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UNIT 10
RECYCLING

PERIOD 61 LESSON 1 : GETTING STARTED
LISTEN AND READ
A / Aims and objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to do
something to protect the environment and save natural resources .
B / Teaching aids : Textbook , posters , cassette , 6 flashcards , a chart …
C / Procedure :
I /
Warm up
:
Brainstorming

(Getting started)

Reuse plastic bags

- Ask Ss to think of ways to reduce the amount of
garbage they produce .
- Deliver posters to Ss , dividing them into 4 groups
- Tell Ss to put the posters on the board after they
finish and the team having the most good ideas is




Group work of
4/5 teams

Ways to
reduce the
amount of
the winner .
- Give feedback
( Use cloth bags , use tree leaves to wrap things ,
make garbage into fertilizer , make vegetable matter
into animal food … )
 Lead in to new lesson .
II / Pre – reading : Introduce the topic of the
passage reading and some new words to Ss .
1. Pre – teach vocabulary :
- representative (n) = dai dien
- to protect = to keep so/ sth safe from danger .
-> to protect so / sth from so / sth
- natural resource (n) : coal mines , oil / gold /
mineral deposits
- to recycle “ to make sth already used able to be
used again .
- to contact = to communicate with so by telephone
or letter .
-> Have Ss copy .
* Checking technique : Jumbled words

Individual







- Stick 6 flashcards with jumbled words on the
board


- Ask Ss to rewrite the words in the right order .
- Tell Ss the first two groups with right words will
get 2 points .
- Correct and give feedback
contact – representative – resource
natural – protect – recycle
2. True / false predictions
- Set the scene “ A representative from Friends of
the Earth , Miss Blake , is talking to the students of
Quang Trung School . Friends of the Earth shows

people how to protect the environment and save
Teacher – Ss





Whole class






Group work of
4/5 Ss





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natural resources “
- Put the chart with the statements on the board .
1. Friends of the Earth is an organization to help
people make friends with each other .
2. Miss Blake asks the students to remember 3
things : reduce , reuse , recycle .
3. Reduce means buying the products which are
over packed .
4. We can not reuse things like envelopes , glass ,
plastic bottles , old plastic bags .
5. Miss Blake says that we should use cloth bags
and should not use plastic bags at all .
6. Recycling means not just throwing things away
but trying and finding another use for them .
- Ask Ss to work in pairs to decide if the statements
are true or false .
- Call on some Ss to read their guesses and write
them on the board .
II / While – reading :
1. Checking predictions

Teacher – Ss










- Ask Ss to open their books , listen to the tape
while reading the dialogue .
- Call on Ss to correct the false statements .
- Give feedback
1. False -> an organization to help people
2. True
3. False -> Reduce means not buying …
4. False -> We can reuse things …
5. True 6. True
2. Comprehension questions :
- Ask Ss to look at the questions and work in pairs .

- Monitor and help Ss with their work
- Call on some pairs to practice asking and
answering the questions .
- Give feedback
a. Reduce means not buying products which are
over packed .
b. We can reuse things like envelopes , glass ,
plastic bottles and old plastic bags .
c. Recycle means not just throwing things away .






Pair work

Individual



Whole class







Try and find another use for them .

d. We can look for information on recycling things
by having a contact with an organization like
Friends of the Earth , going to the local library or
asking your family and friends .
e. We should not use plastic bags because when we
throw them away , they could stay very long and
could not be self- destroyed .
IV / Post – reading :
Discussion
“How to protect our environment ?”
- Ask Ss to express their opinions / ideas on this
topic .
- Write their ideas on the board into a list
- Give feedback , correct and hove them copy .
V / Homework :
1. Write the questions and full answers in your
exercise notebook .
2. Do the exercises ( 1,2 ) in the Workbook .
* Feedback :






Pair work

Individual
Individual