Giáo án Tiếng Anh Lớp 6 - Unit 6, Lesson 5: Skills 1 - Năm học 2019-2020

English 6
Date of planning: December 1st, 2019
Date of teaching: December 3rd, 2019
Period 48 
UNIT 6 (cont.)
Lesson 5: SKILLS 1
Students’ level: average score of 7 - 8/10 (75%)
Time allowed: 45 minutes
A. LESSON DESCRIPTION
I. Aims: To help students (Ss) practice reading and speaking skills 
II. Objectives: Ss will be able to ....
* Knowledge: 
- remember some vocabulary related to practices and beliefs of the New Year: strike, cheer, bow, present, shrimp, move backwards
- use Will/Won’t and Should/Shouldn’t to express intentions and advice
* Skills:
- guess the meaning of some new words from the context
- understand the passages (Textbook – p.64-65) to fulfil the reading task
- talk about some common practices and beliefs of the New Year 
* Attitudes: 
- give more love to their traditions at Tet in their country
- be aware of a variety of practices and beliefs of the New Year in Viet Nam and in other countries 
* Competences: 
Ss are expected to have the competences as follows:
Self-control
Independent learning
Collaboration
Problem-solving
III. Ways of teaching:
+ T- Wc 
+ Individual work 
+ Pairwork 
+ Groupwork
IV. Teaching techniques:
- Passing the ball
- Asking and answering
- Eliciting
- Slap the board
- Presentation
- Catching words from images
- Matching
V. Preparations for the lesson: 
Teacher: a ball, a set of computer, extra-board, chalk, ...
Ss: revising the future simple tense and structure “should / shouldn’t + V”; preparing some pictures of some popular beliefs about the New Year 
VI. Anticipated problems:
- Some of the Ss may have difficulty in talking about beliefs of the New Year. 
- Solution: At the end of the last lesson, Ss were assigned to work in groups, preparing their pictures/acting and the beliefs they are going to talk about .
B. LESSON PROCEDURE
 Teacher’s and Ss’ activities
 Contents
I. Greeting and Organisation (1minute)
Teacher (T): Good morning
Ss: Good morning
T: Who’s absent now?
Monitor: ..........
II. Warm-up (4 minutes)
Activity 1: Game: Passing the ball 
Purposes: To break the ice, check Ss’ homework on several ways to celebrate New Year of some groups of people, and introduce the new lesson
- T: “Would you like to play a game? Ok. Let’s play the game “Passing the ball”
- T explains the rules of the game:
+ “Pass the ball to your next classmates while you are listening to the music” 
+ “You with the ball in your hands at the moment that the music stops will answer the questions” 
+ “After answering the four questions, you will find out the three hidden children”
- T asks Ss some questions about the children
“Who are they?” (Ss’answers)
“Where are they from?” (Ss’answers)
“What are they talking about?”
(Ss’answers)
- T leads in the new lesson 
“In today’s lesson, you will fulfil some reading and speaking tasks related to practices and beliefs of the New Year in America, China and Vietnam”
Game: Passing the ball
Questions and keys 
 1. Do the H’Mong start the New Year by sticking feathers of a killed rooster to the drawings of the Sun? 
- Yes
2. In which country do temples ring bells at midnight on December 31st to remove bad actions in the previous year? 
- In Japan 
3. What do the Scottish do to welcome the New Year? 
- Clean their houses
4. What do people in Thailand do to welcome the New Year?
- They throw water over others
Keys:
+ They are Russ, Wu and Mai.
+ Russ is from the USA. Wu’s from China
and Mai is from Viet Nam.
+ They’re talking about their New Year.
III. Pre-reading (7 minutes)
Activity 2: Vocabulary 
Purpose: To help Ss learn some new words/ phrases in the passages 
(Textbook – p. 126)
- T presents the new words / phrases 
- Ss practice reading the new vocabulary (paying attention to the stressed syllables) chorally after T and then some individuals take turns to read the words / phrases in front of the class
1. Vocabulary: (on the black board)
- to strike (midnight) 
[video clip / eliciting]
- to cheer 
[video clip / eliciting]
- to bow [action]
- to present = to give [synonym]
- shrimp (n) [picture] 
- to move backwards 
[picture / eliciting]
Activity 3: Slap the board
Purpose: 
- To help Ss remember the active vocabulary that they have just learned
- T: “Another small game for you – SLAP THE BOARD”
- T gives instructions and lets Ss play the game
T: “I have other new words. Please look at them on this extra-board.”
Slap the board: 
cheer
bow
strike
present 
shrimp
move backwards
 Group 1 Group 2
IV. While-reading (12 minutes)
Activity 4: Matching
Purpose: To develop Ss’ ability of guessing new words from the context
- T: “Russ, Wu and Mai are talking about celebrating New Year in their countries. Read the three passages silently for about 2 minutes, guess the meaning of the words in the contexts so as to do the matching exercise”
- Individuals do the matching exercise in the handouts and then share their answers in close pairs
- One student is called to do the matching on the board
- T gives the keys
- T reads these words aloud and asks Ss to repeat in chorus
- Some Ss take turns to read the words again
Activity 5: Say who the statements refer to
Purpose: To help Ss fulfil the reading task
- T: “Please re-read the passages in silence and identify who the following statements refer to”
- Ss give out their answers 
- T gives feedback
- T calls several Ss to take turns to read the three passages aloud in front of the class
- The others listen and follow the passages in their textbooks
- T corrects their pronunciation if necessary
2. Complete the table:
Say who the following statements refer to
A. Russ B. Wu C. Mai
Statements
Who
1. A dog is a good present.
2. The child welcomes the New Year at Times Square.
3. The child gets lucky money.
4. Giving rice is wishing for enough food.
5. The child dresses beautifully.
6. One shouldn’t eat shrimps at the New Year.
C
A
B
C
B
C
Activity 6: Tick (V) the things which appear in the passages, and cross (X) the ones which don’t.
Purpose: To test Ss’ memory
- T:“Now close all your textbooks, please. You can check how good your memory is. Look at the things on the screen. I’d like you to say “YES” for the things which appear in the passages and say “NO” for the ones which don’t”
- Ss give out their answers 
- T gives feedback
3. Test your memory! Tick (V) the things which appear in the passages, and cross (X) the ones which don’t.
a. lucky money V b. a day full of fun V
b. a cat’s cry V d. house decoration X
c. fireworks V f. say wishes V
d. cheering and singing V h. visit relatives X
g. giving rice V j. Trafagar Square X
V. Post – reading (Speaking) (19 minutes)
Activity 7: Say which practices and beliefs from passages in 1 you will do or won’t do this New Year
Purpose: To develop Ss’ speaking skill, using I Will/Won’t to express intentions
- T: “Look at these activities again. They are the practices and beliefs of the New Year mentioned from the passages in 1. As you know, to express intentions, we use Will/Won’t + V. Please say which ones you will/won’t do this New Year
- T calls 2 Ss to read out the examples
- Ss (in close pairs) do the speaking task
- T goes round and works as a controller and facilitator
- Some Ss are called to stand up and say aloud
- T gives out encouraging comments
1. Expressing Intentions, using
WILL / WON’T 
Examples : 
1. Go to Times Square to welcome the new year
→I won’t go to Times Square to welcome the new year
2. Have a time full of fun 
→I will have a time full of fun
3. Get lucky money from your parents 
4. Give your cousin a cat as a present 
5. Eat shrimps
6. Cheer and sing when the clock strikes midnight
7. Dress beautifully
8. Watch fireworks
Activity 8: Talk about what you should or shouldn’t do at Tet
Purpose: To develop Ss’ speaking skill, using should/shouldn’t to give advice
- T: “To give advice, we use should/shouldn’t. There are some suggested activities here. Please talk about what we should or shouldn’t do at Tet”
- T calls 4 students (in the roles of Student A, B, C and D) to read the example sentences in front of the class 
- Ss work in 4 groups, making their own sentences for about one and a half minutes
- One group is called to give their discussion in front of the class
- T: “What should you do at Tet? (Some Ss answer )
- T: “What shouldn’t you do at Tet? 
(Some Ss answer )
- T gives encouraging comments
2. Giving Advice, using
SHOULD / SHOULDN’T 
play games all night
get up early
invite friends home
buy some salt
bring home a black cat
ask for lucky money
play music loud
break things
eat shrimps on New Year’s Day
Examples : 
Activity 9: Game: Catching words from images
Purpose: To talk about some popular beliefs about the New Year
- T: “Please enjoy an interesting game called Catching words from images”
- Ss enjoy the game
Look and say out the beliefs about the New Year
VI. Consolidation (1minute)
Practices and beliefs about the New Year 
+ Reading (skills: reading for details; guessing meaning from context)
 about New Year in different countries 
+ Speaking: - Express Intentions, using WILL / WON’T 
 - Give Advice, using SHOULD / SHOULDN’T 
VII. Homework (1minute)
- Write a list what you should and shouldn’t do at Tet 
- Prepare for Skills 2 
 + Review the structures of will/won’t and should/should’t 
 + Review the format of an e-mail to a friend (unit 2)