<A-READING> Instructor : Mrs. Đỗ Thị Xuân Candidate : Trịnh Thị Ngát Class : 11B4 Room: 21 Time : 45 minutes Date: April 09, 2010 * Aims: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to: - read for general and specific information about space conquest - develop their summarizing skills * Lexical items: conquest (n), lift off (v), venture (n), cosmonaut(n), tension (n), psychological (adj), deal with (ex.) * Teaching aids: handouts, pictures, posters * Skills: Reading, writing, listening, speaking, * Method and technique: individual, pairwork, groupwork, big wheel game PROCEDURE I. WARM-UP (6 mins) * Game: Big wheel - T divides the class into 2 groups Instruction: Each group will take turns to spin the big wheel and answer questions. If you give the correct answers, you will get the point on the wheel that you spin. If the first group has wrong answer or no answer, the other will have a chance to answer. The group with more point will be the winner. - The questions: 1. Who is the first human to fly into space? A. Yuri Gagarin B. Neil Armstrong C. Valentina Tereshkova D. John Glenn 2. Who are the first humans to set foot on the moon? A. Neil Armstrong and John Glenn B. Pham Tuan and Buzz Aldrin C. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin D. Yang Liwei and John Glen 3. Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space? A. Pham Thanh Trung B. Pham Tuan C. Vo Nguyen Giap D. Nguyen Chi Thanh 4. What is the first living to be in space? 1 A. dog B. cat C. mouse D. Chicken 5. Who is the oldest human ever to fly into space? A. John Glenn B. Yang Liwei C. Buzz Aldrin D. Valentina Tereshkova 6. Where is Gagarin from? A. Japan B. United Stated C. China D. Russia Expected answers: 1. A 2. C 3. B 4. A 5.A 6. D * Lead-in: - T: Do you like flying into space? Ss: Yes - T: Today we are going to learn about space conquest: Unit 15: Space Conquest (Reading) II. PRE-READING (8 mins) 1. Teaching vocabulary - conquest (n): sự chinh phục (Translation) T: How can you say “chinh phục” in English? conquer (v): chinh phục - cosmonaut(n) = astronaut: nhà du hành vũ trụ (Synonym) T: What is the synonym of astronaut? - lift off (v) = fly: phóng lên, xuất phát từ bệ phóng (Gap-fill) The first artificial satellite Sputnik was ______ into space. liff-off (n) : sự phóng lên - venture (n) = risk : mạo hiểm (Synonym) T: What is the synonym of risk? - deal with s.t (ex.) = solve s.t: đề cập tới (Synonym) T: Give me a phrase that has mean “solve s.t” - psychological: thuộc về tâm lý (Translation) T: How can you say “thuộc về tâm lý” in English? - tension (n) : căng thẳng (Picture&gap-fill) T: (Point at the picture and ask Ss to fill in blank) He is in the state of __________. - Check vocabulary: Gap-filling Complete the following sentences, using the words/phrases you have just learnt. 1. Napoleon _______ most of the European countries. 2. Yuri Gagarin _________ into space at 9.07 a.m Moscow. 3. Pham Tuan is a well-known _________ in Vietnam. 4. The exam is coming. Most students are in the state of ________ ________. 2 5. At the meeting, we ____________ many problems. 6. The man’s __________ made everyone admire him. Expected answers: 1. conquered 2. lifted off 3. cosmonaut 4. psychological - tension 5. dealed with 6. venture III. WHILE-READING 2. Matching the headings to the paragraph (Task1, p.168) (7 mins) - T asks Ss to read the passage again and work in pairs to do the task 1 in their book - Call some Ss to give their answers - Give feedback and correct Expected answers: Paragraph 1-B (The lift-off) Paragraph 2-E (Uncertainties) Paragraph 3-D (A view on Earth) Paragraph 4-C (Congratulations) Paragraph 5-A (The tragic accident) 3. True/False Statement (7 mins) - T asks Ss to open their book and read the passage silently in 3 minutes to decide if the following statements are true(T) or false (F) Statements T/F 1. Yuri Gagarin lifted off into space on 12 th April, 1960 2. He couldn’t eat and drink in weightlessness. 3. There were enormous uncertainties before Gagarin’s historic fight. 4. The success of Gagarin’s flight made him a hero. 5. He died in 1967 - Ask Ss to compare with their partners - Go around to control - Call some Ss to give their answers and explain - Give feedback and correct Expected answers: 1. F 2. T 3. T 4. T 5. F 4. Choosing the best answer (7 mins) - T gets Ss to read the passage again and choose the best answer. 3 1. How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space? A. When he was 25 B. When he was 26 C. When he was 27 D. When he was 28 2. How long was he in space? A. 108 minutes B. 105 minutes C. 100 minutes D. 170 minutes 3. What questions were raised before Gagarin’s space flight? A. What would happen to a human being in space? B. How would the body react to the extreme changes in temperature? C. How would the mind deal with the psychological tension? D. Both are correct. 4. What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth? A. It was more than 17,000 miles per hour B. It was 108,000 miles per hour C. It was about 17,000 miles per hour D. It was 108,000 miles per hour 5. What couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight? A. Because of a car crash B. Because of a tragic accident C. Because there were a lot of astronauts D. Because of his disease 6. What was done after Gagarin’s death to honor this national hero? A. His hometown of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin. B. The Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City, Russia, was given the name Gagarin to honor this national hero. C. His name was renamed D. A and B - Call some Ss to give their answers and explain - Give feedback and correct Expected answers: 1. C 2. A 3. D 4. A 5. B 6. D IV. POST-READING: (9 mins) 5. Filling in the gaps 4 - T gets Ss to close their book and fill in the blank with missed words. 1. On 12 th April, 1961, Yuri Gagarin, a Russian became the first human being _________. 2. His flight _________ only 108 minutes. Its ________ made him a national hero 3. He also became the ________ to eat and drink in zero gravity, and he was able to _______ the Earth in a way that no one had done before. 4. A plane crash in March ________ made Gagarin’s desire of revisiting space impossible. 5. After his death, his hometown and the Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City, Russia were ___________ him. Expected answers: 1. cosmonaut 2. lasted - success 3. first person - view 4. 1968 5. named after - T call some Ss to write their answers on the board - Correct with the class 6. Summarizing - Ask Ss to base on the information in the gap-fill task to summarize the reading passage by your own words. - Remind Ss to use connectors to make the sentences logical. - Call some Ss to summarize - Give feedback V. HOMEWORK (1 mins) - Learn the new words by heart - Summarize the main points of the reading text - Prepare the next lesson: Speaking Hue, April 09, 2010 Teacher’s comments Student Đỗ Thị Xuân Trịnh Thị Ngát APPENDIX 5 6 He is in the state of _____________