Giáo án Tiếng Anh Lớp 7 - Unit 1, Period 2: Getting started

Week: 1st 	 Preparation day: ..
Period: 2 	 Teaching day: ...
Getting started 
I. Objectives: 
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to use the lexical items related to the
topic ‘My hobbies’ 
II. Language contents: 
Grammar: present simple tense. 
Vocabulary: bird-watching, gardening, arranging flowers, skating, board game, collect
Skills: Integrated 4 skills
III. Classroom arrangement: 
Individual work, pair work, group work 
IV. Teaching aids: 
Pictures, textbook and cassette player
V. Procedure: 
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Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
Contents 
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- T chats with students: “I like watching TV. What about you?” 
- T leads in the new lesson. 
Pre-teach vocabulary 
- T uses pictures to elicits vocabulary about hobbies. 
- T uses CCQs 
- T checks: matching (Exercise 2 and 3). 
Focus on reading 
- T sets the scene from the pictures: “Nick and Elena are talking about their hobbies.” What hobbies are they talking about? 
- T writes their guesses on the board. Then plays the recording. 
Reading for gist: 
- T asks Ss if their guesses on the board are correct and confirms their answers. 
Reading for details: 
- T asks Ss to read the dialogue again and check the sentences if they are true or false. 
- T confirms their answers. 
- T asks Ss to read the dialogue again and answer the questions. 
- T confirms their answers. 
- T asks Ss to give the meaning of the idiom “It’s a piece of cake” in the context. 
- T confirms their answer. 
- T asks Ss to divide the hobbies into four groups from exercise 3. 
- T confirms their answers. 
Focus on grammar 
- T asks Ss to elicit the model asking about hobbies. 
- T uses CCQs and ICQs.
Practice 
- T asks Ss to ask and answer about their hobbies. 
- T monitors the class. 
- T guides Ss to have a further practice through the game “Find someone who.?”
- T uses ICQS
- T declares the winner. 
- Ss talk about their hobbies. 
- Ss look at the pictures, listen and read. 
- Ss answer and copy. 
- Ss look at the pictures and guess. 
- Ss listen and read.
- Ss call it out
- Ss read the dialogue and do the task. Then compare and give the answers. 
- Ss work in pairs to answers the questions. Then write the answers on the board. 
- Ss check the context and give the meaning of the idiom. 
- Ss work in pairs to sort out the hobbies. Then write on the board. 
- Ss answer. 
- Ss listen and answer the questions. 
- Ss work in pairs to ask and answer about their hobbies. 
- Ss move around the class to play the game. 
Warm up: Chatting 
 Hobbies 
* Vocabulary 
- bird-watching ['bə:d,wɔt∫iη]: quan sát chim chóc 
- gardening (n)['gɑ:dniη]: 
làm vườn 
- arranging flowers:[ə'reindʒ]
 cắm hoa
- skating (n)['skeitiη]: trượt pa-tanh
- board game (n)[bɔ:d]: trò chơi trên bàn cờ 
- (to) collect[kə'lekt]: sưu tầm
What hobbies are they talking about? 
à They are talking about collecting dolls, collecting glass bottles and mountain climbing. 
a. Are the sentences below true (T) or false (F)?
(textbook, page 10)
Answer key: 
1. T (They go upstairs to her room) 
2. T
3. F (Mi’s hobby is collecting glass bottles.) 
4. F (Her parents, aunt and uncle) 
5. T 
b. Answer the questions 
(textbook, page 10)
1. She receives dolls on special occasions.
2. No, they aren’t. 
3. She keeps them after using them. 
4. No, she doesn’t. 
5. No, he hasn’t. 
Nick: “I don’t know why girls collect things. It’s a piece of cake. à It’s very easy. 
4/ Work in pairs and complete the tables below. Do you think the hobbies in 3 are cheap, expensive, easy or difficult? 
 (Textbook, page 10) 
Suggested answers 
Cheap hobbies 
Expensive hobbies 
Playing board games, gardening, bird-watching, collecting old bottles, 
Taking photos, cycling, playing the guitar, cooking, arranging flowers, collecting watches, 
Easy hobbies 
Difficult hobbies 
Playing board games, gardening, bird-watching, collecting old bottles, taking photos, 
Playing the guitar, cooking, arranging flowers, making short films, 
Model: 
A: Do you like gardening? 
B: No, I don’t. 
 Yes, I do. 
a. In 3-5 minutes, ask as many classmates as you can about which hobbies from 3 they like. Use the question “Do you like ?” 
b. In the table below, write your classmates’ names beside the hobbies they like. The students with the most names wins. 
Find someone who likes  
Names 
Cycling 
Arranging flowers 
Taking photos
Skating 
Cooking 
Playing the guitar
Bird-watching 
Playing board games 
Gardening 
VII. Homework: 3’
Learn new words and review the structure. 
Prepare Unit 1: (cont) A closer look 1. 
VIII. Remarks: