UNIT 1

GREAT PLACES
TO BE
Let’s get to know each other

Name:
DOB:
Phone number:
Hobbies:
3 words to describe yourself:
How do you feel about learning English? (things you are good at/ struggling)
Grade yourself: (scale 1 to 5)
Listening: Reading: Writing: Speaking:
Expectations about the course:
Learning activities that you like:
2 things you want to improve to study better:
GUESS WHAT?
It has Maracanã Stadium where World Cup 2014
took place.
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H
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It is famous for Christ Redeemer Statute

It is the second largest city in Brazil.
It is well-knowned for one of the world’s
most famous carnival.
 Rio video

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fCgXZ3SS7I
 London New York Cairo

Bangkok Rio de Janeiro

Name some words to describe a city

 money
relaxed
crime

time

strangers
According to the reading passage, why is Costa
Rica is the happiest country in the world?
 143

environment

health

citizens
If you think Viet Nam is a happy country,
put a
If not, put an

So, what about Viet

Nam?
 Let’s watch: Pew Pew
explaining why Viet Nam is a
happy country
Source: Nas Daily tiếng Việt
5 reasons why Viet Nam is a happy
country (according to Pew Pew):

- People
- Food
- Coffee
- Nature
- Night life
 Vocabulary

proud (adj) stunning (adj)

positive (adj) cheer (v)

fighting (n) broth (n)

war (n) condensed milk (n)
terrorism (n) taste (v)
hardship (n)
 What about Viet Nam?

Do you think Viet Nam is a happy country?

In your group, share your opinion
Writing
a paragraph
Writing process
1. Pre-
writing 3. Revising
Plan your writing Improve/edit your
(choose a topic, writing for 2nd
brainstorm, etc.) version

2. 4.
Drafting Submitting
Write the first draft Proofread then
submit
Before writing,
remember our
Hamburger
paragraph.
A good topic sentence…

is a complete sentence with a subject, is usually the first

a verb, and a controlling idea. sentence in the
paragraph.
2

1 3
is neither too general nor too
specific. It clearly states the main
idea of the paragraph but does not
include specific details.
Example: What is a topic sentence among
these?

● For example, Stonehenge in Britain was built 3500 years ago to track the movement
of the sun.

● Ancient people observed and recorded lunar and solar events in different ways.

● Ice age people recorded the appearance of new moons by making scratches in
animal bones.
A good supporting sentence……

1 2 3

explain or prove the are specific and can be examples,

topic sentence. factual. statistics, or
quotations
Good concluding sentences…

1 2

summarizes the
important points
signals the end of
briefly or restates
the paragraph.
the topic sentence
in different words
End-of-Paragraph Signals Followed by a Comma
In brief,

In conclusion,

Indeed,

In short,

Lastly,

To sum up,

…
Example
Point out the:
1 2 - Topic sentence
- Supporting sentences
- Concluding sentence
summarizes the
important points
signals the end of
briefly or restates
the paragraph.
the topic sentence
in different words
Now let’s practice!
Write a short paragraph (~80-100
words) about the positive or negative
sides of the city where you live.
Brainstorm???
vocabularies
Advantages
T
Disadvantages
C
The end