Giáo án Tiếng Anh lớp 10: Unit6: ENVIRONMENT Lesson 4 : Reading pot

Unit6: ENVIRONMENT
Lesson 4 : Reading
A. Aims: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to read the poem and
understand it in details
* Teaching aids:
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Tape + extra board
b. Content:
I. Pre
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reading:
1. Warm
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up: Chatting:
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Do you like poetry?
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Name some poems that are your favorite?
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Have you ever read an English poem?
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Do you think it easy to read an English poem?
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2. Pre
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teach:
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Junk-yard (n) : bãi phế thải (explanation)
A place where people stores wastes
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Precious (a) : quý, quý giá, quý báu (synonym =
valuable)
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Treasure (a) : kho báu, của cải (translation)
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Foam (n) : bọt (picture)
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Hedge (n) : hàng rào (hàng cây tiếp nhau)/ bờ dậu (board drawing/
picture)=green fence
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Nonsense (n) : điều vô nghĩa / lời nói dại dột (translation)
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(to) minimize : giảm đến mức tối thiểu (explanation)
* Checking: What and Where
(or “guessing word” eg: this word has an “m”…)

3. Pre–questions:
- Set the scene : Two people are going on a picnic. They’re talking about the

pollution.
- Give students two questions :
a.

Who are the people in this poem?
b.

Where are they?
II. While reading:

1.Checking the pre–question:
*Key:
a. They are mother and son
b. They are in the woods

2.Matching:
Match each word in A to an appropriate explanation in B (P.51)
1.

Junk–yard a, a row of bushes forming a fence
2.

end up b, people
3.

treasure c, a piece of land full of rubbish
4.

foam d, mass of bubbles of air or gas
5.

stream e, a fow of water
6.

hedge f, valuable or precious things
7.

folk g, reach a state of
*Key: 1 – c 3 – f 5 – d 7 – b
2 – g 4 – e 6 – a

3. Comprehension questions : (P.51)
(Lucky lot game)
*Key:
1) – LL
2) – 5: The poet wants us to learn that everyone is responsible for
keeping the environment from pollution
3) – 4: No. Because he is right, if he throws the bottles, that will be
polluting the woods
4) – LL
5) – 1: If the pollution goes on, the world will end up like a second hand
junk–yard
6) – 6: (The answer depends on the students’opinion)
7) – LL
8) – 2: The mother thinks other folk pollute the environment but not her or her
son
9) – LL
10) – 3: His mother will take him home right a way

III. Post

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reading:
1. Brainstorming: words (from the poem) involving in the environment
* Key: pollution, junk–jard, litter, plastics, tins, stream, world, foam, bottles, hedge,
throw the bottles, the woods

2. Discussion:
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Topic: “What could you do in your school/your house to minimize pollution?”
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Dividing the class into two groups for them to discuss
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Feedback (Teacher – whole class)
*Possible answers: - Put the bins around the schoolyard.
- Pick up the rubbish and throw it into the trash bins.
- Not litter
- Reuse, recycle bottles, cans, plastic bags.




3. Grammar review: Conditional sentences type 1

IV.Homework:
1. Answer the questions about the poem (P51)
2. Write 5 things you have to do to keep the environment unpolluted.
3. Review how to write a letter

V.Teacher’s self-evaluation: