Unit 11: National parks
A: Reading
I. Objectives
1. Educational aims: through the lesson, students will be able to:
- Enrich their vocabulary by guessing meaning in context.
- Understand the content of the text
- Do the exercises of finding words and answering the questions
2. Skill: reading for gist and specific information
3. Attitude: love and protect the endangered animals
II. Method
- Communicative approach
III. Teaching Aids
- Teacher’s book
- Text book
- Pictures
IV. Procedure
1. Class Organization
- Greeting
- Checking the attendance
2. Checking old lesson:
- Rewrite the vocab in the previous lesson
3. New lesson:
Teacher’s Activities
- Ask Ss to answer the
questions:
- Lead to the new lesson:
Students’
Activities
- Answer in
individuals
Content
Warm up – Lead in
1. Is there any national park in our
Today, we will learn a
new lesson “National
Parks” to understand more
about some national parks
in the world
- Listen to the
introduction
province?
2. Have you ever visited it?
ACTIVITY 1: BEFORE YOU READ
- Ask Ss to read the
questions, work in pairs
and answer the questions
- Call on some pairs to
give answers
- Ask and
answer the
questions in
pairs
1. Answer the questions
- Give answers
- Correct the answers
- Listen carefully
ACTIVITY 2: WHILE YOU READ
- Give some pictures about
some national parks and
ask Ss to look at the
pictures and answer the
teacher’s questions
- Look at the
pictures and
answer the
questions
1. New words and phrases
- Ask Ss to listen to the
tape and underline new
words
- Give and explain some
new words
- Read words and ask Ss
to repeat.
- Listen to the
tape and
underline new
words.
- to be located in/ at
- variety (n) / və'raiəti/ sự đa dạng
- recognise (v) / 'rekəgnaiz / nhận ra
- Orphanage (n) / 'ɔ:fənidʒ/ trại mồ côi
- abandoned (a) / ə'bændənd / bị bỏ rơi
- Listen to the
- take care of
teacher and
- temperate (a) / 'tempərət / ôn đới
repeat after
teacher’s reading
2. Tasks
- Read silently
- Ask Ss to read the
passage, get information,
and prepare for Tasks.
- Ask Ss to explain the
requirement
- Ask Ss to work
independently to do task 1
in 2 ms
- Have Ss compare the
answers with a friend
- Call Ss to give answers
and explain
Task 1: Find the word in the passage
that best suits each of the definition
- Explain the
requirement
* Suggested answers
- Work
individually and
do the task
2. contain
- Compare the
answers with a
friend
1. establish
3. species
4. survival
5. sub-tropical
6. contamination
- Read aloud
their words in
front of the class
and explain
- Feedback and give the
correct answers
-Read words and ask Ss to - repeat
repeat
- Ask Ss to explain the
requirement of Task 2
- Ask Ss to read the
questions first, underline
the key words,
- Explain the
requirement
Task 2: Answer the questions
* Suggested answers:
1. Over 200 square km
- Read questions, 2. Because the rainy is over
underline the key
3. They can learn about the habits of
words
animals and how one species is
- Work in pairs, dependent upon another for survival.
- Explain the new words if read the passage
4. In the orphanage, orphaned and
any
and answer
abandoned animals are taken care of.
- Ask Ss to work in pairs,
read the passage again and - Compare the
find the answers
answers
- Ask Ss to compare the
- Answer in front
answer with other pairs
of the class
- Call some pairs to ask
and answer in front of the
class
5. Everglades national park is
endangered because of the toxic levels
of chemicals in water.
6. If so, plants and animals will die.
- Explain
- Feedback and give
correct answers
ACTIVITY 3: AFTER YOU READ
- Ask Ss to work in
groups, answer the
question
- Go round and provide
help
- Call some Ss to answer
in front of the class
- Work in groups Discuss in groups
- Answer in front
of the class
- Feedback
4. Consolidation, homework
- Summarize the main contents of the lesson
- Learn by heart words
- Prepare next part, part B: Speaking
5. Drawing experience:
Unit 11: National parks
B: Speaking
I. Objectives
1. Educational aims: by the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- Talk about an excursion
- Express the regrets
2. Skill: expressing information and speaking for details
3. Attitude: love and protect the endangered animals
II. Method
- Communicative approach
III. Teaching Aids
- Teacher’s book
- Text book
- Pictures
IV. Procedure
1. Class Organization
- Greeting
- Checking the attendance
2. Checking old lesson:
- Rewrite the vocab in the previous lesson
3. New lesson:
Teacher’s Activities
- Ask Ss to answer some
questions
Students’
Activities
- Answer
individually
Content
Warm up – Lead in
1. If you are going on a trip, what will
you prepare for the trip?
- Gather ideas and lead in
2. If you don’t prepare well, what will
- Listen to the
introduction
happen?
ACTIVITY 1: PRE – SPEAKING
- Read the requirement
and ask Ss to explain the
requirement
- Explain the
requirement
- Read the columns and
explain some new words
- Listen to and
write down
Task 1: Matching
- Food poisoning
- fine (n)
- get lost
- Ask Ss to work in pairs, - Work in pairs, * Suggested answers:
read the columns carefully read the columns
and match the things and
and match
1. f
5. b
the consequences
2. c
6. c
- Call some pairs to
- Answer in front 3. h
7. a
answer
of the class
4. g
8. d
- Feedback
ACTIVITY 2: WHILE – SPEAKING
- Ask Ss to explain the
requirement
- Instruct: You are Nga’s
classmates and you are not
happy with the excursion.
Now, you are talking with
some other friends about
what you wish you had or
had not done
- Listen to the
instruction
- Notice and
- Explain the structure of
write down
Conditional sentence Type
III
Task 2: Showing regrets
* Conditional Sentence Type III
- Form: If + S + had + V3/ V- ed , S +
would + have + V3/ V-ed
- Meaning: unreal condition in the past
* Suggested answers
A: I hear they didn’t bring enough food
so they had to spend a lot of money on
expensive restaurants.
B: If they had brought enough food they
wouldn’t have spent a lot of money on
expensive restaurants.
- Ask Ss to work in groups
to do the task
- Work in groups A: I heard some had food poisoning so
- Go round to observe and
offer helps
- Call on some
representatives of groups
to talk about their ideas
- Comment and correct the
answers
and do the task
B: If some hadn’t had food poisoning
they could have enjoyed their visit.
- Talk about
their ideas
Task 3: Expressing the regrets
- Ask Ss to work in pairs
to express the regrets
- Listen to the
instruction
- Help Ss by giving
questions
- Work in pairs
to do Task 3
- Notice the
questions
ACTIVITY 3: POST – SPEAKING
- Prepare to
report
- Call on some Ss to report - Report in front
of the class
- Comment and give
marks
4. Consolidation, homework
- Summarize the main contents of the lesson
- Learn by heart words
- Prepare next part, part C: Listening
5. Drawing experience:
A: I heard they had no raincoat so they
got wet and some had a cold.
B: If they had had raincoat so they
wouldn’t have got wet and some
wouldn’t have had a cold.
- Explain the requirement
or instruct:
- Ask Ss to prepare to
report
that couldn’t enjoy their visit.
Unit 11: National parks
C: Listening
I. Objectives
1. Educational aims: through the lesson, students will be able to:
- Listen to get specific information about Cuc Phuong National Park
- Talk about the features of Cuc Phuong National Park
2. Skill: listening for specific information
II. Method
- Communicative approach
III. Teaching Aids
- Teacher’s book
- Text book
- Cassette player and tape
IV. Procedure
1. Class Organization
- Greeting
- Checking the attendance
2. Checking old lesson:
- Rewrite the vocab in the previous lesson
3. New lesson:
Teacher’s Activities
- Ask Ss to look at the
picture and answer some
Students’
Activities
- Listen to the
questions, think
Content
• Warm up – Lead in (5ms)
questions:
1. Do you know where it
is?
2. Have you ever visited
it?
3. What do you know
about it?
and answer
individually.
- Listen to the
introduction
- Introduce new lesson:
Today, we’ll listen to the
tape to get some
information about Cuc
Phuong National Park
ACTIVITY 1: BEFORE YOU LISTEN
- Ask Ss to work in
groups, ask and answer
the questions
- Ask and
answer the
questions in
groups
- Call some Ss to ask and
answer
- Ask and
answer
Work in groups: ask and answer the
questions
1. It is in the southwest of Hanoi.
2. It contains over 200 square km of
rainforest.
3. It is during the dry season.
4. Butterflies, caves, mountains and
100-year-old trees can be seen
there.
- Pre-teach some words
related to the listening part - Notice and
write down
- Read aloud words and
threatened and endangered species
ask Ss to repeat
flora (n)
- Listen and
repeat
Listen and repeat
attack (v)
ethnic minority (n)
fauna (n)
enemy (n)
ACTIVITY 2: WHILE YOU LISTEN
- Introduce: You will hear
a passage about Cuc
Phuong National Park.
Listen and do the tasks
- Ask Ss to explain the
requirement of Task 1
- Listen to the
introduction
- Explain the
requirement
- Ask Ss to read the
statements and be sure that - Read the
all the students understand statements
them
- Play the tape and ask Ss
to listen and do the task.
- Ask Ss to discuss with
friends about the answers.
- Call some Ss to give
their answers
- Play the tape again and
ask Ss to check their
answers
- Listen to the
tape and do the
task
- Discuss in pairs
- Give answers
- Listen again
and check
- Correct
- Instruct Ss: you will
listen to the tape again and - Listen to the
instruction
answer the questions
- Ask Ss to read the
questions carefully
- Ask Ss to try to answer
the questions before
listening
- Play the tape and ask Ss
- Read
the questions
carefully
- Try to answer
- Listen to the
Task 1: Events Ordering
* Suggested answers
1. Cuc Phuong National Park was
officially opened in 1960
2. Cuc Phuong is located 160 km
southwest of Hanoi
3. In 2002, nearly 100.000 visitors
visited Cuc Phuong
4. There are about 2000 different
species of flora and 450 species of
fauna
5. Nguyen Hue’s army was stationed
in Quen Voi before it made its surprise
attack on Thang Long
Task 2: Answer the questions
* Suggested answers
1. It covers 3 provinces: Ninh
Binh, Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa
2. It is about 160 km
3. They come there to see the work
being done to protect endangered
species.
4. Nguyen Hue defeated the Qing
invaders in the spring of 1789.
to listen and answer
tape and answer
- Ask Ss to compare the
answers with a friend
- Compare the
answers with a
friend
- Call some Ss to read
aloud their answers and
explain
- Give the
answers
- Play the tape again and
give correct answers
- Listen again
and check
5. They live mainly on bee keeping
and farming.
ACTIVITY 3: AFTER YOU LISTEN
- Ask Ss to work in groups - Work in groups Work in groups: talk about the
species features of Cuc Phuong
national Park
- Call some Ss to present
- Present in front
in front of the class
of the class
4. Consolidation, homework
- Summarize the main contents of the lesson
- Learn by heart words
- Prepare next part, part D: Writing
5. Drawing experience:
Unit 11: National parks
D: Writing
I. Objectives
1. Educational aims: through the lesson, students will be able to:
- Know how to accept or refuse an invitation
- Write a letter of acceptance or refusal
2. Skill: Writing for gist and specific information
II. Method
- Communicative approach
III. Teaching Aids
- Teacher’s book
- Text book
IV. Procedure
1. Class Organization
- Greeting
- Checking the attendance
2. Checking old lesson:
- Rewrite the vocab in the previous lesson
3. New lesson:
Teacher’s Activities
Students’
Activities
- Give a situation and ask
Ss to answer
- Listen to the
situation and
Someone invites you to go answer
out for dinner. If you
agree to go, what will you
say? If you refuse /don’t
agree, what will you say?
- Call some Ss to answer
- Introduce new lesson:
Today, we will learn to
write a letter to accept or
refuse an invitation
- Answer the
questions
- Listen to the
introduction
Content
Warm up – Lead in
Would you like to go out for dinner
this evening.?
Yes, I’d love to
I’d love to but this evening I am busy…
ACTIVITY 1: PREPARATION AND PRESENTATION
- Introduce: when you
agree to accept an
invitation, you often use
the ways of accepting. Or
when you refuse an
invitation. You use the
ways of refusing
- Listen to the
teacher and then
write down on
the notebook
Task 1: Complete the letters
* Ways of accepting
- Yes, I’d like/ love to…
- Yes, that’s a great idea
- Yes, I am happy to come
- Yes, I really like to come
- I’d be delighted to…
* Ways of refusing
- I’d like /love to but I can’t come
because …
- Ask Ss to explain the
requirement
- Explain the
requirement
- Work in
individual,
- Read the letters and ask decide and
Ss to work in individual to complete
complete it. First, ask
them to decide whether it
is a letter of acceptance or
refusal. Then, find the
suitable expression to
complete it
- Compare
- Ask Ss to compare the
answer with a friend
- Call on some Ss to give
answer (by reading the
whole letter)
- Read the completed
letters again and check
- Answer
- Notice
- I’m afraid I can’t …because….
- I’m sorry I can’t because…
* Suggested answers
1. Dear Chi,
Something is wrong with my phone, so
I am leaving you this note. Thanks for
your invitation. I’d like to (I’d love to)
How about meting at the school gate
at 8: 30?
Lien
2. Dear David,
Thanks for your note. I’m sorry I can’t
because ( I’d love to but…) my father
has been ill since yesterday and I have
to look after him.
Let’s go another time.
3. Dear Daisy and Tony,
Thanks very much for your invitation
to dinner. Of course, I’d be delighted
to.
I’m sure we will have a good time
together.
Susan
ACTIVITY 2: PRACTICE
- Ask Ss to explain the
requirement
- Explain the
Task 2: Letter completion
requirement
* Suggested answers
- Ask Ss to work in
individual, read the
sentences carefully and
rearrange them to
complete the letter
- Work in
individual and
arrange the
sentences to
complete the
letters
Dear Nam,
- Ask Ss to share the
answer with a friend
- Exchange the
answer
- Call some Ss to read
their letters
- Read the letters 3. c
1. d
Thank you for your letter.
2. e
It’s lovely to hear that you are going
to spend the next weekend in the
country
I would really like to come
- Correct
4. a
You know how much I love spending a
weekend in the country after a long
and hard term
5. f
I will catch the usual train on Friday
evening
6. b
- Explain the requirement
Give my best regards to your parents
- Listen carefully and hope to see you soon
- Remind Ss that they
should use the suitable
- Notice and
remember
Task 3: Writing a letter
tenses and language items
- Ask Ss to write
individually
- Write letter
- Ask Ss to exchange their
letters
- Exchange the
writings
ACTIVITY 3: PRODUCTION
- Call on 2 Ss to go to the
board and write down the
letters
- Check and correct the
mistakes
- Write down the * Suggested answers
letters on the
Dear Phuong,
board
Thank you for inviting me to join your
picnic to Cuc Phuong National Park,
I’d like to but I can not because I’m
very busy reviewing my lessons for the
English test.
Let’s go another time.
Love,
Minh.
4. Consolidation, homework
- Summarize the main contents of the lesson
- Learn by heart words
- Prepare next part, part E: Language Focus
5. Drawing experience:
Unit 11: National parks
E: Language Focus
I. Objectives
1. Educational aims: through the lesson, students will be able to:
- Distinguish and pronounce the sounds / t / and / d/ correctly
- Understand the usage of conditional sentence type 3
II. Method
- Communicative approach
III. Teaching Aids
- Teacher’s book
- Text book
- Cassette player, tape
IV. Procedure
1. Class Organization
- Greeting
- Checking the attendance
2. Checking old lesson:
- Rewrite the vocab in the previous lesson
3. New lesson:
Teacher’s Activities
Students’
Activities
Content
ACTIVITY 1: PRONUNCIATION
- Give words included
sounds, read aloud these
words, pronounce these
sounds clearly and slowly
- Call Ss to read words
and help them to
distinguish them
- Instruct the way to
pronounce
- Play the tape and ask Ss
to repeat words
- Listen carefully Introduce sounds and ways to
distinguish them
- / t/:
Ex: tear, topic, toxic, hoped, worked
- Read words
clearly
- Notice
- Listen and
repeat words
- Read sounds
- / d/
Ex: die, damage, different, played, lived
Notes:
- Verbs ended with voiceless sounds
( p, k, f, s, h, θ, t∫, ∫ ) , except t, ed
was read / t/
- Call some Ss to read
sounds clearly
- Play the tape
- Ask Ss to underline
words included sounds in
sentences
- Call some Ss to read
sentences
- Listen
- Listen and
underline words
- Verbs ended with voiced sounds ( b,
g, v, z, m, n, l, r, j, w, dʒ, ʒ, đ ) and
vowels, except d, ed was read / d/
Practice
- Read aloud
sentence by
sentence
- Correct
ACTIVITY 2: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
I. Conditional sentence type 3
- Give examples
- Notice
- Ask Ss to analyse the
examples
- Analyse
- Give the meaning, form
and use of conditional
sentence type 3
- Write down
Ex: - I didn’t come to her party. I
didn’t meet Jim.
→ If I had come to her party, I would
have met Jim
Form:
If clause..., main clause
If + S + had + PP, S+ would + have +
PP
Usage: express an unreal condition in
the past
* Notes:
- Unless = if … not
- We can omit If in case of reversing
the verb and subject of if clause
Ex: had I known she was in hospital, I
would have visited her
Practice
- Ask Ss to work
individually and give the
right form of the verbs in
- Work in
individual, do
Exercise 1: Choose the right form of
verb
brackets
- Ask Ss to compare the
answers with a friend
- Call some Ss to give
their answers
- Feedback and give
correct answers
exercise 1 as the
requirement
2. had had
- Give the
answers
4. would have passed
3. would have gone
5. would have enjoyed
6. had known
7. had stopped
8. had called
- Instruct
- Call some Ss to write
down their sentences on
the bb
1. had known
- Compare the
answers with
friend
- Notice
- Ask Ss to do Task 2
* Suggested answers
- Listen to the
instruction
Exercise 2: Write a sentence with If
for each situation
- Do task 2
* Suggested answers
- Write down
- Feedback and give
correct answers
1. If the driver in front hadn’t
stopped so suddenly, the
accident
wouldn’t
have
happened.
2. If I had known that Lam had to
get up early, I would have
woken him.
3. If Hoa hadn’t lent me the
money, I wouldn’t have been
able to buy a car only.
4. If Mary hadn’t been wearing a
seat belt, she would be injured
in the crash.
5. If you had had breakfast, you
would not be hungry now.
6. If I had had some money on me,
I would have got a taxi.
- Instruct
- Listen to the
Exercise 3: Use the given
information to make conditional
- Ask Ss to work
individually
instruction
sentence with If
* Suggested answers
to do Exercise 3
- Do as
requirement
- Ask Ss to exchange in
pairs
- Exchange
- Call on some Ss to write
down their sentences on
the
in pairs
- Write down
BB
1. If I had been working at the
restaurant last night, I would
have waited on your table.
2. If they had been paying
attention, they would have seen
the sign marking their exit from
the highway.
3. Carol would have answered the
phone if she hadn't been
studying.
- Correct
4. If the sun hadn't been shining,
we wouldn't have gone to the
beach yesterday.
5. If the music hadn't been playing
loudly at the restaurant, I would
have heard everything Mr Lee
said during the dinner.
4. Consolidation, homework
- Summarize the main contents of the lesson
- Learn by heart words
- Prepare next part, part E: Language Focus
5. Drawing experience:
Unit 11: National parks
F: Test Yourself
I. Objectives
1. Educational aims: through the lesson, help Ss to:
- Listen to the passage and answer the questions
- Read the passage and do the True/ false exercise and find the words in the text
- Give the correct verb form
- Write a letter of invitation
2. Skill: reading, listening and writing for gist and for specific information
II. Method
- Communicative approach
III. Teaching Aids
- Teacher’s book
- Text book
- Cassette player, tape
IV. Procedure
1. Class Organization
- Greeting
- Checking the attendance
2. New lesson:
Teacher’s Activities
Students’
Activities
Content
ACTIVITY 1: LISTENING (10 ms )
- Explain the requirement
- Listen to the
explanation
Listening (2.5 points)
- Ask Ss to read the
questions and underline
the key words. Make sure
- Read the
* Suggested answers
questions carefully
that all the students
understand the questions
- Play the tape and ask Ss
to listen and answer the
questions
- Ask Ss to discuss the
answers with a friend
- Call some Ss to give
answers
- Play the tape again and
check the answers
1. They go to a national park to
- Listen to the tape enjoy nature
and answer
2. It became a national park in 1872
- Discuss with a
friend
3. No, it isn’t. It’s the world’s
largest park.
4. It has about 70 geysers.
- Answer in
individuals
5. They mustn’t pick the flowers,
feed or hunt animals
- Listen and check
- Give marks
- Feedback and give
correct answers, ask Ss to
give marks
ACTIVITY 2: READING
- Ask Ss to discuss the
answer with friend
- Call some Ss to give
answers
- Discuss the
answers with a
friend
- Answer in
individuals
- Feedback and give
correct answers
- Ask Ss to give marks,
each right answer has 0.25 - Give mark
points
Reading (2.5 points)
* Find the words or phrases with means
the following
* Suggested answers
a. Rubbish and useless things =
junk and litter
b. Scenery = landscape
c. Main road that connects towns
or cities = highway
d. Good for your health = healthy
* True/ False statements
* Suggested answers
a. T
b. T
c. F
d. F
e. T
f. T
ACTIVITY 3: GRAMMAR
- Ask Ss to discuss the
answers with a friend
- Call Ss to give answers
and explain
- Correct and ask Ss to
give marks
- Discuss the
answers with a
friend
- Give answers
- Notice and give
marks
Grammar (2.5 points)
* Suggested answers
a. (1) has been cleaned- (2) have
been turned on- (3) are waiting
b. (1) knew – (2) would help- (3)
knows
c. (1) decided – (2) to stay- (3)
would have gone out – (4)
hadn’t been
ACTIVITY 4 : WRITING (10 ms)
Writing (2.5 points)
- Ask Ss to exchange their
writings at home to find
the mistakes
- Exchange the
writings and find
the mistakes
- Call two Ss to write
down their writing on the
board
- Write down on
the board
* Suggested answers
Dear Alex,
You will be delighted to know
Father is giving a party to celebrate
the new year. He has invited some of
our relatives and his friends to make
the party a success.
I too have invited a number of my
friends in the neighborhood. Mother
has asked me to tell to to come home
for the New year celebration.
- Read the writings and
correct the mistakes
- Notice the
mistakes and selfcorrect
I’m sure you will be here in time to
share the fun with us on that day.
Your sister,
Helen
- Ask Ss to sum of the
points
- Sum of the points
3. Consolidation, homework
- Summarize the main contents of the lesson
- Learn by heart words
- Prepare next lesson: Reiew 9 -11
4. Drawing experience: