Giáo án Skills

Ss activate prior knowledge about cultural exchange and recall why respect and asking permission matter when sharing a culture.

Ss work in pairs and answer three questions:

• Have you ever taken part in an event that introduced another culture? What did you see or learn?
• Can you name a family custom or tradition you know well?
• Why should we ask people before taking their photos?

Pairs give 2-3 short ideas each. Expected ideas written on the board: respect, asking permission, curiosity, listening carefully, not judging other ways of life.

Ss understand the gist of the review passage, find supporting evidence and learn the key vocabulary of the text.

T pre-teaches key vocabulary by matching: exchange, demonstrate, weaving, custom, represent, respectful, label, similarity, curiosity.
Ss read the passage once for gist, then answer the question: 'What event or issue does the passage describe?'
Ss then find three pieces of evidence: how guests chose what to share, how names were checked, and what happened when a guest did not want a photograph.
See Worksheet 1.

Vocabulary matching:

• exchange (trao đổi)
• demonstrate (trình diễn)
• weaving (dệt)
• custom (phong tục)
• represent (đại diện)
• respectful (tôn trọng)
• label (nhãn)
• similarity (điểm giống nhau)
• curiosity (sự tò mò)

Main idea: A class held a cultural exchange afternoon in which guests shared only the parts of their experience they chose.
Evidence: Guests chose what to share; nobody was asked to represent a whole community; names were checked before making labels; cameras were put away when a guest refused a photograph.

Ss predict and catch key information (day, room, time, things to bring) from a spoken review notice.

Before listening, Ss look at the four questions in Worksheet 2: Which day is the meeting? Which room? Does it begin at three thirty? What should you bring?
Ss listen to the review notice from the exercises once or twice. See Worksheet 2.

Key information from the notice:

• Day: Wednesday
• Room: twelve (Room 12)
• Time: begins at 2:30 and ends at 3:30
• To bring: a notebook (not food)

Ss identify the structure of a good response and separate facts from personal opinions.

T shows a model paragraph and asks Ss to label each sentence as Idea, Evidence, Opinion or Limit.
Model: 'Our class held a cultural exchange afternoon. Each guest chose what to share, and nobody represented a whole community. In my opinion, this is a respectful way to learn about other cultures. However, a small meeting cannot tell us everything about a culture.'

Structure of a good response:

• Clear idea: Our class held a cultural exchange afternoon.
• Evidence (fact from the passage): Each guest chose what to share; nobody represented a whole community.
• Opinion (own view, clearly marked): In my opinion, this is a respectful way to learn about other cultures.
• Appropriate limit: However, a small meeting cannot tell us everything about a culture.

Ss answer factual questions and judge a statement about the passage accurately, giving evidence from the text.

Exercises 1-4 based on the review passage:

1. What event or issue does the passage describe? Answer with a word or short phrase.
2. What skill did one guest demonstrate? Answer with a word or short phrase.
3. Each guest was asked to represent an entire community. (True or False? Correct the statement if false.)
4. What did students check before making labels? Answer with a word or short phrase.

Answers:

1. A cultural exchange afternoon.
2. Weaving.
3. False. The class did not ask anyone to represent an entire community.
4. The names (students checked names).

Ss answer the listening questions accurately and correct a false statement about the notice.

Exercises 5-8 based on the review notice:
5. Which day is the meeting? Answer with a word or short phrase.
6. Which room? Answer with a word or short phrase.
7. Does it begin at three thirty? (Answer Yes or No and correct if necessary.)
8. What should you bring? Answer with a word or short phrase.

Answers:
5. Wednesday.
6. Room twelve (Room 12).
7. No. It begins at 2:30 and ends at 3:30.
8. A notebook (not food).

Ss give an evidence-based spoken summary of the passage in one minute and plan an 80-100-word written response that includes a limit.

Part A (in class): Pairs take turns giving a one-minute spoken summary of the passage (Exercise 9).
Part B (homework): Ss write an 80-100-word response to the question: What is one limitation of the project described in the passage? (Exercise 10). Ss use the structure of idea, evidence and limit, and keep facts separate from their opinions.

Sample one-minute summary:
'Our class organised a cultural exchange afternoon. Each guest chose which parts of their experience to share. One guest demonstrated weaving and another described a family custom. Nobody was asked to represent a whole community. Students prepared respectful questions, checked names and put their cameras away when a guest did not want a photograph. Afterwards, we wrote about one similarity and one difference. The event showed that curiosity needs care, and a small meeting cannot tell us everything about a culture.'

Sample limit for homework: 'The project relied on a few guests and one afternoon, so our conclusions are based on limited observation and may not represent a whole culture.'