LESSON PLAN 9 TRAN VAN TAI THCS LE NGOC HAN Unit 6: THE ENVIRONMENT Period 1: Getting Started - Listen and Read    I/ Objectives: After the lesson, Ss may - Talk about the environmental problems and take part in some particular activity to protect the environment II/ Language contents: - Grammar: Conditional sentences type 1 - Vocabulary: Words relating to environmental problems and activities done to clean the beach III/ Techniques: - Brainstorming - Questions – Answers IV/ Teaching aids: - Pictures (on page 47) and some other photographs - Cassette recorder and tape V/ Time: 45’ VI/ Procedures: Getting Started – Page 47 (15’) Steps Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Warm- up - Showing six pictures, one after another, while asking questions. Picture a: What’s happening to the city? Can you see the sight clearly? Why? Picture b: What can you see in the picture? - Introducing the new word: spraying pesticides Picture c: What’s this? What do you think about it? Introducing the new word: dump Picture d: How is the water here? Picture e: What about the forest? - Introducing the new word: deforestation Picture f: How does this man catch fish? - Introducing the new word: dynamite fishing - Having Ss repeat the words in the box and matching - Listening and answering. It’s full of dust and smoke. No. Guessing and answering. Garbage. It’s very dirty. It’s polluted. Many trees are cut down. Guessing and answering Doing as directed. Lesson plans 9 1 Preparing day : Teaching day : Week: LESSON PLAN 9 TRAN VAN TAI THCS LE NGOC HAN them to the pictures. Listen And Read – Pages 47, 48 (25’) Pre-reading 5’ - Introducing the context “Our environment is destroying. What’s happening to our health? To save our environment, we should take part in some particular activity on our holiday. Now let’s study one of these activities in the context” - Presenting the new words: divide (v), provide (v), disappointed (adj.) - “Listen to the tape while reading the text, and take notes: Who? What will she/ he do?” - Listening - Vietnamese equivalent. - Writing down in the notebook. - Doing the task. While- reading 15’ - Having Ss compare their answers to the partners. - Correcting the task. - Having Ss match the name in column A with the task in column B (p. 48) - Having Ss work in pairs. - Correcting * Answers: 1-f, 2-e, 3-b, 4-a, 5-c, 6-d - Having some Ss read the text aloud. - Having Ss ask and answer the questions on page 48 in pairs. - Checking some pairs and having some Ss write the answers on the board (if necessary) * Answers: 1/ The speaker is Mr. Brown. 2/ The listeners are (members of) the volunteer conservationists. 3/ They are on the beach. 4/ They are going to clean the beach. 5/ If they work hard today, they will make the beach clean and beautiful again soon. 6/ I picked up trash and clean the streets in my neighborhood. 7/ If the pollution continues, our health will get worse - Comparing their answers to the partners. - Matching - Working in pairs. Post- reading 5’ -Briefly explaining the use of the conditional sentences type 1 If clause Main clause Present simple Future simple -Some examples - Having Ss retell what he/ she did to reduce the pollution of the city -Answers HOMEWORK: Lesson plans 9 2 LESSON PLAN 9 TRAN VAN TAI THCS LE NGOC HAN - Write the answers on page 48 down in the exercise notebook. - Do exercise 8,9,10 (workbook/ p.45, 46) - Prepare period 2: Speak (p. 49) UNIT 6: THE ENVIRONMENT Period 2: Speak & Listen    I/ Objectives: * After the lesson , students may : - Develop speaking and listening skill - Persuade someone to do something II/ Language contents: - Expressions used in persuade: I think you shouid…, Why don’t you…? Won’t you…? III/ Techniques: - Survey interview - Role play - Pre – questions - Write – it – up. IV/ Teaching aids: - Pictures related to protect the environment - Cassette recorder + tape V/ Time: 45 minutes VI/ Procedures: 1. Revision of the old lesson : - Students tell some environment problems 2. New lesson : ( speak + listen) Steps Teacher’s activities Students’ activities * Speak Warm up Presentation - Asking Sts some ways to protect environment. - Showing pictures related to protect the environment and make a survey interview to know which ways Sts usually do. - Answering - Looking at the pictures and doing the task * Practice - Reviewing the expressions used in persuades someone to do something (I think you should …, Won’t you …? Why don’t you …?) - Giving a model by. - Using the given example. - Asking Sts to work in pairs. * Further practice : - Asking Sts to do the task b (p.49) by working in pairs. - Asking some pairs to present before class - Letting Sts discuss with a partner the best way to protect the environment and take turns to persuade your partner into - Listening - Doing the same - Working in pairs - Doing as directed - Doing as directed - Working in pairs Lesson plans 9 3 Preparing day : Teaching day : Week: LESSON PLAN 9 TRAN VAN TAI THCS LE NGOC HAN doing things you think the most practical - Giving a model (task c page 50) * Produchion Consolidation - Having Sts work in pairs to tell their own ways to protect the enviroment - Asking same pairs to perform before class - Working in pairs * Listen : - Pre- listening - Introducing the new lesson by asking some pre – questions:  How often do you go to the beach ?  Do you see a lot of garbage on the sands ?  Do you think the ocean is polluted ? by littering ?  Tell me some reasons to cause the polluted ocean - Answering the questions Once/twice a year  Yes /  Yes /  Answers may vary * White – listening - Having Sts listen to the tape and do the listening task (twice) (If Sts have difficulty in writing the reasons, the teacher can pause the recording after the inportant information) - Asking Sts to give the answers + correcting mistakes - Listening and doing the task * Post – listeng - Having Sts retell the report . “Now , look at the report you have heard . You can start like this : There are some reasons to cause the polluted occean . Firstly ….” - Asking Sts to write the report into their notebooks - Doing the task -Writing into Sts’ notebooks * Home work: - Write down the conversation when you and your parner discuss the best way to protect the Environment - Write the report into notebooks. - Prepare Unit 6 .The environment (Reading) Lesson plans 9 4 LESSON PLAN 9 TRAN VAN TAI THCS LE NGOC HAN UNIT 6: THE ENVIRONMENT Period 3: Read    I/ Objectives: * After the lesson students may: - Develop reading skill. - Understand a poem in English. II/ Language contents: * New words: (n) foam, junk yard, folk, hedge (v) cover III/ Techniques: - Scanning - Questions – Answers - Network - Role - play IV/ Teaching aids: - Game board (Network) - OHP (task a, b) V/ Time: 45 minutes VI/ Procedures: * New lesson: Read Steps Teacher’s activities Students’ activities * Warm up /Pre-reading * Game: Network - Rule: Dividing class into 2 groups. Sts of each group have to think of the words the know related to the topic and write them on network. The winner is the group that has more than words. Pollution garbage  —  —  —— - Introducing the content of the poem: “A mother and her son are on the streets. The son sees that the place is polluted. He asks his mother about the poems of pollution. What does the mother think about pollution?” - Playing game - Listening to teacher Lesson plans 9 5 Preparing day : Teaching day : Week: LESSON PLAN 9 TRAN VAN TAI THCS LE NGOC HAN - Asking Sts to look at the poem and explaining the new words + Foam (n): using picture + Junk yard (n): using picture + Folk (n): simple English + Hedge (n): drawing + Cover (v): using gesture * Task 1: Having Sts scan the text and do the task a (p51) -Asking Sts to do the exercise 5/p 56 -Using OHP to correct the exercise - Listening and writing down - Scanning * While – reading - Having Sts do task a - Asking Sts to compare answers in pairs - Giving the correct answers by using OHP * Task 2 : Having Sts work in pairs and do task b. (Answer the questions) - Asking Sts to perform before class - Giving the correct answer by using OHP - Doing task a - Doing task b in pairs * Post- reading * Task3 : Role play - Asking Sts to woak in pairs to make conversation between a mother and a son ,using the questions and answers in task b - Some pairs perform before class . - Do the task . Son : Mum , What will happen if the pollution go on ? Mother : The world will end up like a second – hand junk – yard if the pollution goes on … Son: … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … Mother: … … … … … … … … … … … … … * Home work: - Learn new words by heart - Write the conversation into the notebooks - Do exercise 9 ( in the workbook/46) - Prepare unit 6 : The environment ( Write) Lesson plans 9 6 LESSON PLAN 9 TRAN VAN TAI THCS LE NGOC HAN UNIT 6: THE ENVIRONMENT Lesson 4: Write (page 52 - 53)    I/ OBJECTIVES By the end of the lesson, students will - be able to write a complaint letter. - develop writing skill II/ LANGUAGE CONTENTS: 1. Vocabulary: - complain (v) complaint (n) complication (n) - resolution (n) - float (v) - prohibit (v) 2. Grammar and structures: - Use S C R A P format to write a letter of complaint III/ TECHNIQUES: - Group work – pair work - Communicative approach - Transferring information IV/ TEACHING AIDS: - Transparency sheets - Overhead projector - Handouts V/ PROCEDURES: Steps Activities Warm up * GAME: (time allowed 2 minutes) - Ask students to find out the verbs beginning with the letters that teacher gives. - Divide the class into four groups. - Give handouts - students have to find out the verbs beginning with the letters given. - The group which finishes first will win the game. Examples: a b c d add borrow cut drive s t u v study talk use value Lesson plans 9 7 Preparing day : Teaching day : Week: LESSON PLAN 9 TRAN VAN TAI THCS LE NGOC HAN Pre-writing m n o p meet nod open put 1. Pre - teach vocabulary - complain (v) - complaint (n) - complication (n) - resolution (n) - float (v) - prohibit (v) * Checking vocabulary: Rub out and Remember - Get students to copy the words and then ask them to close their books. - Rub out the new words. Each time you rub out the word in English, point to the Vietnamese translation and ask "what's this in English?" or “How do you say it in English?”.When all the English words are rubbed out, go through the Vietnamese list and get students to call out the English words. (If there's time, get students to come to the board and write the English words again.) 2. Ordering - Ask students to keep their books closed. - Provide students five sections of a complaint letter in random order. - Get them to put the sections in a correct order. (pair work) a. Action: talks about future action, b. Situation: states the reason for writing. c. Politeness: ends the letter politely, d. Complication: mentions the problem, e. Resolution: makes a suggestion. - Have ss open their books and check for the right order. * Answer key: (S C R A P) 1- b 2 - d 3 - e 4 -a 5 - c - Help ss to understand what the letters S C R A P mean. (abbreviation of : Situation Complication Resolution Action Politeness) 3. Reading and matching - Have students read the letter on page 52. - Help ss to know how to do the task. a) Mr. Nhat wrote a complaint letter to the director of L & P Company in Ho Chi Minh City. The five sections of the letter are not in the right order. Label each section with the appropriate letter: S, C, R, A, P. - Ask students to work in pairs. Give feedback: Call on some students to read aloud the letter (in the correct order). Teacher gives ideas if necessary. * Answer key: Dear Sir / Madam R I would suggest your company to tell your drivers to clear up all the trash on the ground before leaving. S I am writing to you about the short Lesson plans 9 8 LESSON PLAN 9 TRAN VAN TAI THCS LE NGOC HAN While- writing Post-writing stop of your trucks around my house on their way to the North. A I look forward to hearing from you and seeing good response from your company. C When the trucks of your company have a short break on the streets around my house, the drivers have left lots of garbage on the ground after their refreshment. When the trucks leave the place, the ground is covered with trash and few minutes later there is smell and flies. P Your faithfully, Tran Vu Nhat - Let students read the production 6b on page 53. - Ask some questions to make sure the students know what they have to write. * Questions: a. What do people do in the lake behind your house these days? (They begin to catch fish) b. What makes you worried? (They use electricity to catch fish.) c. Who do you write the letter to ? (We write to the head of the local authorities) d. What suggestion do you want to make? (We suggest the local authorities should prohibit and fine heavily anyone using electricity to catch fish.) e. What do you look forward to seeing? (We look forward to seeing the protection of environment from the local authorities). - Have students use the answers that they’ve said to write the complete letter in group of 4. - Get students to share with their partners and correct if possible. * Sample: Dear Mr. President. I am writing to you about the catching of fish of many people in the lake behind my house. I am very worried because they use electricity to catch fish. After a short time, they leave the lake, a lot of small fish die and float on the water surface. Other animals such as frogs, toads, and even birds have also die from electric shock waves. I would suggest the local authorities should prohibit and fine heavily anyone using this way of catching fish. I look forward to hearing from you and seeing the protection of environment from the local authorities. Sincerely, - Call on some students to read aloud their letter. Lesson plans 9 9 LESSON PLAN 9 TRAN VAN TAI THCS LE NGOC HAN * Homework: - Give feedback, correct some letters before the class. T can write the mistakes (spelling, grammar .) on the board. - Ask students to rewrite their letter in their notebooks. UNIT 6: THE ENVIRONMENT Period 5: Language Focus    I. Objectives: * After the lesson students may: - Use some grammar points related to unit 6 II. Language contents: * Grammar: - Adjectives and adverbs - Adverb clauses of reason - Adjective + that clause - Conditional sentences: type I III. Techniques: - Pair work - Group work IV. Teaching aids: - OHP - Pictures V. Time: 45 minutes VI. Procedures: * Unit 6: Language focus. Steps Teacher’s activities Students’ activities 1.Adjectives and adverbs - Asking Sts to change the adjectives into adverbs: Adjective Adverb Extreme Good Extremely - Doing the exercise Lesson plans 9 10 Preparing day : Teaching day : Week: [...]... in the box and the pictures Lesson plans 9 26 LESSON PLAN 9 TRAN VAN TAI THCS LE NGOC HAN Lesson plans 9 27 LESSON PLAN 9 TRAN VAN TAI THCS LE NGOC HAN Practice - Having students do the task by themselves in pairs - Having students exchange the answers with other pairs - Checking some pairs’ answers - Correcting the mistakes or explaining if necessary - Giving the answer key: - Working in pairs a/ look... – answers - Pair work and group work - Discussion IV/ Teaching aids: - Pictures, flashcards - Projector V/ Time: 45 mnutes Lesson plans 9 23 LESSON PLAN 9 TRAN VAN TAI THCS LE NGOC HAN V/ Procedures  A/ Review (5’) - Having two students answer and write on the board 1/ What should you do to save energy in the class/ the school ?  The answer key: - I suggest we should turn off all the lights and fans... model, innovations, resources III/ Techniques: - Scanning - Questions-Answers IV/ Teaching aids: - An Electricity bill, textbook (Tiếng Anh 9) V/ Time: 45 minutes VI/ Procedures REVISION OF THE OLD LESSON (5 minutes) Correct the homework Read (40 minutes) Steps Lesson plans 9 Teacher’activities Student’s activities 19 LESSON PLAN 9 TRAN VAN TAI THCS LE NGOC HAN Warm-up Pre-reading 10’ Whilereading 15’ -... Listen and answer the questions - Refrigerator, TV, computer… - Listen & repeat - Yes Listen and copy down the new words Work in groups Give opinions before class Homework (5’) - Write answers in your notebook - Answer these questions  How many paragraphs does the text have ?  What is the last paragraph used for ? Lesson plans 9 20 LESSON PLAN 9 TRAN VAN TAI THCS LE NGOC HAN Preparing day : Teaching... helping those in need - Giving Vietnamese meaning Lesson plans 9 33 LESSON PLAN 9 TRAN VAN TAI THCS LE NGOC HAN Practice I/ Controlled practice: - T shows the pictures and introduces the situations Then T makes the model Ex: a/ Trang has just won the first prize in the English speaking contest Mai : Well done, Trang Trang : Thanks II/ Further practice - Have Ss give and respond to appropriate compliments... Exchange their works with their partners - Answers 3,2,1 Topics -Reducing gabage -Reusing paper -Saving energy in the kitchen Lesson plans 9 - 3 parts Answers 1 Introduction + A getting people’s attention and telling them what you are going to talk about 2 Body + C giving details in easy-to-understand language 3 Conclusion + A summing up what you have said 22 LESSON PLAN 9 TRAN VAN TAI THCS LE NGOC HAN... Should auld acquaintance be forgot ? Whilelistening 10’ - Having students listen to the tape the first time - Listening and doing the task a days - Having students listen to the tape the second time and fill in the missing words b Take c Mind - Asking students to listen to the tape the last time and check d Hand their answers Lesson plans 9 35 LESSON PLAN 9 TRAN VAN TAI THCS LE NGOC HAN e Kindness - Asking... LESSON PLAN 9 TRAN VAN TAI THCS LE NGOC HAN Steps Warm- up Teacher’s activities * Questions- Answers Students’ activities - Answering the questions - Asking Students to look at two pictures (page 57) and answering the questions: a/ Is the any body in piture1?  Nobody b/ What can you see in picture1 ?  A lot of water on the floor … c/ Is the the TV on in picture2 ?  Yes, it is Who’s watching TV?... correct answers Read silently and answer the question a in the textbook Answer: Task 1: sentence 3 North American and European countries are interested in saving money and natural resources Do task 2 in pairs Task 2: Work in pairs, answer the questions (b) in the textbook - Have students do task 2 - Have Students answer and write the answers on the board - Correct the answers Postreading 10’ Discussion... in groups of 4 to make any dialogue (Use connectives, phrsal verbs, suggestions) - Having some groups perform their dialogues before the class - Working in groups Home work: - Rewriting the tasks and the dialogue on your notebooks - Learning by heart vocabulary and structures Lesson plans 9 29 LESSON PLAN 9 TRAN VAN TAI THCS LE NGOC HAN UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS Preparing day : Teaching day : Week: Period . directed. Lesson plans 9 1 Preparing day : Teaching day : Week: LESSON PLAN 9 TRAN VAN TAI THCS LE NGOC HAN them to the pictures. Listen And Read – Pages. reduce the pollution of the city -Answers HOMEWORK: Lesson plans 9 2 LESSON PLAN 9 TRAN VAN TAI THCS LE NGOC HAN - Write the answers on page 48 down in the