Giáo án English 10 - Unit 1: A day in the life of - Lesson 1: A.Reading - Năm học 2015-2016

Pre : 21.08.2015
Tea: 27.08.2015
UNIT 1: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF 
Lesson 1: A. READING
Week: 1
Period: 3 
I. OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to understand the passage according to the reading comprehension exercises and talk about their daily routines by learning a typical day of a farmer.
II. LANGUAGE CONTENTS:
1. Knowledge:
- General knowledge: Guessing meaning in the context, passage comprehension.
- Language:
	+ New words: Words related to daily routine.
2. Skills: Scanning for specific information.
III. METHOD: - Integrated, mainly communicative.
IV. TEACHING AIDS: - Picture, board, chalks, textbook, handouts,
V. PROCEDURES:
Class organization: 
- Greeting 
- Checking the attendance
Check up:
Presenting the new lesson:
Teacher’s & Students’ activities 
Contents
- T gives some questions and asks Sts to answer the questions by speaking
- Sts listen carefully and answer individually
T gathers all ideas and introduces new lesson to the whole class
I. WARM UP (3’)
1. What time do you get up?
What time do you go to school/ have breakfast/ lunch/ dinner/ go to bed?
3. What do you often do in the morning/ afternoon/ evening?
- T picks out some new words and explains their meanings
- Sts listen and take notes
- T asks Sts to practice their pronunciation and reading
- T reads the passages and asks Sts to read them carefully to do some exercises
- T calls on some Sts to read aloud their answers and explain their choice
- T correct some mistakes and gives further explanation in Vietnamese if necessary
- T asks Sts to read and answer the given questions carefully about the passages
- T calls on some Sts to read and explain their answers and then write down on the board if necessary
- Sts read and discuss about the questions
- Sts read and explain the answers
- Sts pay attention to the mistakes and take notes
- T gives comments and corrects the mistakes
II. PRE - READING:
* Vocabulary: (10’)
+ Alarm (n) (alarm clock)
+ Buffalo (n) a large wild animal that looks like a cow with long curved horns
+ Plough (v) turn up the soil
+ Harrow (v) break the soil
+ Plot of land (translation) khoảnh ruộng
+ Fellow peasants (n) farmers who work in the same field
+ Local tobacco (n) (translation) thuốc rê, thuốc lào
+ Take a rest (v) have a rest for a short time
+ Pumps (n) a machine that is used for forcing a gas in particular direction
+ Transplant (v) grow rice
+ transplanting (n)
+ Crop (n) (translation) vụ, mùa
+ To be contented with (exp) Hài lòng với
Task 1: (5’) Choose the option A, B, or C that best suits the meaning of the italicized word(s)
* Expected answers: 
1.C
2.C
3.A
4.A
Task 2: Answering questions (5’)
* Expected answers:
a. He’s a peasant/ farmer.
b. He gets up at 4: 30 and then goes down the kitchen to boil some water for his morning tea
c. In the morning, he ploughs and harrows his plot of land, drinks tea and smokes tobacco during his break.
d. In the afternoon, they repair the banks of their plot of land. Mr.Vy pumps water into it and his wife their does the transplanting.
e. Yes, they are. Because they love working and they love their children.
- Ask Ss to work in groups and talk about Mr. Vy and Mrs. Tuyet/s daily routines.
- Call on Ss to give a short talk about the daily routines of these two farmers. Correct Ss/ pronunciation mistakes. 
- T also lets do the extra exercise in groups.
III. WHILE – READING: (10’)
* Group work: Talk about Mr. Vy and Mrs. Tuyet/s daily routines.
* Note: This activity can be carried out through the game True or False Repetition Drill.
- Summaries the main points.
IV. POST – READING: (5’)
* A brief note about Mr. Vy and Mrs. Tuyet’s daily routines
In the morning
4:30: the alarm goes off and Mr. Vy gets up, goes down the kitchen, boils water for tea, drinks tea, has quick breakfast, leads buffalo to field.
5:15: leaves house
5:30: arrives in the field, ploughs and harrows
7:45: takes a break
10:30: goes home
11:30: has lunch with family
In the afternoon
2:30 p.m: Mr.Vy and Mrs Tuyet go to the field again, repair the banks of the plot of land. He pumps water into the plot of land. She does transplanting.
6:00 p.m: finish work
7:00 p.m: have dinner
After dinner
Watch TV, go to bed
Sometimes visit neighbours, chat with them
- Ss listen and take notes
Home work: (2’)
- Do exercises in the students’ workbook & learn by heart new words 
VI. Comments & supplements:
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