Giáo án Tiếng Anh 10 unit 9: Undersea world

Lesson plan – Le Thanh Lam

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WEEK 20 – PERIOD 58
UNIT 9: UNDERSEA WORLD-Writing
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OBJECTIVES
1. Educational aim:
Students should appreciate the nature.
2. Knowledge
General knowledge: Students learn about the nature
Language
New words: Words related to the nature, especially to whales.
Skills:
Reading for describing information about the sperm whale, then write a
paragraph about the dolphin.
METHOD: Integrated, mainly communicative
TEACHING AIDS:
pictures of whales and dolphins
PROCEDURE
Teacher’s Activities
Student’s Activities
Warm-up (4 mn)

Teacher shows a few pictures and ask Ss work in pairs
questions:
Students’ answers
1) What is this / are these?
2) Which one do you like better?
1)
It is a dolphin/ a sperm whale,
2)
I / we like….better
Pre-writing (8 mn)
T: Work with partner. Read the table in
page 100 to know what information about
sperm whale you have to find out.
Now read the passage in page 99 and
answer the questions:
1. Where does the sperm whale live?
2. How big / long is a sperm whale?
3. What do sperm whales eat to live?
4. How often does a female sperm
whale give birth?
5. How long is a sperm whale’s life
span
6. What are their specials features?

Students sit in pair, read the.
Ss work in pairs

Teacher walks around the class and offers
help when necessary. Then teacher selects
a few students to give the answers.

Ss work in pairs
While-writing (18 mn)
Teacher assigns task: Work in pairs
And complete the table on page 100.
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Range
&habitat
Size

All oceans; prefer waters with with
high squid populations
M:18m in length,54t in weight


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F: 12 --- ,17 tons in weight
Carnivores:
eat mainly squids up to 1.500kg of
food daily
Offspring Give birth to one calf every 5-7
years.
Gestation period:14-19 months
Life span
Up to 60-70 years
Special
Biggest animals that have teeth on
features

largest brain of all mammals
Conservatin At risk due to hunting and
concerns
accidental fishing net entrapment
Feeding
habits

Task 2
T: Look at the information about the
dolphin in the table on page 101 .Write a
paragraph that describe the facts and
figures provided in the table. You can refer
to the paragraph about sperm whale as an
example.

Suggested answer
Dolphins are not fish. They are mammals that live
in the water.Dolphins are among the most
intelligent animals on earth. Although they can be
found in all oceans in the world, dolphins prefer
Teacher walks around the class and offers coastal waters and bays. The size of dolphins
help when necessary.
varies greatly. The smallest dolphin is just about
50kg in weight and 1.2 meters in length while the
largest one can weigh up to 8,200 kg and is 10
meters long. Dolphins are carnivores
and they
eat only fish. A female dolphin give birth to one
calf every two tears after a gestation period of
eleven to twelve months. A dolphin can normally

live from 25 to 65 years and some species of
dolphins can even live longer. Dolphin populations
are at risk due to the pollution of their habitat and
Post-reading (13 mn)
accidental entrapment in fishing nets
Teacher gives suggestions and corrections.
Teacher assigns homework.
Comments (2 mn)