Date of preparation: August 29th ,2019 Period: 4

Date of teaching: September 3rd ,2019 Week: 2

Unit1: FRIENDSHIP
Lesson 2: SPEAKING

I. Objectives:
1. Educational aim: Students should know how to describe a person
2. Knowledge:
- General knowledge: Students learn about physical characteristics and personalities of a person.
- Language: Talking about people’s physical characteristics and personalities.
- New words: words related to people’s physical characteristics and personalities.
3. Skills: talking about people’s physical characteristics and personalities.
II. Method: integrated, mainly communicative.
III. Teaching aids: Student’s book and pictures showing friends, etc.
IV. Procedure:

Teacher’s activities Students’ activities

1. Warm up: (5ms)
- Divide the class into two groups – group A and group B. - Work in groups
Students of each group will write all the words used to - Students of each group will write all the
describe a person (about one’s appearance, physical words used to describe a person (about one’s
characteristics and personalities) that they know on the appearance, characteristics and personalities)
board. The group with more right words will be the winner. that they know on the board. The group with
more right words will be the winner.
Suggested answers: long, blond, wavy hair,
straight nose, sincere, hospitable, honest,
helpful, generous, modest, caring, pleasant,
etc.
- Introduce the new material: “Today we’ll learn how to - Listen to the teacher
describe physical characteristics and personalities of a
person “.
2. Pre-speaking: (10ms)
- Introduce some words related to describe a person by - Take notes some words related to describe
repeating the words in the warm – up part and providing Ss a person
some more words:
* Vocabulary:
1. nose: straight, crooked, flat
2. hair: blond, long, wavy, short
3. face: oval, large, round, square
4. forehead: broad, high, low
5. eyes: round, big, small, blue, black, brown
6. lips: full, thick, thin, heart- shaped
7. appearance: handsome, good-looking, pretty, beautiful…
Task 1:
- Ask Ss to work in pairs to describe the people in the - Work in pairs to describe the people in the
picture. (Textbook, p.15) picture. (Textbook, p.15)
- Call on some Ss to describe the persons in front of the class - Some Ss describe the persons in front of
and other Ss guess who they are describing the class and other Ss guess who they are
- Give them comments. describing
- Listen and take notes
3. While- speaking: (22ms)
Task 2: Discuss and number the personalities in order of
importance in friendship. (task 2, textbook, p.16)
- Ask Ss to discuss and number the personalities in order of - Work in groups
importance in friendship. - Discuss and number the personalities in
- Explain the meanings of the words and teach how to order of importance in friendship.
pronounce them if necessary. - Listen and take notes
* Vocabulary:
1. caring (a) Ex: My mother is a very caring woman. She
gets up very early in the mornings
2. hospitable (a)
3. modest (a)
4. humorous( a) - a good sense of humor
5. patient (a) -> patience (n) -> patiently (adv)
6. calm (a)
7. helpful (a)
8. good- natured (a) -> good- nature(n) -> good- naturedly
(adv)
Task 3: Role – play: Talk about a famous friend
- Ask Ss to work in pairs to play the role of a journalist and - Work in pairs to play the role of a
an interviewee whose friend has won the first international journalist and an interviewee whose friend
prize in maths. has won the first international prize in maths.
Journalist Interviewee
You are interviewing a You have a friend who has
person whose best friend won the first international
has won the first prize in maths. You are
international prize in maths. being interviewed by a
Use the questions in the journalist about him/ her
table as help
- Ask and answer. (Mention the model
questions and the words in the useful
- Give Ss some model questions: language)
Questions Answers * Example :
1. What is his/ her name? 1. He is Quang
2. When and where was he/ she born? 2. He was born in 1990 in HCM
3. What is he/ she like? City
4. What does he/ she look like? 3. He is friendly
5. What are his/ her hobbies? 4. He is tall and handsome
6. What made him/ her successful in 5. His hobbies are sports , music, …
math?
7. What do you often do with your
friend?
8. Which characteristics do you share in
common? - Present their conversations in front of the
9. What makes him/ her a good friend? class.
- Ask the journalist to take notes and report the information. - Listen and take notes
- Go around and give help. - Work in pairs, use the questions in task 3
- Call on some pairs to present in front of the class.

- Give comments. - Work in pairs to ask and answer about the

4. Post-speaking: (7ms) person they admire greatly.
- Ask Ss to work in pairs to ask and answer about the person - Present their conservations before class
they admire greatly.
- Call on some Ss to present their conservations before class
- Give comments
5. Homework: (1m)
- Practise the questions are used to ask about description of a
person. - Write in the notebook carefully.
- Write a paragraph (50-70 words) about a person you
admire greatly.
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