Unit11-English11

Tan Lam High School Lesson plan English 11
Date of planning:
Period 64: Reading
Unit 11: SOURCES OF ENERGY
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A. OBJECTIVES:
I. Knowledge: - Helping students to understand the importance of saving energy
and using alternative sources of energy.
- Helping students to use the words related to the sources of energy through reading and
writing.
Vocabulary: fossil fuels, alternative, nuclear energy, geothermal heat/energy, solar power/panel,
potential, to release, to create, exhausted, limited, plentiful, infinite
II. Skills: Speaking, writing, reading
B. PROCEDURE:
I. Settlement: Checking attendance
II. Checking:
III. New lesson: Reading
Teacher's activities Students' activities
WARM UP: (5 minutes)
 Teacher may use the pictures in the Unit 11
Textbook page 124, or provides some mores
pictures on cardboard or by projector. Al the
pictures should show different kinds of
producing energy, such as wind power, solar
energy, hydroelectric plant, etc.
 Write the words of different sources of energy
on the board and ask students to match the words
with the right pictures.
 Check the results and correct them if
necessary.
 Students look at the pictures on the board (or

in their books) and try to distinguish the sources
of energy.
 Exchange with their partners and match the
words given with the right pictures.
 Listen to the teacher's comments and repeat
the words.
PRE-READING: (10 minutes)
 Teacher explains some important words
using pictures or giving meaning (some words
need to be translated into Vietnamese, especially
to students of lower-level classes).
 Teacher ask these questions and has students
work in groups before giving their answers:
- What do we need energy for?
 Students get to understand these words:
fossil fuels; alternative; solar panel; dam;
nuclear; available; potential; limited; unlimited
 Students copy the words in their notebooks
after the teacher's correction on the board.
 Students work in groups discussing the
teacher's questions.
Suggested answers
- We need energy to light and warm our houses,
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- What kind of energy is the most popular in
Vietnam?
run automobiles and other machines, operate
factories, and so on.
- The most popular kind of energy in Vietnam

is from oil. We also use power produced by
hydroelectric plants.
WHILE READING: (25 minutes)
 Teacher has students listen to the recording of
the passage two times, and then read it in silence.
(Teacher should go round to check and give help
where necessary.)
 Teacher has students work in pairs and
complete Task 1 (pp. 125 - 126, Textbook).
 Teacher has students work in pairs studying
the table in Task 2 (pp. 126, Textbook) and then
discussing the advantages and disadvantages of
the sources of energy. Teacher should give them
help (vocabulary) where necessary.
 Teacher has students read the passage again
then ask them to work in groups in order to work
out the answers to theses questions:
1. How many sources of energy are mentioned in
the passage? What are they?
2. In your opinion, which one is the most
potential? Why?
 Students listen to the recording and then read
the text in silence.
 Students discuss Task 1 with their partners.
Suggested answers
1. released 2. alternative 3. energy
4. limited 5. exhausted
 Students discuss the table with their partners
and try to find the answers to Task 2.
Suggested answers

Sources Advantages Disadvantages
Nuclear unlimited dangerous
Solar Plentiful
and infinite,
clean
Not strong
enough at
present
Water clean expensive
Wind Clean, safe not always
available
Geothermal Clean Not available
 Students reread the text and group work to
find the answers.
Suggested answers
1. These sources of energy are mentioned in the
passage: fossil fuels, nuclear, geothermal, solar,
water, and wind power.
2. In my opinion, solar energy is the most
potential because it is clean, safe and not
expensive, and people can get it almost
everywhere on earth. (There can be different
answers to this question.)
POST-READING: (5 minutes)
 Teacher has students work in pairs and
complete the summary of the text on pages
 Students read the summary and discuss the
completion with their partners.
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126&127 in Textbook. Suggested answer
1. energy 2. one 3. fuels 4. limited
5. alternative 6. sources 7. unlimited
8. environment
IV. Consolidation: Summarize the main point of the lesson
V. Homework: Write a short paragraph to express their own choice of the
alternative source of energy including some reasons for their choice.
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Date of planning:
Period 65: Speaking
Unit 11: SOURCES OF ENERGY
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A. OBJECTIVES:
I. Knowledge: Getting students to give the reasons of using alternative sources of
energy and talk about the advantages and disadvantages of alternative sources of energy.
Vocabulary: abundant, enormous, plentiful, renewable, convenient, polluted, limited, non-
renewable, exhausted
Expressions: I think/believe that …
Why do you think so?
I know it is …. However, it is …
II. Skills: Speaking, Writing, Reading
B. PROCEDURE:
I. Settlement: Checking attendance
II. Checking:
III. New lesson: Speaking
Teacher's activities Students' activities
WARM UP: (5 minutes)
 Teacher asks these questions one after another and
has students discuss with their partners before giving

answers.
1. Can you tell me some sources of energy?
2. Which source of energy is the most popular in
Vietnam? Is it clean or polluted? Is it limited or
unlimited? Is it safe or dangerous?
PRE-SPEAKING (5 minutes)
Teacher sticks the pictures on the board or shows them
on the projector. Ask students to match the following
words with each picture:
1. Wind energy
2. Solar energy
3. Geothermal energy
4. Fossil fuel (coal)
5. Nuclear energy
6. Water energy
7. Fossil fuel (oil)
 Students may discuss the questions
with their partners to find out the
answers.
Suggested answers
1. fossil fuels, solar energy, wind
energy, water energy, …
2. Fossil fuels are perhaps the most
popular. This kind of energy is polluted
and limited.
Students may discuss the pictures with
their partners before giving answers:
Picture A : Solar energy
Picture B : Wind energy
Picture C : Fossil fuel (oil)

Picture D : Water energy
Picture E : Fossil fuel (coal)
Picture F : Geothermal energy
Picture G : Nuclear energy
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Picture A:
Picture B:
Picture C:
Picture D:
à Solar energy
à wind energy
à fossil fuel (oil)
à water energy
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Picture E:
Picture F:
Picture G:
WHILE-SPEAKING: (20 - 25 minutes)
Task 1
Teacher has students work in pairs reading the
information in the table and then discussing the
advantages and disadvantages. After that, have some
pairs report their work in front of the class. The teacher
gives comments if necessary.
à fossil fuel (coal)
à geothermal energy
à nuclear energy
Students work in pairs and then report

their answers to the class by reading
them aloud.
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