1. ACTIVITY 1. WARM UP ( 3’- 5’)

a. Objectives:

- To create an active atmosphere in the class before the lesson;

- Lead in the new lesson

b. Content: To have some warm-up activities to create a friendly and relaxed atmosphere to inspire Ss to warm up to the subject and new lesson.

c. Expected outcomes: Having a chance to speak English and focus on the topic of the lesson.

d. Organisation : Teacher’s instructions …

Teacher’s Student’s activities

Content

+ Greeting.

+ Teacher (T) asks Ss some questions about the previous lessons . T may introduce some warm-up activities to create a friendly and relaxed atmosphere to inspire Ss to warm up to the subject and new class…

* Option 1:

- Teacher shows the pictures of the phrases learnt in A CLOSER LOOK 1.

- Teacher has Ss call out the phrases as soon as they see the pictures.

-Teacher writes two sentences on the board “We held a family reunion last week”, and “My mom prepares food offerings at Tet”. Underline the article “a” in sentence 1. T asks Ss if they find “a” in sentence 2.

- Teacher asks them what part of speech “a” is. T asks them if they remember other articles. T tells them that today they are going to revise “a, an, the” and learn about “zero article”.

Write the objectives in the top-left corner of the board. REVIEW OF A, AN, THE

Write two sentences on the board:

- She is an engineer.

- We held a family reunion last week. The party was enjoyable.

- Lead to the lesson.

- Teacher introduces the objectives of the lesson. Write the objectives in the left corner of the board.

* Option 2:

- Teacher lets the students watch a video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqNugAvxXXo

- Teacher asks Ss when we use a / an / the.

+ Greeting.

1. We held a family reunion last week.

2. My mom prepares food offerings at Tet.

* Option 2:

- Teacher lets the students watch a video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqNugAvxXXo