WONDERS OF THE WORLDSECTION

UNIT 14 : WONDERS OF THE WORLD

Section : - Write 1, 2 (page :135)Lesson 5: Period 89Aim: Practice'in writing a letter to a friend.Objectives: Ss can write a letter to a friend about a place they have visited.Teaching aids: picture, drawing.PROCEDUREStage Steps/Activities Work arrangementWhole classWarm-up•Guessing game: Wonders of the world.- Ask Ss to think of one of the wonders of the world and write it on a piece of paper.- Call on a student to the front of the class with his / her paper.- Have the rest of the class ask him/ her yes-no questions to guess the wonder.- The student having the right guess will take the place of the last student.•WRITE Teacher-Ss I. Pre-teach vocabularyPre-writing- Elicit words from Ss1. (a) ranger (explanation) (person who takes care of a park)2. Edge (n) (drawing)the edge of the table 3. (a) canyon : (translation / picture)4. breathtaking (adj) := very exciting, impressive5. temperate (adj) (explanation / translation)6. Stone Age (translation) - Get Ss to copy.Checking technique: Rub out and Remember IndividualII. Insertion- Ask Ss to read the letter Tim sent to Hoa about his trip to the grand Canyon on page 135.- Tell Ss to complete the letter by inserting the letters of the missing sentences. (A, B, C and D)- Call on some ss to read their completed letters in front of the class.- Give feedback and correct.Answer Key:l.C 2.B 3.D 4.AIII. WritingWhile-Teacher - Set the scene:writingImagine you have visited a place recently. Write a letter to a friend of yours and tell him/ her about this place.- Draw the outline on the board and elicit some details. + Teacher-Ssplace (Phong Nha cave/ Cue Phuong National park...) + Distance (100km/12 hours by train/...)+ How to get there (by bus/ plane/...) + Sights (beautifull/breathtaking/...) + weather (temperate/ sunny/cool/...) + How you feel ( happy/ relaxed/...)- Have Ss talk about something they have done first by asking questions for them to answer.- Ask Ss to write the letter in their notebooks.- Monitor and assist Ss if necessary.- Call on some Ss to read their letters in front of the class.PairworkIV. Interview- Ask Ss to use the outline on the board and the Post writinginformation in their letters to make an interview.- Model : call on a student to stand up to answer the questions:• Where have you just visited?• How far is it? How did you get there?• What is it like?/ Is it beautifull?• How about the weather/• How did you feel?- Ask Ss to play in turn the role of an interviewer and an interviewee.- Monitor and correct.- Call on some pairs to demonstrate their interview.- Write the completed letter (1) in your notebooks.Homework - Do ther exercises in the workbook, page