unit 12 grade 11 reading

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Unit 12: THE ASIAN GAMES

Section: Reading

Wednesday, Feb 3 rd , 2010

1 Class description: 11D3:… students Pre-intermediate level

2 Time: 45m

3 Aims : By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to understand the passage

- scan for specific information

- guess the meaning in context

- remember some events about Asian games

4 Assumed knowledge: the topic is popular to the students

5 Anticipated problems: there are some games so it may be quite hard to control the class

6 Teaching aids: pictures, handouts

7 Procedure:

5 I WARM-UP: Game: Chatting

Expected Answers:

- Show some pictures of Ly Duc and Van Mach then ask some questions about them

- Answer

- They are Ly Duc and Van Mach

- They are athletes

- They have won gold and silver medals

in bodybuilding in the Asian Games

- Who else has won gold medals in Asian

Games?

- Which sports do you think are the

strongest of Vietnam?

II PRE-READING:

Deal with 3 questions in the textbook

Pre-Teaching Vocabulary

- effort (n) /’ef∂t/ = attempt =

struggle

- aquatic (adj) /’ ∂kwætik/

E.g: aquatic sport (sport connected with

water)

- appreciate (v)to understand the value of

st/sb: đánh gía cao

- Ask Ss to work in groups to discuss the questions in the textbook

- work in groups to discuss the questions

- advance(v): to make progress

- facility (n): equipment that is provided

for a particular purpose: trang thiết bị

- enthusiasm (n) /in’Φjuziæzm/

nhiệt tình

She is interested in teaching She never lost

…… for teaching

Checking Vocabulary: Gap fill (books open)

Key: 1 facility 3 aquatic 4

enthusiasm 5 effort 6 advancing 8

appreciate

- Use the gap fill in task 1 (page 138) to check vocabulary

- Ask Ss to call out their answers

- Answer

2 III WHILE-READING:

Grid / Table completion

Key:

Year Events

(1) 1951

(2) The 2nd Asian Games in Manila

(3) 1958

- Let Ss read the passage and complete the table in task 2 (p 138)

- In pairs, have Ss fill in the table with the year and the events

Compare the answer with other pairs

Read the text silently and complete the table in task 2 (p 138

(4) Squash, rugby, fencing, and mountain biking

(5) 2002

- Divide the class into two groups

- Draw a table with 12 numbers on the board (see Appendix)

- Tell Ss some of them are lucky numbers If Ss call out one of them, they will get 2 marks and they have the right to choose another number

One mark will be for each question

The group that can score more points will win the game

Work in groups and answer

V HOMEWORK:

Prepare the next part

Search the internet to find some more

information about the Asian Games

APPENDIX: Lucky number

5 6 7 8

Questions: 1 How often are the Asian Games held? 2 When was the first Asian Games?

3 LN 4 How many athletes took part in the first Asian Games?

5 Where was the second Asian Games held? 6 What sports were added at the 3rd Asian Games?

7 Who in Vietnam won the first golden medal in karate in the Asian Games?

8 Where was the Asian Games held in the year 2002? 9 LN

10 The 13th Asian Games was held in New Delhi, India Right or Wrong?

11 How many countries participated in the 14th Asian Games? 12 LN

Key

1 Every 4 years 2 In 1951 3 LN 4 489 athletes from 11 nations

5 In Manila, the Philippines 6 Tennis, volley ball, table tennis and hockey 7 Thuy Hien