LESSON PLAN UNIT 11 ENGLISH 10

ENGLISH 10
UNIT11: NATIONAL PARKS
LESSON: READING
Class

I.

Teaching date

Teacher

Absentees

OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, students are able to
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understand and know more about some national parks in the world as well as
Vietnam.
guess the meaning of words based on contexts.
scan for specific information about national parks.
share ideas about their favorite national parks( through speaking acitvity).

II.

ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS

PROBLEMS
Ss may have difficuties in identifying
the suitable words to match with the

expressions in matching exercise.

SOLUTIONS
T asks them to read the passage
carefully to skim the detailed
information and perhaps T should
give one example.

Ss might not be able to brainstorm
ideas for speaking activity.

T can give them some cues and call
one S to do a model.

Ss are probably isolated to speak
and give their opinions

T can call a S to talk. If he cannot
speak, T may asks some simple
questions

III.
IV.

MATERIALS:
Blackboard, textbook, chalk , projector, A4 papers.
PROCEDURE


Time

Stage

Activities

Interaction

Pre-reading
15mins
Lead-in: Answer questions in groups.
• T asks a question: Have you ever been to a national park?
 to lead in the topic: National Park
• T calls a student to answer the question.
Expected answer:
Yes, I have been to Cuc Phuong Naional Park in Ninh Binh/ Tam Dao National Park in
Vinh Phuc.
Pre-reading;
• T asks Ss to work in groups of 3 to discuss and anwer the questions
1. Can you name some of the national parks in VN & in the world?
2.What trees and animals can you see in a national park?
- Ss form groups of four and answer the questions given on the screen within 3 minutes.
- T goes around the class and provides help if the Ss are in stuck.
- After finishing, T calls randomly a representative from each group to give their ideas.
- Ss perform their answer and they are encouraged to add ideas to other groups’
answers.
Suggested answer:
1. They are Ba Vi National Park in Ha Tay, Bach Ma National Park in Hue, Tam Dao

National Park in Vinh Phuc, Nairobi National Park in Kenya and so on.
2. We can see a lot of trees such as pine trees, ferm-palms, and animals for

example, monkeys, lizards, bears, and so forth.
Vocabulary
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To be located in: to be in a particular place ( definition)

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Establish (v): set up( synonym)

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Rainforest (n): forest in the tropical region (picture)


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Orphan(n): a child without parents, an animal without mother. ( situation)

T: A child lives alone and does not have parents. What is he? Tell me the word in
Vietnamese?
+ Orphan (v): to make sb an orphan
+ Orphanage (n): home for orphans
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Toxic( adj): inolving sth poisonous( example)

- hike (v): to go for a long walk in the countryside

- After teaching vocabulary, T asks Ss to play a game in pairs.

- T offers a diagram showing the new words on the screen and require each pair to
remember the position of each word. ( 5 words)
- Ss are provided a piece of paper containing the diagram with five blanks and fill in.
- Each group tries to do the quiz as fast as possible. The quickest group is winner
and will receive a gift from T.


orphanage

establish

toxic

hike

rainforest

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20mins
While-reading

TASK 1:
MATCHING
- T divides the
class into 4
groups.
Each group
will receive a
piece of

paper
containing
the content
of task 1.
- Ss work in 4
groups to
complete the
task.
- T goes
around the
class to
observe and
have the
students.
- After
finishing,
groups
exchange
their papers
to check
together.

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Suggested answer:
1.establish

4. survival
2. contain
5. sub- tropical
3. species
6. contamination

TASK 2:
COMPREHENSIO
N QUESTIONS
• T asks Ss to
work in pairs
to answer
the
questions
given in the
coursebook.
• Ss work in
pairs to do
the task.
• T goes
around the
class to help
some weak
Ss.
• Ss are
encouraged
to check and
compare the
answer
before T

gives
feedback.
Expected answer:
1. The area of the
rainforest in Cuc


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Phuong National
Park/ It is over 200
square km.
2. Because the
rainy season is
over.
3 They can learn
anout the habits of
animals and how
one specises is
dependent upon
another for survival.
4 In the
Orphanage and /or
abandoned animals
are taken care of.
5. Everglades
National Park is
endangered
because the toxic
levels of chemicals

in the water.
6. If more
chemicals are
released into the
water, plants and
animals will die/ be
killed/ destroyed.
TASK 3:
COMPLETE THE
TABLE( If have
time)
- T asks Ss to
work
individually
and
complete the
table in the


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book.
- Ss are
required to
work
individually,
then
compare
their
answers.

- After
finishing, Ss
write the
words they
guess on the
board.
Expected answer:


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Cuc
Phuong
National
Park
-Located
160
kilometres
south west
of Ha Noi.
-The
activities
tourists can
do there:
+ study
butterflies
+visit caves
+hike
mountains
+ look at the

1,000 yearold-tree

Nairobi
National
Park

Everglades
National
Park

- The
smallest
park in
Kenya.
-The things
visitors can
learn there:
+ how to
recognize
the different
species of
animals and
plants
+ the habits
of animals &
how one
species is
dependent
upon
another for

survival.

It is a subtropical
wilderness
in
southeaster
n United
States.
- Special
features we
can see
there:
+ tropical &
temperate
zones.
+ the toxic
levels of
chemicals in
the water
plants &
animals
from both


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Post-reading

10mins

T asks Ss to SS<=>SS
work in pairs
to discuss
and answer
the
questions.
- Ss work in
pairs to deal
with the
questions.
Expected answers:
• Which of the
three
national
parks would
you like to
visit most?
Why?
Reasons for
visiting Cuc
phuong
National Park:
• to look at the
1,000 yearold tree.
• to study
butterflies.
• to visit
caves( Woul
d it be
dangerous to

do so?)
• to hike
mountains.
Reasons for
visiting Nairobi
National Park:
• to learn how
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to recognise
the different
species of
animals and
plants.
• to learn
about the
habits of
animals and
their
dependence
on one
another.
• to visit the
orphannage
and see how
the
orphaned

and
abandoned
animals are
looked after.
Reason for
visiting
Everglades
National park:
• to see the
plants and
animals from
both tropical
and
temperate
zones.
• to see the
wildlife of the
southeastern
United
States.


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to know how
toxic
chemicals in
water can

affect the
park and
animals in it.
- After
finishing
discussion, T
asks some
pairs to
make a
conservation
to share
about their
favorite
national
parks.
Extra activity:
- Ss are
required to
rewrite the
text as an
advertiseme
nt.
- T guides the
Ss using the
reading
context.
Homework :
- Review the
new words.
- Do exercise

in the
workbook.
- Prepare for
the speaking


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lesson.