Giáo án môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 7 - Period 31, Unit 5: Work and play - Lesson 6: It’s time for recess (B3)

Period: 31	Date: 12/11/2004
UNIT 5: 	WORK AND PLAY 
LESSON 6: IT’S TIME FOR RECESS (B3)
I. Objectives:
	1. Education aim:
	2. Teaching aim: By the end of the lesson, students can:
	˜ know some activities at a recess in American schools, then compare them with those in 	 Vietnamese schools.
	˜ develop reading skill.
II. Language contents:
	1. Vocabulary:	pen pal, energetic, score goals, portable, swap, common, relax.
2. Grammar:	(none) 
	3. Structures:	(none) 
III. Techniques:	eliciting, describing, questioning & answering, multiple choice, slapping the 	board, taking a survey.
IV. Teaching aids:	pictures for presentation, handouts for practice, cassette.
V. Time:	45 minutes
VI. Procedures:
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
Warm – up.
- Have students Slap the board
recess, chat, skip rope , play blindman’s bluff, play catch, play marbles.
- Ask question 
 What do you usually do at recess?
Pre – reading. 
 - Have students match what activities American students do, what activities American students do, and what activities students in both countries do at recess.
1. play basketball
2. play catch
3. read or study at the same time
4. eat 
5. skip rope
6. talk with friends
7. listen to music
8. play marbles 
9. swap the basketball cards
10. drink 
Vietnamese students:
American students:
Students in both countries:
- Pre-teach vocabulary 
 1. pen pal (n) 
 2. energetic (adj) ª energetic students 
 3. score goals (v) 
 4. portable (adj) ª a portable CD player
 5. swap (v) = exchange
 6. common (adj) 
 7. relax (v) 
While – reading.
- Ask students to read the text silently and check pre-reading prediction.
- Ask students to give feedback 
- Check students’ answers.
Vietnamese students: 2, 4, 5, 6, 8.
American students: 1, 3, 4, 7, 9.
Students in both countries: 4, 6, 10
- Ask students to read the text silently to do multiple choice.
- Let students give feedback 
 a) C b) A c) D d) B
- Correct mistakes if necessary 
- Have students read the text again to answer the comprehension questions. 
 1. Who is Tim?
 2. Where does he live?
 3. How old is Hoa?
 4. What does Tim tell her about?
 5. Who often play basketball?
 6. Do they have time to play the whole game? Why not?
 7. What do they just do?
 8. What is that game called?
 9. What other activities do the do?
10. What kind of cards do the boys swap with their friends? 
11. Why do they do so?
12. What are the most common ways of relaxing at recess?
- Ask students to give feedback 
Post – reading. 
- Let students do section 4 take a survey on the page 58. 
- Tell students to report the result before the class.
 At recess, Nam usually plays marbles. Sometimes he plays catch with his friends. 
- Slap the board.
- Answer the questions. 
- Group works. 
- Listen and write. 
- Read and check.
- Group works. 
- Give feedback 
- Group works. 
1. He is Hoa’s American pen pal.
2. He lives in California.
3. She’s 13 years old.
4. He tells Hoa about American students 
5. The energetic students often play basketball.
6. No, they don’t. Because they never have tie to play the whole game.
7. They just practice scoring goals.
8. It’s called ”shooting some hoops”
9. They listen to music, read or study at the same time.
10. They swap baseball cards with their friends
11. Because they can get the cards they want.
12. Eating and talking with friends are the most common ways of relaxing at recess.
- Group works in three.
- Report before the class.
Homework
1. Reread the text, then do the exercises.
2. Do the exercise B2/p.31 (workbook) 
3. Write a short paragraph about what activities you do at recess ( 30 – 40 words)
Remarks
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