- Sts are required to work in groups to give reasons for their choice from one of the three national parks in the reading passages.. - One representative is required to give their talk[r]
(1)UNIT 11: NATIONAL PARKS UNIT 11 – LESSON 1: A READING I Objectives:
Education aims: Students improve their knowledge about national parks Knowledge: a General knowledge: - Knowledge about national parks
b Language: The present simple tense - Vocabulary concerning national parks Skills: - Speaking : talk in pairs and in groups
- Reading comprehension: the definitions and answering questions II Anticipated problems: Students may not have much knowledge about national parks
III Teaching aids: board, textbook, chalk.
IV Procedures:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities 1 Before you read:( mins)
Aims: to repare information and vocabularies for the topic. - Ask sts to answer the question:
Can you name some national parks in Vietnam and in the world?
- Ask some sts to answer the question - Listen and give remarks
- Introduce the reading text and provide sts with new words/phrases
+ lo'cate(v): = to place
+ 'butterfly(n): an insect with very big wings that can fly(con bím)
+ e'stablish(v): = to make/ build + hike(v): to walk for health
+sur'vive(v): to be alive after accident( sèng sãt ) survival(n)
+ 'orphan(v): to be made parentless orphanage(n) + Sub-tropical(Adj): i
+ 'wilderness(n): = wild place
+ contami'nation(n) contaminate(v): to make something dirty/ polluted
- Read each word/phrase times and ask sts to repeat it - Leave sts minute to self-practise reading the words - Ask 4-5 sts to read all the word/phrases aloud in front of the class
- Listen and help sts to read the words/phrases correctly 2
While you read: (15 mins)
Aims: Read the passage for information to the tasks. + Set the scene:
- You are going to read the passages about The National Parks Read them and then the tasks that follow. + Task 1:Fill in each space with a suitable from the passages.
- Ask sts to read the passages and task 1. - Explain more about the definitions if necessary
- Sts are required to compare their results with their partners
- Listen and think of the question - Some sts answer:
Cuc Phuong National Park Bach Ma national Park. Nairobi National Park. Alaska National Park. - Listen and then copy down
- Listen and repeat
- Read silently to self-practise - Some sts read these words aloud and others listen
- Self-correct
- Read the passages and the task - Compare their results with their parners
- Present their answer:
2 contain species survival 5 sub-tropical contamination - Listen to the T and correct if necessary
- Work in pairs to read the passages again and to ask and answer
- Underline the information from the passages
- Share their answer with other sts - Some pairs report:
(2)- 5sts are required to the task orally in front of the class (1 st/ time)
- Listen and help sts to the task correctly + Task 2: Answering Questions:
- Ask sts to work in pairs to read the passages again and answer the questions in task
- Require sts to underline the information from the passages that supports the answers
- Required sts to compare their answers with another pair. - Ask - sts to read their answers aloud in front of the class (1 st/1 time)
- Listen and give remarks 3 After you read: (5 min)
Aims: to give the summary of the passage.
- Sts are required to work in groups to give reasons for their choice from one of the three national parks in the reading passages
- One representative is required to give their talk orally in front of the class
- Listen and help the students to their task well. 4 Homework: (1 min)
- Complete the talk in written form.
2 Because the rainy season is over. 3 They can learn about the habits of animals and how one species is dependent upon another for survival.
4 In the orphanage, orphaned and/ or abandoned animals are taken care of.
Everglades National Park is endangered because of the toxic levels of chemicals in the water 5 If more chemicals are released into the water, plans and animals will die/ be killed/ destroyed.
- Work in groups to talk about their choice