VINH UNIVERSITY FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT LESSON PLAN TEXTBOOK: English 10 UNIT 9: Students’ level: 10th grader (CEFR: B1-1) Nguyen Tra My Mentor: Le Viet Huong LESSON PLAN TEXTBOOK: English 10 UNIT 1: Family life LESSON PLAN TEXTBOOK: ENGLISH 10 UNIT 9: PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED (page: 38) STAGE 1: DESIRED OBJECTIVES/ OUTCOMES A OBJECTIVES By the end of the lesson, students will be able to: - Identify language items (vocabulary related to environment) - Identify specific information by listening and reading - Discuss environmental problems in your local area - Recognize environmental protection is not anyone’s responsibility; we can perform our responsibility to the environment by practical activities B LANGUAGE FOCUS Key terms/ Vocabulary - Environment: + Practical + Preservation + Environmental impact + Deforestation + Fossil fuels + Depletion + Global warming + Polar ice melting + Rising of sea level Key grammatical structure(s) + The present continuous + Modal verb C INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES - Handout - Textbook - Pictures - CD track - Power point STAGE 2: ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE Performance Tasks 1.Watch a video and take note some information about environmental impacts Match the words in column A with the suitable pictures in column B Listen and read to answer questions related to the conversation Discuss the environmental problem in your local area Ask and answer some questions related to the lesson Performance products Assessment tools Students’ answer Possible answer Students’ answer Handout Key Students’ answer Key Students’ answer Students’ answer Observation Possible answer Oral presentation Observation Possible answer STAGE 3: TEACHING PROCEDURE/ LEARNING EXPERIENCES Activity 1: Warm-up: - Ask ss to take a look at the picture and describe what they can see - Get feedback and confirm Lead in: Environmental pollution is everywhere In this unit, we are going to learn about what is environmental pollution, how does it have impact on our planet and how to reduce it Activity 2: Provide vocabulary for Ss - Show vocabulary and its pronunciation (practical; preservation; impact; fossil fuel; negative; depletion) - Ask Ss to take note new words on their notebook - Ask Ss to pronounce the vocabulary (all of student; group; person) - Get feedback and correct if necessary Activity 3: Read the conversation between Nam and his father and answer some questions (Activity 3, page 38) - Step 1: Ask students to read the conversation and answer the questions - Step 2: Ask some students to give their answer - Step 3: Get feedback and confirm the correct answer Answer key: What is Nam doing for the school newsletter? He is writing a letter for the school newsletter What did the editor ask Nam to write about? The editor asked Nam to write some practical advice on environmental preservation What does ‘environmental impact' mean? It means the negative influence or effect on the environment Why is Nam interested in environmental impacts? Because he thinks if we can see the impacts on the natural environment, we will know how to protect it Name the threats to the environment mentioned in the conversation They are deforestation, pollution, global warming, fuel depletion, polar ice melting and the rise of sea levels Activity 4: Match the words in the box with suitable pictures - Give students handout and ask them to match the words in the box with suitable pictures - Ask students exchange answer with their partner - Get feedback and explain if necessary Answer key: Pollution Polar ice melting Deforestation Rising sea level Global warming Fossil fuel depletion Activity 5: Work in group Discuss the environmental problem in your local area - Ask students to work in group and discuss the environmental problem in their local area by drawing a mind map Reality - ……………… ……………… ……………… ……………… ……………… ……………… ……………… Causes - Environmental problem - Effects - …………………………………… …………………………………… …………………………………… ……………… ……………… ……………… ……………… ……………… ……………… ……………… Solutions - …………………………………… …………………………………… …………………………………… - Ask some groups to present what they have discussed - Get feedback Possible answer: Environmental problems: Water pollution in Lam river Reality: There are a lot of rubbishes in two sides of this river Many parts of the river are smelly Causes: People throw rubbish into the river People celebrate party in the riverside but not tidy up Effects: Affect the living environment of residents in this area Affect animals living in the river Loss of urban beauty Solutions: Government should have strict deterrent measures to warn unconscious people Improve propaganda to raise awareness and responsibility of people in protecting the environment Activity 6: Wrap up - Show a video related to environment problems and asks Ss to recall some environmental impact in the video - Ask Ss some following question: + Are you surprised that some information is mentioned in this video? (Yes/No) + Do you think humans are the main factor causing environmental problems? (Yes/No) + Do you think people are neglectful to environmental problems? (Yes/No) - Emphasizes the real value of the lesson: “Environmental impacts are consequences of human activities and we should preserve our environment by practical activities.” Activity 7: Homework: Write a paragraph (about 100 words) to talk about environmental problems in your local area including reality; causes; effects and solutions ...LESSON PLAN TEXTBOOK: ENGLISH 10 UNIT 9: PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED (page: 38) STAGE 1: DESIRED OBJECTIVES/ OUTCOMES A OBJECTIVES By... Handout - Textbook - Pictures - CD track - Power point STAGE 2: ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE Performance Tasks 1.Watch a video and take note some information about environmental impacts Match the words in column