Picture 2: Yuri Gagarin is the first human in space .He is a Russian astronaut.. Picture 3: Pham Tuan is the first Vietnamese in space Answer the questions in pair work.. -Feed back and
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A.READING
I/ Aim : -Reading for special information about astronauts’ space
conquest in the world and do some exercises to understand more the content of the lesson
II/ Objectives : + By the end of the lesson:
-Ss will be able to talk about astronauts and their works
-Ss learn new words through situations , pictures
-Ss can wide their knowledge about space conquest from the lesson III/ Materials: + Text book , pictures…
IV/ Anticipated problems : + Ss may have no ideas about space conquest V/ Procedure :
Warmer
Ask students to look at the picture in the text book and
answer the following questions:
1 Look at the picture and tell me what you see
in picture 1, 2, 3
2 Do you know the people who are they?
3 What do you call a person who flies a plane /
a spaceship?
………
2 Picture 1 : Neil Armstrong is the first human
to set foot on the moon He is an American astronaut
Picture 2: Yuri Gagarin is the first human in
space He is a Russian astronaut
Picture 3: Pham Tuan is the first Vietnamese in
space
Answer the questions in pair work
Before
you
read
-Ask : Students to answer the questions in the text
book
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 person to fly
into space?
-Feed back and give correct answers:
1 :The first human to fly into space is Yuri
Alekseyevich Gagarin
-Individual work and whole class
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Amstrong and Buzz Aldrin
3: The first Vietnamese to fly into space is Pham
Tuan
While
you
read
Vocabulary :
Space /s peis / (n)
Conquest / ‘k3ijkwest/ (n)
To set foot on
To fly into space =to lift into space aboard
Practice :
Ask student to read the passages quickly and stop at
the lines that contain the words to guess the closest
meaning
Task 1 :
Ask student to match the headings to the paragraphs
Go around the class and provide help if necessary
Paragraph 1 -A : The tragic accident
2 - B : The lift off
3 - C : Congratulations
4 - D : A view on Earth
5 - E : Uncertainties
Call on some Ss to read aloud their answers
Check and give correct answers
- > Paragraph 1 - B : The lift off
2 - E : uncertainties
3 - D : A view on Earth
4 - C : Congratulations
5 - A : The traffic accident
Task 2:
Ask students to read the passage again and answer the
questions:
How old was Gagarin when he became the first
human being in space ?
How long was he in space ?
What question were raised before Gagarin ‘s space
flight ?
What was the speed of his spacecraft in orbit around
the Earth ?
Why couldn’t Gagarin make a new space flight ?
Individual work and compare in pair work
-Write down correct answers
-Work in pair and check in pair
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national hero ?
Call on some students to answers in front of the class
Feed back and suggested answer:
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 or how the ind
would deal with the spychological 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 home town of Gzahatsk
was renamed Gagarin , and the cosmonaut training
centre at star city , Russia , was given the name of this
national hero
After
you
read
Task 3 :
-Complete the summary of reading passage by
putting the words / phrases in the box into the blanks:
Impossible Named
after
Lasted gravity
On April 12 , 1961 Yuri Gagarin , a Russian
(1)………became the first human being (2)………
Although his light (3)………….only 108 minutes , it
(4)…………made him a national hero Healso became
the first person to eat and drink in zero (5)……….and
he was able to (6)……….the Earth in the way that no
one had done before Unfortunately , a plane crash in
march 1968 made Gagarin ‘s desire of revisiting space
(7)………After his death , his hometown and
cosmonaut training centre at star city , Russian were
(8)………him
-Go around the class to check and help
- Check their answer in front of the class
1) Cosmonaut 2) in space 3) lasted
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after Home
work
Ask Ss learn by heart the vocabulary
Translate the summary ( task 3) into Vietnamese
Prepare “ speaking”
-write down correct answers
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SPEAKING
I Objective: This lesson helps Ss will be able to talk about China’s first manned spacecraft and the important events in space exploration
II Teaching procedures:
Work
T asks Ss close the book and then T shows pictures of China’
astronaut with the spacecraft was called “ Shenzhou 5”
T asks Ss look at these pictures and answer:
1 Who’s he?
2 What is his nationality?
He’s Liwei He’s Chinese He’s China’s first astronaut Next is
spacecraft was called “shenzhou 5”
T asks Ss to open their book and look at the Task 1
Pair work
15’ Task 1: Read the following piece of news, then ask and answer
questions
On 15 october in2003, China launched its first manned
spacecraft into space The spacecraft was called “ Shenzhou 5”
Yang Liwei, China’s first astronaut, was 38 years old then The
successful flight marked a milestone in China’s project China
became the third country in the world to be able to indendently
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Setting model:
A: When did China launch its first manned spacecraft into space?
B: on October 15, 2003
Make questions with
What……… ?
How old ……….?
How important ………?
How many……….?
Questions and answer: A: What is the name of China’s first manned spacecraft? B: Its name’s Shenzhou 5 A: What is the name of the astronaut? B: His name’ s Yang Liwei A: How old was he when he flew in to the space? B: He was 38 years old A: How important was the successful flight to China? B: The successful flight made a milestone in China’s space project A: How many countries in the world have been able to carry out independently manned space activities? What are they? B: There have been three They are: Russian, the United State and China Task2: Make questions and answers about the important events in space conquest T shows picture of some famous astronauts and asks Ss look at the pictures, answer the questions: 1 Who are they? 2 What are their nationalities?
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Picture2: He’s Yuri Gagarin - Russian cosmonant
Picture3: He’s Armstrong - American astronaut
Picture4: He’s Buzz Aldin - American astronaut
Picture5: She’s Valentina Tereshkova - Russian cosmonaut
Picture6: He’s John Glenn - American astronaut
T writes the model sentences on the board and explain them
T shows model with a student in the class
Setting model:
A: When did Russian launch its first artificial satellite?
B: on October 4, 1957
A: What is the name of Russian’s first artificial satellite?
B: Sputnik
A: How important was the artificial satellite to Russia?
B: The first artificial satellite marked the beginning of space
Age
(2)A: who is the first woman to fly into space?
B: That’s Valentina Tereshkova, a Russian cosmonaut
A: when did she fly into space?
B: on June 16, 1963
(3)A: who are the first human to set foot on the moon?
B: They are Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin American
Astronaut
A: When did they set foot on the moon?
B: on July 20,1969
(4)A: Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space?
B: That’s Pham Tuan
A: With whom did he go along into space?
B: He went with V.V Gorbotko a Russian cosmonaut
A: How long did he stay in the orbit
T goes around to help and check Ss then T calls a pair of a group
practice in front of the class
T corrects mistake their pronunciation
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event in space conquest
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LISTENING
I TEACHING AIMS:
- To help Ss practice listening about the 1st human moon landing
- To relate the content with real life
II LANGUAGE MATERIALS:
1 New words:
A suit case with oxygen launch portable life support system
some words from Before you read
2 Structures:
III APPROACH AND TEACHING AIDS:
1 Approach: Communication
2 Teaching aids: Cassette player, chalk, pictures, text book, gestures, simple
English…
IV RECENT WORK:
Unit 15 - Speaking
V TEACHING STEPS:
1 Classroom procedures:- Greeting
- Checking attendance
2 Review the previous lesson:
3 New lesson:
Time &
Stages
Teacher’s Activities Students’ Activities
Presentation * Warm- up:
Have students close their books then ask some questions to lead in
Name the 1 st men to land on the moon.
His nationality.
When
* Before you listen
- Have students work in pairs to match the picture with the caption
- Have students read a loud the words correct
- Close their book
- Answer the questions in group
1 Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin.
2 American.
3 20 July 1989
- Work in pairs
- Share as
1d – 2a – 3c – 4e – 5b
- Practice reading
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- Take notes
Practice * While you listen:
Task 1
- Explain the situation
- Have students read through the statements quickly
- Supply the meaning of some words (in need)
- Play the tape thrice, for the last time, have a pause after each sentence
- Play the tape again (in need) to confirm the answer
Task 2
- Ask students have a look at the questions
- Have students listen to the tape again for 3 times (with a pause)
- Listen
- Read the statements
- Take notes
- Listen twice
- Give answer after 3rd times
1F – 2F – 3F – 4F – 5T
- Listen again
- Read the questions
- Listen to the tape
- Work in groups to give answers
- Share answers & take notes
1 NASA’s Apollo Program.
2 On 16 July 1969.
3 Controlling the oxygen, temperature & pressure inside the space suit.
4
5 Performed a variety of experiments & collected soil & rock sample to return to Earth.
6 On 24 July 1969.
Production * After you listen:
- Have students work in group to discuss the questions
- Go round the class to help students
(In need)
- Call some students to raise answer
- Work in groups
- Ask some difficult words
- Share answer & take notes
1 Some reason:
- adventure
- find out another life outside the earth.
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- other place for human beings.
2 The three things are:
- camera.
- water / food.
- tent.
4 Consolidation
5 Homework Prepare Unit 15 – Writing
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Unit 15: SPACE CONQUEST
WRITING
A Objectives
1 Educational Aim
Students can get to know the content and structure of one’s person biography Students can write the biography of one identified person, based on the given information
2 Knowledge
General knowledge: Students learn about the content and structure of a biography
of a person
Language: The Simple Past Tense and Simple Present Tense
Skills: Writing a biography
B Method
Integrated, mainly communicative
C Teaching Aids
A profile of the astronaut Neil Armstrong
Cards, pictures, highlight pens
D Procedure
Warm-up
(3 minutes)
Ask students to close their books and answer the questions below after looking at a picture
Show the picture to students and ask them some questions such as:
1 What ‘s his name?
2 What’s his job?
3 What did he do?
1 He’s Neil Armstrong
2 He’s astronaut
3 He, the first human,
Close their books
Look at the picture and answer the questions:
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4 No, he isn’t He’s American
Pre-Writing
( 9 minutes)
Ask students to find out necessary information to write a biography
Explain some new words: Navy, B.S, M.S, WASA, investiate, space shuttle
Show the picture of space shuttle:
Work in pairs and find out the necessary information to write a
biography Then, they answer the question
Place of birth
Quote
Biography
Date of birth
Career
Known as (famous for)
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minutes)
Ask students to work in pairs to put each of the correct word or phrases in the correct blank.(Task 1)
Suggested answers:
Date of birth Place of birth Known as Career Quote Remind students of using correctly the prepositions: in, at,on, from, to, with And some phrases:
Be known as work as receive something from resign from something
Divide the class into 4 groups and give each group
an Ao paper has been covered with plastic and a marker and ask them to write Neil Armstrong’s biography by using task 1 cues in textbook (Task 2)
Do the first sentence on the blackboard as an example:
Neil Armstrong was born 5th August, in 1930
Go around the class to help the students if they have difficulty
Work in pairs and
do the Task
1 and give their questions
Do the Task
2 and write
on the Ao paper covered with plastic
Post-Writing
(5-7 minutes)
Ask the students to stick their Ao sheets on the board, the students and the teacher corrects the students' mistakes
Stick the Ao sheets on the board
Homework
(5 minutes) Ask students to a short biography of Marie Curie
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1891 : went to Paris
1894 : got married
1903 : received Ph.D
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I AIMS:
Students practice pronouncing correctly five ending sounds /nt/, /nd/, /n /, /ns/ and /nz/
Students practice COULD/ BE ABLE TO and TAG QUESTIONS
II LEXICAL ITEMS:
Sounds, words and sentences related to five ending sounds
Sentences related to grammar notes
III STRUCTURES:
Could – be able to
Tag questions
IV TEACHING AIDS: Textbook, charts
V PROCEDURE:
Warmer
T sets situation by giving two examples
Ex:
1 Kent is my friend He learns very hard and
ranks tenth in my class
2 He went away yesterday so we had no
chance to see him again
T: Read two sentences and guess what sounds
we are going to learn today
T: The sounds /nt/, /nd/, /n /, /ns/ and /nz/
Ss follow these two examples and guess what sounds they are going
to learn today
Ss guess
Pronunciation:
- T introduces five sounds
- T reads five sounds
- T has Ss practice the dialogue
- T observes the whole class and helps them
when needed
- T checks
Ss look at the sounds in textbook
Ss repeat after T
Ss practice reading aloud the dialogue in pairs
Ss practice in front of class
Grammar and Vocabulary
Activity 1: T uses examples to set situation
Ex:
1 He could run very fast when he was young
- We were able to get tickets for the match
yesterday
- T has Ss compare the difference between the
verbs of two sentences
Ss follow these two examples