Setting the scene: You are going to read a text about Alexander Graham bell, who invented the telephone But before you read , you have to guess if the following state[r]
(1)UNIT : LESSON READ Period
A OBJECTIVES:
Knowledges:
By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to read and understand a passage about the invention of the telephone know more about Alexander Graham Bell
+ Vocabulary: emigrate (v); experiment (v; n); transmit (v) ; conduct (v); demonstrate (v); deaf- mute (n); assistant (n); device (n) ; exhibition (n); countless (adj)
+ Structures: Past simple Skills :
+ Reading- comprehension
Attitude: Ss will be more polite when talking on the phone
B TEACHING AIDS:
Lesson plan, English 8-book, pictures, extra board
C METHODS: T/ WhC, pairs, group and individual work D CONTENTS:
I Organization:
Class Date of teaching Absent Ss
8B ……… ………
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
II Warm-up (5’): Brainstorming What is the mobile phone used for ?
T asks students to answer the questions by going to the board and write
Possible answers : - have a message - call someone
- make arrangements
- talk to a person who lives far from - get information at the airport or railway
station quickly (Chatting)
? What is the thing we use to talk with each other over long distances?
? What is a mobile phone?
? On the phone when people ask you to "hold on", what they want you to do?
III New lesson:
Play games in teams
+ Students take turns to write the answers on board
-telephone
-A telephone that does not have wires and you can carry it with you and use it almost anywhere
(2)Step 1:Pre-reading (12’) Pre-teach
-emigrate : di cư
-Deaf-mute (n) : người câm điếc -Experiment (n) : thí nghiệm - transmit : truyền, phát (tín hiệu)
- invent : (inventor,invention) phát minh, - conduct (v): tiến hành, thực (nghiên cứu, thí nghiệm -assistant (n): người giúp đỡ, người phụ tá
-device (n): thiết bị, dụng cụ, máy móc
-demonstrate (v): chứng minh, trình bày
-commercial (a): (thuộc) buôn bán, thương mại *Checking: W-W
2 T / F statements prediction Hangs the picture on and asks ss 1.Do you know it is?
2.What is it used for ? who invented the T?
Setting the scene: You are going to read a text about Alexander Graham bell, who invented the telephone But before you read , you have to guess if the following statements are true or false
- Hang the poster of T / F statements on the board and ask Ss to work in pairs and guess which statements are true or false
…….a Alexander G Bell was born in the USA …….b He worked with deaf – mute patients in a hospital in Boston
…….c Thomas Watson was Bell,s assistant.
… d Bell and Watson introduced the telephone in 1877
……e Bell experimented with ways of transmitting speech between deaf-mutes over a long distance f Bell demonstrated his invention at a lot of exhibitions
- Call on some pairs to read their predictions and write them on the board
Step 2: While-reading (17’) Act Read and check
ask Ss to look at their books to read the text , then check their prediction
T collects Ss' answers
Answer key:
Listen and repeat
Guess the meaning of the new w -SS repeat chorally first, then individually
copy
answer the qs it’s a telephone listening
read through all statements in E
- Ss work individually and guess then share with their partner
Read all the sts silently
Look at the poster and work in pairs to predict
read the correct answers aloud
(3)a) F (in Edinburgh, Scotland) b) F (at Boston University) c) T
d) F (1876)
e) F (transmitting speech over a long distance f) T
act 2: Ordering/ Putting the events in the correct order
- Ask Ss to look at the exercise and read the events of Bell’s life , then put them in the correct order
- Have them compare with their partners - Call on some Ss to read their answers aloud - Corrects and give feedback
1 d) was born in Scotland e) went to live in Canada
3 a Went to live in the United States
4 g worked with people who could neither speak nor hear
5.c worked with Thomas Watson
6 b Successfully demonstrated his invention f Invented the telephone
Step : Post-reading (8’) · Grids : ( with keys )
- Get Ss to read the text again and fill in the blanks about the biography of Bell
T monitors and gives the help if necessary then collects Ss' s answers and corrects
Name : ……… Alexander Graham Bell… Nationality : ………English ……….
Date of birth : ……… March 3rd , 1847 ……
Place of birth : ………Edinburgh , Scotland His invention : ……… telephone
In 1876 : ………The first telephone message introduced ………
In 1877 : …………The first telephone was in
commercial use ………
IV Summary (2’)
What is the main content of the lesson?
Who was Alexander Graham Bell? Was he born in Scotland ?
V Homework(1’)
a F He was born in
Edinburgh in Scotland
b F He worked with deaf –
mute patients at Boston University
c T
d F He introduced telephone
in 1876
e F He experimented with
ways of transmitting speech over a long distance
f T
Correct the false ones (one by one.)
Read them aloud Do the exercise Read their answers
-Read their correct sentences aloud -Write individually
- Ss work in four groups ( Ss write on the posters )
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