- Ss work in groups, answering the questions: - T walks around and helps students.. - T can give the feedback before the class by asking Ss to answer - T explains Task 2: Now you answer
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UNIT 9: DESERTS
Reading
I Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- Undertand the passage about deserts
- Scan read for specific details
II Language Contents:
Grammar: Revision of the present simple, present perfect, future
Vocabulary: Words/phrases used to express in the text:
1 aerial: [‘e∂ri∂l] (explanation): in the air; existing above the ground(trên không)
2 dune (n) [ ] (picture): ahill of sand near the sea or in a desert (đụncát)
3 stretch (n)[ ](translation): a length or area of a road, water orland (dải đất, dải nước…)
4 aborigine [,æb∂’rid ini:z] (n) (picture + explanation): a member of thetribes that were living in Australia when Europeans arrived there;aboriginal (thổ dân Úc)
5 hummock [‘hΛm∂k] (n) (picture+explanation): a small raised area ofground like a very small hill; hillock (gò, đống)
III Techniques: Integrated, mainly communicative.
IV Teaching Aids: Some hand-outs with the questions.
V Procedure
Ss close the books
- Ss work in groups
- Ss’answers may vary
- Teacher leads in the lesson:
Today, we will talk about life in
deserts
- Ss open the books page 96, 97,
98 and look at the pictures
- Ss work in groups, answering
the questions:
- T walks around and helps
students
1 Warm-up:
• Where are these pictures?
• Do you know about them?
2 Before you read
1 What kinds of plants and animals live in a desert?
2 Name some of the countries which have deserts?
*Vocabulary and structures:
Stretch of sandy desert: dãi sa mạc cát
Crest: mào / bờm ngựa
Eucalyptus: cây khuynh diệp/ bạch đàn
Cactus: cây xương rồng
Date palm: cây cha là
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- Ss’answer may vary
- T: Now we’ll study the reading
text about life in deserts
- T reads the text and explains
new words and phrases (T uses
pictures & explanations)
- T reads each word & Ss repeat
- Ss read after the tape to practise
pronouncing the new words
- Ss work in pairs, reading the
text again to get the information
of the reading
- T explains Task 1 - Ss work in
groups
- T walks around & helps Ss
- T can give the feedback before
the class by asking Ss to answer
- T explains Task 2: Now you
answer the questions in Task 3
- Ss work in pairs, asking and
answering the questions
- Ss check the answers together
- T goes around & helps Ss
- T can give the feedback before
the class by asking Ss to ask and
answer the questions
- T suggests Ss’ homework
Lizard: con thằn lằn
Oases: ốc đảo
Acacia: cây keo
Gazelle: dòng linh dương
Antelope: loài linh dương
Jackal: dog that lives in forest
3 While you read Task 1 Give the Vietnamese equivalents to the
following words or phrases
1 stretch
2 aerial survey: trắc lượng trên không
3 Royal geographical society of Australia: hội địa lí hoàng gia Úc
4 Australian Aborigine: thổ dân Úc
Task2: Decide true or false
1 F 2 F 3 T 4 F 5 F 6 T
Task 3 Answer the following questions.
1 They are Great Victoria Deserts, Gibbon, Great sandy and Tanami Deserts and Simpson Desert
2 It lies between Lake Eyre in the south, the Macdonnel Ranges in the north , the Mulligan and the Diamantina Rivers and the Macumba and Finke Rivers in the west
3 In 1845
4 He was the President of the South Australian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australia
5 They took camels across the desert
6 In the western part, they are short, mostly less than 10 metres high, and in the northern part, they are parallel and are up to 20 metres high
7 Two They are hummock grasses and spinifex
4 After you read
Read this story and answer the questions that follow
1 Yes, it is
2 The fun is pronunciation /dez t/ and /diz t/ món
ăn tráng miệng
5 Homework:
- Learn by heart new words
- Prepare speaking
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- Talk about natural features of deserts and desert life.
- Express their ideas about related matters.
II Language Contents:
Grammar: Revision of the present simple, present perfect, future
Vocabulary: Words/phrases used to express in the text:crocodile, frog, horse ,buffalo, sheep…
III Techniques: Integrated, mainly communicative.
IV Teaching Aids: Some hand-outs with the questions.
V Procedure
Ss close the books.
- Ss work in groups, talking about what
they’ve learnt
- T calls some representatives to tell
about
- T leads in the lesson: talk about the
trees and animals that exist in a desert
- Ss open the books.
- T explains Task1: Discuss in groups
about:
* to complete the task given
- Ss work in groups then exchange
together.
- T goes around & helps Ss.
Ss’answers may vary
- T can give the feedback before the
class by asking Ss to answer the
questions.
- T asks Ss to practise the exchanges in
task fluently.
- T explains Task 2 : In pairs, you find
out as many natural features of a desert
possible
- T can give suggested models:
- Ss work in pairs, give the prediction
- T goes around & helps Ss.
T asks Ss to practise Task 3 the
1 Warm-up
Give some animals that live in desert
Unit 2: SPEAKING Talking about the plants and animals that live in desert
2 Before you speak Task 1 Check the trees and animals that you think might exist
3 While you speak Task2: Find out as many natural features of a desert as
possible Use the cues.
• Climate: hot, dry
• Rainfall: very low
• Plants / trees: very few, some kinds of trees such as palm trees
• Animals : very few , only camels
• Water because there is no water we may die
• A camel because a camel is the best means of transport in a desert.
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exchanges in task fluently.
- Ss work in groups , and do the ex
- T suggests Ss’homework.
• Food because it is almost impossible to find food in a desert
• A box of match because there is no electricity in a desert
• A blanket because it is very cold at night in a desert
5 homework
- To remind Ss to continue to write about the topic
discussed at home
- New lesson : C LISTENING
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UNIT 9: DESERTS
Listening
I Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- Listen for the understanding of the passage
- Listen for specific details
II Language contents:
Grammar: Revision of the present simple, present perfect, future
Vocabulary: frightening, cool, canal, needle……
III Techniques: Integrated, mainly communicative.
IV Teaching aids: Cassette, tape and some hand-outs with the questions.
V Procedure
Ss work in groups,
- T can give the feedback before the
class by asking a student to read the
answers
- T: Today, we’ll listen to an expert
talking about desert
- Ss open the books.
- T explains task1 Now you decide
whether the statements are true or false
- Ss work in pairs
- T goes around & helps Ss.
- T gives the feedback by asking Ss to
read the sentences aloud before class.
T explains the tasks then decide true or
false
- Ss read the sentences in Task
carefully.
- Ss listen to the tape twice or three
times and anwser the questions.
Ss check their answer sentences.(T can
give marks)
- T replays the tape twice.
- Ss work individually, answering the
questions then check the answers
together
- Ss listen to the tape twice or three
times and fill in.
1 Warm-up
Answer the questions:
1 What is a desert?
2 How is a desert formed?
3 Can human beings make a desert? Why or why not?
2 Before you listen
*Vocabulary and structures:
- Frightening speed: tốc độ nhanh đến khủng khiếp
- To explain the meaning
- play the CD once or twice and have Ss listen
- To show Ss to decide the task
1 T 2 F 3 T
4 F 5 T
Task 2 Answer the questions
4 It examines deserts what they are and how they are formed
5 It is hot, dry, sandy place It is also a beautiful land of silence and space The sun shines, the wind blows, and time and space seem endless
6 Nature and humans.
7 They contribute by eating every plant they can find This makes the land become desert
Task 3 listen to part of the expert’s talk again and fill in the
missing word(s)
1 90% 2 smaller plants 3 prevent 4 spreading
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- Remind ss to do exercise 5 capital 6 canals
4 After you listen
Summarize the main ideas of the expert’s talk Use the following suggestions:
1 What is a desert?
2 What causes the growth of a desert?
3 What should humans do to prevent the growth of deserts?
5 Homework:
- Prepare writing
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- Describle the main features of a desert.
- Write a paragragh about the Sahara Desert.
II Language Contents:
Grammar: Revision of the present simple, present perfect, future.
Vocabulary: extend, arid, oasis, tableland, gazelle, antelope, jackal.
III Techniques: Integrated, mainly communicative.
IV Teaching Aids: Some hand-outs with the questions.
V Procedure
Ss close the books.
- Ss work in groups, answering the
questions.
- T calls one or two Ss to answer the
questions.
- T leads in the lesson: write a
composition about the Sahara desert
- Ss open the books.
- T explains Task 1 Read the sentences
given and write.
- Ss work in pairs to ask and answer the
following questions about the Sahara
Desert
- T goes around and helps Ss.
T: To you What tense do people often
use to write? (Present simple tense)
- T explains: To describe thing It is
usually written in the present tense and
used the special words for thing
- T explains new words.
1 Warm-up
Study the information in the table
* location (give a map)
2 Before you write
*Vocabulary and structures:
Oases: ốc đảo
Gazelle: linh dương nhỏ
Antelope: sơn dương
Jackal: a kind of wild dog that lives in a desert :chó rừng
Fox : con cáo
Arid:khô cằn Read the definitions of the words or show pictures and ask
Ss to say the English words.
Go over the answers with the class.
1 Where is the Sahara Desert?
2 How large is it?
3 How is the climate?
4 Name some of the natural features of the Sahare.
5 What kinds of animals and plants can live in the desert?
General Outline of the Descriopition
- Introduction
- General description + Geography + Area + Natural features (climate/rainfall/elevation/trees/animals)
- Conclusion
3 While you write
The Sahara desert is largest in the world It has a total area of more than 9,065,000 square kilometers with 1,610 km wide and about 5,150 km long from the east to the west Located in northern Africa, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean easterward past the Red Sea of Iraq It lies mostly in Moroco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, and Sudan.
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- T explains Task 2:Write an assay
- Ss work individually then check their
writing together.
-T goes around and helps Ss.
- Ss write their paragraph on the board
then they correct
Remind the task to do at home
It is totally impossible to find moisture in the Sahara desert The land is arid and the climate is dry It is very hot in summer and very cold in winter If you are in the desert you can see few oases exist there and all spreads in front of you is sandy land and large dunes of sand Its tableland has an average elevation from 400 to 500 m there are a few forms of animals and vegetable life The main trees you can find there are cactus, the date palm, and a form of acacia The main animals you are likely to see there gazelle, antelope, fox,
jackal and camel
4 After you write Writing correction 5 homework: - Prepare language focus COMMENT:
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- Distinguish between the full form and contracted form of some auxiliaries.
- Use the conjunctions such as so, but, however…in the setences.
II Language Contents:
Grammar: Connectors
Pronunciation: full and contracted forms of auxiliaries
III Techniques: Integrated, mainly communicative.
IV Teaching Aids: Some hand-outs with examples and questions.
V Procedure
T gives some words then ss
pronounce
* Activity 1.
- Ss still close the books
- Ss work in groups and find the
words are pronounced
* Activity 2.
- T asks Ss to open the books
- T explains the pronunciation
- Ss work in pairs, pronunciation
and underlining the sounds
- Write down these sentences
- Ask Ss to express the
sentences in another way so
that the meaning stays the
same
Expected:
I PRONUNCIATION: contracted forms of auxiliaries
* Listen and repeat
Full forms Contracted
f Full forms contracted
I amYou are
He isShe is
It is
We areThey are
I’mYou’reHe’sShe’sIt’sWe’reThey’re
I shall / willYou will
He will
It will
We willThey will
I’llYou’llHe’llShe’llIt’ll
* Practise reading these sentences
I think I’ll buy a motorbike
You’ll notice that there’s a girl coming It’ll be much better if you could do it We’ll have to talk to her
She’s feeling much better now
They’re studentsHe’ll be 17 next month
II GRAMMAR Linking words: BUT/SO/HOWEVER/THEREFORE
ý liên quan lại với nhau trong câu Chúng thường được dùng với dấu phẩy hoặc chấm phẩy Các từ chuyển ý
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1 It began to rain, so I opened
my umbrella
2.They were late However,
they didn’t hurry
- Elicit the use of the
conjunctions from Ss
Practice:
- Ask Ss to work in pairs to do the
exercise
- Call on Ss to give the anwers
- Check with the whole class
- Ss make sentences by using the
following words and phrases:
- We can also express a contrast by using the
adverb “however” with two sentences.
- We use so, therefore, as a result or for this reason
to introduce the result of something
- We use so (with or without and) before a clause.
- We use and, therefore before a clause.
- Therefore can also go before the verb.
- We also use as a result, therefore and for this
reason at the beginning of a new sentence
- We also use thought, to mean “however” at the
end of a sentence
Activity 1: sentence completion (Exercise 1)
@ 1 so 2 but 3 so 4 but 5 so 6 but 7 but
Choose the best answer
1 He is intelligent (so/ but/ and) he can’t answer my questions
2 The boy doesn’t wrote (and/ so/ but) read this lesson
3 He doesn’t come (so/ for/ or) he is afraid of crowds
4 The test was very long (or/ and/ but) easy (so/ or/ and) we can do
5 This book was (so/ or/ but/ for) exciting
6 He didn’t work hard (therefore/ however/ so) he couldn’t get good job
7 They know exactly the questions, (therefore/ nevertheless/ for) they can’t answer it quickly because they are new ours
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