Unit 1 - Lesson 1a - Reading - Page 16

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UNIT 1: LIFE STORIES

Lesson – Unit 1a Reading (Page 16)
1. OBJECTIVES
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to…
1.1. Language knowledge & skills
- read for main idea and specific information (multiple choice).
- follow up on the topic.
1.2. Competences
- improve students’ communication, collaboration, analytical, and critical thinking skills.
1.3. Attributes
- be engaged in life experiences.
2. TEACHING AIDS AND MATERIALS
- Teacher’s aids: Student’s Book and Teacher’s Book, Class CDs, projector / interactive
whiteboard / TV (if any), IWB (Phần mềm tương tác trực quan), PowerPoint slides
- Students’ aids: Student’s Book, notebook
3. ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE
Performance Tasks Performance Products Assessment Tools
- Activate the sports that students - Students’ answers - Teacher’s feedback

may know.
- Read for specific information. - Students’ answers - Teacher’s feedback
- Talk about whether they admire - Students’ answers/ - Teacher’s feedback/Peers’
Gary Hall and the reason why. performance feedback
4. PROCEDURES
A. Warm-up: (5’)
a) Objective: to introduce the new lesson and set the scene for students to acquire the new language
knowledge and skills; get students' attention at the beginning of the class with enjoyable and short
activities and engage them in the follow-up steps.
b) Content: Reviewing some words related to sports that they have learned.
c) Expected outcomes: Students have general ideas about the topic of the new lesson.
d) Organisation of the activity:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
Sports charades
- Have students sit or stand in a circle - Listen and so as the teacher says.
facing together.
- Instruct the students that they will take - Take one card and act out so that the rest will
one card each and “act out” the sport listed guess.
on the occupations card.
B. New lessons (35 minutes)

1. Pre-reading: 10 minutes
a. Objectives: to introduce the topic and predict the content of the text.
b. Content: Task 1 (SB).
c. Expected outcomes: Students can have some general ideas about the text.
d. Organisation:
1. Guessing the content of the text
- Ask students to look at the pictures, read - Look at the pictures, read the title of the text,
the title of the text, and guess what it is and guess what the text is about.
about.
- Elicit the students’ answers. - Present their ideas in front of the class when
invited.
Suggested Answer Key
The text is about an athlete competing in an
Olympic swimming event.
2. Pre-teaching vocabulary
- Listen to the teacher and take notes.
- Teach students new words
- Ask students to read the text and underline - Read the text and underline the words.
the words above.
- Get students to try guessing their meanings - Try guessing their meanings in the context.
in the context first.
- Explain the meanings of the words. - Listen to the teacher and take notes on the
meanings of those words.
 determination /dɪˌtɜːrmɪˈneɪʃən/ (n): sự
quyết tâm
 diabetes /ˌdaɪ.əˈbiː.tiːz/ (n): bệnh tiểu
đường
 doubt /daʊt/ (v): nghi ngờ
 frustrated /frʌsˈtreɪ.tɪd/ (adj): nản lòng,
nản chí
 glory /ˈɡlɔː.ri/ (n): sự vinh quang, danh
tiếng
 obstacle /ˈɒb.stə.kəl/ (n): khó khăn, trở
ngại
 overcome /ˌəʊ.vəˈkʌm/ (v): vượt qua (khó
khăn, trở ngại)
- Listen and repeat chorally and individually.
- Ask students to listen and repeat chorally
and individually.
- Answer the teacher.
- Check if students remember the words.
2. While – reading: 20 minutes
a. Objectives: to help students to read for specific information.
b. Content: Task 2 (SB), Task 3 (SB).
c. Expected outcomes: Students can read for detailed information and complete tasks.
d. Organisation:
Task 2. Read the text. For questions (1–4),
choose the best answers (A, B, C or D).
- Go through the Note box and tell Ss this - Listen to the teacher and take notes.
tip will help them to complete the task
successfully.
- Explain the task and then give them time to - Listen and complete the task.
complete the task. - Give their answers when invited.
- Check Ss’ answers. - Check their answers.
Answer Key
Task 3. Read the text again and decide if each 1B2C3A 4D
of the statements (1–4) is T (true) or F (false).
- Explain the task to students. - Listen to the teacher.
- Ask them to underline the key words. - Underline the key words.
- Let them do the task. - Do the task – decide if the statements (1–
4) are T (true) or F (false).
- Elicit students’ answers. - Give their answers when invited.
- Check students’ answers. - Check their answers.
Answer Key
1 – T; 2 – F; 3 – F; 4 – T
3. Post-reading: 5 minutes
a. Objectives: To help students expand the topic, use the language and information in the real
situation, and develop critical thinking.
b. Content: Task 4 (SB)
c. Expected outcomes: Students can use the learned vocabulary to talk about their dream job.
d. Organisation:

Task 4. Do you admire Gary Hall? Why?
- Ask Ss to talk in pairs to talk about if they - Work in pairs and talk about if they admire
admire Gary Hall and the reason why. Gary Hall and the reason why.
- Have some pairs share their answers with - Speak in front of the class when invited.
the class. Suggested Answer Key
I really admire Gary Hall because he’s so good
at swimming. I want to swim like him. I also
admire him for a reason that he never gave up
when he found out about his disease.
C. Consolidation and homework assignment: 5 minutes

1. Consolidation
- Vocabulary: determination, diabetes, doubt, frustrated, glory, obstacle, overcome.
2. Homework assignment
- Learn by heart the words learned and make sentences using them.
- Do the exercises on page 9, WB.
- Prepare for the next lesson (page 17, SB).
5. REFLECTION
a. What I liked most about this lesson today:
…………………………………………………………………………………………
b. What I learned from this lesson today:
…………………………………………………………………………………………
c. What I should improve for this lesson next time:
…………………………………………………………………………………………

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School: ……………………………………….

UNIT 1: LIFE STORIES

Performance Tasks Performance Products Assessment Tools

- Activate the sports that students - Students’ answers - Teacher’s feedback

B. New lessons (35 minutes)

Teacher’s activities Students’ activities

C. Consolidation and homework assignment: 5 minutes

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