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Unit 10 Recycling
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




Group work of 4/5
teams




Ways to reduce

the amount of
garbage

- Tell Ss to put the posters on the board after
they finish and the team having the most good
ideas is 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

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be used again .
- to contact = to communicate with so by
telephone or letter .
-> Have Ss copy .
* Checking technique : Jumbled words
- 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 .



Teacher – Ss

Whole class






Group work of 4/5
Ss
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- 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 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 .














Teacher – Ss



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
- 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













Pair work

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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 . Try and find another use for them .
d. We can look for information on recycling

Whole class

Pair work


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 .

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2. Do the exercises ( 1,2 ) in the Workbook .
* Feedback :




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