Giáo án A Closer Look 2

Ss activate prior knowledge of future vehicles and get familiar with the topic vocabulary before the grammar lesson.

T shows four pictures: a driverless bus, a solar-powered boat, a hyperloop train and a flying car. T asks: 'What do you see in the pictures?' and 'Do you think travelling will be different in 2050? Which vehicle will you use?' Ss answer briefly, using 'I think … will …'.

Ss name the vehicles and give one short prediction each, for example: 'I think cars will use solar power.' The class copies the new words: driverless (không người lái), solar-powered (chạy bằng năng lượng mặt trời), hyperloop (hệ thống tàu ống tốc độ cao), eco-friendly (thân thiện môi trường), autopilot (chế độ lái tự động), vehicle (phương tiện).

Ss form and use the future simple with 'will' for predictions, and understand that predictions are not proven facts.

T shows the pattern on the slide: will + base verb; negative will not / won't + base verb; question Will + subject + base verb? T reads the text aloud: 'I imagine a small electric bus for our town. It will use a route planned by the transport centre, and passengers will book a seat with help at a local stop. The bus will be quieter than many old vehicles. It will still need safe crossings and careful testing. I do not know when such a system will be affordable. It is an idea, not a description of an existing service.' Ss answer: (1) What word follows 'will'? (2) Is the bus a real service now? (3) Which word shows caution: 'may' or 'will'?

Ss state the rule: will + base verb (no -s, no 'to'). Ss note: 'will not' = 'won't'. Ss identify that the text is a prediction and an idea, not a fact, and that 'Some buses may become driverless' is more cautious than 'Every bus will change'. Ss copy the pattern into their notebooks: 'I think future buses will be cleaner.' / 'Will future vehicles use cleaner energy?' / 'The bus will not use petrol.'

Ss distinguish possessive pronouns (no noun after them) from possessive adjectives (always followed by a noun).

T writes two sentences on the board: 'This bicycle is hers.' and 'This is her bicycle.' T asks: (1) Is there a noun after 'hers'? (2) Is there a noun after 'her'? (3) Which word can replace 'her bicycle' in the first sentence?

Ss conclude: possessive pronouns = mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs; they stand without a noun. Possessive adjectives = my, your, his, her, our, their; they are always followed by a noun. Ss write: 'This is mine.' (not 'This is mine bicycle.') and 'This is my bicycle.' Note: 'his' has the same form in both uses.

Ss apply the future simple and possessive pronouns to choose the correct form in multiple-choice items.

Ss complete items 1–4 in Worksheet 1 individually, then check with a partner. T then checks the answers with the whole class.

Answer key: 1. B (will be) – 'I think future buses will be cleaner.' 2. A (mine) – 'This is my bike. It is mine.' 3. D (theirs) – 'Their car is blue. The blue car is theirs.' 4. C (Will) – 'Will people travel in solar-powered boats?' Ss note the reason for each answer in their notebooks.

Ss complete sentences with will, possessive pronouns and negatives, reorder words to form questions, and judge the correctness of sentences.

Ss do items 5–7 in Worksheet 1. Item 5: fill in the blanks (hers / her; will not use / won't use). Item 6: reorder the words 'Will – future vehicles – use – cleaner energy?'. Item 7: judge the two sentences 'I think future buses will be cleaner.' and 'I think future buses will are cleaner.' as Correct or Incorrect.

Answer key: 5. 'This is her helmet. The helmet is hers.' / 'Prediction: The bus will not use petrol in the future.' (also accepted: won't use). 6. 'Will future vehicles use cleaner energy?' 7. a) Correct; b) Incorrect – 'will' is followed by the base verb 'be', not 'are'. Common misconception to correct: 'will are', 'will is' or 'will being' are all wrong.

Ss use will for predictions, possessive pronouns and a cautious statement to describe an imagined future vehicle, linking the topic to their own town.

Ss work in pairs. Each pair imagines a future vehicle for their town or school and answers the questions: 'What is it? How will it move? Whose is it? What benefit will it bring? What is still uncertain?' Ss make three sentences with will, one with a possessive pronoun and one with may. Then Ss write a short draft on paper. The final 60–80 word paragraph is set as homework.

Each pair produces a draft of about 4–5 sentences. Example: 'Our future vehicle is a solar-powered bus. It will carry students to school every morning. The bus will not make noise, so the town will be quieter. The bus is ours. It may need more testing before it is safe.' Ss use the grammar correctly and note one uncertainty.