Hanoi, August 24th, 2018

Unit 1: Family Life

LESSON 4: SPEAKING
A. OBJECTIVES
Class Description: 45 10-grade students (Ss) including …. boys and … girls.
Time: 45 minutes
1. Aims: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
- talk about the household chores they do
- express their opinion about why they like or dislike a chore
2. Knowledge:
- General knowledge : Family life.
- Language: + Words concerning household chores.
+ The present simple tense & the present continuous
3. Skills: - filling in a table about chores
- practicing a model dialogue
- role-playing and reporting
4. Assumed Knowledge: Ss are at pre-intermediate level. The students are familiar with the family
theme in the previous lessons. They have also learned about Present Simple as well as expressions
of liking and disliking at Middle School level.
5. Anticipated Problems:
- Students may not be able to brainstorm further words relating to household chores and the
reasons for their likes/dislikes.
- Students may also encounter errors regarding Present Simple and Present Continuous while
having a conversation.
6. Proposed Solution: Teacher should carefully revise the vocabulary relating to the topics as well
as give Students thorough instructions. Teacher should also carefully revise how to express likes
and dislikes using the Simple present tense.

B. PREPARATION: board, textbook , projector

C. PROCEDURE:
1. Settlement: Checking attendance.
2. Warm – up:
- T divides class into 2 groups and names their groups.
- Each group is given a flag and sends a representative to the board; both of them receive 1
random phrase in relation to the topic. Then, they act to describe the phrase to their group.
- The group that wave the flag first will have chance to answer the question.
- Each right answer counts for 10 points
3. New lesson
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
1. Table-filling
- T goes around and offers help - Ss work individually to fill in the table
- T asks some Ss say what they like and why with at least 1 chore the like/dislike and
Example: add a reason. Then Ss work in pairs to
- I like cooking because I like eating compare their ideas
- I dislike cleaning the bathroom because it is dirty

2. Practicing the dialogue

- T checks with class by saying the questions and
Ss say the answer.
- T asks 4/5 pairs to act the dialogue
Example:
- I like cooking because I like eating
- I dislike cleaning the bathroom because it is dirty
- Ss match the questions and answer in
pairs.
- Ss listen to the T and repeat the dialogue
then practice the dialogue in pairs

3. Practicing the dialogue

- T models a dialogue with a student - Ss work with another partner this time,
- 3/4 pairs act the dialogue in front of the class to one learns the questions and one answer
get marks them with their own information
Model:
A. Hello, Can I ask you something?
B: Yes, certainly
………………..( the dialogue)
A. Thank you
B. You are welcome
IV. HOMEWORK: - Do exercises B1,B2,B3 in workbook
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