Objectives By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to: - use the required language to talk about the reasons why nature is threatened the measures for protecting it with 80% accuracy.
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Period 63: B - Speaking
I Objectives
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
- use the required language to talk about the reasons why nature is threatened the measures for protecting it with 80% accuracy
- understand more about their responsibility in the protection of our environment
II Time: One period of 45 minutes.
III Students’ level: 11th grade students
IV Class size: 40 students
V Teaching aids:
- Textbook, board, chalk, handouts, pictures of endangered nature and posters.
- A computer and a projector to present the lesson using Microsoft office PowerPoint
VI Anticipated problems :
- Ss may not have enough vocabulary and ideas to talk about the topic, so T has to get ready to help them
VII Procedure
Tim
e
arrangemen t
1’
4’
- Greeting ( teachers and students)
- T checks students’ attendance.
WARM - UP
* Competition game - Network:
- T shows a network of the word “NATURE IN DANGER” on
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the projector
- T divides the class into 2 teams (Team A and team B) Each
team has a representative who will go to the board and
complete the network by writing on the board the words
relating to nature in danger that they know
- The winner will be the team completing the network in the
shortest period of time (Time limit : 3 minutes)
- T gives suggested answers : water, air, pollutant, extinct,
forest, nature, endanger, animal, …
* Leading in : - T shows some pictures about nature in danger
and asks some Ss to answer the questions below:
1 What can you see in these pictures ?
2 What problem is this ?
Team work
Whole class nature in danger
ddanger
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feedback
* Suggested answers :
1 We can see : - killing endangered animals
- keeping them as pets
- burning forests
- cutting down trees,
- using fertilizers and pesticides for cultivation and
discharging chemical pollutants into the environment…
2 Our nature is being threatened seriously.
- T leads students to the new lesson : “To know more about
reasons why nature is threatened and mesures to protect it,
let’s learn the new lesson.”:
UNIT 10: NATURE IN DANGER
Period 63: B – SPEAKING
Talking about the reasons why nature is threaten and
suggesting measures to protect the environment
10’ I TASK 1:
* Aim : to focus Ss on the topic and introduce the new words
and phrases to talk about the reasons why nature is threatened
* Activity 1: Teaching vocabulary
- T shows on the screen the vocabulary to teach :
1 capture /kæptʃə/ (v): giam giữ
Whole class
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3 fertilizer /fə:tɪlaɪzə/ (n): phân bón
4 pesticide /’pɛstɪsaɪd/ (n): thuốc trừ sâu
5 cultivation /kʌlti’veiʃn/(n): sự trồng trọt
6 discharge /’dɪstʃɑ:dʒ/ (v): đổ ra, phóng ra
- T helps Ss to pronounce the words correctly T reads them
first, then asks them to repeat after in chorus and individually
- T calls on 2 Ss to make sentences with some of these words
Eg: You shouldn’t use too much pesticides for cultivation.
* Activity 2:
- T asks Ss to work individually to answer the question:
“Which reason you think is the most important ?”
- T calls on some students to answer
* Activity 3 :
- T prepares handouts No1 in which T provides some ideas for
their explanation for the reasons why nature is threatened, then
delivers them to the Ss
- T asks Ss to work in pairs to ask and answer about the most
important reason why nature is threatened
- T shows on the screen this model below for Ss to follow :
Lan: What is the most important reason why nature is
threatened?
Nam: In my opinion/ I think/ I feel burning forests is the most
important reason why nature is threatened
Lan: Well, why do you think so?
Nam: Oh, forests are green lungs of the Earth where many
animals live Burning forests means many plants and animals
will die
Lan : I strongly agree Moreover, smoke from forest fires
causes air pollution
- T goes around to help Ss express their ideas correctly, then
Individual work
Pair work
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- T gives feedback and marks afterward
II TASK 2:
* Aim : Ss can match the reasons in Task 1 with possible
measures for protecting the environment
* Activity 1: Teaching vocabulary
- T shows on the screen the vocabulary to teach :
1 ban (v) = prohibit (v) /prə(ʊ)hɪbɪt/ : cấm
2 encourage (v) /ɪnkʌrɪdʒ/ : khuyến khích
> < discourage (v)/dɪskʌrɪdʒ/ : ngăn cản
E.g.: Planting forests should be encouraged.
3 establish (v) /ɪ’stæblɪʃ/ = set up (v.phr) : thành lập
E.g.: Many organizations have been established to protect rare
animals.
- T helps Ss to pronounce the words correctly T reads them
first, then asks them to repeat after in chorus and individually
* Activity 2: Matching
- T asks Ss to work in pairs to match the reasons in Task 1 with possible
measures for protecting the environment.
1 Burning forests
2 Cutting down trees for
cultivation
3 Discharging chemical
pollutants into environment
4 Using fertilizers and
pesticides for cultivation
5 Killing endangered
animals for fur, skin and
A Killing endangered animals for fur, skin and food should be banned
B Planting trees should be encouraged
C Keeping animals as pets should be discouraged
D Zoos and national parks should be established to save
Whole class
Pair work
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6 Hunting and capturing
animals for recreation
7 Keeping animals as pets
animals and plants
E Animals should not be captured for recreation and entertainment
F All kinds of animals and plants should be protected
G Discharging chemical pollutants into the
environment should be prohibited
H Decreasing the use of fertilizers and pesticides for farming should be
encouraged
- T calls on some pairs to read aloud their results, then gives
corrective feedback afterward
* Suggested answers:
1 B 2 D / F 3 G 4 H 5.A 6.E 7.C
III TASK 3:
* Aim : Ss state negative impacts made by people on the
environment and suggest measures to protect it
* Activity 1: Useful languages
+ T gives Ss some useful languages for them to expresss their
ideas
- should + V/ should be + p.p
- should not +V/ should not be+ p.p
- be extinct/ disappear
- not hunt or sell animal products
- ban/ prohibit / be banned / be prohibited
- protect / be protected
Whole class
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* Activity 2:
- T prepares handouts No2 in which T provides Ss some
suggestions ideas
1 Burning forests
cutting down trees
for wood
- Burning forests means many animals may die
- Smoke from forest fire may pollute the air
- Without trees the climate will change for worse
- Strictly punish the cutting of trees and burning forests
- Encourage the planting of forests and trees
2 Using fertilizers
and pesticides for
cultivation
- destroy soil, pollute the air and affect other living species as well
- encourage the use
of manure
- decrease the use of fertilizers and pesticides in farming
3 Discharging
chemical
pollutants into the
environment
Dangerous chemicals can harm people’s lives and cause fatal diseases such as cancer,
…
- … should be prohibited
- … should be fined
Group work
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endangered
animals for fur,
skin and food
Keeping animals
as pets Hunting or
capturing them for
recreation or
entertainment
Making some species disappear would create a lack of
ecological balance
-…should be banned
-…should be discouraged
- T divides the class into 8 groups Each group will receive one
of the 4 handouts Then, T asks Ss to work in groups to report
negative impacts made by people on the environment and
suggest measures to protect it
- T asks Ss to work in groups to practise speaking as the
model
- T shows on the screen a model for Ss to imitate
Model
Peter: People are killing endangered animals for fur, skin and
food.
Mary: Killing endangered animals for fur, skin and food
should be banned.
Peter: Well, it is violating animals’ rights, too The best place
for wild animals is natural environments.
John: You are right! We should protect them and tell other
people not to kill them.
- T goes around to give help if necessary
- After some minutes, Ss calls on some groups to perform in
front of the class
Group work
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- T give some pictures about pollution of the environment and
the nature in danger and ask Ss to find solutions
- T calls on a Ss to answer
* Suggested answers:
Pictures about the heavily polluted environment and
nature in danger urge us to take action to protect the nature,
the environment and the Earth
Whole class
1’ V HOMEWORK : T asks Ss to :
- Learn by heart the new words
- Write a paragraph about measures to protect our natural
environment
- Prepare for the next lesson: Unit 10- C Listening.
Whole class