Giáo án VNEN unit 3 Teen stress and pressure: Skills 1

Teacher’s activities

Students’ activities

I. Warm up: 3’

II. New lesson:    Skills 1

III-Reading (25minutes)

A. Pre-reading

1 a. Do you know what a child helpline is?

- Ask Ss the question and explain that a child helpline is a telecommunication support service for children and young people. It is free of charge. When you contact a helpline, often via telephone, you will get answered and someone from the helpline may even come directly to you to help.

- Gui Ss to guess which sentences are T/F

Exercise 3 P 32.

B. While-reading

3. Read the text again and decide... (P32)

-  For this task, allow Ss to have another close reading (or as many times as they wish).

- Ss work individually first, then compare the answers with their partner.

- Ask them to discuss and explain each person’s own decision if their answers are not the same.

- Then provide feedback as a class. For each answer, ask Ss to refer back to the text to find the relevant information.

1b. Now read the article (P32)

- Ask Ss to read through the text quickly to get its main ideas.

- Ask them to answer the question “What is the article about? Using the text title, photos, and key words.

2.Answer the questions (P32)

- Now ask Ss to read the text again to complete the task.

- Ss work in pairs to answer the questions.

- Help Ss to check the answers.

C. POST-READING (15minutes)

          Speaking

- Draw Ss’ attention to the study skill box. Together with them, find an example for each expression.

- If time allows, ask Ss to add in other expressions for asking for advice that they have learnt or know.  

4.Listen to two students calling a child... (P32)

- Tell Ss they are going to listen to two students calling a child helpline.

- Ak Ss to look at the note form to get oriented about what they are going to hear. Remind Ss that these are notes so they only need to write key words or phrases and not full sentences.

- After Ss have completed the task individually, give feedback as a class. Then Ss work in pairs to role-play the callers.

- Ask them to use the notes for the role-play, and remind them to put some emotional expression in their voice for the role-play.

5.Look at 2, a closer loook1... (P32)

- Ask Ss to look back at Exercise 2, A CLOSER LOOK 1. Tell Ss the instructions to do the task. Remind Ss they should use the expressions in the Speaking Study skill box ‘Asking for advice’.

- Give Ss a few minutes to choose who they want to be and to think about what they should say when they call the hotline.

- Ask Ss to work in pairs. Go around and offer help if needed. When Ss have finished, call on some pairs to present their dialogue.

- To revise reported speech, T may ask the student who listens and takes notes to report what his/her partner has told him/her.

Listen

New words

- Helpline (n) đường dây nóng

- Counsel   (v)  khuyên 

- Counseling  (n) lời khuyên

Relationships (n) mối quan hệ

Abandoned  (v) bỏ đi ,bỏ rơi

 Traffic(king ) (v ) buôn bán

Sexual  (adj ) tình dục ,sinh dục

Promotes (v) cưú trợ ,giúp đỡ

 Operations  (n) sự điều khiển

 Decision   (n) quyết định

 Favourable (adj) thuận lợi

- Guess  which is are T/F

- Ss work individually first, then compare the answers with their partner.

3. Key:

1. T           2. T            3. F          

 4. F          5. F              6. T

- Read through the text quickly to get its main ideas.

- It is about The magic number which is a 24-hour toll-free service for counselling and protecting children and your adults in Vietnam.

-  Work in pairs to answer the questions.

2.Key:

1. It’s a free service for counselling and protecting children and young adults in Viet Nam.

2. They were callers in the 11-14 year old and 15-18 year old groups.

3. The calls were mostly questions about relationships, and physical and mental health.

4. Because they were cases of missing or abandoned children, or children who were suffering from violence, trafficking, or sexual abuse.

5. The helpline promotes child participation in its operations by involving children as peer.

6. It aims to create favourable conditions for children to develop physically and mentally.

Asking for advice

1. What do you think I should do (about)…?

2. What should I do?

3. What would you do in this situation?

4. Could you give me some advice about…?

5. If you were me, what would you do?

6. I wonder whether to … or …?

7. Do you know who to speak to about this?

- Ask Ss to look at the note form to get oriented about what they are going to hear

- Ask Ss to complete the task individually.

4. Key ( suggested):

Caller 1

Caller: girl, from Ha Noi, last year of high school

Feeling now: a bit depressed and confused

Problem: wants to be a designer; but her parents want her to be a doctor

Question: doesn’t know what to say her parents.

Caller 2

Caller: boy, named Long, 13 years old, from Ho Chi Minh City

Feeling now: worried

Problem: online friend asked for 5 million dong; said if he refused to give it, his life would be difficult

Question: wonders whether to tell somebody about this.

- Look back at Exercise 2, A CLOSER LOOK 1.

- Work in pairs

IV –Consolidation

- Retell the main content of this lesson

V. Homework: (2)

1. Review this lesson

2. Do exercises ……. (Workbook)

3. Prepare lesson Skills 2

- Ss listen

- Copy and do at home!