Giáo án A Closer Look 2

Ss activate prior knowledge of shopping and review the six key vocabulary items: bargain (mặc cả; món hời), discount (giảm giá), receipt (hóa đơn), shopaholic (người mua sắm quá mức), convenience store (cửa hàng tiện lợi), open-air market (chợ ngoài trời).

T shows six flashcards or pictures, one at a time. Ss work in pairs, say the English word, and make one short true sentence about themselves with the word, for example: 'I often buy things at the convenience store.' Pairs then guess which word fits each picture.
Question T asks: 'Where do you usually buy vegetables?' and 'What do you check after you pay?'

Ss match each word to its picture or meaning (bargain = mặc cả; món hời; discount = giảm giá; receipt = hóa đơn; shopaholic = người mua sắm quá mức; convenience store = cửa hàng tiện lợi; open-air market = chợ ngoài trời).
Ss produce at least one correct sentence per word, for example: 'We buy vegetables at the open-air market.' and 'Keep the receipt in case you need to return it.'

Ss identify the communicative meaning of frequency adverbs and discover where they stand in a sentence: after be and before a main verb.

T shows the worked language example on the board: 'The shop usually closes at nine.' and 'Our bus leaves at seven tomorrow.'
T asks the following questions:

1. What does the word usually tell us? (how often the shop closes)
2. Which word comes before the main verb closes?
3. Look at the sentence 'The shop is never open at night.' Where is never? Why?
   T then shows the list: always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never, and asks Ss to rank them from 100% to 0%.
   Ss use Phiếu học tập số 1 (Task A) to complete the rule and two examples.

Ss write the rule in their notebooks:

• Frequency adverbs go before a main verb: The shop usually closes at nine. / My mother usually checks the receipt.
• Frequency adverbs go after be: The shop is never open at night.
• Ranking from most to least frequent: always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never.
  Key misconception: 'The shop never is open at night' is incorrect in neutral sentences.

Ss use the present simple to describe fixed future timetables and distinguish them from decisions expressed with will.

T writes two sentences on the board: 'Our bus leaves at seven tomorrow.' and 'I will buy a new bag tomorrow.'
T asks: 'Which sentence is a published timetable? Which sentence is a personal decision?'
T asks Ss to decide whether each sentence on Phiếu học tập số 1 (Task B) is a schedule or a decision: 'The market opens at six tomorrow.', 'I will visit the open-air market tomorrow.', 'The fair closes at twelve tomorrow.'

Ss conclude:

• Present simple for fixed future schedules: The market opens at six tomorrow. / Our bus leaves at seven tomorrow.
• will for decisions made at the moment of speaking: I will visit the open-air market tomorrow.
• Ss label Task B sentences: The market opens at six tomorrow (schedule); I will visit the open-air market tomorrow (decision); The fair closes at twelve tomorrow (schedule).

Ss practise the position of frequency adverbs and the present simple for timetables through controlled exercises.

T displays Exercises 1 to 7 from the Student's Book (or the NeoEdu interactive page). Ss complete them individually, then check in pairs.
Ex 1: The store ___ (open) at eight tomorrow. (fixed schedule)
Ex 2: Our bus ___ (leave) at six on Sunday. (timetable)
Ex 3: She ___ (be) usually careful with money.
Ex 4: The market ___ (close) at noon on Mondays.
Ex 5: Choose the usual position of never with be. A. The shop is never open at night. B. The shop never is open at night. C. The shop is open never at night.
Ex 6: Order the chunks: My mother / usually / checks / the receipt.
Ex 7: Tomorrow's shopping bus ___ at 7 a.m. A. leaves B. leave C. leaving D. left

Answers:

1. opens
2. leaves
3. is
4. closes
5. A (The shop is never open at night.)
6. My mother usually checks the receipt.
7. A (leaves)
   Ss also mark their own answers and note any errors in their notebooks.

Ss apply the present simple for schedules and the question with does in a communicative task about a fictional fair.

Pairs read the fictional fair schedule: gates open 8:00; book exchange starts 9:00; gates close 12:00 tomorrow. Each pair writes two schedule sentences and one question with does (Exercise 8 of the Student's Book).
After writing, one partner reads the sentences aloud and the other asks the question, then answers it.
Homework: each student writes three sentences about a real shop or market near home, using at least one frequency adverb and one present simple schedule sentence.

Model answers:

• The gates open at eight tomorrow.
• The book exchange starts at nine.
• Does the fair close at twelve? (Answer: Yes, it does.)
  Scoring rubric (10 points): two accurate schedule sentences 4 points; correctly formed does question 3 points; all times match the schedule 2 points; mechanics (capitals, full stops, spelling) 1 point.