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Unit 2
Lesson 1
relationships
Getting started
A. Objectives:
1. Language focus
- To help learners get started with some language items in Unit 2
- For vocabulary, that is words and phrases related to relationships
- For pronunciation, that is contracted forms: nouns/pronouns, etc + verb/ verb not
- For grammar, that is the use of linking verbs and cleft sentences
2. Skills
- To help learners get started with 4 skills in Unit 2
- Reading: Reading for general ideas and specific information about teenage relationship problems
- Speaking: Talking about problems and asking for advice
- Listening: Listening for specific information about parent-child relationships
- Writing: Writing an online posting about relationship problems
3. Attitudes
- To help Ss get started for Unit 1 with the topic "Relationships"
- To provide Ss some motivation
B. Preparations:
- Teacher: Handouts, textbook, lesson plan, pieces of papers and cassette.
- Students: Textbook
C. Methods: - The whole lesson: Integrated, mainly communicative.
D. Procedures:
Time/Stag
Activities
Interactio
es
ns
1. Warm
up
5
minutes
2. New
lesson
15
minutes
10
minutes
12
minutes
Lead in
Inform the class of the lesson objectives: Getting to know the topic,
vocabulary relating to relationships
Ask them look at the pictures and guess what they show
Activity 1: Listen and read
- Tell Ss that they are going to listen to a conversation between Mai
and her grandma.
- Play the recording
- Ask Ss listen to the recording and read the conversation.
+ Notes
- get involved in romantic relationships
- single-sex school
- start a relationship with sb
- concentrate on one's study
Activity 2: Read the conversation again. Decide
whether the statements are T or F, or not given
(NG)
- Ask Ss to work individually and finish the task
- Ask them to exchange their answers with a partner.
Keys: 1. T
2. F
3. T
4. T
5. NG 6. T
Activity 3: Read the conversation again, and
find the verbs that come before the words
below
T <--> Ss
T <--> Ss
Whole class
Individually
Pair work
1
3.
Consolidatio
n
2 minutes
4.
T <--> Ss
T <--> Ss
Homework
relationship.
1 minute
- Prepare for the next lesson.
E. Experience:
T <--> Ss
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Unit 2
Lesson 2
relationships
Language
Activities
Interactio
ns
T <--> Ss
Pair work
7 minutes
10 minutes
14 minutes
words or phrases in 1
- Introduce and explain the requirement of this activity.
- Set a time limit for completing the activity
- Encourage Ss to exchange their answers with a partner to see if
they understand the contexts and meaning of each sentence.
- Ask Ss to do the tasks and compare the results with their partner.
- Elicit answers from the whole class and give more explanation to
help Ss understand correctly, if necessary.
* Key: 1. lend an ear, broke up
2. reconciled
3. romantic relationship
4. in a relationship, arguments
5. have got a date
6. sympathetic
2. Pronunciation
Activity 1: Find the contracted forms in the
conversation and write their full form
- Ask Ss to do the task then compare the answer with their partner
Keys: shouldn't - should not
you're - you are
there's - there is
we're - we are
don't - do not
Didn't - did not
It's - It is
he's - he is
I'm - I am
Activity 2: Listen and underline what you hear
- Ask Ss to do the task then compare the answer with their partner
- Play the recording and let Ss listen and check.
* Key: 1. I will, I'll
2. I am
3. He is, he's
4. we are, didn't
5. I've, That's
- Ask Ss to listen to the sentences and practice saying them correctly
- Invite some Ss to read these sentences in front of the class and
correct mistakes, if there are any.
2. Grammar:
a. Linking verbs
Activity 1: Choose the verbs in the box to
complete the sentences. Make changes to verb
forms if necessary.
- Ask them to do the task then compare their answers with a
partner's
* Key: 1. sounds
2. grow/get
3. stay
4. getting
5. seem
6. look/seem
Activity 2: Underline the correct words to
complete the sentences
-Let Ss finish the task and compare their answers with their partner's
* Key:
1. unhappy 2. warmly
3. suddenly
4. excited
5. angry
6. annoyed 7. awful 8. quickly
b. Cleft sentences with It is/ was ...
Activity 1: Rewrite each sentences to emphasize
the underline part.
- Ask Ss to do the task then compare the answer with their partner.
Keys: 1. It was her sad story that made me cry
2. It is you who are to blame for the damage
It is you that is to blame for the damage
3. It's hiking in the forest that we really enjoy.
4. It's your parents that/who you should really speak to when you
Pair work
T <--> Ss
Whole class
Pair work
T <--> Ss
Whole class
T <--> Ss
Individual
have problems
5. It's his dishonesty that I dislike the most
6. It's Jim that/who Laura is in a relationship with
7. It was at the age of 20 that he became successful as a famous
writer
8. It was in a nice coffee shop that they had their first date.
Activity 2: Write the answer to these questions.
Use the words or phrases in bracket as the
focus
- Ask Ss to do the task then compare the answer with their partner
Keys: 1. No. It was Mary that I had a date with
2. No. It was a smart phone that he gave me for my birthday
3. No. It's in Tokyo that I'm going to spend the holiday with my family
4. No. It's a lawyer that I want to become
5. No. It's his brother that/who earns 10,000 dollars a month
6. No. It's Ha that/who is in love with Phong.
7. No. It's my friend that/ who can speak three languages fluently.
8. No. It's at 8 a.m tomorrow that we have a meeting
3.
Consolidatio
n
- Ask Ss: What have you learnt today? What can you do now?
- Summarize the main points of the lesson.
2 minutes
4.
- T asks Ss to do exercises again at home.
Homework
- Prepare for the next lesson.
1 minute
- Complete Exercises in workbook.
E. Experience:
T <--> Ss
Individually
T <--> Ss
T <--> Ss
T <--> Ss
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Unit 2
Lesson 3
relationships
Reading
- Students: Textbook
C. Methods: - The whole lesson: Integrated, mainly communicative.
D. Procedures:
Time/Stag
Activities
es
1. Warm
up
8
minutes
2. New
lesson
12
minutes
10
minutes
12
minutes
Lead in
Inform the class of the lesson objectives: Skimming and scanning a
text for main ideas and specific information
Activity 1: Discussing
- Discuss with a partner
- Let Ss work in pairs, do the task
Picture a: The teacher is returning students' papers. The boy is
depressed because of his poor grades.
Picture b: Their relationship is breaking up
Picture c: They're having an argument
Activity 2: An advice column in a newspaper
offers help to readers when they are in trouble.
Read the column and match the readers' names
with their problems.
- Let Ss work in pairs, do the task
- Ask Ss to exchange their answers in pairs or groups and encourage
them to discuss the reasons for their options if necessary
- Ask Ss to read the text again to see if they still find it difficult to
understand any part of the reading text and assist them if necessary
- For stronger class, ask Ss to summarize the main content of the
reading and present their summaries to the whole class
*Key: 1. b. Van Ha: My friend betrayed my trust
2. c. Quang Nam: I don't have friends
Interactio
ns
T <--> Ss
Group work
Pair work
T <--> Ss
- Ask Ss to do the task then compare the answer with their partner
Keys: 1.be on good terms with sb
2. take the initiative
3. trust
4. engage in a conversation
5. drop out of school
Activity 4: Read the text carefully then answer
the questions
- Put Ss in pairs, ask them to ask and answer the questions
- Let Ss read the text again and locate the parts of the text where
they can get the answers.
* Keys: 1. They are close friends
2. Ha told Hoa aobut her depression and her intention to drop out of
school
3. Because Hoa promised to keep Ha's story secret, but then she told
their teacher about that.
4. No. She tries to explain why Hoa told the teacher about Ha's
problem, and advises Ha to talk to Hoa again.
5. He thinks he is short and fat, and girls don't find him attractive
6. Because Nam doesn't have a good relationship with the girls in
his class
Pair work
T <--> Ss
2 minutes
4.
Group work
T <--> Ss
T <--> Ss
Homework
1 minute
E. Experience:
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Unit 2
Lesson 4
relationships
Speaking
13
minutes
13
minutes
3.
Consolidatio
n
2 minutes
4.Homewo
rk
1 minute
T <--> Ss
Pair work
T <--> Ss
Pair work
Ss <--> Ss
T <--> Ss
T <--> Ss
E. Experience:
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Unit 2
Lesson 5
relationships
Listening
B. Preparations:
- Teacher: Handouts, textbook, pieces of papers, lesson plan and cassette.
- Students: Textbook
C. Methods: - The whole lesson: Integrated, mainly communicative.
D. Procedures:
Time/Stag
Activities
Interactio
es
ns
- Ask some Ss to go to the board and talk about relationship
problems and solutions
1. Check
- Feedback
T <--> Ss
up
7
minutes
2. New
Task 1: Discussion
lesson
If you have a boyfriend or girlfriend, will you tell your parents
Pair work
about it? why or why not?
- Ask Ss to work in pairs and do the task
13
- Yes, because my parents are sympathetic. They can give me some
minutes
advice
No, because my parents are very strict and unsympathetic.
T <--> Ss
Task 2: Listen to a talk show with host Vicky Holmes and
guest speaker Dr Dawson. Choose the best answer to
complete each statement
12
minutes
- Have Ss listen to the CD for the first time and try to note down the
information that helps them to check their answers
- Ask Ss to share with their friends to see if they have the same
answers or not
- Let Ss listen to the CD for the second time and try to note down
information they didnt understand for the first time
- Elicit answers from Ss and ask them to give clues to their answers
- Let Ss listen again and pause at certain places if necessary to help
Ss hear the information they need.
*Key: 1. C
2. B
3. C
4. A
Task 3: Listen again. Answer the questions
- Let Ss work in pairs to answer the questions
- Play the tape twice
- Let Ss listen to the recording, do the task then compare the answer
with their partner
- Elicit Ss answers and give them the correct ones.
Keys: 1.The talk show is about how teenagers and their parents
deal with problems
2. They need to learn to form safe and healthy relationships with
other people
3. Parents should offer a shoulder for their children to cry on and
listen to them
4. No because their strong opposition will make their children stop
talking about their feeling
Task 4: In your opinion, what is the right age for a romantic
Pair work
T <--> Ss
Individually
T <--> Ss
Ss <--> Ss
10
Pair work
8
minutes
3.
Consolidatio
n
2 minutes
4.Homewo
rk
1 minute
T <--> Ss
T <--> Ss
T <--> Ss
E. Experience:
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Unit 2
relationships
Lesson 6
Writing
- Ask Ss to do the task, then compare the result with their partner.
9
12
minutes
15
minutes
3.
Consolidatio
n
2 minutes
4.Homewo
rk
1 minute
T <--> Ss
Individually
Individually
Pair work
T <--> Ss
T <--> Ss
T <--> Ss
T <--> Ss
E. Experience:
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Unit 2
Lesson 7
relationships
Communication and culture
T <--> Ss
1. Communication:
Activity 1: Listen to Hung's opinions about online friends.
Answer the questions.
18
minutes
Interactio
ns
Pair work
T <--> Ss
Group work
Pair work
11
19
minutes
T <--> Ss
Pair work
statements are T, F or NG
3.
Consolidatio
n
2 minutes
4.Homewo
rk
1 minute
T <--> Ss
T <--> Ss
T <--> Ss
E. Experience:
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Unit 2
Lesson 8
relationships
Looking back and project
*Keys: 1.dating
2. lend an ear
3. romantic relationship
4. meet face to face
5. broke up
6. be in a relationship
Grammar:
Activity 1: Put the words in the correct order to make
Pair work
questions
3.
Consolidatio
n
2 minutes
4.Homewo
rk
1 minute
T <--> Ss
Individually
Pair work
T <--> Ss
Group work
T <--> Ss
T <--> Ss
E. Experience:
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