Date: October 5th , 2010

Teacher: Nguyn Th Kim Chung

LESSON PLAN ENGLISH 10

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Period: 19 UNIT 3: PEOPLES BACKGROUND

Lesson 5: Language focus

A. OBJECTIVES
I. AIMS
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- distinguish two vowel sounds /e/ and // and know how to pronounce as well as recognize the
two sounds in words and sentences.
- know how to use The Past Perfect, and differ The Past Perfect from The Past Simple in
situations.
- have a chance to train their skills of doing exercises of verb-using and mistake-finding through
three Exercises 1, 2 & 3.
II. TEACHING AIDS
- Projector, textbook, group boards.
- Method: Students-centered, integrated, mainly communicative.
- Strategies: make Exercises easier, more popular and obvious.
B. PROCEDURES

Teachers activities Time Students activities

I. ORGANIZATION
- Greet Good morning and introduce 1 - Stand up and greet teachers Good morning.
the teachers attending.
II. CHECK THE OLD LESSON
(omitted)
III. NEW LESSON
Warm-up
- Give a small task to students: - look at the pictures and names, discuss and do
+ show four pictures and names. 3 the matching.
+ ask students to match each name 1. pen 2. pan 3. send a letter 4. sand
with a suitable picture, then correct. - under teachers guide, students practise
- guide students to pronounce the pronouncing the names: pen-pan, send-sand.
names: pen-pan, send-sand and realise - and realise the different sounds /e/ and //.
two different sounds /e/ and //. - then start the new lesson.
- lead students to the new lesson.
Pronunciation
- At first, teacher describes the two 12
sounds, and then pronounces the word - students understand the differences of the
examples.
- ask students to listen and repeat the
words in chorus, then individually.
- ask some students to read and correct
the mistakes after their reading.
- then, guide students to practise the
sentences: T reads first and then
students practise in groups sentence by
sentence.
- check some students pronunciation
and correct their mistakes.
- after make sure that students practise
accurately and fluently, teacher gives
homework to students.
Grammar
1. The Past Perfect
- teacher gives a situation:
+ show two pictures about Miss Ngas
activities before 2009 and ask students
to complete a sentence using
suggestions Before 2009, Miss Nga
..
- teacher do the sample sentence:
Before 2009, Miss Nga had visited
France.
- show some other pictures and
suggestions, ask students to do the
same.
- teacher give one more example with
another picture and suggestions
When Rosy went to school, she had
brushed her teeth.
- ask students to make similar
sentences with another situation and
suggestions.
- after that, teacher orders students to
recognize the form of The Past Perfect.
- Give exercise 1 to students.
sounds clearly.
- listen to teachers pronunciation, then imitate
by listening and repeating the words.
- some students stand up and read again.
- after that, students practise the sentences.
- firstly, listen to teachers reading.
- then, practise in groups.
- some representatives stand up and read the
sentences for teacher to check and correct their
mistakes.
- students receive their homework: find out and
differ words in the sentences which contain the
two sounds /e/ and // (write in two columns).
5 - students look at the situations and example.
- do the same sentence with another picture and
suggestions.
Before 2009, Miss Nga had worked as a
teacher.
- students look at one more example and imitate
to do the similar sentences:
When Rosy went to school, she had had
breakfast.
When Rosy went to school, she had finished
her homework.
- students focus on the underlined words and
recognize the form of The Past Perfect.
FORM:
+ S + HAD + P2
- S + HAD NOT + P2
? HAD + S + P2?
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USE:
- th qu kh hon thnh din t 1 s vic c
hon tt trc 1 mc thi gian trong qu kh.
Eg: Before 2009, Nga had visited France.
Before 1990, Mr. Long had worked as a teacher.
- th qu kh hon thnh din t 1 s vic c
hon tt trc 1 hnh ng khc trong qu kh.
Eg: After Mary had brushed her teeth, she had
breakfast.

Exercise 1
+ give instructions to students use the
verbs in brackets in the past perfect.
+ ask students to do the first 5
situations in class (do the rest at
home).
+ ask students to work in pairs.
+ check and correct their mistakes.
2. The past perfect vs. The past
simple
- teacher reshows two sentences:
After Mary had brushed her teeth, she
had breakfast.
After Rosy had finished her
homework, she went to bed.
- order students to realise the forms of
verbs in sentences in order to find out
the difference between The Past
Perfect and The Past Simple.
- ask students to do exercise 2.
Exercise 2
- teacher gives instructions to students
put the verbs in brackets in the past
simple or the past perfect.
- ask students to work in groups in
group boards.
- go around to help groups.
- ask the group who give answers the
most quickly to fix the board onto the
black board.
- correct their answers.
Exercise 3
- teacher compiles based on the form
and requirement of Exercise 3 (in
textbook).
- give instructions find out one
mistake (A or B) in each sentence then 5
After Rosy had finished her homework, she went
to bed.
- thng dng just, already, never, ever
nhn mnh tnh cht hon tt ca s vic.
Eg: Lan has just gone to school.
- then students do exercise 1 in pairs under
teachers guide.
Key: 1. had broken 2. had done 3. had met
5 4. hadnt turned off 5. had ever seen
- students look at the sentences, focus on the
forms of verbs.
8 - students realise the difference between the two
tenses:
Khi trong cu c hai hnh ng xy ra trong
qu kh, s vic no hon tt trc c chia
th qu kh hon thnh, hnh ng no xy ra
sau ta chia th qu kh n.
- work in groups.
- the quickest group fix their answers onto the
black board.
Answers:
1. had just finished 2. had seldom travelled/
traveled-went 3. went-had already taken 4.
Did you manage-had he gone-got 5. had just
got-phoned-had been
- do Exercise 3 individually.
- some students give their answers on the board.
Key:
1. A came
correct. 2. B had already started
1. When we had come (A) to the 3. A went
cinema, the film had stopped (B).
2. Before Mr. Smith moved (A), he
already had started (B) the summer
course.
3. Terry had gone (A) out because he
had received (B) a phone call.
- ask some students to write their
answers on the board and correct.

IV. CONSOLIDATION
- ask students to sum up their lesson. 3 - students sum up their lesson:
+ know how to pronounce and recognize two
vowel sounds /e/ and //.
+ know how to use the past perfect.
+ can differ two past tenses: The past perfect
and The Past Simple.
V. HOMEWORK
- give homework to students. 1
Practise pronouncing /e/ and // - students write down their homework.
at home.
Learn form and use of the past
perfect & the past simple by
heart.
Do the rest of Exercises 1.
Do exercise 3.