UNIT 15: COUNTRIES
Lesson 3: B. Cities, buildings and people (B1->4)
(Page 158->161)
Aims: Help Ss to: - improve some listening and reading skills.
- know the rules of comparison.
A. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
- compare the bigness of something.
- ask and answer about the bigness.
B. Language content:
*Vocab: comparative adjectives.
* Grammar: Comparison How + adj + is the + N?
C. Preparations: Text-book, lesson plan, cassette, disc
Ways of working: T-WC, individual-work, pair-work, group work.
Anticipated problems:
D. Procedure
I/ Organization: (1') - Greeting
- Checking attendance
II/ Warm-up: (7')
-Odd one out:
The keys:
1. bigg
5. countriy
1. big
5. country
2. simall
6. ciaty
2. small
6. city
3. talli
7. spieak
3. tall
7. speak
4. nationa
8. wuorld
4. nation
8. world
III/ New lesson(35')
Contents
Teacher activities
Students’ activities
1. Presentation. (13’)
Vocabulary
-Give new words by
-Guess the meaning
building (n): toà nhà, cao ốc using pictures, giving and take note. Then
high (adj): cao
examples, and
listen and repeat.
thick (adj) : dày
explaining.
-Practice.
structure (n): cấu trúc
-Control and correct
population (n): dân số
Ss’ mistakes.
million (n): triệu
capital (n): thủ đô
B1. Listen and repeat.
-Set the situation.
-Look at the book and
a) So sánh hơn của tính từ.
listen.
-Play the tape .
-Listen and repeat.
eg: big bigger
Then practice.
HCM City is bigger than Hanoi.
S + adj(short)_er + than + N. -Present new rules.
-Take note.
b) So sánh nhất của tính từ
ex: big the biggest
HCM City is the biggest city in VN
S + be + the + adj(short)_est.
* Note:
+ Tính từ ngắn là tính từ có 1
âm tiết hoặc tính từ có 2 âm
tiết tận cùng là “y”.
+ Tính từ kết thúc là 1 phụ
âm mà trước nó là một
nguyên âm thì ta phải gấp
đơi phụ âm cuối rồi mới
thêm “ER” hoặc “EST”
2. Practice. (13’)
B2. Listen & read.
Then answer the qs.
* Answer questions
a. No, it isn’t. (Ho Chi Minh
City is bigger than Ha Noi.)
b. - Mexico City is the
biggest city in the world.
- The biggest city in the
world is Mexico City.
c. Tokyo is bigger (than
London).
B3. Listen and read.
Then answer the qs.
* Answer
- PETRONAS Twin Towers
is taller than Sears Tower.
B4. Listen and read.
Then answer the qs.
-How long is the Great Wall?
-> It is over 6,000 kms
long.
-How high is the Great Wall?
-> It is between 4 and 12
meters high.
-How thick is the Great Wall?
-> It is over 9 meters thick.
3. Production. (5')
-Notice the way to
form comparative adj.
-Listen and remember.
-Set the situation of B2. -Listen
-Play the tape one time. -Listen.
-Ask ss to read the text -Read in silent.
-Guide the way to do
the task.
-Listen, then ractice in
pairs.
-Correct Ss’ mistakes.
-Writes on the board.
-Take note.
-Set the situation of B3. -Listen
-Play the tape one time. -Listen.
-Ask Ss to read the text -Read in silent.
-Guide the way to do
-Listen, then answer
the task.
the question.
-Writes on the board.
-Correct Ss’ mistakes. -Take note.
-Set the situation of B4. -Listen
-Play the tape one time. -Listen.
-Ask Ss to read the text
-Guide the way to do
the task.
-Correct Ss’ mistakes.
-Help Ss to pratice
freely.
-Read in silent.
-Listen, then answer
the questions.
-Writes on the board.
-Take note.
-Compare classmates
or something around.
IV/ Consolidation (1'): -Grasp the main points of this lesson.
V/ Homework (1'):
- Learn by heart new words and structures.
- Do the exercises part B in the exercise books.