UNIT 3: MY FRIENDS

Lesson 1: Getting started – My friends

I. Objectives
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:

1. Knowledge
- Have an overview about the topic My friends
- Have vocabulary to talk about body parts and appearance to describe people’s
appearance

2. Core competence
- Develop communication skills and creativity
- Be collaborative and supportive in pair work and teamwork
- Actively join in class activities

3. Personal qualities
- Be ready to describe classmates
- Develop self-study skills

II. Materials
- Grade 6 textbook, Unit 3, Getting started
- Computer connected to the internet
- Projector/ TV/ pictures and cards
- Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGi3f_fHIzg ̣( Body Bop Bop Dance )

Language analysis
Vietnamese
Form Pronunciation Meaning
equipvalent
1. glasses (n) /ˈɡlɑːsɪz/ things people wear mắt kính
when they have
eyes’ problems
2. cheek (n) /tʃiːk/ the parts under má
people’s eyes
3. foot (n-s)/feet /fʊt/ - /fiːt/ the body part we use bàn chân
(n-p) to stand on
 Anticipated difficulties Solutions
1. Students may be lack of Prepare some handouts on vocabulary
knowledge about body parts and structures to describe people’s
and structures to describe appearance
people’s appearance.
2. Students may have - Play the recording many
underdeveloped listening, times if
speaking and co-operating necessary
skills. - Encourage students to
work in pairs, in groups so
that they can help each
other
- Provide feedback and help
if necessary
Board Plan

Date of teaching
Unit 3: My friends
Lesson 1: Getting started
* Warm-up
The body part song
I. Vocabulary
1. glasses (n)
2. cheek (n)
3. foot/feet (n)
II. Getting started
Task 1: Teacher draws students’ attention to the picture in the textbook and
asks them questions about the picture.
Task 2: Listen to the conversation and check the prediction. (p. 26)
Task 3: Listen to the conversations again and work in pairs to do Ex. 2.
Task 4: Show a picture – stickers 🡪 do Ex. 3
Task 5: Work in groups of 3-4 to do Ex. 4
III. Production
Task 6: Game: Describe and guess
* Homework
Procedures:

Stage Stage aim Procedure Interactio Tim

n e
Warm-up to review * Listen and do along T-Ss 5
on people’s - Teacher mins
body parts, plays the
recall Ss song on
vocabulary. speakers.
- Teacher and
students sing
along and
point at the
mentioned
body parts in
the song
 lyrics. Do 2-3
times and
make it
faster each
time.
Lyrics:
Body body bop bop!
Body bop bop!
Body body bop bop!
Body bop bop!

Wash your head.

Wash your shoulders.
Body body bop bop bop!
Wash your tummy.
Wash your bottom.
Body body body body bop!

Body body bop bop!

Body bop bop!

Touch your eyes.

Touch your nose.
Body body bop bop bop!
Touch your mouth.
Touch your ears.
Body body body body bop!

Body body bop bop!

Body bop bop!
Body body bop bop!
Body bop bop!

Wiggle your arms.

Wiggle your legs.
Body body bop bop bop!
Wiggle your fingers.
Wiggle your toes.
Body body body body bop!
 Body body bop bop!
Body bop bop!

Shake your elbows.

Shake your knees.
Body body bop bop bop!
Shake your hands.
Shake your feet.
Body body body body bop!

Body body!
Body body body body!
Bop bop bop!
Lead-in To lead in Task 1: Teacher draws T-Ss 3
the topic. students’ attention to the mins
picture in the textbook and
asks them questions about
the picture:
1. What are Phong and Nam
doing?
2. What is Phong favourite
magazine?
3. Who do Phong and Nam
see?
4. Where are the two girls
going?
Suggested answers:
1. They are having a picnic.
2. It’s …
3. They see …
4. They are going to …
Presentation To enrich VOCABULARY T-Ss 5
(Vocab- student’s - Teacher mins
pre-teach) vocabulary introduces
the
vocabulary
by:
 + showing the pictures
illustrating the words
+ providing the synonym or
antonym of the words
+ providing the definition of
the words
1. glasses (n): [picture]
2. cheek (n): [picture]
3. foot-feet (n): [picture]
Practice To practice Task 2: Listen to the T-Ss 20
the conversation and check the mins
targeted prediction. (p. 26)
language - Teacher
(adjectives) plays the
and the recording,
background asks
knowledge. students to
underline
the words
they have
learnt in the
To practice vocabulary
using the part.
targeted - Teacher can Pair work
vocabulary. play the
recording
more than
once. T-Ss
- Students
listen and
read.
Task 3: Listen to the
conversations again and
work in pairs to do Ex. 2.
- Students
work in
pairs.
- Teacher asks
students to
 share their
answers
before
discussing as
a class.
- Teacher asks
students to
explain
where they
can find the T- Ss
answer.
Answer key:
1. picnic
2. favourite magazine
3. Mai and Chau S
4. glasses; long black hair
5. are going to T-Ss
Task 4: Show a picture –
stickers 🡪 do Ex. 3.

- Teacher has
students go
to the board
to stick the
right stickers
Group
with the
work
body part
names to the
right place
on the
 picture.
- Students
work
independentl
y to do Ex. 3
- Teacher asks
students to
give out
more names
of body parts
that they
have known.
Answer key:
1. eye
2. nose
3. shoulder
4. hand
5. leg
6. foot
7. arm
8. mouth
9. cheek
10. hair
Task 5: Work in groups of
3-4 to do Ex. 4.
- Students can
work in
groups to
complete
this task.
- Teacher
introduces
examples
and
structures
for students
to make
sentences to
describe a
 friend.
Answer key:
1. Long/short: hair, arms,
legs, fingers, …
Ex: She has long hair.
2. Big/small: nose, eye,
hand, feet, mouth, …
Ex: She has big eyes.
3. Hair: blonde, curly, wavy,
straight, short, long, dark,
…
Ex: He has short curly
hair.
Production To use the Task 6: Game: Describe and 8
vocaburaly guess. mins
and Work in groups, take turns Group
structure in to describe a classmate. work
real life Other group members
context. guess who he/she is.
Suggested answers:
- She has
glasses, she
has long
black hair.
- Is she Mai?
- No, she isn’t.
She has a
small nose.
- Is she Lan?
- Yes, she is.
Wrap-up To Teacher asks students to T-Ss 3
consolidate talk about what they have mins
what learnt in the lesson.
students
have learnt
in the
lesson.
Homework To prepare Write some sentences to T-Ss 1
vocabulary describe at least 3 min
for the next classmates.
lesson: A
closer look
1.