UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION PART A: READING (P2) I AIMS/OBJECTIVES OF THE LESSON Language focus: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to: - know more about world population - develop reading skills: reading for main ideas and specific information Skills: Reading + Listening/Writing/Speaking Attitudes: Ss are eager to read the passage II PREPARATION Teacher: - Teaching aids: Lesson plan, text book - Teaching method: Communicative language teaching Students: - Read Unit - reading at home III PROCEDURE: Class organization (1 minute) Check – up (5 minutes) - Some Ss go to the board, revise the use of reported speech with gerund New lesson (35 minutes) TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES While reading - Ask students to read the passage silently to understand the main ideas Task : - Work in pairs to the - Ask sts ro work in pairs, ask and answer about the reading task passage - Go around the class to give help if necessary - Call on some pairs to ask and answer in front of the class - Read aloud their answers - Give feedback and correct answers The population of the world in 10,000 B.C was 10 million, in - Write down the correct 1750 it was 625 million, in 1850 it was 1300 million, in 1950 it answers was 2510 million, in 1985 it was 4760 million, in 2000 it was 6.6 billion By the year 2015, the population of the world is expected to be billion Some scientists say it can, but others say it can’t No, they don’t (They can’t limit the size of their family) because they know of no safe way to have fewer children Post – reading - Ask sts to work in groups, find out world largest countries in - Work in groups population - Ask some students to answer in front of the class - Answer - Give feedback - Listen and take note largest countries in population: China, India, Russia, the USA, and Indonesia Places: China, India, Indonesia: in Asia Russia: Europe the USA: in America The richest and the poorest: The richest: the USA The poorest: may be India Consolidation (3 mins) - New words and vocabulary Homework: (1 min) - Read the passage again - Do the tasks again - New words and vocabulary - Read the passage again - Do the tasks again ...5 Homework: (1 min) - Read the passage again - Do the tasks again - New words and vocabulary - Read the passage again - Do the tasks again