Unit 8 the story of my village
Period:43
Lesson 1: Reading
Date of teaching: /12/2007
Week:

I. Objectives
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to :
- better their reading skill through vocabulary Matching and Table completion exercises.
- enlarge vocabulary about country life such as bumper crops, cash crops, brick houses, straw, mud
II. Materials
- Textbook, whiteboard markets,
- Pictures about country life.
III. Anticipated problems
- Ss may lack of vocabulary about country life.
IV. Procedure.
Time
Steps
Work arragement



7`
Warm-up
Networks
- Ask Ss to work in groups of three or four and make a list of words related to the country.
The group with the longest list will be the winner







Group work



10`
Before you read
Pictures description
- Have Ss work in pairs and discuss the questions in the book
- Call on some Ss to read their answers aloud in front of the class.
- Feedback and give suggested answers:
1. The farmers are harvesting the crop
2. They are working very hard.
3. It`s a good/ bumper crop
4. Good farming methods, good varieties, modern technology used, people work hard…
Note: T may ask other questions to make full use of the picture. Some simpler questions may be used:
What do you see in the picture?
Who are they?
What are they using?
vocabulary pre-teach
- straw (n) dry cut stalks of various cereals ( rơm )
- mud (n) wet, soft soil ( bùn )
- technical high school (n): trường trung học kỹ thuật dạy nghề.
- farming mothods (n): Phương pháp canh tác.
- thanks to ( prep) : owing to, because of ( nhờ có )

- Write all the new words and their meanings on the board.
- Rub out all the words in English and keep their Vietnamese meanings.
When all the words are rubbed, ask Ss to look at the Vietnamese meaning and recall all the English words.



Pair work



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6`
While you read
Set the scene
You are going to read a passage about life changes in the country. You read it and do the following tasks.
Task 1: - Vocabulary Matching.
- Ask Ss to read the passage and match the words which all appear in the passage in A with their definition in B.
- Encourage Ss to guess the meaning of the words in the context.
- Have Ss compare their answers with a friend.
call on some Ss to explain their answers in front of the class.
- Make necessary corrections.
- Give correct answers:
1. b ( have just enough money to pay for the things that you need.)
2. d ( having to have many things that you do not have )
3. a ( making one`s life better )
4. e ( good crops)
5. c ( crops to be sold, not for use by the people who grow it )

- Give Vietnamese equivalents if necessary:

1. kiếm tằn tiện đủ sống
2. thiếu thốn nhiều thứ
3. cải thiện cuộc sống
4. vụ mùa bội thu
5. cây trồng để bán và thu lợi nhuận

Task 2: Table Completion
- Ask Ss to scan the passage to get specific information to complete the table.
- Let Ss study the table carefully before doing the task
- Go around the class and provide help when necessary.
- Tell Ss to discuss the answers with a friend.
- Check the answers in front of the class as a whole
- Give correct answers:
Areas of change
Before
Now

houses
made of straw and mud
made of bricks

radio and TV
few families had a radio or a TV set
many families have a radio or a TV set

farming methods
old
new

crops
poor
good/bumper

travel

by motorbike


Task 3: Answering Questions
- Ask Ss to work in pairs: Read the passage again and answer the questions in task 3
- Tell Ss to underline the information that support the answers.
- Have Ss compare their answers with another pair.