Teacher: Do Van Hung LESSON PLAN Group: 12 Room: Unit 9: Deserts Lesson: Listening Time: 45’ Date: Objectives/ teaching points: by the end of the lesson, Ss will able to get information about deserts and practice listening skill and summarizing. Specific objectives/ activities Materials/aids Procedures/ interactions Time 1. To warm up Ss, establish topic, get Ss to look at the picture on the board and answer the questions Blackboard Picture Play a game( Jumbled words) ( key: 1. dune; 2. camel; 3. cactus; 4. sandstorm; 5. dry; 6. jackal; 7. Sahara) TQ-SA: 1. Is it a desert? 2. What does it look like? 3. When does the land become a desert? → IND 7’ 2. To run-through vocabularies and the statements of Task 1 and get Ss to make predictions Cassette Posters Blackboard Ss listen and repeat: Frightening speed Australia Sahara firewood Petroleum Mauritania Ss make true or false predictions. 4’ 3. To give listening practice, lead into main activities; listen to an expert talking about desert and get Cassette Hand-outs Posters Task 1: (page 100) → IND - Ss listen to the cassette. - Ss compare the answers with their partners. 25’ the information - Ss listen again - Feedback (key: 1T; 2F; 3T; 4F; 5T) Task 2: Listen again and circle the right answer. 1. What central theme does the talk examine? A. Desserts B. Mountains C. Deserts D. Oceans 2. What is a desert? A. It is a hot, dry, sandy place B. It is a beautiful land of silence and space. C. The sun shines, and the wind blows D. A, B, and C 3. What causes the growing of the world’s deserts? A. Nature and animals B. Nature and humans C. Humans and animals D. Nature, humans, and animals 4. In what ways do rabbits contribute to the growing of desert in Australia? A. By eating plants B. By destroying plants C. By cutting plants D. By keeping plant → IND - Ss listen to the cassette - Ss compare the answers with their partner. - Ss listen again - feedback (key: 1C; 2D; 3B, 4A) Task 3: Listen to part of the expert’s talk again and choose one of the words in the box to fill in the blank of the following paragraph. Smaller plants spreading prevent 90 percent canals capital Paragraph (page 101) - In pairs, Ss listen to the cassette twice. - Feedback (key: 1. 90 percent 2. smaller plants 3. prevent 4. spreading 5. capital 6. canals ) 4. To discuss and summarize the main ideas of the expert’s poster GPs of 6 basing on some questions to discuss and summarize: 1. What is a desert? 8’ talk. 2. What causes of the growth of a desert? 3. What should humans do to prevent the growth of deserts? - Asks some GPs to present their summary. Homework: write a short paragraph about the desert. 1’ Key: Ss = students, TQ= teacher questions, SA= student answers, GPs= groups, → lead to/followed by . Teacher: Do Van Hung LESSON PLAN Group: 12 Room: Unit 9: Deserts Lesson: Listening Time: 45’ Date: Objectives/ teaching points: by the end of the