UNIT 9: PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT Skills: Reading Stage/Time Teacher’s activities I Warm- Game: Which is your? up: (3m) -Divides class into groups Aims: -Give names on the lots and lets group’s Leads in leaders draw straws their name the lesson Name: Air pollution, Noise pollution, Water Student’s activities -Listen to T -Draw Straws pollution, Soil pollution -Ask students to look at cases which are -Do the activity numbered on the slide and choose the cases they think that are suitable and belong to the name of their group in 30s and then take turn to the board and give answer as fast as possible Traffic jams in Viet Nam Throw plastic bottles into the river Throw rubbish in the wrong place The factory releases gas into the enviroment Demonstration in public The factory does not treat wastewater Use the chemical substances on farm Karaoke - Check the answers with student and declare the winner -Check answer with T II Prereading Activity 1: Match each word with its definition A B pollutant a plants in general vegetation b chemicals used to kill insects inorganic c a complex set of relationships among the living resources, habitats, and residents of an area It includes plants, trees, animals, fish, birds, etc fertilizer d things that make the air, water and soil unclean or contaminated ecosystem e not related to animals, plants, or trees pesticide f manures or substances that support plant growth - Checks Ss’ understanding of the requirement -Do the activity - Asks Ss to the task individually in minutues - Asks Ss to give the answer - Checks and makes the answer clearer with picture - Asks some Ss to translate the word into Vietnamese -Give the answer -Check the answer with T and answer the questions *Suggested answer: 1.d 2.a 3.e 4.f 5.c 6.b III While- Activity 3: Are the sentences true (T) or false Reading (F)? Correct the false sentences (15 - Ask students to underline the key words of each minutes) sentence Activity 3: Environmental pollution results from natural T/F disasters (10 The greenhouse effect is a result of water minutes) pollution - Listen to Teacher and underline the key words of each sentence Using a lot of fertilizers can reduce soil fertility Water pollutants are things such as detergents, pesticides, oil, other chemicals and rubbish - Do the task in blockages in rivers that make water contaminated minutes and underline the evidence in the Noise pollution can increase heart rate and damage hearing passage Environmental pollution needs to be taken care - Go to the board and for the sake of the environment and the people write down the answers that live in it - Check the answer with teacher - Encourage Ss to underline the parts of the reading text relevant to the statements - Invite some Ss go to the board and write down the answers - Check answer as a class, and encourage Ss to justify their choices by referring to the relevant information in the reading text - Read the passage again *Answers: 1.F Correct: Environmental pollution is one of impacts of human activities 2.F Correct: The greenhouse effect is a result of air pollution 3.T 4.T 5.T 6.T Activity 4: Quickly read the text and select the best title - Ask students to read the passage again by scanning and choose the best title - Ask Ss to explain the meaning of each title and give the reason why they choose it - Check the answer *Answer: and choose the best title - Explain the reason for the choice c Environmental Pollution ... the people write down the answers that live in it - Check the answer with teacher - Encourage Ss to underline the parts of the reading text relevant to the statements - Invite some Ss go to the. .. choose the best title - Ask Ss to explain the meaning of each title and give the reason why they choose it - Check the answer *Answer: and choose the best title - Explain the reason for the choice... of the requirement -Do the activity - Asks Ss to the task individually in minutues - Asks Ss to give the answer - Checks and makes the answer clearer with picture - Asks some Ss to translate the