Giáo án English 10 - Period 8, Lesson 1: Getting started

Unit 2: 	My HOME
Period 8	 Lesson 1: GETTING STARTED 
I/ Objectives
By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
Use the lexical items related to the topic "My home".
Use prepositions of place correctly and appropriately.
Know how to describe houses, rooms and furniture.
II/ Language contents
+ The lexical items related to the topic "My home".
+ Prepositions of place.
III/ Teaching aids
Prepare pictures, CD disk, cassettes.
IV/ Anticipated problems 
Students may have difficulties in remembering the names of things in the houses/ rooms.
V/ Teaching produces
Stages/
time
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
I. Warm up
 (5’)
Greetings
Playing a game: “ Kim’s game”.
Present 8 pictures in sequence and ask students to look at the pictures only in 30 seconds and remember. 
a picture of a family / a living room / a sofa/ an apartment / grandparents/ a bed / a kitchen/ a wardrobe.
-Ask students to write names of the pictures in groups in 1minute.
-Check the answer and introduce the title of the lesson “ My home”
 Unit 2: My Home
Lesson 1- Getting Started
Greetings
-Listen carefully.
-Playing a game in 2 groups
II. Pre- reading
( 10’)
1.Vocabulary
- apartment (n): (situation)
- kennel (n): (situation)
- wardrobe (n): (picture)
- bowl (n): (situation)
- Read the words with correct stress.
- Ask some students to read the words individually.
2.Set the context
- Present the pictures of Mi and Nick: This is Mi, and this is Nick. Now look at the pictures and guess the answers:
 + What are they doing?
 + How are they chatting?
 + What are they talking about?
3.Open- Predictions
- Ask students to guess: Which family members does Mi talk about? 
grandparents
dad
P
mum
brother
uncle
aunt
cousin 
-Ask students to give the prediction answers.
-Listen to the teacher, guess the meaning of the words.
-Listen and repeat twice.
-Read the words individually.
- Look at the pictures, listen to the teacher and guess the answers:
+They are chatting/ talking.
+ Through the Internet.
+ They are talking about ..
-Guess
-Give the prediction answers.
III.
While-reading
(20’)
1. Check open-predictions 
-Play the tape twice.
-Confirm the correct answers. (1.a)
dad / mum / brother / aunt / cousin
2. Practice reading the conversation
- Ask students to practice reading the conversation in pairs in front of the class.
- Ask students to read the conversation again (silently) and complete the sentences. (1.b)
-Ask students to share the answers with a partner before showing their answers in front of the class.
-Check and confirm the correct answers:
1. TV- sofa	2. town house
3. sitting on the sofa	4. noisy
5. three
3. Present prepositions of place
- Ask students to find the prepositions of place from the conversation.
-Write them on the board: behind, in , on, near, next to
-Introduce: Beside the prepositions of place we have from the conversation, there are some more prepositions of place such as: between, under, in front of.
-Give examples to explain the meaning of each preposition above. ( between/ under/ in front of)
4. Match the prepositions with the pictures. 
-Ask students to work in pairs and match.
-Ask for students’ answers.
-Check and confirm the correct answers.
A. on	B. next to	 C. behind
D. in	E. in front of	 F. between	
G. under
5. Write the sentences to describe the pictures.
- Ask students to look at the picture A/ part 2 and present the example sentence: 
 The dog is on the chair.
-Ask students to work individually, write the sentences for the pictures in Part 2, like the model example.
-Ask them to share the sentences with a friend.
- Call on some students to write their answers on the board. 
- Check the sentences with the whole class.
B. The dog is next to the bowl.
C. The cat is behind the TV.
D. The cat is in the wardrobe.
E. The dog is in front of the kennel.
F. The cat is between the lamp and the sofa.
6. True – false statements.
 -Ask students to look at the picture of the room and do this exercise in pairs. 
-Ask students to give the answers.
- Confirm the correct answers.
1. F (The dog is between the bookshelf and the bed)
2.T
3. F (The clock is between the pictures.)
4. F (The cat is in front of the computer)
5. F ( The cap is next to the pillow)
6.T
7. Discussion.
- Ask students to describe the picture in part 4 in groups.
- Call on a representative from each group to describe the picture in front of the class.
- Asks the students in another group to interview using the questions in part 5. 
Answer keys:
1. They are on the desk/bookshelf.
2. They are on the floor.
3. Yes, it is
4. No, they aren't. They're on the bed
5. It's behind the bookshelf
6. No, it isn't. It's next to the desk
-Listen for the first time to check their predictions.
- Listen for the second time to give the correct answers.
- Practice reading the conversation in pairs.
-Work individually.
- Share the answers and then show their answers.
-Do as directed
-Look at the board
-Listen
-Guess the meaning of each preposition.
-Work in pairs.
-Give the answers
-Look at the picture, listen to the model example.
-Write the sentences individually.
-Share the sentences.
-Write the answers.
-Do as directed
-Give the answers
-Describe the picture (Part 4) in group.
- A representative describes in front of the class.
- S1: Ask questions in part 5.
- S2: answer
IV.
Post-reading
( 10’)
- Divide the class into 4 groups.
- Present some pictures of furniture on the screen.
- Give each group some furniture above (picture cards) and ask them to design a room in a house/ in an apartment.
- Ask them to describe the room after designing.
-Receive the picture cards and design a room.
-Describe the room that they’ve designed.
V. Homework (1’)
 - Write a description of your own rooms.
Learn by heart vocabulary.
Do Ex 5 / 17 ( textbook)
Prepare “A Closer Look 1”.
-Write the assignments
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