Giáo án A Closer Look 1

Ss get interested in the topic of community service and predict the focus of the lesson.

Ss look at the unit scene picture and answer the questions: What can you see in the picture? What are the volunteers sorting? Ss describe the picture in pairs.

Ss answer: They are sorting books and clean clothes, with an adult helping. Ss name the lesson focus: words about community service and the -ed sounds.

Ss understand the meaning of six topic words, pronounce them correctly and use them with a useful phrase.

T presents six words: donate (quyên góp), volunteer (tình nguyện viên), shelter (nơi trú tạm), collect rubbish (nhặt rác), provide (cung cấp), community (cộng đồng). Ss use Worksheet 1 to match each word with its meaning and a useful phrase. Then Ss play a cover-and-recall game: one S reads the Vietnamese meaning, the partner says the English word and makes a sentence.
Question for Ss: 'What does donate mean?' Ss use Worksheet 1 to complete the task.

Ss record in their notebooks:

• donate – quyên góp (donate books to a shelter)
• volunteer – tình nguyện viên (volunteer in the community)
• shelter – nơi trú tạm (a shelter for people in need)
• collect rubbish – nhặt rác (collect rubbish in the park)
• provide – cung cấp (provide help to the community)
• community – cộng đồng (community service)

Ss identify the three -ed sounds /t/, /d/ and /ɪd/ and explain the rule that decides which sound is used.

T presents the rule: /t/ after voiceless sounds except /t/ (helped); /d/ after voiced sounds except /d/ (played); /ɪd/ after /t/ or /d/ (wanted, needed). The final sound, not the final letter, decides the pronunciation. Only /ɪd/ adds a syllable.
Questions for Ss: 'Which sound ends helped?' 'Does wanted have two syllables?' Ss sort the words on Worksheet 2.

Ss complete Worksheet 2:

• /t/: helped
• /d/: played
• /ɪd/: wanted, needed, donated
  Key rule Ss state: 'It is the final sound that decides. Only /ɪd/ adds a syllable.'

Ss consolidate the meanings of the topic words and choose the correct word for each meaning.

Ss do the following exercises:

1. Match the words with their meanings: donate, volunteer, shelter, collect rubbish.
2. Which word means 'cung cấp'? A. donate B. shelter C. community D. provide
3. Complete the word from its meaning 'cộng đồng' using the word bank: donate, volunteer, shelter, collect rubbish, provide, community. Answer: {{1}}
4. Listen to the word. Which word did you hear? A. collect rubbish B. provide C. volunteer D. donate
5. Select the correctly matched meanings: A. donate – quyên góp B. volunteer – nơi trú tạm C. shelter – nơi trú tạm D. collect rubbish – cung cấp

Answers:

1. donate – quyên góp; volunteer – tình nguyện viên; shelter – nơi trú tạm; collect rubbish – nhặt rác
2. D (provide = cung cấp)
3. community
4. C (volunteer)
5. A and C (donate – quyên góp; shelter – nơi trú tạm)

Ss apply the -ed sound rule to a new word and explain the sound contrast.

Ss do the following:

1. For 'helped', choose the target sound: A. /t/ B. /d/ C. /ɪd/
2. Read the word 'helped' aloud and explain the sound contrast. Then give one other example from the lecture, such as 'played' or 'wanted'.
   T asks Ss to read the target word and explain the rule in one or two sentences.

Answers:

1. A (/t/). Help ends with /p/, a voiceless sound other than /t/, so -ed is /t/.
2. Expected explanation: 'helped is /t/ because the final sound /p/ is voiceless. Another example: played is /d/ because the final sound is voiced. Wanted is /ɪd/ because it ends with /t/.'

Ss use the topic words and the -ed verbs to write a short message about community service.

Ss write a short message of 4 or 5 sentences about a community service activity they did or plan to do. They must use at least four target words and two regular -ed verbs (for example: donated, volunteered, helped, collected). T gives the model: 'Last Saturday we donated books to a shelter.'

Sample message:

• Last Saturday, my class donated books to a shelter.
• We worked as volunteers and collected rubbish in our community.
• An adult helped us sort clean clothes.
• We want to provide more help next month.