Giáo án Tiếng Anh lớp 4 Global Success Unit 11 Lesson 2

I. OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to:

Language knowledge & skills

- understand and correctly repeat the sentences in two communicative contexts (pictures) in which characters ask and answer the question about what a place is like.

- correctly say the phrases and use What’s the _____ like? – It’s _____. to ask and answer questions about what a place is like.

- enhance the correct use of What’s the _____ like? – It’s _____.to ask and answer questions about what a place is like in a freer context.

Competences

- Communication and collaboration: work in pairs and groups to complete the learning tasks

- Self-control & independent learning: perform learning tasks

Attributes

- Show pride in where they’re from and respect to other people by using appropriate gestures and intonation when asking and answering about home locations.

II. RESOURCES AND MATERIALS

- Student’s book: Page 8

- Audio tracks 5, 6

- Teacher’s guide: Pages 162, 163, 164

- Website hoclieu.vn

- Flash cards/ pictures and posters (Unit 11)

- Computer, projector, …

III. PROCEDURE

Warm-up and review – Look, listen and repeat – Listen, point, and say – Let’s talk – Fun corner and wrap-up

Procedure

Teacher’s and pupils’ activities

Interaction

Note

Warm-up and review:  5 minutes

Option 1:  Greet the class, then play the game Whispering with the vocabulary and sentences in Period 2.

Option 2: Watch a youtube video (Powerpoint)

Option 3: Game: Buzz!

- Arrange pupils into a circle and ask pupils to count from 1 in sequence from pupil to pupil.

- Set a goal from one to twenty for pupils.

- Each pupil shouts out one number in their turn.

If a number is a multiple of 5, or a number with a 5 in it, the player has to shout out "buzz!" instead of saying that number.

- The game is meant to be fast paced, so if a pupil takes too long or buzzes at the wrong time, they are eliminated.

– Get pupils to open their books at page 8 and look at Unit 11, Lesson 2, Activity 1. Tell pupils what they will learn in this lesson.

Whole class/ Individual work

EXPLORATION

Activity 1. Look, listen and repeat.   5 minutes

a. Goal

To understand and correctly repeat the sentences in two communicative contexts (pictures) in which characters ask and answer the question about what a place is like.

b. Input

– Context a: Bill: Where do you live?         

Minh: I live in Hai Ba Trung Street.

– Context b: Bill: What’s the street like?    

Minh: It’s a busy street.

c. Outcome

Pupils can understand and correctly repeat the sentences in two communicative
contexts (pictures) in which characters ask and answer the question about what a place is like.

d. Procedure

Step 1:Ask pupils to look at Pictures aand band identify the characters and predict what they are talking about (e.g. Bill’s house, Minh’s house, the street, the road).

Step 2: Ask pupils to look at Picture a. Play the recording for them to listen and check the prediction. Play the recording again, sentence by sentence, for pupils to listen and repeat after each character. Correct their pronunciation where necessary. Repeat the same procedure with Picture b.

Step 3: Invite a few pairs to the front of the class to listen to and act out the exchanges.

Step 4: Draw pupils’ attention to the question What’s the street like? and the answer It’s a busy street. Explain that they are used to ask and answer about what a place is like.

Whole class

/Individual work

Pair work

e. Assessment

- Performance products: Student’s answers

- Assessment tools: Observation; Questions & Answers

KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION

Activity 2. Listen, point and say.   10 minutes

a. Goal

To correctly say the phrases and use What’s the _____ like? – It’s _____. to ask and answer questions about what a place is like.

b. Input

– Picture cues:

a. a busy street

b. a quiet village

c. a noisy road

d. a big city

– Speech bubbles: What’s the _____ like? – It’s _____.

Audio script:

a. a busy streetb. a quiet villagec. a noisy roadd. a big city

a. A: What’s the street like?

    B: It’s a busy street.

b. A: What’s the village like?

    B: It’s a quiet village.

c. A: What’s the road like?

    B: It’s a noisy road.

d. A: What’s the city like?

    B: It’s a big city

c. Outcome

Pupils can correctly say the phrases and use What’s the _____ like? – It’s _____. to ask andanswer questions about what a place is like.

d. Procedure

Step 1: Ask pupils to look at Pictures a, b, c and d and identify the places in the pictures. Have pupils describe what they can see in each picture.

Step 2: Play the recording for pupils to listen to and repeat the phrases in chorus and individually until they feel confident. Use the flash cards for a busy street, a quiet village, a noisy road and a big city to practise the phrases.

Step 3: Draw pupils’ attention to the speech bubbles and elicit the missing words and phrases in the question and answer by pointing at Picture a. Play the recording for pupils to repeat the sentences in both bubbles a few times. Repeat Step 3 with Pictures b, c and d.

Step 4: Let pupils point at the pictures and say the sentences in pairs. Go around the classroom to offer help if necessary.

Extension: Invite a few pairs to act out the exchanges in front of the class

Whole class/ Individual work

Individual work

Pair work

e. Assessment

- Performance products: Student's talks and interaction

- Assessment tools: Observation; questions & answers

PRACTICE

Activity 3. Let’s talk. 8 minutes

a. Goal

To enhance the correct use of What’s the _____ like? – It’s _____.to ask and answer questions about what a place is like in a freer context.

b. Input

– Picture cues: a busy street, a quiet village, a noisy road, a big city

– Speech bubbles: What’s the _____ like? – _____.

c. Outcome

Pupils can enhance the correct use of What’s the _____ like? – It’s _____.to ask andanswer questions about what a place is like in a freer context.

d. Procedure

Step 1: Ask pupils to look at the pictures and elicit the phrase to describe the place in each picture.

Step 2: Give pupils time to work in pairs and take turns pointing at the picture and asking What’s the _____ like? and answering about what the place is like. Pupils can use the pictures or part of a picture to ask questions. For example, they can point at a street in the city and ask What’s the street like?.

Step 3: Invite a few pairs to come to the front of the class and act out the roles.

Whole class/ Individual work

Pair work

e. Assessment

- Performance products: Student’s interaction and performance

- Assessment tools: Observation; questions & answers

Fun corner and wrap-up: 5 minutes

Option 1: Game: Reveal the picture

Pupils take turns opening one piece of the picture, and whoever has the first correct answer will get one point for their team.

Option 2:

Use hoclieu.vn, have pupils look at the words or sentences of the lesson and repeat after the recording.

Option 3 :

Game: Sentence Puzzle

- Divide the class into groups of four. Give each group a sentence that is broken/cut into pieces.

- Ask them to arrange the words to make a complete sentence, then read it aloud.

Wrap - up:

What have you learnt today?

Whole class