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Lesson plan
Date: April 24th,2008
Period:65 Unit 10(cont) LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS Lesson Section: LISTEN (p 86)
LANGUAGE FOCUS 1-2
I/ Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to know more about the moon by listening and relative pronouns who – which – that II/ Language contents:
1 Vocabulary: expert (n), crater (n), one-sixth = 1/6, two-fifths = 2/5 Grammar: revision of modal verbs: may – might; relative pronouns WHO, THAT and WHICH (view)
III/ Teaching aids: Text books 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- listening 5’
* Shark’s attack:
Temperature Lake
Mountain
I Pre-teach vocabulary:
- expert (n): chuyên gia a person
who has special knowledge, skill or practice
- crater (n): hố (bom), miệng núi lửa
- Teacher prepares a shark (or a crocodile) and a school girl/ boy on cards - Draws some steps on the board, then stick the girl/ boy on top of the steps, the shark is in the sea (around the steps)
- Draws gaps for the word: MOON
- Gets students into teams (or asks them as a whole class) They have to try to guess the letter If their guess is right , they will get one mark ( The girl/ boy stands till)
- The game continues until students find out all the letters of the word MOON and the shark can’t eat the girl/ boy
- The game can go on with the words
Definition
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5’
While – listening 10’
Post- listening 5’
Practice 10’
- one-sixth = 1/6 - two-fifths = 2/5
*Checking vocabulary : Matching II.Prediction:
a) There is no air on the moon b) There are rivers and lakes on the
moon
c) There is no sound on the moon d) It is very cold at night on the
moon e) ……
I Listening and checking: *Answer keys:
a, c, d, f, i, j * Tape transcript: See the teacher’s book
II Comprehension questions * Questions:
1) Why are there no sounds on the moon?
2) How many craters are there on the moon?
3) How much will you weigh on the moon if you weigh 50 kilos on the earth?
4) Will you sleep very well on the moon ? Why? Why not?
* Answer keys:
1) Because there is noair on the moon 2) There are about 30,000 craters on the moon
3) If I weigh 50 kilos, I’ll weigh only a little more than kilos
4) No, we won’t Becayse one day lasts for two weeks on the moon Grammar:
Revision of modal verbs: may – might;
* Form: May/Might + infinitive ( without to) * Use: We use may, might to talk about present or future possibility - Might is normally a little less sure than may
* Set the scene: “ You will listen to the description of the moon But before listening you should read the statements on page 86 and guess which is correct and which is incorrect” - T asks students to work in pairs to tick the statements that they think they are correct
- Give feedback T asks students some questions to check their understanding
*Feedback and correction T asks students to listen to the tape again or twice and they check their answers - Teacher calls on some students to read aloud their answers and correct their mistakes
- T asks students to work in pairs
T asks students to ask and answer
*Feedback and correction
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Homework
* Drill: a) Ex:
S1: What may it be?
S2: It may be a book or It might be a game
b) S1: What may it be?
S2: It may be a box of crayons or It might be a box of paint
c) S1: What may it be?
S2: It may be a football or It might be a basketball
d) S1: What may it be?
S2: It may be a boat or It might be a train
e) S1: What may it be?
S2: It may be a flying saucer or It might be a meteor
f) S1: What may it be?
S2: It may be an evening star or It might be a spacecraft
- Learn the vocabulary by heart - Do the exercises in the workbook into your notebook
- Prepare : READ - Remarks
T asks students to look at the pictures on page 89-90 to the exercise in
Language Focus T asks students some questions to check their understanding
T asks students to work in pairs They have to
practice asking and answering
The whloe class
*Feedback and correction *Write it up