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Unit 14 wonders of the world
Lesson 4 Write
A. The objectives
- Content: writing skill, informal letter to a friend, past simple, present perfect, present simple
- By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to understand the format of an informal letter and the
model letter, they’ll use the language and the prompts to write a letter to a friend about the place (in
Viet Nam) they have visited recently
B. Materials: Pictures, posters of the places of interest, OHP, transparencies
Work arrangements: Individuals, pairs, groups, T-WC
Anticipated problems: ss have never travelled before
C. Procedure
I. Warmer
Guessing game: (Pictures of the
wonders/ Heritages)
II. Checking the old lesson
It’s the longest structure of the wall. It’s
in China. It’s a World Heritage site
The Great Wall of China
III. New lesson
Pre-writing
Preteach
Eliciting: explanation, translation, visual,
examples
Modelling, choral repetition
Individual repetition
written record
VN meaning
Pronunciation
Checking vocab: Rub out and remember
Prediction
What do you know about the Grand
Canyon National Park?
Work in pair and share their ideas
T gets ss to read the letter and complete
the letter with the sentences given
Ask some comprehension questions
I. Vocab
- original (adj): thuéc gèc, nguån gèc
- inhabitant (n): c d©n
- above sea level : trªn mùc níc biÓn
- a park ranger (n): ngêi tr«ng coi khu vên quèc gia, ngêi b¶o vÖ rõng
- hike (n); cuéc ®i bé
- lead (v): dÉn ®êng led
- edge (n): b×a, r×a, lÒ
- canyon (n): hÎm nói, khe nói
- Stone Age (n): thêi k× ®å §¸
II. Write
1. Complete the letter
1. C
2. B
3. D
4. A
Where did Tim spend his vacation?
Where is it?
How far ... ? How did he get there?
How long did he stay there? Did he want
to go home?
What was the weather like then?
Were the people friendly?
What did he do on his first day of his
trip?, the next day?
Did he have a guided tour?
What did the park ranger talked about?
Were the sights beautiful/ magnificient?
While writing
Ask ss to read the prompts and answer
the teacher’s questions orally
Where/ Which place have you just been?
Where is it? Is it a World Heritage or a
place of interest?
How far is it from your home?
How did you get there?
How long did you spend there?
What was the weather like when you
were there?
What about the temperature?
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How did you feel about the people?
Were they friendly/ helpful/ hospitable?
What did you do during your trip?
Were the sights beautiful?
What did you buy?
Did you take any photos?
Ask students to work in groups of four to
think about one place and write a letter
to talk about the trip. Ss write on the
transparent papers
Post reading
Exhibition
Ask some groups to present their letters
to the class
Other groups can give comments on the
language, tenses, format,...
IV. Consolidation
Wonders of the world
V. Homework
Study vocab by heart
Read the text again, write dictation and
translate it into Vietnames
Talk about the ancient wonders of the
world and new seven wonders
Prepare new lesson
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