Giáo án Tiếng Anh 10 Unit 3: People s background

Giáo án Tiếng Anh 10
UNIT 3:

A - READING
I. OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- read better through Matching and True or False exercises.
- improve background knowledge about famous scientists especially about
Marie Curie.
II. LANGUAGE FOCUS:
1. Grammar:

- The past perfect
- The past perfect vs. the past simple

2. Vocabulary: Words to describe people’s back ground: name(s), age, place/date
of birth, education, job, interest
III. SKILLS: Reading for general or specific information
IV. TEACHING AIDS: Some photos of famous people and some information
about them
IV. PROCEDURE:
Teacher's activities

Students' activities


Warm-up: (5')
- Give some famous persons’ names in
the column A and their job in the column
B
- Let students match the people with

their jobs
A
Hong Nhung
Marie Curie
Miss Hanh
Ngo Tat To

- Do themselves and then working pairs
- Some of them do on the board and speak
out

B
scientist
writer
singers
teacher

A

B

Hong Nhung

singers

Marie Curie

scientist

Miss Hanh

Ngo Tat To

teacher
writer

- Recheck and introduce the new
lesson: Marie Curie
I. Before you read: (8')

- Listen to the teacher

- Ask some questions about some
famous people and Marie Curie
1. Can you name and tell some
scientists and their specializations?
- Write down in their papers and then
2. What are their job?

discuss in their groups

3. Where are they?

- Some students stand up and answer in


4. Have you ever heard of Marie Curie? roles
5. What do you know about her?

A: Can you name…?

- Let students write some information B: They are NewTon, DarkWin, Marie
about Marie Curie with model given

Curie...

What you already know about her
What you want to know about her

- Work in pairs to discuss to fill some
necessary inform about Marie Curie

- Let each student stand and speak their

- Speak out their knowledge about Marie Curie

opinions

A: Marie Curie is a scientist

- Go around and help them if necessary

B: I want to know when and where she
was born

II.While you read: (20')
- Let students open the book and read

Class organization: students do it in pairs

silently while teacher reads aloud and - Read silently

correctly

- Remember some information about

- Ask students to read themselves and Marie Curie
write down some information
- Let students work in pairs to do the
task 1
Task 1

- Read quickly and give some sentences in
the text which are in A


- Read words in A and ask:

- Predict the meaning of words

1. With flying colors, what does it - Match words A with B
mean?

1-C: very well, with a very high

- Let students translate them into mark/grade
Vietnamese

2-E:

find

out

exactly

by

making

- Ask students to reread and answer calculations
some questions to practise with some
words above

3-A: having a fully developed mind
4-D: make less severe

1. To whom do these words refer to?
- What about her?

5-B: keep in the mind
- Work in pairs and answer some question

2. Who passed the exam with flying
colors?
Task 2
- Let students read all sentences and
explain some new words if necessary

- Read quickly and find information to
compare to the sentence given: True of
False?

- Work in pairs, then one reads the
sentence and the other corrects it

- Listen and correct if needed
- Work in pairs to find information to
Task 3

answer the questions

- Let students work in pairs

-Expected answer:
1.Marie Curie was born in Warsaw on


November 7th, 1867.
2.She was a brilliant and mature student.
3.She worked as a private tubor to save
money for a study tour abroad.
4.She was awardes a Nobel Prize in
Chemistry for determining the atomic
weight of radium.
5.No, it wasn’t. Her real joy was “ easing
human suffering”
- Work in pairs and some of them stand
and say about Marie Curie
III. After you read: (10')
- Work in groups and discuss which
-Ask students to close their books and

sentences go with the word given

practise telling something about Marie
Curie

- Speak out:

- Let students reread the passage a. strong willed: harboured the dream of a
quickly to find evidence from the scientific career, impossible for a woman at that
passage to prove each of them

time

a. strong willed

b. Ambitious: kept moving up in her
career

b. ambitious
c. hard-working: difficult living conditions- work
c. hard-working
d. intelligent

hard
d. Intelligent: Nobel Prize


e. humane

e. Humane: easing humane suffering

- Listen and explain some use of the - Some others repeat
words: work as; in spite of; worked
together on; took up the position

V. Homework (2')
- Reread the passage and write about
another famous person (about 100
words)

V. EXPERIENCE

- Copy the words

- Listen and copy


B - SPEAKING
I. OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to talk about
their own background and know how to ask for other people’s background.
II. SKILLS: Talk about people’s background
III. TEACHING AIDS: Textbook, photos of some famous persons or some real
information about someone to speak
IV. PROCEDURE:
Teacher's activities

Students' activities

Warm-up: (3')

- Close the books

- Ask students to close the book

- Working pairs and write the full

- Give some words and let students
complete the full sentences:

- Each student speaks out the sentence

1. Marie Curie/ born/ 7th/ November/
Warsaw/ 1867
2.

Marie

Curie/

sentences

they’ve done
1. Marie Curie was born in Warsaw on

harbour/

dream/

November 7the 1867

scientific career/ impossible/ woman/ 2. Marie Curie harboured the dream of a
time

scientific career, which was impossible for a
woman at that time

Pre-speaking: (8')
- Ask students to practise speaking

- Work in pairs
A: What is your father’s job?


about their parents, brothers, sisters…

B: He’s a doctor

- Go around and listen to them

A: How old is he?
B: He’s 40 years old

While-speaking: (22')
Task 1
- Let students open the books and

A: What does he like doing in his free
time?
B: He likes playing badminton

observe the picture and describe what - Look at the picture and answer the
they are doing

questions

1. What are they doing?

1. They are interviewing

2. Where are they?

2.They’re in the classroom

3. How do you know they are 3. One speaks and one writes down in the
conducting an interview?

notebook

- What are three students holding in - They’re holding the pens and notebooks
their hands?

- Read these words and work in groups
- Some students can show off these words:

- Ask students to read some words family; dislike; hobby; education
given and then let them choose which
words used for someone’s back ground
- Listen and correct
Task 2
- Ask students to look at the pictures

- Observe the picture
- Work in groups with some cues given
below


again
-

Let

(Greeting, date of birth, home, parents…)
students

imagine

they

are A: Hi! When were you born?

journalists and interview each other in
groups and pairs
- Ask one group to do the task as a

B: I was born on August 18th 1991
A: Where do you live?
B: I live in ....

model

- Go around listening to some groups - Other groups go on practising speaking
and help them if needed

- Practise interviewing as a dialogue
A: Hello! I’m Huong
B: Hello! I’m Lan. Nice to meet you.
A: Could you tell me something about

- Let some groups play in role as yourself and your parents?
journalists

and

other

answer

the B: Oh, yes! Please

questions
- Others listen and write down some
information they get

- Work in groups
A: Can you tell me something about Nam?
B: Yes, please
A: Where is he from?


B: He’s from .....

- Ask some pairs to stand in front of the A: What does he do?
class and practise speaking

B: He’s a student.
A: What does he like doing?
B: He likes playing football

Task 3
- Ask students to tell about others
they’ve heard by interviewing their
friends
- Some groups go on speaking each
other

- Work and discuss in groups and one of
this group asks and one of other answers
A: Where was he born?
B: He was born in Missouri in 1835
A: Which name did he adopted?
B: It was “Mark Twain”

Post-speaking: (10')

A: When did he die?

- Give some information about Mark B: He died in 1910
Twain:
1. He/ born/ Missouri/ 1835
2. He/ adopt/ pen name/ “Mark Twain”
3. He/ write/ his famous novels/ “Tom

- Listen and write down in their notebooks


sawyer, Huckleberry”…
4. He/ died/ 1910
- Listen to each group and correct or
give mark if they do it well

Homework: (2')
- Let students write about someone they
admire or look forward to meeting

V. EXPERIENCE


C - LISTENING
I. OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to talk about one of the
Olympic champions by using the information regarding her background and career.
II. SKILLS: Listening for general or specific information
III. TEACHING AIDS: Some pictures of persons or some real information about
them
IV. PROCEDURE:

Teacher’s activities

Students’ activities

Warm-up: (4')

- Give some photos of athletes in Viet - Observe the pictures and give some
Nam and in the world

information

1. Who is this in the photo?

1. He is Hong Son

2. Which sport does he play/ take up?

2. He plays football

3. Did he win any Olympic champions?

3. Yes, he ever won the award of the best
football player in Viet Nam

I. BEFORE YOU LISTEN: (8')
- Let students open the books and ask
who is in the picture


1. What’s her name?

- Work in pairs and answer the questions

2. Where does she come from?

1. She’s Nellie Kim

3. How many time Olympic Champions 2. She comes from Russia
did she win?

3. She won five-time Olympic Champion

4. Which sports does she play?
- Give more some information about
Olympic: The

first Olympic Games

were held at the foot of Mount Olympus

4. She is Olympic gymnast
- Listen to the teacher and answer the
questions

in 776 BC to honor the Greek; s chief P1: Can you
God Zenus and once for every four Champions?
years

name

any

P2: What would you like to know about

- Let students read some words they’ll these people?
listen then

- Read in chorus

- Listen and check

- Some students read themselves:
+ love story
+ sport teacher

II. WHILE YOU LISTEN: (20')

+ romantic

Task 1

+ teacher’s diploma

- Let students read some sentences
given and explain some new words if
necessary

Olympic


- Read or let students listen first
Have you got anything from the

- Read silently the sentences given before
listening

conversation between Bob and Sally?

- Listen the first time

- Let students listen the second time

- No, we haven’t

- Check their listening

- Listen the second time and begin doing

- Let students listen the third time and

the task

let them choose and decide whether the - Listen the third time and work in groups
statements are True or False

to decide which are T or F

- Observe the class and listen to each P1: In 1995, Sally joined the star sport
group’s feedbacks

club

- Give more information if students P2: It is True
wonder or not clear
1. T (born 1980- joined when she was 15)

P1: Why is it True?
P2: Sally was born in 1980 and when she

2. T (father, mother, 2 brothers)

was 15, she joined the star sport club

3. F (not much free time)

P1: Number two, is T or F?

4. T (like different sports reading)

P2: It’s T

5. F (be a sports teacher)

- Each group asks and explains why they

Task 2
- Before listening, let students read
quickly some sentences they’ll listen
and guess some missing words that will

choose by some information they’ve
listened
- Work in groups and guess


be in the conversation

- Listen and do the task

- Let students listen the first time: Who - Speak out their listening
can guess some words?

- Try to write down words they’ll fill

- Let students listen the second time
1. Which words in the 1st sentence?
2. Which words in the 2nd sentence?
- Let student listen the last time and let
them work in groups to speak out
- Listen and correct their listening

- Work in groups:
1. a general education
2. lives, family
3. different, swimming
4. love stories

III. AFTER YOU LISTEN: (10')

5. teacher’s diploma

- Ask students to retell something about
Sally

- Work in groups and each group has one
person who says about Sally

- May answer in different ways
- Ask students to write a short passage
to tell their outdoor activities they’ve
taken part in recently

- Write in groups and ask someone to
speak out their writing
- Other groups listen and copy some
information and give some questions


- Listen to each group and correct Ex:
mistakes if they’ve done

1. Where did she go last week?
2. What did she like best?

Homework:(3')
- Ask students to write a short passage
about Sally or a person they like

3. Who did she go with?
4. Was it interesting?

- Practise writing

V. EXPERIENCE


D - WRITING

I. OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- write a simple V.C. (curriculum vitae)
- get to know the format, layout and essential information of a C.V.
II. SKILLS: Writing about people’s background
III. TEACHING AIDS: Some cues, information of someone
IV. PROCEDURE:

Teacher’s activities

Students’ activities

I. Warm-up: (4')
- Ask students to close the books
- Give the papers with some words

- Work in pairs and match the words in A
with the words in B

given in the column A and B

- Some students do matching on the board

1. Name

Key:

2. Date of birth

1.e- 2.f- 3.a- 4.b- 5.c-6.d- 7g

3. Place of birth

- Other students speak sentences and write

4.School attended

down in their notebooks


5. Exam passed
6. Previous jobs
7. Interests

- The answers may be various

a. Boston

- It is the curriculum vitae

b. Kensington
High School
c. English, French, Maths
d. tourist guide
e. David Brown

- Listen and copy

j. 12/11/1969

- Read aloud the C.V. of

g. Music and dancing

Mr Brown

- Ask students if they often see some - Listen to the teacher
information of someone

- Read silently

- Ask: what does these information
call?
- Read those words and copy
II. Pre-writing: (8')
- Ask students to open their books
- Introduce the form of the curriculum


vitae (shortening V.C.):
+ Mr Brown’s C.V to apply for a job
+ It consists of: name, date of birth ect.

- Work in pairs

III. While-writing: (18')

P1: When and where was he born?

Task 1

P2: He was born on November 12th, 1969

- Introduce Mr Brown’s C.V
- Let students read quickly Mr Brown’s
C.V
- Explain some new words if there are:
+ previous job: the job was done in the
past
+ tourist guide: a person guide visitors
who travel somewhere

in Boston
P1: Which school did he attend?
P2: He attended at Kensington High
School
- Practise writing with some information
of Mr Brown:
Mr Brown was born on 12th November,
1969 in Boston.He went to Kengsinton
High school and passed exams in English,

- Ask students to make some questions French, and Mathematics.He worked in a
after reading some cues of Mr Brown
travel agency from June 1991 to
December 1998. And from 1999 to 2002,
he worked as a hotel telephonist. He likes
music and dancing.
- Each group read their writing
- Listen and work in groups

- Practise asking some questions like in


Task 1 before writing
- Discuss and find out some errors if they
make

- Ask some other groups to write down

- Practise writing in groups

a paragraph about Mr Brown using - Each member of groups reads aloud his/
some cues below and then each student her writing
on be half of his group read aloud
-Listen and correct

- Other group appreciate and correct
mistakes each other
Name

Task 2
- Ask students to read the V.C. and
then fill some necessary information
about their parents
- Ask some students to write on the

Mr/Ms

Date of birth
Place of birth

Education:
School
attended

board- other groups appreciate their

Exams passed:

friend’s writing

Previous job:

Date from/ date to

- Work in groups
- Change the C.V. and each group corrects
mistakes
Task 3
- Each group does the writing and read


- Let students practise writing freely aloud
about their parents or relatives
- Listen and give mark if they do it well
- Listen and copy

IV. Post-writing: (13')
- Give some information about Uncle
Ho, New Ton, Marie Curie, Mr Nam
on papers

- Listen and correct if needed

V. Homework: (2')
- Write a paragraph and a C.V about
someone

V. EXPERIENCE


E - LANGUAGE FOCUS
I. OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- pronounce the sounds/e/ and /æ/ correctly
- use the past perfect tense appropriately and distinguish it with the past
simple tense.
II. SKILL: fluency in pronunciating /e/ and /æ/ and use of past perfect
III. TEACHING AIDS: Some words related to /e/ and /æ/; give more exercises of
tenses
IV. PROCEDURE:

Teacher’s activities

Students’ activities

Warm-up: (5')
- Give some words and ask students to - Do the exercises
make full sentences
1. Marry/ her bag/ left/ school/ at/
yesterday
2. Mrs Black/ has/ from/ a/ message/ Jen

- Let students read aloud the sentences

1. Marry left her bag at school yesterday
2. Mrs Black has a message from Jen
- Read these sentences


I. Pronunciation: (15')
- Close the books!

- Listen and repeat following the teacher

a. Introduce two syllables /e/ and /æ/

- Work in pairs and read aloud these words

- Let students practise pronunciating
these words:
end; and; left; bag; laughed; bed; bad;
ten; tan; sand; send; let; lad
- Listen and correct the syllables
students read

then choose which words have sound /e/
and which have sound /æ/
+ /e/: end; left; bed; ten; send; let
+ /æ/: and; bag; bad; laughed; tan; sand;
lad
- Read in silent first
- Some of each groups read aloud

- Read after teacher and work in groups to
find the syllable /e/ or /æ/ in the word in
these sentences:
1. The fat man has a red pen.
2. This handbag will be sent to Helen.
- Read silently and give the opinions:
+ Her husband had obtained which
b. Let students open the books and read happened before.
aloud the words given and try to
+ She took up the position which happened


pronounce syllable /e/ or /æ/ correctly

after.

man – pan

* had obtained: past perfect

sad – bad

* took up: past simple

mat – sand
men – pen
said – send
met – bed

- Students work in pairs and give the use
and form of past simple and past perfect
- Some students repeat aloud
- Do the exercise themselves

- Listen and check for pronunciation
- Ask students to listen and read after
these sentences
II. Grammar: (22')
a. Ask students to read an example - Each student of each group gives correct
given and give which action happened form of verbs
before and which happened after in the
past
- Ask students to determine which verb
in Past Simple or Past Perfect
- Listen and remark
b. Let students practise doing exercises


Exercise 1
-

Ask

students

Exercise 1
to

do

exercise

Work individually and then compare the

themselves then discuss in groups

answers with a friend

-Have Ss compare their answers with a

Expected answers:

friend.

1.had broken

6.had been

2.had done

7.had left

3.had met

8.had moved

answers in front of the class.

4.hadn’t turned

9.hadn’t seen

-Feedback and give correct answers:

5.had ever seen

10.had broken in

-Make sure all the verbs have been put
the correct form.
- Call on some Ss to read aloud their

Exercise 2
- Ask students to remind of the use of
Past simple and Past perfect

Exercise 2

- Listen and remark

- Work in groups and give the correct tense

-Feedback and give correct answers:

of verb and explain why they did it
-Work individually and then compare the
answers with a friend .
Expected answer:
1.had just finished /came

2.had seldom travelled/went
3.went/had already taken