DANANG DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING

LE QUY DON GIFTED HIGH SCHOOL

Date of preparation: January 28th, 2015

Date of teaching: February 2nd, 2015

LESSON PLAN
UNIT 7: CULTURAL DIVERSITY
READING

Supervisor: Phan Le Tham

Student: Nguyen Thi Kim Loan
Class: 11SPA01

Danang, 2015
 UNIT 7: CULTURAL DIVERSITY
READING
ARE YOU SUPERSTITIOUS?

Lesson : Reading
Class : 10A3
Time allowed : 45minutes
Teacher in charge : Nguyen Thi Kim Loan
I. Aims: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
 Develop Reading skill for general and specific information.
 Present and expand new words.
 Know more about some superstitious beliefs of Vietnamese people
and the rituals during Tet holiday.
II. Teaching aids : PowerPoint, Textbook, Laptop, Big Computer Screen, Pieces of
Paper, Handouts, Chalk, and Board
 III. PROCEDURE:

Time Content Activities

5’ A. Warm-up: WHISPER GAME - T divides the class into 6
Instruction: “Now, I would like to divide you into teams. Each team chooses
six teams. Each line is a team. Each team will one representative
choose one representative to come here and pick - Each representative
up the piece of paper containing a comparison receives a message and

sentence. Then each representative of each team whispers it to his teammates

will return to his or her seat and whisper the in 1 minute.

message to the next person sitting behind until the

last person of team gets the message within 1
minute. The team which can repeat the message
correctly will be the winner.”
Pieces of paper
Linh is the most intelligent person I know- and the nicest.
My mother is 45, and my father is two years older than her.
In Germany, 6 is the worst mark you can get in a test.
1. The weather this summer is even worse than last summer
A holiday by the sea is better than a holiday in the mountains
Indian cooking has some of the hottest dishes in the world.

B. New Lesson
10’ 1. Lead-in: Activity 1/page 19 - T asks Ss to look at the
 a. Work with a partner. Look at the picture in textbook picture in their textbook.
and try to describe it. Then share your ideas with the - T asks Ss to work in
class. pairs and describe it by
The guiding questions: answering the guided
 Is this an altar? questions in 3 minutes.
 How do you know that? - Ss work in pairs and
 Can you see the peach blossoms? discuss.
 What is it laid on the altar? - T calls on some Ss to
present their answers.
- T gives feedback.
b. Read the statements in textbook on page 19 and - T asks Ss to work in pairs
decide if these statements are true for you. and read 5 statements in
their textbook.
- Ss read through the
statements in 2 minutes
and find out the key
words.
- T asks Ss to discuss and
decide if these statements
are true for them and
encourage them to give
explanations for their
behavior as well.
- T moves around
supporting them if
necessary.
- T calls on 3 individuals to
give their answers.
- T listens and gives
 feedback.

12’ 2. Pre-reading:
7’ a. Pre-teach vocabulary: listening and repeat - T elicits meanings of
 superstition (n) /ˌsuːpəˈstɪʃn / a belief that certain some words from Ss:
events or things will bring good or bad luck “what is Vietnamese
E.g. According to superstition, breaking a equivalent?”.
mirror brings bad luck. - T plays the audio for
 superstitious (adj) students to listen and
 prestigious (adj) /prɛˈstɪdʒəs/ shows them how to
Inspiring respect and admiration; having pronounce these words.
high status - T says those words loudly
 legend (n) /ˈlɛdʒ(ə)nd/  a story from the past that is as model once.
believed by many people but cannot be proved to - T asks Ss to repeat twice
be true in chorus and in
e.g. The legend of Thanh Giong individual.
truyền thuyết - T listens and corrects
 venture (n) /ˈvɛntʃə/ a new activity, business that students’ pronunciation.
typically involves risk: cuộc kinh doanh mạo hiểm
5’ b. Activity 2/page 19
Prediction:
 Instruction: “Now, you will read a text on a topic - T goes around monitoring
related to the things you have just discussed. First of the class and facilitating
all, I want you to read the questions individually, the Ss’ work.
underline the key words, and then predict the - T writes Ss’ prediction on
answers. You will have 3 minutes.” the board for correction
Expected answers: Ss’ answers later.

 Instruction: “If you want to know whether your

 prediction is true or false, read the passage in your
textbook right now.”

8’ 3. While-reading:
Read the text and answer the questions by circling the best - T asks Ss to work in
option A, B, C or D. (page 19) individual and read the
Feedback: passage in 3 minutes to
1. C check their prediction,
2. B and then asks them to
3. D show the evidence for
4. A their choice.
Evidences for answers: - Ss read through 4
1. line 1, 2; p.1 questions individually
2. line 8-12; p.1
and underline the key
3. line 2-5; p.2
4. the last sentence; p.3 words to understand the
questions.
- T calls out 4 Ss to present
their answers.
- T listens and gives
feedback.
9’ 4. Post-reading:
Instruction: work in groups of four and discuss in 4
minutes to ask and answer the following topic “Are - T forms groups of four.

you superstitious? Why/ why not?” - T gives Ss the guiding

- The guiding questions to support them. questions and an example to

 Do you think you are a superstitious person? facilitate them.

 If yes, what are you superstitious about? Or - Ss work in groups of four

could you give a few examples of superstitious and discuss by using some
cues given by teacher.
 beliefs you have? - T goes around observing
 If not, why not? Give your reason. and helping Ss if necessary.
- Example: - T calls out some individuals
If your answer is Yes “For me, I am a bit superstitious. to act out their discussion.
Let me give an example. Well, I believe that if I find a - T listens and gives
four- leaf clover, I will have good luck.” feedback.
If your answer is No “No, I’m not superstitious at all.
Because I don’t believe anything that can’t be
explained by science.”
1’
5. Homework:
- Ask Ss to list at least four superstitious beliefs of - Ss follow teacher’s
Vietnamese people. instructions.
- Ask Ss to learn new words by heart.
- Ask Ss to prepare for “Speaking”.
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