Huynh Ngoc Mai Nguyen Truong To Highschool Date of preparation : Unit: 8 Date of teaching : Period: Lesson: READING I. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: + Language content: - To help Ss develop reading skill. - To help Ss read and understand a passage about life in the future. + Language function: - To develop Ss’ reading abilities and enable Ss to talk about life in the future. - Express their ideas about advantages and disadvantages of robots. + Educational aim: - To educate Ss to be aware of our present life and plan our life in the future. 1. Language: a. Vocabulary: b. Structure: Simple Future, Prepositions 2. Skills: Reading, Speaking, Writing 3. Educational factor: - Educate Ss to know how to plan their future life II. TEACHER AND STUDENTS’ PREPARATION: 1. Method: Communicative approach 2. Techniques: Scanning, Skimming, Repetition, Pairwork, Asking and answering, Translation 3. Materials needed : Textbook, pictures, handouts 4. Students’ preparation: Read the passage, look up new words and do the Tasks in advance. 5. Previous exercises: III. PROCEDURES IN CLASS: 1. Stabilization : (2’) Warm up : Greeting Checking absence : Who’s absent today ? 2. Checking up previous knowledge: No (checks while teaching) 3. Presentation of the new material: Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities The content of the lesson 6’ I. Pre – reading: - Shows two pictures of the past and the present. - Asks Ss to look at the pictures, discuss in groups and answer the questions. + What was the life in the past like? + What was the life at our present like? (focus: travel, roads, houses, education, living condition…) Do you think life will be better in the future? Why / Why not? Asks Ss to list three things that might happen in the future. Leads to the lesson. - Look at the pictures and discuss in groups and answer the questions. - Answer the T’s question - Listen to the T. Unit 8: LIFE IN THE FUTURE Period: READING I . Pre – reading: * In the past: • Traveling on foot. • The roads were narrow • The houses were small and covered with thatch • The children didn’t go to school * At the present: • Traveling by motorbikes, cars, planes… • The streets are very large • Tall buildings • The children go to school. Yes, I do. Life will be better in the future thanks to modern technology. II. While reading : 1. Task 1: English 12 Huynh Ngoc Mai Nguyen Truong To Highschool 7’ 9’ 8’ II. While reading: 1. Task 1: - Asks Ss to read the passage silently, stop when they meet a new word or a phrase and find words or phrases in the passage which have the following meaning given in the Task 1. - Gives feedback. 2. Task 2: Answer the questions - Asks Ss to read the passage silently and answer the questions individually - Asks Ss to work in pairs to compare their answers. - Calls on some Ss to write the answers on the board. - Checks with the class. - Gives feedback. 3. Task 3: - Asks Ss to work in groups to discuss then complete the chart about LIFE IN THE FUTURE - Read the passage and do task 1 - Read the passage again and answer the questions in task 2 - Individual work then pairwork. - Write the answers on the board. . - Groupwork. 1. pessimists 2. optimists 3. economic depression 4. terrorism 5. wiped out 6. space shuttle 2. Task 2: 1. Many large corporations will be wiped out and millions of jobs will be lost. 2. The security of the earth will be threatened by terrorist groups will become more powerful and more dangerous. 3. People will be living in much cleaner environment, breathing fresher air and eating healthy foods. They will also better looked after by a modern medical system. Domestic chores will no longer be a burden thanks to the inventions of labour -saving devices. 4. They are developments in micro technology-computer and telecommunication. 3. Task 3: LIFE IN THE FUTURE Fields optimists pessimists Work Micro technology, factories run by robots, offices go electronic, work at home, computers linked to head office Economic depression , large corporatio ns wiped out, jobs lost Food More delicious and healthier Not enough food because of population Travel Traveling by space shuttle at 15,000kph; cars could run on electricity or methane gas and fitted with computers Cars, trains give smoke Enviro Fresh air pollution English 12 Huynh Ngoc Mai Nguyen Truong To Highschool 6’ 2’ III. Post – reading: * Advantages and disadvantages of robots - Asks Ss some questions: + Have you ever seen a robot? - Shows the picture of robot or toy robot. - Asks Ss to work in groups and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of robots. - Gives comments. IV. Consolidation: - Asks Ss to say about the main ideas of the reading passage. - Say about the main ideas of the reading passage. nment securit y Safe Threatene d by terrorism III. Post – reading: * Advantages and disadvantages of robots Advantages Disadvantages - Save labor, lighten our work. - Do difficult / hard jobs co that men have more time to enjoy life or do more creative work. - Replace human being in many fields so many people will lose their jobs or go jobless. - People become more independent on robots we can’t work properly when the power is off or when robots stop working. IV. Homework: - Write a short paragraph about the advantages and disadvantages of robots. 4. Home work: (5’) Asks Ss to: - write a short paragraph about the advantages and disadvantages of robots. 5. Preparation for the next lesson : - Asks Ss to prepare Speaking section of Unit 8: Do the Tasks in advance. 6. Self-evaluation : ………………………………………………………………………………………………… English 12 . Huynh Ngoc Mai Nguyen Truong To Highschool Date of preparation : Unit: 8 Date of teaching : Period: Lesson: READING I. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: + Language. groups and answer the questions. - Answer the T’s question - Listen to the T. Unit 8: LIFE IN THE FUTURE Period: READING I . Pre – reading: * In the past: •