Unit7: Saving energy Lesson 1 : Getting Started, Listen and Read + LF 2 A. Aims: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to read and understand the dialogue about the ways to save energy. * Teaching aids: Pictures, tape B. Content: I. Pre reading: 1. Warm up: – Drawing pictures appliances using electricity + dictating a text about careless Mary + Asking question “What should Mary do tomorrow to save energy?” – Talking / Discussing about the pictures on page 57 + Is the lighting fixture still burning? + Is the TV on? + Is cassette player on? + What happens to the faucets? What should we do to save energy? 2.Pre teach vocabulary: – Water bill (n) : hoá đơn tiền nước (realia) – Plumber (n) : thợ sửa chữa đường nước (explanation) Who is he ? He fits and repairs water pipes – Crack (n) : vết nứt, gãy (visual) – Dripping faucet (n): vòi nước bị rò rỉ (picture/B.Dr) – Bath(s) (n) : chậu tắm, bồn tắm (picture) – Amount of + N : số lượng (example) – Enormous (a) : khổng lồ, to lớn (synonym = very big) * Checking: Slap the board 3.T/F statement prediction: - Set the scene : Mrs Ha is talking to his neighbor, Mrs Mi and Mrs Ha looks very worried. Now, work in pairs and guess about the conversation between them. a) Mrs Ha is worried about her water bill. b) Mrs Mi gives Mrs Ha advice on how to save water. c) Mrs ha has checked the pipes in her house and found no cracks. d) Mrs Ha suggests getting some tools to check cracks in the pipes. e) Mrs Mi suggests taking showers to save water. II. While reading: 1.Checking the T/F: *Key: a. T b. T c. F: has hasn’t d. F (some tools a plumber) e. T f. A plumber is a person who repairs water pipes 2. Comprehension questions: - Have students work in pairs, read the dialogue again and answer the questions: a. Why is Mrs Ha woried? b.How much does Mrs Ha pay for her water bill? a. What does Mrs Mi advise Mrs Ha to do? b. How much water can be wasted a month by a dripping faucet? *Key: a. Because her recent water bill is enormous. b. She pays 200.000 for the bill. c. She advised Mrs Ha to get a plumber to check her water pipes and to reduce the amount of water by taking shower and turning off faucets after (her) use. d. A dripping faucet can waste 500 liters of water a month. III.Post reading: 1.Discussion (group work) – Topic: “What should we do to save energy at home and at school?” * Possible answer: – Taking a shower instead a bath – Turning off faucets after use – Turning off light/TV/cassette/… before leaving or when noone listen/watch it – Reducing lights – Using fluorescent lights/neon light (tube) instead of bulbs – Reducing using electricity appliances such as: TV, cassette, refrigerator, washing–machine, vacuum cleaner, dryer, iron… 2.Phrasal verbs : turn off (elicit from the text) - Ask students about the meaning, and to tell the phrasal verbs they’ve known. - Have students look at the phrasal verbs on p.63 (LF 2), check the meaning. - Get students to complete the sentences using the right tense form of the phrasal verbs in the box and the pictures *Key : a. look after her little sister (picture 1) b. go on (picture 2) c. turn on (picture 4) d. looked for (picture 3) e. turn off (picture 5) IV. Homework: 1. Write as many things you can do to save energy as possible 2. Do exercises 3,4 (P.48,49) (workbook) 3. Study “Speak” (58) + Find out new vocabulary V.Teacher’s self-evaluation: . Unit 7: Saving energy Lesson 1 : Getting Started, Listen and Read + LF 2 A. Aims: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to read and understand the dialogue about. and understand the dialogue about the ways to save energy. * Teaching aids: Pictures, tape B. Content: I. Pre reading: 1. Warm up: – Drawing pictures appliances using electricity. house and found no cracks. d) Mrs Ha suggests getting some tools to check cracks in the pipes. e) Mrs Mi suggests taking showers to save water. II. While reading: 1. Checking the T/F: