lop 12-u 10 - reading

Period UNIT 10
Lesson: READING
• Objectives: by the end of the lesson, ss will be able to:
- understand the passage about endangered species.
- scan read for the specific details.
• Material:
• Procedure:
Timing Content T’s and ss’ activities
5’
5’
10’
15’
WARM – UP
Place each word under the correct heading
frog, tortoise, snake, crocodile, leopard, lion, tiger, elephant, monkey,
rhinoceros, whale, dolphin, chicken, penguin, parrot, peacock, ostrich,
mosquito, bee, butterfly, spider, ant
Answer:
- Amphibians (lưỡng cư) and reptiles (bò sát): frog, tortoise,
snake, crocodile.
- Wild animals: leopard, lion, tiger, elephant, monkey, rhinoceros,
whale, dolphin.
- Birds: chicken, penguin, parrot, peacock, ostrich.
- Insects: mosquito, bee, butterfly, spider, ant
PRE – READING
Answer the following questions:
1. Which of the following animals and insects are found in
Vietnam?
2. Which of them do you think are in danger of becoming extinct?
Why?

Vocabulary
- deforestation (unc): sự phá rừng
- urbanization (unc): sự đô thị hóa
- priority (unc): quyền ưu tiên
- vulnerable (adj): yếu ớt, dễ bị tổn thương.
- to enact: ban hành
- to survive: sống sót
- an effort: sự cố gắng
- to threaten: đe dọa
WHILE – READING
TASK 1: The nouns in column A all appear in the passage. Match each
of them with a suitable definition in column B.
A B
Selecting
- T divides the class into 2
groups.
- T hangs on a poster with
the words on the poster.
- T asks ss to write the
answers on the board.
- The group with the most
correct words wins the
game.
- T leads in the pre-
reading stage.
Discussion
- T asks ss to work
in pairs.
- T calls on some ss
to give the

answers in front of
the class.
- T checks the
answers with the
whole class.
Matching
- T gets ss to work
in groups.
- T asks ss to read
1. extinction a. the existence of a large number of different
kinds of animals and plants which make a
balanced environment.
2. habitat b. the act of preventing something from being
lost, wasted, damaged or destroyed
3. biodiversity c. a situation in which a plant, an animal, a way
of life, etc. stops existing
4. conservation d. the natural environment in which a plant or
animal lives
Answer:
1.C 2. D 3. A 4. B
TASK 2. Choose A,B,C or D to complete the following sentences about
the reading passage.
1. the number of species around the globe threatened with extinction is
over _____.
A. 7,200 B. 8,300 C. 1,600
D, 15,000
2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a primary cause of
species extinction?
A. pollution C. habitat destruction
B. natural selection? D. overexploitation

3. the Red List is a special book that provides name of ________
A. vulnerable and endangered C. endangered
B. hunted D. extinct
4. the development of wildlife habitat reserves helps _________.
A. save a large number of endangered species
B. make a list of endangered species
C. enact laws to protect wildlife
D. develop commercial trade and over hunting
5. the best title for the passage is _________.
A. Endangered Species and Conversation Measures
B. Endangered Species and their Benefits
C. the Global extinction Crisis
D. Endangered Species Extinction: Cause and conversation Measures
Answer: 1. D 2. B 3. A 4. A 5. D
TASK 3. Find evidence in the passage to support these statement.
1. pollution is one of the main cause of species extinction.
2. species diversity has provided humans with so many essential things.
3. there are a number of ways to help save endangered species.
Answer:
1. The first sentence of paragraph 2
2. paragraph 3
3. Paragraph 4
the passage again
and do the task.
- T monitors
- T calls on some ss
to give the
answers and give
the Vietnam
meanings.

- T checks the
answers with the
whole class.
Multiple choice
- T asks ss to read
through the
sentences and the
passage again.
- Ss do the task in
pairs.
- T calls on some ss
to give the
answers in front of
the class and
explain the reason.
- T checks and
gives correct
answers.
- T gets ss to read
again to find
evidence in the
passage to support
these statements.
- T calls on some ss
to write down the
answers on the
board.
- T checks and
gives correct
10’ POST – READING

Summarize the reading passage by writing ONE for each parahraph.
- Over 24 thousand plant and animal species in the world are now in
danger of extinction.
- The main causes of extinction are habitat destruction, commercial
exploitation.
- The disappearance of some species may result in the loss of
biodiversity, which is important for human.
- Different efforts have been made to conserve endangered species.
HOMEWORK:
- Learn vocabulary by heart
- Prepare Speaking lesson
answers.
Summarizing
- T tell ss to work in
groups to summarize the
reading passage by
writing one topic sentence
for each paragraph.
- T calls on some groups
to read aloud their
sentences.
- T gives feedback and
comments.