Giáo án Skills 2

Ss activate prior knowledge about rooms and home types and get ready for the listening topic My house.

Ss look at the picture of a house, name the rooms they see, and answer the question: 'Where do you usually sleep, cook and study at home?'
T introduces the topic My house and writes the eight vocabulary items on the board: apartment, living room, kitchen, wardrobe, cupboard, shelf, pillow, hall. Each word has a Vietnamese meaning in brackets.

Ss name at least four rooms or objects in English, for example: living room, kitchen, bedroom, bed, desk, pillow.
Ss understand that the topic is about the home: the type of home, the rooms, and the position of objects.

Ss identify the speaker and topic in the first listening, then note keywords about people, places, time and actions in the second listening.

Listening 1: Ss listen once to identify who is speaking and the topic (My house).
Listening 2: Ss listen again and write keywords in Phiếu học tập số 1 under four headings: Person, Place, Time, Action.
T does not show the answer keys before Ss listen.

Listening 1 result: Speaker is Linh; topic is My house.
Listening 2 keyword list, for example:

• Person: Linh, Dad
• Place: apartment, third floor, two bedrooms, next to the window, cupboard, kitchen
• Time: Sundays
• Action: keep books, cook with Dad

Ss understand the required form of the email (greeting, body with four details, closing) and learn the vocabulary and prepositions they will use in their own writing.

T explains the genre: an email of about 50 words to a pen friend about your home. The email has a greeting, a body that mentions the home type, rooms, the favourite room and two object positions, and a closing.
T presents the vocabulary and the prepositions next to, opposite, above, on and in, using simple sentences about the house in the listening.
Ss answer: 'What is the greeting? What is the closing? Which four details must the body include?'
Ss must not copy any model text; they only analyse its structure.

Ss can state the email parts:

• Greeting: Hi + name of the pen friend (for example, Hi Alex,)
• Body: home type (I live in a small apartment), number of rooms (It has two bedrooms, a kitchen and a living room), favourite room (My favourite room is...), two object positions (My desk is next to the window; My books are on a shelf)
• Closing: Best wishes, + your name
  Ss can explain the difference between in, on and next to in one example each.

Ss answer six multiple-choice questions about the listening text and justify each answer with information from the recording.

Ss read Questions 1 to 6 in the student's book. Ss listen to the audio and choose A, B or C for each question.
Q1: What type of home is it? A. A town house B. An apartment C. A country house
Q2: Which floor is it on? A. The third B. The first C. The fifth
Q3: How many bedrooms are there? A. Three B. One C. Two
Q4: Where is the bed? A. In the kitchen B. Next to the window C. Behind the desk
Q5: Where are the books? A. In a cupboard B. On the floor C. On the bed
Q6: Why does Linh like the kitchen? A. It has a television B. It is her bedroom C. She cooks with Dad there

Answer key:

1. B (An apartment)
2. A (The third)
3. C (Two)
4. B (Next to the window)
5. A (In a cupboard)
6. C (She cooks with Dad there)
   Supporting evidence from the recording: 'It is an apartment on the third floor.' 'There are two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen and a bathroom.' 'My bed is next to the window, and my desk is opposite the bed.' 'I keep my books in a cupboard, not on the floor.' 'My favourite room is the kitchen because I cook with Dad there on Sundays.'

Ss plan their email with keywords, write one opening sentence, and revise one real error by explaining the correction.

Ss complete Phiếu học tập số 2 with the required details for their own home: home type, floor or area, rooms, favourite room, two object positions.
Ss write one opening sentence after 'Hi (name),'.
Ss choose one sentence from their draft, show it before and after revision, and explain the correction.
Sample error: 'She go to school' → 'She goes to school' because the subject is third person singular in the simple present tense.

A completed plan in Phiếu học tập số 2, for example:

• Home type: apartment
• Floor: third floor
• Rooms: two bedrooms, a kitchen, a living room
• Favourite room: my bedroom
• Object positions: desk next to the window; books on a shelf
  Opening sentence (own words): 'I live in a small house in the countryside with my family.'
  Revision example: 'My desk is next to window' → 'My desk is next to the window' (adding the article the).
  Explanation: the preposition next to needs a noun phrase with the article when the place is specific.

Ss write an email of about 50 words to a pen friend about their home, using a greeting, a closing and the required details, then revise it by a checklist and peer feedback.

Ss write an email of about 50 words to a pen friend (for example, Alex) about their own home. The email must include: a greeting, the home type, the rooms, the favourite room, two object positions, and a closing.
Ss use their own details, not the listening script or any sample email.
Ss use the revision checklist in Phiếu học tập số 2 and swap emails with a partner for peer feedback.
T collects a few emails for written feedback later.

A complete email of about 50 words with:

• Greeting: Hi Alex,
• Home type and rooms (at least 3 rooms)
• Favourite room and reason
• Two object positions with prepositions (next to, on, in, above, opposite)
• Closing: Best wishes, [your name]
  Revision checklist: content complete; sentences clear; verbs and prepositions correct; punctuation and spelling checked.
  Teacher scoring guide (2 points): content and genre (0.75); organisation and linking (0.5); vocabulary and grammar (0.5); spelling and punctuation (0.25).