UNIT 7: POLLUTION Lesson 4: Communication I/ OBJECTIVES By the end of the lesson, students can: - Read some articles on the 4T website for general and specific information about . - Understand some abbreviations and talk how they spend their free time. - Vocab: Leisure activity lexical items - Grammar: verbs of linking + gerund and verbs of linking + to-infinitives 1. Knowledge: a. Grammar : because/ since + clause, so + clause, due to/ because of + sth b. Lexical items : - Vocab: lexical items related to the topic ‘Pollution’, ending in –ic and –al c. Pronunciation: -Clusters: 2. Skills: - Listening, Speaking, Reading,Writing and interactive skills 3. Attitude: - Cooperation, respect, having right and friendly attitudes with friends, teachers in the new school 4. Quality and competence: - Be confident and friendly with the new school environment - Develope listening, speaking skills and cooperative interaction II/ TEACHING AIDS (MATERIALS) 1.Teacher’s preparation: - Lesson plan, Pictures, posters ,textbook,CD-MP3(Computer-Multi projector/cassette/ “sách mềm”) and other materials 2.Students’ preparation: - Textbook, notebook, school things. III/ WORKING ARRANGEMENTS( WAYS OF WORKING ) - Pair work , individual work, group work, T-WC IV/ TEACHING PROCEDURE: 1- Greeting`and checking students’ adtendence: Total: In: ......... Out: .......... 2- Checking the old lesson 3- New lesson: Teacher’s activities Students’activities Work individually Answer individually Listen Warmer (5'): Introduction - Have a student talk about a leisure activity (from you, your friends or someone you know) a bit unusual. - Listen and give your opinions about this activity: boring, interesting, strange, challenging, etc. I. Reading (15') 1. Teaching vocabulary - Teacher use different techniques to teach vocabulary (situation, realia) - Follow the seven steps of teaching vocabulary * Checking vocabulary: What and where 2. Open prediction * Set the scene: You are going to read about some activities teenagers do in their spare time. - Cover the text and just look at the photos ( with name and country ). - Encourage Ss to guess what these students in the photos like doing as leisure activities. - Then set a reading time limit - Close books and play a memory game in competing groups. - Tell how much information you can remember from the text. - Motivate Ss by counting every detail they remember without any checking comprehension - hook yêu thích cái gì - weird (adj): kì cục - addicted (adj): nghiện(thích) cái gì - hang out (v): đi chơi với bạn bè imagination (n): sự tưởngtượng - Repeat in chorus and individually - Copy all the words - Guess - Read and play a memory game in competing groups II. Practice (15'') 1. Study the abbreviation - Ask Ss if they notice any other particular features of the text. - Drawing their attention to the form of the text (e.g. its layout and the abbreviation). Explain that this is from a webpage and that these abbreviations are informal language that is used online and in texting messages. - Introduce the first abbreviation. - Work in pairs to complete the task. - Add to the dictionary with any other abbreviations you know that are used online. - Work in pairs to create your own mini dictionary, then ask other pair to guess the meaning. - Work in groups - Listen - Pair work 2. Complete the table - Have Ss work in pairs or small groups to complete the table. -Allow Ss to read the text more closely to fill in the table. Who? What activity is mentioned? What does he/she thick of it? Emily - hanging out with friend ( window shopping) -working as a volunteer She loves it. Hang Cloud watching She adores it. It’s easy Linn Going to community centre, painting, dancing, doing drama She loves it Minh -playing football -helping his aunt in running cooking class He likes it. He’s fun. Manuel -Playing computer games -doing judo He’s addicted to it. It’s Ok. III. Production ( 6') - Work in pairs to put the leisure activities in the text in order from the most interesting to the most boring. - Once they have their list, form a bigger group of four and each pair shares their list with the other. - Discuss, give opinions, and negotiate with each other in order to agree on a mutual list. - Pair work - Work in group IV. Consolidation (2') - Sum up the main content of the lesson .V. Homework (2') - Learn by heart all the new words and structures - Do C1, 2, D1 P 6-7 (SBT) - Prepare: Skill 1 - Answer teacher's questions. - Take note