unit 11- speaking

Objectives By the end of the lesson, students will be able to: - Use the required language and knowledge to talk about the advantages and disadvantages of using alternative sources of en

Lesson plan Unit 11: Sources of energy

Part B: Speaking

I Class description:41 students of grade 11A11, Thang Long High School

II Objectives

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

- Use the required language and knowledge to talk about the advantages and disadvantages of using alternative sources of energy

- Use the required language and knowledge to talk about the use of alternative sources of energy in the future

III Materials

Textbook, handouts and the board

IV Anticipated problems

- Students may not have enough vocabulary and structure to talk about the topic, so the teacher should ready to help

- Students may be shy to speak; therefore, the teacher should find suitable ways to motivate them by creating variety of interesting activities

V Procedure.

activities

2’ Greeting - Greet the whole class: Good afternoon

- Ask Ss some questions:

How are you, today?

Is there anyone absent today?

- Greet the teacher: Stand up and say: Good

afternoon, teacher.

-Answer T’s

6’

Warming-up: lucky

flowers.

-Prepare a game: prepare 6 flower-shaped pieces of paper,

in each of which a source of energy is mentioned and Ss’

task is to guess what source it is

-Introduce the rules: There are 8 flower-shaped pieces of

paper In each piece, information related to one source of energy is mentioned Your task is to guess what source of energy it is?

Anyone wants to join in the game will come here and pick

up one piece, read aloud your question and then answer it.

If you can’t give the answer, the turn is for the others Also, there are some pieces are lucky ones, which has the words”gook luck” If you pick up a piece of paper like this, you will receive a present without having to do something

- Get Ss to join in the game.

- Check Ss’ answers and give presents to Ss who have correct answers

- Questions:

What source of energy is it?

1 It is not only plentiful and unlimited but also clean and safe

2 It includes oil, coal and natural gas

3 It is a clean source of energy However, if the wind does not blow, there is no energy at all

4 It costs a lot of money because people have to build dams to use this source of energy

5 It comes from deep inside of the earth

-Listen to the rule of the game

- Join in the game

voluntarily

6 It can provide enough electricity for the world’s needs

for hundreds of years, but it can be very dangerous.

Answers:

1 Solar energy

2 Fossil fuels

3 Wind power

4 Water power

5 Geothermal heat

6 Nuclear energy

6’

Before

speaking

Vocabulary: Prepared handouts

- Deliver handouts to Ss and asks them to work individually:

All of you received the handouts, right? Your task is to match the words in column A with the right answers in column B Work individually in 2 minutes.

HANDOUT 1 (individual work):

Match the words in column A with the right answers in column B.

1. Enormous (a)

A. The sending out of heat, energy, etc in the form of rays

2. Radiation (n) B ANTONYM: limited

3. Abundant (a) C SYNONYM: huge

4. Renewable (a)

D Complete the sentence: we

-Ss work individually

to match the words in column A with the right answers column B in the handouts

- Ss present their

answers

have……… rice.

There’s no rice left

5. Run out (v) E That is replaced

naturally

- Check the answers

29’ While you

speak

Answer :

1 C

2 A

3 B

4 E

5 D

Task 1: (8’)

- Lead-in task 1: And now we move to task 1

-Ask an S to read aloud the requirement of task 1: Who

can help me read aloud the requirement of task 1.

So in this task, we have to identify which statement talk about advantage and which statement talk about the disadvantage Write A for advantage and D for disadvantage.

- Ask Ss to do task 1 individually Do task 1 individually

and then I will call one of you to come to the board and write down the answers.

- Call on an S to come to the board and write down the answers

-Read the requirement and do task 1 individually

- Check the answers with the whole class.

- Ask Ss to work in pairs (one asks and one answers): And

now work in pairs: one asks and one answer For example, the 1 st statement talks about the disadvantage of fossil fuels so one asks: What is the disadvantage of fossil

fuels? And the other answers: Fossil fuels will be

exhausted within a relatively short time

Do you understand? so now do as the example.

-Ask some pairs to stand up and present

Task 2:(11’)

-Lead-in task 2: From task 1, you have known that

alternative sources of energy have both advantages and disadvantages to our life, so when we want to talk about their advantages and disadvantages how we say it in English Let look at the samples in the book.

- Read aloud the sample: Listen to me

- Ask Ss to practice the dialogue in pairs

* Analyze the dialogue:

Now look at the dialogue again and pick out the

structures used to ask for opinions, expressing opinions.

What structures are used to ask for opinion?(Ss answer)

Do you know any other structures? (Ss answer) What about structures used to express opinions? (Ss

answer)

Any other structures? (Ss answer)

* And now I will provide you with more structures: (T distributes handouts to Ss) Look through all the

-Work in pair: one asks and one answer

-Listen to T

- Practice the dialogue in pairs

- Pick out structures to ask for and give opinions

in the sample dialogue -Give more structures they have known

structures, if you have any questions, feel free to ask.

HANDOUT 2:

Asking for opinions:

Why do you think / believe so?

What’s your opinion about?

What do you think about?

Expressing opinions:

I think/ believe………….

Personally, I think/ believe………

In my opinion,

Expressing agreements

I agree

I think so, too That’s true/ right and……….

Expressing disagreements

Well, maybe That might be true, but………

-Ask Ss to work in pairs and make similar dialogues, using

the provided words and structures: Work in pairs and

make similar dialogues, using the provided words and structures In the sample, they talk about wind power and you can talk about solar energy, nuclear power, etc.

- Call on some pairs to present their own dialogues Give feedback

- Learn some more

structures provided by T

-Work in pairs and make similar dialogues -Present their dialogues in front of the class

Task 3(10)

-Prepare handouts and deliver to Ss Ask them to work in

groups: With this activity, I would like you to work in

group of 4 and then one representative of your group will come to the board and report what you have talked about.

(marking)

- Go around offering some help

-Ask Ss come to the board and present

HANDOUT 2 ( group work) Talk on the topic:

Your belief on the increasing use of alternative sources of energy in the future?

Sources

of energy

saving energy in the future?

Solar energy Water power Wind power Geother mal heat Nuclear power

-Work in groups

- Report their ideas

Suggested ideas: ways of saving energy

-reduce the amount of water using every day

- turn off the lights when we go out

- Ask Ss to report their ideas

2' Wrapping

up

-T summarizes the main points of the lesson

-T gives homework: Write a paragraph about the most potential source of energy in the future

-Listen to T -Write homework in their

notebook