Lesson plan Date of preparing: 14/01/2015 Grade: 10 Date of teaching: 21/01/2015 Period: UNIT 10: CONSERVATION LESSON 3: LISTENING I OBJECTIVES By the end of the lesson students will be able to: - Improve their listening skills - Know more about forest fires: causes of forest fires, ways to prevent them - Know more new words related to forest fire II PREPARATION Textbook, lesson plan, handouts, projector, player, speaker III PROCEDURE Teacher’s activities WARM UP (5’) - Show a picture about a forest fire hidden by many color rectangles and ask Ss to look at the screen and guess the topic: What is it? / What is the picture about? Suggested answer: It is forest fire/ The picture is about a forest fire - Leads in new lesson: “Today we are going to listen to a passage about the forest fire.” PRE-LISTENING (12’) 2.1 Work in groups (5’) - Show some pictures and ask Ss to work in groups of Students activities - Whole class - Look at the picture and give the answer - Listen to the teacher - Group work a table and to discuss which ones are about causes of a forest fire - Call on some groups to present the answers - Give feedback Suggested answer: campfire, butts of burning cigarettes, lightning, or when the weather is extremely hot and dry * Introduce the talk: the passage you are going to listen to is about forest fires, the causes of forest fires and ways to prevent them 2.2 Vocabulary (7’) - Give Ss some new word Forest (n) /ˈfɒrɪst/ : a large area of land that is thickly covered with trees: rừng Forester (n) /ˈfɔːrɪstər/: person who works in a forest, taking care of the trees, planting new ones, etc.: nhân viên quản lý rừng, kiểm lâm Forest fire (n) / ˈfɒr.ɪstˈfaɪə(r) /: an uncontrolled fire in a wooded area: cháy rừng Campfire (n): /ˈkæmpfaɪə(r) /: an outdoor fire made by people who are sleeping outside or living in a tent: lửa trại Camper (n)/ ˈkæmpə(r) /: a person who spends a holiday or vacation living in a tent: người cắm trại Awful (adj) /ˈɔːfl /: very bad or unpleasant, very shocking: khủng khiếp, đáng kinh sợ A heap of sth: a lot of something: đám, đống Example: a heap of leaves: đống Save…from…: to keep sb/sth safe from harm, loss: bảo vệ…khỏi… Unpleasant (adj) /ʌnˈpleznt /: not pleasant or comfortable: khơng dễ chịu, khó chịu 10 Spread (v)/ spred /: to cover, or to make something cover, a larger and larger area: lan tỏa, lan 11 Put out: to stop something from burning or shining: tắt, dập tắt 12 Duty (n)/ ˈdjuːti /: something that you feel you have to because it is your moral or legal responsibility: trách nhiệm, nghĩa vụ 13 Wildlife (n) /ˈwaɪldlaɪf /: animals, birds, insects, etc that are wild and live in a natural environment: động vật hoang dã - Ask Ss to give Vietnamese meanings - Give the answers - Listen to the teacher - Take note - Give the Vietnamese meanings - Have Ss listen and repeat the new words after the recording WHILE-LISTENING (18’) 3.1 Task (4’) - Have students work individually, read through the sentences silently and guess the order of the events - Instruction: you are going to listen to a passage about forest fires Listen and number the events in the order you hear - Have students listen to the cassette (2 times), task and exchange their answers with their partners’ - Call on some students to write their answers on the board - Correct the answers Suggested answers: 3.2 Task (8’) - Have students work individually, read through the sentences silently and underline the key words - Ask students to translate into Vietnamese - Go over the key words and Vietnamese meaning with the class - Instruction: now you listen to the tape again and decide whether the statements provided are True or False Put a tick in the appropriate box - Have students listen to the cassette once to task and exchange their answers with their partners’ - Play the tape again for Ss to check their answers - Call on some students to write their answers on the board and explain their answers - Feedback and give correct answers Suggested answers: F (It spreads quickly) F (In late summer) T T F (It is the duty of anyone of us) 3.3 Task (7’) - Ask Ss to work in pairs, read through the sentences and underline the different parts between the sentences - Go over the different parts and Vietnamese meaning with the class - Listen and repeat - Individual work - Listen and the task - Give the answers - Individual work - Give the answers - Listen and the task - Give the answers - Pair work - Instruction: you are going to listen to the tape again to choose the sentences you hear Put a tick in the appropriate box - Have students listen to the cassette once to task and exchange their answers with their partners’ - Play the tape again for Ss to check their answers - Call on some students to give the answers - Feedback and give correct answers Suggested answers: 1.a 2.b 3.a POST-LISTENING (8’) - Give Ss handouts of a passage about the summary of the talk - Instruction: This is the summary of the talk that you have just listened fill each blank with a suitable word - Ask Ss to work in pairs to the task - Call on some students to write their answers on the board - Correct the answers Suggested answer: Spread Campers Forest fire Destroys Fire HOMEWORK (1’) - Ask students to learn by heart all of new words and prepare for the next lesson (Writing) - Listen and the task - Give the answers - Listen to the teacher - Pair work - Give the answers - Listen to the teacher IV COMMENTS ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Instructor’s signature UNIT 10: CONSERVATION LESSON 3: LISTENING HANDOUT Fill in each blank with a suitable word Once a fire has started, it (1)………………quickly There are many causes of a forest fire: the dry weather in late summer, (2)……………… forget to put out their campfires and cover the place with earth or anyone who careless enough may also start a (3)……………… Every fire (4)……………… valuable wood, wildlife, and good soil Every one of us must know the important of caring for our great forests and save them from (5)………………… ... ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Instructor’s signature UNIT 10: CONSERVATION LESSON 3: LISTENING HANDOUT Fill in each blank with a suitable word Once a fire has started,... bảo vệ…khỏi… Unpleasant (adj) /ʌnˈpleznt /: not pleasant or comfortable: khơng dễ chịu, khó chịu 10 Spread (v)/ spred /: to cover, or to make something cover, a larger and larger area: lan tỏa,... Give the Vietnamese meanings - Have Ss listen and repeat the new words after the recording WHILE -LISTENING (18’) 3.1 Task (4’) - Have students work individually, read through the sentences silently