Giáo án Tiếng Anh 9 Unit 8: Tourism mới, chuẩn nhất

Let ss open their book to GETTING STARTED

Tell them to look at the picture and answer the questions:

-What are Nick and Chau talking about?

-What place/ city may they be mentioning?

-What do you know about thus city country?

Tell ss thay are going to listen to Nick and Chau talking about Nick’s plans for his summer holiday.

Play the recording and have ss follow along.

Ss do the exercise individually.

Check and write the correct answers on the board.

T may call on an able st to write the answers on the board.

Explain to ss the meaning and the use of the three expressions in the Watch out box. ASk ss to locate them in the conversation.

1. made up your mind

2.narrowed it down

3. a package tour

4.explore

5.not my cup of tea

Tell them to refer back to the conversation when necessary. Explain anything difficult.

T needs to explain to ss “ snails and frogs’ legs are specialities in France.

1. F

2.T

3.T

4.F

5.F

Help them find the information in the conversation.

Call on some pairs ro read out the questions and give their answers.

Check their answers.

1.It means Nick’s parents are relaxed and open-minded.

2. It’s quite warm ( warmer than in Britain)

3.Visit the Alps , and climb Mont Blanc, explore Paris , and go sightseeing in the historic city of Versailles.

4. Eat frogs’legs and snails.

5.She says “ lucky you” when Nick says he can make his own decisions.

This activity aims at giving the collocations of common words related to the topic of travelling and tourism.

Ss work in pairs first. Check their work, then let them read and remember each collocation.

1.hoilday

2.resort

3.tour

4.trip

This exercise is a revision of words / phrases from previous lessons.

Let ss work individually to do the task. Check their answers.

If time allows , call on some ss to read the passage with the correct answers.

1. seaside resort

2.souvenir

3.destination

4.in advance

5. delayed

6.luggage

7.accommodation

8.price

Ss do the exercise individually, then check their answers.

T may encourage each st to make a similar quiz for their partnaer to do. T may pick up any interesting questions and give them to the whole class. Praise good ideas.

Ss work in groups for 4, 5, 6. Check and give comments.

1. Da Nang City

2. The Great Wall of China

3. Jeju island

4. ss’ answers

5. ss’ answers

6. ss’ answers

Ss work individually, then compare their answers with a partner’s.

Ask some ss to write their answers on the board.

Check their answers as a class. Have them make sentences with the words if necessary.

Adjectives

Ex 1) Match each word / phrase with a definition.

1.tour

2.resort

3.travel

4.tour guide

5.trip

6.expedition

Ss work in pairs. Call on some ss to write the answers on the board.Correct as a class.

T may ask some ss to answer some questions about the passage:

-What piece of writing is it? ( introduction of a tourist attraction? itinerary? advertisement?)

-What is EcoTours? ( A travel Agency / company?)

-What is special about EcoTours? ( It gives some money to protect the environment)

1.travel

2.book

3.visit

4.environment

5.guides

6.holiday

7.reasonable

8.pleased

Ask them to give some more.

Help ss study the Grammar box and the Look out box.

Tell them to look up the spelling of words in the dictionary if they are not sure.

A compound noun is a noun that is made of two or more words. Compound nouns can be formed using the following combinations.

Noun + noun : toothpaste

Noun + verb : rainfall

Noun + particle : passer-by

Verb + Particle : check out

Verb-ing + noun : drving licence

Adjective + noun : greenhouse

Particle + noun : underground

Particle + verb : output

Note : A particle is a preposition or an adverb

Look out

A compound nnoun can be written as a single word ( motorbike), a word with a hyphen ( passer-by) , or two words ( driving licence)

Ss work individually. Tell them to look at the words given and think which of them can go with which one in each definition. When they finish, check their answers and write the words on the board.

Ask ss to take notice of the spelling : whether the words are written as one word or as two separate words, or with a hyphen.

1. jet lag

2.drawback

3.stopover

4.peak season

5.check-in

6.bus stop

Read the two questions to ss with the right tone ( several times if necessary) and let them give the rules. Explain the Look Out Box to them.

Tones in asking for information.

Finding out questions ( ‘ open’ questions) usually end with a falling tone:

What part of Australia have you been to?

Making sure questions ( ‘ check’ questions) usually end with a falling -raising tone:

Have you just come back from South Africa?

Play the recording once for ss to listen, then play it again sentence by sentence for them to repeat.

Have ss repeat the questions as many times as necessary. Correct their pronunciation and intonation. After that have ss mark the questions with a falling or falling-rising tone. Check as a class.

1.Where would you like to go sightseeing?

2. What do you think of the newly discovered cave?

3. Have you been sightseeing all day?

4. Is Egypt a famous tourist attraction?

Ss work in pairs to read the conversation, and mark the questions with falling or falling-rising arrows. Call on some pairs to read aloud to the class. Do not correct their mistakes yet. Play the recording . Ss listen and check.

-What’s the matter, Janet?

- I’m looking for my passport. It seems to be lost.

- Have you already searched your purse?

-Not yet. Oh, where are my glasses?

-They may be in your plastic bag. Where is it?

-Oh, no. It’s not here. Have I dropped it on the plane?

-Oh my God.

-What should I do now?

-Let’s report it to the customs office.