Tran Tat Van high school
Lesson plan
English 10

Unit 6: An Excursion
Lesson 1: Reading

Teacher : Nguyễn Thị Hồng Lê
Students: 10C3


What do you often do
when you have
some days off ?

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Saturday, November 17th, 2007Unit 6: An ExcursionLesson 1. Reading


Before you read
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Thien Mu
Pagoda
Ha Long
Bay
One-Pillar
Pagoda
Da Lat
City
Do Son
Beach
Tuan Chau
Resort
Cat Ba
Island
Voi
Mountain
Famous Places
1. Thien Mu Pagodad. It?s on the left bank of the Huong River,6 kilometres from Hue City.
2. Ha Long Bayb. It?s a picturesque site, a wonder of the world, 165 kilometres from Hanoi.
3. One-Pillar Pagoda
a. It was built in 1049, in the shape of a lotus.
4. Da Lat Cityc. It?s a mountain resort (altitude: 1,500 m) with some wonderful places to visit: Xuan Huong Lake, pine forests, waterfalls...

Do you usually make an excursion ?

Where did you go to?
When did you go ?
While you read
Task 1. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each of the sentences.
1. Lan wrote the letter to...........................
A. inform Minh of her days off
B. complain about her parents
C. tell Minh about the plan for her class trip
D. talk about what she and her classmates will do at Huong Pagoda
2 . The students decided to go on an excursion because they wanted to ...........................
A. understand their geography lessons better
B. relax after work
C. have a campfire
D. A and B
3. The students have changed their destination as ...................... Thay Pagoda.
A. it is impossible to visit the caves near
B. it costs them a lot to visit
C. they prefer Huong Pagoda to
D. many of them have been to
Task 2: Answer the questions
Number 1.



When they have some days-off after the first term.
When are Lan and her classmates going on a trip ?
Number 2.


Why are they visiting some caves ?
Because they want to understand their geography lesson better and many of them have never been inside a cave.
Number 3:
Number 4.


How far is Thay pagoda from their school ?

It’s only over 20 km.
Number 5.
Number 6.


 Lan is anxious about her parents’ permission. Because they may not want to let her stay the night away from home.

What is Lan anxious about ? Why ?
Number 7.
Number 8. What are the students’ plans for their trip to Huong Pagoda ?
 They are going to make a 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.
After you read
Fill each blank in the summary of the letter with a suitable group of words from the box below.
Lan’s class is a two-day excursion to visit
near Huong Pagoda. They
with their own eyes what they in their geographical lessons recently and relax after their hard work, as well. They have planned carefully. For Lan, the is getting her parents’ permission. She will try so that she will be able to join for the excursion.
her classmates
want to see
their trip
have learnt
is going to go on
to persuade them
some caves
only problem
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.........(3).........
........(4)........
.........(5)........
.......(6)......
........(7).......
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is going to go on
some caves
want to see
have learnt
their trip
only problem
to persuade them
her classmates
Voi mountain – An Lao