Asks Ss some guided questions Show pictures of national parks in Vietnam and other countries in the world as well as their location Elicits some vocabulary items.. Asks Ss[r]
(1)Week:
Unit 11: National parks
Period:
Lesson 1: Reading
1 Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to: - Use vocabulary items related to national parks
- Guess the meaning of words based on contexts - Scan for specific information about national parks - Be aware of the environment in national parks
2 Techniques: matching, gap filling, answering questions 3 Lexical items: Vocabulary
4 Teaching aids: textbook, PowerPoint
5 Difficulties: students are not quite familiar with the topic
6 Solutions: narrow down the topic and provide them active activities 7 Procedures:
Time CONTENTS T’S TS’
(7 minutes)
(8 minutes)
A Warm up:
Look at the following pictures and name animals you see (elephants, tiger, monkey) Where they live? (zoos, forests and national parks)
B New lesson: National parks 1 Pre-reading:
Can you name some of the national parks in Vietnam you know or hear about? (Cuc Phuong, Nam Cat Tien, Cat Ba, U Minh, Bach Ma)
VOCABULARY:
- to be located in: to be in a particular place
Ex: Ben Thanh market is located in district 1.
- establish (v) = set up
- rainforest (n): forest in the tropical region - orphan (n): a child without parents, an
animal without mother
- orphan (v): to make sb an orphan - orphanage (n): home for orphans - toxic (adj) = poisonous
2 While reading:
TASK 1: Matching based on word guessing
You are required to find the word in the passage that can match with the definition given in task 1.
2 contain sub- tropical species contamination
Asks Ss some guided questions Show pictures of national parks in Vietnam and other countries in the world as well as their location Elicits some vocabulary items Asks Ss to read through the passages silently Call on Ss to present and explain
Individual work Whole class
Individual work Whole class Listen Repeat Write out
(2)4 survival
TASK 2: Complete the table below National
parks PhuongCuc Nairobi Everglades Location
South-West of Hanoi, Vietnam
In Kenya
In the South-East United States
Special features
butterflies, caves, 1000- year- old trees 200 sq km rain forest
large variety of animals & plants lots of orphaned animals are taken care of
plants & animals from both tropical & temperate zones toxic levels of chemical in the water TASK 3: Answering questions by playing a game: Lucky animals (8 animals)
1 (The area of the rainforest in Cuc Phuong National Park) 200 square km
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 and/or abandoned animals are taken care of
5 Everglades National Park is endangered because of the toxic levels in the water 3 Post-reading:
Discussion: What should we to protect national parks? Why?
Suggested answer: C/ HOMEWORK:
Summarize the main points Assign homework
their answers Plays a song and aks Ss to pass the given markers to pick random pairs
Divides the class into groups Asks Ss to name their group as their favorite kind of animal
Work in pairs Read out loud their answers Use this information for the next task
Group work The winner group will get a chance to present their discussion for the next task