LESSON PLAN

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TEXTBOOK: MAJOR STARS 3
Unit 4: GORILLAS ARE BIG
Lesson 3 (page 32)

A. OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
1. Core competences
- Pronounce the words correctly.
- Find more words of the phonics they learned.
2. General competences
- Communication and collaboration: work in pairs/groups to listen and pronounce g/h correctly.
- Problem-solving and creativity: using possessive adjectives to make sentences.
3. Attributes
- Kindness: help partners to complete learning tasks.
- Diligence: work hard to complete learning tasks.
- Honesty: tell the truth or play fair in games.
- Responsibility: appreciate kindness.
- Leadership: collaborate with teachers to enhance language skills.
B. LANGUAGE FOCUS AND SKILLS
1. Vocabulary
- Vocabulary: Gg – goose, gift; Hh – hear, ham
- Recycled vocabulary: lizard, dolphin, rocket, clever, scissors, hippo, green.
2. Skills: Listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
C. RESOURCES AND MATERIALS
- Student book – page 32
- Audio: Tracks 14,15
- Flashcards/Pictures (Gorillas are big)
- Teacher’s Guide
- Computer, projector, ….
D. LEARNING EXPERIENCES

Teacher’s activities Students’ activities PowerPoint

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 WARM-UP/REVIEW (5 minutes)
Objective: To attract Ss’ attention to the lesson and lead in the new lesson.
*Greeting
- Greet the students: - Greet the teacher. - Slides 1-2
“Hello, how are you?”
“I’m fine, thank you. Please sit down.”
Game: What’s missing - Slides 3-8
- Provide a game to check the student’s
memory of the vocabulary they have learned.
- Introduce how to play the game: - Listen and follow the
o The game is to memorize and call out the rules.
words. - Students have 10
o Show a set of 5 pictures for each round. seconds to remember 5
Ss have 10 seconds to remember 5 pictures at once.
pictures at once. After 10 seconds 1 - Raise hands quickly to
picture disappears. Then Ss raise hands get the chance to say
quickly to get a chance to tell what the missing one in each
picture is missing. round.
o Ss must pronounce the words correctly.
If the answer is correct, T shows 5
pictures again and that student says the
name of 5 pictures with the correct
pronunciation. - Play the game.
- Encourage students to read the sentences - Try to pronounce the
carefully. If the students pronounce the sentences correctly.
sentences not correctly, the students can’t get
the lives.
- Pay attention to students’ pronunciation. - Praise the winner.
- After each round, call some students to read
the sentences again and check their
pronunciation.
- At the end of the game, praise the winner.
🡪Expected outcomes and assessment
- Task completed with excellence: Students can remember and say all the words correctly and
fluently.
- Task completed: Students can remember and say all the words correctly.
- Task uncompleted: Students are unable to remember and say all the words.
PRESENTATION (10 minutes)
Objective: Learn about words that are started with the letter Gg or Hh.
*Lead-in:
- Put Flashcards on the board. - Look at the board.
- Point to each one, one at a time, and say the
word. - Listen to the teacher.
- Remove them one at a time, pointing to where - Try to answer with full
they were and asking students to say the sentences.
word. - Try to remember words
- Continue until all the flashcards are gone and about the type of
they are saying all five from memory. rooms. - Slide 10
Listen, point, and repeat.
- Write letters g and h on the board and ask the
students to give some words beginning with - Give and read out loud

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 the letters. The students read out loud the some words beginning
words when giving the words to the teacher. with the letter g/h.
- Ask the students to open their books and look - Open the book and
at the letter in their books. look at the letter in the
- Tell the students that they are going to listen book.
to an audio of sounds that the letters make at - Listen to the teacher
the beginning of the words. carefully.
- Point at the words and read first.
- Play the audio the first time. - Pay attention to look at
- Play the audio for the second time. This time, the book.
pause after each word for the students to - Listen to the audio
repeat the words 2 or 3 times. carefully and point at
- Hide the words and point at the pictures. Let the words in the books.
some Ss stand up and say what that picture is. - Listen again and repeat
the words 2 or 3 times.
- Stand up and say what
that picture is.
🡪Expected outcomes and assessment
- Task completed with excellence: Students can listen and say words that are started with Gg and Hh
correctly and fluently.
- Task completed: Students can listen and say about words that are started with Gg and Hh.
- Task uncompleted: Students are unable to listen and say words that are started with Gg and Hh.
PRACTICE (10 minutes)
Objective: Write or choose the correct initial letter of the words.
Exercise 2: Listen then complete the words.
- Show the 6 pictures and the 6 words beneath - Look at the pictures in - Slide 11
each picture. The words below the pictures the books.
miss the initial letter.
- Point at each picture and ask what the pictures - Say what pictures are
are. Let Ss guess and tell what the pictures by following the
are. teacher.
- Explain the exercise to the students. Tell Ss to - Listen to the audio and
listen to the audio and write the correct initial write the correct initial
letter in the blank. letter in the blank.
- Play the audio for the first time for the - Listen to the audio 2
students to listen and follow. Then T plays the times.
audio for the second time. This time pauses
after each word for the students to complete
the words. - Raise hands to answer.
- Let Ss raise their hands to get a chance to - Tell what that picture is
answer. and spell the whole
- Point at each picture and tell Ss to tell what word.
that picture is and spell the whole word to tell - Look at the correct
what the initial letter is. answer and read the 6
- Show the correct answer and point at each words again. - Slide 12
picture for the students to read the words
again. - Look at the board.
Exercise 3: Circle the correct initial letter. - Say what pictures are
- Show 4 pictures on the board. by following the
- Point at each picture and the students tell teacher.
what that picture is. - Listen to the teacher.

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 - Explain the exercise to the students. The
exercise is to circle the right phonics of each - Do the exercise.
word’s beginning. - Come to the board and
- Allow time for the students to do the exercise. write the word for each
- Call the students to come up to the board and picture then read it.
write the word for each picture, then read the
word and choose the phonics Gg or Hh for
each word. - Look at the answer and
- Show the correct answer. The students read read the 4 words again.
the 4 words again.
🡪Expected outcomes and assessment
- Task completed with excellence: Students can listen and pronounce the phonics Gg/Hh fluently and
correctly.
- Task completed: Students can listen and pronounce the phonics Gg/Hh.
- Task uncompleted: Students are unable to listen and pronounce the phonics Gg/Hh fluently and
correctly.
PRODUCTION (5 minutes)
Objective: To help students identify words that begin with the phonics g or h.
Further Practice:
- Provide a game to check the students’
memory of the phonics they learned.
- Explain the rules to the students: - Pay attention to the
o The students will be given some groups rules.
that contain random words. For each - Find words that have
round, students find words that have the the same initial sound.
same initial sound.
o After each round, T read all the words that - Read all the words with
have been found and asks a student to read the correct
all the words with the correct pronunciation.
pronunciation.
- Make sure the students know how to play the
game. - Play the game.
- Encourage students to give the answers in full
sentences. - Try to give the answers
- Control the class while playing. in full sentences.
- Praise the winner. - Slides 13-30
*Extra practice – Game: What Is This?
- Provide a game to check the student’s
memory of the vocabulary. - Listen to the teacher.
- Explain the rules to the students:
o Divide the class into 2 teams. - Pay attention to the
o 1 student from each team goes to the rules.
board. - Join team.
o After reading the question, two students - 1 student from each
write their answers on the board at the team goes to the board.
same time.
o The point will show up afterward. The
team that answers correctly will receive
- Read the words along
that point.
with the teacher.
o After each question, the teacher will read
the words and call on the students to read

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 along.
o Which team has the higher score at the - Play the game.
end will be the winner.
- Make sure the students know how to play the
game. - Try to give the answers
- Set up the game in the class. in full sentences.
- Encourage students to give the answers in full
sentences. - Praise the winner.
- Control the class while playing.
- Praise the winner.
Expected outcomes and assessment.
- Task completed with excellence: Students can identify words that have the phonics g/h and read it
correctly.
- Task completed: Students can identify words that have the phonics g/h and read them.
- Task uncompleted: Students are unable to identify words that have the phonics g/h and read it
correctly.
WRAP UP AND HOMEWORK (5 minutes)
Objectives: To help students listen and choose the correct word, choose the correct letter to make
the correct words. Remind students what they need to do at home.
*Game: Let’s find the words!
- Provide a final game to check the student’s - Listen to the teacher. - Slides 31-
spelling of the vocabulary. - Read and understand 38
- Explain the rules to students: the rules.
o Students try to look for as many words that - Look for as many
have the same given initial sound as words that have the
possible. same given initial
o Who finds more words or all words (6 sound as possible.
words/ round) at the end will gain one
point. - Read the words along
o After each question, the teacher will read with the teacher.
the words and call on the students to read
along.
o The student who has more points at the - Play the game.
end will be the winner.
- Make sure the students know how to play the
game. - Try to give the answers
- Set up the game in the class. in full sentences.
- Encourage students to give the answers in full
sentences. - Praise the winner.
- Control the class while playing.
- After the game, praise the winner. - Listen to the teacher.
*Homework:
- Go through what students have learned from
the lesson.
- Ask students to learn the words and phrases
from the unit by heart.
- Require students to practice listening,
speaking, reading, and writing at home.
- Ask students to prepare for the next lesson.
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