LESSON PLAN OF GRADE 10 Date: December 5 th , 2008 Unit 9_ UNDERSEA WORLD I. The aims: 1) Skills: -Reading: + Read to understand a passage and know how to guess the meaning of the new words in the context. + Read and identify the main ideas of the passage. + Skim to find detailed information. + Summarize the reading in the form of writing and speaking. -Speaking: + Speak about the protection of the sea environment and sea animals. + ask and answer about the ways to protect sea environment in the future. -Listening: Listen to understand the content of the reading to choose T or F and answer the questions. -Writing: Know how to present the information from the table and express it into a paragraph. 2) Language focus: oPronunciation: Sts can pronounce correctly three diphthongs /i /, /e /, /u / ə ə ə oGrammar and vocabulary: Sts know how to use SHOULD and conditional sentence( type 2) oTeaching aids: + A tape and a cassette recorder. + Some pictures of sea animals. + Some card boards and handouts. II. Procedure: Lesson 1 _ Reading Period 55. I. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES : -Educational aim : Sts know more about the life of sea animals and oceans in the world -Knowledge : Through the unit , Sts will have the sense of protecting sea environment . II. TEACHING AIDS : -Pictures of sea animals( if any) ,a map of oceans in the world and a card board of ‘‘warm up’’. -A tape and a cassette recorder . III. METHOD : -Communicative approach . IV. PROCEDURE : TEACHER’S AND STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES CONTENTS WARM –UP: (5ms) -Sts close their books . -T asks the Ss to think out some sea animals and write them in the card board ( Suggested answers: shark, dolphin, whale, crab, seal, salmon, jellyfish, …) -T introduces new lesson: To understand more clearly about sea animals and their environment, today we’re going to study lesson 1: Reading Written by Khöu Chí Thaønh Thoi Quan High School Sea animals LESSON PLAN OF GRADE 10 BEFORE YOU READ: (8ms) - Ss close their books and answer the teacher’s questions: 1) Can you name the oceans in the world? 2) Write names of the following sea animals: se…, je…, tu…, sh…. - T asks Sts to write the names of the Oceans on the board without correcting them at once. - Ss work in pairs to fill in the blanks. - T go round to help . -T correct the information in front of the class. (T may open his book to show the pictures of some animals and the map). WHILE YOU READ: - Ss open their books and read in silent by following the cassette recorder once to practise new words. Task 1: (12ms) - Ss read in individual for three minutes. - T remind Ss of finding 8 words from the reading. - Ss tell the parts of speech of these words. - Ss skim to find out necessary information. - Ss interchange in pairs. -T goes round to check. - Ss fill in the blanks. Task 2: (10ms) -Ss read the questions. - Ss read in individual and find out information from the passage. -Ss interchange in pairs. -T corrects them before the class. - - . Answer keys: - . . Arctic Ocean : BBD . An arctic Ocean : NBD . Pacific Ocean : TBD . Atlantic Ocean : ÑTD . Indian Ocean : AÑD . Answer keys: + seal (n) + jellyfish (n) + turtle (sea turtle) (n) + shark (n) Vocabulary : -gulf (n) -challenge (v)/(n) -submarine (n): -investigate (v) : Investigation (n) -provide (v) s.o with s.th, s.th for s.o provision (n) -tiny (a) : extremely small -organism (n) -biodiversity (n) : . Answer keys: 1. tiny 2. investigate 3. gulf 4. biodiversity 5. samples . Answer keys: 1) 75% of the earth’s surface. 2) By using modern devices 3) They investigate the seabed and bring samples of marine life back to the surface for further study. 4) We can know a wide range of information, including water temperature, depth and the undersea populations. Written by Khöu Chí Thaønh Thoi Quan High School LESSON PLAN OF GRADE 10 AFTER YOU READ: (10ms) - Sts work in pairs to skim over the reading. -T suggests and asks Sts to do what he tells. - T corrects them before the class. - 5)They are those that live on or depend on the bottom like the starfish, those that move independently of water currents and those that are carried along by the currents. 6) Marine life would be at stake if the sea biodiversity were not maintained. . Answer keys: 1) three-quarter 2) mysterious 3) modern 4) discoveries 5) biodiversity 7) plants & animals 6) huge 8) closely connected HOMEWORK: (2ms) - Read the passage again ,learn by heart new words. - Prepare “Speaking” --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: December 7 th , 2008 Written by Khöu Chí Thaønh Thoi Quan High School LESSON PLAN OF GRADE 10 Period 56. Unit 9_ UNDERSEA WORLD Lesson 2 _ Speaking I. AIMS: -Educational aim : Ss should contribute their parts to the protection of sea environment. -Knowledge:+ General knowledge: Ss will get some ways to protect our sea environment. + Language: Sentences and expressions for giving advice about the protection of sea environment. II. TEACHING AIDS : a card board of task 2. III. METHOD : Communicative approach . IV. PROCEDURE : TEACHER’S AND STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES CONTENTS WARM –UP: (5ms) -Sts close their books . -T asks the Ss to answer the following questions: 1) What will you do if there is a lot of rubbish and plastic bags in our class? 2) How will our environment be if there is too much rubbish in our class? 3) What things do you think make the sea dirty ? -T introduces new lesson: Today we’re going to practice speaking about the ways to protect sea environment. PRE-SPEAKING: (8ms) - T explains the new words, structures and expressions for Ss to interchange in pairs. -Ss study them by learning their meanings and repeating after T. WHILE SPEAKING: Task1: (10ms) - Ss open their books and read carefully the request of task 1. - Ss work in pairs to put the actions in the order of importance and say what they should or shouldn’t do. - T goes round to help . -.T may suggests them by asking questions: 1) In your opinion, which action should you do to Suggested answers: 1)We should put them in dustbins. 2) It will be polluted. 3) They are rubbish, plastic bags, oil spilled from tankers, pesticides from the field,… Vocabulary: - S -sparingly(adv) - -dispose of (v) - -herbicide(n) - -endangered (a) - -smart shopper: - Structure: SHOULD(NOT) + V1 Expressions: - What do you think of/ What’s your opinion of (using herbicides, fishing for species, being a smart shopper,…) - Well, I think… - -In my opinion,…. -As far as I concerned,… . Written by Khöu Chí Thaønh Thoi Quan High School LESSON PLAN OF GRADE 10 protect oceans at first? Which one is the most important ? 2) Which action shouldn’t you do? Task 2: (10ms) - T shows the chart in the card board and gives the threats in advance. - Ss Practice in groups to find out the consequences and the solutions .( each group must have a secretary ) - -T goes round to help them or gives the meanings of new words. (if any ) - Ss fill in the chart. POST-SPEAKING: Task3: (10ms) -Ss work in groups to give their opinions about the ways to protect sea environment. -T asks one S of each group to report to the class what his group has discussed. -T corrects these reports before class. Threats Consequences Solutions 1. Beaches filled with plastic 1. 1. 2. Whales hunted for food 2. 2. 3. Explosives used to catch fish 3. 3. 4. Oil spilled from tankers 4. 4. 5. Pesticides blown off the fields into the sea 5. 5. Suggested keys: * Consequences : 1.Polluted water 2.Extinct/disappear 3.A lot of fish died 4.Polluted water 5. Polluted water HOMEWORK: (2ms) -Learn by heart new words, structures and expressions. - Make 5 sentences about the protecting of the sea, using the structure “We should/ shouldn’t…” - Prepare “Listening”. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: December 11 th , 2008 Written by Khöu Chí Thaønh Thoi Quan High School *Solutions : 1.Place plastic bags in proper dustbins 2.(Governments) Don’t let people sell whale products 3.Be banned . 4.Punish captain. 5.Clean up the water LESSON PLAN OF GRADE 10 Period 57. Unit 9_ UNDERSEA WORLD Lesson 3 _ Listening I. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES : -Educational aim:. Through the unit , Sts will have the sense of protecting sea animals. -Knowledge: + General knowledge: Ss will listen to a paragraph about the whales, their measurements & their living environment + Language: Ask and answer WH- questions, choose T or F. II. TEACHING AIDS : a tape, a cassette player and a card board of “Warm-up”. III) METHOD : Listening -Communicative approach . IV. PROCEDURE : TEACHER’S AND STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES CONTENTS WARM –UP: (5ms) -Ss close their books . -T shows the chart, containing 2 columns A and B. - Ss fill in the chart with what they should do or shouldn’t do to protect sea animals. -T introduces new lesson: Today we’re going to listen about whales: their length and weight, their feeding ground and food & the reason for protecting them. BEFORE YOU LISTEN: (10ms) -Ss practice in pairs,asking and answering these two questions: 1. Do you think whales are fish? Why(not)? 2. Why do people keep hunting whales? - T lets Ss read the words ( will appear) in the tape script, pay attention to the way of pronunciation and the meanings (if any). - Ss read these words in silent. -T corrects them before the class. What we should do What we shouldn’t do 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. Vocabulary: Activity 1: Suggested answers: 1.Whales are not fish because they raise their young on milk. 2. Because they want to catch whales for food, oil, leather and other products. Activity 2: Listen and repeat -mammal (n): animals that give birth to live babies and feed their young on milk. -krill(n): tiny shellfish - migrate(v): move from one place to live in another -decrease(v) increase(v)≠ Written by Khöu Chí Thaønh Thoi Quan High School LESSON PLAN OF GRADE 10 WHILE YOU LISTEN: Task1: (10ms) - T asks Ss to read the sentences given and underline the important words. - T explains the sentences that Ss don’t understand. - T turns on the cassette player twice. - Ss work in individual. - T asks Ss to answer and correct them. Task 2: (10ms) - T asks Ss to read these 6 questions in advance and find out important words. - T suggests some main expressions: The length and weight. Why - feed in the cold ocean. What- good feeding grounds. What-main reasons- decrease whale population. What happen- didn’t take any measures to protect. - T turns on the cassette player twice. - Ss work in groups to discuss and prepare. -While listening, good Ss can repeat the whole answer, bad Ss can repeat one word they’ve listened. AFTER YOU LISTEN: Task3: (10ms) -Ss work in groups to share the information they’ve listened about whales: + their length and weight + their feeding grounds and food + the reasons for protecting whales -T asks one S of each group to report to the class what his group has discussed. -T corrects these reports before class. . Answer keys: 1.F 2.T 3.T 4.F 5.T Suggested answers: 1.The blue whale grows to 30 meters in 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 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, whale would disappear forever . HOMEWORK: (2ms) - Learn by heart new words, rewrite some whales’ special features. - Prepare “ Writing”. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: December 12 th , 2008 Period 58. Written by Khöu Chí Thaønh Thoi Quan High School LESSON PLAN OF GRADE 10 Unit 9_ UNDERSEA WORLD Lesson 4 _ Writing I. AIMS : -Educational aim: Ss will have the love of sea animals. -Knowledge: + General knowledge: Through the unit , Ss will know about the sperm whales and their special features. + Language: Ss know how to interpret the information from the table into a paragraph. II. TEACHING AIDS : a card board of “Warm-up”, a picture of a dolphin. III. METHOD : Communicative approach . IV. PROCEDURE : TEACHER’S AND STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES CONTENTS WARM –UP: (5ms) -Sts close their books . -T asks the Ss to play jumbled words: PRMES, EAHLWS, REA, THE, IGSTEGB, NMLSAIA, NO, ERHTA, HTAT, HVEA,ETHET. -T introduces new lesson: Today we’re going to study about the sperm whales and dolphins & their special features. BEFORE YOU WRITE: (8ms) Task 1: Activity 1: - T explains the new words and expressions. - Ss open their books and read in silent the description.(3 ms) WHILE YOU WRITE: Task1: (10ms) Activity 2: - Ss work in groups to fill in the table( page 100). - T walks round to help . -.T may suggests them by asking questions: 1) Where can sperm whales be found? 2) Which water do they prefer? 3) Would you tell me the length and the weight of a male /female whale? 4) What do they eat? Suggested answers: Sperm whales are the biggest animals on earth that have teeth. Vocabulary: -sperm whale -carnivore(n) - diet (n): food -male(n)/(a) female (n)/(a) ≠ -calf(n): young sperm whale -trap(n ) entrap(v) entrapment(n) -gestation(n) -due to +V-ing -squid(n): -off spring: Suggested answers: Range & All Oceans Written by Khöu Chí Thaønh Thoi Quan High School LESSON PLAN OF GRADE 10 5) How long is a gestation period? 6) How many years can whales be? 7) What are their special features? 8) Why should people be concerned about endangered whales? -T corrects these information before class. Task 2: (10ms) - T reminds Ss of referring to the description in task 1 - Ss Practice in groups to write the description for dolphins .( each group must have a secretary ) - T goes round to help them or gives the meanings of new words. (if any ) Habitat Prefer waters with high squid populations Size Mafe:18m in length : 54.000 kg in weight Femafe:12m in length :17.000 kg in weight Feeding Carnivores; eat mainly squid Eat up to 1.500kg of food daily Off spring Give birth to one calf every 5—7 years . Gestation period :14- 19 months Life Span Up to 60-70 years Special Features Biggest animals that have teeth on Earth . Have the largest brain of all mammals Conservation Concerns At risk due to hunting and accidental fishing net entrapment . Suggested answers: Dolphins are not fish. They are mammals that live in the water. Dolphins are among the most intelligent animals on Earth . Although they can be found in all oceans in the world, dolphins prefer coastal waters and bays. The size of dolphins vary greatly. The smallest dolphin is just about 50kg in weigh and 1.2 meters in length while the largest one can weigh up to 8.200kg and is 10 meters long . Dolphins are carnivores and they eat mainly fish . A female dolphin gives birth to one calf every two years after a gestation period of eleven to twelve months. A dolphin can normally live from twenty-five to sixty-five years and Written by Khöu Chí Thaønh Thoi Quan High School LESSON PLAN OF GRADE 10 POST-SPEAKING: -T asks one S of each group to report to the class what his group has discussed. -T corrects these reports before class. some species of dolphins can even live longer. Dolphin populations are at risk due to the pollution of their habitat and accidental entrapment in fishing nets . HOMEWORK: (2ms) -Learn by heart new words and expressions. - Write a passage of approximately 100 words about a sea animal they like. - Prepare “ Language focus”. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: December 16 th , 2008 Period 59. Written by Khöu Chí Thaønh Thoi Quan High School [...]... us do ? Answer keys: 1 The loss of much forests is destroying the earths 2 Man and most animals need a constant supply of water to live Farmers need water for their crops 3 We should stop polluting rivers and AFTER YOU READ: (10ms) seas and stop the disappearance of - Sts work in groups to find the answers in the plants and animals reading to prove the importance of forests, water and have the emergent... WHILE-SPEAKING: animals Task1: (10ms) 2- Ss open their books and read carefully the -the places where endangered species Written by Khöu Chí Thaønh Thoi Quan High School LESSON PLAN OF GRADE 10 passage about the zoo in page 106, then answer can develop the questions -animals can live in natural environment - Ss ask and answer in pairs -they are not the places where animals - T goes round to help and check... the table to ask and answer diseases - T goes round to help them or gives the meanings Animals may do Yes, that’s right of new words (if any ) what they want to I can’t agree with Task 3: Animals may you more -Ss work in groups to discuss the advantages and develop Yes, I believe so the disadvantages of zoos of the new kind Animals may feel - T goes round to help them or gives the meanings happier... 2-Because the rainy season is over 3-They can learn about the habits of animals and how one species is dependent upon another for survival 4-In the Orphanage, orphaned and/or abandoned animals are taken care of 5-Everglades National Park is endangered because of the toxic levels of chemicals in the water 6-If more chemicals are released into the water, plants and animals will die/ be killed / destroyed... information before class Written by Khöu Chí Thaønh - Suggested answers: 1) I can see trees, plants, animals, mountains, caves 2) They live together in the national parks Suggested answers: 1 Yes, I have./ No, I haven’t 2 Cuc Phuong, Nairobi, Everglades 3 I can see butterflies, 1,000-year-old trees, elephants, dears, … Thoi Quan High School LESSON PLAN OF GRADE 10 -T introduces the three national parks in... parks in the world, animals, plants and other things in the national parks Ss will have knowledge of the advantages of national parks and then they’ll have the sense of protecting the things in these parks II TEACHING AIDS : -Pictures of forests or national parks ( if any), some handouts - Tapes and a cassette player III METHOD : -Communicative approach IV PROCEDURE : TEACHER’S AND STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES... problems and write them in the card board -T introduces new lesson by asking questions: What is conservation? Conservation is the protection of natural things, such as plants and animals CONTENTS Environmenta l problems - BEFORE YOU READ: (8ms) Written by Khöu Chí Thaønh Suggested answers: -the extinction of the plants and animals - pollution, floods, droughts, volcanic Thoi Quan High School LESSON PLAN... meanings happier of new words (if any ) Suggested keys of task 3: Advantages Disadvantages -the conditions the -the money spent POST-SPEAKING: animals are in on reconstructions Task4: (10ms) - animals that of the animals -Ss work in groups to give their opinions about the people can visit natural advantages and the disadvantages of zoos of the environment new kind -the dangers that -T asks one S of each... underline the new words or phrases (if any) 2.e -Ss Practice in pairs to select and rearrange these 3.c statements in order to make a meaningful letter 4.a -T goes round to help them or gives the meanings of 5.f new words (if any) Written by Khöu Chí Thaønh Thoi Quan High School LESSON PLAN OF GRADE 10 6.b AFTER YOU WRITE: Suggested answers of task 3: Dear Thanh, Task 3: Thanh you for inviting me to join... Chí Thaønh Thoi Quan High School LESSON PLAN OF GRADE 10 I.Aims and objectives: Ss will have knowledge of preserving and safeguarding natural environment, they will know the causes that bring about environmental disasters and have the sense of conserving our natural environment Vocabulary :Words dealing with conservation Pronunciation: Sts can pronounce correctly two consonants /b /and /p/ o Grammar: . such as plants and animals. BEFORE YOU READ: (8ms) - Suggested answers: -the extinction of the plants and animals - pollution, floods, droughts, volcanic Written. things . Topic sentence : many of those plants and animals can be used as medicine against cancer, AIDs…, heart diseases and many other sicknesses . *Paragraph