Lesson plan 12-Unit 2-Reading

- T asks Ss to read through the sentence given - T asks Ss to go back to the passage to locate and read around these words or phrases so that they can guess their meaning.2. - T asks Ss

Date of preparation : 8, 9 , 2008 Unit2 : CULTURAL DIVERSITY

Date of teaching : 10, 9, 2008 Period: 1 Section: Reading.

Class: 12A6,7,8,9,10

I AIMS AND OBJECTIVES :

 Language content:

- To introduce some new words relating to the topic

- Vocabulary: bride, groom, precede, conduct, determine, confide, reject, oblige

- Structure : the past simple and present simple, the present perfect

 Language function:

- Talking about cultural diversity

Educational aim :

To make the students to be aware of the differences between Vietnamese and American cultures

Skill : Integrated skills

II TEACHER AND STUDENTS’ PREPARATION:

1 Method : Communicative Approach.

2 Techniques: Repetition, explanation, group work, asking – answering.

3 Materials needed : Textbook, pictures, real thing.

4 Students’ preparation : Reading the lesson at home.

5 Previous exercises:

III PROCEDURE IN CLASS.

1 Stabilization : (1m)

a Warm – up : Greetings

b Checking absence : Who’s absent today ?

2 Checking up previous knowledge:

Time needed: (5ms)

Questions :

Key to questions:

3 Presentation of the new material :

activities

The content of the lesson

5ms 1 Warm up : Jumbled words

- Writes the words whose letter

are in a random order on the board

- Devide the class into two teams

Ss from two teams go to the board and write the correct words

- The team which writes correct

words first will be the winner

1 RUALTLUC

T- whole class Unit 2 : CULTURAL DIVERSITY.

Period 1: Section : Reading

5ms

2 SERYTIDIV

Answer : 1 CULTURAL

2 DIVERSITY

Lets Ss guess the phrase of words

above

CULTURAL DIVERSITY

Lead in :

In your opinion which of the

following factors is the most

important for a happy life ? Why ?

2 Pre- Reading.

_ T introduces the topic of the lesson

- T Introduces some new words

+ bride (n)

+ Groom (n)

+ precede (v)

+ confide (v)

+ partnership )n)

+ determine (v)

+ sacrifice (v)

+ oblige (v)

- Checks understanding

3 While – Reading.

Task 1 –

- T sets the scence

- T gets Ss to read the passage silently

and then do Task 1

Instruction : Explain the meaning of the

italicized words/ phrases in the sentences

given.

- T asks Ss to read through the sentence

given

- T asks Ss to go back to the passage to

locate and read around these words or

phrases so that they can guess their

meaning

- T asks Ss to work individually to do the

task

T goes around to help

- T asks Ss to exchange their answers

with other Ss

- T calls some Ss to explain their choices

- T gives correct answers

Answers :

1 precede : happen or exist before.

Work in pairs

Repeat Copy down

individually Read in silence

individually

I New words

+ bride (n) + Groom (n) + precede (v) + confide (v) + partnership )n) + determine (v) + sacrifice (v) + oblige (v)

Task 1 -

7ms

2 determine : find out , arrange sth

3 confide : trust

4 scarifice willing to stop having

something you want

5 obliged = having a duty.

Task 2 :

Instruction: You are required to answer

the five questions in the book

- T asks Ss how to do this task

- T asks Ss to work individually to do the

task, then discuss their answers with

their peers

- T calls on some Ss to give their

answers and asks them to explain their

choices

- T gives the correct answers

Answers :

1 They are trust built on love,

physical attractiveness, confiding, partnership of equals

2 The Americans are much more

concerned than the Indians and Chineses with physical

attractiveness when choosing a wife or husband

3 The Indian students agree that “

a woman has to sacrifice more in

a marrige than a man”

4 The American wife, for

example, trusts her husbands to

“ do the right thing” because “

he loves her “ not because “ he has to “

5 Young Asians are not as

romantic as their American counterparts

4 Post – Reading.

- Sts work in groups and discuss

the question: What are the differences between a traditional Vietnamese family and a modern Vietnamese family ?

Copy down

individually

Copy down

Work in groups

Answers :

1 precede : happen or exist before.

2 determine : find out , arrange sth

3 confide : trust

4 scarifice willing to stop having something you want

5 obliged = having a duty.

Task 2 -

Task 2

1 They are trust built on love, physical attractiveness, confiding, partnership of equals

2 The Americans are much more concerned than the Indians and Chineses with physical attractiveness when choosing a wife or husband

3 The Indian students agree that “ a woman has to sacrifice more in a marrige than a man”

4 The American wife, for

- - one representive of each group

presents in front of the class

- Suggested ideas :

A traditional Vietnamese family :

+ There are a lot of children in the

family

+ Parents often decide who their

children will mary

+ The father is the head of the

household

+ Cooking is considered women’s

task

A modern Vietnamese family

+ There are only two children in the

family

+Parents let their children decide

who they will marry

Both the father and the mother

work

+ Members in the family share the

household chores

5 Consolidation

Confirms the content of the lesson

example, trusts her husbands to “ do the right thing” because “ he loves her “ not because “ he has

to “

5 Young Asians are not as romantic as their

American counterparts

4 Homework: (2ms)

- Read the passage again

- Learn by heart all of the new words

5 Preparation for the next lesson ()

- Prepare for section : Speaking

1 Self – evaluation : ……….