LESSON PLAN -UNIT 9

THPT AN LẠC QUỲNH NHƯ UNIT 9: UNDERSEA WORLD Part 1 : READING I. OBJECTIVES 1/ Educational aim : Students can read and understand the reading passage about the ocean and undersea world 2/ General knowledge: The seas / the oceans / the undersea world 3/ Skill: Reading for gist and specific information , comprehension reading II. METHOD: mainly communicative III. TEACHING AIDS: Cassette player IV. PROCEDURE Stages Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Warm up . ( 5 mn) Pre-reading (1o mn) While- reading - Using the film “ Jaws “ - Asking questions : - What is it ? - Where does it live? Introducing the title : UNDERSEA WORLD Teacher divides the class into 2 or 3groups. * Using the map Write name of the oceans : * Using the pictures ( p. 94) Give the name of the sea animals • Checking & correcting • Guiding the requirement of task 1 • Noticing some kind of words and their meaning: “ Gulf , oversized, biodiversity ,tiny, Investigate, samples , provide , challenges, “ Teacher has the class readthe text Watching the the film Answering T’s questions - It ‘s a shark / dolphin. . . - In the sea / under the sea Looking at the map(p. 94) . Pair work the Pacific Ocean / Arctic/Antarctic / Atlantic. . . Looking at the picture (p. 94), Pair work - Seal, jellyfish, turkey, turtle , shark Silently reading to get the specific information Doing Task 1 1/ tiny 4/ Biodiversity 2/ investigate 5/ samples 3/ gulf Doing task 2 97 THPT AN LẠC QUỲNH NHƯ Post-reading (12mn) again to scan the details then answer the questions. (p. 96) Explaining some words: Submarines , percentage, satellite photos. . . Teacher has the students complete the summary of the reading passage filling each blank Read the passage again then answer the questions Suggested answers: 1/ 75% of the earth’s surface. 2/ By using mordern devices. 3/ They investigate the seabed and bring samples of marine life back to the surface for further study. 4/ We can know a wide range of information, including water temperature, depth and the undersea populations. 5/ They are those that live on or depend on the bottom like the starfish , those that move independently of water currents and those that are carried along by the currents 6/ Marine life would be at stake if the sea biodiversirty were not maintained. Work in pairs : filling each blank Suggested answers: 1/ three-quarters 5/ biodiversity 2/ mysterious 6/ huge 3/ modern 7/ plants& animals 4/ discoverries 8/ closely connected Homework: - Write Task 1&2 in the exercises notebook (1mn) - Preparing B. Speaking (p. 97) 98 THPT AN LẠC QUỲNH NHƯ UNIT 9: UNDERSEA WORLD Part 2: SPEAKING I. OBJECTIVES Talking about causes and consequences: Offering solutions AND Reporting on discussion results 1. Educational aim: Students should contribute their parts to the protection of oceans. 2. Knowledge General knowledge: Through this unit, students learn about types of sea creatures and undersea life and about how to protect oceans. Language: Sentences and expressions for talking about causes and consequences, and for offering solutions. 3. Skills: Fluency in expressing opinions and talking about causes and consequences, and in offering solutions. II. METHOD: integrated, mainly communicative III. TEACHING AIDS: pictures: IV. PROCEDURE Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Warm-up Show a picture of part of a beach with some types of rubbish and ask questions: 1) What can you see in the picture? 2) What should we do to keep the ocean clean? Pre-speaking T: Should we place rubbish and plastic bags on the beach? (teacher explains new words and expressions) T: Should we place rubbish and plastic bags in proper dustbins? T: repeat after me: We should place rubbish and plastic bags in proper dustbins. Do the same for b – h T: Look at your books. Task 1 (p97), and make sentences with should or shouldn’t then work with your partner taking it in turns to question and answer “what we should/ shouldn’t do to Students’ answers St: We can see a lot of rubbish on the beach Students’ answers may vary St: No, we shouldn’t place rubbish and plastic bags on the beach. St: yes, we should place rubbish and plastic bags in proper dustbins. St: We should place rubbish and plastic bags in proper dustbins. St A: What should we do to protect our oceans? St B: We should place rubbish and plastic 99 THPT AN LẠC QUỲNH NHƯ protect our oceans.” While – speaking T: Should beaches be filled with plastic bags, piece of glass and cigarette butts? (teacher explains new words and expressions) T: Why not? T: What should we do to solve this problem? Teacher helps students with some suggested words and expressions. (Write them on the blackboard.) Do the same for 2 – 4 Divide the class into 4 groups. T: work in groups and do task 2 (p97) (each group works on one topic.) Post-speaking T: Report to the class what your group has discussed. Teacher comments on the presentation, then invite another group. HOMEWORK To achieve fluency, you have to learn the expressions and sentences used for talking about causes and consequences, and for offering solutions. Write your own reports on the 4 questions in task 2. Comments bags in proper dustbins / use water sparingly / dispose of fishing lines and nets properly / f / g / h St A: What shouldn’t we do to protect our oceans? St B: We shouldn’t pollute water / dispose of fishing lines and nets properly in or near the water / e St: No. they shouldn’t. St: Because this makes the sea polluted and endangers sea plants and animals. St: We should clean beaches and tell other people not to litter them. Students’ answers may vary St: work in groups to prepare the ideas to write the report for the presentation. St (group 1): Beaches are filled with plastic bags, piece of glass and cigarette butts, and I don’t think it‘s good because this makes the sea polluted and endangers sea plants and animals. In order to solve this problem, I think we should clean beaches and tell other people not to litter them. Students do it at home 100 THPT AN LẠC QUỲNH NHƯ UNIT 9: UNDERSEA WORLD Part 3: LISTENING I. OBJECTIVES 1/ Educational aim : Teach students how to protect the undersea world 2/ General knowledge: Improve students’ knowledge about whales II. METHOD: communicative method III. TEACHING AIDS: Cassette player IV. PROCEDURE Stages Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Notes Warm up (5 mn) Teacher asks students to tell some ways to protect the undersea animals Discuss Pair-work Pre- listening Ask students to discuss 2 questions in textbook Give feedback 1. The whale is a mammal because it raises its young on milk 2. Because they want to catch whales for food ,oil, leather and other products Ask students to listen and repeat the new words : mammal /whaling Krill / Atlantic Blue whale / migrate Pacific / conservation Answer the questions Listen and repeat the new words Pair-work While- Listening Task 1 : Ask students to read 3 sentences Ask students to listen to the tape and decide whether the sentences are true or false Give feedback 1 F 2T 3T 4F 5T Task 2: Ask students to read 6 questions Read silently Listen and do as instruction Read silently Individual Group work 101 THPT AN LẠC QUỲNH NHƯ before listening Ask students to listen to the tape Ask students to discuss the questions in groups Give feedback : 1. The blue whale grows to 30 metres in length and over 20 tons in weight . 2. Before there’s a lot of krill – their favorite food in cold waters. 3. Cold waters in the North and the South Pacific are their favorite feeding grounds. 4. Heavy hunting is the main reason for the decrease in whale population 5. They have asked the International whaling commission to stop most whaling. 6. If we didn’t take any measures to protect whales , they would disappear forever Listen to the tape Discuss Post- listening Ask students to talk about whales Ask some students to talk again Discuss Model the discussion in front of the class Group work Homework (2 mn) Write again the information about the whales 102 THPT AN LẠC QUỲNH NHƯ UNIT 9: UNDERSEA WORLD Part 4: WRITING I. OJECTIVES: 1. Educational aim: Students must be known about such big animals which like fish but not fish as dolphins. 2. Knowledge: General knowledge: Students learn about one of the biggest animals on Earth that live in oceans. Language: Students must master oceanic new words 3. Skills: Reading and writing the information of sperm whale. Then writing a paragraph described dolphin from the information given by task 2. II. METHOD: integrated, mainly communicative III. TEACHING AIDS: Some pictures of whale and dolphins IV. PROCEDURE: Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Warm up Teacher asks students some questions about animals. 1. Is sperm whale a mammal or a fish? 2. Where can we find sperm whale? 3. Is sperm whale in the red book? 4. Do we need to protect sperm whale from dying out? ( extinct). Pre_writing. * Asking students to read the writing and give the information of sperm whale in the table. * Teacher goes around the class and gives students a hand if necessary. * Teacher asks some students to give some information on the blackboard. Students’ answers may be 1. It’s a fish 2. It’s in oceans. 3. Yes, it is 4. yes, we do. Sperm whale Range & habitat: oceans worldwide. Prefer the waters with high squid populaions which are their main diet. Size: - male 54.000 kg and 18 metres long. - female 17.000kg and 12 metres long. Feeding habits: Carnivores, eat meat. Offspring: give birth to one calf every 5-7 years. Gestation period 14-19 months. Life span: 60-70 years. Special features: They are fish. They have the largest brain of any mammals. Conservation concerns: At risk due to 103 THPT AN LẠC QUỲNH NHƯ While_writing. Teacher asks students to write a paragraph of dolphins from the information given in the table. New words must be explained. - Carnivores - Coastal waters and bays - Feeding habits - Life span - Mammals - Pollution - Accidental fishing net - Entrapment - Species - Gestation period Teacher gives suggestions and corrections. Teacher assigns homework Writing some information of sharks. Comments hunting and accidental entrapment in fishing nets. Students must write their own paragraph in their notebooks. Dolphins are rather big animals on Earth that have teeth. They are carnivores that means they eat mostly fish. Although dolphins can be found in all oceans, they prefer coastal waters and bags Dolphins are rather big. Their smallest size is about 50 kg and 12 metres long, their largest is up to 8.200 k and 10 metres long. A female dolphins gives birth to one calf every 2 years after a gestation period of eleven to twelve months. The life span of dolphins can be from 25 to 65 years. Dolphins are among the most intelligent animals. It is very interesting for us to know that dolphins are animals, not fish although they live in the oceans. They are at risk due to habitat pollution and accidental fishing net entrapment. - Students read their paragraph and correct them if necessary. - Some students are aksed to read their paragraph in front of the class. UNIT 9: UNDERSEA WORLD 104 THPT AN LẠC QUỲNH NHƯ Part 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS I. AIM: To get students to be awareness of the protecting environment. II. OBJECTIVES:  Students will be able to give their advices by using should and should not (shouldn’t).  Students will be able to communicate by using conditional sentence type 2 (unreal in present). III. TECHNIQUES: Communicative approach IV. TEACHING AIDS: Photocopied pictures and charts. V. TIME: 45 minutes VI. PROCEDURES: New lesson Stages - time Teacher’s activities Student’s activities Notes 105 THPT AN LẠC QUỲNH NHƯ Warm – up ( 3 minutes) Pronunciation (7) Presentation Exercise 1. (10) - Write the names on the board: David, Tom, Robinson, Mary - Tell Ss these people are going to go on their visits to Vietnam and they need advice on where to go or not to go. - Introduce the names, one by one. - Tom likes swimming and sunbathing. Where should he go? - David is interested in ancient cities  ? Listen and repeat - Teacher read the sounds. - Teacher read the words - write on board: 1 2 3 /i”/ /e”/ /u”/ - Call one St to the board and read word after word. - Point out every word reading. Practice these sentences. - Read sentences once or twice.  Should and shouldn’t is used for less strong suggestions, advice and opinions Show the pictures on board and ask: - What is he doing? Teacher says and writes on board: - He should stop smoking, you know. It’s bad for your health. Again: - How fast is he driving? - He shouldn’t drive very fast. It’s very dangerous. Present form: Should Shouldn’t + V (bare- infinitive) He should go to…. He shouldn’t go to… - Listen carefully. - Repeat each word. - Listen and write every word in the correct column. - Listen and repeat. - Listen and repeat. Look at the picture and answer. - He is smoking. - He is driving very fast. KEY: 2. You should look for another job. 3. He shouldn’t go to bed so late. Individual whole class whole class and individual individual whole class individual 106 [...]... photograph 5 She shouldn’t use her car so much 6 He should put some pictures on the wall KEY: 3 would take 4 refused 5 would not get 6 closed down 7 pressed 8 would be 9 did not come 10 borrowed 11 walked 12 would understand Ask Sts to prepare lesson 10 and do exercises 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 on pages 54, 55, 56 (exercise book) 107 THPT AN LẠC QUỲNH NHƯ 108 . the sea Looking at the map(p. 94 ) . Pair work the Pacific Ocean / Arctic/Antarctic / Atlantic. . . Looking at the picture (p. 94 ), Pair work - Seal, jellyfish,. samples 3/ gulf Doing task 2 97 THPT AN LẠC QUỲNH NHƯ Post-reading (12mn) again to scan the details then answer the questions. (p. 96 ) Explaining some words: