Unit 4 Our past 
 Lesson 1 : Getting started 
Listen and read 
 
A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to 
tell the activities people used to do in the past . 
B / Teaching aids : Textbook , cassette , chalks 
C / Procedure : 
 I / Warm up : Getting started 
- Ask Ss to look at the picture and write the 
names of the things that do not belong to the 
past . 
* Answers : 
- The TV 
- The radio 
- The mobile 
- The light fixture 
- Modern clothing / school uniforms 
II / Pre - reading : 
1. Pre- teach vocabulary 
- to look after = to take care of 
- Equipment (n) - example 
- a folk tale : Tam Cam is a folk tale 
 
 
 
 
 
Play game 
 
 
   Listen and repeat in 
chorus , 
individually .  
- Traditional ( adj ) 
- a great grandma (n) 
* Checking : What and where 
2. T / F statements prediction 
- Ask Ss to read the statements and predict 
they are true or false . 
Statements Guess 
Key 
1. Nga is used to live on farm  
2. Nga ,s grandma did not go 
to school . 
3. She has an easy and happy 
life when she was young . 
4. There was not any modern 
equipment at her time . 
5. “ The lost shoe “ is a short 
story 
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- Call on Ss to read their predictions and 
write them on the board . 
III / While - reading : 
- Turn on the tape 2 times and look at their 
books to read the dialogue between Nga and 
her Grandma to check their predictions 
- Ask them to correct the false statements . 
Guess its meanings 
and copy down 
Play game      
Work in groups       
- Read their 
predictions  
Listen to the tape 
and look at their 
books to check 
their predictions  
1. Grandma used to love on farm 
3. She had a hard life . 
5. It is an old folk tale . 
* Comprehension : 
- Get Ss to work in pairs , asking and 
answering questions 
- Give feedback 
a. She used to live on a farm . 
b. Because she had to stay at home and help 
her Mom to look after her younger brothers 
and sisters . 
c. She used to cook the meals , clean the 
house and wash the clothes . 
d. Her great grandma used to lit the lamp and 
her great father used to tell stories . 
e. She asked her grandma to tell her the tale 
“ The lost shoe “ 
- Ask Ss to practice asking and answering 
the questions . 
* Fact or opinion 
- Have Ss read the statements part 3 and 
decide which is a fact and which is a pinion . 
Statements Fact 
Opinion 
 - Correct the false 
ones       
Practice asking and 
answering the 
questions .         
Read the 
statements and 
decide which is a 
a. I used to live on a farm . 
b. There was not any 
electricity . 
c. Mom had to do 
everything without the help 
of modern equipment . 
d. My father used to tell us 
stories 
e. The best one was the lost 
shoe . 
f. Traditional stories are 
great . 
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X 
X   
X       
X 
X 
- Give feedback 
IV / Post - reading : Survey 
Did you use to ? Name 
- Get up late . 
- Ride bicycle too fast . 
- Go to school . 
- Eat too much candy . 
- Forget to do your 
homework  
- Give feedback by asking Ss some questions 
to check “ Who used to get up late / ride 
fact and which is a 
opinion .            
Practice in groups   
Demonstrate in 
front of class .     
Listen and copy . 
bicycle too fast ? “ 
- Write it down . 
V / Homework : 
1. Write the result of their survey . 
2. Learn by heart new words . 
3. Prepare the next lesson .