Unit 3. Getting Started.......

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Doc Lap Lower Secondary school.
Unit 3. Getting Started & Listen and Read
Prepared by : Trinh Duc Thao
* Teaching procedure.
1. Warm - up
2. Presentation.
3. Practice.
4. Production
5. Homework.
What are the boys doing?
They are swimming in the river
Unit 3. A trip to the countryside
Lesson 1. Listen and Read
Ba and Liz`s went on a trip to his home village
His home village lies near the foot of the mountain and by a river
* New words:
+ entrance (n)
+ bamboo forest (n)
+ banyan tree (n)
+ shrine (n)
+ hero (n)
Checking vocabulary
Complete the phrases below with ONE suitable word given:
forest tree hero bank village fields
0. river
-- river bank
1. home .....
2. paddy......
3. Vietnamese....
4. a banyan .....
5. bamboo....
1. home village
2. paddy fields
3. Vietnamese hero
4. a banyan tree
5. bamboo forest
Task 1. Read the text and find the answers to the following questions.
1. What did Ba, Liz and his family do on their journey to his home village?
2. What did Liz think of the trip?

Answer key:
1. They visited Ba`s uncle, walked up the mountain, went boating and had a picnic on the river bank.
2. Liz enjoyed the trip very much, and she took a lot of photos.
* What did Liz tell Ba at the end of the trip?

"I wish I could visit your village again some day"

I wish + could - clause
Get mark 10 for the coming exam.

I wish I could get mark 10 for the coming exam.
Can / fly
I wish I could fly
have a bike
I wish I had a bike
Task 2. Work in pairs to check answer T (True) or F (False), then correct the false sentences.
1. Ba and his family had a two-day trip to their home village.
- Ba and his family had a day trip to their home village.
2. Many people like going there for their weekends.
3. There is a small bamboo forest at the entrance to the village.
4. Liz had a snack at the house of Ba`s uncle.
5. There is a shrine on the mountain near Ba`s village.
6. Everyone had a picnic on the mountain.
7. Everyone left the village late in the evening.
8. Liz had a videotape to show the trip to her parents.
9. Liz wants to go there again.
* Answer key:
2. T
3.F - There is a big old banyan tree at the entrance to the village.
4.F - People had a snack under the banyan tree.
5. T
6. F - People had a picnic on the river bank.
7. T
8. F - Liz had a lot of photos to show her parents.
9. T.
Task 3. Comprehension Questions.
1. Where is Ba`s village?
- It`s 60 km to the north of Ha Noi.
2. How did Ba and his family get to the village?
- They got to the village by bus.
3. Where is the banyan tree?
- It`s at the entrance to the village
4. Where did they have their picnic?
- They had a picnic on the river bank.
* Role play:
S1: Ba`s friend.
S2: Ba
S1: Hello, Ba!
S2: Hello!
S1: What did you do on Sunday?
S2: I went on a day trip to my home village with Liz and my family.
S1: How did you get there?
S2: We got there by bus.
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* Homework:
- Learn by heart the new words.
- Write the answers to the questions from 1 to 7 (p.23) into the workbook.
- Be ready for SPEAK & LISTEN.
Thank you for your attention.