Lesson plan – English 9 Date: April 8 th , 2010. UNIT 10: LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS Period 65 (Lesson 1 ) : - GETTING SATRTED - LISTEN AND READ A. Aims :Reading a text about UFOs for details to complete the notes. B. Objectives : By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to know more about UFOs. C. Teaching aids : poster, picture, cassette D. Procedure : I. Stabilization : Greetings, Absentees II. Warm up : - T uses the picture to present the lesson - T shows the pictures on P.83 to the Ss and ask them some quesrrrrrrrtions: 1. What’s this/ - It’s a UFO 2. What do you call them in Viet Nam? 3. Do you know another word for UFOs? 4. Do you think they really exist? 5. Have you ever seen any films on UFOs? III. Pre-reading: 1. Vocab: - spacecraft (n) (picture): tàu vũ trụ - meteor (n) : sao băng - evidence(n) (definition) : bằng chứng - alien (n) : người ở hành tinh khác - (to) capture ( synonym of : catch by force):bắt - device (n) (translation): dụng cụ, thiết bị - (to) claim : đòi quuyền, nhận là * Checking Vocab: RO&R 2. Pre- Listening and Reading: - Ss listen and read to fill the information Year Events 1947 1500 UFO sightings around the world 1954 1964 Two men were captured by aliens 1978 Renato Nicolai saw a plate-like device from his garden. IV.While reading: 1. Complete the notes: 2b P.84 - Ask Ss to read the Text again, base on pre- listening and reading to complete the notes. - Ss work individually - Ss compare their answers with their friends - Call on some Ss to read aloud their sentences. * Answer keys: a/ An aircraft, a weather balloon or a meteor can be mistaken for an alien spacecraft b/ In 1947, a pilot saw nine large round objects traveling at about 2800 meters an hour. c/ There were over 1500 UFO sightings worldwide in 1952. Truong Thi Chinh. Tran Hung Dao school. Lesson plan – English 9 d/ In 1954, a woman and her children saw a UFO above their house. e/ A farmer saw an egg-shaped object in one of his fields and also aliens collecting soil samples in 1964. f/ In 1971, two men claimed they were captured by aliens and taken aboard a spacecraft. g/ A pilot and his plane disappeared after sighting a UFO in 1978. h/ In 1981, a Frenchman reported that he saw a plate-like device at a treetop 30 meters away from his garden. 2. Find the words in the Text having the following meanings: 2a P.84 - Ss read the text again to find the words in the Text that have the meanings given - Share their answers with their friends - Give feedback * Answer keys: 1/ proof , support = evidence 2/ falling start or shooting start = meteor 3/ unknow / strange people or thing = aliens 4/ bringing together or gathering = collecting 5/ caught as a prisoner = captured 6/ became impossible to see = disappeared V. Post reading: Discussion - What is UFO? - If you saw a UFO, what would you do? Homework: - Summarize the story from the date. What happened in:1947?,1952?, 1954?, 1964?, 1971?, 1978?, 1981?, - Learn lesson - Prepare: Speak ************************* Truong Thi Chinh. Tran Hung Dao school. Lesson plan – English 9 Date: April 8 th , 2010. UNIT 10: LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS Period 66 (Lesson 2): Speak A. Aims :Practice speaking about Mars B. Objectives : By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to talk to one another about what they think there might be on Mars, on the Moon and on other planets. C. Teaching aids: picture, poster D.Procedure: I.Stabilization: Greetings, Absentees II.Warm up: Matching (Guess the meanings) - minerals một ít sinh vật - microorganism đá quí - gemstones khoáng sản - little creatures vi sinh vật - sparkling dấu vết, dấu tích - A trace lấp lánh * Checking Vocab: RO&R III. Revision of Modal Verbs: May , Might Form: S + may / might + inf Usage: We use May / Might to talk about present or future possibility. - Might is normally and less sure than may IV. Matching: 3a P. 85 - Set the scene : A space tourist traveled to Mars, she saw many things and noted them down. These are drawings odddf things. Try to guess and match the drawings with their names. - Give feedback. V. Practice: - Ask Ss to practice the Dia between nam and hung on P. 85 . - Call on some pairs of Ss to practice the Dia and correct their pronunciation. - Make up the similar Dialogues about thedrawings, using the cues in section (a) A: What do these drawings say, ………….? B: There may be ………………….in Mars. A: And what about those …………. on the left / right corner? B: Well, they might be traces of …………. There may be a lot of ………… on Mars - Ss works in pairs - T goes around the class and helps them - T checks some pairs. VI. Production: The topic What may there be on the Moon? - In my opinion, there might be …………………… on the Moon, etc. Homework: - Learn lesson - Practice Dia - Prepare: Listen ************************* Truong Thi Chinh. Tran Hung Dao school. Lesson plan – English 9 Date: April 12th, 2010. UNIT 10: LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS Period 67 (Lesson 3): LISTEN + L. FORCUS 2 A.Aims:-Listening for details to complete a table and further practice in Modal verbs: may, might -Further practice in conditional sentences type 1 and type type 2 B.Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to know more about the Moon by listening and Relative pronouns: Who – Which – That. - Ss will be able to use conditional sentences C.Teaching aids: poster, pictures, casette, tape D. Procedure: I. Stabilization: Greetings, Absentees II.Warm up: Brainstorm Moon Earth Venus Some planets you know Sun III. New lesson: 1. Pre-teach Vocab: - expert (n): chuyên gia (definition: a person who has special knowledge, skill or practice) - crater(n): hố(bom), miệng núi lửa (picture) - one-sixth: một phần sáu - two-fifths: hai phần năm * Checking Vocab: RO&R 2. Prediction: - Set the scene: You will listen to the description of the Moon. But before listening, you guess the answers - Have Ss work in pairs to tick the statements that they think they are correct. - Give feedback 3. Listening and checking: - Have Ss listen to the tape twice and check their prediction. - Give feedback: a, c, d, f, i, j. * Tape transcript: “ Good evening. Welcome to our Science For Fun Program. This week, we’ve received a lot of questions asking about life on the moon. We’ve talked to some experts and this is what we’ve found out. There is no water or air on the moon. It is all silent because there is no air. Of course, there will be no music, no sounds. There are no rivers and no lakes. At night, it is very cold. The temperature goes down to 151 0 C below zero. But during the day the temperature rises to 100 0 C above zero. There are great round holes on the moon. They look like big lakes. They are called craters. There are more than 30,000 craters on the moon. There are also high mountains. The highest mountains on the moon are about 26,000feet or 8,000 meters high. And here is something very interesting to know: on the moon you weigh one sixth of what you weigh on earth. If you weigh 50 kilos, on the moon you will weigh only a little more than 8 kilos. You will be able to jump very high, even higher than an Olympic Champion. You can take very long steps as well. And …May be you won’t sleep very well because one day on the moon lasts for 2 weeks. Truong Thi Chinh. Tran Hung Dao school. Lesson plan – English 9 So, is there life on the moon? I’ll leave the questions for you to answer yourself.” 4. Post listening: Choose the correct answers: 1. Why are there no sounds on the moon? - Because A. There is no water on the moon B. There is no air on the moon C. There is no one on the moon. 2. How many craters are there on the moon? A. There are about 10,000 craters on the moon. B. There are about 20,000 craters on the moon. C. There are about 30,000 craters on the moon. 3. How much will you weigh on the moon if you weigh 50 kilos on the earth? A. I’ll weigh only a little more than 8 kilos. B. I’ll weigh more than 8 kilos. C. I’ll weigh more than 9 kilos. 4. Will you sleep very well on the moon? Why? Why not? A. Yes, we will. Because one day lasts for two weeks on the moon. B. No, we won’t. Because one day lasts for two weeks on the moon. C. No, we won’t. Because one day lasts for one week on the moon. IV. Revision of modal verbs: May and Might ( L.F 1 ) 1. Form : S + may / might + inf 2. Use : - may / might is used to talk about present or future possibility. - might is normally a little less sure than may 3. Practice: - Have Ss look at the pictures on page 89-90 to do the exercise in LF1 - Have Ss work in pairs. They have to prctice asking and answering. Ex: What may it be? – It may be a book or it might be a game. - Give feedback. 4. Guessing game: - Prepare some things, Ex: a key, a doll, a book, a pair of glasse, a comb… - Put a thing in a box and ask Ss to guess what it is by asking the questions: May it be a book?, the Ss who has the correct guess will get good marks or get a present. - The game goes on until the time is over. III. Revision of conditional sentences ( L.F 2) A. Type 1 1. Form: If clause Main clause - Simple present - Simple future 2. Use: We use structure when there is a possibility that the situation in the If-Clause will happen in the future or is true in the present. 3. Practice: - Ask Ss to use the verbs in the box to complete the fives sentences, using conditional sentences type 1. - Ss work in pairs - Give feedback. * Answer keys: a/ If Ba forget his lunch, he’ll be hungry at lunch time. b/ Lan will miss the bus if she does not hurry. c/ If Ha is not careful, he’ll drop the cup. Truong Thi Chinh. Tran Hung Dao school. Lesson plan – English 9 d/ Mrs.Nga will join us if she finishes her work early. e/ If Mrs.Binh writes a shopping list, she won’t forget what to buy. B. Type 2 - Set the scene: Ba is not rich so he can’t travel around the world. - Ask Ss to complete the sentence: If Ba …… rich, he ……. …… around …… …… * Answer key: If Ba were rich, he would travel around the world 1. Form: Main clause If clause - S + would / could / might + inf - Past subjuntive 2. Use: We use this structure to talk about unreal or unlikely present or future situations. 3. Practice: - Ask Ss to use cues and pictures given to complete the sentences Ex: Mr. Loc / have / car // drive to work. If Mr. Loc had a car, he would drive to work. - Give feedback * Answer keys: c/ If Lan lived in HCM city, She would visit Saigon Water Park. d/ If nam had an alarm clock, he would arrive at school on time. e/ If Hoa lived in Hue, she would see her parents ecery day. f/ If Nga owned a piano, she would play it very well. g/ If Tuan studied harder, he would get better grades. h/ If Na had enough money, she would buy a new Computer. IV. Production: Writing Topic:What would you do if you had a lot of money? - Ss work in group of four - Ask Ss to discuss about the topic before writing. - Each group write 5 sentences - Give feedback. Homework: - Learn Vocab + LF 1,2 - Do LF 1, 2 - Prepare: Read ************************ Truong Thi Chinh. Tran Hung Dao school. Lesson plan – English 9 Date: April 12 th , 2010. UNIT 10: LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS Period 68: (Lesson 4): READ / P. 86-89 A. Aims: Reading a Text about a space trip B. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to understand the text about a space trip. C. Teaching aids : picture, a poster D. Procedure : I. Stabilization : Greetings, Absentees II. Warm up: Chatting - T uses the picture to present the lesson - T asks Ss some questions 1. Do you want to travel? 2. Have you ever travelled in our country or abroad? 3. Have you ever dreamed of a trip to space/ 4. Do you want to be an astronaut? 5. Do you think travelling into space is expensive? III. Pre-reading: 1. Pre-teach Vocab: - (to) push up (mime) - orbit (v,n) - totally(adv) ( synonym of : completely) - marvelous (adj) ( synonym of: wonderful) - physical condition (n) * Checking Vocab: RO&R 2. Ordering statements: a/ Get a letter from a doctor to show you are in perfect health. b/ See pictures of the earth, its interesting places , and the stars from very far. c/ Feel free and enjoy wonderful feeling. d/ Get ready and be in an excellent physical condition. e/ Get on the trip. - Have Ss work in pairs to put the statements in order to show what they need and get in joining a trip into space. - Give feedback IV. While-reading: - Have Ss read the text and check their predictions - Give feedback - Answer keys: 1b, 2d, 3e, 4a, 5c. - Have Ss read the text again and work in pairs to answer the questions on P.87 - Call on some Ss to answer the questions loudly - Give feedback. V. Post-reading: Discussion Topic: If you were able to take a space trip , what would you do to prepare for the trip? - Divide class into 4 groups. The Ss discuss in groups - Ask each group to choose one leader who will present his / her group’s opinion - T helps Ss to show their ideas. Homework: - Learn Vocab + Get Ss to write a short paragraph to answer the question in the discussion. ************************** Truong Thi Chinh. Tran Hung Dao school. Lesson plan – English 9 Date of planing: April 17 th , 2010 UNIT 10: LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS Period 69 (Lesson 5): Write A.Aims:Writing an exposition about the existence of UFOs B.Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to write an exposition about the existence of UFOs C.Teaching aids: D.Procedure: I. Stabilization: Greetings, Absentees II.Warm up: Jumbled words 1. ucinionttrod = Introduction 2. oybd = Body 3. nculcoonsi = Conclusion 4. taimnenterent = Entertainment 5. caret = trace 6. peapaceran = Appearance III. Pre-writing: 1. Pre-teach Vocab: - imanigation (n): sự tưởng tượng (translation) - trick (n) : mẹo, kỹ xảo (definition: a cunning action) - man-like creature (n) : sinh vật giống người (translation) - mysterious (adj): bí hiểm ( definition: difficult to explain) * Checking Vocab: What and Where 2. Matching: - Have Ss do exercise 6a on P. 88 - Have Ss read the outline of an exposition in column A and put the paragraphs in column B in order to match the section in A - Give feedback * Answer key: 1. Introduction; I don’t believe there exist UFOs even though many newspapers talk a lot about them. 2. Body: Firstly, flying saucers might be aircrafts, balloons, clouds or stricks of light. Secondly, there are not enough photos showing clearly the shapes of the UFOs. Morever, if there are UFOs, there will certainly be traces of their landing on the ground. 3. Conclusion: Therefore, UFOs are just the imagination of some writers and they do exist only in films for entertainment. IV. While – writing: - Ask Ss to read the Dia between An and Ba about the existence of UFOs. - Give Ss some questions to make sure they understand the Dia. 1. Questions: 1/ Does An believe there are UFOs? – No, he doesn’t 2/ Does Ba believe in UFOs? – Yes, he does 3/ What does An think about UFOs? – He thinks that it might be people’s imagination. 4/ Why does Ba think UFOs exist? – B/C newspapers talk a lot about UFOs and many people around the world say they have seen flying saucers. 5/ What evidence makes Ba believe in UFOs? – There are plenty of photos of them and the mysterious circles on the fields. - Give feedback. Truong Thi Chinh. Tran Hung Dao school. Lesson plan – English 9 Writing: - Get Ss to use Ba’s opinion to write an exposition about the existence of UFOs. - Ask Ss to write the exposition individually then share with their partners. V. Post-writing: Correction - Collect some writings to correct the mistake before the class. Homework: - Learn Vocab - Ask Ss to write an exposition, using An’s opinion. - Prepare: Language Focus ****************************** Truong Thi Chinh. Tran Hung Dao school. . Do you want to travel? 2. Have you ever travelled in our country or abroad? 3. Have you ever dreamed of a trip to space/ 4. Do you want to be an astronaut? 5. Do you think travelling into space. 30 meters away from his garden. 2. Find the words in the Text having the following meanings: 2a P.84 - Ss read the text again to find the words in the Text that have the meanings given - Share. a little less sure than may 3. Practice: - Have Ss look at the pictures on page 89-90 to do the exercise in LF1 - Have Ss work in pairs. They have to prctice asking and answering. Ex: What