Giáo án tiếng Anh 10 Unit 1: Getting started – Household chores

Form

Pronunciation

Meaning

Vietnamese equivalent

1. household (a)

/ˈhaʊshəʊld/

relating to a house or flat and the people who live there

trong gia đình, dùng trong gia đình

2. chore (n)

/tʃɔːr/

a job or piece of work that needs to be done regularly

việc vặt

Anticipated difficulties

Solutions

- Students may not know the household chores.

- Students may not know how to work in teams.

- Use pictures/ photos or videos of some household chores to show them in the class.

- Give short, clear instructions and help if necessary.

Date of teaching

Unit 1: FAMILY LIFE

Lesson 1: Getting started – Household chores

* WARM-UP

Game: Let’s race!

I. Vocabulary

1. household (adj) /ˈhaʊs.həʊld/: trong gia đình, dùng trong gia đình

2. chore (n) /tʃɔːr/: việc vặt (thường được dùng ở số nhiều: chores)

II. Practice

Task 1: Listen and read.

Task 2: True or false.

Task 3: Fill in the table.

Task 4: Complete the sentences.

III. Production:

Make a poster

Stage

Stage aim

Procedure

Interaction

Time

WARM-UP

- To introduce the unit topic (Family life);

- To introduce some vocabulary and the grammar points to be learnt in the unit.

GAME: LET’S RACE!

* T divides Ss into 4 groups and gives instructions: Watch the video clip and try to remember all the household chores Mr. Bean did in the video. One person from each group then goes to the board and writes the names of the chores.

** Ss do as instructed.

*** Ss work in pairs to discuss the answer after watching the clip, then one representative from each group writes the answer on the board.

**** T confirms the correct answers.

Suggested answer:

1. Mop the floor

2. Clean the toilet

3. Wash the clothes / Do the laundry

4. Clean the house

5. Vacuum the carpet

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5 mins

PRESENTATION

To help students use key language more appropriately before they read and listen.

VOCABULARY

* T asks Ss to look at the photos to guess the meaning of new words.

** Ss say the Vietnamese meaning of the word.

1. household (n) /ˈhaʊs.həʊld/

2. chore (n) /tʃɔːr/

*** Other Ss correct if the previous answers are incorrect.

**** T shows the Vietnamese meaning, says the words aloud and asks Ss to repeat them.

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4 mins

PRACTICE

- To get students interested in the topic.

- To get students to learn some vocabulary in the unit.

To practise reading for specific information

- To practise scanning

- To develop students' knowledge of vocabulary for household chores

- To help students revive some collocations for the household chores so that they can use them in the following lessons.

- To help students practise scanning.

To help students identify present simple and present continuous and how they are used in sentences

TASK 1. LISTEN AND READ (p.8)

* T asks Ss to look at the picture (p.8 - 9) and answer the questions:

** Ss do the task individually

*** Ss share their answers with a partner.

**** T checks their answers with the whole class.

Suggested answers: Nam and Minh are two friends. They are at Nam’s home. Nam is cooking.

* T has the Ss read the conversation in pairs.

** Ss read the conversation

*** One pair reads aloud.

**** T collects common mistakes and gives comments.

TASK 2: TRUE OR FALSE

Read the conversation again and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). (p.9)

* T asks Ss to work individually to read the statements and underline the key words, then share their ideas with a partner who sits next to them.

** Ss do Task 2 individually first.

*** Ss share and discuss with their partners about the key words

**** T corrects their answers as a class.

1. Nam’s mother is cooking now.

2. Everybody in Nam’s family does some of the housework.

3. The children in Minh’s family don’t have to do any housework.

* T asks Ss to scan the conversation, locate the key words to find the answer for each the question with the partner who sits behind them

** Ss do the task in pairs.

**** T has Ss share their answers with the class. T confirms the correct answers and have Ss correct the false statement. T writes the correct sentence on the board.

Key:

1. F → Nam is cooking now.

2. T

3. T

TASK 3: FILL IN THE TABLE

Write the verbs/verb phrases that are used with the words or phrases in the conversation in 1. (p.9)

* T has Ss locate the verbs or phrasal verbs in the conversation, find the nouns or noun phrases after each verb/ phrasal verb to do the matching.

** Ss work individually

*** Ss share their answers with a partner

**** T checks and gives the correct answers with the whole class, and has them say the meaning of each collocation.

Answers:

1. put out the rubbish

2. do the laundry

3. shop for groceries

4. do the heavy lifting

5. do the washing-up

TASK 4: COMPLETE THE SENTENCES.

Complete the sentences from the conversation with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. (p.9)

* T has Ss read each sentences, try to think of a verb or an auxiliary verb that will complete the gap.

** Ss do the task individually

*** Ss share the answers with a peer.

**** T asks the whole class to call out the verb forms first, then calls on individual students to read the complete sentences.

Answers:

1. ‘m preparing

2. does – ‘s working

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6 mins

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4 mins

PRODUCTION

- To help students practise talking about activities which raise students’ awareness of their responsibilities.

- To practise teamworking.

- To give students authentic practice in using target language.

TASK 5: MAKE A POSTER!

Think about activities which you can do to raise other students' awareness of their responsibilities towards their family.

* T gives Ss clear instructions in order to make sure Ss can do effectively.

- Divide Ss into 4 main groups .

- Ask Ss to work in groups to discuss and make a poster of activities to raise Ss' awareness of their responsibilities towards their family.

- Observer Ss while they are discussing, note their language errors

** Ss do as instructed

**** T gives Ss feedback.

- Choose some useful or excellent words/ phrases/ expressions/ word choices Ss have used to give suggestions to other students.

- Choose some typical errors and correct as a whole class without nominating the Ss’ names.

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8 mins

CONSOLIDATION

- To help students memorise the target language and skills that they have learned

- To inform students what the final product of the project should be and how students can prepare for it.

WRAP-UP

* T asks Ss: What have you learnt today?

- Some lexical items about household chores

- Reading for specific information

- Scanning

HOMEWORK

1. Exercises in the workbook

2. Project preparation

- Have Ss look at the last page of Unit 1, the Project lesson and ask them what topic of the project is.

- Tell them the project requirements: Do research on Family Day in Viet Nam or other countries in the world

+ suggest activities, provide the reasons and expected results of the activities;

+ present their plans in the last lesson of the unit.

- Remind Ss that besides brainstorming activities, they:

+ can search for ideas on the Internet, in the newspaper, etc. for reference.

+ should use photos/pictures to illustrate their ideas.

- Put Ss into groups and have them choose their group leader. Ask them to assign tasks for each member, making sure that all group members contribute to the project work.

- Help Ss set deadlines for each task.

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