- Listen - Answer some questions: + Suggested answers: 1 These two wonders are the Great Pyramid Cheop Khufu, and the Taj Mahal.. 2 The Great Pyramid Cheop in Cariro, Egypt, and the Taj [r]
(1)Unit 16 THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD Period: 99 Lesson Reading Preparing date… Teaching date:B1………B2………B3………B6………… A Objectives Education aim: Educate Ss to read text about the wonder of the world after that the exercises to appropriate the passage Knowledge General knowledge: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to summarize the main content of the passage Skill: Reading and speaking B Method: Integrated, mainly communicative C Teaching Aids: Sub-board, lesson plan D Procedure TEACHER’ S ACTIVITIES Warm-up (7 minutes) * Game: Word hunting - Divides the class into two groups - T prepares a song beforehand from the tape T asks Ss to listen to the song After listening to it, they have to write down the words consisting letters: E, W, R, O, N, D from the song T asks one student of each group to go to the board and write the answer The group with more correct words wins the game - T asks Ss to answer the question + Question: Who can use the letters: E, W, R, O, N, D to make a meaningful word? - Introduce the new lesson Pre-reading (8 minutes) * Questions: - T asks Ss to answer some questions: Can you name these two wonders of the world? Where you think they are located? What you know about them? * Teaching Vocabulary: STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES + Answer key: WONDER - Declare the winner - Lead in: T asks Ss to tell her some wonders in the word (The Pyramids, The Great Wall, The Lighthouse ) - Listen - Answer some questions: + Suggested answers: 1) These two wonders are the Great Pyramid Cheop (Khufu), and the Taj Mahal 2) The Great Pyramid Cheop in Cariro, Egypt, and the Taj Mahal in India 3) They were built as tombs for their royal families The Great Pyramid was built over 4000 years ago And the Taj Mahal was built between 1630 and 1652 by an Indian prince Lop11.com (2) - T asks Ss to skim the passage and underline the new words - T explains the new words - Ask Ss to give the Vietnamese equivalent (if necessary) - Reads a new word three times Ss listen and repeat after the teacher While- reading - Read in chorus and individual 1) tomb (n) (picture) 2) pyramid (n) (picture) 3) construction (n) (gap-fill) He designed the houses He works for a famous construction company 4) treasure (n) (translation): kho bu (20 minutes) * Activity 1: Gap-fill - Asks Ss to read the text and task in pairs - Instruction: The words in the box all appear in passage Fill each blank with a suitable word - Moves around to help Ss - Goes over the answers with the class * Activity 2: Questions and answers - T divides the class into groups of four or five - Asks each group to read the text again and write down the answers to the following questions - T moves around class to give help + Feedback: Teacher asks some Ss to ask and answer the questions Activity 3: Scan for information - Asks Ss to scan the passage and work in pairs to say what the following words refer to - T moves around class to give help Post- reading - Copy down Gap-fill + Answer key: 1) tomb 2) wonder 6) spiral 4) chamber 3) ramp 5) mysterious + Suggested answer: It is located on the west bank of the Nile River and was built around the year 2560 BC It was about 147 meters high on a base of 230 meters square The purpose of this huge stone pyramid was to serve as a tomb when the Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu died and to protect the burial chamber from the weather and from thieves who might try to steal the treasures and belongings there It is thought that the ancient Egyptian used straight or spiral ramps or huge weight arms to lift and place the blocks of stone in place The boat is believed to have been used to carry the body of Khuful in his last journey on Earth before being buried inside the pyramid + Suggested answers: who (line 4) refers to the thieves it (line 8) refers to the Great Pyramid it (line 9) refers to the Great Pyramid each (line 12) refers to the block of stone (8 minutes) * Discussion Lop11.com (3) - Asks Ss to work in pairs to discuss this question: Which of the wonders of the world you like best? Why? - Move around to help Ss - Ask some pairs to act out their conversation - T gives feedback Homework minutes - Learn by heart the words in reading part - Prepare the next part - Answer I could visit one of the seven wonders of the world so I would prefer to visit the Great Wall in China because I think it has an interesting history, besides it is the longest structure in the world - Work at home Lop11.com (4)