Giáo án Anh văn lớp 11 - Unit 14 - Period 113 pot

Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced)
Period 113 : Preparation date : 30 /3/2008
Unit14 : Lesson : Space Conquest –Reading (cont)
I. Aims :
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to skim for general ideas.
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to scan for specific details.
II. Lexical items :
- architect - propose - complex - domed structure
- surface - excursion - vast - frontier
III. Structures :
-Moon buses may transport guests on low gravity excursion
IV. Teaching aids:
- textbook - picture / drawings
- chalk - handouts
V. Techniques :
- Skill – based ( reading, speaking)
VI. Procedures :
State/time Teacher’s and students’ activities Blackboard Materials
1. Warm-
up & lead-
in
(7’)
Checking Vocabulary: “Rub out and
remember”
- rub out the words and leave the
explanations on the board.
- point at each explanation and have SS
speak out the word
- again, point at any explanation ( not in
the order written on the board) and have
SS to call

Transition: to understand more clearly
about the text, today we’ll learn the
comprehension - write down on the
board:









Period 113 : Unit :14
Space Conquest – reading
(cont)



photocopies








Chalk and
board.

2. Pre-
reading
(10’)





Summarize the main ideas of p1 and
p2
- call on a St to summarize the text which
they learnt last time
- comment and correct them
out the word.
1.Brainstorming
-Ask SS the following question to elicit
vocabulary about the topic:
‘What do you know about space
exploration?’

Chalk and
board



-Tell SS to write down words in the mind
map.
People Equipment
Yuri Gagarin Space Spacesuit
Exploration
Country Achievement
USA Other spacewalk
NASA
Checking General Knowledge ( task a,
p. 192)
-Read the question in task a and ask SS
to choose the best answers to each
question.
- Check with the whole class.




3. while -
reading
(20’)

Activity 1: Questions and answers
(task b, p. 193 )
-Tell SS to read the text again and find
the answers to the questions.
- Ask Ss to work with a partner, ask and
answer the questions.
-Call on pairs to ask and answer them
and check with the whole class.
Activity 2: Which Section? Which
information?
This is the handout:
Read the text and write A, B
or C beside each question.
Which section mentions:
A space station for holiday
makers?
Surveys on the demand for
space tourism?
The price of c ticket into
space?

Chalk +
book +
small board

-Put SS into pairs and give out handouts
of pieces of information from the
passage.
-Ask SS read the text and answer the
questions by writing the section which
mentions the piece of information in the
space provided.
-Tell SS to compare answers in small
groups and then go over the answers with
the class.
Expected answers: 1.B 2.A 3.B 4.C
5.A 6.B 7.C 8.B
A hotel powered by solar
energy?
The percentage of people
who wish to travel into
space?
A hotel that orbits the
Earth?

The use of lunar ice for
drinking water?
The space trip taken by two
Japanese businessmen?










4. Post-
reading
(10’)


Discussion
-Arrange SS to work in small groups of 4
or 5.
- Ask them discuss the following
questions:
a. If affordable, would you like to take a
space trip? Why? Why not?
b. Where would you go?
c. How long would you stay there?
d. What would you to there?
- go around monitor and give help if

necessary.

.

textbooks




- call on SS to report about their groups’
and invite to give comments.

5.
Homework

(2’)
Ask SS to complete the rest of the
exercises in the text book





Book and
notebook