Anticipated difficulties

Solutions

Students may have underdeveloped presentation skills.

Give them a suggested checklist for peer assessment and ask them to read carefully and try to practise in advance and apply those techniques in their presentation.

Date of teaching

UNIT 1: FAMILY LIFE

Lesson 8: Looking back & Project

* WARM-UP

I. Looking back

Pronunciation: Listen and write /br/, /kr/ or /tr/.

Vocabulary: Complete the text. Use the correct forms of the word and phrases in the box.

Grammar: There is a mistake in each sentence below. Find the mistake and correct it.

II. Project

Happy Family Day

* CONSOLIDATION

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Procedure

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WARM-UP

- To arouse the classroom atmosphere.

- To help students revise words/ phrases related to the topic

* Teacher:

- Divides Ss into 4 groups.

- Asks each group to write down as many words as they can think of about the topic “Household chores”.

** Ss do as instructed.

**** T praises the Ss with the most words and the most interesting words/ phrases.

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5 mins

LOOKING BACK

To help students revise the consonant blends /br/, /kr/, and /tr/.

To help students revise words and phrases related to the topic of household chores, which they have learnt in the unit.

To help students revise the Present simple and Present continuous.

PRONUNCIATION: LISTEN AND WRITE /BR/, /KR/ OR /TR/. (p.16)

Listen and write /br/, /kr/, or /tr/ above the word that has the corresponding consonant blends. Then practise reading the sentences.

* Teacher:

- Asks Ss to listen to the recording and underline the words that have the consonant blends /br/, /kr/, and /tr/.

- Asks individual Ss to write the words with the consonant blends on the board and has them read those words several times.

- Plays the recording again, pausing after each sentence for Ss to repeat.

- Puts Ss in pairs and has them practise reading the sentences together.

** Ss do as instructed.

**** T goes round to offer help and collect common mistakes if Ss have to correct as a class.

Key:

/kr/ /br/ /br/

1. I like ice cream, but my brother likes bread pudding.

/tr/ /kr/ /tr/ /br/

2. Tracy crashed her car into a tree and broke her leg.

/kr/ /br/

3. They often have crab soup for breakfast.

VOCABULARY: COMPLETE THE TEXT. (p.16)

Complete the text. Use the correct form of the word and phrases in the box.

* T asks Ss to complete the text by using the correct form of the word and phrases in the box individually.

** Ss do as instructed.

*** Ss compare their answers with a partner.

**** T checks the answers by asking individual Ss to write the missing words/ phrases on the board

Key:

1. does the cooking

2. does the heavy lifting

3. laundry

4. cleaning the house

5. does the washing-up

GRAMMAR: THERE IS A MISTAKE IN EACH SENTENCE BELOW. FIND THE MISTAKE AND CORRECT IT. (p.16)

* T asks Ss to find the mistake in each sentence and correct it individually.

** Ss do as instructed.

*** Ss compare their answers with a partner.

**** T checks the answers by asking individual Ss to write the answers on the board and has them explain why.

Key:

1. I’m writing to you to tell you how much I’m wanting to see you. → want

2. Jack is away on business, so now I look after his dog. → ’m / am looking

3. Nam’s often looking untidy. → (often) looks

4. She can’t answer the phone now. She cooks dinner. → ’s / is cooking

5. Excuse me, do you read the newspaper? Could I borrow it? → are you reading

6. What are your family doing in the evenings? → do / does ... do

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