Trờng THPT Nguyễn Thiện Thuật Tiếng Anh 12 GV: Lê Anh Th UNIT NINE: DESERTS Date: 1 st lesson. Reading 55 th period. A) Aims. To help Ss practise reading a passage about deserts. B) Objectives. By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to understand the passage about deserts and scan for specific details. C) Materials. Textbook, handouts. D) Methods. Integrated, mainly communicative. E) Anticipated problems. Ss maynot be familiar with the topic. F) Procedure. Time Teachers activities Students activities 3 minutes 10 minutes I) Warm up: Fill in the blank with the most suitable word. + A ________ is a hot, dry sandy place. - Ask Ss to work in groups then read aloud the answers. - Write the answers on the board then give the suggested answer. => Lead in the new lesson: DESERTS. II) New lesson. * Before you read. - Ask Ss to look at the pictures then answer some questions. - Ask Ss to read aloud then call others to give remarks. - Give corrective feedback if necessary. 1. Deserts are the large areas of sand without tree and water, but with severe climates, very hot during day and very cold at night. There is very little rainfall there; very few people and animals live except for in oases. 2. In a desert, only cacti and a kind of spinifex can grow. No kind of animals can live in deserts. 3. Australia, Mongolia, The USA, and in north Africa have deserts. * Newwords. + Stretch (n) dải đất [stret] + Stretch (v) Kéo dài + comprise (v) bao gồm [km'praiz] + enormous (a) Khổng lồ [i'n:ms] + explore (v) Thăm dò [iks'pl:] + aerial (a) Trên không ['eril] + expedition (n) Cuộc, đoàn thám hiểm [,ekspi'din] + dune (n) cồn cát [dju:n] + loose (a) mềm, xốp [lu:s] + Hummock (n) gò đống ['hmk] + crest (n) đỉnh, ngọn [krest] + spinifex (n) cỏ lá nhọn + corridor (n) Hành lang ['krid:] + stable (a) ổn định, vững chắc ['steibl] + slope (n) sờn dốc [sloup] + shrubland(n) vùng đất có cây bụi [rb] + Steep(a) dốc, (n) sờn dốc [sti:p] *While you read. * Task 1. Give the meaning of the words. - Ask Ss to read through the passage first then read task 1 carefully. - Ask Ss to read the passage again and pay attention to the words. - Ask Ss to read aloud the meaning of the words then give remarks - Work in groups. - Read aloud the answers then copy. - Look at the pictures then work in groups. - Read aloud the answers then copy. - Find out newwords. - Work in groups then read aloud. - 1 - Trêng THPT NguyÔn ThiÖn ThuËt – TiÕng Anh 12 GV: Lª Anh Th 20 minutes 10 minutes 2 minutes if necessary. * Task 2. Decide whether the statements are true or false. - Ask Ss to read task 2 carefully and find out keywords. - Ask Ss to read through the passage again to find out the answers - Ask Ss to work in groups then read aloud the answers. - Ask others to give remarks then gve corrective feedback. 1. False 2. False 3. True 4. False 5. False 6. True * Task 3. Answer the following questions. - Ask Ss to read through task 3 and find out keywords. - Ask Ss to read the passage again to find out the answers. - Ask Ss to work in pairs then read aloud the questions and answers. - Go around and offer help if necessary. - Ask others to give remarks then give corrective feedback. 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 in the east, 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 glasses and spinifex. * After you read. - Ask Ss to work in groups then answer the questions. - Go around and offer help if necessary. - Ask Ss to read aloud the answers then call others to give remarks. - Ask Ss to read aloud then translate the story into vietnamese. - Ask Ss to retell the story if there is enough time. 1. Yes, it is. 2. It is the interpreter’s pronunciation. He pronounced the word “dessert” wrongly, which made the American businesman misunderstand him. That’s really a great pity or shame. III) Homework assignment. Ask Ss to prepare “ Speaking” in advance. - Give remarks then copy. - Work in groups then read aloud. - Give remarks then copy. - Work in groups then read aloud. - Give remarks then copy. - Work in groups then read aloud. - Give remarks then copy. UNIT NINE: DESERTS - 2 - Trêng THPT NguyÔn ThiÖn ThuËt – TiÕng Anh 12 GV: Lª Anh Th Date: …………… 2 nd lesson. Speaking 56 th period. A) Aims. To help Ss practise speaking about deserts. B) Objectives. By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to talk about natural features of deserts and desert life, and express their ideas about related matters. C) Materials. Textbook, handouts. D) Methods. Integrated, mainly communicative. E) Anticipated problems. Ss maynot be familiar with the topic. F) Procedure. Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities 3 minutes 15 minutes 10 I) Warm up: Listen and write down the words you have just heard. + grass, goat, sheep, buffalo, banana, camel, horse, date palm, cactus. - Check and give the answers. - Ask Ss to answer some questions. T: Which animal and plant can’t live in the desert? S: buffalo, banana, horse T: Why? S: They can’t stand the heat and need a lot of water. => Lead in the new lesson: LIFE IN THE DESERT. II) New lesson. * Task 1. Check the list then give your opinion about it. - Ask Ss to read through the task and go around to offer help if necessary. - Help Ss read aloud the words and correct their mispronunciation if necessary. - Give Ss some useful expressions. + What kinds of trees and animals on this list do you think might exist in the desert? + Why? + How come? + What about ?……… * Ask 2 good Ss to make an example using the sugestions A: What kinds of trees and animals on this list do you think might exist in the desert? B: I think date palms, cactus, grass, camels, and lizards can exist in the desert because they don’t need a lot of water and can survive under difficult conditions. A: What about banana trees? B: I don’t think they can live in such hot weather. Moreover, we have never seen banana trees in pictures taken in deserts, have we? - Ask Ss to work in pairs and go around to offer help if necessary. - Ask Ss to read aloud their dialogues then call others to give remarks. - Give corrective feedback if necessary. * Task 2. Find out as many natural features of a desert as possible. - Work in individuals. - Read aloud then give remarks. - Answer the questions. - Copy. - Work in groups then read aloud. - Give remarks then copy. - 3 - Trêng THPT NguyÔn ThiÖn ThuËt – TiÕng Anh 12 GV: Lª Anh Th minutes 15 minutes 2 minutes -Help Ss by giving them some expressions. + What do you know about ?………… + It is said that ………… + It says in the books that …………… - Ask Ss to read aloud then call 2 good Ss to make an example. A: What do you know about the climate in the desert? B: It is said that it’s very hot in the daytime but it is very cold at night. A: I see, but it says in the books that there are some cold deserts where it is very cold at some time of the year. B: And please tell me about the rainfall. How often does it rain here? A: It rarely rains there so everything is very dry. B: Are there 4 seasons in the desert? A: I am not sure but as far as I can remember in some cold deserts there are hot summers and very cold winters. - Ask Ss to work in pairs then go around to offer help if necessary - Ask Ss to read aloud then give corrective feedback if necessary. * Task 3. Make a dialogue with your friend. - Ask Ss to work in groups and go around to offer help if necessary. + What are five things you should bring with you if ?……… + And what about + N ? + Would you need + N? + And what else would you need? + Why don’t you bring + N? - Ask Ss to read aloud the dialogues then call others to give remarks. - Give corrective feedback if necessary. A: What are five things you should bring with you if you are going on an expedition across the desert? B: I think I should bring a knife in case I need food to eat. It is also used to protect me from the attack of dangerous animals or bad people. A: And what about a mosquito net? Would you need one? B: Oh no. I would have a face net and clothes long enough to cover my whole body. A: And what else would you need? B: Food is the next thing because it is very difficult to find food in the desert. I think we should bring as much food as possible because we could get stuck there. A: Why don’t you bring a cell phone? It could be very helpful if you got lost. Someone could come and rescue you. B: Are you joking? Do you think there would be telephone waves/ signals in the desert? And how can we charge the battery? III) Homework assignment. Ask Ss to prepare “Listening” in advamce - Work in groups then read aloud. - Give remarks then copy. - Work in groups then read aloud. - Give remarks then copy. UNIT NINE: DESERTS - 4 - Trêng THPT NguyÔn ThiÖn ThuËt – TiÕng Anh 12 GV: Lª Anh Th Date: …………… 3 rd lesson. Listening 57 th period. A) Aims. To help Ss practise listening about deserts. B) Objectives. By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to listen for the understanding of the passage and listen for specific details. C) Materials. Textbook, handouts. D) Methods. Integrated, mainly communicative. E) Anticipated problems. Ss maynot be familiar with the topic. F) Procedure. Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities 3 minutes 10 minutes I) Warm up: - Complete the following sentence with your own words. + A desert is a place____________________________. - Ask Ss to work in groups then read aloud the anwers. - Call others to give remarks and correct if necessary. + where there are no roads, buildings, cars, rivers. + where it is hard to live. + where it’s very hot during the daytime but very cold at night. Lead in the new lesson. DESERTS – what they are and how they are formed. II) New lesson. * Before you listen. - Ask Ss to open their book then answer all the questions in the textbook. - Ask Ss to work in pairs then read aloud the answers. - Correct their mistakes if necessary. 1. A desert is a large area of land where it is always very hot and dry and there is a lot of sand. 2. A desert can be formed by various cases, the major of which is global climatic change. The second cause is the misutilisation of land by humans such as poor land management and poor water management and the deforestation. 3. Yes, They can make a desert by the misutilisation of land, and by the deforestation or overcultivation and incorrect irrigation methods. * Listen and repeat. – Ask Ss to read the words in silence then listen to the tape the first time. - Ask Ss to read after the tape then read aloud. - Correct their mispronunciation and give them the meaning of the words if necessary. + Sahara (n) [sə'hɑ:rə] + firewood (n) cñi ['faiəwud] + petroleum (n) dÇu má [pə'trouliəm] + Mauritania (n) + needle (n) l¸ kim 'ni:dl] + colony (n) thuéc ®Þa ['kɔləni] * While you read. * Task 1. Listen and find out the sentences are true or false. - Ask Ss to read the sentences carefully then guess the answers. - Ask Ss to read aloud the answers then write on the board. - Ask Ss to listen to the tape then work in groups to check their - Work in individuals. - Read aloud then give remarks. - Copy. - Work in groups. - Read aloud the answers. - Give remarks. - Copy. - Work in groups. - Guess the answers. - Listen then read - 5 - Trêng THPT NguyÔn ThiÖn ThuËt – TiÕng Anh 12 GV: Lª Anh Th 20 minutes 10 minutes 2 minutes guesses. - Ask Ss to listen again and give the corrective answers. - Ask Ss to give remarks then give corrective feedback. 1. True 2. False 3. True 4. False 5. True * Task 2. Answer the following questions. - Ask Ss to read the sentences carefully then guess the answers. - Ask Ss to read aloud the answers then write on the board. - Ask Ss to listen to the tape then work in groups to check their guesses. - Ask Ss to listen again and give the corrective answers. - Ask Ss to give remarks then give corrective feedback. 1. It examines deserts, what they are and how they are formed. 2. It is very 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. 3. Nature and humans. 4. They contribute by eating every plant they can find. This makes the land become desert. * Task 3. Listen and fill in the missing word(s). - Ask Ss to read the sentences carefully then guess the answers. - Ask Ss to read aloud the answers then write on the board. - Ask Ss to listen to the tape then work in groups to check their guesses. - Ask Ss to listen again and give the corrective answers. - Ask Ss to give remarks then give corrective feedback. 1. 90 percent 2. smaller plants 3. prevent 4. spreading 5. capital 6. canals * After you listen. Summarise the main ideas of the expert’s talk. - Ask Ss to work in groups and go around to offer help if necessary. - Ask Ss to pay attention to the suggestions in their texbooks. - Ask Ss to read aloud then give corrective feedback if necessary. + What is a desert? It is a 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. Only trees with hard needles can grow in the deserts. + What causes the growth of a desert? Nature and humans contribute to the growing of deserts. Human beings cut down trees for firewood. When the trees are gone, the small plants die and the land becomes desert. + What should humans do to prevent the growth of deserts? Humans can plant trees and build long canals to bring water to the desert areas. III) Homework assignment. Ask Ss to prepare “writing” in advance. aloud the answers. - Give remarks then copy. - Work in groups. - Guess the answers. - Listen then read aloud the answers. - Give remarks then copy. - Work in groups. - Guess the answers. - Listen then read aloud the answers. - Give remarks then copy. - Work in groups. - Read aloud the answers then give remarks. - Copy. UNIT NINE: DESERTS Date: …………… 4 th lesson. Writing - 6 - Trờng THPT Nguyễn Thiện Thuật Tiếng Anh 12 GV: Lê Anh Th 58 th period. A) Aims. To help Ss practise writing a passage about the Sahara desert. B) Objectives. By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to write a passage about the Sahara desert, using the given information. C) Materials. Textbook, handouts. D) Methods. Integrated, mainly communicative. E) Anticipated problems. Ss maynot be familiar with the topic. F) Procedure. Time Teachers activities Students activities 3 minutes 10 minutes 30 minutes I) Warm up. Look at the picture then describe it. - Ask Ss to give their ideas by answering the question and write on the board. + What do you know about the Sahara? Very big, sandy, in Africa, hot and dry climate, cactus, the date palms, camels, nomads, sand dunes. lead in the new lesson. THE SAHARA DESERT II) New lesson. * Task 1. Preparing to write. - Ask Ss to read through the information in the table. - Help Ss by giving the meaning of newwords. + arid (a) khô cằn ['ổrid] + moisture (n) hơi ẩm ['mist] + oas (n) ốc đảo, nơi mầu mỡ [,ou'eisi:z] + tableland (n) bình nguyên, nơi cao nguyên ['teibllổnd] + elevation (n) độ cao so với mặ nớc biển [,eli'vein] + cactus( n) cây xơng rồng ['kổkts] + cacti (n) ['kổktai] + acacia (n) cây keo ['kei] + gazelle (n) linh dơng gazel [g'zel] + antelope (n) con sơn dơng ['ổntiloup] + jackal (n) chó rừng ['dổk:l] - Ask Ss to read after the teacher then read aloud. - Ask Ss to read the table again then translate into Vietnamese. * Task 2. Writing the passage. - Ask Ss to work in groups and go around to offer help if necessary. - Ask Ss to exchange their writings then correct the mistakes by themselve. - Ask some Ss to read their writings then call others to give remarks if necessary. - Give corrective feedback if necessary. - Give a sample writing. The Sahara is the largest desert in the world. It is in northern Africa, East of Atlantic Ocean and west of the Red Sea and Iraq. It lies largely in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egupt, Mauritania, Mali, Niger and Sudan. This desert has a total area of more than 9,065,000 square kilometers with 1610 kilometers width and 5150 kilometers in - Work in groups. - Read aloud then give remarks. - Copy. - Read in silence. - Find out newwords. - Read aloud then copy. - Work in groups. - Exchange the writings then correct the mistakes. - Read aloud a writing then give remarks. - Copy. - 7 - Trêng THPT NguyÔn ThiÖn ThuËt – TiÕng Anh 12 GV: Lª Anh Th 2 minutes length from the east to the west. There is a total absence of moisture so it is very dry. It is very hot in summer and extremely cold in winter. The Sahara is on a tableland with an elevation of 400 to 500 meters. It is an arid dandy land with few oases but many large sand dunes. Very few forms of animal and vegetable life exist there. The main trees which can be found there are cacti, the date palms, and a form of acacia. Only animals like gazellers, antelopes, foxes, jackals and camels are found in this desert. III) Homework assignment. Ask Ss to write the passage again at home and prepare “language focus” in advance. UNIT NINE: DESERTS - 8 - Trêng THPT NguyÔn ThiÖn ThuËt – TiÕng Anh 12 GV: Lª Anh Th Date: …………… 5 th lesson. Language focus 59 th period. A) Aims. To help Ss practise pronouncing full and contracted forms of auxiliaries and using so,but, however and therefore. B) Objectives. By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to pronounce full and constracted forms of auxiliaries and to use so, but, however and therefore correctly. C) Materials. Textbook, handouts. D) Methods. Integrated, mainly communicative. E) Anticipated problems. Ss maynot be familiar with the topic. F) Procedure. Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities 3 minutes 15 minutes I) Warm up. Listen and check if there are differences between every two words. - The teacher read aloud and Ss listen to the teacher then do the task. - Ask Ss to read aloud the answers - Write the pairs of words on the board. 1. he’s – his 2. hill – he’ll 3. there – they’re 4. your – you’re 5. time – I’m - Ask Ss to read and give remarks. => Lead in the new lesson: Full form and contracted form of auxiliaries verbs. II) New lesson. 1) Pronunciation. * Task1. Listen to the teacher. - Ask Ss to open their textbook. - Play the tape then ask Ss to read after the tape. - Ask Ss to work in pairs then read aloud. - Call some Ss to read aloud then call others to give remarks. - Give corrective feedback if necessary. * Task 2. Practise reading these sentences. - Ask Ss to read the sentences in silence first. - Ask Ss to listen to the tape then read after the tape. - Ask Ss to read aloud again then listen to the tape to check up. - Give corrective feedback if necessary. 2) Grammar. * Connectors: so, but, however and therefore. + So – therefore: are used to connect 2 simple sentences. They are used to express the cause and effect relation. - So : co-ordinating conjunction. Ex: The climate in the Arctic region is very severe, so very few animals can live there. - Therefore : an adverb which is used as a connector. Ex: The food prices rise too much; therefore, people’s life becomes difficult. + But – however : expressed the contrast or opposition. - But : co-ordinating conjunction Ex:Mr John is a very rich businessman, but he leads a simple life. - Work in groups. - Read aloud then copy. - Read in silence. - Work in individuals then in pairs. - Read aloud then give remarks. - Copy. - 9 - Trêng THPT NguyÔn ThiÖn ThuËt – TiÕng Anh 12 GV: Lª Anh Th 25 minutes 2 minutes - However : an adverb is used as a connector. Ex: The test was very difficult; however, all students were able to finish it. * Exercise1. Add so or but and a comma where apropriate. - Ask Ss to read through the exercise then help them do. - Ask Ss to work in individuals then in pairs. - Go around and offer help if necessary then call some Ss to read aloud their answers and call others to give remarks. - Call a student to write the answers on the board then give corrective feedback if necessary. 1. so 2. but 3. so 4. but 5. so 6. but 7. but 8. so * Exercise 2. Underline the correct alternative in the followings sentences. - Ask Ss to read through the exercise then help them do. - Ask Ss to work in individuals then in pairs. - Go around and offer help if necessary then call some Ss to read aloud their answers and call others to give remarks. - Call a student to write the answers on the board then give corrective feedback if necessary. 1. but 2. however 3. yet 4. so 5. but 6. However 7. however 8. but * Exercise 3. Add so, therefore or however where apropriate. - Ask Ss to read through the exercise then help them do. - Ask Ss to work in individuals then in pairs. - Go around and offer help if necessary then call some Ss to read aloud their answers and call others to give remarks. - Call a student to write the answers on the board then give corrective feedback if necessary. 1. therefore 2. so 3. so 4. Therefore 5. However 6. Therefore 7. so 8. However III) Homework assignment. Ask Ss to prepare ‘Unite 10” in advance. - Read in silence. - Work in individuals then in pairs. - Read aloud then give remarks. - Copy. - Read in silence. - Work in individuals then in pairs. - Read aloud then give remarks. - Copy. - Read in silence. - Work in individuals then in pairs. - Read aloud then give remarks. - Copy. - 10 -