Date of preparing:22- 8- 2009 Date of teaching: 25- 8- 2009 Class:11A5, 11A9, 11A7, 11A6

Unit 2
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
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Period No 7 - Lesson 1: Reading

I. Aim:
- Reading for specific information about personal experiences.
II. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
- Develop such reading skills as scanning for details, specific ideas, skimming for general information, and guessing meaning in context, identifying the sequence of events
- Use the information they have learnt to discuss the story
II. Teaching aids
- Textbook, handouts, cassette ………….
III. Anticipated problems
- Ss may need help with discussion task, so T should be ready to help them
IV. Procedure:

Time

3’








3’












4’








2’




10’








5’







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7’















2’
Teacher’s activities

- ask Ss some questions.








- ask Ss to look at the pictures on page 22, guess what is happening and then put them in the correct order.
- ask some questions.
- check the answers with the whole class.





- read word by word.
- ask Ss to repeat in chorus and individual.
- write them on the blackboard.




- say some words in Vietnamese and ask Ss to speak them out in English.

- ask Ss to read the passage silently and do the task 1.
- ask them to fill the blank with the words/ phrases in the box.
- check the answer with whole class.
-give the correct answers.
- ask Ss to read the text silently again and then with a peer to work out the sequence of the pictures given on page 22 again.
- call on a student to give and explain his/ her answer.
- get them to read the questions carefully and give them some tips to do the task.
- get Ss to check their answer with a peer.
- call on some Ss to write their answers on the board and ask them to explain their choices.


- introduce the task.
- give some words or structures.
- ask Ss to work in groups to discuss the question on page 25.
- call on some groups to report.
- give comments.






- summarize the main points.
- assign homework.
Content

A. Warm- up: Chatting
Questions:
1. Who is your best friend?
2. Have you ever forgotten her/his birthday?
3. Would you feel upset if you forgot her/his birthday?
4. If you made a stupid mistake, how would you feel?
B. Pre- reading
I. Look at the pictures on page 22 and guess what is happening in each of them then put them in the order
Questions:
1. What can you see in the 1st picture?
2. Who do you think they are?
3. What can you see on the table?
……………………………………….
Suggested answers:
1. A man and a young girl
2. Maybe they are family members
3. It’s money
II. Vocabulary
- to embarrass (v) [im`bærəslàm lúng túng
- embarrassing (a) [im`bærəsiηbối rối
- to glance(v) [glɑ:nsliếc nhìn
- sneaky (a) [`sni:kivụng trộm, lén lút
- wad (n) [wɔdxấp, cuộn
- to make a fuss [meik ə fʌslàm ầm ĩ
- idol (n) [`aidl]  :thần tượng
- floppy (a) [`flɔpi]  : mềm
III. Checking vocabulary:


C. While- reading
I. Task 1:
Answers:
1. glanced
2. making a fuss
3. embarrassing
4. idols
5. sneaky



II. Task 2:
Correct answers:
1. picture d
2. picture b
3. picture f
4. picture e
5. picture a
6. picture c
III. Task 3:
Suggestet answers:
1. She wished to have a red floppy cotton hat.
2. Her father gave her some money so that she could buy the hat for herself.
3. She saw a wad of dollar notes that looked like the ones