Unit 6 gender equality reading

Objectives: By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to: -Read for general ideas and specific information about gender equality in employment -Know some vocabulary relating th

UNIT 6: GENDER EQUALITY

Student-in-charge: Hồ Quang Khải

Student’s ID number: DAV187027

Instructor: Trần Thị Thúy Vi

Grade:10

Class: 10C

Type of lesson: Reading Time allowed: 45 minutes Date: 25/02/2022

Period: 5

I Objectives: By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:

-Read for general ideas and specific information about gender equality in employment

-Know some vocabulary relating the the topic “Gender equality”

-Talk and express concepts about gender equality in front of the class

II Teaching materials: textbook, LCD projector, blackboard, power point slides, colored chalk.

III Procedure:

5m

Warm-up: Guessing who are they?

Set the scene: So in the past, firefighters and plasterers were

usually men, but now a lot of people who work at these

careers are women To know more about that, we move on to

today lesson which is about gender equality

-T introduces the game -T shows pictures on the screen -T asks Ss to guess the careers of

people in the pictures “Who is in

the picture, class?”

-Ss play the game

-T decides who is the winner (Big

loud applause for the winners class)

-T leads in

10m

I Pre-reading

TASK 1: Look at the symbols What do they stand for?

Pre-teach vocabulary

-loneliness /ˈləʊnlinəs/ (n): sự cô đơn (picture)

-pursue /pəˈsjuː/(v): theo đuổi (picture)

-sue /suː/(v): kiện (picture)

-T asks Ss what the symbols stand for

-Ss answer -T checks and gives feedbacks

Link: “Before going to the main

part of this lesson, we learn some vocabulary first.”

Firefighter Police

Plasterer Teacher

-limitation /lɪmɪˈteɪʃn/ (n): hạn chế, giới hạn (explanation)

-preference /ˈprefərəns/(n): sự thích hơn (translation, example)

Note: Handout can be utilized to save some time if necessary.

TASK 2: Match each of the words with its meaning Use a

dictionary if necessary.

1 preference (n) a the act of controlling

something; a restriction

and alone

someone/something than someone/something else

4 loneliness (n) d follow a course or

activity in an effort to gain something

5 limitation (n) e bring somebody to court

because they have done something harmful to you

Key

1 c 2 e 3 d 4 b 5 a

-T elicits the new words by many different techniques

-T uses approriate teachniques to teach vocabulary

-T asks Ss to repeat in chorus then individually

-T asks Ss to copy down

-T runs through the task and asks

Ss to work individually in 3 minutes first, then check with a partner (Ss use a dictionary, if necessary)

-T’s checking questions: “What

will you you in this task class? How much time do you have? You will work alone or in pair, class?

-T walks around to assist Ss -T calls 5 Ss to read aloud their answers

-T give feedbacks -T shows answers on the screen

5m

II.While-reading

TASK 3: Quickly read the text Choose the best title for it.

a Brenda Berkman’s Childhood

b A Woman Who Did a ‘Man’s Job’

c Gender Equality in Employment

As a young girl,Brenda Berkman always dreamt of becoming

a firefighter, although she was aware of gender preference

in favour of boys In 1977, she applied for a firefighter’s position at the

New York City Fire Department (FDNY) Even though she was a

marathon runner, she failed the physical test But Brenda didn’t give

up She sued New York City and the FDNY for gender discrimination and

won A new ‘fairer’ test was created, so she and 40 other women passed

Brenda’s dream of becoming a firefighter came true However, she and

other female firefighters became the targets of laughter and anger from the

co-workers and local people They were unwelcomed at meals, faced

loneliness and even violence There weren’t any limitations on women’s

service at FDNY The women firefighters had to do exactly the same jobs

as their male workers To pursue a ‘man’s job’ Brenda Berkman and other

women had to work very hard They paid a heavy price to win equality

They were successful and even became the subjects of a documentary

called Taking the Heat in 2006 Brenda Berkman’s story shows that gender

differences cannot prevent a person from pursuing a job Success comes to

-T asks Ss to read the text quickly and find the repeated words and their collocations (e.g

firefighter / firefighter’s / firefighters, female / women / women’s, male / man’s / gender discrimination / gender

differences) -T explains to Ss that repeated vocabulary in the text may imply

its main idea or title: “So have

you noticed that there are some repeated words in the text? They may imply the title of the text”

-T has Ss skim the text to choose the best title

-T invites 1 student to answer and

gives feedback: “Who can help

me do this task? Right or wrong class?”

10m

those who have enough courage and will.

Key b A Woman Who Did a ‘Man’s Job’

TASK 4: Read the statements Decide if they are true (T),

false (F) or not given (NG) Tick the correct boxes.

1 Brenda Berkman was never aware of

gender preference in favour of boys

2 Brenda Berkman passed the written

test

3 After failing the physical test, Brenda

Berkman kept silent and went away

4 She and other female firefighter

became the targets of laughter and

anger from the co-workers and local

people

5 They paid a heavy price to win

equality

6 Brenda Berkman taught at the

FDNY

Key

1 F 2 NG 3 F 4 T 5 T 6 F

TASK 5: Read the text again Answer the questions.

1 What job did Brenda Berkman want to do as a young girl?

2 What did she do after she failed the physical test?

3 How were she and other female firefighters treated?

4 What jobs did they do at FDNY?

5 What is Taking the Heat?

6 What does Brenda Berkman’s story show?

Key

1 She wanted to become a firefighter

2 She sued New York City and the FDNY for gender

discrimination and won

3 They became the targets of laughter and anger from the

co-workers and local people They were unwelcomed at meals,

faced loneliness and even violence

4 They had to do exactly the same jobs as all other male

firefighters

5 It is a documentary made in 2006 in which Brenda

Berkman and other female firefighters were the subjects

6 It shows that gender differences cannot prevent a person

from pursuing a job

Link: “And now we move on to

task 4”

-T asks 1 student to read the task -T asks Ss to underline the key words in each statements

- T asks Ss to underline relevant words or phrases of the statement

in the text -Ss will work in pair to complete the task in 5 minutes

-T’s checking question: “Do you

work alone or in pair class? How much time do you have”

-T invites some Ss to read aloud their answers

-T also asks “Where did you find

the information, line number?”

-T checks the answers with the

whole class “Right or wrong

class?”

-T shows answer on the screen -Ss copy down

Link: “We move on to the next

task, task number 5”

-T runs through all the questions -T asks Ss to scan the text to find answers to the questions

-Ss highlight the key words both

in the questions and in the text -T has Ss take turns asking and

answering in pairs “And now you

will take turn to ask and answer these questions in pairs in 5 minutes”

-T’s checking question: “What

will you do class? How much time do you have?”

-T checks answers as a class

5m III Post-reading

TASK 6: Discuss the following with a partner.

Should a woman do a ‘man’s job’? Why / Why not?

-T asks Ss to work in pairs and get ready to report their answers

to the class -T calls on some Ss to present their opinions

-T gives feedback 1m IV Homework

-Learn vocabulary by heart

-Prepare for the next lesson

-T gives homework -Ss take note

IV Evaluation:

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