Module 3 Change
Unit 1 Changing our lives 1/4
I. Language focus:
1. Using connectives to link contrasting ideas
2. Using the simple past tense to talk about past activities
3. Using connectives to express transition of meaning
II. Language skills:
Listening
l Understand the connection between ideas
l Recognizing linking words and phrases
l Predict the likely development of a topic
Reading
l Understand the connection between ideas
l Recognize recurrent patterns in language structure
l Predict the likely development of a topic
l Skim a text to obtain a general impression and the main ideas
Speaking
l Maintaining an interaction by replying
III. Materials:
l SB P49
l Cassette 7B
l WB P1
ProcedureI. Warming-up 1. Free talk:
II. Pre-task preparation
1. Introduce:
Although :
Although we are old, we still work in the fields every day.
We’re old, but we still work in the fields every day.
2. Invite students to make up sentences beginning
with “although”
3. Look and read:
1) Listen and follow
2) Listen and repeat
3) Ask questions to check their understanding of the story.
III. While-task procedure
1. Look at Think and write
2. Help Luck Fairy finish the report to the king
3. Individual work: read aloud the four reasons for giving Fred and Doris a wish.
4. Check the answers together.
IV. Consolidation
l oral: 1) Listen and read 5 times
2) Act out the dialogues
l written: 1) Copy work: phrases
2) GB P38
V. Note
Unit 1 Changing our lives 2/4
I. Language focus:
l Using connectives to express transition of meaning
II. Language skills:
Listening
l Understand the connection between ideas
Reading
l Understand the connection between ideas
l Recognize recurrent patterns in language structure.
l Recognize the presentation of ideas
l Re-read to establish and confirm meaning
Speaking
l Connect ideas by using linking words or phrases
Writing
l Develop written texts by presenting main and supporting ideas
l Develop written texts by using appropriate linking words or phrases
III. Materials:
l SB P50
l Cassette 7B
ProcedureI. Warming-up
Free talk: retell the story
II. Pre-task preparation
l Continue to play the recording: Look and read
l Listen and follow
l Act out the dialogue
III. While-task procedure
Individual work: read the story again, complete the blankets.
Check together.
IV. Consolidation
l oral: 1) Listen and read 5 times
2) Act out the dialogues
l written: 1) Copy work: phrases
2) GB P39
Unit 1 Changing our lives 3/4
I. Language focus:
l Using connectives to express transition of meaning
l Using the future tense to talk about future actions
II. Language skills:
Listening
l Understand the connection between ideas by recognizing linking words and phrases
Speaking
l Connect ideas by using linking words or phrases
Reading
l Read written language in meaningful chunks
l Understand the connection between ideas by identifying linking words or phrases
l Recognize recurrent patterns in language structure
Writing
l Gather and share information, ideas and language by using strategies such as brainstorming, listing, questioning, and interviewing
l Develop written texts by using appropriate linking words or phrases
l Develop written texts by expressing own ideas and feelings
Ⅲ. Materials:
l SB P51
l Cassette 7B
l WB P25
l PP P44
ProcedureⅠ. Warming-up 1. Free talk:
Ⅱ. Pre-task preparation
1. Ask a student:
Which subject are you good at?
Which subject are you poor at?
2. Practice in pairs: Although …is good at (a subject), he/she is poor at (another subject).
3. Think and say: listen and follow, listen and repeat
Ⅲ. While-task procedure
1. Look at the pictures again in Think and say, and write
about what the children can learn from others
2. Have one or two students read their answers aloud.
3. PP P44, write a report about what they can learn from their parents, teachers or friends
4. Invite a few students to share their reports with class
IV. Post-task activity
WB: P25
V. Consolidation
l oral: 1) Listen and read 5 times
2) Act out the dialogues
l written: 1) Copy work: phrases
2) GB P40
VI. Notes:
Unit 1 Changing our lives 4/4
I. Language focus:
1. Using connectives to express transition of meaning
II. Language skills:
Reading
l Scan a text to locate specific information by using strategies such as looking at headings and repeated words
Speaking
l Maintain an interaction by asking and responding to others’ opinions
l Maintain an interaction by taking one’s turn at the right moment and recognizing other’s desire to speak
Writing
l Plan and organize information and ideas by deciding on the sequence of context
l Develop written texts by using appropriate linking words or phrases
l Develop written texts by using basic narrative structure
l Revise and edit drafts by sharing work with teachers and classmates
III. Materials:
l SB P52
l Cassette 7B
l WB 26
ProcedureI. Warming-up 1. Free talk:
Ⅱ. Pre-task preparation
Have students read the story of the poor farmer and his wife on SB P49, 50
Ⅲ. While-task procedure
1. PP45, 46: write the script for the story about the poor farmer and his wife
2. Role play: Playing the roles of presenter, the Luck Fairy, Fred
and Doris respectively.
3. Perform plays
Ⅳ. Post-task activity
WB P26
Ⅴ. Consolidation
l oral: 1) Listen and read 5 times
2) Act out the dialogues
l written: 1) Copy work: phrases
2) GB P45
3) PA M3U1
VI. Notes