Giáo án Tiếng Anh 10 unit 15: Cities

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Period : 91

UNIT 15: CITIES
LESSON 1 : READING

I. Objectives:
1. Education aims:
- Students know more about New York City.
2. Knowledge:
a. General knowledge: - Knowledge about New York City.
b. Language:
- The passive.
- Vocabulary used to describe a city.
3. Skills: - Speaking : talk in pairs and in groups.
- Reading comprehension: better sts' reading skill through guessing
words' meanings in contexts, finding specific information.
II. Anticipated problems:
- Students may not have much knowledge about New York City.
III. Teaching aids: board, textbook, chalk, some pictures.
IV. Procedures:
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
1. Warm-up:(3 mins)
- Ask sts some questions so that they can find - Listen to the T and find the
out which city they are reading about.
answer.
What is the largest city in the USA?
S1: New York City is the largest city
Where is the Statue of Liberty situated?
in the USA.

- Introduce the topic of the lesson.
S2: It is situated in New York.
2. Before you read:( 12 mins)
- Listen to the T.
Aims: To introduce the topic and provide sts
with words/phrases about New York City.
a. Answering questions:
- Ask sts to look at the pictures of some wellknown places in New York and then ask them
some questions:
- Look at the pictures and answer
Do you know these places?
the T.
What are they?
Ss: Yes, we know.
- Encourage sts to answer freely.
S1: No 1 is the Empire State
- Guide sts to read the names of these places
Building.
aloud.
S2: No 2 is the United Nations
- Ask them to match the names to the
Headquarters.
pictures.
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- Ask sts to work in pairs to ask and answer
- Work in pairs to ask and answer.
the questions in Before you read.
- Give answers orally.

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- Go round to help if necessary.
- Ask some sts to give answers.
- Listen and check. Sts may give different
answers. b.Vocabulary.
- Provide sts with the new words/phrases:
+ lo'cate (v):
+ 'harbour (n):
+ 'global (a): belong to globe
+ 'finance (n):
+ 'business (n):kinh doanh
+' characterise(v):
- Read each word/phrase 3 times and ask sts
to repeat it.
- Leave sts 1 minute to self-practice.
- Ask 4-5 sts to read all the word/phrases
aloud in front of the class( 1 st/ 1 time)
- Listen and help sts to read the words/phrases
correctly.
3. While you read:( 20 mins)
Aims: Read and guess the meanings of the
words from contexts, and find specific
information.
+ Task 1: Matching:
- Ask sts to read the passage independently
then read the words in column A as well as
the definitions given in column B and scan
the passage to match.
- Tell sts to refer to Vocabulary for help and
encourage them try to guess the meanings of

the words in contexts of the reading text.
- Ask sts to share their answers with their
partners.
- Call on 5 sts to read their answers aloud in
front of the class.
- Get feedback and give remarks.
+ Task 2: True or False.
- Ask sts to read the sentences in task 2 first,
and focus their attention on key words.
- Ask sts to read the passage independently

1. It is in the northeast of the USA.
2. Sts' answer.
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- Others listen
- Listen and read after the T.
- Write down these words into their
notebooks.
- Listen and repeat.
- Read these words and check for
their partner.
- Read the words aloud.
- Listen to the T.

- Work individually.

- Report their answers one by one.
1. - d
2-c
3 - e

4 -a
5-b
- Listen to the T
- Read the sentences first and try to
focus on the key words.
- Read the passage again and do the
task.
- Share their ideas with their friends.


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and then decide whether the statements are
true or false.
- Tell sts to refer to Vocabulary for help and
encourage them to try to scan the information
as fast as possible.
- Move round to help and ask sts to share
their ideas and correct the false sentences.
- Call on 5 sts to read and explain their
answers aloud in front of the class.

- Report their answers sentence by
sentence.
1. T
2. F. It is ice-free in all seasons.
3. T. It is on the Hudson & Passaic
River.
4. T
5. T
- Listen to the T

- Feedback and give remarks.
+ Task 3:
- Ask sts to read the passage again and work
in pairs to ask and answer the questions.
- Move around to help.
- Ask sts to share the answers with their
friends
- Ask 5 pairs to give answers.

- Read the passage again and work
in pairs to ask and answer.
- Present their ideas:
1. It's in the southeastern part of
New York state.
2. 7 million in the city and 19
million in the metropolitan region.
3. Because it was founded by the
Dutch.
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- Listen to their friends and the T.

- Listen and check.
4. After you read:( 9 mins)
Aims: to test sts' understanding about the
reading passage.
- Work in groups orally.
- Ask sts to work in groups of three or four to
discuss two questions.
If you could visit New York, which place(s) of

interest there would you like to see?
Why?/ Why not?
- Some sts report.
- Go round to help sts with their work.
- Some presentatives of the groups are
required to report in front of the class.
- Listen to the T.
- Listen and help sts to give correct answers.
5. Homework:( 1 min)
- Write a paragraph to answer the questions in
After you read.


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Period : 92

UNIT 15: CITIES
LESSON 2 : SPEAKING

I. Objectives:
1. Education aims: - Students know about diferent cities.
2. Knowledge:
a. General knowledge: - Students can talk about the differences between
London and New York.
b. Language:
- The comparative structures.
- Vocabulary to describe a city.
3. Skills: - Asking and answering questions about the two cities.
- Making the comparisions between London and New York.
- Talking about the preferences and explain the reasons.

II. Anticipated problems:
Sts might have problem using the comparative form of short vs long
adjectives fluently.
III. Teaching aids:
Textbook, chalk, board, handouts.
IV. Procedures:
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
1. Warm- up: (5 minutes)
Aims : get used to the topic.
- Divide the class into 2 big groups and introduce
the quiz: T is going to read out the questions - Work in groups and find the
about Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Sts need to answers quickly.
listen and give the answers quickly.
- The quiz:
1. Which city is larger in area- Hanoi or Ho Chi 1. Ho CHi Minh City. ( Area of
Minh City?
HCM: 2,095 km2, Hanoi: 921
2. Which city has a bigger population- Hanoi or km20
Ho Chi Minh City?
2. Ho Chi Minh City. ( pop. Of
3. Which city is older- Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh HCM: 6. 2 milion, Hanoi: 3
City?
milion)
4. Which city was known by more names through 3. Hanoi ( founded in 1010)
history- Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City?
4. Hanoi
5. Which city has more districts- Hanoi or Ho
Chi Minh City?
5. Ho Chi Minh City

6. Which city is closer to the sea- Hanoi or Ho
Chi Minh City?
6. Ho Chi Minh City
2. Before you speak: (8 minutes)
Aims: : focus sts. on the topic and introduce the
words and grammar used in the task.
+ Task 1: Complete each question in A with a


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suitable word in B
- Ask S to do the task individually.
- Ask some S to go and write their answers on
the board.
- Get feedback.
3. While you speak: (20 minutes)
Aims: Sts can ask and asnwer about the two
cities .
+ Task 2:
- Ask sts to work in pairs: One S read the
infformation about New York city and the other
about London, then ask and asnwer about the
cities
- In their pairs, Ss will take turn to ask and
answer about New York and London using the
questions in Task 1.
- Go around to check and offer help.
- Ask sts to share their answers with other pairs.
- Call on some pairs to perform in front of the
class and give feedback.

- Listen and give remarks.
+ Task 3:
- Introduce the task: S are going to work in pairs
again and compare the two cities they have just
asked and answer about.
- Call on two students to read aloud the model
conversation in the textbook.
- Pay attention to the words and phrases printed
in bold and review the comparative forms of
Adjs and nouns:
a Equal Comparison
+ Structure:
S + V + as adj / adv as +
S + Modal V/Aux V/Be
NP
Pro
- Equal comparison of nouns:
......... as+ many/ few+ countable N+ as
..........as+ much/ little+ uncountable N+ as
Eg.: as many parks as/ as much money as
b Comparative form:
+ Structure:

- Listen to the T
- Work individually.
- Some S write on board
- Answers:
1-d
2- f
3- a-e

4-a-e
5- b-c
6- c-b.

- Work in pairs to ask and
answer.
S1: Do you know when NY was
founded?
S2: It was founded in 1624. And
what about London?
S1: It was founded in 43AD.
Ans what is the population of
New York?
S2: 7 milion. What about
London?
S1: 7 milion, too. What’s the
area of New York?
S2: It covers an area of 946
km2. And how large is London?
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- Read the model aloud.
- Pay attention to the words/
phrases in bold.
- Listen to the T and take notes.


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S+V+ comparative adj /adv +than+

S + Modal V/Aux V/Be
NP
Pro
- Comparative nouns: more + count/ uncount N
E.g: more buildings, more money
- Ask S to work in pairs to compare the two
cities, basing on the model conversation.
- Go around to help Sts.
- Ask some Sts to perform in front of the class.
4. After you speak: (10 minutes)
Aim: S can talk about the preferences and give
the reasons.
+ Task 4:
- Introduce the task: S are going to work in
groups to talk about their preferences and to
give reasons to back up their opinions.
- Ask S to draw this table and take notes of their
friends’ opinions .
Name
City preferred
Reasons
- Go around to observe and offer help if
necessary.
- Call some S to report their findings.
- Give corrective feedback.
5. Homework: (2 minutes )
Write a paragraph about New York and
London.

- Work in pairs.

- Compare the two cities.
- Some pairs present in front of
the clas
- Work in groups to listen and
take notes their opinions into the
table.
- some sts present:
E.g.:Hoa prefers New York to
London because people are
friendlier and opener. Binh
prefers living in London because
there are more high buildings
but Nga prefers working in
London because there are more
holidays ……


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Period : 93

UNIT 15: CITIES
LESSON 3 : LISTENING

1. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students should appreciate a
wonderful work of the French, the Statue of Liberty.
2. Lexical items
- General knowledge: ss get the specific information about the Statue of
Liberty.
- Language: words related to the Statue of Liberty
3. Skills: Listen for specific information

4. Teaching aids: pictures of the Statue of Liberty, some pictures of some
famous cities, posters, textbook
Teacher’s Activities
Warm up: (3minutes) Matching:
- Use a poster: Match the names of the cities in
column A with the names of the countries in
column B
- Correct
* Pre-listening (6minutes)
- Get Ss to work in pairs to answer 6 Qs in textbook
1. It is the Statue of Liberty
2. It is the Statue of a woman /It is tall/ It is big
3. It got a crown in her head
4. It’s got a tablet in her left hand
5. It’s holding a burning torch
6. It’s wearing a robe
* While-listening (23minutes)
+ Task 1.
- Explain the instruction and has Ss read the task
quickly in 1 minute before listening
- Play the tape twice
- Listen to Ss’answers(from 1-5) and get Ss to
listen the last time to make sure that they can
correct their answers by themselves.
Answer key:
1. B 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. C
+ Task 2
- Explain the instruction

Students’ Activities

- Go to the board and match the
words
Ss’answers may vary

- Read the task quickly
- Listen and choose the correct
answers
- Give their answers
- Listen again to correct their
answers


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- Get Ss to read quickly Task 2 in 1 minute
- Play the tape twice
- Ask Ss what they have heard.
- Listen to Ss’answers
- Play the tape the last time to make sure that Ss can
fill in the table enough with correct information
Answer key
Liberty Enlightening the World
46 meters
205 tons
Copper (outside) and iron (frame)
(Made of) stone and concrete
9.30 a.m to 5 p.m daily (everyday)
except Christmas Day
* Post- listening (13minutes)
- Divide the class into 2 groups
- Have Ss sit in groups of six and retell their

friends what they have learnt about the Statue of
Liberty, using the information in the table.
- Go around to help students
- Get 2 representatives of 2groups to present their
talks
- Give feedback
Homework
-Review the lesson
Write a paragraph (about 50 words) about the
Statue of Liberty

-Listen to teacher’s explanation
- Read the task quickly
- Listen to the tape and fill in the
table
- Give their answers
- Listen to the tape and correct the
answers

- Work in groups

- 2 Ss present their talks in front of
class- Other Ss listen to their
friends’ presentation

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Period : 94

UNIT 15: CITIES
LESSON 4 : WRITING

1. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write a paragraph
describing a city.
2. Lexical items
- Grammar : + Defining and non defining relative clauses
+ Simple present, simple past.
- Vocabulary : Some new words related to the topic
3. Skills: Writing a short paragraph to describe the city which students know well.
4. Teaching aids: pictures, posters, textbook
PROCEDURE:
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
I. Warm up : (3’)
- ask some questions
Answer
1. What do you know about London?
(individually)
2. Do you like it? Give reason(s)
II. Pre - writing : (15’)
- ask students to look at the pictures in the texbook
- Work in groups, discuss, and
- ask students to read paragraph in silence.

answer the questions in task 1
- goes around class to help students
- explains some structures when describing a city
+ (be) situated
+ cover an area of
translation
+ (be) founded by
+ (be) famous for
+ The best thing about …… is ……
- Ask Ss to answer the questions.
- Gives feedback
- Answers
1. In southern English, on river Thames
2. It covers an are a of 1,610 square kilometres
3. 7 million
4. It is a capital city
5. It was founded by the roman in 43AD
6. It is famous for many things : such as St paul’s
cathedral and the houses of parliament, its
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7. The best thing about London is the park
III. While - writing : (15’)
- Elicit some famous cities
Give cues
* HCM city : - Population – about 8 million people
- Area : 2,092 square km
- Founded : 1968

- Famous : BenThanh market, Duc Ba church.
* CanTho : - Population - about 2 million people
- Area : 2,964 square km
- Founded : 2004
- Famous : Ninh Kieu pier, Can Tho port .
- ask students some questions about each of them
(questions in task 1)
- ask Ss to write a paragraph to describe one of the
above cities (based on Qs in task 1) by using posters.
- Go around class to help students
- ask groups of ss to exchange their writings
- go around to help them if necessary
- ask 1 Ss in each group to stick the posters on the
board
IV. Post - writing : (11’)
- correct mistakes
- T & ss work together
V. Homework : (1’)
- ask students to write a short paragraph about
the province of Ben Tre

- Give the name of some famous
cities in Viet Nam

- work in groups to write about a
city of their interest
- exchange their writings and
correct them each other
- correct
- do the work at home.

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Period : 95

UNIT 15: CITIES
LESSON 5 : LANGUAGE FOCUS

1. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to pronounce two
sounds /θ/, / ð / correctly; use “ Non- defining and defining Relative Clauses” and
“ Although” correctly
2. Lexical items -pronunciation: /θ/, / ð /
- Non- defining and defining relative clauses
-Although
3. Teaching aids: pictures, posters, textbook
PROCEDURE:
Teacher, s activities
Students’ s activities
Warm up.(3 mns)
- Shows a picture of Tom’s family (3 brothers).
- Asks:How many people are there in Tom ’s
family?
-five people

’
- How many brothers are there in Tom s family?
-Writes this sentence on the blackboard.
three brothers
’
There are three brothers in Tom s family.
Pronuciation(12mns)
Ex: There are three brothers in Tom’s family.
/θ/
/ð/
-read in chorus.
- asks students to read this sentence in chorus.
-pronounce the sounds in chorus
- ask them to pronounce two sounds:
- describe how to pronounce the two sounds
clearly.
Activity 1:
repeat after the teacher(3 times)
Ask students to open their books page 164.
pratise in pairs
Ask them to listen and and repeat the words.
pronounce
- ask students to practise in pairs
- get some students to pronounce these words
individually before the class
Activity 2
-Practise the sentences.
-Repeat in chorus.
(These sentences are written on a poster)
-ask students to listen and repeat

-get some ss to go to the blackboard and use two
kinds of coloured chalk to underline the words
pronounced /θ/, / ð /
-Practise


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-Teacher conduct correction
-Get ss to practise 3 minutes.
-Get some ss to read these sentences individually.
-Correct their mistakes.
-Get students to read these sentences in chorus
again
Grammar(30mns)
A. Exercise 1
Non-defining and defining relative clauses.
Relative pronouns: which, who, whom, whose,
that.
Activity 1:
-Show a picture of New York Harbour (textbook)
Asks: What is it?.
*Says: New York Harbour, which is ice-free in
all seasons, is one of the largest and finest
harbours in the world.
- Write this sentence on the blackboard
- explain the grammar note.
Gives another example.
*The man who lives next door is very friendly.
-explains.
@ Note

“That” is not used in non-defining relative
clauses
Activity 2.
Do exercise 1:
-Give the instruction.
-Ask students to work individually
-Get ss to correct in pairs.
-Get some students to do this exercise before the
class.
-Correct.
B.Exercise 2
Connecting contrasting ideas: Although.
Activity 1

-Read
-Read in chorus.

-Answer: It is New York Harbour

-Copy down
-Write down
“who lives next door” is relative
clause

-Work individually
-Correct in pairs

- Answer:
It is raining
They are playing football

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-Give an example
-Ask questions: It ……
What are they doing?
-Say: Although it is raining,they’re still playing
football.
S
V
-Copy down
-Write this sentence on the b.b
-Explain
-Ask students to look at the example in their
textbooks
-Take notes
-analyse and explain
-Work individually
@ notes
-Correct in pairs.
_Although = Even though= Though
ex: Though it is raining, they’re still playing
Do the exercises again
football.
Activity 2.
Do exercise 2
-Give the instruction
-Ask students to work individually
-get them to correct in pairs

-correct
Homework:
-Review the lesson
-do the exercise again.
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