Unit 2 Growing smart, growing strong 1/5
I. Language focus:
1. Using formulaic expressions to make suggestions
2. Asking ‘Wh’ questions to find out specific information about something
3. Asking ‘Wh’ questions to make suggestions
4. Using adverbs to express degree
5. Using formulaic expressions to indicate agreement and disagreement
II. Language skills:
Listening
l Identify main ideas of a new topic
l Recognize differences in the use of intonation in questions and statements, and respond appropriately
Reading
l Recognize recurrent patterns in language structure
l Recognize format and language features in narrative and non-narrative texts
Speaking
l Maintain an interaction by asking and responding to others’ opinions
l Maintain an interaction by acknowledging, agreeing or disagreeing, replying, asking questions, adding or giving examples, explaining and using formulaic expressions.
l Close an interaction by using appropriate formulaic expressions
III. Materials:
l SB P8
l Cassette 7B
l PP P5
l WB P5
ProcedureI. Warming-up 1. Free talk:
l A chant: Because
II. Pre-task preparation
1. Name the activities you usually do with your family in your leisure time
List
2. Review indoor activities and outdoor activities
3. More activities: going to a concert, watching a circus
4. Look and say: 1) listen and follow
2) role-play the characters and
say the conversations
5. Group work: 1) discuss and decide the activity you like to have using the target language
III. Consolidation
1. Oral: 1) Listen and read 5 times
2) Act out the dialogue
2. Written: 1) Copy work: phrases
2) GB P7
IV. Notes
Unit 2 Growing smart, growing strong 2/5
I. Language focus:
1. Asking ‘Wh’ questions to find out specific information about something
2. Using adjectives to describe amounts
3. Using adverbs to express degree
II. Language skills:
Listening
l Identify main ideas of a new topic
l Recognize differences in the use of intonation in questions and statements, and respond appropriately
Reading
l Recognize recurrent patterns in language structure
l Read written language in meaningful chunks
III. Materials:
l SB P10
l Cassette 7B
ProcedureI. Warming-up 1. Free talk:
l A chant: Who was the first?
l Group work: Practise the dialogue on P9
II. Pre-task preparation
1. Write down the things you do on these days:
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Thursday Friday Saturday
2. Practise: What did you do last Sunday/Monday?
I ate pizzas last Sunday.
NB. The use of the past tense!
3. Review the vocabulary items on P10
4. Read, think and write: 1) read Danny’s timetable
2) list Danny’s activities
3) identify the reasons for
Danny’s sickness
4) listen and follow
III. While-task procedure
Write: write an outing plan on P9
IV. Consolidation
1. Oral: 1) Listen and read 5 times
2) Say the reasons for Danny’s sickness
2. Written: 1) Copy work: phrases
2) GB P8,9
V. Notes
Unit 2 Growing smart, growing strong 3/5
I. Language focus:
1. Using connectives to show a cause and effect relationship
2. Using quantifiers to describe amounts
3. Using adverbs to express degree
II. Language skills:
Listening
l Listen for specific information
l Understand the connection between ideas by recognizing linking words and phrases
Reading
l Recognize recurrent patterns in language structure
l Read written language in meaningful chunks
Speaking
l Maintain an interaction by asking and responding to others’ opinions
Writing
l Develop written texts by using appropriate linking words or phrases
III. Materials:
l SB P11
l Cassette 7B
l WB P6
l PP P6,7,8
ProcedureI. Warming-up 1. Free talk:
l A chant: Who was the first?
l Group work: Discuss what Danny did wrong last week
II. While-task procedure
1. Read and write: read Danny’s timetable on Page 10 of your book and complete the report on the things Danny did wrong last week.
2. Design, ask and write: design your own timetable, and then ask and answer in pairs:
What did you do last Sunday?
I played computer for two hours.
Finally, write your partner’s timetable.
3. Compare and decide: Compare your timetables
and decide who did healthier things in the previous week.
4. Pair work: talk about your timetables
5. Group work: discuss and write about what Danny is going to do in the future PP P7
6. Individual work: PP P8 write about what you are going to do in the future to correct your unhealthy habits.
III. Consolidation
1. Oral: 1) Listen and read 5 times
2) Help Danny to change his unhealthy habits
2. Written: 1) Copy work: phrases
2) WB P6
V. Notes
Unit 2 Growing smart, growing strong 4/5
I. Language focus:
1. Using ‘used to’ to describe habitual actions in the past
2. Using the present tense to describe present situations
II. Language skills:
Reading
l Recognize recurrent patterns in language structure
l Read written language in meaningful chunks
l Identify details that support a main idea
l Re-read to establish and confirm meaning
III. Materials:
l SB P12
l Cassette 7B
l WB P7
ProcedureI. Warming-up 1. Free talk:
l What did you do last weekend?
l Did you do enough exercise?
l Do you have a good habit?
l What are you going to do to change your unhealthy habits?
l Why are you going to change your unhealthy habits?
II. Pre-task preparation:
l Practise: take out your photos and answer:
What bad habits did you have when you were a little boy/girl?
I used to ……
l Play a confession game: I will confess what I did wrong in the past, you do the same, like this:
1. I used to eat too many sweets. I don’t eat too many sweets any longer.
2. Now I don’t eat too many sweets
In groups compete: anyone in the group repeats other’s,
leaves the group. The group with the most
members wins.
l Look and read: listen and follow
l Pair work: act out the conversations of the characters
III. Consolidation
1. Oral: 1) Listen and read 5 times
2) Role-play the conversation and recite
2. Written: 1) Copy work: phrases
2) WB P7
3) GB P10
IV. Notes
Unit 2 Growing smart, growing strong
I. Language focus:
1. Using inverted word order to ask questions
2. Using ‘used to’ to describe habitual actions in the past
3. Asking ‘Wh-’ questions to find out specific information
4. Using ‘going to’ to describe events that will occur quite soon
II. Language skills:
Listening
l Listen for specific information
l Recognize differences in the use of intonation in questions and statements, and respond appropriately
Speaking
l Maintain an interaction by asking and responding to others’ opinions
Writing
l Develop written texts by expressing own ideas and feelings
l Gather and share information, ideas and language by brainstorming, listing and observing
l Revise and edit short written texts by making changes to incorrect spelling, punctuation and grammar, and adding details if necessary in response to suggestions from the teacher
III. Materials:
l SB P13
l Cassette 7B
l WB P8
ProcedureI. Warming-up 1. Free talk:
l A chant: Who was the first?
II. While-task procedure:
l Pair work: talk about your bad habits in the past and the bad habits you still have and the reasons why you find it difficult to overcome them. Give each other suggestions.
l About you: complete the checklist on P13 by writing down what you have discussed.
III. Consolidation
1. Oral: 1) Listen and read Tommy Target 5 times
2) Pair work: ask and answer using the target
language
2. Written: 1) Copy work: phrases and sentences
2) WB P8
3) GB P19
IV. Notes