Unit 8. The story of my village

CLASS 10.5
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Vu Dinh Lieu Upper Secondary School
GUESSING WORDS
1. Farmer
2. Village
3. Story
Watch the video clip and tell the word it refers to
UNIT 8:
READING
THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE
QUESTIONS:
1. What are they doing ?
2. How are they working ?
3. What do you think of the crop ?
4. What helps produce good crops ?
good rice seed
good farming methods
farmers` efforts/ working hard
fertilizers
pesticides/ herbicides
farming machines
(harvesting)
thu họach
(vụ mùa)
(giống)
(phương pháp canh tác)
Task 1: Match the words in A with their definitions in B
A
B
1. make ends meet
2. in need of many things
3. bettering one`s life
4. bumper crops
5. cash crops
a. making one`s life better
b. having just enough money to pay for the things that you need
c. crops to be sold, not for use by the people who grow it
d. having to have many things that you do not have
e. good crops
kiếm đủ sống
thiếu thốn nhiều thứ
làm cho cuộc sống tốt hơn
vụ mùa bội thu
cây trồng thương phẩm
P1 - L1,2: . The villagers had to work hard in the fields all day and could hardly make ends meet. .
P1 - L2,3: . Their lives were simple and they were in need of many things. ...
P1 - L7,8: . Their children could find a way of bettering their lives.
P2 - L3,4: . they also helped the villagers grow cash crops for export. ...
P2 - L2,3: . they introduced new farming methods, which resulted in bumper crops. ...
Task 2: Complete the following table
made of brick
few families had a radio or a TV set
new
good/ bumper
poor
old
many families have a radio or a TV set
(làm bằng rơm, rạ)
(gạch, ngói)
Task 3 :
Answer the questions:
1. What was life in the author`s village many years ago ?
2. Why did the villagers want to send their children to school and college in spite of their shortages ?
3. How did the children help improve the lifestyle in the village when they finished college or technical high school ?
4. What did an old farmer say about the effect of the knowledge the young people brought home ?
5. What exactly did he tell his grandchildren ?
LUCKY ANIMALS !
GROUP A
GROUP B
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
Discuss the question:
How can people with an education help make the life of their community better?
HOME WORK :
Learn vocabulary
Prepare speaking
1. What was life in the author`s village
many years ago ?
It was poor and simple
2. Why did the villagers want to send their children to school and college in spite of their shortages ?

Because they hoped that with an education of science and technology, their children could find a way of bettering
Lucky animal !
CONGRATULATION !
3. How did the children help improve the lifestyle in the village when they finished college or technical high school ?
They introduced new farming methods, which resulted in bumper crops. They also helped grow cash crops for export.
4. What did an old farmer say about the effect of the knowledge the young people brought home ?
He said their lives had changed a lot thanks to the knowledge their children had brought home.
5. What exactly did he tell his grandchildren ?
He told his grandchildren: "study harder so that you can do even more for the village than your parents did.
Lucky animal !
CONGRATULATION !
Lucky animal !
CONGRATULATION !