Lesson plan 12-Unit 8-Reading

Date of preparation : 28.11.2008 Unit8 : LIFE IN THE FUTURE
Date of teaching : 3.12.2008 Period: 1 Section: Reading

I AIMS AND OBJECTIVES :
 Language content:
- To help Ss read for specific information about life in the future
- To introduce some new words relating to the topic
- Vocabulary: pessimistic, optimistic, terrorisim, labor-saving, wipe out, space shuttle
- Structure : present simple, the present perfect
 Language function:
- Understanding the passage about life in the future.
Educational aim :: expressing their ideas about advantages and disadvantages of robots
Skill : Integrated skills
II. TEACHER AND STUDENTS’ PREPARATION:
1. Method : Communicative Approach.
2. Techniques: Repetition, explanation, group work, asking – answering.
3. Materials needed : Textbook, pictures, real thing.
4 Students’ preparation : Reading the lesson at home.
5 Previous exercises:
III. PROCEDURE IN CLASS.
1. Stabilization : (1m)
a. Warm – up : Greetings.
b. Checking absence : Who’s absent today ?
2. Checking up previous knowledge:
Time needed: (5ms)
Questions :
Key to questions:
3. Presentation of the new material :
Time Teacher’s activities Student’s
activ
ities

The content of the lesson
4ms
5ms
Warm-up:
Aims: to introduce the topic of the lesson
and to raise students' interest.
- Introduce the new lesson to the
students.
Before you read :
- Ask students to look at the picture ask
and answer the questions
- Introduce new words:
+Pessimistic (a)
+ optimistic (a)
+ terrorism (n)
+ labor – saving (a)
+ wipe out (v)
+ space- shuttle (n)
+ depression (n)
While you read :
T- whole
class
Work in pairs
Give the
answers
Repeat
Copy down
Unit 8 : LIFE IN THE
FUTURE
Period 1: Section : Reading

I. New words
+Pessimistic (a)
+ optimistic (a)
+ terrorism (n)
+ labor – saving (a)
+ wipe out (v)
+ space- shuttle (n)
+ depression (n)
5ms
8ms
- Ask students to look through the
passage and read in silence
- Help students read the passage
- Explain pronunciation and meaning of
new words which appear in the passage
Task 1 : (3 minutes)
- Ask students to read through the text
once to find out some new words, guess
the main idea.
- Explain new words (give the
Vietnamese equivalents), guide the sts to
get the main contents of the reading text.
- Ask students to work individually in 3
minutes to do this task.
- Guide students to read through the
passage , then focus on only the
sentences surrounding the suggested
words to do the task effectively.
- Give students some more words that
may be new/ unfamiliar to them.

- Guide the students to read the word in
chorus and individually.
Keys
1. Pessimists
2. optimists
3. economic depression
4. terrorism
5. wiped out
6. Space shuttle
Task 2:
- Ask students to read the passage again
then work in pairs to ask and answer the
suggested questions.
- Walk round the class to give help if
necessary.
- Give suggested words, phrases or useful
suggestions.
- Correct the students’ work.

Keys:
1 - Many large corporations will be
wiped out and millions of jobs will be
lost.
2 - The security of the earth will be
threatened by terrorist groups will
become more powerful and more
dangerous.
3 - People will be living in much cleaner
environment, breathing fresher air and
being looked after by …….

4 - They are developments in micro
individually
Read in
silence
Copy down
Work in pairs
Copy down
Task 1 -
1. Pessimists
2. optimists
3. economic depression
4. terrorism
5. wiped out
6. Space shuttle
Task 2 -
1 - Many large corporations
will be wiped out and millions
of jobs will be lost.
2 - The security of the earth
will be threatened by terrorist
groups will become more
5ms
8ms
technology–computer and
telecommunication.
Task 3:
- Ask students to read the questions
carefully.
- Ask students to read through the
passage again.

- Ask the class to do .
- Call some students to give the answers.
- Ask others students to correct.
- Give the true answers
Keys:
- Work: Factories, offices….
- Travel: Cars, space-shuttle, petrol, ….
After you read :
- Ask students to work in group to scan
the text again.
- Ask them to work in small groups of
three or four to discuss the Advantages
and disadvantages of Robots
- Encourage them to use their own words.
- Ask some students to report.
5. Consolidation
Confirms the content of the lesson.
Copy down
Work in
groups
powerful and more dangerous.
3 - People will be living in
much cleaner environment,
breathing fresher air and being
looked after by …….
4 - They are developments in
micro technology–computer
and telecommunication.
Task 3
- Work: Factories, offices….

- Travel: Cars, space-shuttle,
petrol, ….
4. Homework: (2ms)
- Read the passage again.
- Learn by heart all of the new words
5 Preparation for the next lesson ()
- Prepare for section : Speaking
1. Self – evaluation : ………………………………………………………………………….
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