IV/ Techniques: elicitation, ask and answer, pair work, and group work. It means moving through the air as a bird does. It is in form. It means a thing that can be seen or touched.[r]
(1)Lesson plan Date: April 18th,2008
Period:63 Unit 10 LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS
Lesson Section: GETTING STARTED & LISTEN AND READ (p 83-84)
I/ Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to know more about UFOs
II/ Language contents:
1 Vocabulary: spacecraft (n), meteor (n), evidence (n), alien (n), capture (v), device (n), claim (v)
Grammar: relative pronouns WHO, THAT and WHICH (view) III/ Teaching aids: text book, 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- reading 5’
10’
* Guessing words:
1) - This word has 12 letters It is the opposite of identified
2) - This word has letters It means moving through the air as a bird does 3)
- This word has letters It is in form It means a thing that can be seen or touched
Answer keys: 1) Unidentified 2) Flying ==> UFOs 3) Objects
* Chatting:
-What can you see in the pictures? -What you call them in
Vietnamese?
-Do you know another word for UFOs? (Flying Saucer)
- Do you think they really exist? - Have you ever seen any films on UFOs?
- If you saw a UFOs, what would you do?
I Pre-teach vocabulary: - spacecraft (n): tàu vũ trụ - meteor (n): băng
T asks students to guess the meaning of the letter by clues
Teacher – whole class
T asks students some questions about UFOs T asks students to work in pairs
- Teacher gives the Answer keys:
(2)While reading 10’
- evidence (n): chứng
- alien (n) : người hành tinh khác - capture (v): bắt
- device (n): dụng cụ, thiết bị - claim (v) : đòi quyền, nhận *Checking vocabulary : what and where
II Guessing the meaning of the words
* Answer keys:
1 proof, support = evidence falling star or shooting star = meteor
3 unknown/ strange people or thing = aliens
4 bringing together or gathering = collecting
5 caught as a prisoner = captured became impossible to see = disappeared
III Complete the notes: * Answer keys:
OFO Sightings
a) An aircraft, a weather balloon or meteor can be mistaken for an alien spacecraft
b) In 1947, a pilot saw nine large round objects traveling at about 2,800 meters an hour
c) There were over 1,500 UFO sightings worldwide in 1952
d) In 1954, a woman and her children saw a UFO above their house
e) A farmer saw an egg – shapes object in one of his fields and also aliens collecting soil samples in 1964 f) In 1971, two men claimed they were captured by aliens and taken
T asks students to repeat the words chorally then rub out word by word but leave the circles
Remember to let students repeat before and after rubbing out each word Go on until students can remember the words Get students to write the words again in the correct circles
T asks students to work in groups
Teacher gives the Answer keys:
- Give feedback T asks students some questions to check their understanding
Students exercise Individual work
spacecra
ft meteor
devic e claim
alien
(3)Post reading 10’
Homework 5’
aboard a spacecraft
g) A pilot and his plane disappeared after sighting a UFO in 1978
h) In 1981, a Frenchman at a treetop 30 meters away from his garden * Discussions:
* Do you believe in Kenneth Arnold, or the woman who saw a UFO about her house?
* Have you ever seen a picture of an alien ? Can you imagine what the aliens are like? Are they small or big? Are they intelligent? (If yes) Why you think so?
- Learn the vocabulary by heart - Do the exercises in the workbook into your notebook
- Prepare : SPEAK - Remarks
T asks students to work in groups
Students – students Ask and answer
Have students write the notes on page 84 in their notebooks