Course: Family and Friends 4 Prepared by: Do Thi Ngan

UNIT 13: CAN YOU HELP ME?

PERIOD 3 – SKILLS TIME
I/ Objectives
- To revise vocabulary and structures seen previously; provide extra vocabulary
Skills development
- Reading: Read and understand 2 factual accounts about young heroes; identify words and their
meanings in a text
- Listening: Listen and match
- Speaking: Ask and answer questions about people’s jobs.
- Writing: identify and use sub clauses.
II/ Procedures: ( 90 mins )

Part Teacher's activities

- Greeting
- Discussion: Start with a brief discussion about heroes. Ask students to share who their
1/ Warm-up
heroes are and why. What makes a person a hero?
(5’)
Write some of their responses on the board.
Lead-in
2/ Reading - Show students the title "Young Heroes" and the pictures of the boys in the text.
(35’) Ask them why they think these boys are considered heroes.
- Predict what they are going to read
Presentation
Listen and read:
- T tells ss that they are going to listen to a text
- T plays the recording
- Ask ss to listen and follow the text
- Ask ss to listen again and underline new words (including the words in Ex3)
- T writes new words on board and lets ss guess the meanings
- T writes the guesses on board and asks ss to look up the words in the Dictionary in
the Workbook p132
- T explains more as necessary
- Ss read aloud the words
- Ss take turns to read aloud the text
Practice
Check understanding:
- Ask comprehensive questions to check understanding:
 Why did Charlie decide to do a sponsored bike ride?
 How did he ask people to sponsore?
 How much money did Charlie raise?
 Why did Ryan start a clean water charity?
 What has Ryan's foundation accomplished since 1999?
- Ss do Ex4 and individually write the answers on board

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Break time (5’)

Lead in:
With books closed, ask questions to elicit jobs vocabulary
3/ Listening E.g. Who do you see when you are ill? (doctor).
(10’) Who teaches in a school? (teacher).
Who comes to your house if there is a fire? (fireman).
Who works in a police station? (policeman)
Listen and number:
- T explains:
Ss will listen to a recording of 4 people talking about their jobs. Ss have to number the
pictures while listening
- T plays the recording for ss to do the exercise
- T plays the recording again and pauses after each dialogue for ss to check the
answers
Listen and match:
- T explains: Ss will listen to the recording again and match
- T plays the recording for ss to do the exercise
- T plays the recording again and pauses after each dialogue for ss to check the
answers
Lead in:
4/ Speaking - Ask ss to focus on the word pool and ask them to guess their meanings
(15’) Presentation:
- Explain the model for ss
- Call one student to go to the board and practice in front of the class:
Student thinks of a job and teacher asks questions: Does he work with people? Does he
wear a hat?
Student keeps responding questions until teacher gives the correct job.
Practice:
- Ask ss to work in pairs and take turns to ask and answer about the jobs.
- Check accuracy of ss: pronunciation, grammar, …
Lead-in
5/ Writing - T asks ss to focus on the rules in the box.
(15’) - T asks 1 s to read the rules for the class.
Presentation:
- Explain how to use sub-clauses in a sentence to give more information. Highlight
the use of 'which' for things and 'who' for people, and the importance of using
commas.
- Write sample sentences on the board and break it down into its main clause and
sub-clause:
Lin Hao, who is a ten-year-old pupil, was very brave.
Charlie Simpson, who is a young boy from England, raised a lot of money for
Haiti.
The bike ride, which took place in a local park, was a huge success.
The charity, which Ryan founded, has helped many people in Africa.
Practise:
Controlled activity:
- Ss do Ex4
- Check the answers.
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Guided activity: Fill in the blanks

- T prepares handouts or show a slide including sentences with blanks
- Ss have to read the sentences and complete them with who or which
- T calls ss to write answers on board
- T checks answers

Read the sentences and write 'who' or 'which'.

1. Charlie, ____________ is a young boy, helps earthquake victims.

2. The bike ride, ____________ was a local event, raised a lot of money.

3. Ryan, ____________ is from Canada, started a clean water charity.

4. The school, ____________ is in Uganda, received clean water from Ryan's charity.

5. The earthquake, ____________ happened in Haiti, caused a lot of damage.

6. The teacher, ____________ taught Ryan about Africa, encouraged him to help.

7. The charity, ____________ Ryan founded, has raised millions of dollars.

8. The event, ____________ raised a lot of money, was featured on TV.

9. The boys, ____________ have helped many people, are considered heroes.

10. The foundation, ____________ Ryan started, was established in 1999.

6/ Wrap-up - Ask ss what they have learned in the lesson, remind them of the homework
- Goodbye
(5’)