Giáo án Tiếng Anh 10 unit 16: Historical places

Giáo án Tiếng anh lớp 10.
Period : 96

UNIT 16: HISTORICAL PLACES
LESSON 1 : READING

I. Objectives:
1. Education aim:
- Sts know about Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam.
2. Knowledge:
a. General knowledge:
- Sts can talk about Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam.
b.Language: Sts can recall more about:
- The simple past tense.
- Vocabulary to talk about historical places.
3. Skills:
- Reading for general ideas and specific information.
- Choosing the best suitable words and guessing in context.
- Deciding on True or False statements.
- Discussing in group.
II. Teaching aids: - Textbook, blackboard, chalk, ...…
III. Anticipated problems:
- Students may not have sufficient words to talk about the topic .
IV. Procedure
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
1. Warm-up: Network..(5minutes)
- Ask students to work in groups of 3-4 students .
- Ask the students to name some historical places in - Work in groups
Vietnam.
- After 2 minutes, the group which has the longest list will be

the winner
2. Before you read: (8 minutes)
Aims: To provide students with words/phrases about
historical places.
- Work in pairs.
- Students are required to work in pairs to answer the
questions in the textbook.
- Go around to offer help S.
- Ask some S to answer the questions.
- Listen and help S to give correct answers.
- Some S answer the
Suggested answers:
questions
1. Co Loa Citadel. Hoa Lu Capital.
Con- Son- Kiep Bac
Site. Den Hung Remains, Quang Tri Citadel, Hue Imperial
City. Hoi An City, etc.
2. Yes, it is. It is the first university of Vietnam.
3. Van Mieu- Quoc Tu Giam was founded in 1070 by the Ly
Dynastry. It is one of the most visited places in Hanoi.
- Give S some new words:


* The new words/phrases are:
+ Confucian ( a):
+ engrave ( v):
+ stelae ( n):
+ banyan trees ( n):
+ tortoise ( n):
Read each word/phrase 3 times and ask the students to repeat

it.
Ask 4-5 students to read all the word/phrases aloud in front
of the class (1 student/ 1 time)
Listen and help the students to read the words/phrases
correctly.
3. While you read: (20 minutes)
Aims: Read for information to do the task, and do the tasks.
Task 1: Guesing in context
- Ask the students to read the passage indepently then find
the italicised words in task 1.
- Write these words on board:
Originally, representative, memorialise, engrave, flourish.
- Ask S to go back to the text to locate and underline these
words and try to guess the meanings.
- T might want to check that S understand all these words by
callingon some S to tell the meanings in Vietnamese.
- S are required to compare their answers with their partner.
- Call on students to read and explain their answers aloud in
front of the class.
- Feedback and give correct answers:
* Key:
1. b
2. a
3. c
4. b
5. c
Task 2: Deciding on True or False statement
- Ask S read the text more carefully and decide whether the
statements are true (T) or false (F). Correct the false
information.

- Ask s to do the task individually and then check their
answers with their friend.
- Ask some representatives to give their choice orally in front
of the class and explain their answers.
- Listen and help S to give the right answer.
Answer:
1. F ( it was built in 1070)
2. T
3. F ( from 11th century to 18th century)
4. F ( it is an example of well- preseved traditional
Vietnamese architecture)
5. T
6. T
4. After you read: (10 minutes)
Aims: S can talk briefly about Van Mieu- Quoc Tu Giam.

- Read after the T and
then read individually.
- Listen and take notes
-

- Work individually
- Some S do the task
orally while others
listen.

- Read the text and do
the task individually
- Check the answers
with a partner.

- Some S present.

-


- Ask S to work in groups of 3 or 4 and prepare a talk about
Van Mieu- Quoc Tu Giam, using the suggestions in the
textbook.
- Go round to help the students with their work.
- Ask some S to talk in front of the class and give feedback.
Suggested talk:
Van Mieu- Quoc Tu Giam is a historical and cultural relic
of Vietnam, which attracts a great number of visitors every
year. Van Mieu- Quoc Tu Giam was built originally by the
Ly dynasty in 1070 in Hanoi. Quoc Tu Giam was considered
the first university of Vietnam, which was established on the
grounds of Vietnam. Royal exams used to take place here
and the first comers were honoured by having their names
carved on the stone stelae. These talae were carried on the
backs of giant tortoises, which can still be seen today.
5. Homework: (2 minutes)
- Write a passage about Van Mieu- Quoc Tu Giam.

- Listen to the T
- Work in groups
- S take turn to talk
about Van Mieu- Quoc
Tu Giam.

Period : 97

UNIT 16: HISTORICAL PLACES
LESSON 2 : SPEAKING

I/ Objectives
1. Education aims:
- Sts know about the historical places .
2. Knowledge:
- General knowledge:
Sts can talk about a historical place.
- Language:
The simple past tense.
Vocabulary on a historical place.
3. Skills:
- Asking and answering questions about a historical place.
- Talking about historical places.
II/ Anticipated problems:
Sts might not have sufficient vocabulary to talk about the topic.
III/ Teaching aids:
Textbook, chalk, board, handouts.
IV/ Procedure:
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
1. Warm- up: (5 minutes)
Aims : get used to the topic.
- Introduce the game: You are going to work in groups to - Work in group.
match the names of different historical places of interest in
Hanoi with their English translatations.
- Give the answers.:

1. Chùa Một Cột
a. Presidential Palace
2. Cột cờ Hà Nội
b. Temple of Literature
1-e
2- h
3- i
3. Bảo tàng cách mạng
c. Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum 4- b
5- c
6- a
4. Văn miếu
d. National Museum of Ethnology 7- d
8- j
9- f
5. Lăng Hồ chủ tịch
e. Co Loa Citadel
10- e
6. Dinh Tổng Thống
f. National Museum of Fine Arts
7. Bảo tàng dân tộc học
g. One Pillar Pagoda
8. Bảo tàng lịch sử
h. Flag Tower of Hanoi
9. Bảo tàng Mĩ Thuật
i. Revolution Museum
10. Thành Cổ Loa
j. Vietnamese National
HistoryMuseum
- Go around to observe and check that S work.

- Check with the whole class.
2. Before you speak: (8 minutes)
Aims: : focus sts. on the topic and introduce the words
and grammar used in the task.
Task 1: Ask and answer about President Ho Chi Minh
Mausoleum.
- Ask S to study the fact sheet of the monuments and
explain new words if any.
- read the fact sheet and
+ stand : place
listen to the T.
+ late( adj):
+ maintenance ( n):


- Ask S to read the model conversation in the textbook.
- Ask S some questions as examples.
- Ask S to work in pairs to ask and answer about President
Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum.
- Go around to help S.
- Call on some pairs to perform in front of the class.
Suggested questions:
+ Where is it located?
+ When did the construction start?
+ When did the constuction finish?
+ How many floors are there?
+ What is the use of each floor?
+ What time is it open?
+ What time is it closed?
+ Is photography allowed inside?

3. While you speak: (20 minutes)
Aims: Sts can ask and asnwer about the two historical
places .
Task 2: An information gap activity
- Introduce the task: S going to ask and answer about Hue
Imperial City and Thong Nhat Conference Hall.
- Give S some new words:
+ World Cultural Heritage:
+ Comprise (v):
+ The Royal Citadel:
+ The Imperial Enclosure:
+ The Forbidden Purple City:
+ Admission:
+ Reunification Hall:
+ To be heavily damaged:
+ Air bombardment:
+ Chamber:
- Ask S to work in pairs
- In their pairs, Ss will take turn to ask and answer about
two histirical places using the questions in task 1.
- Go around to check and offer to help.
- Call on some pairs to perform in front of the class and
give feedback.
4. After you speak: (10 minutes)
Aim: S can talk about the historical place they have been
to.
Task 3:
- Introduce the task: S are going to work in groups to ask
and answer questions about a historical place they have
been to.

- Remind S to take notes of their friends’ talk while
listening so that they can report in front of the class.
- Go around to help S .

- Read the model
conversation.
- Answer the teacher’s
questions.
- Work in pairs.
- Some pairs present in
front of the class.

- Listen and take notes.


- Call some S to report their findings.
- Give corrective feedback.
5. Homework: (2 minutes )
Write a paragraph to talk about a historical place .


Period : 98

UNIT 16: HISTORICAL PLACES
LESSON 3 : LISTENING

I. Objectives:
1. Educational aim:
- Students should take part in maintaining and protecting the cultural and
historical sites.

2. Knowledge:
- General knowledge: Students learn about some historical places in Vietnam
and all over the world.
- Language: New words: the words related to description of historical and
cultural places.
3. Skill:
- Listening for gist and for specific information.
II. Methods:
Integrated, mainly communicative.
III. Teaching aids:
- World map.
- Pictures of some historical sites in Vietnam and the world as well.
IV. Procedure:
Contents
activities
I. Warm up: (3ms)
- Tell some historical places that you - Ask
know.
- Tell some historical places that you
had chance to visit.
Suggested names:
- The Great Wall in China.
- The Royal Citadel in Vietnam.
- Ancient Capitals of Japan.
II. Pre-listening: (a)
- Explain the task after putting the five
- Look at the pictures on pages 202,
pictures on the board.
203 and match the word / phrases with - Ask ss’ opinion and give feedback.
them.

Suggested answer:
1. b 2.d 3.a 4.e 5.c
- Give handouts and explain the task.
III. While-listening:
- Play the recording the 1st time.
Task 1: (b)
- Play the recording the 2 nd time and let
- Listen to a tour guide giving some ss discuss with their partners.
information about transportation in - Play the recording the 3rd time and give
Hue and choose the correct answers.
feedback.
Suggested answers:
1.D 2.C 3.C 4.A 5.B
- Write the question on the board and
have Ss discuss.


Task 2: (c)
- Listen to a tour guide talking to
visitors about some
attraction features of Hue & write
short answers to the questions below:
1. How long did the Nguyen
Dynasty last?
2. Are the buildings in Hue varied
in styles?
3. Where is Thien Mu Pagoda
located?
4. Besides its ancient buildings and
beautiful landscapes, what has

made Hue more attractive?
5. What can tourists see in local
villages?
Suggested answers:
1. 143 years.
2. Yes, they are.
3. On the Perfume River.
4. Hue’s tradition dishes.
5. Skillful handicraft works.

- Ask ss’ opinion and do not correct

IV. Post-listening:

- Assign homework.

Homework:
Write a short paragraph about a
historical place you have visited.

mistakes.
- Play the recording the 1st time.
- Play the recording the 2nd time.

- Check ss task.
- Play the recording the 3rd time, correct
the task and give feedback.

- Let Ss listen again and help them to
answer the five questions

Period : 99

UNIT 16: HISTORICAL PLACES
LESSON 4 : WRITING

I. Objectives:
1. Education Aims: - Students can describe a chart.
2. Knowledge:
a. General knowledge: - Student knows how to read the information in a chart.
b. Language:
- Language used to describe a chart.
- The past tenses.
3. Skills: - Reading: read the model description.
- Speaking: discuss in pairs.
- Writing: write a description.
II. Anticipated problems:
- Students are not familiar with this type of writing.
III. Teaching Aids: - board, textbook, chalk.
IV. Procedures:
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
1. Homework checking :( 5 mins)
- Ask one st to talk about the ancient town of - Listen to their friend and give
Hoi An.
remarks.
- Ask other sts to listen to their friend and
give remarks.
- Listen to the teacher.

- Check and give remarks.
2. Before you write:( 20 mins)
- Aims: to get sts to know how to write a
description of a chart.
+ Task 1:
- Firstly, ask sts to look at the chart and
explain the information in the chart.
- Read the chart and try to understand
- Ask them to look at the chart and then
the information in the chart.
answer the questions in pairs.
- Work in pairs to ask and answer and
- Move around to help if necessary.
then share their answer with their
- Ask sts to compare their answer with other
friends.
pairs.
- Present their ideas.
1. The USA had the biggest number
of visitors to Vietnam in 2001.
2. 99,700 visitors.
3. Australia did.
4. No, it isn't.
5. France did.
6. The number of American visitors to
- Get feedback and give remarks.
Vietnam in 2002 increased by 29,497
- Introduce some useful words/expressions
in comparison with that in 2001.
that sts can use when describing a chart.

- Listen to the teacher.
+ Beginning: Answer the question: " What
does the chart show?"


- Answer:

The chart shows.................
The chart presents some
information ....
+Expressions: As we can see from the
chart, .............
It can be seen from the chart
that .........
According to the
chart, .................
+ Verbs: increase >< decrease
reduce, rise, .....
+ Adverbs: rapidly, quickly, sharply, steadily,
etc.
+ Comparatives and superlatives.
3. While you write:( 10 mins)
- Aims: Sts practise describing the chart.
+ Task 2:
- Ask sts to write a description of the chart.
- Ask them to use the answers to the
questions above to write.
- Let sts write in 10 minutes.
- Move around to conduct the activity.
4. After you write:( 9 mins)

Aims: to get feedback and check sts' work.
- Get feedback by asking some sts to read
their work aloud.
- Ask some other sts to give remarks.
- Check and give the correct answer.
- If there is enough time, T can have sts
exchange their writing among sts within a
group so that they can check their friend's
work and give remarks.

5. Homework: ( 1min)
- Part D (page 95 - workbook).

- Copy down these words into their
notebooks.

- Do the writing task.

- Read their writing: ( a model
description)
" The chart shows the number of
visitor arrivals to Vietnam from the
USA, France and Australia in 2001
and 2002. The statistics were
provided by Vietnam National
Administration of Tourism. It is clear
from the chart that the number of
visitors to Vietnam from the USA,
France and Australia in 2002 is
higher than that in 2001. According

to the chart, the USA had the biggest
number of visitors to Vietnam with
230,470 visitors in 2001 and 259,967
in 2002. France ranked second with
99,700 visitors in 2001 and 111,546
in 2002....... "


Period : 100

UNIT 16: HISTORICAL PLACES
LESSON 5 : LANGUAGE FOCUS

I. Objectives:
1. Education Aims:- Students know how to pronounce the sound /ʒ / and / ʃ /
correctly.
- Students revise: - Comparatives and superlatives.
2. Knowledge:
+ Language:
- Pronunciation: / ʒ / and/ ʃ / .
- Comparatives and superlatives.
- Making comparisons.
3. Skills: + Speaking: - Work in pairs to discuss the exercises.
+ Reading: - Read words and sentences aloud.
- Read the sentences silently to do the exercises.
II. Anticipated problems:
- Students may forget the knowledge about comparisons.
III. Teaching aids: - board, chalk, textbook.
IV. Procedures:
Teacher's activities

Students' activities
1. Homework checking: ( 5mins)
- Ask two sts to read the description of the
- Two sts read the announcements
chart they wrote at home aloud.
aloud.
- Ask another st to give remarks.
- Check and give marks.
- Give remarks.
2. Pronunciation:( 10 mins)
- Listen to the teacher.
- Aims: to introduce two sounds /ʒ / and / ʃ /
and help sts to practise these sounds.
a. Write two sounds on the board and
pronounce them clearly twice, then ask sts to
repeat.
- Write down two sounds.
- Tell sts how to pronounce these sounds
- Listen to the teacher and repeat.
accurately.
- Look at the book , listen and repeat.
/ ʃ / : a voiceless sound
/ʒ/
/ʃ/
/ ʒ / : a voiced sound
television
shop
- Ask sts to pay attention to the length of two
pleasure
machine

sounds.
measure
Swedish
- Ask them to look at the textbook, listen and
...........................
repeat.
- Read these words in pairs and check
for their partners.
- Then ask sts to work in pairs to read the
words again so that they can check for each
other.
- Look at the book and work in pairs.
- Move around to help .
- Answers:
- Ask two sts to read again and give remarks.
/ʒ/
/ʃ/
b. Ask sts to look at sentences in page 175 in
pleasure
shouldn't
the book.
Asia
shop


- Ask them to work in pairs to read the
sentences and then find out the words
containing sound /ʒ / and sound / ʃ / .
- Ask them to work in 2 minutes.
- Move around to conduct the activity.

- Ask one st to report and other sts to give
remarks.
- Check and give the correct answers.
- Ask some sts to read these sentences aloud.
- Listen and give remarks.
3. Grammar: ( 29 mins)
Aims: to revise comparatives and
superlatives, and making comparisons, and
have sts do EX1,EX2 and EX3.
a. Comparatives and superlatives:
- Firstly ask sts to look at the examples and
revise the comparative and superlative form
of the adjectives.
E.g: My house is smaller than your house.
My house is the smallest in this street.
Exercise 1 is more difficult than
exercise 2.
Exercise 1 is the most difficult in this
book.
- Ask sts to tell the T the comparative and
superlative form of the adjectives.
- Listen to the S and give remarks.
- Notes:
Irregular adjs
good => better
=>
the best
bad
=> worse
=>

the worst
far
=> further/farther => the
furthest/farthest
- Ask sts to do EX 1.
+ Exercise 1:
- Ask sts to do Ex 1 in pairs and then share
the answers with their friends.
- Move round to help if necessary.
- Ask some pairs to report.
- Check and give remarks.
+ Exercise 2:
- Ask sts to read the requirement and the
example carefully.
- Ask sts to do the Ex individually.

illusions
washing
...............................
- Read the sentences.

- Listen to the T.
- Look at the examples.
- One st tells the T the comparative
and superlative form of the
adjectives:
Adjectives
Comparatives
Superlatives
Short adjs

.....- er
the .....- est
long
longer
the
longest
hot
hotter
the
hottest
....
.....
......
...
Long adjs
more .....
the
most ....
expensive
more expensive the
most ex.
.......
..........
.......
....

- Some sts report.
1. young => younger => the
youngest
2. happy => happier => the happiest

3. big => bigger => the biggest
4. busy => busiest => the busiest
...................................
- Listen and correct their work if
necessary.
- Read the requirement and the


- Move round to help if necessary.
- Ask sts to share their ideas with their
friends.
- Ask two sts to write the sentences on the
board.
- Ask other sts to give remarks.
b. Making comparisons:
- Ask sts to EX3.
+ Exercise 3:
- Ask sts to do Ex3 in pairs and then share the
answers with their friends.
- Move round to help if necessary.
- Ask some sts to report in front of the whole
class.
- Check and give remarks.
5. Homework ( 1 min)
- Part B( page 91 - workbook)

example carefully.
- Do the Ex individually.
2. My sister is younger than me.
3. Who is the oldest in the class?

4. Concord used to be the fastest
passenger plane in the world.
.................................
- Listen to the teacher.

- Do the exercise in pairs.
- Some sts report:
1. v
2. so
3.
more
4. the
5. the
6. v
7. than
8. of
9. v
................................
- Listen and correct their work if
necessary.


TEST YOURSELF F

Period: 101

I. Objectives:
1. Aims: - Sts revise what they have learned in unit 15 and unit 16.
2. Knowledge: - General knowledge in unit 15 and unit 16.
- Language: pronunciation and grammar in the above units.

3. Skills: listening, speaking and writing.
II. Teaching aids: textbook, chalk, board.
III. Procedures:
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
1. Homework checking:( 5 mins)
- Ask one st to do Ex 4 in the workbook on EX 4:
the board.
3. larger
4. the longest
5. the
- Ask one st to give remarks.
worst
6. happier
7. the most popular
- Give remarks and marks.
...........................
2. The new lesson:( 39 minutes)
- One st gives remarks.
- Ask sts to do part II, part III and part IV
at home in advance to save time.
- Give sts the time duration for each part :
part II: 10 minutes, part III: 10 minutes,
part IV: 15 minutes.
- Ask sts to do listening in class.
2.1. Listening:
- Ask sts to read the requirement of the
task.
- Look at the textbook and read the
- Play the tape twice and ask sts to do the

statements.
task.
- Listen carefully and do the task.
- Ask sts to share their ideas with their
- Work in pairs to discuss their answers.
partners.
- Some sts report.
- Get feedback and play the tape again so
1. three
2. friends
3.
that sts can check their answers.
capital
- Ask other sts to give remarks.
4. crowds
5. noisy
6.
- Check and give feedback.
interesting
2.2. Reading:
............................
- Ask sts to work in groups to compare
their answers.
- work in groups to share their ideas.
- Ask some sts to report his/ her answers
- Some sts stand up to report.
aloud.
1. C 2. A 3. A
4. A 5. A
- Listen and check.

2.3. Grammar:
- Discuss in groups.
2.3.1. Non-defining Relative Clauses:
- Answers:
- Ask sts to discuss their answers in groups. 1. Their house, which is quite big and
- Ask some sts to write on the board.
modern, ....
2. The new English teacher, who I met
yesterday, .....
3. Sandra has got a new job with


- Ask two other sts to give remarks.
- Check and give the correct answers.
2.3.2. Comparisons:
- Ask sts to share their answers with their
friends.
- Ask some sts to report:.
- Check and give remarks.
2.4. Writing:
- Ask some sts to read their writing aloud.
- Ask some sts to give remarks.

3. Homework: ( 1 min)
- Part A ( Page 85 - workbook)

Capital Insurers, which is a much .....
..........................................
- Compare their answers with their
parners.

- Answers:
1. bigger
2. best
3. better
4. more
polluted
5. more stressful
- Read their writing aloud
"Taipei, which is the capital city of
Taiwan, was founded in the 18th
century. It has a population of 2.3
million. It is the country's most exciting
city, but the weather there is very humid
and not very pleasant. Taipei is a busy
city, and the streets are always full of
people. It is famous for excellent
museums."
- Listen to the teacher's remarks.