Unit 2. School talk.
Peirod 1: Reading


I.Warm up
Work in pair and discuss the following question:
“When you meet your friends , which topics do you often talk about?”
I . Warm up
II. New lesson
Unit 2: School talk
Period 1: Reading
Before you read
Matching: You will work in groups of 4 and match the subjects in column A with the information in column B
Correct answers
Gerund and to-infinitive introduction
Verbs followed by gerunds
Like
Enjoy + V_ing
Love

enjoys
Ex: She likes watching T.V
loves
Make your own sentences in your note books.
Gerund and to-infinitive introduction
Verbs followed by To-infinitive
Want
Hope + To- infinitive
Decide

Ex: want
I hope to be a good student.
decide
Make your own sentences in your note books.
While you read
You are going to read 3 talks given by
A student A teacher A student’s father







about school.
Task 1: Gap-filling
Individually, you read the text silently and try to guess the meanings of words to fill in the gaps: (each gap with one word). There are more words than needed.



Young children ………….. helping with household tasks.
We were stuck in heavy………….. for more than an hour.
I thinhk you don’t have to………… about your weight.
It was two weeks before Christmas and the mall was………….. with shoppers.
If two people speak the same …………. , they usually have similar attitudes and opinions.
Task 2: Finding out who….
Work in pairs
Read the small talks again and find out who….
Name:
Enjoys teaching ……………
Has to get up early ……………
Lives far from school ……………
Loves working with children ……………
Loves learning English ……………
Rides a bike to school every day ……………
Studies at a high school ……………
Teaches English at a high school ……………
Worries about someone else’s safety ……………
Task 3: Answering questions.
Work in pairs again
Discuss and answer the following questions.
1. Where does Phong study?
2. What subjects does he study?
3. Why does he want to learn English?
4. What does Miss Phuong say about her teaching profession?
5. Why does Mr. Ha worry about his son’s safety?
Answers:
1. He studies at Chu Van An high school.
2. He studies many subjects such as Maths, Physics, Chemistry,…..
3. Because it is an international language.
4. She says that teaching is hard work, but she enjoys it because she loves working with children.
5. Because his son has to ride his bike in narrow and crowded streets on the way to school.
After you read
Work in groups of 4
Talk about
- What subject(s) you like best and why.
- What you like or dislike doing at school.
- What you worry about at school.
Present what you have discussed.
III. Summarizing
Main points in the lesson:
- New structures.
- Reading the text and doing tasks
- Practising.
Hello, my name is Bao Hung. I come from Hai Phong, a beautiful port city in the North of Vietnam, but now I am living in Ha Noi. I am 10 grader of Hanoi Foreign Language Specialising High School. Now I am studying English and Russian and I can speak the languages quite well.
I am living in a flat near my school with a classmate. He comes from Thanh Hoa. We have to cook ourselves. It is rather hard but it helps us live independently.
IV. Homework
Read the talk below and answer the questions
Questions:
1. Is Hai Phong a city in the South of Vietnam?
2. What does Hung study?
3. Where is Hung living now?
4. Who does Hung live with?
5. In which school does Hung study?
Thanks for your attention!