Unit 3. A trip to the countryside

Welcome to our class
Look at these pictures and say the name of each picture
Go to the zoo
Fly their kite
Go on a picnic
Where did they go ?
They went on a picnic
Unit 3 : A trip to the countryside
Lesson 4 : Writing
I. Pre –writing :
- What did you do yesterday ?
a. Simple past :
- I went to school , then I came home and watched TV.
* Form :
S + V ( ed ) / V (II ) + ………………

* Change these verbs in to past :
1. Be
2. go
3. Take
4. walk
5. put
6. play
7. enjoy
8. gather
9. run
10. arrive
Present
1. be
2. go
3. take
4. walk
5. put
6. enjoy
7 . gather
8. play
9. run
10. arrive
Was / were
went
took
walked
put
enjoyed
gathered
played
ran
arrived
Past
Blanket ( n )
Lay ( v )
Lay out
Blind man’s buff

b. New words :
+ Site ( n ) : Địa điểm , nơi
+ Blanket ( n ) : mền, chăn
+ Lay – Laid – Laid: bày, xếp
lay out : bày ra
+ Blind man’s buff : bịt mắt bắt dê
+ Gather ( v ) = collect ( v )

II. While – writing :
Look at the pictures and the information given . Then write a passage entitled “ A country Picnic “ .






Beautiful day / my friends and I / go picnic . take/ bus / countryside / walk / 20 minutes / picnic site / river.

put down /blankets / lay out / food .

After meal / play / games /
“ What song is it “ ? / blind man’s buff.
Late / afternoon / go fishing .
We / enjoy / picnic.

when / look at / time / it / nearly 6.30pm / hurriedly gather / things / run / bus stop

We / lucky / catch / last bus / and / we / arrive / home / very late / evening

Beautiful day / my friends and I / go picnic take/ bus / countryside / walk / 20 minutes / picnic site / river.
It was a beautiful day , my friends and I decided to go on a picnic . We took a bus to the countryside and walked about 20 minutes to the picnic site next to the river

put down /blankets / lay out / food .
-> We put down the blankets and laid out the food.
After meal we played the games “ what song is it “ ? and blind man’s buff. Late in the afternoon we went fishing . We enjoyed our picnic.
After meal / play / games /
“ What song is it “ ? / blind man’s buff.
Late / afternoon / go fishing .
We / enjoy / picnic.

when / look at / time / it / nearly 6.30pm / hurriedly gather / things / run / bus stop.
-> When we looked at the time . It was nearly 6.30 pm . We hurriedly gathered our 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.

III. Post – writing :
It was a beautiful day , my friends and I decided to go on a picnic. We took a bus to the countryside and walked about 20 minutes to the picnic site next to the river. We put down the blankets and laid out the food. After meal we played the games “ 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 our things and ran to the bus stop. We were luckily to catch the last bus and we arrived home very late in the evening.

IV. Post – writing : - Answer the questions
5. Did they arrive home late or early in the evening?
-> They went on a picnic by bus.
2. What did they lay out ?
-> They laid out the food.
3. What did they do after meal ?
-> They played games , then they went fishing.
4. Did they like their picnic ?
-> Yes , they did
1. How did they go on a picnic ?
-> They arrived home late in the evening.

VI. Home words :
- Review the simple past tense.
- Learn by heart new words .
- Use the cues below to write a passage telling your recent trip to the countryside.
Last weekend / my family / two – day trip / home village. We / start / the journey / very early / morning . After three hours / travel / bus / we /reach / old banyan / entrance / the village . Everyone / feel / tired / take a rest / the tree. After that / we / start / walk / the village / twenty minutes / come / my grandparents’ house. We / spend / enjoyable weekend / the country. We / feel / happy and healthy / the trip.