I/ Class details: 40students - Elementary level of English (10 th form). II/ Aim: Reading about special education. III/ Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to understand the term special education and talk about it through Matching and Multiple Choice exercises. IV/ Materials Textbook, pictures about special education classes and braille alphabet V/ Anticipated problems Ss may have no ideas about special education and braille VI/ Time: 45 minutes VII/ Proceduce Time Stages Steps Work arrangement 5’ 10’ 1. Warm up 2. Pre - reading The teacher hands out pieces of paper including the crossword exercise to each Ss, and asks Ss to find all words from the top to the bottom, and from the left to the right. Afetr Ss finish their work, the teacher shows the crossword task and correct answers on the projector. D U M P B H S V B L N V O C J G P L E B R E U L O F E J A L D T W M B K C J V M D D G F A M I L Y K E E B B H A A P O M A B L E E Y L E T N F F I I N O V M O A R C N N T A I G K L A E D U C A T I O N H N A O O G D J K L -The teacher introduces breifly the title of the text: “You are going to read about a teacher in a special class”. Before reading, the teacher preteaches some difficult words and structures on projector: - disabled(adj): using pictures and examples - Opposition (n): strong disagreement(by synonym). - Proper schooling: the education with a enough The whole class The whole class 17’ 3.While - reading. good standard that you receive - Be proud of st/sb: explaining by pictures and examples. - Make efforts to do st: try to do st (by synonym). - The teacher asks Ss to read aloud several times, and then checks their understanding by asking them about a teacher named Nguyen Ngoc Ky. - The teacher asks Ss to note down all the new words in their notebooks. TASK 1: Matching (using projector) - Before doing the task, the teacher guides Ss to read the words in the colunm A one time and reminds them that these words will be met in the reading text so they have to guess the meaning of the word based on the context. - The teacher asks Ss to do the silent reading and do the task in groups. If necessary, the teacher can go around the class to guide Ss how to guess the meaning of the words. For example: when guessing the word “disabled” at the end of the second sentence we should note the third sentence . - The teacher calls the presentative of each group to read their answers aloud in front of the class and gives correct andwers. Answer: 1C 2E 3A 4B 5D TASK 2: Multiple Choice (using projector) - The teacher asks Ss to read task 2 quickly and checks if they understand all new words in this task. If necessary, the teacher explains some new words quickly by using Vietnamese. For example: +infer (v): suy luËn +protest (n): sù ph¶n ®èi ……………. - The teacher asks Ss to read the passage again more carefully and complete the sentences by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D. - The teacher goes around the class to guide Ss to identify and underline some key words in questions to know where to find information for correct answers. For example: +The 1 st sentence: different from (paragraph 1) +The 2 nd sentence: parents (paragraph 2) - The teacher calls some Ss to read their answers aloud and give their explanation for their choice. - The teacher gives correct answers: Individual/The whole class Individual/groups Individual/Pairs The whole class 10’ 3’ 4. Post - reading 5. Homework 1D 2B 3A 4C 5D - The teacher reads the passage aloud first and then calls some Ss to read the passage aloud in front of the class and makes necessary corrections regarding Ss’pronunciation and intonatiion. - The teacher calls some Ss to translate some difficult sentences into Vietnamese. - The teacher asks Ss read the summary carrefully and fill the blanks with a suitable word from the reading text in groups. - The teacher checks Ss’ answers, and then divices the class into groups, asks them to practise speaking the summary again. (using projector) The teacher asks Ss to learn all new words by heart and do exercise 1, 2, 3, 4 (page 24, 25) in workbook Individual Group