Activity 1: Warm-up · 5 minutes
Brainstorming TV programmes
a) Aims
Ss activate prior knowledge about TV programmes and learn the eight topic words before reading.
b) Content
T shows pictures of a cartoon, a documentary, a comedy and an educational programme. T asks: 'What kinds of TV programmes do you watch? Which one is educational? Which one has funny characters?' T introduces the words: cartoon (phim hoạt hình), documentary (phim tài liệu), channel (kênh truyền hình), programme (chương trình), viewer (người xem), educational (có tính giáo dục), comedy (phim hài), character (nhân vật). Ss repeat the words, paying attention to stress and pronunciation.
c) Expected outcomes
Ss name at least three types of programmes and say which type they like. Ss can pronounce the eight key words and match each word with its meaning. Ss state the lesson aim: 'Read for gist and details, then speak from notes.'
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T shows the four pictures and asks: 'What kind of programme is this?' T then asks: 'What kinds of TV programmes do you watch?'
Students
Ss look at the pictures and listen to the question.
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T models the pronunciation of each key word and asks Ss to repeat in chorus, then individually. T checks the meanings by pointing to the pictures.
Students
Ss repeat the words and copy them into their notebooks with the Vietnamese meaning. Ss answer in pairs: 'I like cartoons because they are funny.'
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T calls on four or five Ss to share their answers and asks: 'Which programme is educational?' Expected answer: 'A documentary is educational because it gives information about the real world.'
Students
Ss report their answers. Expected answers: 'I like comedy.' 'A documentary is educational.' 'A character is a person in a cartoon or a film.'
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T confirms the meanings of the key words and introduces the lesson aim: 'Today we will read a text about a school programme and then speak about it from notes.'
Students
Ss write the lesson title and the aim into their notebooks.