Giáo án Tiếng Anh 9 tiết 54 - Unit 8: Celebrations - Lesson 5: Language focus

GIÁO ÁN THI GIÁO VIÊN GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN * Năm học 2014 - 2015 – GV: Hoàng Thị Kim Oanh
Date of teaching: 12/3/2015
Week: 28
Period: 54
 UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS
 Lesson 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS
 I. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to use the adverb clauses of concession and the relative clauses.
- Help the students improve their speaking and writing skills.
II. Preparations: Powerpoint, handout.
III. Procedures: 
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
Class attendance: 
 9A3:
1. WARM UP (5’)
- Have the students match the icons with the names of the festival. (handout)
Name of festival
Icon
Description
Tết
occurs in late January or early February
Mid - Fall Festival
occurs in Lunar August
Christmas
occurs in December
Easter
occurs at around the same time as Passover
Flower Festival
occurs every two years in Dalat
 -Get feedback 
- Introduce the new lesson.
2- ACTIVITY 1 
Task 1 (10’)
-Show the sentence : 
 Tet is a festival. It occurs in late January or early February. 
Or:Tet is a festival which occurs in late January or early February.
 -Explain: The second sentence tells us more about “a festival”. It modifies the noun before it. It is a relative clause with WHICH , a relative pronoun for things and subject of the verb.
- Ask the students to say complete sentences about the festival in the table, using relative clause.
Ex: Christmas is a festival which occurs on December 24th. 
-Have the students look at this pair of sentences :
 Alexander Graham Bell is an inventor. He invented the telephone.
àA. G. Bell is an inventor who invented the telephone.
-Explain: When it modifies a noun for people, we use WHO.
-Have the students take note :
I. Relative clauses:
PEOPLE
THINGS
SUBJECT
WHO
WHICH
Ex1: Tet is a festival. It occurs in late January or early February. 
Or:Tet is a festival which occurs in late January or early February.
 Relative pronoun Relative clause
 for things
Ex2: Alexander Graham Bell is an inventor. He invented the telephone.
àA. G. Bell is an inventor who invented the telephone.
 Relative pronoun Relative clause
 for people
 Task 2 (5’) 
- Have the students play the game “Lucky number” to do the Language Focus 1.Guide them to underline the noun in the first sentence and the word it refers to in the second one
- Get feedback and correct (oral)
Key:
a. Auld Lang Syne is a song which is sung on New Year’s Eve.
b. This watch is a gift which was given to me by my aunt on my 14th birthday.
c. My friend Tom, who sings Western folk songs very well, can compose songs.
d. We often go to the town cultural house which always opens on public holidays.
e. I like reading books which tell about different peoples and their cultures.
f. On my Mum’s birthday my Dad gave her roses which were very sweet and beautiful.
g. Judy liked the full-moon festival which is celebrated in mid-fall very much.
h. Tomorrow I will go to the airport to meet my friends who come to stay with us during Christmas.
Task 3 (5’) 
- Have the students play the role of “me” to describe the people in the pictures, using relative pronouns.
Example:
S1: This is my family. Can you find me? I am the girl who is wearing a pink dress. Can you guess who my brother is?
S2: Your brother is the boy who is wearing a white T- shirt.
S1: You are right. My dad is the man who is standing behind me.
S2: And your mom is the woman who is sitting in an armchair.
S1: That’s right.
- Call on some students to demonstrate before the class.
3. ACTIVITY 2 
 II. Adverb clauses of concession.
Task 1 (5’)
- Set the scene: What do you often do when you are tired? You often take a rest or go to bed.
 I’m tired, so I go to bed.
-Show the picture of Nam: How did he feel yesterday?
 Nam was tired, but he tried to study.
-Explain the structure : To talk about an opposite result, we can say:
→ Although Nam was tired, he tried to study.
→ Nam tired to study hard although he was tried.
 though
 even though
 Adverb clause of concession
Task 2 (5’)
- Have the students join the two sentences, using adverb clauses of concession.
Ex: Thu Ha is not satisfied with her preparations for Tet even though she has decorated her house and made plenty of cakes.
Get feedback and correct (oral)
Key:
b. Although we don’t have a Mother’s day in Viet Nam, Dad and I have special gift and parties for my Mom every year on the 8th of March. 
c. We went to Ha Noi to watch the parade on the National Day last year even though we live in Nam Đinh.
d. Many tourists enjoy most of the festivals in Viet Nam, though they do not understand Vietnamese culture very much.
e. Even though in Australia Christmas season is in Summer, people enjoy Christmas as much as they do in other European countries.
f. Although Jim came to the show late due to the traffic jam, he could see the main part of the show.
Task 3 (5’)
- Have Ss look at the pictures on the page 72 – 73 and complete the sentences, using the correct tense of the verbs.
 Get feedback and correct (oral - written)
KEYS:
a. Although Mrs. Thoa was tired, she helped Tuan with his homework.
b. Even though Liz has an exam tomorrow, she is still watching TV now.
c. It rained yesterday although the weather bureau predicted the weather would be fine.
d. Ba ate a lot of food though he wasn’t very hungry.
e. Even though the keyboard wasn’t working well, she tried to finish her letter
5. CONSOLIDATION (5’)
- Ask the students to do this exercise on handout :
 Rewrite the sentences with the given words:
He is young. He can invent a lot of things.
Although..
The film is very interesting. It was shown on TV last night.
The film which..
I don’t like him but I will help him this time.
I will .
The man is my father. He teaches you English.
The man who 
-Briefly summarize again what have been taught:
-relative clause (who, which)
-adverb clause of concession
6. HOMEWORK 
Redo the exercises in your notebooks.
Matching the icons with the names of the festival
1- Christmas
2- Easter
3- Tết
4- Mid Fall Festival
5- Flower Festival
Look at the sentences and listen to the teacher’s explanation.
Say complete sentences about the festival in the table. (individually)
Look at the sentences and listen to the teacher’s explanation.
Take note
Play the game to do the Language Focus 1 (work in groups)
Number 1 – c 
Number 2 – g 
Number 3 – d
Number 4 – f 
Number 5 – b 
Number 6 – lucky number
Number 7 – e 
Number 8 – a 
Number 9 – h 
Play the role of “me” to describe the people in the pictures, using relative pronouns.
(work in pairs)
Look at the sentences and listen to the teacher’s explanation.
Take note
Look at the example and do the Language Focus 3 (work in groups)
Look at the pictures and complete the sentences
(work in groups)
Group 1: picture b
Group 2: picture c
Group 3: picture d
Group 4: picture e
Rewrite the sentences
(individually)
Key:
1. Although he is young, he can invent a lot of things
2. The film which was shown on TV last night is very interesting.
3. I will help him this time although I don’t like him.
4. The man who teaches you English is my father.
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