Form

Pronunciation

Meaning

Vietnamese equivalent

1. household (a)

/ˈhaʊshəʊld/

relating to a house or flat and the people who live there

trong gia đình, dùng trong gia đình

2. chore (n)

/tʃɔːr/

a job or piece of work that needs to be done regularly

việc vặt

Anticipated difficulties

Solutions

- Students may not know the household chores.

- Students may not know how to work in teams.

- Use pictures/ photos or videos of some household chores to show them in the class.

Give short, clear instructions and help if necessary.

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Game: Let’s race? (PPT slides)

- T divides Ss into 4 groups and gives instructions: Watch the video clip and try to remember all the household chores Mr. Bean did in the video. One person from each group then goes to the board and writes the names of the chores.

- T confirms the correct answers.

- Ss do as instructed.

- Ss work in pairs to discuss the answer after watching the clip, then one representative from each group writes the answer on the board.

Suggested answer:

Mop the floor

Clean the toilet

Wash the clothes / Do the laundry

Clean the house

Vacuum the carpet

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Vocabulary pre-teaching

- T asks Ss to look at the photos to guess the meaning of new words.

- T shows the Vietnamese meaning, says the words aloud and asks Ss to repeat them.

- Students listen to the teacher’s explanation and guess the words.

- Students write down the new words in their notebook.

New words:

1. household (n)

2. chore (n)

Teacher and students’ activities

Contents

Activity 1 ( 5mins)

-T asks ss some questions:

1. Who often does the housework in your family?

2. Do you often share the housework?

3. If yes, what do you often do?

-T invites some Ss to answer the questions.

-T introduces the lesson: “We’ll listen and read a conversation about two people, Nam and Minh. They’re talking about sharing the housework or the household chores in their family.

Activity 2 ( 6mins)

-T asks students to read the conversation quickly.

-T gets ss to listen and observe his actions.

- T takes roles of 2 characters in the conversation, using real objects, pictures, and actions to help ss understand the conversation.

- T repeated his actions once or twice.

Activity 3 ( 10mins)

-T asks Ss to work individually to read the T/F statements and read through the conversation to find the answers.

- Ss do Activity 2 individually first.

Then they discuss their answers in pairs.

-T invites some Ss to share their answers and give reasons for their choices.

Activity 4 ( 6mins)

- T has Ss locate the verbs or phrasal verbs in the conversation, find the nouns or noun phrases after each verb/ phrasal verb to do the matching.

- Ss work individually.

- Ss share their answers with a partner.

- T checks and gives the correct answers with the whole class, and has them say the meaning of each collocation.

Activity 5 ( 8mins)

- T has Ss read each sentence, try to think of a verb or an auxiliary verb that will complete the gap.

- Ss do the task individually.

- Ss share the answers with a peer.

- T asks the whole class to call out the verb forms first, then calls on individual students to read the complete sentences.

Activity 6 ( 6mins)

-T asks ss to work individually to make a mind map about sharing household chores in their family.

- T walks around to help if necessary.

WRAP – UP ( 2mins)

- T asks Ss:

What have you learnt today?

HOMEWORK ( 2mins)

- Write about the household chores their family members often do in their family, using the mind map above.

- Prepare for Language lesson: pronunciation, vocabulary, Simple Present and Present continuous tenses.

Questions

1. Who often does the housework in your family?

2. Do you often share the housework?

3. If yes, what do you often do?

Read the conversation and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). (p.9)

1. Nam’s mother is cooking now.

2. Everybody in Nam’s family does some of the housework.

3. The children in Minh’s family don’t have to do any housework

4. Nam does the heavy lifting in his family

5. Nam isn’t going to join the football match with Minh tonight

Key:

1. F → Nam is cooking now.

2. T

3. T

4. Fà Nam’s father does it

5. T

Write the verbs/verb phrases that are used with the words or phrases in the conversation in 1. (p.9)

Key:

1. put out the rubbish

2. do the laundry

3. shop for groceries

4. do the heavy lifting

5. do the washing-up

Complete the sentences from the conversation with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. (p.9)

1. I’d love to. But I’m afraid I can’t. I(prepare)………..my dinner

2.My mom usually (do)………the cooking , but she (work)……….late today

Key:

1. ‘m preparing

2. does – ‘s working