.0 Unit: Week: 17, Period: 32 Date: 5/12/2008 MEDIA WRITE I AIMS: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write a passage about the benefits of the Internet II LANGUAGE CONTENTS: Grammar : - The present simple tense Vocabulary : III TEACHING AIDS: - Poster, pictures, textbook IV PROCEDURES: CONTENTS TECHNIQUES I – Class order: (1’) Greeting II – Check up: (7’) - The reading III – New lesson: (37’) Greeting - Teacher asks students to read the reading and write some vocabularies Warm up: (4’) Brainstorming: - Teacher information activities Listening to music Using the Internet asks students about their to give favorite watching TV Favorite activitie s + Students give information about their favorite activities + Individual playing sports Pre - Writing: (11’) Reading and discussing: - Students read the text on pages: 43, 44 again - Students discuss the benefits of the Internet - Teacher introduces the topic of the lesson - Teacher asks students to read the text on page 43, 44 again Possible answers: + Students read and make a list of - The Internet as a source of information: (news, benefits of the Internet weather forecast, weather, city maps, …) + Students work in pairs - The Internet as a source of entertainment: - Teacher asks students to go to the (music, movies, games, novels, …) board and write the benefits of the - The Internet as a means of education (online Internet on the board school, online lessons, self study) + Students write the benefits of the - Easy to get information Internet on the board - Communicate with friends / relatives, …) + Individual 71 - Order tickets, goods, trips While – Writing: (13’) - Write a passage about the benefits of the Internet: Possible answers: No one can deny the benefits of the Internet in our life The Internet is a source of information It is a very fast and convenient way to get information You can get the latest local or global news easily You can check weather conditions before you go somewhere; e.g: go camping / fishing / outdoors, … You can find a timetable and maps of the buses you want to take, you can book your tickets for the next concert or soccer match, trip or hotel, etc… The Internet is a very fast and cheap way to communicate with your friends or relatives by means of email, chatting, webcam The Internet is also a means of education You can learn English through many interesting programs You can look up a dictionary, take a training or learning course on the Internet The Internet is a wonderful invention of modern life and it makes our world a small village - Teacher asks students to use the ideas they have just discussed to write a passage about the benefits of the Internet + Students write a passage about the benefits of the Internet + Individual + Pairs - After students finish, calls on some students to read their passages aloud before the class + Students read their passages aloud before the class + Individual - Teacher corrects the mistakes and gives the correct answers Post _ Writing: (7’) - Teacher asks students to discuss the Discussion: disadvantages of the Internet - Students discuss the disadvantages of the + Students discuss in groups and choose Internet a speaker + Time consuming + Costly + After discussing, the speakers from + Viruses groups have to present their ideas before + Bad programs the class + Spam / electric junk mail + Individual + Personal information leaking + … etc … - Feedback Homework: (2’) - Teacher guides students what to at - Study the lesson carefully home - Write a passage about the disadvantages of the Internet 72