Giáo án môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 7 - Unit 8: Places - Period 48: A. Asking the way (4, 5) - Nguyễn Thị Phương

Date: December 8th,2011
Unit 8 places
Period 48 A. Asking the way (4;5- page 82)
I. Objectives
 By the end of the lesson students will be able to pactice asking and answering about distances between two places with “How far......?”
II. Language content
1. Vocabulary
Coach Have a guess a long way to take (time) to get there
2. Grammar
Revise :
How far is it from....to....?
It’s (about).....m/km
III/ Teaching aids: cassette player,cards, pictures, text book
IV/ Techniques: elicitation, ask and answer, pair work, group work .
V/ Time: 45 minutes
VI/ Procedures:
Steps
Teacher’s activities
Students’activities
1. Warm up (5’)
Gets ss to play the game “ Slap the board” with
The numbers 
18; 680;1030; 319;688; 791;1726
Set the scence : In unit 1 you learnt to ask and answer about the distances between two places, today we are going to get further practice with how far...?
Play the game following teacher’s guides
2. Presetation
(10’)
a) Preteach
coach (n) : xe khách
To have a guess : đoán, đoán
A long way : quãng đường dài
To take (time) : mất bao nhiêu thời gian..
Elicit the word from ss first, ask ss to repeat chorally and then individually
b) check :matching
c) open prediction
Lan : you are from Hue. How far is it from Hanoi?
Hoa : It’s a long way. It take about 18 hours to get there by coach.
Lan : Have a guess.
Hoa : I think it’s about....(1).
Lan : And how far is it from Hue to Ho Chi Minh city?
Hoa: I think it’s about ....(2)
Gets ss to work in pairs to guess the mixing words
Call some pairs to write down their prediction on the board
- Asks ss to sten to the tape and check if they are right
* Recall the structure
How far is it from (places 1) to (place 2 )?
Gives some more example, asks ss to give some examples
How far is it from Thanh Hoa to Hanoi?
About 200 km
.......
Asnwer teacher’s elicit questions
- repeat chorally and then individually
- take notes
Look at the dialouge and try to guess 
Write down their guesses to fill in the gap
1 : 680
2: 1030
- write down in the board
Listen to the tape and check if they are right
Listen and fix into their minds
Give some examples
3.Practice
(15’)
- gets ss to work in pairs practicing the dialouge
-call some pairs to read out the dialouge
- practice in pairs
- read out the dialouge
4.production
(10’)
Show the map in part A5 – page 82 ,gets them to ask and answer about the distances between Hanoi to each place
- Ask some pairs to read out in front of the class
Look at the map 
-ask and anwer about the distances between hanoi to each place given on the map
- read out in front of the class
S1:How far is it it from Vinh to Hanoi?
S2: About 319 km
S1 :How far is it from.....?
5.Consolidation
(3’)
Sumary
How far is it from....to....?
It’s about.....
It take time to get...
Listen and fix into their minds
6.Homework
2’
Asks ss to do excercises on their excercise books
Learn the new words and structure
Prepare for the next lesson
Copy to do at home
*Experiences......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................