THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

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LESSON PLANS FOR GENERAL ENGLISH 2

THAI NGUYEN, 2010


Lesson plans for BASIC ENGLISH 2

Composed by Duong Hong An,

FICT, TNU

WEEK 1:
UNIT 1: LOOKS
Overview
Section

Aims

Students

Page 1-2

Lexis: Description;
look(s) like; clothes

Matching descriptions to photos of people

Categorizing words to describe appearance
Describing people in the class
Using look(s) like to talk about people's
appearance
Identifying clothes items in a photo
Studying plural forms of clothes words.

Page 2

Pronunciation:
numbers
Lexis: verb
collocations

Listening to conversations and identifying the
correct numbers.
Choosing the correct verbs to talk about clothes.

Page 3
The Oscars

Listening skills:
listening for
specific details

Listening to a description of people arriving for the
Oscar ceremony and identifying mistakes in
pictures.
Matching beginnings and endings of present
continuous sentences.


Page 3
Close up

Grammar: Present
continuous
Extra activities

Completing questions and short answers with the
present continuous
Miming and guessing activities......

DETAILS
Lexis: Description
1. Students work in pairs, read the information and label the photos
Key: a-2 (Will); b-9 (Belen); c-6 (Simon); d-8 (Jem); e-10 (Sue); f-5(Albert); g-4(Gus); h1(Carla); i-7(Zainab); j-3(Nancy) 2 &3: Categoring
Hair length

Hair
style

Hair colour

Eyes

Other

Opinion

a shaved head

short
medium-length
long

wavy
curly
spiky
straight

brown
blond
grey
dark
fair
highlights
red
black

blue
dark
brown
brown
green

a gold chain
a moustache
earrings
glasses
a beard
a tattoo


very pretty
a lovely smile
very sweet
very beautiful
very handsome
he's good
looking

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Words we use for women and men: all except a moustache, a beard, pretty, beautiful and
handsome
Words we use for men only: a moustache, a beard, handsome
Words we use for women only: pretty, beautiful
4. Activity: One student describes people in the class without saying their name and the rest
of the class guess their identity.
Lexis: look(s) like (1.2.3.4)
Look is used to describe the way someone looks, e.g: happy, sad, friendly, etc.
Look like is used to say that one person resembles another (often a family member).
Structure: Look + adj ; Look like + Noun
Key: a, a father and his son: Albert and Jem (They've got the same smile)
b, a father and his daughter: Simon and Nancy (They've got the same mouth)

c, a mother and her son: Sue and Will (Will looks like Sue)
d, a mother and her daughter : Belen and Carla ( They've got the same nose)
e, a brother and sister: Gus and Zainab (They've got the same dark eyes)
Lexis: Clothes and accessories (1)
Key: In the photo: shoes , shirts, trousers, jackets, suits, ties, belts, rings
Not in the photo: trainers, boots, socks, underpants, coats, tops, T-shirts, tracksuits,
jeans,
sweaters, hats, sunglasses.
Listen to the interview and underline the correct number (2)
Key: a-350; b-200; c-150; d-125
Lexis: verb collocations
Key: a, get dressed
b, wear
c, take off
d, put on
e, change into
f, try on
The Oscars
Listening 1. Listen and correct mistake in each photo
Key: Penelope Jones is wearing a blue dress NOT a red one.
Melanie Matthews is wearing a very short dress NOT a long one.
Kerry Fisher is wearing a white suit NOT a green one.
Bobby Finn's partner is wearing a long dress NOT a short one.
2. Match A and B
Key: a, I'm waiting for the big stars. (Ross white)

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b, She's wearing a beautiful blue dress. (Penelope Jones)
c, She's getting out of her car. (Melanie Matthews)
d, She's waving to her fans. (Kerry Fisher)
e, He's holding her hands. (Bobby Finn)
Close Up
Grammar: The present continuous tense
Use: to talk about activities in progress now
Form: (+) S + am/is/are + V-ing
e.g. She is reading books in her room now.
(-) S + am/is/are + not + V-ing
e.g. They are not eating anything now.
(+) Am/is/are + S + V-ing?
e.g. Are you studying English now?
Time expressions: now, at the moment, right now, at present
Other:
Look! Listen! Watch! Be quite! ...
Extra Activities:
- Miming and guessing activities
1. eating ice-creams
2. listening to music
3. playing the violin
4. combing the hair
5. ironing the clothes
6. cleaning the floor
....

- Describe a person you like.
- Exercise:
Put the verb in brackets into Present Simple or Present continuous
Caller: Good morning, ........(be) Mr Green there?
Man: No, he ..........(not/be)here. He .......(work) at the moment. He usually ........(work) until
4 p.m
Caller: What about Mrs Green? Where ........(be) she?
Man: She ...(do) the shopping. She always ..........(do) the shopping on Thursday afternoons.
Caller: Where ..(be) the children?
Man: They ...........(play) football. They always .......(play) football after school.
Caller: How .............(you/know) all this? Who are you?
Man: I ...........(be) the burglar!

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WEEK 2:
UNIT 2: REALITY
Overview
Section
Page 4
Glenna's dream
book


Aims

Students

Reading skills: Reading
for gist

Reading the first part of the story and
answering the questions
Matching items in a list to pictures
Listening to the second part of the story
marking sentences True or False
Discussing students' own dream list

Listening skills: listening
for specific information

page 5,6
reality TV

lexis: TV programmes

Listening to extracts from TV programmes
and identifying the genre.

Close up

(be) going to; want to;
hope to; would like to


Discussing wishes for the future.
Reading and listening to an interview with
the winner of a reality show talking about
her plans for the future.
Correcting and discussing good intentions
sentences
Reordering sentences
Making up sentences using pictures

Page 7
I have a dream

Song: Listen for gist and
for detail

Listening to the lyrics of an ABBA song
and completing statements about the song.
Completing sentences with words from the
song.

DETAILS
1. Reading and listening
Key: a, A dream list - a list of things she wanted in her life.
b, pictures of the things she wanted in her life.
2. Match the photo with Glenna's list
Key: 1d 2b 3a 4c 5g 6f 7e
3 &4: Listen to more of Glenna's story and then mark the sentence True or False
Key: a. True
b. False. She met him on the free way.
c. False. Every Monday

d. True

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e. True
f. False. They went to St John's island in the Caribbean.
g. True
h. False. One year after
i. False. She got her dream job.
5. Students create their own dream list
Reality TV
Reality TV is the fairly recent phenomenon of making TV programmes with ordinary
people (and occasionally celebrities). One kind of programme involves people taking part
in contests in which they spend long periods of time in a house or some other setting where
cameras monitor their every movement day and night. members of the public then vote
every day or every week for one contestant to be removed until only one is left, the winner.
These programmes are very cheap to make for the TV companies and have proved very
popular, particularly as a source of material for tabloid press.
1. Lexis: TV programmes
Key: 1. A game show
7. A documentary
6. A chat show
4. The news

5. A soap opera
2. The weather
3. A sport progamme
8. Reality TV
2. Students discuss which types of TV Programme they like and hate
3. Grammar: (be) going to
Use: It is used to talk about future plans and future intentions.
e.g. I'm going to have a big party for all my friends.
We aren't going to stay for a long time.
Are you going to visit your parents this weekend?
1. Read and listen to an interview. Use the phrase in the box to complete the conversation.
Key:
1. you're going to
5. I'm going to
9. we're going to
2. I'm going to
6. are you going to
10. I'm going to
3. are you going to
7. I'm definitely not going to
11. I'm going to
4. I'm going to
8. are you going to
2. Listen and check the answer.
3. Re-write the sentences with the word in the correct place.
Key: a. I'm going to do more exercise.
b. I'm going to save money.
c. I'm going to spend more time with my family.
d. I'm going to book holidays earlier.
e. I'm going to arrive late for appointments.

Close up: Want to, Would like to, Hope to

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You use these structures (Want to, Would like to, Hope to) to talk about dreams or desires
for the future.
e.g. We want to visit India next year.
One day, I'd like to climb Mount Fuiji in Japan.
My sister hopes to continue her studies in the USA.
1. Re-write the sentences so that they make sense.
Key: a. I want to travel around the world.
b. I don't want to get married.
c. I'd like to have lots of children.
d. I wouldn't like to be famous.
e. I hope to retire before I'm fifty.
2,3. Activity: Work in groups of three. Choose five pictures and tell your partner how they
represent your dreams.
Song "I have a dream" by ABBA
Although Abba are a group from the late 1970s, their music is still popular, and there
have been revivals, tribute groups and musicals based on their songs.
Fans of Abba could log on to their official website: www.abbasite.com for news,
biographies, photos and sound clips.
1. Read and listen to the song.

2. Complete the sentences with the words from the song.
Key: a. dream
b. sing
c. cope
d. tale
e. believe
f. something
3. Students work individually to decide which sentences in Exercise 2 are true for them.
They then compare with a partner.

Extra activity:
- Talk about your future plans or your dream
- Talk about your favourite TV programme
- Exercise: Reorder the words to make complete sentences.
1. travel around the world / I / One day / to / hope .
2. want / you / go / Where / do / to ?
3. I / to / 'd/ South America / visit / like .
4. Spanish / to / i / learn / 'm / going .
5. on your own/ you / travel / want / Do / to ?
6. going / I / with a friend / 'm / go / to .
7. going / I / 'm / to / to / school / university / go / after.
8. I / a few years / the / hope / in / live / USA/ to/ for .

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WEEK 3: DISCUSSION
- Do all the exercises in Workbook part (unit 1 &2)
- Students' presentation.
+ Describe a person you like
+ Your dream or your future plans
+ Your favourite TV programme

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WEEK 4:
UNIT 3: THINGS
Overview
Section

Aims

Students

Page 8
Lost property


Reading skills:
reading for gist

Matching words and pictures
Reading and discussing a short article about losing
things
Listening to a phone conversation between a woman
and a lost property

Page 9
Close up

Comparative and
superlative
adjectives.
Comparison
structures

Page 10
Happy
birthday Mr.
President

Reading for gist
Describing objects.
Money. Big
numbers

Listening to the schwa/ә/ in the comparative form of
some short adjectives.

Making comparative and superlative forms of some
adjectives.
Completing sentences with the correct form of the
adjectives.
Reading article about a dress that belonged to Marilyn
Monroe. Guessing the answers to the questions. Reading
the article to check.
Saying the big numbers.
Listening and matching the items of clothing.
Discussing the most valuable thing sts own.

DETAILS
Reading and listening
1. Students work in pairs, match pictures a-j with the word in the box.
Key: a-a wedding ring; b-an address book; c-a glove; d-keys; e-a TV remote; f-a handbag;
g-a pet (snake); h-money; i-a mobile phone
2. Students work in pairs, discussing the top three things people are most likely to lose.
Key: The top three things are money, keys and TV remote
3. Students work in pairs, reading the article for the three things people are least likely to
lose.
Key: car, passport, laptop
4. Students work in small groups and discuss the questions and give their own answers..
Close up:
Comparatives
1. Students work in pairs to form the comparative adjectives.
Rich – richer
interesting – more interesting

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Good – better
friendly – more friendly
Slim - slimmer
3. Students complete sentences
b. Older / old
e. farther / far
c. More relaxed / relaxed
f. more expensive / expensive
d. Bigger / big
Superlatives:
busy – busier than – the busiest
cheap – cheaper than – the cheapest
famous – more famous than – the most famous far – farther than – the farthest
good – better than – the best
modern – more modern than – the most
modern popular – more popular than – the most popular ugly – uglier than – the ugliest
Reading: The most valuable things in the world
1. 1m68
2. 36
3. 1962
4. 12,0000
5. 1,150,000
Lexis: Big numbers

Listen and match the items with the numbers
Key: a bikini - 1 9 4, 4 5 9 ; a watch - 1, 9 18, 387 ; a pair of jeans - 2 5, 000; a film
costume - 3 2 4, 1 8 8; some pop star clothing - 6 6, 112; a boxing robe - 1 5 7, 9 4 7
Extra Activities:
- Discussing: What is the most you usually pay for:
a) a pair of trainers; b) a pair of jeans; c) a formal dress or pair of trousers; d) a jacket or a
coat; e) a pair of shoes?
- Talking about things you’d like
- Exercise:
Put in the correct adjective forms
1 Fill in the comparison with as ... as.
1. John is (tall) ……………………………..Glen.
2. You are (crazy) ……………………………..my sister.
3. Your mobile phone is (not / trendy) ……………………………..mine.
4. Matrix II was (not / interesting) ……………………………..Matrix I.
5. I can do (many / press-ups) ……………………………..you.
2 Fill in the correct form of the words in brackets (comparative or superlative).
1. My house is (big) ……………………………..than yours.
2. This is the (interesting) …………………………….book I have ever read.
3. Non-smokers usually live (long) …………………………….than smokers.
4. Which is the (dangerous) …………………………….animal in the world?
5. A holiday by the sea is (good) ……………………….than a holiday in the mountains.

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WEEK 5:
UNIT 4: ENERGY
Overview
Section
Page 11
Joaquin
Cortes: body
and soul

Page 12
Lexis

Aims

Students

Reading skills:
reading for gist

Reading and completing the headings in the article.
Rewriting sentences according to the article.
Naming five other styles of dance
Listening to the /٨/ sound and sorting the odd sound
out
Putting the expressions (A-J) in the box in order of
frequency on the line.
Asking and answering about parts of the body
Reading about Paula Radcliffe and writing questions for

the underlined frequency expressions
Underlining the correct collocation for these actions
Listening to and matching the top ten excuses for not
doing exercise with the pictures (a-j).
Listening to conversation between Danny and Louise
for Louise’s excuses for not doing exercise
Making up conversations
Completing these sentences with too or enough.
Putting the words in the correct order to make the
sentences with should / shouldn't.
Making true sentences using should / shouldn’t

listen to the /٨/
sound
Lexis: frequency
expressions

Lexis: collocations
Page 13
I’m too tired.

Close up

Listening skill

Too / enough /
should

DETAILS
Reading: Joaquin Cortes: body and soul

1. Students read about Joaquin Cortes, a famous Spanish flamenco dancer and then
complete the headings in the article.
Key:
1. Ancestry
4. Family
7. Shoes
2. Sleep
5. Eating
3. Practice
6. Travel

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Students rewrite the sentences so that they are correct according to the article.
b) He practices for more than five hours a day.
c) He sees his family as often as possible.
d) He eats three times a day.
e) He travels all the time.
f) He buys new shoes every month.
2. Students name five other styles of dance and discuss their favourite with a partner.
Examples: disco, break, waltz, tango, cha cha….
Listening:
Students say the words in each word group and find the odd sound out.

Key:
a) Home
c) Morning
e) Shoulder
b) Score
d) Open
f) Shouldn’t
Lexis: frequency expressions
1. Put the expressions (A-J) in the box in order of frequency on the line.
Key: (B) every ten years / (D) every year / (F) twice a year / (H) every four months /
(A) once a month / (E) every two weeks / (I) twice a week / (J) four times a week /
(G) once a day / (C) three times a day
2. Students ask and answer questions.
3. Students read the interview and write questions
Key: How often do you run?
How often do you have a day off?
How often do you do a workout at the gym?
How often do you have a sports massage?
How often do you go on holiday?
Lexis: Collocations
Students underline the correct collocation for these actions.
Key:
a) Legs
d) Hands
g) Shoulder
b) Arms
e) Feet
c) Head
f) Fingers
Listening: I’m too tired

1. Match the top ten excuses for not doing exercise with the pictures (a-j).
Key: 1 – c; 2 – j; 3 – a; 4 – e; 5 – h; 6 – g; 7 – I; 8 – d; 9 – f; 10 – b
2. Listen to conversation between Danny and Louise. Tick( v) the excuses in 1 that
Louise uses for not doing things.

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Key: 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10
Close up: Problems & advice
Too & enough: use too & enough to state problems
Use too before adjectives and too many / much before nouns.
Use enough after adjectives and before nouns.
Should & shouldn’t: use should and shouldn't to give advice.
S + should/shouldn’t + V-infinitive.
1. Complete these sentences with too or enough.
Key:
a) Too
d) Enough
b) Too
e) Enough
c) Enough
Students work with a partner and find the true sentences for their partner.
Put the words in the correct order to make the sentences with should / shouldn't.

Key:
f)
He should eat more fruit.
g)
She should buy a new one.
h)
He should change his job.
i)
She shouldn’t stay up sp late.
j)
He should drink more water.
4. Students change the names in 3 to make true sentences about people they know.
Extra activities
- Students divide themselves into 4 groups, two create problems and two give advice.
- Exercise
Fill in the blanks as appropriate, using too, enough, too much or too many.

a I think I have drunk __________ for tonight. If I drank more, I wouldn’t be able to
drive later on.
b She’s eighteen, so she’s __________ (old) __________ order a beer.
c The generation gap between us is __________ (strong) __________
break/__________ be broken. We’re like chalk and cheese.
d You smoke __________. You should smoke less.
e We can’t eat all this butter in a week! There’s __________.
f These earrings are __________ (ugly)! I will never wear them!
g She can’t be the main character in Beauty and the Beast: She’s __________ (ugly)!
h We can’t fight back. There are __________ them. We must wait for
the reinforcements. They’re due to arrive soon.
i There’s an outbreak of cholera, and we don’t have _______ (means) ________ stop it.
j They have cut off the power: I don’t have __________ (light) __________ finish

reading this book.

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WEEK 6: DISCUSSION
- Do all the exercises in Workbook part (unit 3 &4)
- Exercise:
Fill in the blanks as appropriate, using too, enough, too much or too many.

a I think I have drunk __________ for tonight. If I drank more, I wouldn’t be able to drive later
on.
b She’s eighteen, so she’s __________ (old) __________ order a beer.
c The generation gap between us is __________ (strong) __________
break/__________ be broken. We’re like chalk and cheese.
d You smoke __________. You should smoke less.
e We can’t eat all this butter in a week! There’s __________.
f These earrings are __________ (ugly)! I will never wear them!
g She can’t be the main character in Beauty and the Beast: She’s __________ (ugly)!
h We can’t fight back. There are __________ them. We must wait for the reinforcements.
They’re due to arrive soon.
i There’s an outbreak of cholera, and we don’t have _______ (means) ________ stop it.
j They have cut off the power: I don’t have __________ (light) __________ finish reading this
book.

- Students' presentation.

+ How to keep fit
+ The last time you went shopping

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WEEK 7:
UNIT 5: DOTCOM
Overview
Section

Aims

Students

Page 14

Lexis: To infinitives

Matching the definition with the reason for using it
Talk about the website ss often visit

Page 14

Listening


Listening to conversations and identifying what Tom’s
mother want to do
Match the words in the column A with the words in
column B

Page 15
The Oscars

Close up: Past
Participle
Listening:
Grammar: Present
Perfect Simple

Fill in the table with the correct form of the words
Listen and fill in the gap
Practice making sentence using the grammatical item
they’ve studied

Page 3
Reading: Dotcom
Read and answer the questions
success
Close up
DETAILS
1. LEXIS: TO - INFINITVES
1. ask ss to work with a partner and match the website address with a reason for using it
a. 3
b.6
c. 4

d. 2
e.1
f.5
- Teach ss how to use to- infinitives
2.Ask ss to answer the questions on the page 14
Ex: I use www.cheapflight.com to find out the flight time and to buy plane tickets
3. – Ask ss to do the ex 3 on the page 14
Ex: I use my computer to play game
2.Lexis: Computer term
1. – teacher plays the cassette player and asks ss to listen and answer the question on the page 14
Answer: Tom’s mum want to send email
2.Ask ss to listen again and tick the term that Tom’s mum understand and cross if she doesn’t
understand
Answer
- A v
- B v
- Cx
- Dx
- Ex
- Fx
3. – ask ss to listen and underline the computer terms in column A that Tom uses
Answer:
c. to go online

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f. a screen
h. a tool bar
- ask ss to match the words in column A with the words in column B
Answer:
a. 8 b. 2 c. 7 d.9 e. 1 f.3 g.6 h.5 i.4
- teach ss new words
- practice reading
3. Close up
1. Ask ss to complete the table with the correct form of the verbs
Infinitive: Change do go
hear make meet record spend travel visit
Past Simple: Changed, did, went, heard, made, met, recorded, spent, travelled, visited
Past Participle: Changed, did, gone, heard, made, met, recorded, spent, travelled, visited
2. Ask listen and fill in the gap with the words they heard
1. changed
2.heard
3. done
4. visited
5. recorded
6. travelled
7. been
8. made
9. spent
10. met
4. Reading
1. – Ask them read the text and answer the questions in 1
2. – Ask ss to read the text and decide if the sentences are T or F. Correct the false sentences
Answer
a. T

b. F. She was a software engineer
c. F. word of mouth
d. T
e. F. The offices are in somebody’s house
f. F. The company employs 1,200 people
- Teach new words if necessary
- Practice reading

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WEEK 8:
UNIT 6: DRIVE
Overview
Section

Aims

Students

Page 17
Driving to work

Reading skills: Reading for
gist


Reading the text and do the exercise 1 on the
page 17

Page 18
Questions with
How + adv/ adj
& What+noun

Close up: Questions with
How + adv/ adj &
What+noun

Do the ex 1 on the page 18

Page 18
Lexis

Preposition of movement

Do the ex on the page 18

Page 19
Listening

It drives me mad

Listen and match the pictures with the
description

Details


Reading
1. ask ss to read the text and do the ex 1 on the page 17
Answer:
a. B
b. W
c. B
d. W
e. W f. B
- Ask ss if there are any new words
- Teach ss new words
- Practice reading the text

Close up
1. – Ask ss to do the exercise 1 on the page 18
Answer
a. far
b. many
c. often
d. long
e. sort
f. far
g. long
h. time
i. fast
2. Ask ss to read the text again and answer the questions they have finished.
a. About 200 km
b. hundreds of thousands

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c. everyday
d. about forty minutes
e. dramatic rock formations, a rainforest, spectacular waterfalls, the national park..
f. seven km
g. two hours
h. 5 am
i. half a kilometer an hour
3. Lexis: Preposition of movement
1.
- Ask ss to do the ex 1 on the page 18
Answer:
a. down
b. out of
c. across
d. through
e. along
f. over
g. up
h. past
i. into
4. Listening: It drives me mad
1. – Ask them to look at the pictures and guess what happens in each pictures
2. – Ask ss to listen and match the people (1-6) with the picture (a-f)
Answer

1.b
2.e
3. a
4. d
5. f
6.c
- teach ss new words and new phrases
- practice reading

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WEEK 9:
DISCUSSION
Activities
+ Check exercises of the unit 5 & 6
+ Do extra exercises (teacher prepares at home)
+ Discuss the 3 topics
- The traffic in VN
- The website you like best
- The best journey
+ Role-play
- Sts think of a situation about one of the 3 topics. Quickly write a conversation.
Practice with the partners and then play in front of the class
- T give feedback and grade


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Lesson plans for BASIC ENGLISH 2

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WEEK 10:
UNIT 7: JUSTICE
Overview
Section

Aims

Students

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Reading

- Read 2 stories.
- Look at the 6 pictures and complete the table with the words
in the box.
- Work in pairs; choose the suitable ending for 2 stories.
- listen for checking the answers.
- in groups, discuss the story that the students like best and
tell the others the reasons.

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Lexis: adverbs of
manner.

Language
reference

Close up: Past
continuous

- Demonstrate the use of English adjectives and English
adverbs by completing the table.
- Sts understand the way to make an adverb from an
adjective.
- Sts rewrite the sentences to e sure about the places of
adverbs in sentences.
- Sts relate the situations with themselves using the adverbs.
- Sts discuss 4 questions with a partner to be sure about the
past continuous.
+ Sts demonstrate the past simple and the past continuous.
+ Sts understand that the past continuous describe something
that was in progress when another event happened.
+ Sts understand that the past simple describe an event that
happened at a particular moment.
- Sts listen to the tape and discuss with the partner.

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Writing a story:
Once upon a time


- Sts match the words in the box with the pictures
- In groups, write the story basing on the pictures.
- Listen to the original story and compare.

DETAILS
Reading: Revenge is sweet and Dinner by post
a. a pot of paint
b. a dinner party
c. a night club
d. a bottle of wine
e. a plastic bag
f.. a pair of scissors
2. Revenge is sweet: a. a pot of paint

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d. a bottle of wine
e. a pair of scissors
Dinner by post: b. a dinner party
c. a night club
e. a plastic bag
3. The suitable ending for each story
Revenge is sweet: After that she felt much better.
Dinner by post: As you can imagine, I never saw her again
Lexis: Adverbs of manner

1. Revenge is sweet: b. bad
c. angry
d. quickly
e. beautifully
f. carefully
g. quietly
Dinner by post: 1. differently
2. early
3. late
4. tidy
5. attractive
6. good
7. loudly
2. a. To make adverbs from most adjectives, we add “– ly” at the end of adjectives.
b. To make adverbs from adjectives ending in “y”, we delete “y” then add “ily”
c. The special cases: good-well; early-early; late-late…
Close up: Past continuous
Grammar: The present continuous tense
Use: to talk about an activity which was in progress when another event happened.
Form: (+) S + was/were + V-ing
e.g. She was reading a book when I came to see her.
(-) S + was/were + not + V-ing e.g. They were not studying at 10 last night..
(+)Was/were+ S + V-ing?
e.g. Were you studying English at 7p.m yesterday?
Extra Activities:
- Miming and guessing activities
1. riding a bicycle
2. reading a book

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3. playing soccer
4. getting dressed
5. drinking
6. swimming
- Describe the pictures:
1. It started to rain when they were walking in the park
2. the telephone rang when he was having a bath.
3. The mother called him when he was playing football.

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Lesson plans for BASIC ENGLISH 2

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WEEK 11:
UNIT 8: EXTREME
Overview
Section

Aims

Students


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Reading a poem

Before reading

- Sts study new words
- Sts match the words to the photos.
- Read and listen t the poem and choose the
correct title.
- Say about the geographical features that sts see
in their country.
- Underline the stressed syllables on each line.
- Listen and say he poem in time with the beat.

While reading
Post reading
Words and Sentence
Stress
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Reading :
Extreme hotel

Before reading
While reading
Post reading

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Language
reference

The weather

Close up: The passive

Lexis: The weather

- match the figures in column A with the
meanings in column B
- Read the article and check the answers.
- Work with a partner, ask and answer about the
Ice Hotel
- demonstrate the differences between the active
and the passive voice
- Study new words related to the describe the
weather such as: sunny, dull, cloudy, foggy,
windy, stormy, cold, freezing, snowy, hot,
warm, rainy, cool, wet, humid, dry …
- Predict the weather.

Details
1. Looking at the pictures and matching:
A: 3
B: 1
C: 4
D: 2
2. b: I love geography
Reading: Extreme hotel
1. 40,000 - Tons of ice and snow…
1990 - Year the first hotel was constructed.
64 – number of room in the hotel


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14,000 – number of guests last year.
-30 – temperature in Celsius outside the hotel
-5 - temperature in Celsius inside the hotel
2. Key
a. It is situated on the shores of the Torne River in Sweden.
b. It is built of ice and snow.
c. The furniture is made of ice.
d. The beds are covered with reindeer skin.
e. The interior is designed by different artists from all over the world.
f. It is describe by visitors as “ absolutely stunning”, “ one of the most beautiful places” and “
unique”.
3. Grammar: The passive voice
Usage: We can use the passive voice to talk about actions when we don’t know who
performed them.
Form: S + be (am/is/are/was/were) + past participle
E.g. My house was built in 2007
All furniture is made by wood.
Extra activity:
Listen, fill the words in the blanks then sing the song "How’s the weather?"
Windy, sunny, snowy, rainy, cloudy
1. How’s the weather?
It’s………….

How’s the weather?
It’s ………...
How’s the weather?
It’s ………...
It’s …… today

2. How’s the weather?
It’s………….
How’s the weather?
It’s ………...
How’s the weather?
It’s ………...
It’s …… today

3. How’s the weather?
It’s………….
How’s the weather?
It’s ………...
How’s the weather?
It’s ………...
It’s …… today

4. How’s the weather?
It’s………….
How’s the weather?
It’s ………...
How’s the weather?
It’s ………...
It’s …… today
5. How’s the weather?

It’s………….
How’s the weather?
It’s ………...

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How’s the weather?
It’s ………...
It’s …… today

WEEK 12:
DISCUSSION
- Do all the exercises in Workbook part (unit 7 & 8)
- Groupwork
Write a modern fairy tale
- Students' presentation
+ your favourite season
+ the weather in VN
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