How to teach reading skills?

1. activate (v) to make something such as a device or chemical process start working

2. background knowledge (noun phrase): the knowledge of the world which the reader or listener makes use o
language
3. carousel (n): a round platform for children to play on in a park, etc. that is pushed round while the children ar
4. categorize (n): to put people or things into groups according to what type they are
5. continuum (n): a series of similar items in which each is almost the same as the ones next to it but the last is
6. reading strategies (noun phrase): cognitive actions students take when reading to construct and maintain m
guessing meaning of words)
7. scaffolding (noun): poles and boards that are joined together to make a structure for workers to stand on wh
of a building
8. visual (adj): of or connected with seeing or sight

Date of planning: Teaching Date  

Period  
01/10/2021 Class  

 
Period 20

UNIT 3: COMMUNITY SERVICE

Lesson 5: Skills 1 (P. 32)

I. OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:

1. Knowledge:

- Vocabulary: vocabulary related to community service

- Language: + Read a passage about community service and volunteer work.

           + Talk about community service and volunteer work.

2. Skills: reading, speaking.

3. Attitude: Ss have a positive attitude towards helping community.

4. Compentencies: Co-operation; Self- study; Creative capacity; Self -  confidence; Ability to use of language…… pa
communication.

II. PREPARATIONS:

Teacher’s: Lap top, lesson plan, T.V...

Students’: pen, mark pen, red pens…

III. ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS

- Ss may have difficulties in reading the passage about community service and volunteer work to do the tasks require

IV. PROCEDURE

TEACHER’S AND STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES CONTENT AND BOARD DISPLAY

I. WARM UP. Brainstorming. UNIT 3: COMMUNITY SERVICE

            ( 5’- Whole class) Lesson 5: Skills 1 (P. 32)

- T asks Ss to think about the activities that teenagers can Volunteer activities
do to help the community.

- T divides the class into 2 groups.

- T leads to the new lesson.

II. NEW LESSON. I. Reading.

1. Reading. 1. Vocabulary.

1. 1. Vocabulary. - government (n) chính phủ

- T uses some techniques to introduce new words. - statistics (n): số liệu thống kê

- T guides Ss to read and calls on some to repeat in - mentor (n) thầy hướng dẫn
chorus and individually
- to be forced (v) bị ép buộc
- T checks and gives comments.
- to be paid (v) được trả lương
- Ss copy.
- raise money for: quyên góp tiền cho
1. 2. Read the text
- labour (n): công việc
- T asks Ss to look at the text and read about volunteer
work in the United Sates. 2. Read the text.

- Ss read in 2’.  

- T calls some Ss to read aloud.  

- Ss give comments.  

- T checks and gives comments.  

- T asks Ss to discuss the activities.  

1. 3. Check T/ F.  
- T asks Ss to look at the statements and read aloud.  

- T gives Ss 2’ to work in pairs to check the statements 3. Check T/ F.

are true or false and correct the false ones.
1. T  
- Ss copy.
2. T  
1. 4. Tick the activities
3. F (The text says Americans have had the tradition of
- T asks Ss to look at the given activities. vounteering since the early days of the country. )

- T gives Ss 3’ to tick the activities which are traditional 4. F (Americans volunteer because they enjoy it, and not
volunteer activities in the United States. because they are forced or paid to do it).

2. Speaking. 4. Tick the activities.

2. 1. Fill in the blank. 2/ 3/ 5/ 6

- T asks Ss to look at the table and explains.  

- T gives Ss 3’ to fill in the table with their ideas for  II. Speaking.
volunteer activities, Ss can think of the activities they
have learnt. 1. Fill in the blank.

- Ss work in 3’.  

2. 2. Share the ideas.  

- T divides the class into groups of 6.  

- Ss share their ideas in their groups like the given  

example.
 
- Ss work in 4’.
 
- Each group uses the most interesting ideas to create a
new group idea bank. 2. Share the ideas
III. WRAPPING UP  

- T sums up the main points of the lesson. Ss take notes.

IV. HOMEWORK. III. Homework

- T assigns homework - Make examples with new words.

- Do D1,2,3 (P.21,22).
V. FEEDBACK:

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LESSON PLAN

Date of planning: Teaching Date  

Period  
01/10/2021 Class  

 
Period 20

UNIT 3: COMMUNITY SERVICE

Lesson 5: Skills 1 (P. 32)

I. OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:

1. Knowledge:

- Vocabulary:  vocabulary related to community service

- Language: + Read a passage about community service and volunteer work.

           + Talk about community service and volunteer work.

2. Skills: reading, speaking.

3. Attitude: Ss have a positive attitude towards helping community.

4. Compentencies: Co-operation; Self- study; Creative capacity; Self -  confidence; Ability to use of language…… pair work, te

II. PREPARATIONS:

Teacher’s: Lap top, lesson plan, T.V...

Students’: pen, mark pen, red pens…

III. ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS

- Ss may have difficulties in reading the passage about community service and volunteer work to do the tasks required, so T shou
IV. PROCEDURE

TEACHER’S AND STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES CONTENT AND BOARD DISPLAY

I. WARM UP. Brainstorming. UNIT 3: COMMUNITY SERVICE

            ( 5’- Whole class) Lesson 5: Skills 1 (P. 32)

- T asks Ss to think about the activities that teenagers can Volunteer activities
do to help the community.

- T divides the class into 2 groups.

- T leads to the new lesson.

II. NEW LESSON. I. Reading.

1. Reading. 1. Vocabulary.

1. 1. Vocabulary. - government (n) chính phủ

- T uses some techniques to introduce new words. - statistics (n): số liệu thống kê

- T guides Ss to read and calls on some to repeat in - mentor (n) thầy hướng dẫn
chorus and individually
- to be forced (v) bị ép buộc
- T checks and gives comments.
- to be paid (v) được trả lương
- Ss copy.
- raise money for: quyên góp tiền cho
1. 2. Read the text
- labour (n): công việc
- T asks Ss to look at the text and read about volunteer
work in the United Sates. 2. Read the text.

- Ss read in 2’.  

- T calls some Ss to read aloud.  

- Ss give comments.  

- T checks and gives comments.  

- T asks Ss to discuss the activities.  

1. 3. Check T/ F.  

- T asks Ss to look at the statements and read aloud.  

- T gives Ss 2’ to work in pairs to check the statements 3. Check T/ F.

are true or false and correct the false ones. 1. T  

- Ss copy. 2. T  

1. 4. Tick the activities 3. F (The text says Americans have had the tradition of
vounteering since the early days of the country. )
- T asks Ss to look at the given activities.
4. F (Americans volunteer because they enjoy it, and not
- T gives Ss 3’ to tick the activities which are traditional because they are forced or paid to do it).
volunteer activities in the United States.
4. Tick the activities.
2. Speaking.
2/ 3/ 5/ 6
2. 1. Fill in the blank.
 
- T asks Ss to look at the table and explains.
II. Speaking.
- T gives Ss 3’ to fill in the table with their ideas for 
volunteer activities, Ss can think of the activities they 1. Fill in the blank.
have learnt.
 
- Ss work in 3’.
 
2. 2. Share the ideas.
 
- T divides the class into groups of 6.
 
- Ss share their ideas in their groups like the given
example.  

- Ss work in 4’.  

- Each group uses the most interesting ideas to create a 2. Share the ideas
new group idea bank.
III. WRAPPING UP  

- T sums up the main points of the lesson. Ss take notes.

IV. HOMEWORK. III. Homework

- T assigns homework - Make examples with new words.

- Do D1,2,3 (P.21,22).
V. FEEDBACK:

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Reading lesson plan

Week :                                  UNIT 1: MY NEW SCHOOL

 Period :                                Lesson 5 : Reading Skills1

I. OBJECTIVES: 

   By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

-   develop reading skill for general and specific information about schools;

-   talk about different types of school;

- talk about things they like and don’t like at school and the reasons for that.

 
 II. LANGUAGE ANALYSIS
1.Knowledge:

* Vocab: boarding school (n) playground (n) international (adj),….

*  Grammar:  The simple present.

2. Skills:  Speaking , reading

3. Attitude: To teach SS to work hard, love their school and friends.

4. Competences : develop their language skills, Ask and answer questions about school .activities

B. Preparation:

III.  MATERIALS

* Preparation:

 1. Teacher:    Text books , pictures,  planning , …

- Grade 6 textbook, Unit 1, skills 1

- Smart TV/Pictures, sets of word cards

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     2. Students: Text books, notebooks, posters, ….     

IV. PROCEDURES : (STAGES)

1.Warm-up (5’)

   * Aim:   To introduce the topic of reading.

   * Content: Game : chatting ( some questions about the school).

   * Products: Students say the  correct answers aloud.

   * Organization of implementation:

Teacher’s and Ss’activities Content
- T- Ss * Play a game : Chatting

- Teachers asks students some questions about Ss’  1. What’s the name of your school?
school.
 2. Is your shool big or small?
- Students answer the questions
 3. How many students and teachers are there?
- And then lead in the new lesson.
4. Do you like your new school? Why or why not?

 
2. Pre- reading (10’)

  * Aim: - To prepare students with vocabulary related to the lesson

              - To lead in the reading skills. -

 * Content: Some vocabularies related the lesson.

  * Products: Read and understand the meaning of the words.

  * Organization of implementation:
Teacher’s and Ss’activities Content
T –Ss :  *  vocabulary:

- Pre teach vocabulary -         a green field  (n): đồng lúa

- Teacher use different techniques to teach vocab -         a mountain (n) : ngọn núi
(pictures, situation, realia)
-         computer room (n) : phòng máy tính
- Repeat in chorus and individually
- Copy all the words -         Join  (v) :  tham gia

  -         International (adj) : quốc tế

* Checking vocab: < what and where> -         Art club (n) : câu lạc bộ mĩ thuật

   

- Pre-Reading  

- Teacher leads students into the lesson by showing I - Reading

pictures of 3 schools Sunrise, An Son and Dream and
asks them some questions 1. What can you see in these pictures?

2. Are these schools in the same place?

3. Which school do you think is in Viet Nam?

Suggested answers:

1. I can see three different schools.

2. No, they aren’t.

3. The second school.

3. While reading (15’)

 
Task 1: (3’)

* Aims:   - To develop reading skill for general information.

               -   To  help  students   understand activate their knowledge of the topic.

* Content: Read the passages and Match.  

* Products: Read and say the correct  answers.

* Organization of implementation:
Teacher’s and Ss’activities Content
Task 2:T –Ss : Ss- Ss Task 1: Look at the picture and quickly read the passages. Match 1-3 wit
A-C.
-   Teacher asks students to open the book, read
through the text and do Ex. 1 – p. 12. Answer key:

-   Teacher calls some students to give the answer, 1. C  - a boarding school in Sydney
explain which sentence give them the information.
2. A - a school in Bac Giang
 
 3. B - . an international school

 
Task 2: (5’)

 * Aims: To help Ss develop their reading skill for specific information (scanning).

* Content: Read the passages again and complete the sentences.

* Products:  Stusents’ correct  answers on the board.     

* Organization of implementation:
Teacher’s and Ss’activities Content
Task 2: T - Ss, Ss – Ss (Pair work)  Task 2: Read the passages again and complete the sentences.

-   Teacher asks students to read through the sentences, * Answer key:

predict what information/ what types of words they
have to fill in the blanks. 1. boarding

-   Teacher lets students work independently and find 2. Sydney

the correct answer.
3. mountains and green fields
-   Teacher lets students pair compare before checking
with the whole class. 4. Dream School

  5. English-speaking teachers

 
Task 3:(5’)

* Aims: - To identify different features of each school.

* Content: Answer the questions.

* Products: Students’ correct  answers on the board.

* Organization of implementation:
Teacher’s and Ss’activities Content
-   Teacher asks students to read the questions and Task 3: Answer the questions.
underline key words, reminds them to focus on the
types of information they have to find (What/ Where/ Suggested answers:
Which school…).
1. Sunrise is a boarding school.
-   Teacher asks students to work in pairs and find the
answer. 2. An Son School is in Bac Giang.

Teacher calls a student to write his/her answer on the 3. Yes, there is.
board, then check sentence by sentence with class
  4. They join many interesting clubs.

reading skill

the knowledge of the world which the reader or listener makes use of in interesting a piece of spoken or written language

 A model lesson plan for a reading lesson.docx

Keyword(s):background knowledge

Reading skills

UNIT 2: MY HOME

LESSON 5: SKILLS1/P.22

I. OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, students are expected to achieve the following objectives:

1. Knowledge

- Vocabulary: Understand the meaning of the key words or word collocations below:

 crazy (adj), messy (adj), CD player (n), e'quipment (n), shape (n), strange (adj)

- Pronunciation: Pronounce the following words, word clusters correctly: crazy , messy, CD player , e'quipment , shape , strang

- Grammar:  Understand and use the grammar structures presented in the lesson:

Present simple

2. Skills:

- In the “ Skills 1” lesson, students are expected to pronounce, know the meaning of the key words and understand the main gram

- In the lesson, students are expected to: Read to understand specific information about rooms and houses.

3. Attitude

- Students understand and actively talk about the topic: my home.

4. Competencies
 - Improve such competencies as: collaboration, communication, presentation, teamwork, problem-solving, assessment.

II.PREPARATIONS

- Teacher:   poster,a cassette and an audio compact disk.

- Students: picture....

III.ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS

- Weak students may find it difficult to describe a room.

- Teacher uses some pictures for ss to describe.

IV. PROCEDURE
Contents and board display

Teacher and students’ activities

I. WARM UP (3’-GW)  

* Oral:  

- Teacher gets a student to describe the classroom to * Oral

the class.
 
- Teacher gives comments.

- Others listen and give comments.

BEFORE YOU READ (6’-  GW) UNIT 2: MY HOME

(set the scene) LESSON 5: SKILLS1 / P.22

- Ask students to look at the pictures on the  

textbook, look at the title then make prediction about
the reading. I. Vocabulary

- Ask students to read the study skills box. Students - crazy['kreizi] (adj): kỳ dị; điên dại
quickly look at the text and answer the questions.
- messy['mesi] (adj) lộn xộn, bừa bãi
- Repeat in chorus and individually
- CD player (n): đầu đọc đĩa CD
- Copy all the words
- e'quipment (n): thiết bị
WHILE YOU READ
- shape (n): hình dạng
* Task 1 (6’- PW)
- strange (adj): lạ
- Ask tudents to look at the pictures on the textbook,
look at the title then make prediction about the
reading.  

- Ask students to read the study skills box. Explain  

any words that students do not know.
II. Reading
- Students quickly look at the text and answer the
questions. Ex1: Answer questions in exercise 1

- Answer questions in exercise 1 1. It’s an e-mail.

  2. The title is “A room at the Crazy House Hotel, Da Lat”.

The topic is Nick’s weekend at the Crazy House Hotel.

3. The weather is cold. Da Lat is in highland. Landscape is

* Task 2 (7’- PW) beautiful.

- We are going to read about rooms in a hotel. - Highland (cao nguyên)

- Let students read the text quickly again and check - Landscape (phong cảnh)
their idea.
 
- Teacher gives feedback.
Ex2:
* Task 3 (7’- PW)
 
- Students read the text in detail to answer the
questions, underline parts of the e-mail that help  
them with the answers.
 
- Students do the exercise then compare their
answer.
 
- Teacher checks the answer.
 
 
 
 * Task 4
Ex3:
 
1. No, he isn’t.
- Have students do the exercise individually then
2. There are ten rooms.
compare in pairs.
3. Because there is a big tiger on the wall.
- Teacher checks the answers.
4. It’s under the bed.
 
 
 
   

Ex4. Find things in the room.

AFTER YOU READ ( 7’-GW)  

- Teacher goes around to observe students working. a window ü a sofa  

a cupboard   a shelf ü
  a lamp ü a desk ü
a poster   a CD player  
- Each student creates a new for the hotel and draws
a tiger ü a cooker  
a plan of the room.
 
- Some students show their partner’s plan to the
whole class and describe it  

- Other students and teacher and vote for the best II. Speaking.
plan.
Ex5+6:Create a new room for the hotel.Draw a plan of the
- Ask students to keep their plans for the next lesson. room.

 
III. WRAPPING- UP(6’)  

- Teachergets some students show their partners’ * Survey

plans to the whole class.
Describe the room to other students in the class.
- Students show the plan to a partner then describe
their rooms in pairs.  

- Others listen and vote for the best. - Teacher gets some students show their partners’ plans to
the whole class.
- Students keep their plans for the next lesson.

-Teacher gets students to retell what they have

learnt.
IV. HOME ASSIGNMENT(3’) * Home assignment

- Sumarize the main point of the lesson. - Learn the vocabulary

- Assign homework. - Do exercise D1, 2, 3 / P.12,13,14 in workbook.

P
package tour ( noun phrase)

A holiday organized by a travel company at a fixed price.

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Reading lesson plan

Week :                                  UNIT 1: MY NEW SCHOOL

 Period :                                Lesson 5 : Reading Skills1

I. OBJECTIVES: 

   By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

-   develop reading skill for general and specific information about schools;

-   talk about different types of school;

- talk about things they like and don’t like at school and the reasons for that.

 
 II. LANGUAGE ANALYSIS
1.Knowledge:

* Vocab: boarding school (n) playground (n) international (adj),….

*  Grammar:  The simple present.

2. Skills:  Speaking , reading

3. Attitude: To teach SS to work hard, love their school and friends.

4. Competences : develop their language skills, Ask and answer questions about school .activities

B. Preparation:

III.  MATERIALS

* Preparation:

 1. Teacher:    Text books , pictures,  planning , …

- Grade 6 textbook, Unit 1, skills 1

- Smart TV/Pictures, sets of word cards

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     2. Students: Text books, notebooks, posters, ….     

IV. PROCEDURES : (STAGES)

1.Warm-up (5’)

   * Aim:   To introduce the topic of reading.

   * Content: Game : chatting ( some questions about the school).

   * Products: Students say the  correct answers aloud.

   * Organization of implementation:

Teacher’s and Ss’activities Content
- T- Ss *  Play a game : Chatting

- Teachers asks students some questions about Ss’  1. What’s the name of your school?
school.
 2. Is your shool big or small?
- Students answer the questions
 3. How many students and teachers are there?
- And then lead in the new lesson.
4. Do you like your new school? Why or why not?

 
2. Pre- reading (10’)

  * Aim: - To prepare students with vocabulary related to the lesson

              - To lead in the reading skills. -

 * Content: Some vocabularies related the lesson.

  * Products: Read and understand the meaning of the words.

  * Organization of implementation:
Teacher’s and Ss’activities Content
T –Ss :  *  vocabulary:

- Pre teach vocabulary -         a green field  (n): đồng lúa

- Teacher use different techniques to teach vocab -         a mountain (n) : ngọn núi
(pictures, situation, realia)
-         computer room (n) : phòng máy tính
- Repeat in chorus and individually
-         Join  (v) :  tham gia
- Copy all the words
-         International (adj) : quốc tế
  -         Art club (n) : câu lạc bộ mĩ thuật

* Checking vocab: < what and where>  

   

- Pre-Reading I - Reading

- Teacher leads students into the lesson by showing 1. What can you see in these pictures?
pictures of 3 schools Sunrise, An Son and Dream and
asks them some questions 2. Are these schools in the same place?

3. Which school do you think is in Viet Nam?

Suggested answers:

1. I can see three different schools.

2. No, they aren’t.

3. The second school.

3. While reading (15’)

 
Task 1: (3’)

* Aims:   - To develop reading skill for general information.

               -   To  help  students   understand activate their knowledge of the topic.

* Content: Read the passages and Match.  

* Products: Read and say the correct  answers.

* Organization of implementation:
Teacher’s and Ss’activities Content
Task 2:T –Ss : Ss- Ss Task 1: Look at the picture and quickly read the passages. Match
1-3 with A-C.
-   Teacher asks students to open the book, read
through the text and do Ex. 1 – p. 12. Answer key:

-   Teacher calls some students to give the answer, 1. C  - a boarding school in Sydney
explain which sentence give them the information.
2. A - a school in Bac Giang
 
3. B - . an international school

 
Task 2: (5’)
 * Aims: To help Ss develop their reading skill for specific information (scanning).

* Content: Read the passages again and complete the sentences.

* Products:  Stusents’ correct  answers on the board.     

* Organization of implementation:
Teacher’s and Ss’activities Content
Task 2: T - Ss, Ss – Ss (Pair work)  Task 2: Read the passages again and complete the sentences.

-   Teacher asks students to read through the sentences, * Answer key:

predict what information/ what types of words they
have to fill in the blanks. 1. boarding

-   Teacher lets students work independently and find 2. Sydney

the correct answer.
3. mountains and green fields
-   Teacher lets students pair compare before checking
with the whole class. 4. Dream School

  5. English-speaking teachers

 
Task 3:(5’)

* Aims: - To identify different features of each school.

* Content: Answer the questions.

* Products: Students’ correct  answers on the board.

* Organization of implementation:
Teacher’s and Ss’activities Content
-   Teacher asks students to read the questions and Task 3: Answer the questions.
underline key words, reminds them to focus on the
types of information they have to find (What/ Where/ Suggested answers:
Which school…).
1. Sunrise is a boarding school.
-   Teacher asks students to work in pairs and find the
answer. 2. An Son School is in Bac Giang.

Teacher calls a student to write his/her answer on the 3. Yes, there is.
board, then check sentence by sentence with class
4. They join many interesting clubs.