Giáo án Skills

Ss activate prior knowledge of the six target words and connect them to the topics Remembering the past, Our experiences and Vietnamese lifestyle.

Ss match each target word with its Vietnamese meaning and then make a short sentence in pairs with each word:

• heritage (di sản)
• preserve (gìn giữ)
• memorable (đáng nhớ)
• embarrassing (gây ngượng ngùng)
• lifestyle (lối sống)
• extended family (gia đình nhiều thế hệ)
  Guiding question: What is one tradition in your family that you want to preserve?

Ss match all six words correctly, for example: Recipes are part of cultural heritage. / Families preserve recipes by teaching children. / The trip was a memorable experience. / Forgetting my lines was embarrassing. / Our lifestyle has changed. / An extended family may share a home.

Ss identify the participant, central action, stated reason or limit and a summary that keeps the main point without adding new facts.

Ss read the passage about the community kitchen (Exercise 1) and follow four steps:

1. Identify the participant (Hoa) and the central action (visited a community kitchen and helped prepare a traditional rice dish).
2. Locate the stated reason or limit (e.g., "few households had large kitchens"; "one example could not support the wider claim" is the model reasoning in the lesson).
3. Explain the action with evidence: "The volunteers wrote down different family versions rather than decide that only one was correct."
4. Distinguish what the text says from opinion: "Hoa hoped the next workshop would include pupils who had never tried the dish" is Hoa's hope, not a fact.
   Guiding questions:

• Who is the participant and what is the central action?
• Why did families once cook together before the festival?
• Which sentence shows Hoa's personal opinion?

Ss write a short answer for each guiding question with evidence from the text:

• Participant and action: Hoa; she visited a community kitchen and helped make a traditional rice dish.
• Reason: few households had large kitchens.
• Evidence-based explanation: The volunteers recorded different family versions because one version could not represent every family.
• Opinion: "Hoa hoped the next workshop would include pupils who had never tried the dish."
  A correct summary keeps the main point: a tradition is preserved by practice and can welcome new people; it does not add any new fact.

Ss listen once for the purpose and then replay to check the requested detail, paying attention to times, durations and rejected alternatives.

Ss listen to the short report in Exercise 3. The options are A. fourteen; B. thirty; C. forty; D. fifty. Ss follow the listening steps:

1. Listen once for the purpose (what the report is about).
2. Replay the audio and check the requested detail (the number stated in the report).
3. Check the rejected alternatives: which numbers are mentioned but not chosen?
   Guiding questions:

• What is the purpose of the report?
• Which number is stated as the answer?
• Which numbers are rejected?

Ss answer: the purpose is to report a specific number; the stated detail is forty (C). Ss also note that the other options are not the stated detail. A correct process: Ss listen for purpose first, then check the number and eliminate rejected alternatives.

Ss review three grammar patterns from the examples and use them correctly in context.

Ss look at the three examples and explain the form and meaning of each:

1. At eight last night, Grandma was cooking dinner. (cook → was cooking: an action in progress at a past time)
2. She has visited the museum twice. (have/has + past participle)
3. We decided to interview our grandparents. (decide takes to-infinitive)
   Guiding questions:

• Why do we use was cooking in example 1?
• Why do we use has visited in example 2?
• Which form follows decide in example 3?

Ss state the rules:

• Past continuous (was/were + V-ing) shows an action in progress at a past time: "At eight last night, Grandma was cooking dinner."
• Present perfect (has/have + past participle) shows an experience or a number of times up to now: "She has visited the museum twice."
• Decide is followed by a to-infinitive: "We decided to interview our grandparents."

Ss apply the reading and listening strategies to complete the practice exercises and check answers with the key.

Ss complete the following tasks in pairs:

1. Exercise 5 and Exercise 6: Read the account about Nam's bridge project. Exercise 5: Give only the first name of the central student. Exercise 6: Explain the purpose of the activity and support your answer with evidence from the text.
2. Exercise 7: Listen to the short report and choose the detail that is stated: A. half an hour; B. one hour; C. two hours; D. three hours.
3. Grammar check: Complete the three examples with the correct form: was cooking / has visited / to interview.

Answer key:

• Exercise 5: Nam (the first name of the central student).
• Exercise 6 (sample): The purpose is to show that a failed attempt can provide useful evidence and that revising a plan with others is valuable. Evidence: "The instructor asked the team to examine the folds rather than blame one person." / "The most memorable part was learning to revise a plan with others, not winning a prize."
• Exercise 7: C (two hours).
• Grammar: was cooking; has visited; to interview.

Ss write an 80–100-word paragraph that connects remembering the past or our experiences to one concrete experience, and clearly separates fact from opinion.

Ss write 80–100 words on one of the following prompts:

• Remembering the past: one memory of a family tradition or a school activity.
• Our experiences: one team project or a memorable experience at a summer course.
  The paragraph must:
• describe one concrete experience,
• explain why it matters,
• finish with a supported opinion,
• make clear what is fact and what is opinion.
  If the account is imagined, Ss label it as fictional.
  Guiding question: "What is one experience that taught you something important, and what evidence can you give?"

A paragraph of 80–100 words that meets the criteria. Human assessment rubric (total 1 point):

• Relevant content: 0.4
• Fact/opinion clarity: 0.2
• Organisation: 0.2
• Language: 0.2
  Sample (from the model): "I have recently completed a team project at a summer course. At first, I was nervous because I had never presented a design to people I did not know. During the first test, our model failed, and I felt embarrassed. However, we examined the problem together and changed one part at a time. ... I have learned that asking questions is more useful than pretending to know everything."