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(1)Date of preparation: January, 21st 2010 Period 61
UNIT 10: ENDANGERED SPECIES Listening
A Aims: To help Ss: - Listen for general information - Listen for specific detailed
B Method: Communicative Approach
C Teaching aids: textbook, posters, handouts, cassette player, tape
D Procedure: Tim
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Content Activities
5’ 4’
I Check-up: II New lesson:
1 Warm-up: Game – “Kim’s game”
Feedback:
Pic.1: an elephant Pic.2: a whale Pic.3: a panda Pic 4: a gazelle
Pic.5: a tiger Pic.6: a turtle Pic.7: a leopard Pic 8: a gorilla Lead-in:
* Look at the picture and answer the questions: What you know about gorillas? Are they endangered? Why?
- T divides the class into teams: A and B
- T shows the pictures of animals , asks ss to remember in their mind
- Ss work in groups, write down the name of these animals as quick as possible
- The group with more correct answers and fastest is the winner
- T gives feedback
- T shows a picture of a gorilla and asks questions
- Ss work in groups of to discuss and answer the questions
- T has some groups’ representatives give their answers
- T gives feedback
- T introduces the new lesson
- T has Ss work in pairs to discuss and choose the answers
(2)2’
7’
18’
Suggested answers:
1 Gorillas look like monkey They eat plants They are very sociable
They live in Africa, they can grow up to 1,7 metres long and weigh up to 180 kg
The life span of gorillas can attain more than 30 years Yes, they are endangered Because of the loss of habitat,
and hunting pressure
To know more about gorillas, today we listen to the passage about gorillas.
*Before you listen:
Activity 1: Pre-teaching vocabulary
* Match the words in A with their synonyms or definitions in B:
A B
1 bared teeth (n) sociable (a) peaceful (a) silverback (n) worm (n) insect (n) forest ranger (n) civil war (n)
a Khỉ đầu đàn b Nội chiến
c sâu bọ, côn trùng d Răng hở
e Nhân viên kiểm lâm f hoà bình
g Dễ gần
h giun, sâu, trùng FEEDBACK: 1d ; 2- g; 3-f; 4-a; 5-h; 6- c; 7-e; 8-b Activity 2: Pronunciation
1 bared teeth (n) sociable (a) peaceful (a)
- Some Ss report their choices
- T needn’t correct the answers
- T tells Ss that the correct answers are in the listening passage
- T gives handouts
- Ss work in pairs to the matching
- Ss give their answers
- T gives feedback
(3)8’
4 silverback (n) worm (n) insect (n) forest ranger (n) civil war (n)
*While you listen:
Task 1: Multiple choice questions
* Listen to the passage and choose the best answer A, B, C or D to each question.
1 Which of the following can be a group leader? A The biggest and strongest adult male gorilla B A female gorilla
C The biggest adult female gorilla D A grown-up gorilla
2 With whom baby gorillas sleep at night? A Their sisters
B Their mothers C Their fathers
D Their mothers and sisters Why hunters kill mountain gorillas?
A For their skin B For their nests
C For the trees they live in D For food
4 With of the following statements is NOT true? A Mountain gorillas live in Africa
B Scientists study gorillas and show a different picture of mountain gorilla
C Life for mountain gorillas is peaceful D A gorilla sometimes eats worms What can be learned from the passage?
A Mountain gorillas are not as dangerous as they look
B Mountain gorillas live in groups C Mountain gorillas eat mainly plants D All of A, B and C are correct FEEDBACK:
1 A B D
4 C D
Task 2: Chart completion
* Listen again and complete the chart below.
General features (1) peaceful, gentle, sociable and(2) plant eating Group members the silverback, one or two sub-adult males, (3) a few males and
- T has Ss read through Task and guess the answers individually
- T plays the tape
- T asks Ss to share what they have listened with their partners
- T plays the tape again
- T calls on some Ss to give the answers
- T has Ss listen one more time to check the answers and gives feedback T can pause if necessary
- T asks Ss to read through the chart to know what information they need to fill in each blank
- T has Ss listen to the passage
- Ss exchange the answers in pairs
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their young
Food (4) plants and a few insects andworms Place for sleeping nest (5) in trees or (6) in grasses
Causes of being endangered
(7) civil war, hunters killing them for food, (8) forests being cut down
2 After you listen: Summarizing
* Summarize the main ideas of the passage, using the information from the answers of the below questions
1 What are the main features of gorillas? What they eat?
3 How they live? Where they sleep?
5 With whom baby gorillas sleep? Why hunters kill mountain gorillas? Who protect mountain gorillas?
Suggested answers:
Gorillas are peaceful, gentle, sociable and mainly plant-eating creatures They live in groups led by the biggest and strongest grown-up male gorilla called a silverback A silverback’s group usually includes one or two sub-adult males and few females and their young Their food is plants, insects and worms They nest in trees or grasses to sleep in Babies sleep with their mothers They are endangered because of civil war, hunters killing them for food, and forests being cut down Forest rangers and other concerned people protect them and their habitat
III Homework:
- Prepare for the next lesson (Writing and language focus)
- In about 80 words write a paragraph about the life of gorillas
- T lets Ss listen again and checks the answers with the whole class
- Ss work in groups of 4to make a summary of the listening passage
- T calls on some representatives to report their ideas
- Other groups add more ideas