- Use some vocabularies and structures to talk about space travel - Interact a conversation about English language.
1. Knowledge:
a. Vocabulary: vocabulary related to astronomy and space travel b. Grammar: Past simple and past perfect(review)
2. Competences: Groupwork, independent working, pairwork, linguistic competence, cooperative learning and communicative competence.
3. Qualities: Ss will be more responsible for and be more aware of discovering and developing space to travel.
II. TEACHING AIDS
1. Materials: Textbooks, plan.
2. Equipment: computer, projector, loudspeaker.
III. PROCEDURE
1. Checking: During the lesson 2. New lesson:
Teacher’s and students’ activities Content 1. Warm up
Aim: To warm up the class and lead in new lesson Content: do the following tasks and practise skills
Organization
- T asks Ss to tell the planets in the solar system.
- T asks: +Do you want to travel to one of the planets?
+ Can you tell some popular films about space?
(Martian, Apollo 13, Gravity…) - T leads in the topic of the unit.
Expected outcome
- Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
2. Presentation
Aim: Ss know some vocabulary related to astronomy and space travel Content: do the following tasks and practise skills
Organization
-Where are Phuc and Nick? May be, In Phuc’s room.
Expected outcome
* New words
- astronaut (n) ['ổstrənɔ:t] : phi hành gia
What are they talking? About the space What can you see in the room?
What do you think Phuc is interested in? Why do you think so?
- their answers Ss answer as a class
- T plays the recording -> Ss follow along - Ss compare their answers with the
information in the dialogue
(pic)
- astronomy (n) [əs'trɔnəmi]: thiên văn học (trans)
- spacewalk (n)['speiswɔ:k]: chuyến đi bộ trong không gian (trans)
- satellite (n) ['sổtəlait] : vệ tinh (pic) - rocket (n) ['rɔkit]: tên lửa (pic)
- meteorite (n)['mi:tjərait] : thiên thạch (explanation)
- habitable (adj)[hổbitəbl]: cú đủ điều kiện cho sự sống (explanation)
- mission (n)['mi∫n]: chuyến đi, nhiệm vụ (trans)
- microgravity(n) [maikrəugrổvəti]:
tình trạng không trọng lượng - parabolic flight (n) [pổrə’ɔnik flait]:
chuyến bay tạo môi trường không trọng lượng
3. Practice
Aim: Ss can understand the dialogue and do exercises Content: do the following tasks and practise skills
Organization Activity 1:
a/ Now tell Ss to look at the text of the conversation. Play the recording and have Ss follow along. Have Ss then work in pairs to do the matching exercise.
b/ Have Ss continue to work in pairs and answer the questions. Give feedback as a class. Ask Ss to say where in the conversation they found the answers to the questions.
Expected outcome
a/ Draw lines to match the words with the definitions.
Key:
1. d 2. e 3. f 4. c 5. b 6. a
b/ Answer the questions Key:1. Phuc was crazy about space.
2. He had learnt about the universe and had collected lots of books about space.
3. To show that there are more things in the list but that it’s not necessary to list
everything.
4. He wasn’t very impressed because he thought the meteorite was like an ordinary
c/ Have Ss discuss the questions: ‘Who is keener on space travel – Phuc or Nick? Why do you think so?’
Ask Ss to give as much information in the text to support their answers as possible.
Activity 2:
Have Ss work individually for this exercise. Ask them to pay attention to the photos and the key words/ content words in the sentences. Have Ss then compare their answers with a partner.
piece of rock.
5. By scuba diving in a flight suit and by taking a parabolic flight to experience microgravity.
6. He compares it to a ride on a rollercoaster.
c/ Who is keener on space travel – Phuc or Nick? Why?
Key:
Phuc seems keener on space travel than Nick. He was crazy about space when he was young. Phuc knows more about space and astronauts. He says he’d love to experience microgravity, whereas Nick thinks microgravity sounds scary.
Activity 2: Find the words in the box to match the picture in each description Key:
1. satellite 2. telescope 3. universe 4. meteorite 5. rocket 6. spacecraft 4. Further practice
Aim: Ss can play game
Content: do the following tasks and practise skills Organization
-Write the eight Voc words on small pieces of paper, shuffle the paper, and keep them face down. Then one person turns over the pieces of paper one by one, and call out either the actual words or the definitions.
-Players find the words in their grid as they are called, and mark them off. When a player has marked three box down , cross or diagonally ( counting the “ free space), he or she calls out
“Bingo” and win the round.
Expected outcome Activity 3:
Game: SPACE BINGO
3. Guides for homework Ký duyệt ngày:...
- Prepare A CLOSER LOOK 1
Week: 28 Period 82