Name of teaching: N«ng Quèc Huy.(0974144195) Date of teaching : 31 /03/2011. School :Son Duong High school. Class :11B1 PERIOD 89 : Unit 15: SPACE CONQUEST Lesson 1: Reading A. Objectives: 1. Aim: Reading a passage about space conquest 2. Knowledge: By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to: - Summarize the main idea of the paragraph. - Know the first human to fly into space - Learn the meaning of the words - Answer the questions 3. Skill-based: Reading B. Teaching aids: - Textbook, handouts, picture ,… C. Teaching method: - Integrated, mainly communicative approach D. Procedure: Teacher’s activities Students’ activities I. Warm up: - Show some picture about space, spaceship and ask questions: Give some questions: 1.What can you see in there pictures? 2.What is his job? 3. Would you like pilot/astronaut? Why do you like it? - Lead in the new lesson. II. New lesson: 1. Pre - reading. a. Discuss the pictures (p.166). a. The first Vietnamese astronaut. b. Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin. Ask Ss to look at the pictures in the book and answer the questions - Look at the pictures and answer the questions. 1. Picture 1: It’s a spaceship Picture 2: Gagarin . 2. Gagarin is a pilot/ astronaut 3. - I like pilot because I want to travel everywhere. - I like astronaut because I want to the moon/fly in the space Look at the pictures in your book Give answers: 1- Who is the first human to fly into space? 2- Can you name the first human to set foot on the moon? 3- Who is the first Vietnamese fly into space? b. Vocabulary: Introduce some new words and write on the board. - lift off (v) - cosmonaut (n) - launch (v) - precisely (adv) - psychological (adj ) - deal with - tension (n) - venture (v) - feat (n) Read the words and ask Ss to repeat in chorus then individually. 2.While-reading Task 1: Match the heading to the paragraphs: - Ask Ss to work in pairs to match the heading to the paragraphs Paragraph 1 A. The tragic accident Paragraph 2 B. The lift - off Paragraph 3 C. Congratulation Paragraph 4 D. A view on Earth Paragraph 5 E. Uncertainties - Listen and give feedback. Task 2: Answer the question: -Ask Ss to read the passage individually and do task 2 in pairs. 1. The first human to fly into space is Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin. 2. The first human to set foot on the moon are Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. 3. The first Vietnamese fly into space is Pham Tuan/ It was Pham Tuan. Give the meaning - Practice reading vocabulary in chorus then individually. - Listen and take notes. - Work in pairs to match the heading to the paragraphs The answer: Paragraph 1 B. The lift - off Paragraph 2 E. Uncertainties Paragraph 3 D. A view on Earth Paragraph 4 C. Congratulation Paragraph 5 A. The tragic accident Read the passage individually and do task 2 in pairs. - Call on some Ss answer the questions 1. How old was Gagarin when he became the first human being in space? 2. How long was he in space? 3. What questions were raised before Gagarin's space flight? 4. What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the Earth? 5. Why couldn't Gagarin make a new spaceship? 6. What was done after Gagarin's death to honor this national hero? - Corrects and give comments. 3. Post - reading Complete the summary of the reading passage by putting the words/ phrases in the box into blanks. Ask Ss to work in groups to fill in the blank. - Correct mistakes 1. He was 27 then 2. He was in space for 108 minutes. 3. They were: "What would happen to a human being in space or how the body would react to the extreme changes in temperature and how the mind would deal with the psychological tension?" 4. It was more than 17,000 miles per hour. 5. Because he died in a plane crash on a routine training flight in March 1968. 6. After his death, his hometown of Gzahatsk was renamed Gagarin, and the Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City, Russia, was given the name of this national hero. Work in group: - Use the words/phases complete passage. - The answer: 1. cosmonaut 2. in space 3. lasted 4. success 5. gravity 6. view 7. impossible 8. named after III. Consolidation - Remind Ss of the history of the first human to fly into space ( Gagarin). IV. Homework: Ask Ss to learn new words, reading passage and translate passage into Vietnamese. Prepare for the next lesson: Speaking. - Listen and remember. - Listen and notes. Comments: ……………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… . :Son Duong High school. Class :11B1 PERIOD 89 : Unit 15: SPACE CONQUEST Lesson 1: Reading A. Objectives: 1. Aim: Reading a passage about space conquest 2. Knowledge: By the end of the lesson. became the first human being in space? 2. How long was he in space? 3. What questions were raised before Gagarin's space flight? 4. What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around the. It’s a spaceship Picture 2: Gagarin . 2. Gagarin is a pilot/ astronaut 3. - I like pilot because I want to travel everywhere. - I like astronaut because I want to the moon/fly in the space Look