SPACE CONQUEST Lesson 4: Writing I.OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to: about writing a biography from the information II.. PREPARATION: Pictures, poster, hand[r]
(1)Period: UNIT 15 SPACE CONQUEST Lesson 4: Writing I.OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to: about writing a biography from the information II PREPARATION: Pictures, poster, handout, books… III.PROCEDUCE: Time Contents 5’ I Warm-up - Look at the pictures and answer the questions Who is he? 2.Is he a Russian and an American astronaut? Who did he set foot on the moon with? Keys: He is Neil Armstrong He is an American astronaut He set foot on the moon with Buzz Aldrin - Introduce the lessons: Today we practise writing about Neil Armstrong 10’ II Before writing Put each of the headings in the box in the appropriate blank Career Place of birth Date of birth Quote Known as Neil Armstrong American Astronaut (1) 5th August 1930 (2) Wapokoneta, Ohio (3) _ The first person to walk on the moon (4) 1949-1952: pilot in United States Navy (5) _ “That’ s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” Keys: Date of birth Place of birth 3.Known as Career Quote Place of birth Date of birth Quote Biography Career Known as (famous for) Lop11.com T’s & Ss’ activities - T asks Ss to look at the picture and answer the questions - Ss work in pairs to exercise - T corrects with the whole class - T introduce the lessons - T asks Ss to read about Armstrong’s biography After reading it, Ss have to work in groups of to put each of the heading in the box in the appropriate blank - T calls on members of groups (chosen at random) to go to the Bb to write down their answer - T correct with the whole class - T explains to Ss what necessary information to write a biography - T explains some new words: Navy, B.S, M.S, WASA, investigate, space (2) shuttle Show the picture of space shuttle: Remind students of using correctly the prepositions: in, at,on, from, to, with And some phrases: - Be known as, work as - receive something from - resign from something 15’ 15’ III While writing Write a biography of Neil Amstrong from the information given in task and some following question Who is Neil Armstrong? When was he born? Where was he born? What is he known as? What happened in his life from 1949 to 1986? Which famous sentence did he said when he stepped on the moon surface? IV Post-writing Correction (suggested description) Neil Armstrong is an American astronaut He is known as the first person to walk on the moon He was born on August 5th, 1930 in Wapokoneta in Ohio From 1949 to 1952, he worked as a pilot in the United States Navy Armstrong received his BS from Purdue University in 1955 He joined the NASA astronaut program in 1962 on July 20th, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to step on the moon's surface Armstrong received his M.S from the University of Southern California in 1970 He resigned from NASA a year later and from 1971 to 1979, he taught at the University of Cincinnati In 1986 Armstrong was appointed vice chairman of the committee that investigated the Challenger shuttle disaster He is also well-known for what he said when he stepped on the moon surface: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind IV/ HOME WORK: -Asking Ss reread the passage they wrote And review the use of relative pronouns and prepare the language Preparation: Language focus - Could/ be able to - Tag questions Lop11.com - T reminds Ss of using correctly the prepositions - T asks Ss to read Armstrong’s biography again and work individually to write a paragraph of Neil Armstrong - Ss write their works on their notebooks - T goes around to offer help - T takes notes of Ss’ mistakes for indirect correction - T calls on Ss to go to the Bb to write down their work T, together with Ss, finds out the mistakes and corrects them - T gives out some common mistakes made by Ss when doing this writing task (3) Lop11.com (4)