Unit 9 Undersea world

- Ask Ss to give feedback on the board - Ask Ss to listen to it for the last time and Keys: explain why they make True or False 1- The blue whale grows to 30 meters in - Give feedback ag[r]

Unit Nine : UNDERSEA WORLD C:LISTENING Time: 45 minutes I Objectives Educational aim: Ss should take part in preserving and protecting the natural environment Knowledge: a General knowledge: Through this unit, Ss will be able to get the main ideas to decide True-False statements and to answer the questions b Language: Words related to the information about the whale II- Skill: Listening for gist and for specific information III- Method: Integrated, mainly communication IV- Teaching aids: Tape, pictures showing the shape of the whale V- Procedure: Teacher’s activities Warm-up ( check the old lesson ) (4mn) - Ask Ss to give some ways to protect sea Environment Students’ activities - Close the books and answer the question - Lead to the new lesson Pre-listening: (10mn) - Give a picture of whales and asks: What are they ? - Write the questions on the board: 1- Do you think whales are fish ? Why (not) Why people keep hunting whales ? - Introduce the new words reading in the tape: Mammal Blue whale Pacific Krill Migrate conservation pronunciation While listening:(21mn) * Task : Atlantic Whaling - Close the book and answer: They are whales - Work in pairs and give the reason Answers: Keys: Whales are not fish because they raise their young on milk Because they want to catch whales for food, oil, leather and other products - Check Ss’ - Listen and repeat - Read five sentences and try to get their - Ask Ss to read five sentences - Walk round for help - Underline the key word in each sentence: third most warm increase food - Remind these words reading in the tape - Ask Ss to listen to the tape for the first time meaning ( work individually) - Work individually and compare with the partners - Give feedback - Listen again and explain - Ask Ss to give feedback on the board - Ask Ss to listen to the tape again for the last time and explain why they make True or False Keys F - Give feedback again * Task : - Ask Ss to read six sentences - Walk round for help - Underline the key words or phrases in each sentence: the length and weight why to feed in the cold ocean what – good feeding grounds what – main reason – decrease whale population what- groups asked to what happen – didn’t take any measures to protect - Remind these words reading in the tape - Ask Ss to listen to it for the first time T T F T - Read six sentences and try to get their meaning ( work individually) - Work individually and compare with the partners - Give feedback ( Maybe the main ideas) - Listen again and explain - Ask Ss to give feedback on the board - Ask Ss to listen to it for the last time and Keys: explain why they make True or False 1- The blue whale grows to 30 meters in - Give feedback again length and over 200 tons in weight 2- Because there is a lot of krill-their favorite food in cold water 3- Cold water in the North and South Atlantic Ocean and the North and the South Pacific are their good feeding grounds 4- Heavy hunting is the main reason for the decrease in whale population 5- They have asked International Whaling Commission to stop most whaling 6- If we didn’t take any measures to protect whales, whales would disappear forever After listening (8mn) - Ask Ss to work in groups, using the cues: their length and weight their feeding grounds and food the reasons for protecting whales - Walk round for help - Ask some groups to report - Give feedback if necessary Homework: - Write a paragraph ( 40 – 50 words ) to describe the feature of whales - Prepare the new lesson: Comments: (2mn) - Work in group - Report in front of the class - Another groups listen and remark