Period 46, Unit 8: Places - Lesson 2: A. Asking the way (4, 5+R)

Prepairing date: November 30, 2008
Teaching date: December 1, 2008
Period: 46 
Unit 8: places
Lesson 2. A. Asking the way (4,5+R)
I. Aim
1. Knowledge
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to practice with “How far.?” to talk about distances.
2. Skill: speaking, listening and reading.
II. Teaching aids: books, board
III. Procedure
I. Warm up: Hangman
How far, meters, kilometers
- Play games
II. Presentation
1. Pre-teach
- a long way đường dài
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It’s a long way to get there
- Give examples
- It takes + time + to get there 
Mất bao nhiêu thời gain để đi đến đó.
Ex: It's a long way from here.
It takes about 18 hours to get there by coach
2. Practice
a) Predict dialogue
Lan: You’re from Hue. How far is it
 from Hanoi?
Hoa: It’s a long way. It takes about 18
 hours to get there by coach. I think
 it’s about ______________
Lan: And how far is it from HCM city?
Hoa: About ______________
- Look at the open dialogue and fill in the gaps in pairs. Then they listen to the dialogue to check their answers.
- Give their predictions
Keys: 680 km - 1.030 km
- Read the predict dialogue (2 pairs)
b) Ask Ss to practice the dialogue with a partner
- Work in pairs (3 pairs)
Vinh..... Ha noi 319km
 Hue........ Ha noi 688km
 Da nang..... Ha noi 791 km
 HCM city..... Ha noi 1,726 km
Call on some pairs to practice
c) Mapped dialogue
Lan
Hoa
VinhHanoi
319 km
Hue.Hanoi
688 km
Danang...Hanoi
791 km
HCMCHanoi
1726 km
- Practice
S1: How far is it from Vinh to Hanoi?
S2: About 319 km
ð Work in pairs
3. Further practice
Imagine you meet a foreign tourist, he asked you the way. You showed him the way and directions. Make a dialogue.
- Work in pairs
ð Call on some pairs to demonstrate
ð Demonstrate in the front (3 pairs)
- Listen and correct mistakes
@ Remember
-? Ss ask and answer about the way and the distances.
- Repeat the prepositions:
on
opposite
between...... and......
from .... to.....
- repeat the structures:
Could you tell/ show me the way to....?
How far is it from ..... to .....?
It is about....... km.
Homework:
Copy the 2 dialogue they’ve made above
Do exercise 3 in workbook
Prepare the next lesson
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