Learning english 9 ( nâng cao)

Learning English (N©ng cao 9)
I. the contents:
- Helping students consolidate and understand the importance of learning English and
knows methods of learning English.
- Students can learn English themselves, listen to the radio, music and read English books,
newspapers, magazines.
II. Skill :
* Speaking:
- Asking for and giving advice.
- Talking about preferences.
- Asking about and describing learning English.
* Listening:
- Listening to the details about methods of English.
- Listening information and filling the gaps, choose the most answer.
* Reading:
- Reading about the methods of others
- Reading comprehension:
+ Multiple choice.
+ True/False statements.
+ Answer questions.
* Project (Writing).
- Writing how to learn English yourself, friends and others. Write a story. Write
how to learn vocabulary.
- Writing some methods of learning English.
* Test yourself:
- Doing a test.
III. Grammar and vocabulary:
* Grammar:
- Simple future tense.
- Direct and reported speech.
- Giving advice about learning English.

- Describing learning English
* Vocabulary:
- Adverbs of frequency, manner.
- Nouns.
- Adjectives.
- Verbs.
IV. Unit allocation:
Lesson 1: Starter - Reading. Lesson 4: Writing/Project
Lesson 2: Speaking. Lesson 5: Test.
Lesson 3: Listening. Lesson 6: Test.
Learning English
Lesson 1: STARTER reading 1–
A. Starter
Mach a word in column A with its meaning in column B.
Column A Column B
1. context (n)
2. ignore (v)
3. pretend (v)
4. nonnative speaker (n)
a. nervous
b. words coming before and after a word or passage.
c. Make believe.
d. Fearless, believing in oneself.
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5. native speaker (n)
6. shy (adj)
7. confident (adj)
e. One who speaks the language as a foreign/
second language.
f. One who speaks the language as his/her mother

tongue
g. Not pay attention to
• divide the class into four groups and match.
• Call on some pairs to give answers.
Answer keys: Students compare their answers.
B: Reading.
I: Pre – reading:
Let Ss discuss the following sentences.
1. Is English important to you? Why or Why not?
2. Do you enjoy learning English? Why or Why not?
3. What do you think are good habits in learning English?
4. What do you think are bad habits in learning English?
* Call on some Ss to give their answers.
Possible answers:
1. yes. Because it is a main subject, English is main language to communicate in
the world.
2. yes, because learning English helps me to know about the world: traditional
culture….
3. Good habits in learning English are:
+ Speaking English with the teachers, other students.
+ Trying to learn by heart vocabulary/ structures and make up sentences.
+ Reading English books, magazines, newspapers.
+ Listening to the radio, music, tape …. In English.
4. Bad habits in learning English are:
+ Being shy and don’t believe in communicating with everybody.
+ Rarely speaking English to friends.
+ Being lazy to learn vocabulary……
II: While – reading:
* Ask Ss to read the passage about learning English of Thanh.
Thanh takes learning English very seriously. He is especially on English grammar.

He spends many hours at home to studying grammar books and doing exercises. In class,
he always has a lot of questions for his teacher about English grammar that is also keen to
learn vocabulary. He always has his dictionary next to him in class and looks up some
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new words he meets at home, as well as doing his homework and studying his grammar
books, he spends twenty minutes everyday studying lists of new vocabulary that he has
learned. He tries to memorize all the new words and grammar rules. He quite enjoys
English lessons, but he doesn’t like speaking to other students. He thinks they don’t speak
English well enough, and he does not like making mistakes. So when other students work
inpair or groups, he reads one of his grammar books or look through the dictionary. He
feels he is learning more by this way.
Task I: Work inpair and choose the correct answer.
Ask Ss to work in pair and choose the correct answer
1. Thanh takes English seriously
A. He works hard at his English. B. He makes serious mistakes in English.
C. He enjoys correcting his friends’ mistakes.
2. He is keen on English grammar
A. He is afraid of English grammar. A. He is good at English grammar
C. He likes to learn English grammar.
Answer keys:
Task II: Answer the following questions.
1. How does Thanh learn English grammar and vocabulary?
2. Why doesn’t Thanh want to practice his English with other students?
• Ask Ss to work in groups and finds the answers.
• Call on some Ss to give their answers before the class.
Answer keys:
1. Thanh spends many hours at home studying grammar books and doing exercises
and spends 20 minutes everyday studying lists of new vocabulary….
2. Because he thinks they don’t speak English well enough.
III: Post – reading:

* Ask Ss to discuss how to learn vocabulary and grammar.
IV: Home work:
* Let Ss write a passage about learning their vocabulary and grammar.
Learning English
Lesson 2: speaking
I: Pre – speaking:
• Ask Ss to work inpair.
• Make a list of the good habits and attitudes and a list of bad habits and
attitudes of each learner.
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• Why are they good or bad?
• Do you have these habits?
The dialogue:
Nam: So how is your English class going?
Lan: Not bad, but English pronunciation is difficult for me.
Nam: Well, it is always difficult at first. You could improve your pronunciation by
listening to tapes.
Lan: That’s a good idea. But how do you learn new words? I always seem to forget
them.
Nam: I learn new words by writing them on pieces of paper and sticking them on
my bedroom wall. I look at them every night before I go to sleep.
Lan: Maybe I should try something like that.
Nam: And you should keep a vocabulary notebook?
Lan: What could I do with the vocabulary notebook?
Nam: Well, whenever you hear or read a new word, you should write it down.
When you have time you can go through the notebook and study the words as often as you
can.
Lan: Should I write only the words?
Nam: No, you should put down some key information about the word whether it’s
a noun or verb, and some (explains) examples with it.

Lan: Thank you for your advice. I’ll try and do it.
II: While – speaking:
Task I: Listen and practice the dialogue with a partner.
• Ask Ss to listen to the dialogue.
• Let Ss read silently.
• Call on some pairs Ss to practice the dialogue.
Task II: Answer the questions:
* Divide the class into four groups and answer the questions.
1. What are Nam and Lan talking about?
2. What does Lan find difficult about English?
3. How can she improve her pronunciation?
4. How does Nam learn new vocabulary?
5. What does Nam advise Lan to do with the vocabulary notebook?
6. What will Lan do?
Answer keys:
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1. They are talking about learning English.
2. She finds difficult about practicing English pronunciation.
3. She can improve her pronunciation by listening to tapes.
4. He writes new vocabulary on pieces of paper and sticks them on his bedroom wall.
He looks at them every night before he goes to sleep.
5. Nam advices Lan to write a new word down when she hears or reads and when she
has time she can go through the notebook and study the word as often as she can.
6. She’ll try and do Nam’s advice.
Task III: Discuss how to learn:
1. Improve your English pronunciation.
2. Improve your writing skill.
3. Read faster.
4. Use grammar correctly.
5. Speak English well.

• Ask Ss to work in groups and discuss how to learn.
• Call on some Ss to give their answers.
Possible answers:
1. Improve your English pronunciation:
- usually listen to English tapes.
- Speaking English to everybody at all time.
- Learn new words everyday.
- Listen to English music.
- Practice English everyday.
- Sing English songs.
2. Improve your writing skills:
- Read English books, magazines, newspapers…
- Translate the texts, dialogues, stories, books into Vietnamese or English.
- Do kinds of exercises of writing (rewrite, complete, sentences building…).
- Learn by heart vocabulary.
- Learn by heart structures, model sentences.
3. Read faster:
- Practice the dialogue with a partner.
- Read many English books, magazines, newspapers…
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- Learn by heart vocabulary.
- Notice word’s pronunciation.
4. Use grammar correctly:
- Grammartical structures.
- Model sentences.
- Phrasal verbs.
- Kinds of words (adjectives, adverbs, nouns, prepositions…)
- Do many types of exercises: ( word form, rewrite, combine sentences…)
5. Speak English well:
- usually learn by heart vocabulary.

- Remember (structures) grammatical structures.
- Practice speaking English to everybody at all time.
- Being outgoing/ talkative.
III: Post – speaking:
• Ask Ss to write and speak how to learn their English.
• Call on some Ss to say before the class.
IV: Home work:
Learning English
Lesson 3: listening
I: Pre – listening:
* Divide the class into eight groups and ask Ss to complete the sentences about
themselves.
a. I have learn English for ……………. years since 2002.
b. At first, I found……… ……. The most difficult so I can not spell English correctly.
c. I learn English words by………………… ……………
d. I try to improve my pronunciation by……………………
e. In an English class, I enjoy …………………. English.
• Call on some Ss to give their answers before the class.
Answer keys:
a. Four c. heart e. speaking
b. Pronunciation d. practicing
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II: While – Listening:
Mr Baker words for Interlink Education Center. He’s doing a survey on how
Vietnanese students learn English. He’s asking Nam some questions:
* Listen to their talk and decide whether the statements are true/false:
1. Nam has learn English for six years.
2. At first, only speaking was difficult for him.
3. Nam didn’t speak English because he wasn’t confident.
4. He only practices English in class.

5. Nam learns a lot of English words from songs.
6. Nam has practiced his English by answering Mr Baker’s questions.
• Divide the class into eight groups and ask Ss to predict statements:
• Call on some Ss to give their answers before the class.
The content of the tapes:
Nam: Good morning, Mr Baker.
Mr Baker: Good morning, Nam. How are you?
Nam: I’m fine, thank you. And you?
Mr Baker: Fine, thanks. You are in grade 8. How long have you learned English?
Nam: Oh, I started learning English when I was in grade 6.
Mr Baker: How did you learn it?
Nam: well, at first I found speaking was very difficult so I wasn’t confident when I
spoke English. I only practiced English in class.
Mr Baker: Do you like music?
Nam: Yes, yes, I do. I specially enjoy listen to MTV on TV so I learn a lot of
English words from songs.
Mr Baker: Your English is improved. I think you should practice English with
everybody and spend more time to learn it, you’ll be good at English.
Nam: I’ll try. Thank you.
• Play the tape three times and ask Ss to choose T/F.
Answer keys:
1. False ( Nam’s learned English for 3 years)
2. T; 3.T; 4. T; 5. T; 6. T
III: Post – Listening:
• Write the questions for the under – lined words in the following answers.
1. I’ve learned English for about four years.
2. Speaking was the most difficult skill for me.
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3. Because I was not very confident.
4. I improve my pronunciation by listening to a lot of English songs.

5. Yes, I sometimes learn by heart dialogues.
• Have Ss say aloud before the class.
Answer keys:
1. How long have you learned English?
2. What was the most difficult skill for you? ( Which skill was…… )
3. Why didin’t you speak English?
4. How do you improve your pronunciation?
5. Do you learn by heat dialogues?
IV: Home work:
* Tell each other about Nam’s learning English. Begin by:
“ Nam has learned English for three years, at first, he……………………”
Learning English
Lesson 4: project/writing
I: Pre – writing:
* Ask Ss to work inpair and discuss the following questions:
1. How many hours do you spend learning English?
2. How many words are you going to learn everyday?
3. How do you learn grammar? and vocabulary?
• Ask Ss to give their answers and compare with others.
Possible answers:
1. I spend………… hours learning English.
2. I am going to learn………… words everyday.
3. I learn vocabulary by heart, then make up sentences. I learn grammar
by working out the rules for myself and then memorizing them.
II: While – writing:
Task I: Ask Ss to write how they learn vocabulary.
• Divide the class into 8 groups and write.
• Call on Ss to say/ or write on the board.
Example: I keep record of new words I come cross. Then I make up list. I write
the words on the one side of the card and the meaning on the other side. I also write at

least one sentence with a word in it. I go through the cards whenever I have some spare
time and I study the words until I know them by heart. By the end of each week, I put all
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cards with words that have something in common together for example different kinds of
food, animals, jobs or furniture.
Task II: Use these jumpled sets of suggested words to write a letter.
You should rearrange them in a good order first, then begin to write:
1. I/ do/ tests/ for attending/ course/ if necessary.
2. you/ send/ me/ information/ courses/ an application form?
3. I/ look forward/ hear/ you/ as soon as possible.
4. I/ be interested in/ come / Foreign Language Center/ summer.
5. I/ learn / English/ 2 years/ and/ wait/ improve/ pronunciation.
Dear sir.
I saw your advertisement of English classes in Sunflowers magazine……………….
• Ask Ss to discuss and then write on the board.
Answer keys:
Dear sir.
I saw your advertisement of English classes in Sunflowers magazine – 4 – I am very
interested in coming to your Foreign Language Center in summer – 5 – I have learnt
English for 2 years and now I want to improve my pronunciation – 2 – Would you
please send me some information about the courses and an application form? – 1 – I
will do your tests for attending the course if necessary – 3 – I am looking forward to
hearing from you as soon as possible.
Your faithfully.
III: Post – writing:
• Ask Ss to make up questions and answer themselves.
IV: Home work:
* Ask Ss to write a letter to your friends, tell your learning English. (From 100
words to 150 words).
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Learning English
Lesson 5: test
I: Choose the most answer:
1. We have many well……………………teacher here.
A. qualify B. quality C. qualified D. qualification.
2. This blouse costs……………………… 99.000VND.
A. approximative B. approximately C. approximation D. approximats.
3. If you study at the Brighton Language Center. UK, you can live a……………on
campus.
A. dormitory B. mobile room C. hotel D. private room.
4. I saw your school’s………………….in today’s edition of the Vietnam news.
A. advertise B. advertisement C. advertiser D. advertising.
5. I can complete a………………….English test if you want.
A. speak B. spoke C. spoken D. speaking.
6. He ……………………me whether I liked classical music or not.
A. ask B. asks C. asked D. asking.
7. They asked me who the editor of this book ……………………………?
A. is B. are C. was D. were.
8. She told me her…………………go to Hanoi the following day.
A. will have to B. would have to C. has to D. had to.
9. If they know your address, they……………….you.
A. meet B. will meet C. would meet D. met.
10.This car…………………if it is cheap.
A. will buy B. will be bought C. buys D. bought.
II: Use the words given in the box to fill in the blanks:
courses – around - communication – much
Improve – stay – adults – especially –
learners.
Millions of people (1)……………… the world want to learn English. of them go to
the US and other English speaking countries to study at language school (2)…………………

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in the summer. There are thousands of different schools. They offer (3)………… for
children teenagers and (4)……………………….
If you go to a language school, you should try to speak English as (5)………………as
possible. Students can (6)…………… with a local family. This is good opportunity to (7)
………………. Your English and to learn a lot of about everyday life. You should try to talk
to students from other countries. This will help you with your English and will also show
how important English is for international (8)…………………
III: Read the text, then answer the questions below it.
People who know Salley Ride say she is intelligent and confident. She also thinks
deeply about things, but she is not always serious. She is fun and enjoys humor but she is
in a hurry to get on to more important things.
At high school She became interested in science. At university she studied English
and Physics. After completing her studies at Stanford University, she worked as a
researcher. In 1977, She was one of the 1,000 women and 7,000 men who applied for the
astronaut training program. She was 25. She was one of the 35 women who were accepted
to start the program in 1978. As part of her training, She learnt to be a jet pilot and a flight
engineer. She married during her training. Her husband, Havley, is also an astronaut. They
do not plan to have any children yet.
Questions:
1. How old is Salley Ride now?
…………………………………………………………………………………………
2. Who did she marry?
…………………………………………………………………………………………
3.What did she do in 1977?
…………………………………………………………………………………………
3. Give the fact from the text to prove that Salley Ride is intelligent?
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………
IV: Use these jumpled sets of suggested words to write a letter:
1. I/ want / improve/ reading/ writing.
2. I would like/ informations/ your institute.
3. I/ be interested in/ learn English.
4. I/ complete/ spoken English/ test/ necessary.
5. Could you please/ informations/ length/ courses/ fees/ beginners.
Dear Sir!
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I saw your institute’s advertisement on today’s TV program yesterday……………
………………………………………………………………………………………….…
…………………………………………………………….………………………………
…………………………………………………………….………………………………
…………………………………………………………….………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………….…….…
………………………………………………………………………………………….…
I am looking forearm to hearing from you.
Sincerely
Answer keys:
I: Choose the most answer:
1. C 3. A 5. D 7. C 9. B
2. B 4. B 6. B 8. B 10. B
II: Use the words given in the box to fill in the blanks:
1. around 5. much
2. especially 6. stay
3. courses 7. improve
4. adults 8. communication.
III: Read the text, then answer the questions below it.
1. She is fifty three years old
2. She is married Havley.

3. She applied for the astronaut training program.
4. She always thinks deeply about things.
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IV: Use these jumpled sets of suggested words to write a letter:
1. I am interested in learning English.
2. I would like to have some informations about your institute.
3. I want to improve my reading and writing.
4. Could you please me some informations about the length of the courses and fees for
the beginners.
5. I can complete my spoken English test if necessary.
The environment
I. Content:
- Help Ss to understand the importance of our environment, how to protect the
environment.
- The conditional life around our environment.
- Talking about healthy environment.
II. Skills:
* Speaking:
- Practice speaking about causes make polluted environment.
- Ask for explaination of events.
- Improving the environment.
- Giving advice.
* Listening:
- Listening for the details about protecting the environment.
- Listening for information and filling in the gaps, choose the most answers.
* Reading:
- Reading the text about environment.
- Reading comprehension.
+ True/ False statements
+ Answer thr questions.

* Writing:
- Writing how to protect the environment.
- Writing causes polluteenvironment.
- Writing about environment problems and protections.
III: Grammar and vocabulary.
* Grammar:
- Passive forms.
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- Compoud words.
- Adverb clauses of reason: as, because, since.
- Conditional sentences.
* Vocabulary:
- Words about environment.
- Discriable adjectives, nouns.
IV: Unit allocation:
Lesson 1: Starter Lesson 7: Writing 1.
Lesson 2: Reading1. Lesson 8: Writing 2.
Lesson 3: Reading 2. Lesson 9: Language Focus
Lesson 4: Listening. Lesson 10: Test yourself 1.
Lesson 5: Speaking 1. Lesson 11: Test yourself 2.
Lesson 6: Speaking 2. Lesson 12: Test.
The environment
Lesson 1: Starter
Task I: Find in the box as many words as you can. The words go forward and
downward Combine them to make words and groups of words describing the
environment and environment problems.
* Ask Ss to work inpair and find words and
groups of words describing the
environmental problem.
* Call on some Ss to say before the class.

Answer keys:
Recycle, ozone, dangerous, trees, (go)
Environment, can, water, fresh air,
(hen) (not) animal.
Task II:
• Ask Ss to make up sentences using 8 words above.
• Call on some Ss to write on the board.
Examples: The fresh – air is being polluted.
If you don’t protect our environment, we will kill ourselves.
We should plant many trees and recycle waste paper to protect our environment.
It’s dangerous
Task III: Match words in column A with the definition in column B
A B
1. wildlife
2. protecting
3. pollution
4. wasteland
5. environment
6. resources
a. The process of making someting dirty or impure
b. wealth, goods or products people can use
c. The air, water and land in which we live
d. Birds, animals, fish which are not tamed
e. Barren area, derert
f. The number of people living in a place
E C O M P P H I M N A
N A A I D H W F H G N
V N U W A K A R E T I
I S T W A O T E N R M
R E C Y C L E S M F A

O Z O N E E R H U T L
N F T G T M N A R K I
M R K H O U E I N T M
E N D A N G E R O U S
N I L O O G T H T R E
T R E E S N M L K G O
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7. population
8. problems
g. Difficulty which needs attention and thought
h. keeping something safe from harm
Answer keys:
a –3;b – 6; c – 5; d – 1; e – 4; f – 7;
g – 8; h – 2
* Home work: Ask Ss to difinite words in Task I.
The environment
Lesson 2: reading 1
I: Pre – reading:
* Ask Ss to work inpair and answer three questions:
1. How much waste does your family produce everyday?
2. Which waste can you reuse?
3. Which one can you sell for recycling?
II: While – reading:
* Ask Ss to read the passage and do the tasks that follow:
Many places are sinking under the weight of their own wastes, we must learn to use
less and to reuse and recycle so that less waste is produced. For instance, the more paper
we can use, the more trees have tobe cut down. That’s why we should reduce and recycle
paper to save forests.
Apart from paper, recyclable wastes include glass, plastic and mentals. When you
go shopping, do not buy over – packaged products. If you have th buy heavily packaged

products, do not throw away the packaging, use it for another purpose. For examples,
paper bags can be used for carrying other things, or for making displays. If the packaging
can not be reused, try to sell it for recycling.
The more wastes we produce, the more isposal trucks, labor and dump space are
needed. All these cost money. Besides waste disposal causes all kinds of problems.
Burning waste is illegal many products when burned produce dangerous chemicals that
are harmful to life.
Making compost is another way to keep the environment clean. Some wastes from
schools canteens are gardens can be composted to make natural fertilizer. The fertilizer
can be easily returned to the soil. By composting we can reduce the amount of rubbish in
the landfills.
* New words:
- disposal: sö dông tuú tiÖn.
- dump: ®æ thµnh ®èng r¸c.
- fertilizer ph©n bãn ho¸ häc.
- compost trén ph©n bãn.
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Task I: Tick the best option to answer the question
What is the title of the text.
A. managing wastes.
B. composting wastes.
C. Recycling wastes.
Task II: True/False statements.
1. We can reserve the forest by reducing anf recycling paper.
2. We can recycle every waste.
3. If you buy over – packaged products, you will produce more wastes.
4. Reducing and recycling wastes are the only way to protect the environment.
5. Making compost can save dump spaces in the landfills.
III: Post – reading:
* Ask Ss to work in groups. talk about the ways you can do to reduce the amount of waste

in your home.
Example:
- I will have different waste bins for paper, cans, bottle and plastic.
- I will use less paper
IV: Home work:
• Ask Ss to make a list of protect environment.
The environment
Lesson 3: reading 2
I: Pre – reading:
• Divide the class into 8 groups:
• Ask Ss to work in groups and make two lists of protecting environment and
causing environmental problems.
• Call on some Ss to say before the class.
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Example:
- Protecting environment: + use less paper.
+ Don’t throw wastes away
- Environmental problems + burn fuel
+ cut down the trees.
+ use poisonous
* New words:
- substances: ChÊt liÖu, b¶n chÊt
- pesticides: Thuèc trõ s©u
- disturbing: N¸o ®éng, x¸o trén
- operate: Ho¹t ®éng, ch¹y, ®iÒu khiÓn
- ruin: tµn ph¸
II: While – reading:
* let Ss to read the passage, then answer the questions.
Environmental pollution is a term that refers to all the ways by which man pollutes
his surrounding. Man dirties the air with gases and smokes, poisons the water with

chemicals and other substances and demages the soil with too many fertilizers and
pesticides. Man also pollutes his surroundings in various other ways. For example, people
ruin natural beauty by scattering junk and litter on the land and in the water. They operate
machines and motor vehicles that fill the air with disturbing noise.
Environmental pollution is one of the most serious problems facing mankind today.
Air, water and soil are necessary to the survival of all living things. Badly polluted air can
cause illness and even death. Polluted water kills fish and other marine life. Pollution of
soil reduces the amount of land that is available for growing food. Environmental
pollution also brings ugliness to man’s naturally beautiful world.
Questions:
1. What makes the air polluted:
2. Is water polluted by chemicals and other substances?
3. How does man damage the soil?
4. In what way do people ruin natural beauty?
• Ask Ss to work in gruops and find the answers
• Call on some Ss to give their answer before the class.
Answer keys:
1. Gases and smokes make the air polluted.
2. Yes, It is.
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3. Man damages the soil with too many fertilizers and pesticides.
4. People ruin natural beauty by scattering junk and litter on the land and in the water.
III: Post – reading:
* Ask Ss to work in pairs and say about protecting environment at your school
IV: Home work:
The environment
Lesson 4: listening
I: Pre – listening:
• Ask Ss to work inpairs and discuss the question
What do you do to protect our environment?

• Call on some Ss to say before the class.
* Pre – teach vocabulary:
- threaten: ®e do¹
- disappear disappearance
- damage tæn th¬ng, thiÖt h¹i
II: While – listening:
Task I: Listen and tick True/ False statements:
1. The sun is being threatened
2. We can’t clean up our polluted rivers overnight.
3. Scientists looked for the answers.
Tape: These days it is impossible to open a newspaper without reading about the
damage we are doing tho the environment. The Earth is being threatened and the future
looks bad. What can each of us do? We can not clean up our polluted rivers and seas
overnight. Nor can we stop the disappearance of plants and animals But we can stop
adding to the problem while scientists look for answers.
• Play the tape (play).
• Ask Ss to listen and find the answers
Answer keys:
1. F ( The Earth is being threatened)
2. T.
3. F ( Because scientists look for answers).
Task II: Listen and fill in the space:
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It is estimated that every tone of recycled paper conserves (1) trees.
If we use (2) paper. Trees will not be (3) down and many forests will
(4) save. There are three (5) , we can take to save paper: reduce, reuse
and (6) , in other words, we don’t throw them away.
• Have Ss to read the passage fast and notice some gaps.
• Play the radio and ask Ss to find the missing words and fill in the space.
• Ask Ss to say their answers before the class.

Answer keys:
1. Fifteen 4. be
2. less 5. things
3. cut 6. recycle
III: Post – listening:
• Work inpairs. List all the good things about recycling paper.
Examples: Recycling paper needs less water and wood than making paper
IV: Home work:
* Ss do exercises
The environment
Lesson 5: speaking 1
I: Pre – speaking: ( Networds )
• Ss work inpairs and write factors affect to the environment.
* Ask Ss to practice: Asking and answering questions
Examples:
- What do you do with wastes everyday?
I usually collect wastes and put them in the basket.
- What do you do with waste paper?
I collect waste paper once a month, I sell them.
• Ss practice.
II: While – speaking:
Task I: (Work in groups) – Make the list of shopping items with unnecessary packaging.
Name the packaging type and origins of packaging.
Examples:
• Shopping items: - insect spray/ biscuits/ batteries
• packaging type: - cardboard/ steel; cardboard/ paper; cardboard/ plastic
• Origins of packaging: - Coal/ iron/ ore/ trees/ petroleum/ oil
* Call on some Ss to say before the class.
Task II: (Work in pairs) your school has a cleaning day once a week, after cleaning the
school. Look at the waste and choose the ways you will do to reduce them. talk to your

friends then in the chart.
Example: A. What should we do with the waste paper?
B. I think we can reuse the clean one and sell the other for recycling.
waste item reuse recycle compost dump space
Paper v v
Glass and leaves v
bags v

• Have Ss check and tick (v) in the chart.
• Ss compare with their partners.
III: Post – speaking:
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Factor
s
factories
Wastes
vihicles
water
• Divide the class into 6 groups. Talk about how to reduce waste as one of the
effective ways we should do to protect the environment.
IV: Home work:
* Ask Ss to write a passage ( 5 – 10 sentences) to say about protecting their
school’s environment.
The environment
Lesson 6: speaking 2
I: Pre – speaking:
* Ask ss to work inpair. Match the words in column A with the definitio in column B.
Column A Column B
1. Reduce
2. Reuse

3. recyle
4. compost
5. Dung
6. time
7. “Friend of the Earth”
8. natural resources
9. plants
10 animal
a. Waste from animal.
b. things like gold, oil, coal, waste.
c. don’t buy products which are overpackaged.
d. a wonderful natural fertilizer.
e. things like cows, pips, buffaloes.
f. an orgianization protecting our planet.
g. use things again and again.
h. a machine that can travel through time.
i. don’t throw things away, try to find another use for them.
j. things like vegetables, grass, rice.
• Call on some Ss to give their answers.
Answer keys:
1 – c 2 – g 3 – i 4 – d 5 – a
6 – h 7 – f 8 – b 9 – j 10 – e
II: While – speaking:
Task I: Complete the following dialogues/ conversations:
Read the phrases:
A. I want to recycle it F. You save fifteen to twenty percent of the water.
B. It saves water. G. you can reuse it.
C. What for. H. Just put it in the closet.
D. I’ll throw it out. I. You put the bottle in the bathroom.
E. We’ll take it to the recycling center. J. Fill it with water.

Conversation A:
Ba: If you’ve finished reading the newspaper, (1)
Lan: No, wait (2)
Ba: Recycle the newspaper? that’s a good idea.
Lan: Yeah, um, (3) when we get big pile,(4)
Ba: Ok.
Conversation B: ( between Miss Blake and Trang)
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Miss B: Uh, don’t throw away that plastice bottle, (5)
Trang: An old plastic bottle?(6) ?
Miss B: To save water. you put some rocks in the bottle and (7)
the rocks and water make the bottle heavy (8)
ah, in the toilet tank.
Trang: You put it in the toilet tank?
Miss B: Yeah, (9) evrytime you flush the tank,(10)
Trang: It saves that much water? Wow!
• Divide the class into 6 groups.
• Ss discuss and complete conversation A and conversation B.
• Call on some Ss to say before the class.
Answer keys:
1 – D 2 – A 3 – H 4 – E
5 – G
6 – C 7 – J 8 – I 9 - B 10 - F
Task II: Answer the questions: ( Ss work inpair and answer 4 questions)
1. What do Ba and Lan say about?
2. Who want to throw the newspaper after finishing reading?
3. Who want to recycle the newspaper?
4. Do Lan and Ba collect wastes?
• Call on some Ss to give their answers.
Answer keys: 1. They say about recycling the newspaper.

2. Ba does.
3. Lan does.
4. yes, they do.
III: Post – speaking:
• Ss practice asking and answering conversation B.
• Ss take a survey themselves.
IV: Home work.
The environment
Lesson 7: writing
I: Pre – writing:
• Order Ss to play game: “ Who is faster, stronger and more intelligent?” by
writing more words about environment.
• Ss write in 5 minutes.
• T correct Ss’ mistakes if necessary and notice the winner.
II While – writing:
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Task I: Complete the word from chart (use a dictionary if necessary). Add more words
you want to remember.Adjective
Verb Noun Adjective
destroy

estimate

produce



beautify
destruction
protection

environment



destructive


polluted


harmful
important

• Ss work inpair.
• Call on some Ss to write on the board.
Answer keys:
destroy
protect
estimate
pollute
produce
harm
beautify
destruction
protection
estimation
pollution

product
environment
harm
importantce
beauty
destructive
protective
estimative
polluted
productive
environmental
harmful
important
beautiful
Task II: Use these jumbled set of sugguested words to write a passage.
• Ss work in group.
1. I / write / you / bad situation / affect / lake / school.
2. as you know/ lake / school / be beautiful.
3. However/ it / become / polluted.
4. people / electricity / fish.
5. a lot / fish / die / float / water surface.
6. people / throw / rubbish / waste into / lake.
7. Now / bad smell / affect / school chidren’s health.
8. what / you / think / polluted air?.
9. look forward to / hear / you / see / protection / environment/ local /
authority.
10. sincere / Minh.
• Call on some Ss to write on the board.
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Answer keys:

Dear Mr. President.
I am writing to you about bad situation, which is affecting the lake near my school.
as you know, the lake near my school was beautiful. However, it has become very
polluted.
People have thrown rubbish and waste into the lake. Now bad smell is affecting
my school chidren’s health. What do you think about the polluted air?. I’m looking
forward to hearing from you and seeing the protection of the environment from the local
authority.
sincerely
Minh
III POst – writing:
T. correct Ss’ mistakes.
IV: Home work:
• Ask Ss to write a letter to the leaders and say about the pollution of our
environment.
The environment
Lesson 8: writing
I: Pre – writing:
• Ss to work inpair and make 2 lists the words with two heading.
Environment Environment protection
land recycling paper
forest don’t cut down the tress.
water
II While – writing:
Task I: Work in groups.
* Combine the results of your survey questions. List the environment problems and
sugguestions for improvement.
Example: * Noise from a nearby road.
- Planting trees to reduce the noisy or asking the traffic authority for a ban of
vihicles during school hours.

* Ask Ss to write problems.
- Bad smell from toiletry areas.
- paper waste evevrywhere.
- few trees on the playground.
Task II: work in groups.
• Complete sentences, then arrange them in the meaningful letter.
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1. I / suggest / the local authorities / stop / move it / the countryside.
2. I / write / you / terrible smell / sea – product factory / my neighborhood.
3. Sincere / the people around this factory.
4. When / factory / produce / it / have / smell and a lots of flies.
5. I / look forward / see / answer.
• Call on some Ss to write on the board.
Answer keys:
I am writing to you about terrible smeel from sea – product factory near my
neighborhood.
When the factory produces. It has bad smell and a lots of flies. I suggest the local
authorities should stop or move it to the countryside.
I am looking forward to seeing your answer.
Sincerely
The people around this factory
III: Post – writing.
• Ask Ss to write a message to protect the environment.
Possible answers:
Good morning Ladies and gentlemen.
I want to tell you it is necessary to save the energy to protect the environment
because most of us use too much the energy. You can reduce this amount by reducing
garbage, reducing paper or saving water.
If you follow these simple rules, you not only save the energy but also protect the
environment.

I believe my idea will be supported.
IV: Home work.
* Ss write a passage ( 100 – 150 words) about Vietnamese environment.
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The environment
Lesson 9: language focus
I: the first conditional sentences.
* Definition: It describe an action which has true at present.
* Using: It consists two clauses: If clause and main clause.
If clause is used “ present simple tense”.
Main clause is used “ Simple future tense”.
Example: If you go on littering, the environment will become seriously polluted.
* Exercise: Use the suggestions to make conditional sentences type 1.
1. If the Earth get warmer.
2. The sea get warmer.
3. the ice at the North and South Poles melt.
4. The sea level rise.
5. there be floods in many parts of the world.
6. many people lose their homes and land.
• Call on Ss to write on the board.
Answer keys:
1. If the Earth gets warmer, The sea will get warmer.
2. If the sea gets warmer, the ice at the North and South Poles will melt.
3. If the ice at the North and South Poles melts, the sea level will rise.
4. If the sea level rises, there will be floods in many parts of the world.
5. If there are floods in many parts of the world, many people will lose their homes
and land.
6. If many people lose their homes and land, They will live in hunger and poverty.
II: Structure: To keep + N + Adj.
Examples: We should keep our environment fresh and pure.

Syudents always keep their class tidy.
Exercise: Work inpairs and write five sentences using structure: “Keep + N + Adj”
• Ask Ss to say before the class.
III: Conjunction: “ as, because, since”.
Ba is tires as/ sinces/ because. He stayed up late watching T.V.
+ As, since are always placed at the begining of sentences.
+ Because is always placed between 2 clauses.
Exercise: Combine sentences using: as, since, because.
1. He could write very fast. He was a correspondent.
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