Unit6: ENVIRONMENT Lesson 4 : Reading A. Aims: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to read the poem and understand it in details * Teaching aids: Tape + extra board b. Content: I. Pre reading: 1. Warm up: Chatting: Do you like poetry? Name some poems that are your favorite? Have you ever read an English poem? Do you think it easy to read an English poem? 2. Pre teach: Junk-yard (n) : bãi phế thải (explanation) A place where people stores wastes Precious (a) : quý, quý giá, quý báu (synonym = valuable) Treasure (a) : kho báu, của cải (translation) Foam (n) : bọt (picture) Hedge (n) : hàng rào (hàng cây tiếp nhau)/ bờ dậu (board drawing/ picture)=green fence Nonsense (n) : điều vô nghĩa / lời nói dại dột (translation) (to) minimize : giảm đến mức tối thiểu (explanation) * Checking: What and Where (or “guessing word” eg: this word has an “m”…) 3. Pre–questions: - Set the scene : Two people are going on a picnic. They’re talking about the pollution. - Give students two questions : a. Who are the people in this poem? b. Where are they? II. While reading: 1.Checking the pre–question: *Key: a. They are mother and son b. They are in the woods 2.Matching: Match each word in A to an appropriate explanation in B (P.51) 1. Junk–yard a, a row of bushes forming a fence 2. end up b, people 3. treasure c, a piece of land full of rubbish 4. foam d, mass of bubbles of air or gas 5. stream e, a fow of water 6. hedge f, valuable or precious things 7. folk g, reach a state of *Key: 1 – c 3 – f 5 – d 7 – b 2 – g 4 – e 6 – a 3. Comprehension questions : (P.51) (Lucky lot game) *Key: 1) – LL 2) – 5: The poet wants us to learn that everyone is responsible for keeping the environment from pollution 3) – 4: No. Because he is right, if he throws the bottles, that will be polluting the woods 4) – LL 5) – 1: If the pollution goes on, the world will end up like a second hand junk–yard 6) – 6: (The answer depends on the students’opinion) 7) – LL 8) – 2: The mother thinks other folk pollute the environment but not her or her son 9) – LL 10) – 3: His mother will take him home right a way III. Post reading: 1. Brainstorming: words (from the poem) involving in the environment * Key: pollution, junk–jard, litter, plastics, tins, stream, world, foam, bottles, hedge, throw the bottles, the woods 2. Discussion: – Topic: “What could you do in your school/your house to minimize pollution?” – Dividing the class into two groups for them to discuss – Feedback (Teacher – whole class) *Possible answers: - Put the bins around the schoolyard. - Pick up the rubbish and throw it into the trash bins. - Not litter - Reuse, recycle bottles, cans, plastic bags. 3. Grammar review: Conditional sentences type 1 IV.Homework: 1. Answer the questions about the poem (P51) 2. Write 5 things you have to do to keep the environment unpolluted. 3. Review how to write a letter V.Teacher’s self-evaluation: . Unit 6: ENVIRONMENT Lesson 4 : Reading A. Aims: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to read the poem and understand it in details * Teaching aids: Tape + extra. questions : a. Who are the people in this poem? b. Where are they? II. While reading: 1.Checking the pre–question: *Key: a. They are mother and son b. They are in the woods 2.Matching:. Comprehension questions : (P.51) (Lucky lot game) *Key: 1) – LL 2) – 5: The poet wants us to learn that everyone is responsible for keeping the environment from pollution 3) – 4: No. Because he