Unit 4
REMEMBERING
THE PAST
LESSON 6: SKILLS 2

OPTION 1

WARM-UP

CHATTING

WARM-UP

OPTION 1

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

WARM-UP

OPTION 2

COMPARE AND CONTRAST

OPTION 2

WARM-UP
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

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

Thanh: Grandma, you say that you had three months for summer holiday
when you were a pupil?
Grandma: Right. And we did lots of things during the summer.
Thanh: Wow, I wish we had a three-month summer holiday! Did you stay at
school all day during the school year?
Grandma: No, we had lessons in the morning only.
Thanh: Did you have a lot of homework?
Grandma: Not a lot. And we never had extra lessons.
Thanh: Really? Did you study the same subjects as we do now?
Grandma: Yes and no. We didn't have music and arts, or computer science.   
Thanh: How did you go to school then?
Grandma: Well, we walked all the time. And we didn't have shoes or sandals.
We were walking barefoot.
Thanh: Poor you! But what did you do during break time? Did you chat with
your friends or …?
Grandma: Yes, but … face-to-face. And we played traditional games such as
hide-and- seek, tug of war, skipping, etc. There were no mobile phones or
iPads then.

WRITING

4 Work in pairs. Ask and answer about school days in the past.

- Work in pairs. You can use the cues given to 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.
- 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!

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.

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
- Rewrite the paragraph in the notebooks;
- Do exercises in the workbook.

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