teacher gets the whole class to count.
Each correct word gets one point.
Which group has more points is winner.
Play the game in 4 groups.
Generate the number of wordsrelated to birthday

birthday party?
Listen to teacher carefully. And practise reading
new words in chorus .
- gathering /'geðəri ŋ / (n)
- restaurant / restrənt/ (n)
- decorated / dekəreitid/ (v)
- icing / aisi ŋ / ( n)
- prizes / praiziz/ (n)
- slices / slaisiz/ ( n)
- clapped / 'klept/ (v)