Friendship lesson2: Speaking

 Preparing date: / 8/ 2008 FRIENDSHIP Period 3 
Teaching date : B8 Lesson2: Speaking
 OBJECTIVES
Aims: Ss describe the physical characteristics and personalities of their friends, using appropriate adjectives.
Lexical item: Words and phrases related to the describing of personalities of their friends.
Structures: Sentences used to describe a person.
Teaching aids: Pictures in the book and friends in the class.
Procedure
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
1. Warm-up
- Hang a picture about a famous and some adjectives to describe.
+ Suggested:
tall, ponytail, curly, good-looking, oval, straight, pants, jean, dark-blue...
- Asks Ss to work in group.
- Checks in front of the class.
- Give questions and ask Ss to answer.
+ Who can give me a short description about her/him?
+ Instruct the new lesson and help Ss to put question to practice speaking.
- Ss’ answers may vary.
- Look at the picture and words, phrases then describe.
- Work in group.
+ She is of medium height.
+She wears her hair in a ponytail.
+ She has got an oval face with dark brown eyes.
- Listen and prepare then answer.
2. Before you Speak:
1. What is she like?
2. What does she look like?
3. How is she?
- Answer the questions.
+ Tall and beautiful.
+ Pretty and easygoing.
+ She is fine.
3. While you speak:
Task 1
- Asks Ss to open the book and describe the pictures, using the words below of useful language.
- Helps Ss find to add some words when main necessary to describe person. 
- Guides Ss to read words
Instruction: You are going to look at the picture of four people and describe them in pair.
- Asks Ss to do the task.
- Guides Ss to describe the pictures.
- Walks around to help Ss when necessary.
- Calls some Ss to give their answer.
- Suggested answer.
1. about 16 years old. 
short-sighted 
wearing a pair of glasses. 
short black hair, a round face with a broad forehead, a small nose, thin lips and a small chin. 
good-looking.
2. wearing a pair of glasses.
 about 14 years old
shoulder-length black hair
wearing a ribbon
oval face with a straight nose, full lips and a pointed chin.
3. forties.
tall and well-built
short brown hair and a square face with a broad forehead, small eyes, a crooked nose and thin lips.
4. thirties.
tall and slim
long curly brown hair and an oval face with a broad forehead, big eyes, a straight nose, heart shaped lips and a small chin.
Task 1
- Open the book and describe
- Copy down and read them individual.
- Listen and look at the picture and describe.
- Work in pair or individual
- Answers.
1. The boy is about 16 years old. He may be short-sighted because he’s a wearing a pair of glasses. He has short black hair, a round face with a broad forehead, a small nose, thin lips and a small chin. He’s quite good-looking.
2.The girl is about 14 years old. She’s also wearing a pair of glasses. He has shoulder-length black hair, and she’s wearing a ribbon. She has an oval face with a straight nose, full lips and a pointed chin. She is pretty.
3. The man is in his forties. He’s tall and well-built. He has short brown hair and a square face with a broad forehead, small eyes, a crooked nose and thin lips. He’s handsome.
4. The woman is in her thirties. She’s quite tall and slim. She has long curly brown hair and an oval face with a broad forehead, big eyes, a straight nose, heart shaped lips and a small chin. She’s beautiful.
Task 2:
Instruction: You are going to discuss and number the personalities in order of importance in friendship and then report the results.
- Asks Ss to look at the list of adjectives provided in the book. 
- Explains some adjectives quickly.
- Divides the class into groups and asks them to discuss.
- Walks around to help Ss when necessary.
- Calls some Ss to report the results of their discussion. 
- suggested answer:
Task 2:
- Work in group.
- Write the words.
- Listen and discuss.
- Ss’ answer may be.
My group thinks that being caring is the most important in friendship because when friends care about each other, they will know when to share happiness or difficulty with their friend..
Task 3
Instruction: You are going to talk about a famous friend between journalist and interviewee.
- Guides Ss to do the task.
- Work in groups to make questions or facts about a famous friend based on the suggestions in the book.
- Walks around the class to check and help Ss when necessary.
- Check Ss to answer in front of the class.
Example:
T: Could you tell me his name?
 P: His name is Le
Task 3
- Listen.
- Work in groups
- Make questions and answer.
+ What is his date of birth?
His date of birth is on December 20th 1977.
+ What does he like?
+ What does he look like?
He is tall and handsome.
+ What does he do in his spare time?
He watches the film.
+ Why is he so interested in moths?
+ How long does it take him to study math?
+ How much time does he has spend on math everyday?
+ What made him so successful
4. After you speak
Useful language:
- Explains some adjectives quickly.
- Guides Ss to do and ask them to practice 
Example:
A: Hello, I’m Phong, a journalist for Hoa hoc tro magazine.
B: Hi, I’m. Nice to meet you.
A: I hear you are Minh’s closet friend. Could you give me some information about Minh?
B: Sure, No problem
- Practice the following couples
- Walks around the class to check and help Ss when necessary.
- Ask Ss to practice.
- Work in pair.
A: Has Minh just won the first international prize in mathematics?
B: Yes. That’s right. He did a good job and we are so proud of.
A: So he has to work very hard on this subject? How much time does he spend on it everyday?
B: I’m not sure but he studies it nearly every night. Math is his favorite subject.
A: Do you know why?
B: He always says it is so useful and interesting. Both his parents are mathematics teachers.
.
A: Thanks for giving me time. Bye.
B: You’re welcome. Bye
5. Homework
- Asks Ss to write about the friend you have just talked about.
- Asks Ss to prepare Listening.
- Write about the friend you have just talked about.
- Prepare Listening.