- Ask Ss to read through the passage again to find out the answers - Ask Ss to work in groups then read aloud the answers.. Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities 3 minutes 15 mi
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Date:……… 1 st lesson Reading
55thperiod
A) Aims To help Ss practise reading a passage about deserts.
B) Objectives By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to understand the passage about deserts
and scan for specific details
C) Materials Textbook, handouts.
D) Methods Integrated, mainly communicative.
E) Anticipated problems Ss maynot be familiar with the topic.
F) Procedure.
Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
3
minutes
10
minutes
I) Warm up: Fill in the blank with the most suitable word.
+ A is a hot, dry sandy place
- Ask Ss to work in groups then read aloud the answers
- Write the answers on the board then give the suggested answer
=> Lead in the new lesson: DESERTS
II) New lesson.
* Before you read.
- Ask Ss to look at the pictures then answer some questions
- Ask Ss to read aloud then call others to give remarks
- Give corrective feedback if necessary
1 Deserts are the large areas of sand without tree and water, but
with severe climates, very hot during day and very cold at night
There is very little rainfall there; very few people and animals live
except for in oases
2 In a desert, only cacti and a kind of spinifex can grow No kind
of animals can live in deserts
3 Australia, Mongolia, The USA, and in north Africa have deserts
* Newwords.
+ Stretch (n) dải đất [stret∫] + Stretch (v) Kéo dài
+ comprise (v) bao gồm [kəm'praiz]
+ enormous (a) Khổng lồ [i'nɔ:məs]
+ explore (v) Thăm dò [iks'plɔ:]
+ aerial (a) Trên không ['eəriəl]
+ expedition (n) Cuộc, đoàn thám hiểm [,ekspi'di∫n]
+ dune (n) cồn cát [dju:n] + loose (a) mềm, xốp [lu:s]
+ Hummock (n) gò đống ['hʌmək] + crest (n) đỉnh, ngọn [krest]
+ spinifex (n) cỏ lá nhọn + corridor (n) Hành lang ['kɔridɔ:]
+ stable (a) ổn định, vững chắc ['steibl]
+ slope (n) sờn dốc [sloup]
+ shrubland(n) vùng đất có cây bụi [∫rʌb]
+ Steep(a) dốc, (n) sờn dốc [sti:p]
*While you read
* Task 1 Give the meaning of the words.
- Ask Ss to read through the passage first then read task 1
carefully
- Ask Ss to read the passage again and pay attention to the words
- Work in groups
- Read aloud the answers then copy
- Look at the pictures then work
in groups
- Read aloud the answers then copy
- Find out newwords
- Work in groups
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* Task 2 Decide whether the statements are true or false.
- Ask Ss to read task 2 carefully and find out keywords
- Ask Ss to read through the passage again to find out the answers
- Ask Ss to work in groups then read aloud the answers
- Ask others to give remarks then gve corrective feedback
1 False 2 False 3 True 4 False 5 False 6 True
* Task 3 Answer the following questions.
- Ask Ss to read through task 3 and find out keywords
- Ask Ss to read the passage again to find out the answers
- Ask Ss to work in pairs then read aloud the questions and
answers
- Go around and offer help if necessary
- Ask others to give remarks then give corrective feedback
1 They are Great Victoria Deserts, Gibbon, Great Sandy and
Tanami Deserts and Simpson Desert
2 It lies between Lake Eyre in the south, the Macdonnel Ranges
in the north, the Mulligan and the Diamantina Rivers in the east,
and the Macumba and Finke Rivers in the west
3 In 1845
4 He was the President of the South Australian Branch of the
Royal Geographical Society of Australia
5 They took camels across the desert
6 In the western part, they are short, mostly less than 10 metres
high, and in the northern part, they are parallel and are up to 20
metres high
7 Two They are hummock glasses and spinifex
* After you read.
- Ask Ss to work in groups then answer the questions
- Go around and offer help if necessary
- Ask Ss to read aloud the answers then call others to give remarks
- Ask Ss to read aloud then translate the story into vietnamese
- Ask Ss to retell the story if there is enough time
1 Yes, it is
2 It is the interpreter’s pronunciation He pronounced the word
“dessert” wrongly, which made the American businesman
misunderstand him That’s really a great pity or shame
III) Homework assignment.
Ask Ss to prepare “ Speaking” in advance
- Give remarks then copy
- Work in groups then read aloud
- Give remarks then copy
- Work in groups then read aloud
- Give remarks then copy
- Work in groups then read aloud
- Give remarks then copy
UNIT NINE: DESERTS
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56thperiod
A) Aims To help Ss practise speaking about deserts.
B) Objectives By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to talk about natural features of deserts
and desert life, and express their ideas about related matters
C) Materials Textbook, handouts.
D) Methods Integrated, mainly communicative.
E) Anticipated problems Ss maynot be familiar with the topic.
F) Procedure.
Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
3
minutes
15
minutes
I) Warm up: Listen and write down the words you have just
heard
+ grass, goat, sheep, buffalo, banana, camel, horse, date palm,
cactus
- Check and give the answers
- Ask Ss to answer some questions
T: Which animal and plant can’t live in the desert?
S: buffalo, banana, horse
T: Why?
S: They can’t stand the heat and need a lot of water
=> Lead in the new lesson: LIFE IN THE DESERT
II) New lesson.
* Task 1 Check the list then give your opinion about it.
- Ask Ss to read through the task and go around to offer help if
necessary
- Help Ss read aloud the words and correct their mispronunciation
if necessary
- Give Ss some useful expressions
+ What kinds of trees and animals on this list do you think might
exist in the desert?
+ Why?
+ How come?
+ What about………?
* Ask 2 good Ss to make an example using the sugestions
A: What kinds of trees and animals on this list do you think might
exist in the desert?
B: I think date palms, cactus, grass, camels, and lizards can exist
in the desert because they don’t need a lot of water and can survive
under difficult conditions
A: What about banana trees?
B: I don’t think they can live in such hot weather Moreover, we
have never seen banana trees in pictures taken in deserts, have we?
- Ask Ss to work in pairs and go around to offer help if necessary
- Ask Ss to read aloud their dialogues then call others to give
remarks
- Give corrective feedback if necessary
* Task 2 Find out as many natural features of a desert as
- Work in individuals
- Read aloud then give remarks
- Answer the questions
- Copy
- Work in groups then read aloud
- Give remarks then copy
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-Help Ss by giving them some expressions
+ What do you know about…………?
+ It is said that…………
+ It says in the books that………
- Ask Ss to read aloud then call 2 good Ss to make an example
A: What do you know about the climate in the desert?
B: It is said that it’s very hot in the daytime but it is very cold at
night
A: I see, but it says in the books that there are some cold deserts
where it is very cold at some time of the year
B: And please tell me about the rainfall How often does it rain
here?
A: It rarely rains there so everything is very dry
B: Are there 4 seasons in the desert?
A: I am not sure but as far as I can remember in some cold deserts
there are hot summers and very cold winters
- Ask Ss to work in pairs then go around to offer help if necessary
- Ask Ss to read aloud then give corrective feedback if necessary
* Task 3 Make a dialogue with your friend.
- Ask Ss to work in groups and go around to offer help if
necessary
+ What are five things you should bring with you if……… ?
+ And what about + N ?
+ Would you need + N?
+ And what else would you need?
+ Why don’t you bring + N?
- Ask Ss to read aloud the dialogues then call others to give
remarks
- Give corrective feedback if necessary
A: What are five things you should bring with you if you are going
on an expedition across the desert?
B: I think I should bring a knife in case I need food to eat It is also
used to protect me from the attack of dangerous animals or bad
people
A: And what about a mosquito net? Would you need one?
B: Oh no I would have a face net and clothes long enough to cover
my whole body
A: And what else would you need?
B: Food is the next thing because it is very difficult to find food in
the desert I think we should bring as much food as possible
because we could get stuck there
A: Why don’t you bring a cell phone? It could be very helpful if
you got lost Someone could come and rescue you
B: Are you joking? Do you think there would be telephone waves/
signals in the desert? And how can we charge the battery?
III) Homework assignment
Ask Ss to prepare “Listening” in advamce
- Work in groups then read aloud
- Give remarks then copy
- Work in groups then read aloud
- Give remarks then copy
UNIT NINE: DESERTS
Trang 5Date:……… 3 rd lesson Listening
57thperiod
A) Aims To help Ss practise listening about deserts.
B) Objectives By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to listen for the understanding of the
passage and listen for specific details
C) Materials Textbook, handouts.
D) Methods Integrated, mainly communicative.
E) Anticipated problems Ss maynot be familiar with the topic.
F) Procedure.
Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
3
minutes
10
minutes
I) Warm up: - Complete the following sentence with your own
words
+ A desert is a place
- Ask Ss to work in groups then read aloud the anwers
- Call others to give remarks and correct if necessary
+ where there are no roads, buildings, cars, rivers
+ where it is hard to live
+ where it’s very hot during the daytime but very cold at night
Lead in the new lesson DESERTS – what they are and how they are formed
II) New lesson.
* Before you listen.
- Ask Ss to open their book then answer all the questions in the
textbook
- Ask Ss to work in pairs then read aloud the answers
- Correct their mistakes if necessary
1 A desert is a large area of land where it is always very hot and
dry and there is a lot of sand
2 A desert can be formed by various cases, the major of which is
global climatic change The second cause is the misutilisation of
land by humans such as poor land management and poor water
management and the deforestation
3 Yes, They can make a desert by the misutilisation of land, and
by the deforestation or overcultivation and incorrect irrigation
methods
* Listen and repeat – Ask Ss to read the words in silence then
listen to the tape the first time
- Ask Ss to read after the tape then read aloud
- Correct their mispronunciation and give them the meaning of the
words if necessary
+ Sahara (n) [sə'hɑ:rə] + firewood (n) củi ['faiəwud]
+ petroleum (n) dầu mỏ [pə'trouliəm] + Mauritania (n)
+ needle (n) lá kim 'ni:dl] + colony (n) thuộc địa ['kɔləni]
* While you read.
* Task 1 Listen and find out the sentences are true or false.
- Ask Ss to read the sentences carefully then guess the answers
- Ask Ss to read aloud the answers then write on the board
- Work in individuals
- Read aloud then give remarks
- Copy
- Work in groups
- Read aloud the answers
- Give remarks
- Copy
- Work in groups
- Guess the
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- Ask Ss to listen again and give the corrective answers
- Ask Ss to give remarks then give corrective feedback
1 True 2 False 3 True 4 False 5 True
* Task 2 Answer the following questions.
- Ask Ss to read the sentences carefully then guess the answers
- Ask Ss to read aloud the answers then write on the board
- Ask Ss to listen to the tape then work in groups to check their
guesses
- Ask Ss to listen again and give the corrective answers
- Ask Ss to give remarks then give corrective feedback
1 It examines deserts, what they are and how they are formed
2 It is very hot, dry, sandy place It is also a beautiful land of
silence and space The sun shines, the wind blows, and time and
space seem endless
3 Nature and humans
4 They contribute by eating every plant they can find This makes
the land become desert
* Task 3 Listen and fill in the missing word(s).
- Ask Ss to read the sentences carefully then guess the answers
- Ask Ss to read aloud the answers then write on the board
- Ask Ss to listen to the tape then work in groups to check their
guesses
- Ask Ss to listen again and give the corrective answers
- Ask Ss to give remarks then give corrective feedback
1 90 percent 2 smaller plants
3 prevent 4 spreading
5 capital 6 canals
* After you listen Summarise the main ideas of the expert’s talk.
- Ask Ss to work in groups and go around to offer help if
necessary
- Ask Ss to pay attention to the suggestions in their texbooks
- Ask Ss to read aloud then give corrective feedback if necessary
+ What is a desert? It is a hot, dry, sandy place It is also a
beautiful land of silence and space The sun shines, the wind
blows, and time and space seem endless Only trees with hard
needles can grow in the deserts
+ What causes the growth of a desert? Nature and humans
contribute to the growing of deserts Human beings cut down trees
for firewood When the trees are gone, the small plants die and the
land becomes desert
+ What should humans do to prevent the growth of deserts?
Humans can plant trees and build long canals to bring water to the
desert areas
III) Homework assignment.
Ask Ss to prepare “writing” in advance
aloud the answers
- Give remarks then copy
- Work in groups
- Guess the answers
- Listen then read aloud the answers
- Give remarks then copy
- Work in groups
- Guess the answers
- Listen then read aloud the answers
- Give remarks then copy
- Work in groups
- Read aloud the answers then give remarks
- Copy
UNIT NINE: DESERTS
Date:……… 4 th lesson Writing
Trang 7A) Aims To help Ss practise writing a passage about the Sahara desert.
B) Objectives By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to write a passage about the Sahara
desert, using the given information
C) Materials Textbook, handouts.
D) Methods Integrated, mainly communicative.
E) Anticipated problems Ss maynot be familiar with the topic.
F) Procedure.
Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
3
minutes
10
minutes
30
minutes
I) Warm up – Look at the picture then describe it.
- Ask Ss to give their ideas by answering the question and write on
the board
+ What do you know about the Sahara?
Very big, sandy, in Africa, hot and dry climate, cactus, the date
palms, camels, nomads, sand dunes
lead in the new lesson THE SAHARA DESERT
II) New lesson.
* Task 1 Preparing to write.
- Ask Ss to read through the information in the table
- Help Ss by giving the meaning of newwords
+ arid (a) khô cằn ['ổrid]
+ moisture (n) hơi ẩm ['mɔist∫ə]
+ oas (n) ốc đảo, nơi mầu mỡ [,ou'eisi:z]
+ tableland (n) bình nguyên, nơi cao nguyên ['teibllổnd]
+ elevation (n) độ cao so với mặ nớc biển [,eli'vei∫n]
+ cactus( n) cây xơng rồng ['kổktəs]
+ cacti (n) ['kổktai]
+ acacia (n) cây keo [ə'kei∫ə]
+ gazelle (n) linh dơng gazel [gə'zel]
+ antelope (n) con sơn dơng ['ổntiloup]
+ jackal (n) chó rừng ['dʒổkɔ:l]
- Ask Ss to read after the teacher then read aloud
- Ask Ss to read the table again then translate into Vietnamese
* Task 2 Writing the passage.
- Ask Ss to work in groups and go around to offer help if
necessary
- Ask Ss to exchange their writings then correct the mistakes by
themselve
- Ask some Ss to read their writings then call others to give
remarks if necessary
- Give corrective feedback if necessary
- Give a sample writing
The Sahara is the largest desert in the world It is in northern
Africa, East of Atlantic Ocean and west of the Red Sea and Iraq It
lies largely in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egupt,
Mauritania, Mali, Niger and Sudan
This desert has a total area of more than 9,065,000 square
- Work in groups
- Read aloud then give remarks
- Copy
- Read in silence
- Find out newwords
- Read aloud then copy
- Work in groups
- Exchange the writings then correct the mistakes
- Read aloud a writing then give remarks
- Copy
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length from the east to the west There is a total absence of
moisture so it is very dry It is very hot in summer and extremely
cold in winter
The Sahara is on a tableland with an elevation of 400 to 500
meters It is an arid dandy land with few oases but many large
sand dunes
Very few forms of animal and vegetable life exist there The
main trees which can be found there are cacti, the date palms, and
a form of acacia Only animals like gazellers, antelopes, foxes,
jackals and camels are found in this desert
III) Homework assignment.
Ask Ss to write the passage again at home and prepare “language
focus” in advance
UNIT NINE: DESERTS
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59thperiod
A) Aims To help Ss practise pronouncing full and contracted forms of auxiliaries and using
so,but, however and therefore
B) Objectives By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to pronounce full and constracted forms
of auxiliaries and to use so, but, however and therefore correctly
C) Materials Textbook, handouts.
D) Methods Integrated, mainly communicative.
E) Anticipated problems Ss maynot be familiar with the topic.
F) Procedure.
Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
3
minutes
15
minutes
I) Warm up Listen and check if there are differences between
every two words
- The teacher read aloud and Ss listen to the teacher then do the
task
- Ask Ss to read aloud the answers
- Write the pairs of words on the board
1 he’s – his 2 hill – he’ll 3 there – they’re
4 your – you’re 5 time – I’m
- Ask Ss to read and give remarks
=> Lead in the new lesson: Full form and contracted form of
auxiliaries verbs
II) New lesson.
1) Pronunciation.
* Task1 Listen to the teacher.
- Ask Ss to open their textbook
- Play the tape then ask Ss to read after the tape
- Ask Ss to work in pairs then read aloud
- Call some Ss to read aloud then call others to give remarks
- Give corrective feedback if necessary
* Task 2 Practise reading these sentences
- Ask Ss to read the sentences in silence first
- Ask Ss to listen to the tape then read after the tape
- Ask Ss to read aloud again then listen to the tape to check up
- Give corrective feedback if necessary
2) Grammar
* Connectors: so, but, however and therefore
+ So – therefore: are used to connect 2 simple sentences They
are used to express the cause and effect relation
- So : co-ordinating conjunction
Ex: The climate in the Arctic region is very severe, so very few
animals can live there
- Therefore : an adverb which is used as a connector
Ex: The food prices rise too much; therefore, people’s life
becomes difficult
+ But – however : expressed the contrast or opposition
- But : co-ordinating conjunction
- Work in groups
- Read aloud then copy
- Read in silence
- Work in individuals then in pairs
- Read aloud then give remarks
- Copy
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- However : an adverb is used as a connector
Ex: The test was very difficult; however, all students were able to
finish it
* Exercise1 Add so or but and a comma where apropriate.
- Ask Ss to read through the exercise then help them do
- Ask Ss to work in individuals then in pairs
- Go around and offer help if necessary then call some Ss to read
aloud their answers and call others to give remarks
- Call a student to write the answers on the board then give
corrective feedback if necessary
1 so 2 but 3 so 4 but
5 so 6 but 7 but 8 so
* Exercise 2 Underline the correct alternative in the
followings sentences.
- Ask Ss to read through the exercise then help them do
- Ask Ss to work in individuals then in pairs
- Go around and offer help if necessary then call some Ss to read
aloud their answers and call others to give remarks
- Call a student to write the answers on the board then give
corrective feedback if necessary
1 but 2 however 3 yet 4 so
5 but 6 However 7 however 8 but
* Exercise 3 Add so, therefore or however where apropriate.
- Ask Ss to read through the exercise then help them do
- Ask Ss to work in individuals then in pairs
- Go around and offer help if necessary then call some Ss to read
aloud their answers and call others to give remarks
- Call a student to write the answers on the board then give
corrective feedback if necessary
1 therefore 2 so 3 so 4 Therefore
5 However 6 Therefore 7 so 8 However
III) Homework assignment.
Ask Ss to prepare ‘Unite 10” in advance
- Read in silence
- Work in individuals then in pairs
- Read aloud then give remarks
- Copy
- Read in silence
- Work in individuals then in pairs
- Read aloud then give remarks
- Copy
- Read in silence
- Work in individuals then in pairs
- Read aloud then give remarks
- Copy