Giáo án Tiếng Anh lớp 10 Unit 1: A day in the life of - Lesson 1

Teacher's activities

Students' activities

1. Warm- up:(5 mins)

+ Aims: to introduce the topic of the lesson and to raise sts' interest.

- Ask sts to close their books

- Deliver handouts, and ask sts to match a noun in column A with a phrase in column B.

A B

1. a teacher a. does homework

2. a doctor b. works in the field

3. a student c. delivers letters

4. a postman d. looks after patients

5. a farmer e. gives lessons

- Ask sts to match quickly in one minute, then ask some sts to stand up to answer T's quetions.

- After the last question, T introduces the new lesson.

2. Before you read:(10 mins)

- Do the first example.

T: What time do you often get up?

- Ask sts to work in pairs to ask and answer about their daily routine, using the cues in the textbook.

- Introduce the topic of the reading passage: "A day in the life of a farmer"

- Introduce some new words:

- plough (v)

- 'harrow (v): bõa

- a plot of land (n) (point at the picture)

- 'peasant (n): a poor farmer

- pump(v): b¬m

- trans'plant (v)(use 2 words"plant" and "trans-" to explain).

do the transplanting

- Ask sts to listen and repeat these words twice, then ask some sts to read again.

3. While you read:(20 mins)

- Aims: Sts practise reading

+ Task 1:

- Ask sts to read the passage about a farmer, Mr. Vy and his wife, Mrs. Tuyet. and do Task1.

- Ask sts to work individually in 5 minutes to do this task.

- Translate number 4 into Vietnamese in case sts do not know the word "contented with" and three options.

+ Task 2:

- Ask sts to read the passage again and answer the questions about Mr. Vy and Mrs. Tuyet.

- Ask them to work in pairs, one asks and one answers.

- Ask some sts to report and give feedback.

+ Task 3:

- Ask sts to read the passage again, and explain what they are going to do.

- Ask them to complete the note in 7 minutes, then discuss their answers with their partners.

- Ask three sts to report their answers aloud.

- Check and give remarks.

Work in groups to discuss.

- Ask one member of their groups to report if possible.

4. After you read: (9 mins)

- Aims: to help sts to consolidate what they have read.

- Ask sts to close their books.

- Ask them to work in small groups of three or four to talk about Mr. Vy and Mrs. Tuyet's daily routines basing on their note in Task 3.

- Encourage them to use their own words.

- Ask one or two pairs to report.

5. Homework: (1 min)

- Ask sts to write full passage about Mr. Vy and Mrs. Tuyet basing on what they have discussed in Post- Reading.

- close their books

- match two columns

T : What does a teacher do?

S1 : He gives lessons

T : What does a doctor do?

S2 : He looks after patients.

.........

T : What does a farmer do?

S5 : He works in the field.

S: I often get up at six

S1: What time do you often go to school?

S2: I often go to school at 6.30

S3: What time do you often have breakfast?

S4: I often have breakfast at 6.15.

............

S11: What do you often do in the evening?

S12: I often do my homework.

S: I think he is a farmer.

- Listen and repeat.

- plough - peasant

- harrow - pump

- a plot of land - transplant

1. C

2. C

3. A

4. A

S1: What is Mr. Vy's occupation?

S2: He is a farmer.

S3: What time does he get up and what does he do after that?

S4: He gets up at 4.30, then he goes down to the kitchen to boil some water for his morning tea.

S5: What does he do in the morning?

S6: In the morning he ploughs and harrows his plot of land, drinks tea and smokes local tobacco during his break.

S7: What do Mr. Vy and his wife do in the afternoon?

S8: They repair the banks of their plot of land. Mr. Vy pumps water into it while his wife does the transplanting.

S9: Are they happy with their lives or not? Why?

S10: Yes, they are. Because they love working and they love their children.

- In the morning:

+ 4.30: The alrm goes off and Mr. Vy gets up, goes down to the kitchen, boil water for tea, has a quick breakfast, leads the buffalo to the field.

+ 5.15: he leaves the house

+ 5.30: he arrives in the field, ploughs and harrows his plot of land.

+7.45: He takes a rest

+ 10.30: he gose home

+ 11.30: he has lunch with his family.

- In the afternoon:

+ 2.30: they go to the field again, repair the bank of the plot of land. He pumps water into it, she does the transplanting.

+ 6.00: they finish work.

+ 7.00: they have dinner.

- After dinner:

+ They watch TV, sometimes they see their neighbours for a cup of tea and chat with them.

+10.00: they go to bed.