Giáo án môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 6 - Period 28+29, Unit 4: My neighbourhood

Period: 28
UNIT 4: MY NEIGHBOURHOOD
Getting Started
I. Objectives
By the end of this lesson, students can know the key language and structures to be learnt in this unit.
1. Knowledge, Skills, Attitude: 
a. Knowledge: 
- Vocabulary: the lexical items related to the topic “My neighborhood”.
- Grammar: Comparative adjectives
b. Skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
c. Attitude: hard, concentrated and active.
2. Capacity is formed and developed for students
- Self – learning capability
- Communicative competence
II. Preparation
1. Teacher: text book, extra board, cassette tape and real objects.
2. Students: textbook, notebook, workbook.
III. Students’ activities
1. Warm up (5’)
- Ask Ss questions about the picture.
- Guess what the picture might show or what the conversation might be about. Where are Nick, Khang and Phong?
What are they doing?
... .
2. Knowledge formation activities (36’)
Teacher’s & Students’ activities
Contents
Activity 1: Help Ss to understand the conversation
- Play the recording (twice)
- Ask Ss to read the conversation and check their answers. Confirm the correct answers.
- Ask Ss to read and put the action in order.
- Tell Ss to refer back to the conversation to find the phrases. - - ------ Practice saying them together.
Listen and read
Read and put the action in order.
Key: 2 – 5 – 3 – 4 – 1 – 6
Making suggestions.
Key:
1. a. Where shall we go first?
b. Let’s go to “Chua Cau”.
2. a. Shall we go there first?
b. Ok, sure.
3. a. Shall we go by bicycle?
b. No, let’s walk there.
Activity 2: Help Ss to do exercises and work together
First, model the role-play with a more able St. Then ask pairs to role- play the short conversations before demonstrating for the class.
2. Work in pairs. Role-play making suggestions.
- Have Ss quickly match each place (in the picture) with its name. Then play it again, pausing after each item and asking them to repeat chorally and individually. Correct their pronunciation.
3. Match the places below with the pictures. Then listen, check and repeat the words. Key:
1. E	 2. H	 3. F 4. C
5. G	 6. A	 7. B 8. D
- First, model this activity with a more able St. Ask Ss to work in pairs. Call some pairs to practice in front of the class.
4. Think about where you live. Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about it. Example:
A: Is there a theatre in your neighborhood? B: Yes, there is. / No, there isn’t.
- Have Ss quickly match instruction with the diagram. Check their answers. If Ss do not understand the sentences, use the diagrams to work the meaning out from the context.
5. Match the instructions in the box with the pictures.
Key:
1. Go straight on.
2. Turn left at the traffic lights.
3. Go past the bus stop.
4. Take the first turning on the left.
5. Go to the end of the road.
6. Go along the street.
7. Cross the street
3. Consolidation 4’
- Help Ss to remember the lesson
- Ask Ss to give their partner the directions to one of the places on the map, and they try to guess. Then swap.
6. Game Example:
A: Go straight. Take the second turning on the left. It’s on your right.
B: Is that the art gallery? A: Yes, it is./ No, try again.
4. Using knowledge (option)
5. Further practice (option)
IV. Experience:
Period: 29
UNIT 4: MY NEIGHTBOURHOOD
A Closer Look 1
I. Objectives
1. Knowledge, Skills, Attitude: 
a. Knowledge: By the end of this lesson, students can pronounce correctly the sounds /i:/ and /i/ in isolation and in context; use vocabulary related to the topic “My neighborhood”.
- Vocabulary: the vocabulary related to the topic “My neighborhood”.
- Grammar: Comparative adjectives.
b. Skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
c. Attitude: hard, concentrated and active.
2. Capacity is formed and developed for students
- Self – learning capability
- Communicative competence
II. Preparation
1. Teacher: text book, extra board, cassette tape and real objects.
2. Students: textbook, notebook, workbook.
III. Students’ activities
1. Warm up (5’)
Let Ss give some adjectives with their opposites:
Ex: big – small, tall – short, quiet – noisy/ talkative, ...	
2. Knowledge formation activities (36’)
Teacher’s & Students’ activities
Contents
Activity 1: Help Ss to learn the new words
- Practice saying the adjectives with Ss. Use some examples to work the meaning out of the context. Play the recording as many times as required to allow Ss to check their answers and support their pronunciation.
* Vocabulary
1. Fill in each blank with one word from the box. Listen, check and repeat the words.
Exciting	cheap	historic	sleepy expensive convenient	peaceful police noisy	friendly
- Explain that some words go together, but some don’t.
- Write the adjectives on the board and allow Ss to attach vocabulary cards to make matches.
2. Now match the adjectives from the box in 1 with their opposites below.
- boring – exciting
- historic – modern
- noisy – quiet/ peaceful
- convenient – inconvenient
- fantastic – terrible
- Ask Ss to do this exercise individually first then compare their answers with a partner.
- Check Ss’ answers.
- Ask Ss to work with a partner
- Call and correct
3. Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about your neighborhood. Use the words in 1 and 2 to help you.
Example:
A: Is our neighborhood polluted? B: No, it isn’t.
A: Is it peaceful? B: Yes, it is.
Activity 2: Help Ss to pronounce /i:/ and /i/ correctly
- Play the recording.
- Ask Ss to listen and repeat the words.
- Ask Ss to do this exercise individually first then compare their answers with a partner.
- Check Ss’ answers.
* Pronunciation /i:/ and /i/
4. Listen and repeat the words. Pay attention the sound /i:/ and /i/
Key:
/i:/
/i/
Cheap, sleep, peaceful, convenient,
police
Historic, exciting, expensive, noisy, friendly.
- Have Ss practice reading the words first.
- Play the recording for Ss to listen and do the task.
- Check Ss’ answers.
5. Listen to the sentences and circle the words you hear.
1.Living	2.Heat	3.Seats	4.Sheep 5. Tins	6.Mill	7.Teams	8.Chip
3. Consolidation 4’
Ask Ss to listen while T plays the recording. Play the recording again and ask Ss to chant along. Provide further practice by dividing the class into two groups.
6. Listen and practice the chant. Notice the sounds /i:/ and /i/.
4. Using knowledge (option)
5. Further practice (option)
IV. Experience:
Period: 30
UNIT 4: MY NEIGHTBOURHOOD
A Closer Look 2
I. Objectives
1. Knowledge, Skills, Attitude: 
a. Knowledge: By the end of this lesson, students can use adjectives to compare things.
- Vocabulary: the lexical items related to the topic “My neighbourhood”.
- Grammar: Comparative adjectives
b. Skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
c. Attitude: hard, concentrated and active.
2. Capacity is formed and developed for students
- Self – learning capability
- Communicative competence
II. Preparation
1. Teacher: text book, extra board, cassette tape and real objects.
2. Students: textbook, notebook, workbook.
III. Students’ activities
1. Warm up (5’)
Choose 2 Ss of very different height and ask them to stand up. Ask the class a question: Who is taller?
Focus Ss’ attention on comparative forms by giving example: A is taller than B
2. Knowledge formation activities (36’)
Teacher’s & Students’ activities
Contents
Activity 1: Help Ss to know the way to use the comparative adjectives
- Explain that comparative adjectives are constructed in several different ways in English and that some of those ways are presented in the box. Explain
the simplest ways to identify the number of syllables in an English word and give further example or practice if necessary.
Activity 2: Help Ss to do exercises
Ask Ss to read the instructions. Tell Ss what they should do.
Have Ss compare their answers in pairs before checking with the whole class.
*Grammar
Comparative Adjectives
Short adjectives: tall, big, long, small, 
Long adjectives: beautiful, expensive, intelligent, 
Short adj-er + than
More + long adj + than
- Example:
Red ruler is longer than blue ruler.
This house is more expensive than that house.
Complete the following sentences with the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets.
Key:
taller	3. Bigger
4. noisier	5. cheaper
- Use Ss use the example to show what Ss should do. Ask them to pay attention to the syllables in each adjective and look back at the grammar box if necessary.
2. Now complete the following sentences with the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets.
Key:
2. more beautiful
3. more convenient
4. more interesting
5. more expensive
- Ask Ss to read and complete the sentences individually. Remind them to pay attention to the number of the syllables in each adjective.
3. Read and complete Vy’s letter to her friend.
Key:
1. Drier	2. Smaller	3. Older 
4. Wider	5. more delicious
6. Older	6. Cheaper
Elicit the contrast between the things in the two neighborhoods and the adjectives that can be used to describe them.
Correct.
4. Look at the pictures of Yen Binh neighbourhood and Long son neighbourhood. Now write about the differences.
- Tell Ss how to form a question and pay attention to the number of the syllables in each adjective.
- Check their answers.
5. Complete the following sentences with the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets.
Key:
1. More expensive
2. More comfortable
3. More historic
5. Narrower
Model with a St. Ask Ss to work in pairs. Call some pairs to practice in front of the class.
6. Work in pair. Ask and answer questions.
- Ask Ss to think ot the places they’ve been to. Model with a more able Ss and then have them work in pairs while T goes around the class and monitors.
- Ask some pairs with the most imaginative ideas to report them to the class.
7. Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about the places that you know. Use the comparative form of the adjectives in the box.
Example:
A: Is Hue busier than Da Nang?
B: No, it isn’t.
3. Consolidation 4’
- Help Ss to remember the lesson
- Summarize the lesson
Prepare the next lesson
- Write 3 sentences using comparative adjectives.
4. Using knowledge (option)
5. Further practice (option)
IV. Experience:
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