LESSON PLAN

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TEXTBOOK: FLUENCY PLUS 7

UNIT 1: PEOPLE AROUND US
LESSON 1 - READING:
People Around Us

A. OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to read information about the topic “People’s
Differences”.
1. Core competencies
- Know some activities, words, or phrases about appearance and personality and apply them to
practice.
- Know how to understand the main idea of the text and discuss what makes people different.
2. General competencies
- Communication and collaboration: work in pairs/groups to talk about appearance and
personality.
- Problem-solving and creativity: figure out other factors of appearance and personality.
3. Attributes
- Kindness: help partners complete learning tasks.
- Diligence: work hard to complete learning tasks.
- Honesty: tell the truth or play fair in games.
- Responsibility: appreciate kindness.
- Leadership: collaborate with teachers to enhance language skills.

B. LANGUAGE FOCUS AND SKILLS

1. Vocabulary
- Vocabulary: upbringing, obvious, facial features, uniqueness, introverted, respect.
- Recycled vocabulary: vocabulary related to describing different appearances and personalities.
2. Skills: Listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
C. RESOURCES AND MATERIALS
- Student book – pages 6, 7
- Flashcards/Pictures
- Lesson plan
- Teacher’s Guide
- Computer, projector…
D. LEARNING EXPERIENCES

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 Teacher’s activities Students’ activities PowerPoint
WARM-UP/REVIEW
Objective: To attract Ss’ attention to the lesson and lead in the new lesson.
- Greet Ss. - Greet T.
- Instruct the warm-up activity: Picture - Listen to T. Slides 2-4
- Explain how to do the activity: - Focus on the rules and try to
● Show the pictures (There are 10 pictures of understand how to play the
different people.) game.
● Describe the pictures randomly.
● Ask Ss “Who are they?”
● The Ss who can guess the fastest will win.
- Let Ss play the game. - Play the game.
- Check the answers and praise the winner. - Praise the winner.
Expected Outcomes and Assessment
- Task completed with excellence: Students can recognize different people and feel excited for the
upcoming session.
- Task completed: Students can recognize different people.
- Task uncompleted: Students are unable to recognize different people.
PRESENTATION
Objective: To brainstorm words or phrases about appearance and personality before reading the texts.
Exercise 1:
- Ask Ss to look at the questions provided in the - Listen to T. Slides 5-6
book and explain them to Ss.
- Ask Ss to collaborate in pairs or small groups to - Work in groups and answer the
engage in a question-and-answer activity. questions in exercise 1.
- Set a time limit for Ss to discuss with their - Discuss with friends.
partner.
- Select representatives from each group to share - Stand up and answer the
their responses orally. questions.

Exercise 2:
- Ask Ss to do exercise 2. Slides 7-8
- Assess their comprehension to ensure they are - Do exercise 2.
familiar with the vocabulary provided in the - Ask T if they do not know.
box.
- Pronounce the words in the box and ask Ss to
repeat. - Listen and repeat after T.
- Encourage the Ss to describe the image
displayed. - Describe the picture.
- Commence the audio recording and instruct the
Ss to listen attentively. - Listen to the audio.
- Invite some Ss to stand up and give their
answers. - Stand up and give the answers.

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- Verify the correctness of the answers while also
evaluating the Ss’ pronunciation skills. - Listen to T and improve
- Ask Ss if they recognize Jack, Emily, and Rosa pronunciation.
in the picture.
- Call some Ss to answer and correct if they
answer incorrectly. - Give the answers.
- Transit towards the key terms that are
emphasized and will be referenced within the
texts.

Exercise 3:
- Instruct how to do the exercise. Slides 9-12
- Read the instructions and listen
- Let Ss read through the text quickly, find the to the T.
definitions of the highlighted words, and do - Read through the article and find
exercise 3. the definitions of the highlighted
- Walk around the class and assist Ss requiring words.
support. - Do exercise 3.
- Aid them in understanding any challenging
vocabulary found within the definitions. - Give the answers.
- Check Ss’ answers. - Practice pronunciation.
- Ask Ss to practice their pronunciation by
repetition. - Try to pronounce the new words
- Provide feedback to rectify any pronunciation or phrases correctly.
errors made by the Ss.

Exam advice - Read the exam advice box.

Slide 13
- Require Ss to read the exam advice box. - Listen to T explaining the
- Explain each piece of information in the box. information.
- Read through the text and pay
- Give an example of reading text on the next attention to the words before and
page by asking Ss to pay attention to the words after each gap.
before and after each gap.
- Check Ss’ understanding of the vocabulary and
explain if they do not know. - Listen to the teacher.
- Lead to the next exercise for reading in detail.
Expected Outcomes and Assessment
- Task completed with excellence: Students can remember and read new words of appearance and
personality and talk about them fluently.
- Task completed: Students can remember and read new words on the topic.
- Task uncompleted: Students are unable to remember and read new words on the topic.
PRACTICE
Objective: To understand the text about what makes people different and apply the exam advice for the
reading task: choosing the correct answer

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Exercise 4:
- Explain the instructions to do exercise 4. - Listen to the T. Slides 14-16
- Introduce the topic of the lesson, which is about - Brainstorm about what makes
the uniqueness of individuals and the various people different.
factors that contribute to their differences.
- Pre-teach the vocabulary words that may be - Ask T the words they do not
unfamiliar to the Ss. Pronounce them and ask Ss know. Read aloud the words.
to read them aloud. Check Ss’ understanding of
the words in exercise 4.
- Require Ss to underline the words before and - Underline the words before and
after each gap. after each gap of text.
- Set a time limit for Ss to do exercise 4 - Do exercise 4 individually.
individually.
- Walk around the class and support Ss in need.
- Require Ss to compare the answers in pairs. - Compare the answers with
friends.
- Call some Ss to give the answers by reading a - Give the answers and explain.
full sentence that contains the answer and
requiring them to explain why they chose that
word.
- Ask Ss to listen to the audio and check their - Listen to the audio.
answers and pronunciation. - Check the answers and
pronunciation.

- Listen to the T.
Exercise 5:
Slides 17-18
- Explain the instructions of the exercise. - Brainstorm and list factors that
- Divide the Ss into pairs or small groups. make people different from one
- Instruct each group to brainstorm and list another.
factors that make people different.
- Encourage them to think beyond physical
appearance and consider traits such as
personality, interests, beliefs, values, culture, - Discuss and share the answers.
and experiences.
- Allow sufficient time for discussion and idea
generation.
- Have each group share their answers with the - Elaborate on the information
whole class. they provide.
- Encourage Ss to explain and elaborate on each
factor they identified.
- Emphasize that differences can be both visible
(e.g., physical appearance) and invisible (e.g., - Compare with others.
personality traits).
- Facilitate a discussion by comparing and - Debate with other groups.
contrasting the different answers provided.

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 - Encourage Ss to ask questions or seek
clarification from other groups.

Exercise 6:
- Ask Ss to reread the text to do exercise 6 - Do exercise 6. Slide 19
individually.
- Make clear the difference between appearance
and personality.
- Call some Ss to answer. - Give their answer.
- Check and correct students’ answers and - Listen to the T and improve
pronunciation. pronunciation.
Expected outcomes and assessment
- Task completed with excellence: Students can understand the text and do reading tasks correctly.
- Task completed: Students can understand the text and do reading tasks.
- Task uncompleted: Students are unable to understand the text and do reading tasks.
PRODUCTION
Objective: To help students have more practice to remember what they have learned
Exercise 7:
- Ask Ss to work in pairs/groups and discuss to - Pair/group work to discuss Slide 19
add more words. with partners to do
- Ask some Ss to read aloud or come to the board
and write down their answer. - Give the answers.
- Check Ss’s answer and pronunciation.
- Stimulate Ss to use these words to talk about - Listen to the T.
themselves/their friends/their family… - Follow T’s requirements.
Extra activity:
- Instruct the activity: Mario Slides 20-
- Explain how to do the activity: - Listen to T. 38
● Ss play the role of Mario. - Focus on the rules and try to
● Answer questions correctly to approach understand how to play the game.
the castle, and find and defeat Bowser to rescue
Princess Peach.
● Round 1: Go through a dangerous bridge.
(5 questions, each question has 2 options)
● Round 2: Approach the castle. (5
questions, each question has 4 options)
● Round 3: Defeat Bower (Describe 4
people, for one in 3 sentences.)
● The Ss who can answer most questions the
fastest will win.
- Let Ss play the game. - Play the game.
- Check the answers and praise the winner. - Praise the winner.
Expected outcomes and assessment
- Task completed with excellence: Students can remember all the new vocabulary from the text exactly.

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 - Task completed: Students can remember the new vocabulary from the text.
- Task uncompleted: Students are unable to remember the new vocabulary from the text.
WRAP-UP AND HOMEWORK
Objectives: Relax, have more practice, and remind students what they need to do at home
Wrap up:
- Instruct the wrap-up activity: Who am I? - Listen to T. Slides 36-
- Explain how to do the activity: - Focus on the rules and try to 37
● Every S will write a short description about understand how to play the game.
themselves, without including their name.
● After Ss have composed a brief description of
their physical appearance, they are to fold the
paper and submit it to the T.
● Shuffle the descriptions and randomly select one
to share with the class for Ss to try to guess.
● The Ss who can answer most questions the fastest
will win.
- Let Ss play the game. - Play the game.
- Check the answers and praise the winner. - Praise the winner.

Homework:
- Go through what Ss have learned from the
lesson (words, and phrases related to what
makes people different).
- Ask Ss to learn the words from Unit 1 by heart.
- Require Ss to practice using the vocabulary
they have learnt.
- Ask Ss to prepare for the next lesson.
REFLECTION
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