This lesson plan is for a 45-minute English reading class for 10th grade students about music. It includes 5 activities: 1) introducing new vocabulary words related to music, 2) a matching activity to practice the new words, 3) choosing the best answers to questions about the reading, 4) answering comprehension questions in groups, and 5) a pair discussion on the importance of music. The lesson aims to improve students' reading skills through tasks involving skimming, scanning, and reading for details.

1. LESSON PLAN METHODOLOGY 6A
HUE UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
METHODOLOGY 6A
Instructor: Le Pham Hoai Huong
Student: Ho Van Ket
Hue, 2016.
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LESSON PLAN
UNIT 3: MUSIC
LESSON 3: READING
I. Class detail:
• Level: Grade 10
• Class size: 42 students
II. Time allotted: 45 minutes
III. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
• Use vocabulary iterms related to music for reading musical magazines,
listening to musical channels in English.
• Develop skimming and scanning skills
• Read for general ideas and specific information about TV shows.
• Develop the skill of guessing meaning of the words based on the text.
• Improve their reading comprehension skill by answering questions.
IV. Lexical iterms: phenomenon, season, audience, contest, idol.
V. Lesson focus: Reading.
VI. Teaching aids and materials:
• Teacher: laptop, projector, textbook, handouts.
• Students: textbook.
VII. Anticipated problems and solutions:
1. Anticipated problems:
- Students may encounter certain difficulties in doing tasks related to the topic ( e.g.
students don’t understand the question or difficult words).
- Some students maybe too shy to talk in front of class.
2.Solutions:
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- Teacher tries to give explanations and instructions as clearly as possible.
- Teacher encourage students to present their viewpoints in groups, in pair before
standing in front of class individually.
PROCEDURE
(T:Teacher; Ss:Students)
Timing/
Stage Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
Work
arrangements
Warm-up
( 6 mins)
*GAME: Pictoword (5 minutes)
- T gives instructions: “I will show
you some pictures one by one. Below
each picture, we have a row of letter
boxes. They are the answer for the
picture. I want you work in
individual and find the answer in 30
seconds”.
-Check the instructions:
1. “What are you going to do?”
2. “How much time have you got?”
Pictures:
-Listen to T’s
instructions carefully.
1. “Find the answer
for each picture”.
2. “1 minute”.
Work
individually
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Expected answers:
1. Mozart
2.Country music
3. Song
4. Phuong Vy
*Lead-in: (1 minute)
- T says “The words you have found
in the game are all about music.
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Today we will know more about the
lexical words and musical
competitions. Now we move on to
Unit 3-MUSIC. Period: Reading”. T
writes on top of the board.
Pre-reading
(14 mins)
I. Activity 1:Teaching vocabulary
-Before you read, I will give you
some new words.
Steps for teaching vocabulary:
-T elicits the new word by some
techniques.
-T reads each word three times and
asks all Ss to repeat it chorally.
-T asks four or five Ss to read all the
words loudly in front of the class.
-T listens and helps Ss to correct
their pronunciation.
-T repeats the same process for the
other word.
-T asks Ss copy them down.
 Vocabulary (written on the
left side of the board)
1. Phenomenon (n): hiện tượng
Eliciting technique: translation
T asks, “ How do you say “ hiện
tượng” in English?”
2. Season (n): mùa
Eliciting technique: synonym
T asks, “What’s another word for
episode?”
- Listen to T and
repeat chorally then
individually.
Ss say “phenomenon”
Ss say “season”
TSs
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3. Audience (n): khán giả
Eliciting technique: visuals
T asks, “who are they?”
4. Contest (n): cuộc thi
Eliciting technique: explanation
T explains, “If you want to confirm
your talent, what will you do?
Good. So what’s word similar to
competition?
5. Idol (n): thần tượng
Eliciting technique: explanation
T explains, “A person is greatly
admired, loved, or revered.
T asks, “what do we call?
Ok, copy it down into your notebook
II. Activity 2: Checking
vocabulary
* Rub out & remember:
- T asks Ss to copy these words and
asks them to close their books.
- T rubs out the new words one at a
time
- Each time T rubs out a word in
English, T points to the Vietnamese
Ss say “audience”
Ss say “take part in
the competition”
Ss say “contest”
Ss say “idol”
TSs
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and asks: “What’s this in English?”
- When all the words are rubbed out,
T goes through the Vietnamese list
and get Ss to call out the English
word.
- Finally, T asks a student to write
the English word on the board.
III. Activity 3: Task 1
-T shows some logos on screen and
asks Ss answer the question below in
pair.
*T gives instructions:
“Now the whole class, look at this.
I have a question for you”.
• Are you familiar with them?
Tell what you know about
them. You have 1 minute.
- Then T calls some pairs look at the
logos and discuss what they know
about them.
-Ss discuss what they
know about the logos.
TSs
Work in pairs
While-
reading
(17 mins)
I. Activity 1: Matching (5 minutes)
-T divides class the class into 2
group, group A and group B.
-T delivers handouts
A B
(1)2001 (a)The first season
of Vietnam Idol
(2)2002 (b)The fourth
season of Vietnam
Idol
Work in
group
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(3)2007 (c)The year that
Pop Idol was first
launched in the
UK
(4)2012 (d)The beginning
of American Idol
T gives the instructions:
“Now, open your book on page 29,
skim the text and match the year in
column A with Significance in
column B. You have 3 minutes”.
-T checks the instructions.
1. “What will you do?”
2. “How much time do you have?”
-T lets Ss do the task.
-T calls some Ss give the answer.
Expected answers:
1.c, 2.d, 3.a, 4.b
II. Activity 2: Choose the best
answer.(5 minutes)
-T gives the instructions:
“Now, I would like you to scan the
text, underline the words air,
phenomenon, audience, season and
process. Then you work in pairs and
choose the best answer in the task 3
on page 29. You have 7 minutes to
do this task.”
-T checks the instructions:
1.“Do you work in group or in
pairs?”
Listen to T’s
instructions carefully.
1.“skim the text and
match column A &
column B in the
handout”
2.“3 minutes”
- Ss give answer.
1.“Work in pairs”
Work in pairs
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2.“What will you do now?”
3.“How much time do you have?
-T lets Ss do the task and go around
to supervise.
-After 7 minutes, T calls some pairs
to read their answer.
Expected answers:
1.B 2.A 3.A 4.A 5.B
Activity 3: Answer the question
(5 minutes)
-T divides class into 4 groups, 2
table make a group.
-T gives the instructions:
“Next, lets move on to the task 4. I
would like you to read the questions
first to make sure you understand
what information you need in order
to answer the questions. After you
read the text again and locate the
part of the text where you can get the
answer to each of the questions
before you discuss the answers. You
have 5 minutes.”
-T checks the instructions:
1.“What are you going to do?”
2.“How long will you do this task?”
3.“Will you work in pairs or in
groups?”
-T checks groups’ answer and gives
feedback.
Expected answers:
1. The Idol format.
2.“Read the text
again and underline
some words. Then
choose the best
answer in the task 3.”
3.“ 7 minutes.”
-Each pair read their
answer.
Ss listen to T’s
instructions.
1.“Read the questions
first, after read the
text again to answer
the questions”.
2.“5 minutes”
3.“in groups”
-A representative
Work in
group
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2. It came from the UK.
3. 12 years.
4. It’s a franchised programme.
5. (e.g. It’s very interesting and
has massive significant to
anyone love music and so on)
from each group will
give the answer to
one of the questions.
Post-
reading
(7 mins)
Activity: Discussion
-T asks Ss to work in pairs and
discuss the importance of music in
our lives in 3 minutes.
-T calls representatives of each pair
to present.
*T checks instructions:
1.”What is your duty?”
2.”in 2 or 3 minutes?
Expected answers:
“Music can help us to de-stress, relax
and It can make all our problems
just disappear and float away and it
brings people closer together”.
-T gives feedback:
+T gives some compliments for good
presentation such as “Good job!
Well done!” etc.
-Ss focus on T’s
requires.
-Ss share ideas with
their partner.
1.”discuss the
importance of music”
2.”3”
Work in pairs
Homework
(1 min)
-T asks Ss learn new vocabularies by
heart.
-Prepare for the speaking class.
The whole
class
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