Activity 1: Warm-up · 10 minutes
Natural Wonders Chain Report
a) Aims
Ss recall the vocabulary of the unit and see how a yes/no question changes when it is reported.
b) Content
Ss look at picture cards of a limestone cave and a mountain landscape. T says a direct question, for example “Is the cave open?”, and a student reports it to the class. Ss then match the six words (limestone, landscape, package tour, itinerary, variety, accent) to their meanings and example sentences.
c) Expected outcomes
Ss give a correct reported question: She asked if the cave was open. Ss match the words: limestone (đá vôi) – Limestone can form dramatic caves; landscape (cảnh quan) – The landscape includes mountains and rivers; package tour (du lịch trọn gói) – A package tour may include transport and a guide; itinerary (lịch trình) – Read the itinerary before booking; variety (biến thể) – English has many varieties; accent (giọng) – An accent can reflect a speaker's background.
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T shows the cave and landscape pictures and says: “Is the cave open?” T asks: “How can we report this question to another person?” T introduces the game: each team receives a point for a correct reported question.
Students
Ss listen and look at the pictures. Ss may answer: “She asked if the cave was open.”
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T asks each team to report two more questions, such as “Can you swim?”, and monitors. T then gives the six vocabulary words and asks Ss to match them with the example sentences.
Students
Ss work in teams of four. They report the questions orally and match the words to the sentences in their notebooks.
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T invites one team to read its reported questions and one pair to read its matches. T asks: “Which word means a trip that includes transport and a guide?”
Students
Ss answer: “Package tour.” Other teams check and add points.
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T praises accurate answers and announces that today's lesson will review reported questions, relative pronouns and pronunciation of stress patterns.
Students
Ss write the title Review 3 – Language in their notebooks and note the lesson goals.