Unit 6. An excursion

What do you like doing when you have a few days off?
Going abroad/visiting a foreign country
Visiting friends and relatives
Go camping, fishing
Having a picnic
Relaxing at the beach
Staying at home reading a book

Period: 30
Unit 6: An Excursion
Lesson 1: Reading
I. Before you read:
Valley of love
Thien Mu Pagoda
The One-Pillar Pagoda
Pine forest
Waterfall
Thay Pagoda
Ha Long Bay
- Campfire: [kæmp'faiə] (n)
- Classmate: ['klɑ:smeit] (n)
- Rock formation [rɔk fɔ:'mei∫n] (n)
- Cave [keiv] (n)
- Anxious ['æηk∫əs] (adj.)
- Persuade [pə'sweid] (v)
- Permission [pə'mi∫n] (n)
- Join [dʒɔin] (v)
- Excursion [iks'kə:∫n] (n)
Vocabulary:
II. While you read:
Task 1:
II. While you read:
Task 1:
1. Lan wrote the letter to .
2. The students decided to go on an excursion because they wanted to .
3. The students have changes their destination as Thay pagoda.
tell Minh about the plan for her class trip
A and B
it is impossible to visit the caves near
Task 2:
1. When are Lan and her classmates going on a trip?
2. Why are they visiting some caves?
3. How far is Thay Pagoda from their school?
4. What are the students’ plans for their trip to Huong Pagoda?
5. What is Lan anxious about? Why?
After the first term ends
Because they have just studied rock formations and they have never been inside a cave.
20 kilometres away
Have a two-day trip and spend a night together by a campfire.
Her parents’ permission. They are so protective and don’t want to let her stay the night away from home
III. After you read:
Fill each blank in the summary of the letter with a suitable group of words from the box bellow.
Lan’s class (1) a two-day excursion to visit (2) near Huong Pagoda. They (3) with their own eyes what they (4) in their geography lessons recently and relax after their hard work, as well. They have planned (5) carefully. For Lan, the (6) is getting her parents’ permission. She will try (7) so that she will be able to join (8) on the excursion.
her classmate
want to see
their trip
is going to go on
have learnt
to persuade
some caves
only problem
Thanks for today