Unit 3 - Lesson 5 - Skills 1
Unit 3 - Lesson 5 - Skills 1
Lesson 5: Skills 1
I. OBJECTIVES
By the end of this lesson, Ss will be able to:
1. Knowledge
- Recognize reading skills for specific information and general information about school clubs.
- Vocabulary: lexical items related to school clubs.
- Grammar: simple sentences and compound sentences.
- Recognize how to make a conversation to ask and answer about school clubs
2. Competences
- Develop communication skills and creativity
- Be collaborative and supportive in pair work and teamwork
- Develop presentation skill
- Actively join in class activities
3. Personal qualities
- Raise ss’ awareness of school clubs and the benefits of joining clubs
- Have a good attitude towards joining school clubs.
II. MATERIALS
- Grade 8 textbook, teacher’s book Unit 3: Skills 1
- Computer connected to the Internet
- Projector / TV/ pictures.
III. PROCEDURES
1. WARM-UP (3 mins)
a. Objectives:
- To create an active atmosphere in the class before the lesson;
- To remind Ss of some activities and school clubs teens often take part in;
b. Content:
- Have Kim’s Game activities to elicit some school clubs teens often take part in
- Practise describing pictures.
c. Expected outcomes:
- Having a chance to speak English and focus on the topic of the lesson.
d. Organisation
Kim’s Game:
- T prepares about 10 pictures about school clubs teens Pictures about:
often take part in (Badminton/basketball/ chess club) - Badminton/basketball club, English club,
- Divide class into two teams club, arts club, football club, …
- Have the class try to remember and then after about 20
seconds sts go to the board and write down the pictures
they remember
- Ask Ss to discuss the reasons they want to join a
school club like these.
- Ask Ss to look at SKILLS 1 on page 33.
2. ACTIVITY 1: PRESENTATION (5 mins)
a. Objectives:
- To set the context for the reading;
- To introduce some new words
b. Content:
- Learn some new words. Read the conversation and find out new words.
c. Expected outcomes:
- Know more new words
d. Organisation
TEACHER’S AND STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES CONTENTS
Vocabulary pre-teaching * Vocabulary:
- Teacher elicits the vocabulary. 1. concentrate (v) (Examples)
- Teacher explains the meaning of the new vocabulary 2. focused (adj) (Examples)
by pictures/ Examples or translation. 3. craft (n) (pictures)
- Teacher reveals that these five words will appear in the 4. beforehand (adv)
reading text and asks Ss to open their textbook to 5. practical (adj) (translation)
discover further.
3. ACTIVITY 2: PRACTICE (20 mins)
a. Objectives:
- To improve Ss’ skill of reading a conversation for details.
- To improve Ss’ skill of reading for general information and details.
b. Content:
- Read the conversation about the clubs and decide True or False and choose the correct answer to the
questions.
Task 1. Work in pairs then look at each picture and say what club it is
Task 2. Read the conversation and tick (ν) T (true) or F (false) for each sentence.
Task 3. Read the conversation again and choose the correct answer A, B, or C
c. Expected outcomes:
- Understanding the conversation about the clubs by deciding True or False and choosing the correct
answer to the questions.
- Ss can ask and answer about some kinds of clubs at school or using the pictures.
d. Organisation
4. CONSOLIDATION (3 minutes)
a. Wrap-up
- Ask Ss what they have learnt in the lesson.
- Ss retell some school clubs they have learnt after the lesson and their benefits.
b. Homework
- Do Exercise 2 page 21 and Exercise 1 page 22 (Unit 3/Workbook)
- Prepare new lesson: Skills 2