Welcome to our lesson!
Warm-up:

Rule:
In 1 minute, one by one member in each group go to the board and write the name of famous places in Vietnam.
The group with the longest list will be the winner

“Who is the quicker?”
Unit 6: Excursion
Part A: Reading
Teacher: Dao Thi Ngoc Bich
I. Before you read.
Look at the pictures. Give the names for each picture and match them with the information.
Thien Mu Pagoda
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Ha Long Bay
One-Pillar Pagoda
Da Lat
a. Built in 1049, in the shape of a lotus.
b. Picturesque site, wonder of the world, 165 kilometres from Hanoi
c. Mountain resort (altitude: 1,500m) with some wonderful places to visit: Xuan Huong Lake, pine forests, waterfalls...
d. On the left bank of the Huong
River,6 kilometres from Hue City.
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Matching
THIEN MU PAGODA
HA LONG BAY
ONE – PILLAR PAGODA
DA LAT
(cây)sen
thác nước
rừng thông
Đẹp, ấn tượng
1. day-off /`dei`ɔf:/ (n)
ngày nghỉ
Sunday is my day off
Vocabulary
2. excursion /iks’kə:∫n / (n)
Example:
On our excursion, I and my classmates visit Ba Vi National Park.
Chuyến tham quan
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
3. rock formation
Sự hình thành của đá
formation (n) /fɔ:’meiʃn /
Sự hình thành
Vocabulary
4. Campfire /`kæmpfaiər/ (n)
Lửa trại
5. Permission /pə`mi∫n/ (n)
sự cho phép
Vocabulary
6. Persuade /pə`sweid/ (v):
thuyết phục
Vocabulary
The business tries to persuade his coworker.
I. Before you read.
Vocabulary
day-off (NP) /`dei`ɔf: / ngày nghỉ
excursion (n) /iks`kз:∫n/ chuyến tham quan
formation (n) /fɔ:’meiʃn / sự hình thành
=> rock formation: sự hình thành đá
4. campfire ( n) /`kæmpfaiər/ lửa trại
5. permission (n) /pə`mi∫n/ sự cho phép
6. persuade ( v) /pə`sweid/ thuyết phục
Checking vocabulary:
Rubout remember
ngày nghỉ
chuyến tham quan
sự hình thành đá
4. lửa trại
5. sự cho phép
6. thuyết phục
day-off
excursion
rock formation
campfire
permission
persuade
II. While you read
Choose the best answer A, B , C, or D to complete each of the sentences
Task 1
1. Lan wrote the letter to_______________.
inform Minh of her days off
complain about her parents
tell Minh about the plan for her class trip
talk about what she and her classmates will do at Huong Pagoda.


C
2.The students decided to go on an excursion because they wanted To____
understand their geography lessons better
relax after work
have a campfire
A and B
D
II. While you read
Choose the best answer A, B , C, or D to complete each of the sentences
Task 1
3. The students have changed their destination as _______Thay Pagoda
it is impossible to visit the caves near
it costs them a lot to visit
they prefer Huong Pagoda to
many of them have been to
A
1. When are Lan and her classmates going on a trip?

2. Why are they visiting some caves?

3. How far is Thay Pagoda from their school?

4. What are the students` plans for their trip to Huong Pagoda?

5. What is Lan anxious about? Why?
II. While you read
Task 2
Answer the questions.
II. While you read
Task 2
Answer the questions.
1. When are Lan and her classmates going on a trip?
2. Why are they visiting some caves?
3. How far is Thay Pagoda from their school?
They are going on a trip when the first term is coming
to an end and they have some days off.

They are visiting some caves because they want to understand
their geography lesson better
and some of them have never been inside a cave
It is only over 20 km.
II. While you read
Task 2
Answer the questions.
5. What is Lan anxious about? Why?
4. What are the students’ plans for their trip to Huong Pagoda?
They are going to make two-day trip and have a night campfire.
They are bringing their own food and sharing buses with some
other classes to make the trip cheap.
Lan is anxios about her parents’ permission
because they may
not let her stay the night away from home
Fill each blank in the summary of the letter with a suitable group of words from the box bellow
her classmates want to see their trip is going to go on
have learnt to persuade them some caves only problem
Lan’s classmates (1)__________________a two-day excursion to visit (2)________________ near Huong Pagoda. They (3)______________ with their own eyes what they(4)_______________in their geography lessons recently and relax after their hard work, as well. They have planned (5) _________ carefully. For Lan, the (6)__________________is getting her parents’ permission. She will try (7) ________________ so that she will be able to join (8) ________________on the excursion.
is going to go on
want to see
have learnt
their trip
only problem
to persuade them
her classmates
III. After you read
some caves
Homework
- Learn by heart the new words.
- Learn the summary of the letter.
- Prepare part B: Speaking.
Thank you for your attention!