- Explaning: The media are the various forms of communication considered as a whole, including television, radio, magazines, newspapers and the Internet?. The media /’mi:di∂/ can be fo[r]
(1)Bureau of Education and Training, District 6, Ho Chi Minh City LAM SON SCHOOL
LESSON PLAN
Date of preparation: October 24th – November 4th 2009
Date of teaching: Tuesday, November 10th , 2009
Week – Period
Class: 9A2 - PHAM DINH HO SCHOOL
Teacher: Lam Quoc Phat – From: LAM SON SCHOOL
Unit 5: THE MEDIA
PART & 2: GETTING STARTED & LISTEN AND READ I OBJECTIVES:
+ Introducing the new lesson topic: The media
+ Talking about the development of the media in different stages. II LANGUAGE CONTENT:
+ Grammar: * Would = used to (They both refer to actions or habits in the past)
* (Be) able to = can
* Gerunds after some verbs (spend, like, enjoy)
+ Vocabulary: Words relating to the media: The media , latest, Benefits, viewer, town criers, a variety of, local and international, channels III TECHNIQUES:
+ Listening & filling spaces + Skimming – Scanning + Completing sentences + Questions- Answers IV TEACHING AIDS:
+ Pictures (TV, radio, newspaper and magazines, town criers) + Recording
+ PC, projector V TIME: 45 minutes VI PROCEDURES :
(2) GETTING STARTED/ WARM UP:
Steps Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
Warm up / Lead in
(3’)
- Showing a media quiz:
Question: When were the forms of media created?
Match the forms of media with the time when they were created
The forms of media Time
1) Newspapers & Magazines a) End of the 20th century
2) Television b) 1945
3) The Internet c) 1880
4) The first radio network d) 1926
- Asking the question: What is the media?
- Explaning: The media are the various forms of communication considered as a whole, including television, radio, magazines, newspapers and the Internet
The media /’mi:di∂/ can be followed by a singular or plural verb.
E.g - What is the media?
- The media are various means of communication, such as television, radio, magazines, newspapers and the Internet
1 GETTING STARTED:
- Content: Your favorite types of media
- Showing two video clips so that students can the same: Q: What’s your favorite type of media?
A: - Watching TV - Reading newspapers - Listening to the radio - Reading magazines - Using the Internet
- Working in groups
- Answer: 1.c; b; a; d
- Discusing in groups and giving the answer
- Taking notes
- Watching to the same then
- Working in pairs
LISTEN AND READ / PRESENTATION:
Pre- reading & listening (2’)
- Introducing the content:
LISTEN AND READ : The Media (pages 40 & 41) A Town criers
B Newspapers and magazines C Television
D Interactive TV
- Listening and responding
While-reading &
listening (28’)
A Town criers
- Showing Pre-listening question:
How did town criers work? Playing the recording
- Showing each uncomplete sentence:
(3)Steps Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
Town criers would go through (city streets) ringing (the bell)
They _ the latest news as they were walking (shouted) - Introducing: latest /’leɪtɪst/ adj the newest
The latest news The latest information
- Introducing further information:
The town crier would walk around yelling, “Oyez, oyez” which translates to “listen” in French but it meant
"hear ye" in English
"Hear ye" is a call for silence and attention
- Showing a filling task:
Listen again and complete the passage
Before ………(1)……… were invented, town criers ……… (2) … through city streets ……(3) a bell They shouted ……(4) …… news as they were ……(5)……
*Answers: (1): newspapers (2): would go (3): ringing (4): latest (5): walking - Introducing: Would = used to
(They both refer to actions or habits in the past) - Leading: B Newspapers and magazines - Showing Pre-listening question:
Which magazine is widely read by both teenagers and adults?
- Playing the recording - Asking:
Is it one of the most popular magazines in Viet Nam? ( Yes, it is It is widely read by both teenagers and adults) - Reminding:
+ teenager /’ti:neɪdʒə/ (n) someone who is between 13 and 19 years old
+ adult /’ædʌlt, ə’dʌlt/ (n) a fully grown person - Leading: C Television
- Asking pre-listening questions: Do you like watching TV?
What benefits does TV bring about to people’s life? Introducing: Benefits (good things)
- Taking notes
- Working in pairs
- Taking notes
- Listening to answer the question
- Noting
-Answering individually
(4)Steps Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
- Playing the recording and asking students to make complete sentences from words given:
1 Thanks / television / people / get / latest information Thanks to television people can get the latest information and / interesting programs / an inexpensive / convenient way and enjoy interesting programs in an inexpensive and convenient way
Introducing: viewer /’vju:ə/ a person who watches a television program
Asking students to fill one word in the space:
“Nowadays, _can watch a variety of local and international programs”
Introducing: “a variety of”
Introducing: “local and international programs” Asking students to fill one word in the space:
“viewers can watch a variety of local and international programs on different .”
Introducing: “channels” - Leading: D Interactive TV
- Introducing: interactive /,ɪntər’æktɪv/ adj involving communication between a television and the person using it to interact (with): to talk and things with each other
- Showing Pre-listening question:
Can viewers really interact with TV? (according to the
passage)
- Playing the recording Answer: Yes, they can. - Showing a task:
Listen again and complete the sentence
Viewers are able to _ about the show by
Answers: - ask questions
- using their remote controls - Introducing: (be) able to = can
- Explaining Exercise a, (page 41):
a) Complete the table with the passage letters
- Showing Exercise b) Answer the questions (page 42) - Setting the first questions as homework for having been answered already:
What was a town crier?
- Working in pairs
- Taking notes
- Working in pairs - Taking notes
- Taking notes - Taking notes
- Listening and responding - Listening and working in pairs to the task
(5)Steps Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
How popular is the Kien Thuc Ngay Nay?
What benefits does TV bring about to people’s life?
- Noting
Post-reading &
listening (10’)
- Setting the last questions of Exercise b) (page 42) as a speaking task:
+ Showing some pictures of magazines and newspapers before students work in pairs asking and answering question number 4:
What kinds of magazines and newspapers you read?
+ Introducing a “Media game” called “Let’s interview stars” to show students how to answer question number 5:
What’s your favorite type of media? Why?
Game content:
- Students ask each star: “What’s your favorite type of media, (Kasim)” ?
- The star answers:
I enjoy because I like solving puzzles and answering questions like Le Quy Đon’s in Khănquangdo
I enjoy because it’s the most modern type of media
I enjoy because I like reading articles with colorful pictures
I enjoy _ because I have a small, portable radio which I can carry around with me
I enjoy _ because it’s a very fast and convenient way to get information
- Students try to guess their favorite type of media to put it in the gap, for example:
I enjoy watching TV because it’s cheap and I can watch programs in a convenient way
I enjoy reading newspapers because my mother buys them every day
(*Note: Students may play the game before answering question number 4)
- Working in pairs
- Working in groups
HOMEWORK
1 Write the answers to the questions of Exercise b) on page 42 2 Prepare part 3: SPEAK (page 42)
- Read the dialogue between Lien and Trung
- Talk about the TV programs you like and dislike. MARKS AND REMARKS: