APPENDIX
LESSON PLAN
Teacher’s name: Nguyễn Trương Khánh Ngọc
Class: Kids 4B
Students’ level & characteristics: Students are in basic English level at age of 7-12.
Number of students: 7
Textbook: Academy Star 4
Unit 3 - Lesson 4 Must and Mustn’t for Obligation
Teaching time: 90 minutes
Date: May 15th, 2025
Aims:
To remember the form and meaning of must and mustn’t
To understand and use must and mustn’t for obligation in the appropriate situation.
To create a poster using must and mustn’t to present rules in various social setting (at
school, at English class, at home)
Objectives:
To develop speaking skill and presentation and problem-solving skills
Procedures
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
Warm-up (5ms) Listen to the music and dance/move along.
Plays a song and encourages Ss to move
along.
“Now class, you watch the video on the “Yes, I’m ready!”
screen, listen to the music and dance, Are
you ready? One, Two, Three, Go”
Link song: Yoga Freeze Dance
Activity 1: Set the scene (12 ms)
Shows a YouTube video titled “You Watch the video without taking notes,
mustn’t touch anything” and asks students focusing on the story.
to watch it carefully. “Ok, teacher”
“Now, class. Look at the screen and
watch the cartoon, just watch it, don’t
talk, ok?” Watch the video again and answer
Plays the video again, pausing at key questions
scenes. Asks guiding questions.
“Everyone, you will watch the story once
more time, and I will ask you some
questions” 1. Four. They are the boy, the
1. How many characters in the story? hamster and the cat. Fluffy.
Who are they? What is the name of the 2. They are at the museum
cat?
3. No, they can’t
2. Where are they?
3. Can they take photos there? 4. No, they can’t
4. Can they speak loudly? 5. No, they can’t
5. Can they touch anything? 6. No, they can’t
6. Can they leave rubbish behind?
7. The red alarm rang.
7. What happen when Fluffy touch the
statue?
Activity 2: Meaning-focused input
(8ms) Listen carefully
Pauses the video at a scene where the sign
appears. Introduces the grammar point:
“When we go to places like museums,
there are rules. We use must and mustn’t
to talk about what we are allowed or not
allowed to do.” Answer by repeating the sentence in the
Plays short segments of the video and asks video.
Ss questions: You mustn’t touch anything.
“What must/ mustn’t Fluffy do?” We mustn’t take photos.
You must speak quietly
We mustn’t leave rubbish behind. You
must take this with you.
Activity 3: Form- focused input (12ms) Copy the sentence and write more
Writes examples on the board, asks Ss to examples.
copy into the notebook and write more
examples.
“You mustn’t touch anything.” “We mustn’t take photos.
“Now, you copy the sentence in your You must speak quietly
notebook and write some more sentences We mustn’t leave rubbish behind. You
you remember after watching the video. must take this with you.”
You will have 3 minutes for this task”
Explain the rules by asking questions Listen and answer:
1. Which type of the verb go after 1. Vo
must/ mustn’t” 2. No
2. Does must/ mustn’t change form 3. S+ must/ mustn’t + Vo
when we change the subject”
3. Can you read the structure?
Confirms the form and write on the board Listen and copy the form into notebook
“S+ must/ mustn’t + Vo”
Activity 4: Form- focused input (12 ms)
Asks Ss to complete Task 2 on Textbook Do the task
Page 39 within 5 minutes
Complete the sentences about safe
cycling. Use must or mustn’t.
[Link] __________ wear a safety vest.
[Link] __________ ride fast.
[Link] __________ show drivers where
you’re going.
4. You __________ wear flip-flops.
5. You __________ wear a helmet.
6. You __________ be careful near parked
cars.
Suggested answers:
1. must
2. mustn’t
3. must
4. mustn’t
5. must
6. must
5-minute break (5ms)
Activity 5 Free practice (25ms)
Asks Ss to work in groups to write 3 rules Work in group and draw the poster.
for a place on posters (at home, in English
class, on the road, etc.) using
must/mustn’t. After discussion, each Present poster
group present to the class.
“Now, you are going to work in group of
three, you have to choose a place and
write the rules. For example, at home, at
school, at the zoo, on the road... After 12
minute, you group will present in front of
the class.”
Give feedback and correct mistake Listen and correct if any
Activity 6: Wraps up (5ms) Answer individually
Asks reflection questions:
“What grammar did we learn today?” “We learned must and mustn’t.
“When do we use must and mustn’t?” “We use them to talk about rules.
“What comes after must/mustn’t - base “We use the base form of the verb.
form or -ing form?” “At home, we must clean our room.”
“Can you give me one rule in your house/ “In our English class, we must go to class
in our English class/ on the road ?” on time”
“ On the road, you must stop at the red
light”