Giáo án môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 7 - Unit 9: At home and away - A. A holiday in Nha Trang - Lesson1: A 1, 3

Date of preparing:
Date of teaching:
Period: 58
Week: 20
 UNIT 9: AT HOME AND AWAY
A. A HOLIDAY IN NHA TRANG
Lesson1: A 1,3
I.Objective:
	By the of the lesson, students will be able to talk about vacation activities, using “ was/ were, wasn’t/ weren’t” and some past regular verbs.And the students can listen to the text about the Robinsons’ trip .
	II. Language content: 
Grammar: past simple tense of “to be”
Vocabulary: aquarium, souvenir, gift, was/ were, (to) have –had ,(to) take – took, (to) go – went , (to) buy – bought.
	III. Teaching method: Communicative approach
	IV. Teaching aids: Poster, cassette player
	V. Time: 45 minutes
	VI. Procedure:
Time 
Content 
Teacher’s and students’ activities
10’
10’
10’
5’
10’
Vocabulary
- an aquarium: hoà caù 
- a gift : moùn quaø 
- was/ were: thì, laø 
- (to) have –had : coù 
- (to) take – took : daãn , daét 
- (to) go – went : ñi 
- (to) buy – bought: mua 
What places in Nha Trang do Ba and Liz talk about? 
( dialogue, page 86)
They talk about Cham Temples and Tri Nguyen Aquarium.
Model sentences: 
Ba: How was your vacation in Nha Trang?
Liz: It was wonderful. 
Notes: Past simple tense 
Ñoäng töø “tobe”: Was/ were 
I/ She/ He/ It/dt soá ít + was
We/You/ They/ dt soá nhieàu + were 
Negative form: 
 S + was/ were + not 
 Was not = wasn’t
 Were not = weren’t 
Interrogative form : 
 Was / Were + S ? 
 - Yes, S + was/ were
 - No, S + wasn’t / weren’t 
Caùch duøng: Dieãn taû haønh ñoäng xaûy ra vaø chaám döùt trong quaù khöù. 
Daáu hieäu: Yesterday, Ago, last year, in 1990,
Dialogue, page 86
Number the sentences:
o Liz bought souvenirs. 
o Liz visited Tri Nguyen Aquarium. 
o Liz returned to Ha Noi. 
o Liz went to Nha Trang.
o Liz talked to Ba about her vacation. 
Answer key:
1. Liz went to Nha Trang. 
 2. Liz visited Tri Nguyen Aquarium. 
 3. Liz bought souvernir. 
4. Liz returned to Ha Noi. 
5. Liz talked to Ba about her vacation. 
Matching 
(Liz’s thought of Nha Trang) 
The people expensive
The food friendly
The things beautiful
The vacation delicious
Nha Trang wonderful 
Answer key 
The people à friendly
The food à delicious
The things à expensive
The vacation à wonderful
Nha Trang à beautiful
Word-cues
vacation/ wonderful
food/ delicious
Nha Trang/ beautiful
Things/ expensive
People/ friendly 
Ex: 
S1: How was the vacation? 
S2: It was wonderful. 
Matching:
1.a Peanut	a. yeân bình 
2.calm (adj) 	b. döøng laïi
3.peaceful (adj) 	c. ñeán
4.(to) drive- drove 	d. ñaäu phoäng
5.(to) stop – stopped	e. tónh laëng
6.(to) arrive – arrived f. laùi xe 
Keys:
1.d 2.e 3.a 4.f 5.b 6.c 
Prediction
Listen. Write the letter of the sentences you hear. 
a) The Robinsons returned to Ha Noi by train.
b) The Robinsons returned to Ha Noi by bus.
c) This was the second time Liz saw the paddies.
d) This was the first time Liz saw the paddies. 
e) They stopped at the restaurant for a short time. 
f) They stopped at the restaurant for a long time.
g) Mr.Robinson bought some food for Liz.
h) Mrs. Robinson bought some food for Liz.
i) They arrived home in the afternoon.
j) They arrived home in the evening. 
 Answer key 
b – d – e – h – j 
Gap – fill 
 Listen and complete the following paragraph 
Liz was excited as the bus (1) _______ through the countryside. Everything (2) _____ calm and peaceful. At 4 o’clock the bus (3) _____ at a small roadside restaurant. Mrs. Robinson (4) _____ some peanuts and an ice-cream for Liz. The bus (5) ____ in Ha Noi at about 7 pm. 
Answer key 
1.drove 2.was 3.stopped 5.bought 6. arrived . 
Homework 
- Learn new words and structure.
- Prepare Unit 9:( Cont.) A 2
Presentation
+ Pre-teach vocabulary 
. picture
. realia 
. translation
. translation 
. translation 
. translation 
. translation 
- Ss: listen, repeat and copy 
- T checks: ROR 
Presentation dialogue 
- T sets the scene: “You are going to listen to the conversation between Ba and Liz. Liz is talking to Ba about her recent vacation in Nha Trang.”
- Ss listen to the situation
- T gives the students question and turns on the cassette twice.
- Ss listen, read and answer the question.
- T gives feedback. 
Presentation grammar
- T elicits the sentences from the dialogue
- Ss say the model sentences
- T writes the model sentences on the board and checks: the form, the use, the meaning, the pronunciation and understanding. 
- Ss : listen and copy 
Practice
- T asks students to practice the dialogue.
- Ss: work in pairs to practice the dialogue. 
- T asks students to read the dialogue again and do the exercise .
- Ss work in pairs to read the dialogue and do the exercise, and then give the answers.
- T gives feedback. 
- T asks students to read the dialogue again and do matching exercise.
- Ss read the dialogue and do the exercise in pairs and then give the answers. 
- T gives feedback. 
- T models and guides students to practice the structure from the cues.
- Ss work in pairs to practice the structure. 
Pre listening
-T asks ss to match th English words to the Vietnamese words.
- Ss work in pairs.
- T gives feedbacks.
- T sets the scene: “ You are going to listen to the text about The Robinsons’ trip to the countryside.”
- Ss listen to the situation 
- T asks students to read and guess the sentences they will hear. 
- Ss read and guess the sentences they will hear then say their guesses.
- T writes their guesses on the board.
While listening 
- T turns on the cassette twice.
- Ss listen and check their guesses then give the answers. 
- T gives feedback from the tape.
- T asks students to listen to the tape and complete the passage.
- Ss listen to the tape twice to complete the passage and then give the answers. 
-T gives feedback from the tape.