Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced) Period 112 pps

Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced)
Period 112 : Preparation date : 27 /3/2011
Unit14 : Lesson : Space Conquest ( Reading)
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 :
-conduct -envisage -frontier -sponsor -ferry -
explore

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’)
Game: Cut – up Pictures

-Divide the class into three
groups ,A,B , C

-Give each group the
pieces of 3 pictures cut up
and shuffled. (Yuri
Gagarin, Neil Armstrong,
and an astronaut).
(appendix)
-tell the groups to put the
pieces together to have
complete pictures and then
write the names in the












photocopies

space provided.
-When they have finished,
stick their pictures on the
board.
-The first group to finish
and get all correct scores 5
points. With a correct
name, the group wins
another 5 points.
-the group with more
points wins the game.
-Check SS’ understanding
of instructions and have
them start the game.
-Declare the winner.
-From the pictures, elicit
from SS the topic of the
next unit: ‘These pictures
represent the topic of the

Period : Unit
:14
Space
Conquest (












Chalk and
board.
next unit. What is it?’
Transition: - Yes, and
that’s the topic of Unit 14.
In the reading today, we ‘ll
get to know more about
space exploration in the
world.
- write down on the board:
Reading)

2. Pre-
reading
(5’)





Teaching Vocabulary
-Teach some vocabulary
items through a multiple
choice task.
-Ask SS to choose the
word or phrase that is
closest it meaning to the
word in bold.
Expected answers: 1.b
2.a 3.a 4.b 5.c 6
-Have SS listen and repeat

1….the market
research on the
demand for
space tourism
a. equipment b.
need c. request

2… the first
research was
conducted in

Japan
Chalk and
board



the words, one by one.


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.
a. carried out b.
indicated c.
investigated
3. This survey
revealed that…
a. showed b.
proved c.
proposed
4. NASA is
sponsoring a
project…
a. working on

b. supporting
financially
c. preparing
5. Wimberley
Allison Tong &
Goo envisages
a hotel
a. builds b.
constructed c.
imagines

3. while -
reading
(15’)










Activity 1: True – False
Statements ( task a, p.
193)
- T ask Ss to read the text
and the statements about
the space exploration and

decide if the they are true
or false.
- Tell Ss to compare
answers with a partner.
- Call on SS to read the
sentences aloud and say
their choice. Ask SS to
give explanations for false
sentences
-check with the whole
Task a:



Chalk +
book +
small board

class.
Activity 2: 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.







4. Post-
reading
(15’)


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?
textbooks



- go around monitor and
give help if necessary.
- call on SS to report about
their groups’ and invite to
give comments.

b. Where would
you go?
c. How long
would you stay
there?
d. What would
you to there?

5.
Homework

(2’)
Sentence Building

- Tell SS to make
meaningful sentence using
the cues given.
1. Many people/ willing /
pay/to/three
months/salary/trip/outer
space.
2.Tow Japanese/pay/about
$ 8 million /join/Russian
space trip/ 2001.




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