Giáo án Tiếng Anh 10 unit 15: Cities

• Procedures Time Teacher’s activities – Stages Sts’ activities - possible answer Warm up T shows sts pictures of some famous places in New York, asks sts their names and answer question

DOP :

DOT :

• Objectives

Educational aims: To help sts understand the text about cities

Knowledge: Words and expressions related to the topic

• Methods and materials

Integrated, mainly communicative skills Pictures

• Procedures

Time Teacher’s activities – Stages Sts’ activities - possible answer

Warm up

T shows sts pictures of some famous places in

New York, asks sts their names and answer

questions (page 157)

Sts do as required

Presentation

T introduces the spellings meanings and

pronunciation of words related to the text

- be located (in/at…): tọa lạc tại…

- ice-free (a) = without ice

- metropolitan (a): thuộc khu đô thị lớn

- found – founded – founded (v) sáng lập

- take over (pv): have right on, chiếm

- unusual (a): not common, special

- New Yorker (n) person living in NY

- be characterized by: đặc trưng bởi

- attract S.O (v): thu hút ai

Sts write down the words, take some examples and pronounce the words

Practice

T lets sts read the passage and then do the task

that follow

Sts read the text and do the task

Task 1: Matching words-definition

Task 2: True / False

Task 3:

Answering questions

1 T (line 1)

2 F (It is ice-free in all season)

3 T (It’s on the Hudson and Passaic rivers)

4 T (line 4, paragraph 2)

5 T (line 1, paragraph 2)

1 It’s in the southern part of New York State

2 7 millions in the city and 17 millions in the metropolitan region

3 Because it was founded by the Dutch

4 Because it is the home of the United Nations, the centre of global finance, communication and business

5 The statue of liberty, the Empire State Building, Wall Street, and Broadway theatre district

CONSOLIDATION

After you read

T asks sts to discuss which places in New York

they would like to see if they could visit new

York

Sts discuss in groups

<We would like to … if we could visit New York>

DOP :

DOT :

CLASS: 10 Part B: SPEAKING (TCT-91)

• Objectives

Educational aims: To help sts talk about cities in the world

Knowledge: General items about cities and comparison (review)

• Methods and materials

Integrated, mainly communicative skills Pictures, charts

• Procedures

Time Teacher’s activities – Stages Sts’ activities - possible answer

Warm up

T shows sts 2 sets of pictures, one of New York,

one of London and lets sts guess the names of

the cities and the places in the pictures

Sts do as inquired

Presentation

Task 1: Matching completing sentences

T asks sts to complete questions in column A

with words in B

Then T introduces questions for asking about

other items

-Founded: When was it founded?

-Area/population: What is its area/ population?

- Buildings/parks: Are there many high

buildings/ parks?

- People: What are the people like?

- Transport: What is the transport like?

Sts do the task

1 d When was the city founded?

2 f What is the transportation like?

3 a, e What are the people like? What are the parks like?

4 a, e How many parks are there? How many people are there?

5 b, c What is the area of the city? What is the population of the city?

6 b, c What is its area?

What is its population?

Sts take some examples

Practice

Task 2: Exchanging information.

T asks sts to work in pairs, one covers

information about New York and the other

about London, then ask and answer about 2

cities using questions given in task 1

Task 3: Making comparisons

T asks sts to practice the dialogue (p160) and

then make similar comparisons between London

and New York using ideas in task 2

T can ask sts to recall comparison

- adj + er/est

- more / the most + adj/adv

- as + adj/adv + as

- more / less + N

Task 4: Group work

T asks sts to discuss which country they prefer

and give reasons

Ex: I prefer London to New York because it has

more park …

Sts work in pairs.

Sts do the task in pairs.

Sts do the task in groups.

CONSOLIDATION

T goes over things sts can say when talking

about cities

DOP :

DOT :

• Objectives

Educational aims: To help sts get the content of the text through listening

Knowledge: No new entries

• Methods and materials

Integrated, mainly communicative skills Pictures Table

• Procedures

Time Teacher’s activities – Stages Sts’ activities - possible answer

Warm up

T shows sts a picture of the statue of Liberty

and asks them some questions (page 160)

Sts answer the questions

Keys:

1 It’s the statue of Liberty

2 It’s the statue of a woman

3 It’s got a crown on its head

4 It’s got a tablet on its left hand

5 It’s holding a burning torch it its right hand

6 It’s wearing a robe

Presentation

T lets sts to read all the tasks and see if they

have any difficulty understanding the tasks

Sts read the task carefully

Practice

Task 1: Multiple choice

T lets sts listen to the tape and choose A, B or C

to fill in the blanks

After sts have supplied their answers, t corrects

them and replays the tape where necessary

Task 2: Filling in a table

T asks sts to listen to the tape again then filling

in the table

Sts listen to the tape and do the task.

3 B

Formal name Height Weight Materials The base Opening time

: Liberty Enlightening the World : 48 meters

: 205 tons : Copper (outside) and iron (frame) : Made of stone and concrete : 9:30 am – 5 pm daily (except Christmas day) CONSOLIDATION

After you listen

T asks sts to work in groups and tell each other

what they have learned about the Statue of

Liberty using the information in the table

Sts work in groups

DOP :

DOT :

• Objectives

Educational aims: To help sts write a description of a city

Knowledge: Factual information and certain structures.

• Methods and materials

Integrated, mainly communicative skills Pictures Table

• Procedures

Time Teacher’s activities – Stages Sts’ activities - possible answer

Warm up

T introduces sets of pictures of some cities in

Vietnam and asks sts to name those cities

together with their typical sights

Sts do as inquired

Presentation

Task 1: Reading a description

T asks sts to read a description of London and

then answer the questions

Meanwhile T reminds sts of some specific

structures

* Place: It is situated …

* Area: It covers … square kilometers

Its area is … square kilometers

* Population: Its population is …

* Kind: It is the …

* Being founded:

It was founded in …

by …

* Tourist attractions: It is famous for …

* The best thing:

The best thing about … is …

Sts read the passage and answer the questions

1 London is situated in Southern England on the River Thames

2 It covers an area of 1.610 km2

3 Its population is 7 million

4 It’s the capital city

5 It was founded by the Rome in 43 AD

6 It’s famous for many things: its historic building such as St Paul’s Cathedral and the House of Parliament; its museum and its many shops

7 The best thing about London is the parks

Practice

Task 2: Writing descriptions of cities

T asks sts to work in groups collecting Sts do as inquired and then write down their

information about certain cities using questions

and answer similar to those in task 1, then write

a description of a certain city using guidelines

given

result on the board for public check

CONSOLIDATION

T goes over the structures often used to describe

a city

DOP :

DOT :

• Objectives

Educational aims: To help sts understand some grammatical and pronunciation points Knowledge: Grammar: Relative clause (defining and non-defining)

Pronunciation: /8/ - /5/

• Methods and materials

Integrated, mainly communicative skills

• Procedures

Time Teacher’s activities – Stages Sts’ activities - possible answer

Warm up: (omitted)

PRONUNCIATION Presentation

T tells sts examples of ‘th’ pronounced /8/ and

‘th’ pronounced /5/

Practice

T asks sts to practice reading sentences and

underline ‘th’ pronounced /8/ - /5/

Sts pronounce the examples

Sts do as inquired

GRAMMAR Presentation

* Relative clause: (review)

- Non-defining after:

+ Proper noun:

+ Noun with possessive case and

demonstrative adj

- Not ‘that’ in non-defining clause

* ‘Although’ to connect contrasting ideas

- Although/though/even though + clause

- In spite of/Despite + Noun Phrase

Practice

T asks sts to do the exercises

Exercise 1:

Identify the relative clauses in the sentences and

say if they are defining or non-defining

Sts give some examples

Sts do the exercises

1 Washington DC, which is located on the East Coast of the US, has many interesting

Exercise 2:

Combining sentences using “although”

and historical places to visit

2 Brasilia, which is located on the Granada river, became the capital of Brazil in 1960

3 Mexico City, which has a population of nearly 20,000,000, is the largest metropolitan

in the world

4 Seoul, which hosted the 1988 summer Olympics, is well-known for its shopping center

5 Kyoto, which used to be the capital of Japan, has many temples

1 Although there is not much to do in the countryside, I prefer living in here

2 Although there is a lot of population in Los Angeles, it is an ideal place to live

3 Although the shops are crowded, people are not buying much

4 Although the city is a favourite tourist destination for many people, it has its problem

5 Although it is a safe neighborhood, it is best to be careful

CONSOLIDATION

T goes over the use of relative clause and

‘although’ in combining sentences