unit 15

Trêng THPT NguyÔn ThiÖn ThuËt GV: Lª Anh Th UNIT FIFTEEN. SPACE CONQUEST Date: ……… 1 st lesson. Reading 92 nd period. A) Aims. To help Ss practise reading a passage about space conquest. B) Objectives. By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to guess the meaning through the context and do all the exercises correctly. C) Materials. Textbook. D) Methods. Integrated, mainly communicative. E) Anticipated problems. Ss may not have sufficient words about the topic. F) Procedure. Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities 3 minutes 10 minutes I) Warm up. Use some pictures then ask them to answer some questions about the pictures. 1. Look at the pictures and tell me what you see in picture 1 and 2. 2. What do you call a person who flies a plan/ a spaceship? 3. Between them which job do you prefer? Give a reason for your answer. Why do you like it? - Ask Ss to work in groups then read aloud the answers. - Correct if necessary. - Ask them to answer the question. + What for? To know /to travel or to conquer space? => Today we will study about space conquest. II) New lesson. * Before you read. - Ask Ss to open the book then read the questions in silence. - Ask Ss to work in groups. - Go around and offer help if necessary. - Ask Ss to read aloud the answers then call others to give remarks. - Correct if necessary. 1. The first human to fly into space is Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin. 2. The first human to set foot on the moon are Neil Amstrong and Buzz Aldrin. 3. The first Vietnamese to fly into space is Pham Tuan. * While you read. *Task 1. Match the headings to the paragraphs. - Ask Ss to read the task in silence first. - Explain how to do the task. - Ask Ss to read the passage again to do the task. - Ask Ss to work in groups then read aloud the answers. - Check the answers with the whole class then correct if necessary. + Paragraph 1- B. The lift off. + Paragraph 2- E. Uncertainties. - Answer. 1. Picture1. It is a plane. Picture2. It’s a spacecraft / spaceship. 2. A person who flies a plane is called a pilot and a person who flies a spacecraft is called an astronaut. 3. I like being a pilot because I want to travel everywhere. I like to be an astronaut because I want to go to the moon/ fly into space. - Read in silence. - Work in groups. - Read aloud the answers then give remarks. - Copy. - Read in silence. - Work in groups. - Give the answers then give remarks. - Copy. - 1 - Trêng THPT NguyÔn ThiÖn ThuËt GV: Lª Anh Th 20 minutes 10 minutes 2 minutes + Paragraph 3- D. A view on Earth. + Paragraph 4- C. Congratulations + Paragraph 5. A. The tragic accident. * Task 2. Read the passage again then answer the questions. - Ask Ss to read the questions carefully then underline the keywords. - Ask Ss to read the passage again to find the needed information in the passage to answer the questions. - Ask Ss to work in groups and go around to offer help if necessary. -Ask Ss to read aloud the answers then call others to give remarks. - Give corrective feedback if necessary. 1. He was 27 then. 2. He was in space for 108 minutes. 3. They were: what would happen to a human being in space or how the body would react to the extreme changes in temperature or how the mind would deal with the psychological tension. 4. It was more than 17,000 miles per hour. 5. Because he died in a plane crash on a routine training flight in March 1968. 6. After his death, his home town of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin, and the Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City, Russia, was given the name of this national hero. * After you read. - Ask Ss to read the summary of the reading passage then work in groups. - Go around and offer help if necessary. - Ask Ss to read aloud the answers then call others to give remarks. - Give corrective feedback if necessary. 1. cosmonaut 2. in space 3. lasted 4. success 5. gravity 6. view 7. impossible 8. named after. III) Homework assignment. Ask Ss to translate the passage into Vietnamese and prepare “ Speaking” in advance. - Read in silence and underline keywords. - Work in groups. - Give the answers then give remarks. - Copy. - Work in groups then read aloud the answers. - Give remarks then copy. - 2 - Trêng THPT NguyÔn ThiÖn ThuËt GV: Lª Anh Th UNIT FIFTEEN. SPACE CONQUEST Date: …… 2 nd lesson. Speaking 93 rd period. A) Aims. To help Ss practise speaking about the first flight into space of China and talk about the events of space conquest. B) Objectives. By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to talk about the events of space conquest. C) Materials. Textbook. D) Methods. Integrated, mainly communicative. E) Anticipated problems. Ss may not have sufficient vocabulary to talk about the topic. F) Procedure. Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities. 3 minutes 15 minutes I) Warm up. Look at the pictures then answer the questions. 1. Who are they? 2. What are their nationalities? - Ask Ss to worhk in groups. - Ask Ss to read aloud the answers then correct if necessary. II) New lesson. * Task 1. Read the following piece of news, then make questions and answers. - Ask Ss to read the passage in silence then find out newwords. - Help Ss deal with the newwords then explain how to do the task. - Give Ss some guiding words. + When .?……………………… + What ?……………………… + How old ?…………………… + How important .?…………… + How many ?………………… - Ask Ss to work in groups then read aloud the answers. - Ask others to give remarks. - Correct their mistakes if necessary. A. When did China launch its first maned spacecraft into space? B. On October 15, 2003. A. What is the name of China’s first maned spacecraft? B. Its name is Shenzhou 5. A. What is the name of the astronaut? B. His name is Yang Liwei. A. How old was he when he flew into space? B. He was 38 years old. A. How important was the successful flight to China? B. The successful flight maked a milestone in China’s space project. A. How many countries in the world have been able to - Answer. P1. He’s Pham Tuan- Vietnamese astronaut. P2. He is Yuri Gagarin- Russian cosmonaut. P3. He’s Liwei- Chinese astronaut. - Read in silence. - Make questions and answers. - Give remarks. - Copy. - 3 - Trêng THPT NguyÔn ThiÖn ThuËt GV: Lª Anh Th 25 minutes 2 minutes carry out independently maned space activities? What are they? B. There have been three. They are : Russia, The United State and China. * Task 2. Take turns to talk about the important events in space exploration. - Ask Ss to read task 2 carefully then find out newwords. - Help Ss deal with the newwords and explain how to do the task. - Make models with good students. * Setting model. + Picture 1 A. When did Russia launch its first artificial sattelite? B. On October 4, 1957. A. What is the name of Russia’s first artificial sattelite? B. Sputnik. A. How important was the first artificial sattelite To Russia? B. The first artificial sattelite marked the beginning of Space Age. + Picture 4. A. Who is the first woman to fly into space? B. That is Valentina Tereshkova, a Russian cosmonaut. A. When did she fly into space? B. On June 16, 1963. + Picture 5. A. Who are the first humans to set foot on the moon? B. They are Neil Amstrong and Buzz Aldrin American astronauta. A. When did they set foot on the moon? B. On July 20,1969. + Picture 6. A. Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space? B. That is Pham Tuan. A. With whom did he go along into space? B. He went with V.V Gorbotko a Russian cosmonaut. A. How long did he stay in the orbit? B. He stayed 8 days in the orbit. - Ask Ss to work in groups. - Go around and offer help if necessary. - Ask Ss to work in pairs then read aloud the dialogues. - Ask others to give remarks. - Give corrective feedback if necessary. III) Homework assignments. Ask Ss to prepare “ Listening” in advance. - Read in silence. - Listen to the teacher then work in groups. - Read aloud then copy. - 4 - Trêng THPT NguyÔn ThiÖn ThuËt GV: Lª Anh Th UNIT FIFTEEN. SPACE CONQUEST Date: . ……… 3 rd lesson. Listening 94 th period. A) Aims. To help Ss practise listening about the first human moon landing. B) Objectives. By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to develop their listening skill and do all the tasks correctly. C) Materials. Textbook. D) Methods. Integrated, mainly communicative. E) Anticipated problems. Ss may not be familiar with the listening tasks. F) Procedure. Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities 3 minutes 10 minutes I) Warm up. Answer the questions. 1. Can you name the first men to set foot on the moon? 2. What are their nationalities? 3. When did they set foot on the moon? - Ask Ss to work in pairs. - Check the answers with the whole class. II) New lesson. * Before you listen. + Match the pictures with the captions. - Ask Ss to work in groups. - Ask Ss to read aloud their answers. - Ask others to give remarks. - Give corrective answers. + Picture a - 2. The Apollo crew. + Picture b – 5. The first foot print on the moon. + Picture c – 3. Walking on the moon. + Picture d – 1. Orbiting. + Picture e – 4. The Moon landing. * Listen and repeat. - Ask Ss to look at the words in the textbook then read after the teacher. - Ask Ss to read aloud then give their meaning. - Call some Ss to read aloud the words then call others to give remarks. - Correct their mispronunciation if necessary. - Ask Ss to guess what they will hear about. => Can you guess what the listening passage is about? The first human moon landing. * While you listen. * Task 1. Listen and decide whether the following statements are true or false. - Ask Ss to read the statements carefully and find out newwords if necessary. - Explain the newwords and how to do if necessary. - Ask Ss to read again and underline the keywords. - Ask Ss to listen to the tapescipt the first time, ask them to pay attention to the keywords. - Answer. 1. They are Neil Amstrong and Buzz Aldrin. 2. They are American. 3. On July 20, 1969 - Work in groups. - Read aloud the answers. - Give remarks and copy. - Listen - Read aloud - Copy. - Read in silence. - Work in groups. - Listen to the - 5 - Trêng THPT NguyÔn ThiÖn ThuËt GV: Lª Anh Th 20 minutes 10 minutes - Check the answers with the whole class. - Ask Ss to listen to the tapescipt the second time then ask them to work in groups. - Ask some Ss to read aloud their answers and write the answers on the board. - Ask others to give remarks. - Ask Ss to listen again and stop at the answers for Ss to check their answers. - Give corrective feedback if necessary. 1. False. In a speech to the Congress. 2. False. Three. 3. False. They landed at different time. 4. False. They had to carry a suitcase with a portable life support system. 5. True. * Task 2. Listen again and answer the following questions. - Ask Ss to read the questions carefully and underline the keywords. - Ask Ss to guess the answers. - Ask Ss to listen to the tapescript. - Check the answers with the whole class. - Ask Ss to listen again then work in groups. - Ask Ss to give the answers and write them on the board. - Ask Ss to give remarks and listen to the tapescript again, and the teachers stops at the answers for Ss to check. - Give corrective feedback if necessary. 1. NASA’s Apollo programme was developed to meet President Kennedy’s challenge. 2. The Apollo 11 was launched on July 16,1969. 3. The portable life support system was used for controlling the oxygen, temperature and pressure inside the spacesuit. 4. The astronauts stayed on the surface of the moon for two and a half hours. 5. While they were staying on the surface of the moon they performed a variety of experiments and collected soil and rock samples to return to Earth. 6. They returned to Earth on July 24, 1969. * After you listen. Discuss the following questions. - Ask Ss to work in groups. - Go around and offer help if necessary then call some Ss to give their ideas then give corrective feedback. 1. I think – human beings like adventures. Or we think – they want to find out possibilities of life outside the Earth. They may find some precious things there . They have trips to another planets for tourist purposes. 2. I/We would take a camera with me/us and a tent and some food. tapescript. - Work in groups then read aloud the answers. - Give remarks then copy. - Read in silence. - Work in groups. - Listen to the tapescript. - Work in groups then read aloud the answers. - Give remarks then copy. - Work in groups. - 6 - Trêng THPT NguyÔn ThiÖn ThuËt GV: Lª Anh Th 2 minutes III) Homework assignment. Ask Ss to prepare “ Writing” in advance. - Read aloud the answers. - Copy. UNIT FIFTEEN. SPACE CONQUEST - 7 - Trêng THPT NguyÔn ThiÖn ThuËt GV: Lª Anh Th Date: . ……… 4 th lesson. Writing 95 th period. A) Aims. To help Ss practise writing about Neil Armstrong’s biography. B) Objectives. By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to write a biography about Neil Armstrong and know how to write a biography. C) Materials. Textbook. D) Methods. Integrated, mainly communicative. E) Anticipated problems. Ss may not know how to write a biography. F) Procedure. Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities 3 minutes 15 minutes 25 minutes I) Warm up. Use a picture of Neil Armstrong then ask Ss to answer some questions. 1. Look at the picture then say who he is? 2. Is he a Russian or an American astronaut? 3. Who did he set foot on the moon with? - Ask Ss to work in pairs then give the answers. - Check the answers with the whole class. II) New lesson. * Task 1. Below is some information about Neil Armstrong, the first human to set foot on the moon. Put each of the headings in the right box in the appropriate blank. - Ask Ss to read through the words in the box and the information about Armstrong then find out newwords if necessary. + United States Navy + appoint vice chairman + committee [kə'miti] + Investigate in'vestigeit + Challenger shuttle disaster. + Giant leap. + University of Cincinnati - Explain the newwords and how to do if necessary. - Ask Ss to work in groups. - Ask Ss to give the answers then call others to give remarks. - Give corrective feedback if necessary. 1. Date of birth 2. Place of birth 3. Known as 4. Career 5. Quote * Task 2. Write a biography of Neil Armstrong from the information given in Task 1. - Ask Ss to use prepositions ( at, on ,in, from, to, with), articles ( a, an, the) and some phrases which are often used to write a biography correctly.( be known as, work as, receive .from, resign from)…… …… - Help Ss use tenses correctly. - Ask Ss to work in groups. - Go around and offer help if necessary - Ask Ss to exchange their writings when they finish. - Ask Ss to correct their mistakes by themselves. - Answer. 1. He is Neil Armstrong. 2. He is an American astronaut. 3. He set foot on the moon with Buzz Aldrin. - Work in individuals. - Read aloud the newwords. - Work in groups. - Give the answers then give remarks. - Copy. - Listen to the explain. - Work in individuals. - Work in groups. - Exchange their writings then correct the mistakes by themselves. - Copy. - 8 - Trêng THPT NguyÔn ThiÖn ThuËt GV: Lª Anh Th 2 minutes - Call some representatives to stick their writings on the board. - Ask some Ss to read aloud the writings. - Ask others to give remarks. - Correct the common mistakes with the whole class. - Ask Ss to copy the writing. - Give a sample writing. Neil Armstrong is an American astronaut. He is known as the first person to walk on the moon. He was born on August 5 th , 1930 in Wapokoneta in Ohio. From 1949 to 1952, he worked as a pilot in the United States Navy. Armstrong received his B.S ( Bachelor of Science) from Purdue University in 1955. He joined the NASA astronaut program in 1962. Neil Armstrong became the first human to step on the moon’s surface on July 20 th , 1969. He was joined by Buzz Aldrin forty minutes later.Armstrong and Aldrin spent two and a half hours on the moon’s surface. Armstrong received his M.S( Master of Science) from the University of Southern California. He resigned from NASA a year later and from 1971 to 1979, he taught at the University of Cincinnati. In 1986 Armstrong was appointed vice chairman of the committee that investigated the Challenger shuttle disaster. He is also well-known for what he said when he stepped on the moon’s surface: “ That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” III) Homework assignment. Ask Ss to prepare “ Language focus” in advance. UNIT FIFTEEN. SPACE CONQUEST - 9 - Trêng THPT NguyÔn ThiÖn ThuËt GV: Lª Anh Th Date: …… 5 th lesson. Language focus. 96 th period. A) Aims. To help Ss practise pronouncing some clusters and know how to use could / be able to and question tags. B) Objectives. By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to pronounce the clusters and use could / be able to and question tags correctly. C) Materials. Textbook. D) Methods. Integrated, mainly communicative. E) Anticipated problems. Too long. F) Procedure. Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities 3 minutes 15 minutes I) Warm up. Present the situation. 1. Kent is my friend, he learns very hard and ranks tenth in my class. 2. He went away yesterday so we had no chance to see him again. - Ask Ss to read the sentences then guess what sound we are going to learn today? - Write the sounds on the board then lead them to the new lesson. II) New lesson. 1. Pronunciation. * Listen and repeat. - Ask Ss to open their textbook then read the words in silence. - Ask Ss to listen to the teacher then read after the teacher. - Ask Ss to read aloud then give remarks about the way to read the sounds. - Call some Ss to read aloud the words then correct their mispronunciation if necessary. * Practise reading aloud this dialogue. - Ask Ss to read the dialogue in silence. - Ask Ss to listen to the teacher then read after the teacher. - Ask Ss to work in pairs. - Call some pairs to read aloud the dialogue. - Call some Ss to give remarks. - Ask Ss to find out the sounds in the dialogue. - Check up the answers with the whole class. - Ask some pairs to read again and ask them to pay attention to the stress words and sentence intonation. - Correct their mispronunciation if necessary. 2. Grammar. * Setting situation. - Give Ss two examples then ask them to give remarks. 1. He could run very fast when he was a boy. 2. We were able to get tickets for the match yesterday. - Look at the board then guess. - Read aloud. - Read in silence. - Listen then read after the teacher. - Read aloud. - Read in silence then read after the teacher. - Read aloud then give remarks. - Copy. - Look at the board then give remarks. - Copy. - 10 - [...]... others to give remarks - Give corrective feedback if necessary 1 doesn’t she? 2 haven’t you? 3 wasn’t it? 4 didn’t we? 5 won’t we? 6 can’t you? 7 mustn’t it? III) Homework assignment Ask Ss to prepare “ Unit 16” in advance 2 minutes - 11 - GV: Lª Anh Th - Read in silence then work in individuals - Work in pairs then in groups - Read aloud the answers then give remarks - Copy - Read in silence then work . Trêng THPT NguyÔn ThiÖn ThuËt GV: Lª Anh Th UNIT FIFTEEN. SPACE CONQUEST Date: ……… 1 st lesson. Reading 92 nd period. A). Give remarks then copy. - 2 - Trêng THPT NguyÔn ThiÖn ThuËt GV: Lª Anh Th UNIT FIFTEEN. SPACE CONQUEST Date: …… 2 nd lesson. Speaking 93 rd period.