Wednesday, November 19th, 2025
Unit 4

Lesson 6: SKILLS 2 (LISTENING & WRITING)
(p.47)

OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
o Listen for general and specific information about
old school days;
o Write about old school days.

Warm-up

Chatting

Warm-up

What do you know about
schools and school days in
the past?
Chatting

OPTION 2

Warm-up

- Create a Venn diagram to compare and contrast school days in the
past and school days today with information.
IN THE
PAST
Information Venn diagram:
- What students wore to school?
- What subjects students studied?
- How students got to school?
…

TODAY

Listening
1 Match each phrase with the right picture.

1. walking barefoot
2. talking face to face
3. playing a traditional game

Listening
1 Match each phrase with the right picture.

2. talking face to face
(nói chuyện trực tiếp)

1. walking barefoot
(đi chân trần)
3. playing a traditional game
(chơi trò chơi truyền thống)

Listening

2 Listen to the talk between Thanh and his grandma and tick (√)
the things you hear.

1. Three-month summer holiday

√

2. Lessons in the morning only

√

3. A lot of extra lessons
4. Walking barefoot
5. Chatting on mobile phones

√

Listening
3 Listen again and choose the correct answer.
1. The conversation is generally 2. Thanh's grandma didn't have a
about Thanh's ______.
lot of ______.
A. school days
B. grandma's school days
C. grandma's life in the past

A. homework
B. lessons
C. subjects

Listening
3 Listen again and choose the correct answer.
3. Thanh's grandma ______
went to school on foot.

4. Students in the past played
______during break time.

A. always
B. sometimes
C. never

A. computer games
B. games on mobile phones
C. traditional games

Listening
3 Listen again and choose the correct answer.

1. The conversation is generally
about Thanh's ______.

2. Thanh's grandma didn't have a lot of
______.

A. school days
B. grandma's school days
C. grandma's life in the past

A. homework
B. lessons
C. subjects

Writing

4 Work in pairs. Ask and answer about school days in the past.
Your talk may include the following:
– school time (When …) in the morning only
– school subjects (What …) maths, language, history, physics, etc.
– leisure time activities (What …) traditional games
– summer holiday (How long …) three months
– means of transport to school (How …) walk
You can refer to the listening text for your answers.

Writing

5 Write a paragraph (100 - 120 words) about school days in the past.
You can begin your writing with:
(Use the ideas in Activity 4 for your writing).

In the past, students had lessons in the morning only.
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
___________________________________________.

Writing
Sample paragraph:

5

In the past, students had lessons in the morning only. In the afternoon,
they stayed home and did other things to help their parents. At school,
they learned subjects such as maths, language, history, physics, etc. but
they did not have music and arts or computer sciences. They did not
have extra lessons. In their free time they played traditional games such
as hide-and-seek, tug of war, skipping, and so on. Every day they went to
school on foot. My grandmother told me that they walked barefoot all
the time, as they did not have shoes or sandals. They were lucky in that
they had a long summer holiday – about three months!
(111 words)

Consolidation

1 Wrap-up
What have we learnt in this lesson?
 Listen for general and specific information about old
school days;
 Write about old school days.

HOMEWORK
 Review all new words in this unit.
 Rewrite the paragraph in the notebooks.
 Do exercises in your workbook.
 Prepare: Lesson 7- Looking back + project
(p 48-49).

* HOMEWORK
 Exercises in your workbook
 Prepare the vocabulary for the next lesson:
A closer look 1.