Giáo án Tiếng Anh Lớp 7 - Unit 1, Period 3: A closer look 1

Week: 1st 	 Preparation day: 
Period: 3 	 Teaching day: ....
A closer look 1
I. Objectives: 
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to use lexical items related to the topic “my hobbies” and they can pronounce correctly the sounds /¶/, and /3:/
II. Language contents: 
Grammar: (review: present simple)
Vocabulary: (review lexical items related to the topic “my hobbies”) 
Skills: Integrated 4 skills
III. Classroom arrangement: 
Individual work, pair work, group work 
IV. Teaching aids: 
Pictures, textbook and cassette player
V. Time: 45 minutes
VI. Procedure: 
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Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
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- T gives an example and asks Ss to write their hobbies on the board. 
- T checks and leads in the new lesson. 
*Vocabulary 
Presentation
- T gives ICQs and asks Ss to do task 1. 
- T confirms their answers. 
Practice 
- T gives ICQs and asks Ss to do task 2.
- T confirms their answers. 
- T asks Ss to write down the keywords to describe hobbies in the table. 
- T confirms their answers. 
Further practice 
- T gives instructions to guide students to play the game. ( Work in groups. Each student thinks of a hobby and says the keywords out loud, . ) 
- T declares the winner. 
* PRONUNCIATION 
Presentation 
- T writes the two words on the board and asks Ss to pronounce them. 
- T asks Ss to recognize the sounds. 
- T introduces the two sounds. 
 Controlled practice 
- T plays the recording. 
- T gives feedback. 
- T gives ICQs and plays the recording again. 
- T confirms their answers. 
Less controlled practice 
- T gives ICQs and plays the recording. 
- T gives feedback.
- Ss work in groups to write their hobbies on the board. 
- Ss work in pairs to do task 1 and give the answers. 
- Ss work in pairs to do the task and write the answers on the board. 
- Ss work in pairs to write down the keywords.
- Ss work in groups to play the game. 
- Ss pronounce the two words. 
- Ss recognize the sounds.
- Ss listen and tick the words they hear. Then compare and give the answers. 
- Ss listen and put the words in the correct column. 
- Ss listen and tick (ü) the correct column. Then give the answers. 
Warm up: Brainstorming 
Hobbies 
watching TV 
1. Match the correct verbs with the hobbies. Some hobbies may be used with more than one verb. 
(Textbook, page 8)
Answer key: 
1. go camping / go mountain-climbing/ go horse-riding 
2. do gymnastics
3. collect bottles/ collect photos/ collect dolls
4. play the piano/ play badminton
5. take photos
6. watch TV 
2. Fill in each blank in the sentences with one hobby or one action verb from the box below. 
(Textbook, page 8)
Answer key: 
swimming, swim
listen, Listening to music 
plant, gardening 
catch, fishing 
painting, paints 
3. Do you know what a keyword is? Work in pairs and write down keywords to describe the hobbies in the table below. You can use the words in the sentences from 2 to help you. 
 (textbook, page 8) 
Suggested answers 
Hobby
Keywords
Listening to music
Melody, songs, headphones, noise, rhythm, lyrics 
Gardening 
Trees, flowers, garden, plant, vegetables, grow, fruit, 
Fishing 
Lake, exciting, catch, fish, water, boat, 
Painting 
Creative, colours, pictures, artist, painting, 
Swimming 
Pool, fun, water, keep fit, swim, 
4. Game: THE KEYS TO MY HOBBY! 
Example: 
A: water, grow, flowers, vegetables 
B: Is it gardening? 
A: Yes, it is. 
PRONUNCIATION 
 away birth 
/¶/ /3:/
5. Listen and tick the words you hear. Repeat the words. 
 (Textbook, page 9) 
Answer key: 
 Tapescript: 
Burn common hurt neighbour birth answer heard away 
bird-watching 
ü
answer 
ü
away 
ü
neighbour 
ü
burn 
singer 
ü
hurt 
ü
heard 
ü
birth 
ü
common 
6. Listen again and put the words in the correct column. 
Answer: 
/¶/
/3:/
Away, answer, neighbour, common 
Burn, birth, hurt, heard 
7. Listen to the sentences and tick /¶/ or /3:/. Practise the sentences. 
(textbook, page 9)
Answer key 
/¶/
/3:/
1. His hobby is collecting toy cars. 
ü
2. My sister has a lot of photos. 
ü
3. When I have free time, I usually go surfing. 
ü
4. I love the colours in their paintings. 
ü
5. My friend has unusual hobby; learning foreign languages. 
ü
VII. Homework: 3’
Review the phrases and practice the two sounds /¶/ and /3:/. 
Prepare Unit 1 (cont): A Closer look 2. 
VIII. Remarks: