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Trang 1UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION Period 1: READING (cont) I/ Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
- Use the information they have read to discuss the topic
- Ss can base on the information in the passage to correct the wrong sentences
- Develop such reading micro-skills as scanning for specific ideas
II/ Materials: Textbook, handouts, computer.
III/ Procedure:
10’ I/ Warm up:
- T asks Ss to play the game: “Tam Sao
That Ban”
- T devices Ss into three groups (each
group have 5 Ss) and each group
selects a leader to stand in front of the
line T tells Ss how to play the game
- T lets the leader see the sentence
which each group has to write on the
black board Which group finishes first
is the winner Which group loses, they
will be punished
- T lets the Ss play game
The secret sentence:
“The population of the world has been
increasing faster and faster”.
- Ss listen to the T
- Select the leader
- The leader sees the sentence
- Ss begin to play the game
Trang 2II/ While you read: (cont)
- T asks the Ss to read the passage one
more again and then do the following
exercise:
Find out the wrong word and correct
it:
1 The population of the world has been decreasing faster and faster.
2 In A.D.1, there were 30 million people.
3 By 2015 it is expected to be over
7 million people.
4 Scientists give the same answers
to the question: “Does the Earth have enough resources to
support this many people?”
5 Our resources are unlimited.
6 Some scientists say that we must increase population growth.
- T asks Ss to work individually and
then exchange the answers to the
partner
- T calls some Ss to correct these
sentences and asks Ss to explain, show
where the information is in the text
- Ss read the passage
- Ss do the exercise
- Work individually
- Ss correct:
1 The population of the world has been increasing faster and
Trang 3- Besides some incorrect sentences
which T gives, T asks Ss to make other
incorrect sentences and then asks other
group to correct it (Group 1 makes,
group 2 corrects Group 2 makes, group
3 corrects Group 3 makes, group 1
corrects)
TASK 2:
Instruction: You are required to read
the passage and answer the five
questions in the book.
faster.
2 In A.D.1, there were
300 million people.
3 By 2015 it is expected to be over 7 million people.
4 Different scientists give the different answers to the question: “Does the Earth have enough resources to support this many people?”
5 Some scientists say that we must limit population growth.
- Ss in whole class work together
Trang 4- T asks the Ss how to do this task If
they don’t remember, T may instruct
them to use some strategies to do the
task
+ First, skim the six questions to
understand them and:
● Underline the key words For
instance, in question 1 Ss can underline
what, population, 10,000 B.C, 1750…
● Decide what information they need
to find in the text
+ Go back to the first question and
locate the information for the question
by finding the key words in the passage
and mark the place
+ Read the part carefully to find the
answer Ss can use their own words
+ Continue with the rest of the
questions
- T instructs the Ss to play “Lucky
number” game:
+T shows a table which consists of 8
numbers Five of eight numbers are
five questions in the book Three of
them are lucky number (3, 4, and 8)
-T divides class into three groups and
tells Ss the rules of game:
“Firstly, choose a number you like
- Ss listen to the T’s instruction
- Ss observe
- Ss work in group
Trang 5Secondly, read the question in 3
minutes If you can answer, you will
get 5 marks If you have no answer,
others group will have chance to
answer If you choose a lucky number,
you get 10 marks without answering
Questions:
1 What was the population of the
world in 10,000 B.C., 1750, 1850,
1950, 1985, and 2000?
2 How many people is the world
expected to have by the year 2015?
3 Lucky number.
4 Lucky number.
5 Can the Earth have enough
resources to support its population?
6 Why can’t women in the world limit
the size of their families?
7 Do most Third World women want
to have a lot of children?
8 Lucky number
-T lets Ss play game
III After you read:
- T designs the activity T shows the
name of five countries and asks Ss to
work in pairs to order these countries
according to their population Number
one is the most populated country
- Ss play the game
- Ss observe and work
in group
Trang 6Then Ss work in group and find where
these countries are and which is the
richest, which is the poorest of them
Put the list in order by entering the
number 1 through 5 in the boxes
provided:
□ Indonesia
□ China
□ Brazil
□ The United States
□ India
- T asks the Ss to work in groups of
three or four and put the list in order
- T calls some groups to give the
answers Other groups listen and give
some comments
- T gives Ss some information about
the population of these countries
1 China : 1.400 million
2 India : 1.100 million
3 United Stated : 302 million
4 Indonesia : 245 million
5 Brazil : 189 million
- Work in group to put the list in order
- Some group gives the answers:
1 China
2 India
3 United States
4 Indonesia
5 Brazil.
- Ss write down
Trang 7- T asks the whole class:
“Which country is the richest?”
“Which country is the poorest?”
VI/ Homework:
- T asks the Ss to read the passage
again and summaries the main points
- Asks the Ss learn by heart new words
and make sentences with them
- Prepare for the next period: Speaking
- End the lesson
- Ss answer:
The United States
Indonesia.
- Ss write down