Unit 2: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
Lesson 1: Reading
(He arrived… to himself)
1/ Senses and verbs of sensation
2/ The writer’s experience to the first party
3/ Retell your first time to a party
Topic: The First Party
BEFORE YOU READ
a. Work in groups. Look at the picture and name the five senses.
hearing
taste
sight/ seeing
smell
touch
PARTY
x
b. Make a cross on what you did and how you felt when you first went to a party. Compare your answers with your partners.
(exp) in vain:

(exp) retreat into one’s shell:
New words:
With no result/ uselessly
Thu mình lại
(v) slip away:
Leave quietly without being noticed
(a) sociable
Friendly and well-fitted with other people
1/ Did the character enjoy the party?
2/ How was he when he first came to the party?
WHILE YOU READ
What did the character see and hear when he came to his friend’s house for dinner?
How did he feel?
Did he start the conversation with other people?
Did he enjoy the party or did he want to leave the party?
Task 1: Work with your partners. Read the text carefully and answer the questions.
1. What did the character see and hear when he came to his friend’s house for dinner?
Task 1: Work with your partners. Read the text carefully and answer the questions.
2. How did he feel?
3. Did he start the conversation with other people?
4. Did he enjoy the party or did he want to leave the party?
He saw many people talking merrily and heard someone ask his name.
He felt nervous, uncomfortably hot, inept in other people’s eyes.
No, he didn’t.
He wanted to leave the party
_____The writer was a sociable person.
_____To him, making friends was easy.
_____He was unable to manage to grow out of his shyness.
Task 2: Read the text again and decide if these statements are true (T) or false (F)
F
F
T
Why was he nervous at the party?
Did he find anyone he knew?
What did he think of himself?
Task 3: Move around the class and interview your friends about his/her first time to the parties then report it
How did the character feel when he came home?
edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/5senses.html
Homework
Learn by heart the five senses.
Practice reading at home
Prepare for the next lesson