Unit 8 : Country life and city life
Period 45 lesson 1 : Getting started
Listen and read

A - Aim Reading for details about the differences between city life and country life.
B - Objective : By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to talk about the city life and the country life.
C - Teaching aids: Textbook, posters, cards.
D – Procedure:
Teacher’s activities
Students ’s activities

I / Warm up : Chatting
- Talk to Ss about life in the city and life in the country by asking some questions
1. Where do you live ?
2. Do you want to live in the city ? Why ?
3. Do you want to live in the country ? Why ? => Lead in the new lesson
II / Pre -reading : Introduce the topic of the passage reading and some new words .
1. Pre – teach vocabulary :
- a relative = uncles , aunts cousins
- peaceful = quiet and calm (a)
- permanently (adv) : its means existing all the time
- accessible = co the den gan duoc
- medical facilities = cac phuong tien y te
* Checking vocabulary : Rub out and remember
2. Brainstorming ( Getting started )
- Get Ss to talk about city life and country life . The words in the box of getting started may help you .

Possible answers :
- tall buildings - beautiful views
- plenty kinds of goods - fresh food
- polluted air - fresh air
- traffic jams - friendly
- entertainment - peaceful - busy
III / While – reading :
1. True / false statements
Statements
True
False

1. Na lives in the city
2. Na went to a village which has some relatives lives there .
3. The village is very peaceful and quiet
4. Hoa prefers the city life
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 - Turn on the tape and ask Ss to work in groups to predict the true / false statements .
- Call on some Ss to report their predictions and write them on the board.
- Ask Ss to read the dialogue between Na and Hoa and compare their ideas
- Give feedback and get more information
- Call on some pairs to practice the dialogue
2. Comprehension questions :
- Get Ss to work in pairs to answer the questions in ex 2 / 73
- Call on some pairs to practice asking answering the questions in front of class .
- Give feedback
a. Na has been to Kin Lien village
b. She was there for the weekend
c. to her , the countryside is peaceful and quiet and there is nothing to do .
d. There is no libraries , no movies , no supermarket , no zoos …
e. Country life is becoming better . Many remote area are getting electricity . People can now have things like refrigerators and TV , medical facilities are more accessible .
- Ask Ss to work in closed pairs
IV / Post - reading :
Discussion
- Divide the class into 4 groups . Two groups include Ss who prefer the city life and the others include Ss who prefer the country life .
- Ask Ss to work in groups to answer the questions
“ Do you prefer the city or the country life ?Why ? “
- Call on 4 pioneers from 4 groups to show their ideas before class .
V / Homework :
1. Learn by heart new words and copy two lines for each word
2. Copy the answers in their notebooks .
3. Prepare the next lesson


Chatting
( whole class )



Listen and copy



Listen and repeat chorally
Copy down

Play game










Work in groups












Work in groups to predict







Read the dialogue , compare their ideas

Practice the dialogue in pairs


Work in pairs










Practice asking and answering the questions





Work in groups

Demonstrate their ideas in front of class .



Listen and copy