MODULE 2.2.

PLANNING ACTIVITIES FOR A LESSON

ACTIVITY 1.
Read the following learning objectives and main activities in a Vocabulary lesson for
grade 6. (Tiếng Anh 6, Unit 9, A closer look 1).
- Match the activities with each objective.
- Evaluate whether the activities realize the learning objectives.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
1. Recognize adjectives related to cities, food, people, weather and nouns related to
places in cities
2. Use appropriate adjectives nouns of places to talk in short simple sentences about
cities and aspects of cities such as food, people, weather.
3. Identify the sounds /əʊ/ and /aʊ/ in isolation and in sentences.
4. Pronounce /əʊ/ and /aʊ/ correctly in self-articulated sentences.

MAIN ACTIVITIES IN THE LESSON:

1. Warm-up: Pictures of cities. Students guess what city it is in each picture.
2. Presentation of adjectives:

3. Exercise 2: Complete the sentences

4. Presentation of words/phrases for places: Pictures + Checking: matching pictures
(exercise 3)
5. Game: Pass the ball. T plays the song, ss pass the ball. When T stops the music, the
student holding the ball has to say one word they have just learnt.
6. Presentation of 2 sounds.
7. Exercise 4: Listen and write words
8. Exercise 5: Listen and repeat.
9. Game: Slap the sounds: Two teams. Listen to the word and slap on the sounds on the
board.

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ACTIVITY 2. DESIGN YOUR VOCABULARY LESSON
Work in groups. Write learning objectives and plan main activities for this vocabulary
lesson. (Grade 6_i-learn Smart World, Unit –Community services, p. 46)

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ACTIVITY 3.
Read the learning objectives and the main activities in a grammar lesson for Grade 8 (Tieng
Anh 8, Unit 2- Life in the countryside, P.19-20)
- Match the activities with each objective.
- Evaluate whether the activities realize the learning objectives.

LESSON OBJECTIVES:
1. Identify the different comparative forms of adverbs.
2. Apply the comparative forms of adverbs in order to make comparing sentences.
3. Use the comparative forms of adjectives and adverbs to produce a short talk in 1’30
about the differences between life in the countryside and life in the city.

MAIN ACTIVITIES:

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Stage

Aims Duration Teacher’s activities

Snakes and ladders game:

• T divides the class into 2 teams
• Rule of the game:
Pre-teaching

Warm-up
activity Teacher’s activities:
(Revising 8’ • Each player puts their counter on the space that says 'start here'.
learnt • Take turns to roll the dice. Move your counter forward the number of spaces shown on the dice.
knowledge) • If your counter lands at the bottom of a ladder, you can move up to the top of the ladder.
• If your counter lands on the head of a snake, you must slide down to the bottom of the snake.
• The first player to get to the space that says 'home' is the winner.
• Show 2 pictures about a sloth and a cheetah.
Presentation

• Ask Ss make a guess about the speed of a sloth and a cheetah

Lead-in activity 2’ • T show the speed of those animals and write a sentence using comparison of adverbs: “A cheetah runs faster
than a sloth”

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 1. T presents the comparison of regular adverbs
a. Adjective + “-ly” = adverb
- Eg: careful → carefully
→ Structure:
more/less + adverb + (than)
- Eg 1: Adults usually drive more carefully than teenagers
- Eg 2: Hanh acts less responsibly than anyone here.

2. T presents the comparison of irregular adverbs

b. The form of comparative for adverbs of manner with the same form as adjectives
- Eg: fast → faster, hard → harder
→ Structure:
Present Adverb + er + ̣ (than)
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grammar - Eg 1: Some students work harder than others.
- Eg 2: The rain is coming. Let’s run faster

c. Some irregular forms of adverbs of manner:

- Eg: well → better, badly → worse, far → farther/ further
- Eg: I walked farther than I thought
I can now speak English better than I used to

3. (T check Ss’ understanding) T give a pair of pictures, a verb and an adverb. Then ask Ss for completing the
sentences using comparative adverbs.
Eg: T shows 2 picture: snow & rain
T give Ss the verb “fall” & the adverb “quietly”
Then T asks Ss for making a sentence comparing 2 pictures, using the given verb and adverb.
Practice

Activity 1 4’ T asks Ss to do exercise 1 in the book.

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 • T provides Ss with printed handout
Activity 2 6’
• T asks Ss to do exercise 2 in the book.
• Provide Ss printed handout.
• Have Ss work individually making comparative sentences from the key words provided. (2')
• Play passing the ball game:
• Play music. When the music stops, Ss with the ball must give 1 comparative sentence. If it corrects, Ss will
receive one gift. (3’)
• T gives sample sentences. (1')
Activity 3 7’ Ex 3: Write a comparative sentence based on keywords provided
1. Eat/ healthily
2. Cook/ good
3. Convenient/ live
4. Get up/ early
5. Densely/ populated
6. Move/ slow
7. Expensive/ cars
Production

• Divide class into 4 groups, ask each group to produce a short talk about “Using the comparative form of
adjectives and adverbs to compare life in the countryside and life in the city”
Activity 4 8’
• Ask representatives of each group to present
• Note: Ask Ss using grammar they have learnt

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ACTIVITY 4. DESIGN YOUR GRAMMAR LESSON
Work in groups. Write learning objectives and plan main activities for this
grammar lesson. (Grade 6_i-learn Smart World, Unit 7-Movies, p.55)