grade10_lesson 9:reading

Divides class into group of six Ss Gives each group : One paper with names of the animals in the crossword puzzle Other paper is crossword puzzle with pictures - -... Each group has 3

Grade level: Upper-secondary school

Subject: English

I Duration: 45 minutes

II OBJECTIVES:

-Educational aim: Sts know more about the life of sea animals and oceans in the world

-Knowledge: Through the unit, Sts will have the sense of protecting sea

environment

III) TEACHING AIDS :

-Pictures of sea animals, some card board

-An extra board

IV) METHOD:

-Communicative approach

V) PROCEDURE:

Teacher’s activities Students’ activities WARM –UP: (8ms)

Play a game: Crossword puzzle.

Divides class into group of six Ss

Gives each group : One paper with names of the animals

in the crossword puzzle

Other paper is crossword puzzle with

pictures

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Play the game

C U T T L E

S E A N A I L

C O R A L R E D

S E A F I S H

C R A B

S H R I M P

J E L L Y F I S H

S E A L

W H A L E

O C T O P U S

S H A R K

S E A T U R T L E

S E A B E D

Each group has 3minutes to play the game.

Which group has correct answer in the shortest period of

time will win

Says again the answer : Undersea world

-T introduces new lesson: To understand more clearly

about sea animals and their environment, today we’re

going to study unit 9, period 1: Reading

Before you read (15ms)

Names of ocean

- gives the Vietnamese names of the ocean on the map on

the board

- asks the whole class to match the Vietnamese names and

appropriate English names

Finding the names of sea animals

- Ask Ss to give the Vietnamese names of the animals in

the picture

- Ask Ss to look at crossword and find the English name

of these animals

1 Seal

2 Jellyfish

3 Sea turtle

4 Shark

-Jellyfish Seal Seabed Shrimp Sea turtle Whale Sea fish Cuttle Sea nail Coral red Crab Octopus Shark

* Pre-teach Vocabulary:

- bay (n): vịnh

- (to) challenge: thử thách

- a mystery(n): bí ẩn

- beneath(prep): dới

- a submarine: tàu ngầm

- marine life(n): cuộc sống dới biển

- to fall into: đợc chia thành

- (to) exist: tồn tại

- water current(n): dòng nớc

- an organism: sinh vật

- (to) contribute: góp phần

- (to) maintain: duy trì

- at stake: bị tấn công

While you read (12ms)

* Task 1: gap filling

- instructs Ss to read the passage quickly and stop at the

lines that contain these words to guess their meanings

- checks Ss’ understanding by asking them to provide the

Vietnamese equivalents to the words

- instructs some strategies to do task 1

- asks Ss to work in groups, read in silent, scan for

information and do the task

- Call some Ss to tell their answer and explain

- Feedback

Key:

1 Tiny

2 Investigate

3 Gulf

4 Biodiversity

5 samples

- give the meaning of the new words in the box and in the

sentences in Vietnamese

* Task 2 : answering questions

- instructs Ss to use some strategies to do the task

- Ask Ss to work in pairs, answer the questions

- then asks Ss to discuss their answers with their partner

Ss guess the meaning

of the words based on the contexts in the sentences and the components of the words

Do task 1 followed T’s instruction

Take note answers

Work in pair

explain their choices

- Correct Ss’ answers on the board

Key:

1 75 percent

2 By using modern services

3 They investigate the seabed and bring samples of the

marine life back to the surface for the further study

4 They provide the wide range of information, including

water temperature, depth and the undersea

populations

5 - The group1 that live on or depend on the bottom like

the starfish.

- The group 2that move independently of water

currents such as fishes and sharks

- The group 3 that are carried along by the currents

like the jellyfish.

6 The marine life would be at stake if the sea biodiversity

was not maintained.

After you read (10ms)

- instructs some strategies to do the task

- asks Ss to work in a group of 5 for 5minutes

- sticks uncompleted summaries of reading passage on the

board

- gives Ss small papers in which a word or phrase is given

from the box to each leader of each group

- asks leaders to stick answer in the blanks quickly as

possible

- The winner is the group who finds the correct answers

Keys:

1 three –quarters

2 mysterious

3 modern

4 discoveries

5 biodiversity

6 huge

Play the game

7 plants and animals

8 closely connected

V Homework:

- Review the exercise

- Learn the new words

- Read the text

- Prepare new lesson “Listening”

Teacher’s comment:

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Thai Nguyen University of Education

Foreign Language

lesson plan

Period 1: Reading

Leading teacher: NguyÔn Ch©u Loan

Student: §inh ThÞ H¶i Hµ

Thai Nguyen, 10/2008