UNIT 2: HEALTH

Lesson 1: Getting Started

I. Objectives:
By the end of this lesson, students can:
 Talk about health issues and give advice on healthy living.
 Use “have a/an; feel” to talk about health problems.
II. Language Focus:
1. Vocabulary: the lexical items related to the topic health issues.
2. Structures: - Imperatives with more and less
- Compound sentences
III. Method: Communicative approach
IV. Teaching ads: Course book, CD player, speaker, power point.
V. Duration: 45 minutes
VI. Procedures:
Tim Teacher’s Activities Ss’ Activities Content Work
e Arrangement
8 * Presentation:
mins - Ask Ss to guess what - Look at the Guess what the Whole class
the picture might show picture. picture might show
or what the or what the
conversation might be conversation might
about. be about.
- Answer the
- Ask Ss questions Questions:
about the picture. questions.
 What can you
- Play the dialogue see in the
and has Ss follow picture?
along. Ss may track  What time is it?
the dialogue with their  What do you
fingers as they listen think about the
to the recording. people in the
picture are
talking about?
 Who do you
think is
healthier?

10 * Practice:
mins - Ask Ss to complete - Do the task. 1. Listen and read Pair-work
the task individually a. Can you find a
or in pairs. word or phrase that
- Check the mean: …
- Check answers and Key:
ask Ss to use each answer.
1. Zooniverse
item in a sentence. 2. I don’t feel
- Read the
like it
- Ask Ss to read the conversation 3. Sound down
conversation again & do the task 4. Putting on
and complete the
B. weight
table.
5. Won’t take no
-Write the table on the - Check the for an answer
board while Ss are key. b. Read the
working individually.
conversation again.
- Correct the exercise Who want to do the
as a class by asking Ss following things?
to come to the board Key:
1. Phong
and tick the correct 2. Phong
column. 3. Nick
4. Nick
5. Phong
10 - Ask Ss to look at the - Look at the 2. Match the health Pair-work
mins pictures. As a class Ss picture. problems in the box
can call out which with the pictures.
word they think Then listen and
matches each picture. - Write repeat.
Key:
- Ask Ss to write the words. 1. e
words below each 2. f
picture. - Listen and 3. d
- Play the recording repeat. 4. c
and Ss repeat. 5. b
- Correct the exercise - Check the 6. a
with the whole class. key.
- Which problems do
- Have Ss rank the you think are the
health problems from most common with
the most common to your classmate?
the least common and - Rank the problems
share with a partner. from the most
- Encourage Ss to give common to the least
reasons for their common.
ranking.

7 - Ask one student to - Do the task. 3. Can you match Individual

mins read through the list of the correct advice work
advice aloud. with each person.
- Encourage Ss to - Check the Key:
mimic advice. key. 1. c
- Ask Ss to complete 2. d
the matching 3. e
individually and then 4. b
correct. 5. a

10 * Production:
mins - Ask Ss to look at the - Play game 4. Game Whole class
picture and answer the Take a card with a
questions. health problem or
piece of advice.
- Correct their answers Walk around and try
to find the person
with the card that
matches yours.
 *Homework:
- Write the answer in
your notebook.
- Prepare next lesson
(A closer look 1)

Experiments:

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