Giáo án Lesson 1

T greets the class: 'Hello, everyone! How are you today?' T says 'Let's play a guessing game. Guess what is in my bag!' T shows the class a small hat from the bag.

T asks: 'What is it?' T gives hints: 'It is for your head. It is a hat.' T repeats the game with the apple, the bag and the can, and asks: 'Where is the cat?' Ss show the picture from Unit 2.

T leads a short chant: 'Cat, cat, /æ/ /æ/, cat!' T asks Ss to say the sound /æ/ slowly and to stretch their mouth corners sideways.

T praises the class: 'Well done! Today we will learn new words that have the sound /æ/.'

T shows the letters 'A a' on the screen and asks: 'What is the big letter? What is the small letter?' T says: 'This is the capital letter A. This is the small letter a.'

T models the sound /æ/ and asks Ss to watch the mouth. T says: 'Open your mouth wide, smile, and say /æ/.' T shows the word apple and asks: 'Where is the letter a: at the beginning or in the middle?' T shows bag, can and hat and asks the same question.

T asks Ss to work in pairs: one student says the word and the other student points to the letter a. T walks around and corrects the mouth shape.

T summarises: 'The letter a is read as /æ/. It can be at the beginning of a word, like apple, or in the middle of a word, like bag, can and hat.'

T shows the flashcards of apple, bag, can and hat, and says each word with the correct stress: 'ap-ple' (stress on the first syllable). T asks Ss to listen to the audio on the NeoEdu page.

T models: 'This is my apple.' T points to the apple and asks: 'What is this?' T repeats the model for bag, can and hat. Then T asks Ss to point and say: 'Point to the bag and say: This is my bag.'

T sets up the market game: 'Let's go to the street market. One student is the seller, one student is the buyer.' T gives an example: 'Seller: Look at my hat! Buyer: This is my hat.' T walks around to help pairs.

T asks Ss to name the four words again and checks the pronunciation. T says: 'Apple has two syllables, ap-ple. Remember the sound /æ/ in bag, can and hat.'

T shows Worksheet No. 1 and explains the tasks: 'Listen carefully and choose the correct picture. Write A, B or C.' T plays the audio of exercise 1.

T plays exercises 1 and 2, pauses after each item and asks: 'Which picture is it? Which word do you hear?' T plays exercise 5 and asks: 'Does the word match the picture?' T plays exercise 6 and exercise 9.

T asks pairs to compare their answers and explain their choice. T checks the answers with the class.

T confirms the answers and gives a praise: 'Good listening!' T asks: 'Why is cup different?' and explains the sound /ʌ/ briefly.

T explains exercise 3: 'Look at the picture and choose the correct word. A, B or C?' T plays a quick chant: 'Apple, bag, can, hat, a, a, a!'

T asks Ss to do exercises 4, 7, 8 and 10 in pairs. T asks: 'Which words have the letter a?' and 'What is the missing letter in h_t?'

T calls on some pairs to share their answers. T checks spelling, especially the two p in apple.

T summarises the key points: 'Apple has two p. The sound /æ/ is in apple, bag, can and hat.'

T divides the class into groups of four and gives each group a set of picture cards. T explains: 'One student is the seller, others are the buyers. Show your object and say: This is my … .'

T models a short dialogue: 'Seller: Look at my apple! Buyer: Wow, This is my apple too! Can I buy it?' T walks around to help groups and checks the pronunciation of /æ/.

T invites two or three groups to perform their market dialogue in front of the class and gives praise.

T wraps up the lesson: 'Today we learned the letter A a, the sound /æ/, and four words: apple, bag, can, hat. Let's say them together!' T gives the homework.