Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh Lesson Plan-Reading-Unit 12 LESSON PLAN UNIT 12: THE ASIAN GAMES Reading Skill 1. Objectives: - Skill: After the lesson, Ss will be able to develop such reading skills as skimming for main ideas, scanning for specific information, guessing meaning in context, and summarizing. - Language: Ss will be able to build a wider range of vocabularies related to the topic to make their own report about the development of such popular games. 2. Assumed knowledge: Students have already known some basic vocabulary items and have had some background knowledge of the Asian Games. 3. Teaching aids: Textbook, blackboard, chalk, handouts. 4. Procedure: 4.1. Settlement: Check Ss’ attendance (2m) 4.2. Lecture (41 m) Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities 5m Warm-up: Game - Divides the class into 4 groups. - Get Ss to look at 7 pictures of different kinds of sports (soccer, karate do, tennis, fencing, boxing, weight lifting, basketball) on the board and get them to name these sports and each group will send a person to write down the answers on the board. The group who are quickest and have the most correct answers will - Listen to the instruction - Play the game in groups - Write down the answer on the board. - Correct the answer. 1 Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh Lesson Plan-Reading-Unit 12 be the winner. - Checks the answers and gives explanation if there is any new word. - Leads to the lesson 8m Pre-reading: - Gives each student a piece of paper containing some sentences and gets Ss to read individually the sentences which contain the new words in the passage and guess the meaning of the new words. - There are 8 words: effort, to advance, to appreciate, facility, enthusiasm, aquatic, intercultural, solidarity. - Correct the answer, asks for Ss’ explanation. - Presents some more new words and teach them. - Listen to the instruction. - Do the exercise individually. - Correct the answer. - Pronounce new words. 20m While-reading: * Task 1: - Ask Ss to do task 1 individually in 3 m and then discuss their answers in pairs. - Calls some Ss to check and to translate - Corrects answers and explains. Key: 1. facility 2. aquatic 3. enthusiasm 4. effort 5. advancing 6. appreciated * Task 2: - Asks Ss to listen to the tape containing the reading passage. - Listen to the instruction. - Do the task individually. - Discuss in pairs. - Write down the answer on the board or read the answers out loud. - Correct the answers. 2 Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh Lesson Plan-Reading-Unit 12 - Gets Ss to do task 2 individually, and then discuss the answers among the groups. - Calls 4 Ss of 4 groups to the board and writes down the answer. (each one is just responsible for one event) - Checks the answers. Key: 1. 1951 2. the 2 nd Asian Games in Manila, the Philippines 3. 1958 4. Squash, rugby, fencing and mountain biking 5. 2002 * Task 3: - Gets Ss to read through 3 questions and underline the key words, such as purpose, how many participants, 14 th Asian games, etc. - Asks them to scan the passage again, notice the key words’ position, and locate the necessary information for each question and to try to answer the 3 questions individually. Then, Ss compare your answers in pairs - Calls 3 pairs to present your answers (one student asks, one answer) Key: 1. The purpose is to develop intercultural knowledge and friendship within Asia 2. 9,919 (from 44 countries) 3. Bodybuilding, billiard and women’s karatedo. 3 Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh Lesson Plan-Reading-Unit 12 8m Post–reading Activity : summarizing - Work in the groups of four for 3 minutes to report the development of the Asian Games based on the year and events. - Calls about 2 Ss to give presentation on what they have discussed. - Listen to the instruction. - Discuss in groups. - Give presentation and comments. 4.3. Consolidation: - Asks Ss to learn by heart all of the new words and the main ideas, and to prepare for Part B – Speaking 4 . Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh Lesson Plan-Reading -Unit 12 LESSON PLAN UNIT 12: THE ASIAN GAMES Reading Skill 1. Objectives:. the answer on the board. - Correct the answer. 1 Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh Lesson Plan-Reading -Unit 12 be the winner. - Checks the answers and gives explanation