Giáo án Tiếng Anh 9 Global Success Unit 6 Communication

Make Promise

Respond

I will …

I promise to / not to…

Thank you.

I (highly) appreciate it.

Great!

Anticipated difficulties

Solutions

Students may have underdeveloped speaking and co-operating

- Encourage students to work in pairs, in groups so that they can help each other.

- Provide feedback and help if necessary.

Some students will excessively talk in the class.

- Define expectation in explicit detail.

- Have excessively talkative students practise.

- Continue to define expectations in small chunks (before every activity).

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Option 1: Promise Chain

- Divide class into two teams and arrange them into two lines facing each other.

- Select the first student from each team and whisper a promise-related sentence to them, such as ”I promise to study hard for the upcoming exam”.

- The student must then turn to their teammate and repeat the sentence exactly as they heard it.

- The next student in line must repeat the sentence to their teammate, and so on, until the sentence reaches the end of the line.

- The first team to correctly repeat the entire sentence wins points

- Listen and follow instruction.

Promise:

- I promise to be nice

- I promise to give you the PS5

- I promise not to trick you.

- I promise not to cheat in the test.

Option 2: Promise Role-play

- Divide class into pairs and assign roles to each student, such as parent and a child, teacher and student, or friend and friend.

- Provide each pair with a scenario that involves making a promise, such as a child promising to clean their room, a student promising to study for a test, or a friend promising to keep a secret.

- Ask each pair to act out the scenario.

- Have some pairs present their role-play to the class.

- Listen and follow instructions

Scenario:

a child promising to clean their room, a student promising to study for a test, or a friend promising to keep a secret.

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Task 1: Listen and read the conversations. Pay attention to the highlighted parts. (5 mins)

- Play the recording for Ss to listen and read along the conversation where Mike and Mi make promises. Ask Ss to pay attention to the highlighted parts.

- Elicit the structures for making promises.

- Have Ss practise the conversations in pairs.

- Instruct Ss how to respond appropriately.

- Listen and read

- Look at the highlighted parts.

- Listen

Audio script:

1.

Mike: I will share with you the links about the ancient village of Duong Lam.

Phong: Thank you.

2.

Mi: I promise not to bring my dog to the picnic.

Ann: Great. I appreciate it.

Structures:

I will …

I promise to / not to…

Thank you.

I (highly) appreciate it.

Task 2: Work in pairs. Make promises for the following situations.(7 mins)

- Ask Ss to work in pairs to make similar conversations.

- Comment on their performance.

EXTRA ACTIVITY

Share with the class some promises you usually make in life.

Example: I’ll finish all my homework before I go out, Mum.

I promise not to let you down.

- Work in pairs to make similar dialogues.

Suggested dialogues:

1. I will return / I promise to return before 9p.m.

I appreciate it.

2. I will be / I promise to be on time for the performance.

I highly appreciate it.

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Task 3: Read the passage about changes. Then match the people with the topics they are talking about. (5 mins)

- Tell Ss that they are going to read people talking about changes.

- Have Ss read quickly (skim) three people’s talks and do the matching. To make sure that Ss know how to do this task properly, limit the time to 1 minute.

- Invite some Ss to share their answers. Tell them to show some key words that help them do the task quickly.

- Confirm the correct answers as a class.

- Listen and follow instructions

- Read the passages quickly and do matching.

- Share the answers

- Listen and check

Key:

1. B

2. C

3. A

Notes:

Tokyo: the capital of Japan

New Delhi: the capital of India

Cairo: the capital of Egypt

Task 4: Work in groups. Read the passages in 3 again and discuss. (7 mins)

- Have Ss work in groups.

- Have Ss read two suggested questions first for the talk: 1) focus on aspects of life in the past and choose the one they would like to experience, and; 2) choose the change which they think is for the better and explain why. Ss may say that no change is for the better. It’s alright. Ask them to justify their answers.

- Invite 2-3 groups to share their answers. Make comments.

- Work in groups to do the task.

- Listen and follow instructions

- Share answers

Answer keys:

Students’ own answers.

Task 5: Work in pairs. Read the list and find out which has remained (8 mins)

- This task allows Ss to apply what they have learnt so far in this unit (ideas, vocabulary, grammar) and the structures of the talks in activity 3 to talk about real changes they can observe happening around them.

- Have Ss work in pairs.

- Work in pairs.

Sample structure:

There have been some changes in Lan’s lifestyle. The first change is her…. However, her … has / have not changed over the past five years.