Tröôøng THCS Bình Taân GV: Phan Thò Tröôøng Ngaân Unit 6. THE YOUNG PIONEERS CLUB Period 33. READ Date of preparation: November 3 rd , 2010 Date of teaching: November 4 th , 2010 Classes: 8A1, 8A2, 8A3 ¯Aims and objectives: - Language content: + To introduce some new words relating to Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union. + To enable the students to know more about The Youth Union. + To develop students’ reading skill (reading comprehension). - Language function: + By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to know more about The Youth Union – an organization for Vietnamese youth. - Educational aims: + To extend the students’ knowledge of The Youth Union. + To educate students in building good characters, loving the nation, and encouraging good citizenship, soft skills and personal fitness. 1. Language: - Vocabulary: encourage, citizenship, soft skill, personal fitness, awareness, personality, principle, establish. - Structure: review: + present simple tense. + past simple tense. 2. Skills: Listening- Speaking- Reading- Writing 3. Educational factor: + Knowing other names of The Youth Union such as Young Pioneers Organization, the Vietnam Youth Federation, the Vietnam Students Union . . ¯Teacher’s and students’ preparation: 1. Method : Communicative Approach 2. Techniques : Repetition, Explanation, Pair work, Group work, Questions- Answers, Predicting, Gap- fill, True- False. 3. Materials needed : Lesson plan, textbook, chalk, sub-boards, pictures, color chalk 4. Students’ preparation : + Look up the new words. + Prepare the lesson at home. 5. Previous exercise : Do exercises 1, 2 on page 57. ¯Procedures in class: 1. Stabilization : - Greeting and asking about health 1’ - Checking: absence 2. Checking- up previous knowledge: 4’ - Call on 2 students to make a dialogue using the phrases in the boxes (page 55). 3. New lesson: Period 33 English 8 128 Tröôøng THCS Bình Taân GV: Phan Thò Tröôøng Ngaân Teaching steps and time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities The lesson content I. Presentation of the new materials 6’ 1. Lead in: - Asks the students to answer some guiding questions: 1. When was the Youth Union founded? 2. What social activities do the Youth Union in Viet Nam often do? 3. What names have the Youth Union had over the years? 4. Do you want to know more about the Youth Union? - Leads to the new lesson: + Today we are going to read about the Youth Union. - Answer the questions: 1. On March 26, 1931. 2. helping blind people… 3. Vietnam Communist Youth Union. . 4. Yes - Listen to the teacher. Unit 6. THE YOUNG PIONEERS CLUB Period 33. READ 10’ 2. Pre- reading: - Introduces the new words: + encourage (v) (explanation) + citizenship (n) (translation) + soft skill (n) (translation) + fitness (n) = talent → personal fitness + awareness (n) (translation) + personality (n) = character (n) (synonym) + principle (n) + establish (v) # destroy (v) (antonym) ¯ Checking vocabulary: Slap the board. * T/ F statements prediction: - Asks the students to read the statements and guess which is true, which is false. - Calls on some students to predict. - Listen, repeat, guess the meaning and copy down. - Slap the board. - Read the statements and guess which is true, which is false. - Some students predict. 1. New words: + encourage (v) + citizenship (n) + soft skill (n) + fitness (n) = talent → personal fitness + awareness (n) + personality (n) = character (n) + principle (n) + establish (v) # destroy (v) Period 33 English 8 129 Tröôøng THCS Bình Taân GV: Phan Thò Tröôøng Ngaân 12’ 3. While- reading: - Asks the students to read the text and check their prediction and then correct the false statements. - Asks the students to work in pairs to do exercise 1 (page 57). - Calls on some students to read their answers. - Corrects mistakes and gives feedback. * Exercise 2: Answer the questions: - Asks the students to work in pairs and ask and answer the questions in the book. - Calls on some pairs to ask and answer in front of the class. - Corrects and gives feedback. - Read the story silently, check the prediction and then correct the false statements. - Work in pairs to do exercise 1. - Some students read the answers. - Listen and write down. - Work in pairs to ask and answer the questions in the book. - Some pairs ask and answer in front of the class. - Listen and write down. Exercise: True or False? 1. Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is an organization for Vietnamese Youth. 2. The Youth Union was founded on March 20 1930. 3. In November 1970 the Youth Union was officially named as it is today. 4. President Ho Chi Minh established the guidelines for the Vietnamese youth. * After reading: 1. T 2. F  The Youth Union was founded on March 26 1931. 3. F  In December 1976 the Youth Union was officially named as it is today. 4. T Exercise 1: Fill in the missing information. a. March 1931 b. December 1976 c. their public awareness and form their personality. d. the guidelines. Exercise 2: Answer. Then write answers in your exercise book: a. From 15 to 30 years of age can join the Youth Union. b. The Youth Union was founded on March 26 1931. c. The complete name of the Youth Union is Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union. d. Yes, I can. e. These activities aim to Period 33 English 8 130 Tröôøng THCS Bình Taân GV: Phan Thò Tröôøng Ngaân help the young develop their public awareness and form their personality. f. President Ho Chi Minh established the guidelines for the Vietnamese youth. g. The Youth Union had names such as 6’ 4. Post- reading: - Asks the students to work in pairs: one takes the role of an interviewer, the other takes the role of a member of the Youth Union. Interviewer 1. When was the Youth Union founded? 2. What are these aims? 3. Can you join the Youth Union? 4. Are you happy to join the Youth Union? - The interviewer asks the member of the Youth Union some questions The member of BSA 1. On March 26 1931. 2. They are building good characters, loving the nation, and encouraging good citizenship, soft skills and personal fitness. 3. Yes. 4. Yes, I am. II. Homework 5’ - Gives homework : + Learn the new words by heart. + Read the text fluently. + Translate the passage into Vietnamese. + Prepare next period: Unit 6. (cont) Period 34. Write - Listen and copy down. ¯ Self- evaluation: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Period 33 English 8 131 Tröôøng THCS Bình Taân GV: Phan Thò Tröôøng Ngaân Period 33 English 8 132 . Youth Union. . 4. Yes - Listen to the teacher. Unit 6. THE YOUNG PIONEERS CLUB Period 33. READ 10’ 2. Pre- reading: - Introduces the new words: +. destroy (v) Period 33 English 8 129 Tröôøng THCS Bình Taân GV: Phan Thò Tröôøng Ngaân 12’ 3. While- reading: - Asks the students to read the text and check