UNIT 3 PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND LESSON 1 READING I Objectives 1 Education aims Famous scientists especially about Marie Curie, and admire her 2 Knowledge a General knowledge Background knowledge about Mari[.]
UNIT 3: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND LESSON READING I Objectives: Education aims: Famous scientists especially about Marie Curie, and admire her Knowledge: a General knowledge: - Background knowledge about Marie Curie b Language:- the past simple tense - vocabulary concerning study Skills: - Reading: Matching and True or False exercise and answer the questions - Speaking: discuss in pairs and in groups II Anticipated problems: Students may lack of information about Marie Curie III Teaching Aids: textbook, chalk, board IV Procedures: Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Warm-up: Network (5 mins) + Aims: to raise sts' interest in the reading text - Ask students to work in groups of 3-4 students - Work in groups - Ask the students to give a list of famous scientists and their inventions - Some Students report orally - Move round to check the activity - Ask them to work in minutes and then get feedback The group which has the longest list will be the winner Before you read: (10 mins) - Discuss in pairs and then answer the - Aims; to introduce the content of the text and provide sts questions with some new words - Some sts stand up to answer - Students are required to work in pairs to answer the following questions: - Listen to the teacher and Copy + Have you ever heard of Marie Curie? down + What you know about her? - give the correct information - Repeat the words - Read and write new words on the board - Work in pairs to check for each + background (n): + ease (v): other + mature (adj): full-grown + interrupt (v): + humanitarian (adj): + humane (adj): - student/ time + tragic(adj): + ambitious(adj): + atomic(adj): - Read each word times and ask the sts to repeat it - Work individually - Listen and help the sts to read the words correctly While you read: (20 mins) - Discuss in pairs to share their ideas - Aims: Sts practise reading and the tasks -Listen and self-correct the exercise + Task 1: Matching - Copy down - Ask the students to read the passage independently and * Key: match the words or phrases in A with their meaning in B 1.c e a - Tell sts to refer to Vocabulary for help and encourage d b them try to guess the meanings of the words in the context - listen to the teacher of the reading - Students the work individually - Ask them to compare the answers with their friends - Discuss the answers with their - Call on some sts to read and explain their answers aloud partners in front of the class - some sts orally while others - Give feedback and correct answers: watch + Task 2: True or False + Key: - Ask the sts to read the passage more carefully and decide T whether the statements are true (T) or false (F) Correct the false information - Ask the sts to highlight or underline the information in the passage that helps the students to find the correct answers - Move round to help sts if necessary, then ask them to share their answers with their partners - Ask some sts to give answers - Listen and help the students to the exercise correctly + Task 3: Answering questions - Ask students to work in pairs to answer the questions - Tell the students to compare their answers with other pairs Let them discuss and correct for one another - Call some pairs of students to read aloud the questions and answers in front of the class - Feedback and give correct answers After you read: (9 mins) - Aims: to check sts' understanding and to summarize the text - Ask presentatives of some groups to report in front of the whole class - Listen andgive remarks Homework: (1 min) - Ask students to write a passage of about 60 words about a famous scientist F( Her dream was to become a scientist) T F (She married Pierre Curie in 1895) T - Self-correct the work Key: 1.Marie Curie was born in Warsaw on November 7,1867 2.She was a brilliant and mature students She work as a tutor to save money for a study tour abroad 4.She was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for determining the atomic weight of radium No it wasn’t her real joy was “ easing human suffering - work in groups orally and try to find the evidence in the reading text - Some sts report in front of the ckass - Others listen to their friends and give remarks - Listen to the teacher ... + Task 3: Answering questions - Ask students to work in pairs to answer the questions - Tell the students to compare their answers with other pairs Let them discuss and correct for one another... students to read aloud the questions and answers in front of the class - Feedback and give correct answers After you read: (9 mins) - Aims: to check sts'' understanding and to summarize the text - Ask... students to find the correct answers - Move round to help sts if necessary, then ask them to share their answers with their partners - Ask some sts to give answers - Listen and help the students to