Unit 3. A trip to the countryside

Teacher: Nguyen Thi My
School: THCS Thanh Xuan
Unit 3:A trip to the countryside
Period 18: Write
Wednesday October 28th, 2009
1. Warm – up: Chatting
Have you ever gone a picnic?
- When did you go?
- Where did you go?
- How did you go there?
- What did you do?
- When did you come back home?
- Did you enjoy it?
Revision: Write the simple past and the past participle of the verbs.
(to) take
(to) put
(to) lay
(to) run
(to) catch
took – taken
put – put
laid – laid
ran – run
caught – caught
2. Vocabulary:
- picnic site (n):
- điểm dã ngoại
- cái mền, chăn
- blanket (n):
- bịt mắt bắt dê
- blind man’s buff :
- (to) gather
- tập trung, thu gom
- một cách vội vã
- hurriedly (adv):
3. Ordering pictures:
A
B
C
D
E
2
1
3
4
5
3. Write:
Look at the pictures and the information given. Then write a passage entitled
“ A country picnic”. Start like this:
It was a beautiful day ...
beautiful day /
my friend
and I / go /
picnic / .
take / bus /
countryside/
walk / 20
minutes /
picnic site /
river
It was a beautiful
day. My friends
and I went for
a picnic. We took
a bus to the
countryside and
walked about
20 minutes to
the picnic site
near a river.
put down /
blankets /
lay out /
food
We put down
the blankets
and laid out
the food.
After meal ,
we played some
games such as:
“ What song
is it?” and
“ Blind man’s
Buff”. Late in
the afternoon,
we went fishing .
We enjoyed
our picnic

when /look at /
time /
nearly 6:30 pm /
hurriedly gather /
things / run /
bus stop
When we looked
at the time, it
was nearly
6:30 pm. we
hurriedly gather
all the things
and ran to the
bus stop.
We / lucky /
catch / last
bus / and /
we / arrive /
home / very
late / evening
we were lucky
to catch the
last bus and
we arrived
home very
late in the
evening.
 It was a beautiful day. My friends and I went for a picnic. We took a bus to the countryside and
walked about 20 minutes to the picnic site near a river. We put down the blankets and laid out the food. After, we played games such as: “What song is it?” and “ Blind man’s Buff”. Late in the afternoon, we went fishing. We enjoyed our picnic. When we looked at the time, it was nearly 6:30 pm , we hurriedly gathered all things and ran to the bus stop. We were lucky to catch the last bus and we arrived home late in the evening.
4. Choose the best answer:
Many people enjoy …… ….picnic to the countryside.
going b. to going c. go d. goes
2. We decided………….. on a picnic to the countryside.
going b. to go c. went d. have gone
3. We were lucky…………… the last bus yesterday.
catch b. catching c. to catch d. caught
4. They ………….. gathered their things and ran to the bus stop.
a. hurried b. hurry c. be hurry d. hurriedly
going
to go
to catch
hurriedly
5. Homework:
Learn the vocabulary.
Complete the passage in your notebook.
Prepare for Language focus.
Thanks for your attention!