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(1)Lesson plan Date: April 20th,2008
Period:64 Unit 10(cont) LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS
Lesson Section: SPEAK (p 85)
I/ Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to talk to one another about what they think there might be on mars, on the moon and on other
planets II/ Language contents:
1 Vocabulary: microorganism (n), gemstone (n), sparkling (adj), creature (n), trace (n), mineral (n)
Grammar: Revision of modal verbs: may – might III/ Teaching aids: Text books, poster and pictures
IV/ Techniques: elicitation, ask and answer, pair work, and group work V/ Time: 45 minutes
VI/ Procedures:
Stages/ time Contents Notes
Warm up 5’
Pre- speaking 5’
* Wordsquare: Earth
Sun
Mars Moon
Mercury (thủy)
I Pre-teach vocabulary:
- microorganism (n): vi sinh vật - gemstone (n): đá quý
- sparkling (adj): lấp lánh - creature (n): sinh vật - trace (n): dấu vết
- mineral (n) : khóang sản
*Checking vocabulary : Rub out and remember
T asks students some questions about the solar system
* Which planet is the nearest to the sun? * Which is the biggest? * Which is the hottest? Teacher introduces the new vocabulary and gives their meanings
(Realia) (Realia) (Translation) (Visual) (Explanation)
- Rub out the words one at a time Each time you rub out an English word, point to the Vietnamese translation and ask “ What is this in English?”
When all the English words are rubbed out , go through the Vietnamese list and gets students to call out the English words T asks students to work in S E A R T H
(2)While – speaking 10’
10’
Post - speaking 10’
Homework 5’
II.Revision of modal verbs: may – might
* Form: May/Might + infinitive * Use: We use may, might to talk about present or future possibility - Might is normally a little less sure than may
I Matching:
Answer keys:
(1) minerals (2) water (3) mountains (4) plants
(5) little creatures (6) gas
(7) gemstone II Drill:
Exchange
1) What are they?
They may be minerals on Mars 2) What are they?
They might be plants on Mars ……
III Practice the dialogue
-Nam: What these drawings say, Hung?
-Hung: There might be water on
Mars
-Nam: And what about those black sparkling spots on the right corner?
-Hung: Well, they might be traces of
gemstones There may be a lot of precious stones on Mars
IV Making dialogues * Sample:
-You: What these drawings say?
-Your friend: They may be mountains
on Mars
-You: And what about the red signs on the left corner?
-Your friend: Well, they might be gas
on Mars
groups
Teacher explains and gives the situations
T asks students to work in pairs Number from to from left and right
- Teacher calls on some students to read aloud their sentences and correct their mistakes - Teacher explains and
gives the answer keys *Feedback and correction T asks students to work in pairs
Students practice the dialogue between Nam and Hung on page 85
- Teacher calls on some students to practice the dialogue
- Teacher corrects their pronunciation
- T asks students to work in pairs
T asks students to make up similar dialogues about the drawings, using the cues in 3a
- Teacher calls on some pairs of students to read aloud their dialogues and correct their mistakes T asks students to write their dialogues in
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