South Asia is the biggest region, - T gives feedbacks and a sample paragraph making up 32% of the world population.. The to Ss handouts.[r]
Trang 1Department of Education
Long Xuyen High School
LESSON PLAN
Instructor: Vo Thi Mai Thao
Unit 7: World Population
A Objectives:
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to write descriptions of pie charts, using
appropriate language
B Materials: Textbook, lesson plan, chalks, posters
C Estimated time: 45 minutes.
D Procedure:
The chart in the textbook (page 86)
-suggested questions:
a) What does the chart look like?
b) What does the chart shows?
c) Are the parts in the chart equal?
d) What are the continents in the chart?
Suggested answers:
a) It looks like a pie / it is a round so it is a pie
chart
b) It shows the distribution of world population
by region
c) No, they are not
d) They are Asia, Europe, Africa, America, and
Oceania
- T asks Ss to look on page 86
- T asks Ss some questions relating to the chart
- Ss answer the questions
- T gives the answers
- T explains more about the chart
10’
(3’)
(4’)
II) PRE-WRITING:
- Useful words:
To rank: xếp hạng
To consist of / include / contain: bao gồm
To divide into: chia thành
Trend (n): xu hướng
Account for: giải thích cho
Make up: tạo nên
Make up less than… percent
The most + adj, the second most + adj,
…substantially / somewhat / slightly
more + adj than…
* Exercise: Fill in the blanks:
- T pre-teaches some new words concerning with the writing
Trang 21) It can be seen that _ is the biggest
region with 32%
2) East Asia is the second one, making up
_ of the world population
3) Europe’s population is nearly half of _
4) America ranks third after _ with 14%
5) America consists of _ and
6) _ population is 3% less than America’s
7) Oceania is the least populated region with
the smallest percentage of _
Key:
1) South Asia
2) 26%
3) South Asia’s
4) Europe with 14%
5) Latin America / Northern America
6) Africa’s
7) 2%
Useful expressions:
oThe chart shows / describes/ presents the…
oAccording to the chart, …
oFrom the chart , it can be seen that …
oAccounts for…percent
oRank first / last…
oHalf as much as / nearly half of
oMore than half of the world’s population
lives in
oThe least populated region is…
oIt’s clear that…
oAs can be seen from the chart…
oIn general, …
oIn a word, …
- T asks Ss to do the task 1 in pair 4 minutes
- Ss do the task with a partner
- T calls on some Ss to give the answers
- T checks the answer with the whole class
- T shows some useful expressions of each part of the writing (uses a poster)
- Ss copy down
16’ III) WHILE-WRITING:
Write a paragraph of 100 – 120 words using
the information in the chart:
- T asks Ss to write the paragraph in 15 minutes
- T moves around to control and gives helps (structures, vocabulary ) if necessary
12’ IV) POST-WRITING:
Sharing and comparing
- Sample writing:
The pie chart shows the distribution of the
world population by region Overall, more than
half of the world’s population lives in South
and East Asia
It can be seen that Asia ranks first in
- T asks Ss to work in pairs, share the writing with each other and choose the best paragraph to speak out
- Ss correct the mistakes for their partners
- T goes around to give helps
- T calls on some Ss to speak out
- T asks Ss to give their comments
- T collects the writings of Ss
Trang 3population South Asia is the biggest region,
making up 32% of the world population The
second largest area is East Asia with 6% less
than South Europe ranks second after Asia
with 15% Its population is nearly half of South
Asia’s Coming next is America which
accounts for 14% in all, 8% of which belongs
to Latin America and the rest belongs to
Northern America The fourth rank is Africa
with 3% less than America Finally, Oceania is
the least populated region with the smallest
percentage of 2%
In a word, the population of the world is
distributed unevenly among regions
- T gives feedbacks and a sample paragraph
to Ss (handouts)
- Write a complete paragraph in their own
words basing on the corrected ideas
- Exercise in the workbook (page 51)
- T summarizes the lesson (if enough time).
- T asks Ss to learn the useful language, rewrite the paragraph, do the exercise in workbook and prepare for the next lesson
- Ss take notes
Long Xuyen, November 8th 2009
Long Xuyen, November 8th 2009
Instructor
Student
Nguyễn Thị Hà Vi