Lesson Plan English 7 (New) - Period 2 to 8, Unit 1: My hobbies - School year 2014-2015

their answer.
Confirm the correct answer
Answer
Listen and read
Guess 
Answer
Do exercise and share with friends
Give answer to the class
Do the exercise independently.
Correct the answers with T
7’
5’
Ex2: Listen and repeat:
cycling 
taking photos
cooking
bird-watching
gardening
arranging flowers
skating
playing the guitar
playing board games
Ex3: Match the words/phrase with the pictures
playing board games
taking photos
bird-watching
cycling
playing the guitar
gardening
cooking
arranging flowers
skating
Ask Ss to listen and repeat 
Play the recording
Have some Ss to practice reading the words out loud
Elicit meaning.
Listen and repeat
Write new vocabulary on the notebook
9’
9’
Ex4: Work in pairs and complete the tables below. Do you think the hobbies in 3 are cheap or expensive, easy or difficult?
Suggested answer:
Cheap hobbies: playing board games, gardening, bird-watching, collecting old bottles,
Expensive hobbies: taking photos, cycling, playing the guitar, cooking, arranging flowers, collecting watches,
Easy hobbies: playing board games, gardening, bird-watching, collecting old bottles, taking photos,
Difficult hobbies: playing the guitar, cooking, arranging flowers, making short films,
Game: Find someone who
Find someone who likes 
cyling
arranging flowers
taking photos
skating
cooking
playing the guitar
bird-watching
playing board games
gardening
Ask students to work in pairs to complete the table
Ask Ss to explain their answers
Have Ss add more words to the table
Check the answer with the class
Give handouts to Ss
Ask students to interview their classmates to complete the table, using |’Do you like...?”
Choose the students with the most names the winner
Answer
Check the answers with the class 
Interview classmates
Fill in the handouts
The winners have to read aloud the names on the list
2’
3.Homework:
Review the lesson at home
Learn by heart new vocabularies
Prepare for the next lesson.
Handout
Unit 1:
Getting started
Find someone who likes .
Cycling
Arranging flowers
Taking photos
Skating
Cooking
Playing the guitar
Bird-watching
Playing board games
Gardening
Date of teaching: 18/8/2014
Week: 1
Period: 3	 
UNIT 1: My hobbies
Lesson 2: A closer look 1
I. Objectives.
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to use lexical items related to hobbies. Pronounce the sounds / ə / and / 3:/ in context.
II. Teaching aids:
- Stereo, CD.
III. Procedure
A. Class organization.
- Greetings.
- Checking attendance: 
B. New lesson.
TIME
CONTENT
TEACHERS’ ACTIVITIES
STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
4’
1.Warm up:
Hobbies: 
Go shopping, gardening, go fishing, listening to music, playing football, etc
Divide the class into two groups
Instruct the rule of the games
Ask Ss to name some hobbies they learnt
Choose the group with the most correct answer the winner
Congratulate the whole class
Students of each group write their answer on the board
Check with teachers
6’
2.Activities:
Ex1: Match the correct verbs with the hobbies. Some hobbies may be used with more than one verb.
Key:
d,e,i
g
b,c,j
f,h
c
a
- Have Ss read the action verbs in column A and match them with the suitable words/phrases in column B.
- Remind them that a verb can go with more than one word/phrase
- Ask Ss to compare the answers
- Check and confirm the answers with the class
Do the exercise
Work in pairs to compare their answer with the class
Check the answers with T
5’
6’
6’
Ex2: Fill in each blank in the sentences with one hobby or action verb from the box below.
Key:
swimming, swim
listen, Listening to music
plant, gardening
catch, fishing
painting, paints
Ex3: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.
Key:
Hobbies: listening to music
Keywords: melody, songs, headphones, noise, rhythm, etc
Hobbies: gardening
Keywords: trees, fowers, garden, plant (v/n), vegetables, grow, fruit..
Hobbies: fishing
Keywords: lake, exciting, catch, fish, water, boat
Hobbies: painting
Keywords: creative, colours, pictures, artist, painting
Hobbies: swimming
Keywords: pool, fun, water, keep fit, swim
Ex4: GAME: THE KEYS TO MY HOBBY!
Example:
Water, grow, flowers, vegetables
Is it gardening?
Yes, it is.
Run through the exercise
Ask Ss to do the exercise 
Write the correct answer on the board
Ask students if they know what a keywords is.
Explain that a keyword helps Ss understand a text quickly and it is usually a noun, a verb, an adjective or an verb.
Model the way to locate keywords for ‘Listening to music’
Have Ss look at sentence 2 in activity 2 and read out the keywords.
Have Ss do the same in pairs
Check
Instruct the rule
Monitor Ss
Call some group secretaries to share the group’s hobbies.
Do the exercise and check with T
Follow T guide
Work in pairs
Check with T
Work in groups
 play the guessing game and records other Ss’ points
- One Ss is the secretary who writes down other Ss’ hobbies.
5’
5’
6’
Pronunciation
/∂/ and /3:/
Ex5: Listen and stick (ü) the words you hear. Repeat the words.
Key
¨ bird-watching
þ away
þ burn
þ hurt
þ birth
þ answer
þ neighbor
¨ singer
þ heard
þ common
Ex6: Listen again and put the words in the correct column.
Key:
/∂/: away, answer, neighbor, common
/3:/: burn, birth, hurt, heard
Ex7: Listen to the sentences and tick /∂/ or /3:/
Key
 /∂/ /3:/
ü
ü
 ü
ü
 ü
Have some Ss read out the words first
Play the recording
Ask Ss to listen and stick the words they hear.
Play the recording as many times as necessary.
Check and confirm the answers
- Play the recording again.
- Ask Ss to put the correct column while they listen.
- Have Ss compare their answers in pairs
- Check 
Run through the exercise
Instruct Ss how to do the exercise
Play the recording
Check 
Ask some Ss practice the sentence
Read out the words 
Listen and stick
Check the answers
Do the exercise
Compare answer in pairs
Check answer with T
Ss do this exercise individually first then compare their answers with a partner. 
Practise the sentences
2’
3.Homework
. Review the lesson at home
Learn by heart new vocabularies
Prepare for the next lesson
Week: 1
Date of teaching: 18/8/2014
Period: 4	 
UNIT 1: My hobbies
Lesson 3: A closer look 2
I. Objectives.
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to use the present simple, the future simple and verbs of liking + V-ing correctly and appropriately.
II. Teaching aids:
- Stereo, CD.
III. Procedure
A. Class organization.
- Greetings.
- Checking attendance
B. New lesson.
TIME
CONTENT
TEACHERS’ ACTIVITIES
STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
4’
1.Warm up:
Nought and Crosses:
play
like
read
listen
do
visit
make
watch
cook
Ex: She often plays chess after school
Divide the class into two groups Nought and Crosses
Instruct the rule of the games
Monitor the class
Choose the group winner
Congratulate the whole class
Each groups choose one word then make sentence with this words
Which group has a line of three words first is the winner
6’
Activities
Ex1:Complete the sentences. Use the present simple or future simple form of the verbs.
loves; will not/ won’t continue
take
doesdo
will enjoy
Dodo
Willplay
- Have Ss present the form and usage of these two tenses before asking them to do the exercises.
- Check
Do the exercise individually.
Compare the answers with a partner
Check
5’
8’
5’
Ex2: The table below shows the results of Nick survey on his classmates’ hobbies. Read the table and complete his report using the present simple.
likes
watch
don’t love
go
enjoy
play
plays
doesn’t like
plays
Ex3:
a. Work in groups. Think of some activities (such as listening to music, playing basketball, or going shopping) and make a table like the table in activity 2. One student in the group asks the other group members about the frequency they do these activities while another student in the group records the answers.
b. Now, as a group, write a short report about what you have found out. Use Nick’s report in 2 as an example
Look out! Box
We often use the –ing form after verbs of liking and not liking. Theses verbs are “like”,”love”, and hate (not like).
Ex: I like going to the cinema.
 She hates cleaning the floor.
Run through the exercise
Ask Ss to do the exercise 
Write the correct answer on the board
- Divide Ss into groups of six
 - Give handouts to each students
Instruct the rule
Monitor Ss
Give each groups a big piece of paper
Guide Ss how to write the report
Monitor the class
Have Ss read the Look out! Box. 
Explain the structure
Work in pairs and check with T
Work in groups
Stick the reports on the wall
T and other Ss read and comment
Vote for the best report 
Make some sentences with the verbs of liking.
5’
5’
5’
Ex4: Complete the sentences, using the –ing form of the verbs in the box.
Key
riding
watching, going
talking
playing
eating
walking
Ex5: Look at the pictures and write sentences. Use suitable verbs of liking or not liking and the –ing form
Suggested answers
He doesn’t like eating apples.
They love playing table tennis.
She hates playing the piano.
He enjoys gardening.
She likes dancing
Ex6: What does each member in your family like or not like doing? Write the sentences.
My father likes ______________________.
My father hates ______________________.
My mother enjoys ____________________.
My mother doesn’t like ________________.
My brother/ sister loves ________________.
My brother/ sister doesn’t like ___________.
Run through the exercise
Monitor the class
Call on some Ss to read out the answers
Check and comment
Have Ss read the example and explain the way to do this activity.
Call on some Ss to write their answer on the board.
Check and comment on Ss’ sentences
Run through the exercise
Monitor the class
Comment and check Ss answer on the board.
Work individally
Compare answer with a classmate
Check the answer with T
Work in pairs
Write sentences using pictures as clues
Work individually
Compare sentences with a classmate
Check 
2’
3.Homework
Review the lesson at home
Learn by heart new vocabularies
Prepare for the next lesson.
 	Week: 2
Date of teaching: 25/8/2014
Period: 5	 
UNIT 1: My hobbies
Lesson 4: Communication
I. Objectives.
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to describe and give opinions about hobbies.
II. Teaching aids:
- Stereo, CD.
III. Procedure
A. Class organization.
- Greetings.
- Checking attendance: 
B. New lesson.
TIME
CONTENT
TEACHERS’ ACTIVITIES
STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
6’
1.Warm up:
Brain-storming
My hobby: 
Divide the class into two groups 
Instruct the rule of the games
Monitor the class
Choose the group winner
Congratulate the whole class
Each Ss write their hobbies on the board.
One Ss one hobby
The group with the most Ss is the winner
6’
2.Activities
Ex1: Match the activity with the picture.
Carving wood
Making models
Ice-skating
Dancing
Making pottery
- Go through the Extra vocabulary with the students
- Ask Ss to do this exercise individually.
- Have ss compare the answer with a partner
- Check and confirm answers.
Do the exercise individually.
Make one sentence with each picture
7’
Ex2: What do you think about the hobbies in 1? Look at the table below and tick the boxes. Then, complete the sentences below by writing one reason to explain your choice.
 find sth/doing sth + adj
Ex: I find swimming interesting.
Think sth/doing sth is + adj
Ex: They think swimming is interesting.
Ask Ss to tick the boxes.
Ask Ss to look at the “look out” box, explain the structures.
- Ask Ss to do this exercise individually.
-Have Ss compare the answer with a partner
Call on some Ss to write the answer on the board.
Check and confirm answers.
Work individually
Compare sentences with a classmate
Check the answer with T
25’
Ex3:Interview.
What do you think about making pottery?
How do you find making pottery?
I think it is 
I find it 
Why?
Because
Will you take up making pottery in the future?
Yes, I will/ I’m not sure.
Ask Ss to work in pairs to make conversation as example.
Ask Ss to take turn being the person who asks the questions.
Call on some Ss to report the answers to the class
Check and confirm the answers.
Work in pairs
1’
3.Homework
Review the lesson at home
Learn by heart new vocabularies
Prepare for the next lesson.
Week: 2
Date of teaching: 25/8/2014
Period: 6	 
 UNIT 1: My hobbies
 Lesson 5: Skill 1
I. Objectives.
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to read for general and specific information about an unusual hobby. Talk about hobbies.
II. Teaching aids:
- Stereo, CD.
III. Procedure
A. Class organization.
- Greetings.
- Checking attendance: 
B. New lesson.
Time
The content
Teacher’s activities
Ss’ activities
6’
6’
6’
10’
15’
2’
1. Warm up
1.What can you see in the pictures?
2.What do you think the objects are made of?
3.Can you guess what hobby it is?
Answer:
1. A teddy bear, a flower, a bird and flowers.
2. They are made of eggshells.
3. The hobby is carving eggshells.
2. Activities
Ex2: Read the text and answer the questions.
1. He thinks his father’s hobby is unusual because eggshells are very fragile and his father can make beautiful pieces of art from them.
2. He saw the carved eggshells for the first time in art gallery in the USA.
3. They find it difficult and boring.
4. Yes, he does.
Ex3: Read the sentences below.
1. carving eggshells.
2. the Us
3. the internet
4. time
5. gifts.
2. Speaking
Speaking
Ex4: Nick says that carved eggshells can be used as gifts for your family and friends. In pairs, discuss other uses of these pieces of artwork. Share your ideas with the class.
Some uses: decorations at home, sourvenirs, lights (with bigger eggs)..
Ex5: Work in groups. Take turns talking about your hobbies. Use the questions below, and your own to help.
1. What is the name of your hobby?
2. When did you start your hobby?
3. Is your hobby easy or difficult? Why?
4. Is your hobby useful? Why? Why not?
5. Do you intend to continue your hobby in the future?
3. Homework.
-Learn new vocabularies and structures by heart.
- Prepare: Skill 2
- T shows pictures and ask Ss some questions
- Introduce that they are going to read about an unusual hobby.
- Ask Ss to read the text and check. Ask them to explain their answers. Ss can either paraphrase the original information from the text or read out loud the part of the text where the answer to each question is located. 
-Confirm the correct answers.
Ex3: Ss complete the sentences without reading the text again. Then Ss can underline parts of the text that help them find the answers. Ss share their answers with a partner. Check and confirm the correct answers.
Ex4: 
-Have Ss work in pairs to discuss the uses of carved eggshells. Encourage Ss to think creatively. 
Ex5: Have Ss work in groups and take turns talking about their hobbies. Then they vote for the most exciting hobby. Call on some Ss to talk about the most exciting hobby of their group. T monitor the conversations and note down common errors.
- T corrects the errors with class.
-Answer questions
-Read the text in textbook
-Read the text 
-Work individually
-Discuss in pairs
-Discuss in groups of four
Week: 2
Date of teaching: 25/8/2014
Period: 7	 
UNIT 1: My hobbies
 Lesson 6: Skill 2
I. Objectives.
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to listen to get specific information about an unusual hobby.
II. Teaching aids:
- Stereo, CD.
III. Procedure
A. Class organization.
- Greetings.
- Checking attendance: 
II. New lesson.
Time
The content
T’s activities
Ss’ activities
5’
5’
10’
24’
1’
1. Warm up.
Ex1: Do you know anything about collecting glass bottles? DO you think it is a good hobby? Why? Why not?
2. Activities.
Ex2: Listen to an interview about hobbies
1. collecting glass bottles.
2. two years ago.
3. mother
4. a, grandmother; 
 b, flower; lamps
 c, home
5. useful
6, continue the hobby
Writing tip: You can use a word web as a way to organise the ideas for your writing
Ex3: Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about each other’s hobbies. Take notes below: 
Mi’s hobby:
1. Name of the hobby
2. Started
3. Person who shares the hobby with Mi:
4. To do this hobby you have to:
a, collect bottles after use+ get them from..
b, Make .vases.or
c, use them as..decorations
5. Feelings about the hobby.
6. Future: will
Ex4: Now, write a paragraph about your classmate’s hobby. Use the notes from Ex3. Start your paragraph as shown below.
..is my classmate. His/her hobby is
..
Homework.
- Learn new vocabularies and structures by heart.
- Do exercise: E1,2 workbook
- Prepare: Looking back 
Chatting: Ex1: Ask Ss if they know anything about collecting glass bottles and if they think it is useful. 
Ex2: - Tell Ss they are going to listen an interview about Mi’s hobby. 
-Have Ss read through the word web, guess the word/phrase to fill in each blank and write their guesses on the board.
 -Play the recording and ask Ss to listen and complete the word web. Ss work in pairs to compare their answers with each other and with the word/phrase on the board.
Play the recording a second time for pairs to check their answers.
- Ask for Ss’ answers and write them on the board next to their guesses.
Ex3: Have Ss work in pairs and interview each other about heir hobby. Ask Ss to take notes on each other’s answers in the word web
Ex4: Ss write their paragraphs individually based on the information in their word webs. Ask one St to write his/her paragraph on the board. Other Ss and T comment on the paragraph on the board. Then T collects some writings to correct at home
-Discuss with the class
-Listen and fill in the blanks individually
-Work in pairs
-Write the paragraphs individually
Week: 2
Date of teaching: 25/8/2014
Period: 8	 
 UNIT 1: My hobbies
 Lesson 7: Looking back + Project ( hobby collage)
I. Objectives.
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to review vocabulay, grammar. Practice communication and do project
II. Teaching aids:
- Stereo, CD.
III. Procedure
A. Class organization.
- Greetings.
- Checking attendance: 
B. New lesson.
TIME
CONTENT
TEACHERS’ ACTIVITIES
STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
3’
5’
5’
5’
5’
5’
5’
5’
8’
2’
5’
2’
I. Warm up.
Chatting: We are going to to review some vocabulary about hobbies.
II. Vocabulary.
Ex1: Complete the sentences with appropriate hobbies.
1. collecting
2. bird-watching
3. playing board games
4. arranging flowers
5. Making pottery
6. dancing
Ex2: Put one of the verbs from the box in each blank. Use the correct form of the verb.
1. listens
2. go
3. plays
4. read
5. do
6. collect
Ex3: Add hobbies to each of the following lists.
* Easy hobbies: 
- collecting labels.
- collecting leaves
- playing board games.
* Difficult hobbies:
- skating
- cooking
- painting
* Cheap hobbies
- collecting used books.
- collecting leaves.
- painting
* Expensive hobbies.
- collecting cars
- taking pictures
- travelling.
III. Grammar
Ex4: Use the present simple or future simple form of each verb to complete the passage.
1. have 2. likes 3. plays 4. doesn’t like
5. enjoys 6. walks 7. will join 8. loves
9. don’t like 10. will read.
Ex5: Write true sentences about yourself.
1. I like 
2. I enjoy
3. I love
4. I don’t like
5. I hate
COMMUNICATION
Ex5: Write true sentences about yourself.
I like_____________________
I enjoy ___________________
I love ____________________
I don’t like________________
I hate____________________
Ex6: Role play: 
Work in pairs. Student A is a reporter. Student B is a famous person
E.g: A: I’m a reporter from a magazine. Can I ask you some questions about your