Giáo án Tiếng Anh 7 Unit 9: At home and away - Lesson 6: B 3 – 4

Wednesday, January 24th 2007
P 60. 	Unit 9 : 	At home and away
Lesson 6: B 3 – 4
A/ Aims: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to read for details to understand Hoa’s sewing work and further practice in Wh- questions to talk about past activities.
- Teaching aids: poster, picture
B/ Content:
* Warm up:	Brainstorm	did	saw
	received
	made
	 Regular verbs	 Irregular verbs
	played	bought
	walked	went
I/ Pre- reading:
1) Pre- teach vocabulary:
- (to) decide – decided : 	quyết định	( translation )
- (to) fit :	làm cho vừa vặn	( translation )
- cushion (n):	tấm nệm, gối	( visual )
- hobby (n) :	sở thích 	( example )
-useful (adj):	có ích, hữu ích	( explanation )
- sewing machine (n) :	máy may	( picture )
- pretty (adj) :	xinh đẹp	( synonym )
* Checking: What and where
2) Ordering statements:
a. First, she made a cushion
b. Next, she made a skirt.
c. Hoa bought some material.
d. Hoa’s neighbor helped her.
e. She tried it on.
f. It fitted well.
g. It was too big.
- Have Ss close their books and guess to order the sentences in the correct order.
II/ While- reading:
- Ss read the text and check their predictions.
* Keys: 1.c , 2.a , 3.b , 4.e , 5.g ,6.d , 7.f
- Play the game: 	Noughts and crosses
a
b
c
f
g
d
h
i
e
What did Hoa learn to use?
What did Hoa make first?
What color it was?
What did she make next?
How did it look?
What was the problem?
Who helped her?
How did it fit finally?
What color it was?
* Answer key: 
Hoa leared to use a sewing machine.
She made a curtain for her armchair first.
It was blue and white.
Next she made a skirt.
It was green with white flowers on it.
It looked very pretty.
She tried on it but it didn’t fit her.
Her neighbor helped her.
Finally, It fitted her very well.
III/ Post- reading:
Ordering the verbs
- Have Ss listen and number the verbs they hear.
 Hoa watched her neighbor make her dress. She decided to learn how to sew. First, she bought some material. Then she made a cushion for her armchair. Next she cut out the dress. The cushion was fine but the dress wasn’t. Then her neighbor helped her so finally it fitted her.
* Answer key: 
1. watched	2. decided	3. bought	4. made
5. cut	6. was	7. wasn’t	8. helped	9. fitted.
IV/ Homework:
- Learn by heart vocabulary.
- Do exercise B4- p 94 in work book.
- Language focus 3.