Grade level: Upper-secondary school Subject: English I. Duration: 45 minutes II. OBJECTIVES: -Educational aim: Sts know more about the life of sea animals and oceans in the world -Knowledge: Through the unit, Sts will have the sense of protecting sea environment. III) TEACHING AIDS : -Pictures of sea animals, some card board -An extra board IV) METHOD: -Communicative approach. V) PROCEDURE: Teacher’s activities Students’ activities WARM –UP: (8ms) Play a game: Crossword puzzle. - Lesson plan §inh ThÞ H¶i Hµ Divides class into group of six Ss Gives each group : One paper with names of the animals in the crossword puzzle Other paper is crossword puzzle with pictures - . . - - - Play the game Lesson plan §inh ThÞ H¶i Hµ Jellyfish Seal Seabed Shrimp Sea turtle Whale Sea fish Cuttle Sea nail Coral red Crab Octopus Shark C U T T L E S E A N A I L C O R A L R E D S E A F I S H C R A B S H R I M P J E L L Y F I S H S E A L W H A L E O C T O P U S S H A R K S E A T U R T L E S E A B E D Each group has 3minutes to play the game. Which group has correct answer in the shortest period of time will win Says again the answer : Undersea world -T introduces new lesson: To understand more clearly about sea animals and their environment, today we’re going to study unit 9, period 1: Reading Before you read (15ms) Names of ocean - gives the Vietnamese names of the ocean on the map on the board - asks the whole class to match the Vietnamese names and appropriate English names. Finding the names of sea animals - Ask Ss to give the Vietnamese names of the animals in the picture - Ask Ss to look at crossword and find the English name of these animals. 1. Seal 2. Jellyfish. 3. Sea turtle 4. Shark * Pre-teach Vocabulary: - bay (n): vÞnh - (to) challenge: thö th¸ch - a mystery(n): bÝ Èn - beneath(prep): díi - a submarine: tµu ngÇm - Ss guess the meaning of the words based on the contexts in the sentences and the components of the words Do task 1 followed T’s instruction Lesson plan §inh ThÞ H¶i Hµ Jellyfish Seal Seabed Shrimp Sea turtle Whale Sea fish Cuttle Sea nail Coral red Crab Octopus Shark - marine life(n): cuộc sống dới biển - to fall into: đợc chia thành - (to) exist: tồn tại - water current(n): dòng nớc - an organism: sinh vật - (to) contribute: góp phần - (to) maintain: duy trì - at stake: bị tấn công While you read (12ms) * Task 1: gap filling - instructs Ss to read the passage quickly and stop at the lines that contain these words to guess their meanings. - checks Ss understanding by asking them to provide the Vietnamese equivalents to the words. - instructs some strategies to do task 1 - asks Ss to work in groups, read in silent, scan for information and do the task. - Call some Ss to tell their answer and explain - Feedback Key: 1. Tiny 2. Investigate 3. Gulf 4. Biodiversity 5. samples - give the meaning of the new words in the box and in the sentences in Vietnamese. * Task 2 : answering questions - instructs Ss to use some strategies to do the task - Ask Ss to work in pairs, answer the questions. - then asks Ss to discuss their answers with their partner - Have some Ss answer then write on the board and explain their choices - Correct Ss answers on the board. Key: 1. 75 percent Take note answers Work in pair Play the game Lesson plan Đinh Thị Hải Hà 2. By using modern services 3. They investigate the seabed and bring samples of the marine life back to the surface for the further study 4. They provide the wide range of information, including water temperature, depth and the undersea populations 5. - The group1 that live on or depend on the bottom like the starfish. - The group 2that move independently of water currents such as fishes and sharks - The group 3 that are carried along by the currents like the jellyfish. 6. The marine life would be at stake if the sea biodiversity was not maintained. After you read (10ms) - instructs some strategies to do the task - asks Ss to work in a group of 5 for 5minutes - sticks uncompleted summaries of reading passage on the board. - gives Ss small papers in which a word or phrase is given from the box to each leader of each group - asks leaders to stick answer in the blanks quickly as possible - The winner is the group who finds the correct answers. Keys: 1. three –quarters 2. mysterious 3. modern 4. discoveries 5. biodiversity 6. huge 7. plants and animals 8. closely connected Lesson plan §inh ThÞ H¶i Hµ V. Homework: - Review the exercise. - Learn the new words - Read the text. - Prepare new lesson “Listening” Lesson plan §inh ThÞ H¶i Hµ Teacher’s comment: ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… Lesson plan §inh ThÞ H¶i Hµ Lesson plan §inh ThÞ H¶i Hµ Thai Nguyen University of Education Foreign Language lesson plan Unit 9: Undersea world Period 1: Reading Leading teacher: NguyÔn Ch©u Loan Student: §inh ThÞ H¶i Hµ Thai Nguyen, 10/2008 . connected Lesson plan §inh ThÞ H¶i Hµ V. Homework: - Review the exercise. - Learn the new words - Read the text. - Prepare new lesson “Listening” Lesson. ……………………………………………………………………………….. Lesson plan §inh ThÞ H¶i Hµ Lesson plan §inh ThÞ H¶i Hµ Thai Nguyen University of Education Foreign Language lesson plan Unit 9: Undersea