Giáo án Tiếng Anh Lớp 7 - Unit 4, Period 40: Skill 2

Week: 10th 	 Preparation day: ..
Period: 40 	 Teaching day: ...
Skill 2
I. Objectives: 
By the end of the lesson, students can listen to get information about an artist and write an informal letter of invitation. 
II. Language contents: 
Grammar: making suggestions (review) 
Vocabulary: (review vocabulary in previous lessons) 
Skills: listening and writing 
III. Classroom arrangement: 
Individual work, pair work, group work 
IV. Teaching aids: 
Pictures, textbook and cassette player
V. Procedure: 
T
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
Contents 
5 
6 
4 
3 
2
5
12
5 
- T asks Ss to retell about traditional Vietnamese performance.
-T asks some students to present in front of the class. 
- T monitors the activity. 
LISTENING 
Pre listening 
- T sets the scene from the picture: ‘What is it? What do you know about Picasso? 
Listen for gist
- T gives ICQs for task 1 and plays the recording. 
- T confirms their answer from the recording. 
- T asks Ss to explain the meaning of these words. 
- T confirms their answers. 
Listen for details 
- T gives ICQs for task 2. 
- T confirms their answers from the recording. 
Post listening 
- T gives ICQs for task 3 and plays the recording. 
- T confirms their answers. 
WRITING 
Pre writing 
- T sets the scene by asking students some questions: ‘Do you often write a letter to your friend? When do you often write a letter to him/ her?’
- T asks Ss to read the letter and asks them: ‘What kind of letter is it? Who wrote this letter?’
- T gives ICQs for task 4. 
- T confirms their answers. 
- T elicits the format of an informal letter of the invitation. 
- T writes the sections on the board. 
- T elicits the sentence from the letter. 
- T writes the sentence on the board and elicits the form. 
While writing 
- T gives ICQs for task 5. 
- T monitors the activity. 
Post writing 
- T asks Ss to exchange their letter to their friend. 
- T monitors the activity 
- Ss work in pairs to retell some main points about the water puppetry. 
- Ss present their ideas.
- Ss answer the questions.
- Ss listen to the recording and complete task 1. Then give the answers. 
- Ss explain the meaning of these words. 
- Ss listen to the recording and complete task 2. Then compare and give the answers. 
- Ss listen to the recording and discuss the question in pairs. Then give the answer.
- Ss answer the questions.
- Ss answer the question quickly. 
- Ss read the letter and complete the task. Then give the answers. 
- Ss read the letter and identify the sections.
- Ss copy
- Ss read the sentence. 
- Ss copy
- Ss use the cues to
write a letter to invite 
a friend to an art exhibition individually. 
- Ss remark the letter based on the checklist. 
Revision: 
Traditional Vietnamese performance
 Water puppetry 
1. Listen to the passage about Picasso and circle the words you hear. 
(textbook, page 45)
Answer key: 
1. artists (people who paint pictures) 
2. (the process of learning)
3. portrait (a drawing, painting, photograph of a person) 
4. paintings (painted pictures) 
2. Listen to the passage again and choose the correct answers. 
(textbook, page 45)
Answer key: 
A (In 1881) 
B (seven) 
A (50,000) 
C (In Mougins) 
3. Listen to the passage one more time. As a class, discuss how the listening is organized 
 (according to a timeline, the order of important events, or another way) 
Answer key: 
à According to timeline
Informal letter of invitation
4. Read the following letter and choose the correct answer. 
(textbook, page 42)
Answer key: 
A 
B 
Section of the letter: 
Heading: writer’s address and the dates
Opening: Dear, 
Body of the letter
Closing: Cheers, //Your friends, // Love, 
How about watching a water puppet show? 
Writing tip 
When you write an informal letter of invitation, you use: 
 How about + V-ing
5. Now write a letter to invite a friend to an art exhibition, using the following: 
- Event: Exhibition of Modern Art
- Time: 9 o’clock, Saturday morning
- Place: Arts Centre 
- Time to meet: 8.15 
Correction 
Checklist: 
Contents
Marks
Enough sections: 
+ Heading 
+ Opening 
+ Body
+ Closing 
4 ms
Style : informal 
2ms 
A wide range of vocabulary 
2ms 
Good grammar
2ms 
VII. Homework: 3’
Review sections of an informal letter and the structure. 
Write the letter into notebook. 
Prepare Unit 5 (cont.): Looking back and project. 
VIII. Remarks: