- Ask sts to work in pairs in 3 minutes to read the second table with some information about the dolphin.. - Move round to help if necessary.[r]
(1)UNIT – LESSON 4: D WRITING I Objectives:
Education Aims: - Students can write a paragraph to describe information from a table
Knowledge: a General knowledge: - Information about the sperm whale and the dolphin
b Language: - Language used to describe animals - The present simple tense Skills: - Reading: read the sample paragraph
- Speaking: work in pairs to find information to complete the table - Writing: write a paragraph to describe the facts and figures provided in the table
II Anticipated problems: difficulty in using the information to write a full paragraph
III Teaching Aids: - board, textbook, chalk. IV Procedures:
Teacher's activities Students' activities 1 Homework checking: (5 mins)
- Ask one st to talk about whales
- Ask other sts to listen to their friend and give remarks - Check and give remarks
2 Before you write: (20 mins)
- Aims:to get sts to read the sample paragraph and to help them to prepare vocabulary and information before they write.
+ Task 1:
- Introduce the situation - Explain some new words:
+ sperm whale (n): a kind of whale that is hunted for an oily substance in its head
+ 'carnivore (n): an animal that eats meat + squid (n): mùc èng
+ ges'tation period (n): the process of carrying the young baby inside the mother's body
+ life span (n): the period from birth to death + en'trapment (n): mắc bẫy
+ 'offspring (n):
- Ask sts to listen to the teacher and repeat , then write these words into their notebooks
- Ask sts to work in pairs to read the paragraph and then complete the table that follows
- Move round to help if necessary
- Ask sts to compare their ideas with other pairs
- Draw a table on the board and ask some sts to go to the board and complete the table
- Look at the board and give remarks + Task 2:
- Ask sts to work in pairs in minutes to read the second table with some information about the dolphin
- Move round to help if necessary
- Listen to their friend and give remarks
- Listen to the teacher
- Listen to the teacher carefully - Copy these words into theit notebooks
- Listen to the teacher and then read these words in chorus and
individually
- Read the paragraph in pairs and the task
- Share their answer with their friends
- Present their ideas
+ Range and habitat: all oceans Prefer the waters with high squid populations.
+ Size:
Male: 18 m in length, 54,000 kg in weight
Female: 12 m in length, 17,000 kg in weight.
. - Listen to the teacher
- Work in pairs to read the table and try to understand the information - Do the writing task
(2)3 While you write: (10 mins)
- Aims: Sts practise writing a paragraph that describes the facts and figures about the dolphin
- Ask sts to use the information in the table and write a paragraph about the dolphin basing on the information in the table
- Let sts write in 10 minutes
- Move around to conduct the activity 4 After you write: (9 mins)
Aims: to get feedback and check sts' work.
- Get feedback by asking some sts to read their work aloud - Ask some other sts to give remarks
- Check and give the correct answer
- If there is enough time, T can have sts exchange their writing among sts within a group so that they can check their friend's work and give remarks
5 Homework: (1min) - Part D (page 67- workbook)
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