unit 11- speaking

February , 2009 [TRAN THI HANH- THANG LONG HIGH SCHOOL] Lesson plan Unit 11: Sources of energy Part B: Speaking I. Class description:41 students of grade 11A11, Thang Long High School II. Objectives By the end of the lesson, students will be able to: - Use the required language and knowledge to talk about the advantages and disadvantages of using alternative sources of energy. - Use the required language and knowledge to talk about the use of alternative sources of energy in the future. III. Materials Textbook, handouts and the board IV. Anticipated problems - Students may not have enough vocabulary and structure to talk about the topic, so the teacher should ready to help - Students may be shy to speak; therefore, the teacher should find suitable ways to motivate them by creating variety of interesting activities. V. Procedure. Time Stages Teacher’s activities Students’ activities 2’ Greeting -Greet the whole class: Good afternoon - Ask Ss to sit down. -Ask Ss some questions: How are you, today? Is there anyone absent today? - Greet the teacher: Stand up and say: Good afternoon, teacher. -Answer T’s 1 February , 2009 [TRAN THI HANH- THANG LONG HIGH SCHOOL] questions 6’ Warming- up: lucky flowers. -Prepare a game: prepare 6 flower-shaped pieces of paper, in each of which a source of energy is mentioned and Ss’ task is to guess what source it is. -Introduce the rules: There are 8 flower-shaped pieces of paper. In each piece, information related to one source of energy is mentioned. Your task is to guess what source of energy it is? Anyone wants to join in the game will come here and pick up one piece, read aloud your question and then answer it. If you can’t give the answer, the turn is for the others .Also, there are some pieces are lucky ones, which has the words”gook luck”. If you pick up a piece of paper like this, you will receive a present without having to do something - Get Ss to join in the game. - Check Ss’ answers and give presents to Ss who have correct answers. - Questions: What source of energy is it? 1. It is not only plentiful and unlimited but also clean and safe. 2. It includes oil, coal and natural gas. 3. It is a clean source of energy. However, if the wind does not blow, there is no energy at all. 4. It costs a lot of money because people have to build dams to use this source of energy. 5. It comes from deep inside of the earth. 6. It can provide enough electricity for the world’s needs for -Listen to the rule of the game - Join in the game voluntarily 2 February , 2009 [TRAN THI HANH- THANG LONG HIGH SCHOOL] hundreds of years, but it can be very dangerous. Answers: 1. Solar energy 2. Fossil fuels 3. Wind power 4. Water power 5. Geothermal heat 6. Nuclear energy 6’ Before speaking Vocabulary: Prepared handouts - Deliver handouts to Ss and asks them to work individually: All of you received the handouts, right? Your task is to match the words in column A with the right answers in column B. Work individually in 2 minutes. HANDOUT 1 (individual work): Match the words in column A with the right answers in column B. A B 1. Enormous (a) A. The sending out of heat, energy, etc in the form of rays 2. Radiation (n) B. ANTONYM: limited 3. Abundant (a) C. SYNONYM: huge 4. Renewable (a) D. Complete the sentence: we have……… rice. -Ss work individually to match the words in column A with the right answers column B in the handouts. - Ss present their answers. 3 February , 2009 [TRAN THI HANH- THANG LONG HIGH SCHOOL] There’s no rice left. 5. Run out (v) E. That is replaced naturally. - Check the answers. 29’ While you speak Answer : 1. C 2. A 3. B 4. E 5. D Task 1: (8’) - Lead-in task 1: And now we move to task 1. -Ask an S to read aloud the requirement of task 1: Who can help me read aloud the requirement of task 1. So in this task, we have to identify which statement talk about advantage and which statement talk about the disadvantage. Write A for advantage and D for disadvantage. - Ask Ss to do task 1 individually. Do task 1 individually and then I will call one of you to come to the board and write down the answers. - Call on an S to come to the board and write down the answers. - Check the answers with the whole class. -Read the requirement and do task 1 individually 4 February , 2009 [TRAN THI HANH- THANG LONG HIGH SCHOOL] - Ask Ss to work in pairs (one asks and one answers): And now work in pairs: one asks and one answer. For example, the 1 st statement talks about the disadvantage of fossil fuels so one asks: What is the disadvantage of fossil fuels? And the other answers: Fossil fuels will be exhausted within a relatively short time. Do you understand? so now do as the example. -Ask some pairs to stand up and present. Task 2:(11’) -Lead-in task 2: From task 1, you have known that alternative sources of energy have both advantages and disadvantages to our life, so when we want to talk about their advantages and disadvantages how we say it in English. Let look at the samples in the book. - Read aloud the sample: Listen to me - Ask Ss to practice the dialogue in pairs. * Analyze the dialogue: Now look at the dialogue again and pick out the structures used to ask for opinions, expressing opinions. What structures are used to ask for opinion?(Ss answer) Do you know any other structures? (Ss answer) What about structures used to express opinions? (Ss answer). Any other structures? (Ss answer) * And now I will provide you with more structures: (T distributes handouts to Ss). Look through all the structures, if you have any questions, feel free to ask. -Work in pair: one asks and one answer. -Listen to T - Practice the dialogue in pairs - Pick out structures to ask for and give opinions in the sample dialogue. -Give more structures they have known. - Learn some 5 February , 2009 [TRAN THI HANH- THANG LONG HIGH SCHOOL] HANDOUT 2: Asking for opinions: Why do you think / believe so? What’s your opinion about? What do you think about? Expressing opinions: I think/ believe…………. Personally, I think/ believe…………… In my opinion, Expressing agreements I agree I think so, too That’s true/ right and………. Expressing disagreements Well, maybe That might be true, but……… -Ask Ss to work in pairs and make similar dialogues, using the provided words and structures: Work in pairs and make similar dialogues, using the provided words and structures. In the sample, they talk about wind power and you can talk about solar energy, nuclear power, etc. - Call on some pairs to present their own dialogues. Give feedback. more structures provided by T. -Work in pairs and make similar dialogues. -Present their dialogues in front of the class. 6 February , 2009 [TRAN THI HANH- THANG LONG HIGH SCHOOL] Task 3(10) -Prepare handouts and deliver to Ss. Ask them to work in groups: With this activity, I would like you to work in group of 4 and then one representative of your group will come to the board and report what you have talked about.(marking) - Go around offering some help. -Ask Ss come to the board and present. HANDOUT 2 ( group work) Talk on the topic: Your belief on the increasing use of alternative sources of energy in the future? Sources of energy Potential Why? Ways of saving energy in the future? Solar energy Water power Wind power Geother mal heat Nuclear power Suggested ideas: ways of saving energy -reduce the amount of water using every day -Work in groups. - Report their ideas. 7 February , 2009 [TRAN THI HANH- THANG LONG HIGH SCHOOL] - turn off the lights when we go out - Ask Ss to report their ideas. 2' Wrapping up -T summarizes the main points of the lesson -T gives homework: Write a paragraph about the most potential source of energy in the future. -Listen to T -Write homework in their notebook. 8 . , 2009 [TRAN THI HANH- THANG LONG HIGH SCHOOL] Lesson plan Unit 11: Sources of energy Part B: Speaking I. Class description:41 students of grade 11A11,. 3. Wind power 4. Water power 5. Geothermal heat 6. Nuclear energy 6’ Before speaking Vocabulary: Prepared handouts - Deliver handouts to Ss and asks them