Unit 15 : CITIES
Reading

Aims: help students develop reading skill.
Objectives: by the end of the lesson, students will be able to know about New York City.
Skills: Reading, speaking
Teaching aids: text book, pictures.
Procedures:

Stages/ Timing
Focus
Teacher’s activities
Student’s activities

Warm-up
(5minutes)







































Pre-reading
(10 minutes)



















































While-reading
(20 minutes)

































Post – reading
(9 minutes)



Home work
( 1 minute)

*T asks ss some questions:
Do you like traveling ?
Have you ever gone to any famous places in the world ?
Game:
-T shows ss pictures of some famous places and asks ss to tell the names of these cities and countries.

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4 5
-T leads to the new lesson.


Activity 1:
T gives ss pictures and names of some well-known places (in New –York) and asks ss to match the names with the pictures.

The Empire State Building
The United Nations Headquarters
Time Square
Central Park

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3 4
-T asks ss:
Where are these places?
What do you know about New York city ?

Activity 2 :
-T asks ss to close their books and predict the answer to complete the sentences .
-T calls on ss to give their prediction.

Hand-out: Choose the best answer to complete the sentnces
New York is the ……………… of ……………….
capital / the USA
state / the USA
state / England
The city was found by…………………
the Dutch
the French
the American
New Yorkers are people who come from …………………..
Vietnam
only the United State
all over the United States and many parts in the world
It is famous for………………..
it’s interesting places , it’s largest and finest habour
it’s high buildings, art galleries and museums
both a and b

Activity 1 :
-T asks ss to open their books, read the text and correct their answers .
-T asks ss to check their answers with a partner.
-T calls on ss to give answers.
-T gives feedback.



Activity 2:
-T asks ss to read the text again and decide if the statements are True ( T ) or False ( F )
New York is the name of both a state and a city.
New York Harbour has a lot of ice in winter.
New York is on two rivers.
The United Nations Building is in New York.
New York belonged to the Dutch when it was founded.
-T gets ss to check their answers with a partner , then T checks with the whole class.

Activity 3 :
-T asks ss to work in pairs, answering the questions.
- T calls on some pairs to give their answers.
-T asks ss to write the answers on the board.
- T corrects mistakes.

















-T asks s to work in groups,discussing the following questions :
“If you could visit New York, which place(s) there would you like to see ?
Why ? ”
-T calls on some ss to report what they have discussed.

-Read the text again, filling in the chart with some information about New York.
Name of the city ………………………………..
Total population …………………………………
Two rivers …………………………………
Total area ………………………………….
Founded by whom, when …………………………………
Its name before …………………………………
Its name now …………………………………
A special city because it is ………………………………….
Places for visiting …………………………………..

*Answer the questions
- Yes / No
- Yes / No





-Expected answers :
1. Sydney ( Australia )
2. London ( England )
3. Paris ( Fance )
4. New York ( The USA )
5. Hanoi ( Vietnam )