Unit 1. A visit from a pen pal

DIVISION OF LESSONS:
1. Getting started – listen & read
2. Speak - Listen
3. Read
4. Write
5. Language focus
Unit 1:
A VISIT FROM A PENPAL
Week: 1
Period: 2
Monday, April 15th, 2009
Lesson1: Getting started – Listen & read
Unit 1:
A VISIT FROM A PENPAL
WARM UP:
a) Do you have any pen pals?
b) Where does s/he live?
c) Has s/he visited your city?
d) What activities would you do during the visit?
Yes, I have./ No, I haven’t.
S/he lives in …………….
Yes, s/he has./ No, she hasn’t.
I think I’ll take our friends to the temples
and churches.
I’ll take them to the beach, to the mountain,…
Cao Dai Temple
Hung’s Temple
the Temple of Literature
Huong’s Temple
Dong Xuan Market
Long Hoa Market
Ben Thanh Market
Vung Tau Beach
Vung Tau Beach
Nha Trang Beach
Nha Trang Beach
HCM’s Museum
HCM’s Mausoleum
The Temple of Literature
restaurant
restaurant
Opera house
Opera house
Ba Den Mountain
Dau Tieng Lake
Fine Arts Museum
One pillar Pagoda
Water puppet theater
HCM’s Stilt House
1. Getting started:
Now let’s imagine you have a foreign pen pal
who is coming to visit you for the first time.
He/she’s going to stay with you for a week.
What activities would you do during the visit?
A: Do you think this is a market place?
B: I think so. I think this is one of the places we want to
take our friends to. We can do some shopping or just
introduce her/him a Vietnamese market.
A: I believe she will be interested in it.
C: I’d like to take her/him to a Vietnamese restaurant
in town. I want to introduce her/him our famous Nem.
2. Listen and read:
a) Vocabulary:
correspond (v)
Trao đổi thư từ
mosque (n)
Nhà thờ Hồi Giáo
to be impressed by (v)
Có ấn tượng
pray (v)
Cầu nguyện
depend on (v)
Phụ thuộc
b) Model sentences:
Lan took her to Hoang Kiem Lake.
I wish you had a longer vacation.
Lan used to walk past the mosque.
depend
correspond
pray
be impressed
mosque
2. Listen and read:
X
X
X
X
Post reading:
a) Where is Maryam from?
b) How long have Lan and Maryam been pen pals?
c) What places did Lan take her to?
d) What was Maryam impressed by during the visit?
She is from Malaysia.
They have been pen pals for over two years.
She took her to Hoan Kiem Lake, HCM’s Mausoleum,
the History Museum, the Temple of Literature,…
She was impressed by the beauty of the city and
by the friendliness of its people.
HOMEWORK:
Learn by heart new words.
Read the test and answer the
questions again.
Prepare Speak & Listen.