Thanh Loc high school

Week: 9
Period: 25

School year: 2014-2015

Date of preparing: October 8th, 2014
Date of teaching: October 14th, 2014
UNIT 4: VOLUNTEER WORK
SECTION : listening

I/ OBJECTIVES :
1. Formation of behavior: By the end of the lesson , sts will be able to recognize the missing
information, answer the questions and talk about volunteer work of High school in Vietnam
2. Skill: After this lesson, students will be able to:
- Check themselves their skills in reading, speaking, listening
- Gap-filling
- Comprehension questions
3. Language focus:
- New words: Words related to volunteer work
- Grammar: Tense revision: the past simple, past progressive and past perfec
II/ PREPARATION :
1. Teacher : textbook , lesson plan
2. Students : textbook , notebook ,pen
III/ TIME : 45 minutes
IV / PROCEDURE : ( 5-6 )
1. Class order : Greeting , Checking attendance
2. Checking up : T calls one sts tell about volunteer work that you have took part in
3. New lesson :
Teachers activities
Warm-up: (4 minutes)
- Asks students to make questions
for the given answers.
1.
Do you usually take part in
volunteer work?
2.
What
kind of volunteer work do
you usually take part in?

Students activities
- Answer freely
1.Yes, I am/No, I am not.
2.Helping disabled children how to
read, write , .. taking part in
directing the traffic, raising money
to help people in the flooded
areas, ....
- read through the questions and
choices on page 51 and makes sure
sts understand all them

I/ Pre-listening:: (8-10)
- asks sts to read through the
questions and choices on page 51
and makes sure sts understand all
- discuss them in pairs
them
- report on their partner s answers
- asks sts to discuss them in pairs
- calls on some sts to report on their - pronounce new words correctly
partner s answers
-- listen and repeat in chorus and
- elicits new words and help sts to
individually
pronounce them correctly
- may want to play the tape or
model first and then ask sts to
repeat after the tape or after the
teacher in chorus and individually

Teacher: Nguyen Van Nam

content

Keys
2. From time to time
3. Through fundraising
activities
4. All these kinds of work
listen and repeat :
fund-raising activities: cac
hoat ong
gay quy
donation (n) : vat quyen
gop ,tien
quyen gop
informal school : trng
hoc khong
chnh thong
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Leading: : From the words

above can you guess what
kind of volunteer work the
listening test is about ?
II/ While listen : (1517)
- instructs sts how to do this kind of
exercise
- plays the tape once for sts to do
the task
- asks for stss answers and writes
them on the board
-plays the tape the second time for
sts to check their answers
- checks stsanswers by calling on
some sts (if many sts cannot answer
the questions
- can play the tape again )
- gives the correct answers
Before listening to the tape to do
the task
- may ask them to try to answer the
questions
- plays the tape again
- calls on some sts to give their
answers
- provides correct answers if
necessary
- might to let sts listen one more
time

III/ After you listen : (68)

Before getting sts to discuss ,
- teaches them some useful
Teacher: Nguyen Van Nam

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- From the words above

can you guess what kind
of volunteer work the
listening test is about
First , sts read through the
sentences carefully to understand
them and underline key words in
sentences 1 are spring school ,ho
chi minh city
- listen to the tape and pay attention
to the key words
- decide the missing
information to full in each
sentence

- try to answer the questions

- complete their notes ,write the
answer down in note form
- gives their answers
- cannot answer the questions

- discuss
2

organization for
educational
development :
to chc phat
trien Giao
duc
co-operate (v) : work
together hp
tac
disadvantaged children :
tre em thiet
thoi
co-ordinate (v) phoi hp
sponsor (n) nha tai tr
Helping disadvantaged
children to learn performing
Arts
TASK1 : You are going to
listen the passage and full
in the missing information
in each sentence
1 informal
2. 30 street children
3. 250 children
4. 1998
5. volunteers,June
TASK2 : you are going to
listen to the tape again and
answer comprehension
questions
Answer s :
1.
It provides clesses to
disadvantaged children in
Ho Chi Minh City
2.
Dance, theatre
,singing and folk music
classes were set up in
1999
3.
Because they need
money to continue their
English and Performance
Arts classes
4.
They dance ,sing and
play music at one of the
largest hotels in Ho Chi
Minh City
5.
They are needed
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expressions of asking for and
giving opinions
-gives examples and gets sts to do
some practice with these structures
- calls on some sts to report their
peers ideas
- corrects

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because the school needs
help to organise the
dinner held annually in
June
Summarize the story
about
Spri ng School ,using the
following suggestions
-the aim of spring school
-The number of children who
live and study at the school
or attend classes
-The activities the children
at the school take part in
-The kinds of volunteers that
spring school requires

- practice
Sts report

4/ CONSOLIDATION : 2
Summarises the main points of the lesson
5/ HOME WORK: 2
- learnt by heart new words and do these exercises
-prepare the writing of unit 4
* Experience from the period:

....................
* Supplement:

........................

Teacher: Nguyen Van Nam

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Week: 9
Period: 26

School year: 2014-2015

Date of preparing: October 9th, 2014

Date of teaching: October 15th, 2014
UNIT 4: VOLUNTEER WORK
SECTION : Writing

I/ OBJECTIVES :
1. Formation of behavior: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write a
thank-you letter to a donor to acknoledge the donors contribution.
2. Skill: Writing a formal letter expressing gratitude
3. Language focus:
- New words: Words related to volunteer work
- Grammar: Tense revision: the past simple, past progressive and past perfec
II/ PREPARATION :
1. Teacher : textbook , lesson plan
2. Students : textbook , notebook ,pen
III/ TIME : 45 minutes
IV / PROCEDURE : ( 5-6 )
3. Class order : Greeting , Checking attendance
4. Checking up : T calls one sts tell about volunteer work that you have took part in
5. New lesson :
Teachers activities

Pre-writing: (7 minutes)
- Asks Ss some questions
about their situations:

Students activities

- Answer freely
- Notice the words

While-writing: (20 minutes)

Task 1
- Asks Ss to read the letter and - Do the task 1:
underline the sentences that
- Read and take notes:
express the points:
* The opening of the letter
* The donated amount
Teacher: Nguyen Van Nam

content

1/ Have you ever received a

donation? When? From
whom?
2/ What did you do then?
3/ Did you write a letter for
thanks?
- Some key words:
Donor
Donate
Donation
Handicapped(picture)
fund
- Dear Sir /Madam
- I am very ..some days
ago
- The money
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* The way the money is used

* The way the receipt is
issued
* The gratitude to the donor
* The closing of the letter
Notice: Some sructures:
- S + be +
adjective+to+infinitive
- To receive sth from sb/sth
- Would like+ to infinitive
- To hope +to infinitive+ for
sth
Task 2
- Three parts of a letter.
(picture)
- Asks Students to do task 2 ;
Give outline:
* ( the points in task 1)
Post-writing: (8 minutes)
- Correcting( 2 or 3 letters of
sts)
Vocabulary
grammar

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will..students
- We will certainly
possiple
- I would like
company
- I look ..faithfully

- Writing in pairs.
- Some students write their
letters on the blackboard.

- First :
- Second:
letter
- Third:
closing

the opening
the body of the
Conclusion/The

- Students rewrite the letter

(task 1)

- Write down

- Asks students to report

writing (task 1)
4/ CONSOLIDATION : 2
Summarises the main points of the lesson
5/ HOME WORK: 2
- Write the letter by themselves
- Prepare Part E : Language focus
* Experience from the period:

....................
* Supplement:

........................

Teacher: Nguyen Van Nam

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Thanh Loc high school

Week: 9
Period: 28

School year: 2014-2015

Date of preparing: October 10th, 2014

Date of teaching: October 15th, 2014
UNIT 4: VOLUNTEER WORK
SECTION : Language focus

I/ OBJECTIVES :
1. Formation of behavior: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to
- distinguish the sounds /w/ and /j/
- pronounce the words and sentences containing these sounds correctly
- use gerunds, present participles, perfect gerunds and perfect participles
appropriately
- use gerunds, present participles, perfect gerunds and perfect participles
appropriately
- do exercises
2. Skill: Writing a formal letter expressing gratitude
3. Language focus:
- New words: Words related to volunteer work
- Grammar: Words related gerund and present participle
II/ PREPARATION :
1. Teacher : textbook , lesson plan
2. Students : textbook , notebook ,pen
III/ TIME : 45 minutes
IV / PROCEDURE : ( 5-6 )
3. Class order : Greeting , Checking attendance
4. Checking up : T calls one sts tell about volunteer work that you have took part in
5. New lesson :
Teachers activities
1. Warm-up (5)
- Hangman game
- Lead in and presentation (8)
- Do you like playing soccer,
boys?
Why?
- writes: They find that
playing football is interesting.
- asks: Pay attention to the
word playing. Is it an infinitive
or a gerund?
(gerund).
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Students activities

content

- Key word: Soccer

(Yes)
(Because it's interesting).

Preposition + gerund
V* + gerund
- Checking: Decide if the
following underlined words are

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- revises some cases in which

gerund is used:
- after preposition (of, with,
about, in...)
- After some verbs (V*: mind,
enjoy, admit...)
- hangs the picture of a boy
seeing some boys playing
football
What did the boy do?
(He saw some boys playing
football.)
- writes: He saw some boys
playing football.
- explains: Playing is present
participle of the verb.
Run through the words
- To help you do the following
exercises, I'll help you with
some new words.
toe (n):
(picture)furious
(adj)
(synonym)
- What's another word for
"very angry"?
prevent s.o from doing st:
(translation)
diary (n) (gap-fill)
I am very interested in seeing
the program "Vang
Anh's........"
* Checking vocabulary:
Rub out and remember
Pronunciation: (10 minutes)
Has students listen and
repeat the sounds /w/ and /j/
- Asks students to practice reading
the sentences provided
We went for a walk in the
woods near the railway.
We wore warm clothes
and walked quickly to keep
warm.
Excuse me. Did you use
to live in New York?
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gerund or present participle.

1. He is interested in playing
football.(gerund)
2. She wasted a lot of time
collecting old books.(pp)
3.I have no intention of moving
to York.(gerund)
Lan is going fishing this afternoon.
(pp)

Suggested answers:
1.listening 2.bending 3. behaving
4.meeting 5. spending 6. waiting 7.
starting

- Listen to the tape carefully

- Practise reading

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Did you use to be a tutor

at the university?
- review and bear in mind
- Listen to the teacher and write
Presentation: (10 minutes)
down
A. Gerund:
- Asks students review and bear in - Give more example
A gerund is the Verb ing form.
mind
Ex:
1. Theres no point in waiting.
2. I dont mind cooking the meals.
3. Reading French is easier than
speaking it.
- The gerund can be used in the
following ways:

as subject of a sentence:
Skiing can be dangerous.

as complement of a
verb:
Her hobby is painting.

after prepositions:
He was accused of smuggling.

After certain verbs (eg.

admit, avoid, deny, dislike,
enjoy, excuse + object, forgive
+ object, fancy/imagine, finish,
keep, mind, ect.)

In noun compounds:
My school has a swimming pool.

Teacher: Nguyen Van Nam

B.
Present participle:
Form: Verb ing
Ex:
1. Can you smell something
burning?
2. We had to leave the tree lying
there.
3. He spent a fortune rebuilding
that old house.
Use:
We can use the present participle

to
form
the
continuous tenses:
Im working right now.

as an adjective:
The play was boring.

after a certain verbs:

After the basic verbs of sensation
(see, hear, feel and smell) and after
listen to, notice and watch, we can
use object + participle:
1. I heard the car stopping and
saw him getting out.
2. We watched the children
playing.
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3. I saw him crossing the road.

- Work in pairs
Key:
1. parking
2. hearing
3. bending
4. behaving
5. meeting
6. spending
7. waiting
- Work individually
1. passing
2. burning/rising
3. reading
4. lying
5. shopping
6. preparing
7. trying

Practice: 10 minutes
Exercise 1
- Asks students to do exercise 1 in
pairs
- Listen to the teacher and bear in
- Checks and gives correct answers mind, copy down

find, catch, leave + object (person

or thing)
1.
I found them picking apples.
(They were picking apples when
I arrived.)
2.
I caught them stealing my
apples. (They were stealing my
apples when I arrived.)
3.
I left them talking. (They
were talking when I left.)
go and come
With these verbs we can use the
participles of verbs of physical
activity: dancing, riding, sailing,
skiing, etc., also shopping.
Ex: Come dancing with me on
Saturday.
Im going shopping.
spend and waste + object
I wasted a lot of time standing in
queues.
be busy
Shes always busy cooking or
cleaning.
Perfect gerund and perfect
participle:
having
+
past
participle
Ex:
a. I kept you waiting so long. I am
sorry.
I am sorry for having kept you
waiting so long.
b. After Jack had read the letter
twice, he wrote a reply.
After having read the letter twice,
Jack wrote a reply.

- Do exercise 3
Key:
Exercise 2
1.
- Asks students to do exercise 1 in
2.
pairs
3.
- Checks and gives correct answers
4.
5.
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having deserted
having failed
having made
having been
having been
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6. having tied
7. having read
8. having taken
- Copy down

Exercise 3
- Asks students to do exercise 3
- Checks the answers and corrects
- Gives feedback

4/ CONSOLIDATION : 2
Summarises the main grammar of the lesson
5/ HOME WORK: 2
- Write the letter by themselves
- Prepare Part E : Language focus
* Experience from the period:

....................
* Supplement:

........................

Teacher: Nguyen Van Nam

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