Activity 1: Warm-up · 5 minutes
Tet wishes and advice
a) Aims
Ss recall Tet activities they know and get familiar with the target structures should/shouldn't and some/any through the topic Our Tet holiday.
b) Content
T shows a picture of a Tet family and asks: 'What do families do during Tet?' and 'What should we do before Tet?'. Ss call out Tet activities (decorate the house, celebrate the New Year, gather with relatives, give lucky money, buy peach or apricot flowers). T writes the words on the board and reads them aloud for pronunciation practice: decorate, celebrate, relative, lucky money, peach flower, apricot flower, wish, gather.
c) Expected outcomes
A list of 5-6 Tet activities on the board, with the new vocabulary pronounced correctly.
An idea of the lesson focus: we use should to give advice (e.g. 'We should decorate our house.') and some/any with nouns such as flowers, food and money.
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T shows the Tet family picture and asks: 'What do families do during Tet?' Then asks: 'What should we do before Tet?' T says: 'Today we will give advice and wishes for a happy Tet.'
Students
Ss look at the picture and listen to the questions. Ss think for 30 seconds before answering.
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T monitors and prompts with pictures or hints if Ss are silent.
Students
Ss answer in pairs, e.g. 'We should decorate the house.' 'We celebrate with our relatives.' 'We gather for a family meal.'
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T asks several pairs to share and writes the activities on the board. T models the new words and asks Ss to repeat chorally and individually.
Students
2-3 pairs report. Ss repeat decorate, celebrate, relative, lucky money, peach flower, apricot flower, wish, gather.
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T praises the activities and says: 'We use should to give advice. Today we will learn how to use should/shouldn't and some/any.'
Students
Ss copy the board words into their notebooks and note the lesson focus.