Giáo án môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 7 - Unit 1: Back to school - Period 1: A. friends (1,2)

Date:22nd August,2010
Week:1
Period:2
 UNIT 1 : BACK TO SCHOOL
A. friends
 (1,2)
I. Objectives:
Students can greet and introduce one another. 
Training students’ reading comprehension, listening, speaking skills.
II. Language contents:
1. Grammar:
- Revision: 
*The structures: “nice to meet you”,”nice to see you”, “This is..”
*Present simple tense.
- Comparatives
2. Vocabulary: 
Different (adj), bigger (than), unhappy (adj), miss (v), parents (n), a lot of (lots of) = many.
III.Techniques: Picture drills, elicting, pair work, group work, role plays.
IV. Teaching aids: a cassette, pictures.
V. Procedures:
1. Greetings.
2. Warm up:	
- T. introduces the name. Then asking Ss about their names.
- Asking something about their new school year:
(?) Do you have any new friends this school year?
(?) What do you say to your new friends on the first school day? 
(?) What do you say to your friends when you first meet after the summer holiday? 
 (?)Are you happy to be back again?
3. New lesson:
method
content
*Presentation:
- Introducing the lesson (T.gives the picture of three students)
Ba and Nga are old friends. They meet each other after the summer holiday. There is a new friend in their class. Her name is Hoa. They are very happy. 
- Now listen to their dialogue. (Listen 1A) 
- The first time of listening: books closed
- The second time: Ss repeat after the cassette
- T explains the meaning of greeting sentences.
*Practice:
- Ss work in groups: Making the dialogue with book and then without book.
- T checks some groups before the class.
- Teacher gives the second picture.
(?) Who is she?
(?) Is Hoa the new classmate?
“Yes, Hoa is a new classmate. After talking to Nga and Ba, she comes to her class. She meets Nam. She wants to make friends with Nam, so she says greeting to Nam” (Listen to the dialogue) 
- Ss listen two times the same 1A
- T introduces the structures.
- Ss work in groups: Making the dialogue with book and then without book.
- T checks some groups before the class.
- T asks Ss to ask and answer the questions in pairs.
- T calls some couples to present before the class.
- T remarks and corrects the mistakes if necessary.
*Pre-reading: 
- T asks Ss to say some informations about Hoa (She is a new classmate. She’s in class 7A. Nga, Ba and Nam are in her class, too.) Listen to more some informations about Hoa.
- Ss listen to the tape one time. Then Ss. read in silence to find out the new words and to understand the reading.
- T helps Ss to understand the meanings of the words and how to pronounce them.
*While-reading:
- Ss read in groups	
- T checks ss’ pronunciation.	
*Post-reading: 
- T gives the third picture, compares Hoa’s old school and Hoa’s new one so that ss can remember the information.
- Ss work in groups: ask and answer the questions.
- Checking some ss’ answers before the class.
 A1 Listen. Then practice with a partner:
*Vocabulary:
- Nice to meet / see you (exp)
Nice to meet/ see you again (exp)
Classmate (n)
A1B Listen. Then practice with a partner:
I’m in class 7A.
I’m, too = So am I
(I’m in Nguyen Trai School. /So am I)
Answer:
a) Her name is Hoa.
b) She is in class 7A.
c) Nam is also in class 7A.
A2 Read. Then answer the questions
*Vocabulary
- parents (n)
- still (adv)
- lots of = a lot of = much = many
Note: N Chóng ta dïng a lot of vµ lots of víi danh tõ kh«ng ®Õm ®­îc vµ danh tõ sè nhiÒu.
- a lot of / lots of time
- a lot of / lots of pictures
N Chóng ta dïng a lot of vµ lots of trong c©u kh¼ng ®Þnh cßn many vµ much chóng ta dïng trong c©u phñ ®Þnh vµ nghi vÊn.
- different (adj)
- big +ger = bigger(than)
ADJ +ER THAN
- unhappy (adj)
- miss(v) 
* Answer:
a) She is from Hue.
 b) She is staying with her uncle and aunt.
c) No, she doesn’t.
d) Her new school is bigger than her old school.
e) Because she misses her parents and her friends.
4. Consolidation
 -T asks:
 (?) Are you happy on the first day of new school year?
 (?) Why are you happy?
 (?) What class are you in?...
 - Ss answer.
 5. Homework:
 T asks Ss to do:
Learn by heart the new words and the structures.
Write the words and the answers on your notebooks.
Write the short summary about Hoa’s story.
Prepare A 3,4,5,6
* Self evaluation: