Unit 4: our past
period 20: getting started

I. objectives
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to tell the activities people used to do in the past.

II. language contents:
Grammar:
Vocabulary

III. Techniques:
Pairwork

IV. teaching aids:
Pictures

V. procedures:
Stage
Activities
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Post -
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Homework

*Remarks:

* Getting stated:
- Ask students to look at the picture on page 38 and write the names of the things that do not belong to the past.
* Answer:
- The TV
- The radio
- The mobile phone
- The light fixture
- Modern clothing/school uniforms

I. Pre - teach vocabulary:
(To) Look after (synonym)
Equipment (n) (example)
(A)folk tale (example)
Traditional (adj) (translation).
(a) Great grandma (explanation)
* Checking: What and where.
- Write each word on the blackboard inside a circle. Rub out the words one - by - one.
- Get students to read the words including the rubbed out words. Students try to remember all the words.

II. T / F statement prediction:
- Ask students to read the statements (on poster) and predict they are true or false.
Students write T if it is true and F if it is false.
Nga is used to live on a farm.
Nga’s grandma didn’t go to school.
She has an easy and happy life when she was young.
There wasn’t any modern equipment at her time.
“The lost shoe” is a short story.
- Ask students to read the dialogue between Nga and her Grandma and check their prediction.
- Ask them to correct the false statements.
- Give feedback.

Guess
Answer
Correction

a.

b.
c.
d.
e.

F

T
F
T
F
Grandma used to live on farm.


She had a hard life.

It is an old folk tale.


Comprehension
- Get students to work in pairs, asking and answering questions.
* Questions and answers:
a. Where did Nga’s grandmother use to love?
She used to live on a farm.
b. Why didn’t she go to school?
Because she had to stay at home and help her Mom to look after her younger brothers and sisters.
c. What did Nga’s great Grandma do?
She used to cook the meals, clean the house and wash the clothes.
d. What did Nga’s grandmother and great grandfather do after dinner?
Her great grandma used to lit the lamp and her great grandfather used to tell stories.
e. What did Nga’s ask her grandma to do at the end of the conversation?
She asked her grandma to tell her the tale “The lost shoe”
- Give feedback
- Ask them to work in open pairs and closed pairs

2. Fact or opinion
Have students read the statements part 3 on page 39 and decide which is a fact and which is an opinion.


F
O


I used to live on a farm.
There wasn’t any electricity.
Mom had to do everything without the help of modern equipment.
My father used to tell us stories.
The best one was the lost shoe.
Traditional stories are great.

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- Give feedback:
- Survey.
Did you use to ....
Name

- Get up late.
- Ride bicycle too fast.
- Go to school late.
- Eat too much candy.
- Forget to do your homework.


- Give feedback: Ask students some questions to check.
“Who used to get up late/ride bicycle too fast ...?”
Write it down.
- Ask students to write the result of their survey.


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Pair work


Whole class