UNIT 5 : INVENTION
LESSON 3
READING
A. Aims and Objectives:
By the end of this less, Ss will be able to:
- To read about some inventions inspired by nature.
- To practise reading skills ( skimming& scanning)
- To identify and use words related to inventions.
- To instruct students to give a report about their classmate‘s opinion related to
advantages and disadvantages of inventions imitated of nature in our lives.
B. Preparations:
- Teacher: Handouts, textbook, pictures, pens, projector, speaker.
- Students: Textbook
C. Methods: - The whole lesson:Integrated, mainly communicative.
D. Techniques:Eliciting, concept checking questions,pair work, group work.
E.Anticipated problems and possible solutions:
- Some Ss might use Vietnamese while discussing/ have private talk => T moves
around to observe and remind them if any.
- Some good Ss may dominate in a group => T tries to group Ss properly
- Some Ss might meet unknown words =>Ss circulates to provide help if necessary
F. Procedures: Teacher (T), Students (Ss)
Time
4
mins
T’s activities
I.
WARM UP:
- Shows 6 pictures about nature and inventions
- Asks Ss to match the pictures:
1. Match the pictures in column A with the pictures in column B that have the
similarities.
2. Asks Ss to find out the similarities.
3. Checks the answers.
Expected answers: 1-B, 2-C, 3-A
II.
LEAD IN
Leads to the new lesson.
“As you know, the theme of unit 5 is INVENTION. Besides these inventions you
can see here, What else do people can create from the beautiful nature? We will
find out together in this reading lesson today.”
- T writes the topic on the board: “ Unit 5: Invention
Lesson 3 : Reading “Wonderful nature”.
III. PRE-READING:
Ss’s ac
- Look a
picture
- Match
picture
explain
-
Teaching Vocabulary:
Sets the scenes to elicit the new words from Ss.
Vocabulary
Meaning
Elicit
Inspire (v)
Truyền cảmhứng
What is the synonym of
Synonym
motivate or encourage?
Fastener (n)
Cái khóa
Fabric (n)
Vải
Hook (n)
Cái móc
Spacesuit (n)
Trang phục của
phi hành gia
1
10
mins
2
3
4
5
What is this everyone?
Show picture 4
What material do we use to
make clothing?
What is this everyone?
Show picture 5
What do you have to wear
when you are on the Moon or
other planets?
Visual
Visual
Explain
Pronounces each word twice.
Asks the whole class to repeat the words.
Elicits the stress, word form and meaning from Ss.
Asks Ss to copy all of the new words into their notebooks.
-
Checking vocabulary by playing THE CROSSWORD GAME:
Now we will play a game together to review vocabularies. It is called: THE
CROSSWORD GAME
There are five rows.
And you will play
individually.
First, you have to choose
the number of row.
Then find out the words
based on the given
meanings.”
T checks instruction:
-Pronou
words.
Explain
-
T gives instruction:
6
mins
.
Tehnique
-Ss copy
the new
into the
noteboo
Expected answers
Do you work in a group
or individually?
-
Work
individually
What do you have to do?
-
Choose the
number.
Find out the
words.
-
-Work
individu
- Listen
teacher.
- Answe
question
1
2
3
4
5
Question
Cloth or material for making clothing, curtains, ect.
Special clothing for an astronaut
Thread or fibre with a curved end
Device used to close a piece of clothing
Given someone a desire to do something well
Answer
Fabric
Spacesuit
Hook
Fastener
Inspire
IV. WHILE READING
Task 1:
- T introduces Exercise 2 to Ss and explains how to do it.
T gives instruction:
T checks instruction:
5
mins
- Now you will work
individually in 2 minutes and
choose the best title from three
options.
What is the most suitable
title of the text?
a. Mother Nature.
b. Imitating Nature.
Expected answers
- Now. Will you work in pair or individually?
- What are you going
to do?
-
Individually
Read the text
quickly and
choose the best
answer.
- Read t
and answ
question
- Give th
answers
c. Greatest Inventions.
Task 2:
KEY: b
- Doing exercise 4 by playing a game: “ THE BIG WHEEL”
Imitatin
- Now we will answer the questions related to the text by playing a game called THE Nature.
BIG WHEEL
T gives instruction
Divides class into 2 groups..
10
mins
We have 6 questions
Each group will answer the questions
following the order 1 to 6.
If you have the correct answer, you have
the opportunity to spin the wheel.
If not, other team will get the opportunity
to answer and spin the wheel.
T checks instruction
Do you remember your group?
Who are you?
How many questions do we have?
6
If you have the correct answer,
what will you do?
Spin the wheel.
-Work in
groups
-Read th
Question
1 What are the
inventions that
Answer
The inventions that imitate
animals are the aeroplane and the
submarine.
Explain
Line 3 paragraph 2: “
theaeroplane, with its
wings and shape...”
imitate animals?
2 What are the
The inventions that imitate
inventions that plants are Velcro, the selfimitate plants? cleaning glass window and
umbrella fabric.
3 Why is the
The aeroplaneis considered one
aeroplane
of the greatest inventions in our
considered one history because it helps us to
of the greatest
travel long distances in the air
inventions in our and encourages the development
history?
of tourism and trading.
4
Line 1-6 paragraph 3: “
The self-cleaning glass
window.....”
Line 4-5 paragraph 2: “...,
is one of the greatest
inventions....”
What can help
scientists to
learn about life
under the sea?
5 How can a
glass window
clean itself?
A submarine can help scientists
to learn about life under the sea.
Line 9-10 paragraph 2:
“ ...useful for scientist to
learn..”
The material that makes up the
glass window has the ability to
wash away the dirt in the rain.
Line 5-6 paragraph 3: “
wash away dirt...”
6
The Velcro: “hook-and-loop
fastener”; “two fabrics sticking
together thanks to the hooks on
one.
Find the words
or phrases in the
text that can
describe a
Velcro.
- Answe
question
- Explai
answers
Line 7 paragraph 3
IV. POST READING
Speaking activity
10
mins
T gives instruction
-“Now we will move to another part
called: “ Inventionsexplosion”.
You will work in group of 5 in three
minutes. 1,2,3,4,5 of you will be in a
group.
- First you have to discuss and think
about YOUR OWN INVENTION.
- Then, you draw it on the paper I have
given to you.
- After 3 minutes, I will invite some
groups to come to the board and
present the invention.
T checks instruction Expected answers
- How do you form a - One row will
group?
form one group.
- Do you discuss and
think about your
invention first?
- Yes
- What do you do
next?
- Drawing and
presenting the
Inventions.
- Work i
group
- Draw t
inventio
V.
-
T goes around the class to take note and listens to the Ss
T gives feedbacks about the students’ ideas and pronunciation.
HOMEWORK
Ask Ss to learn by heart the new words.
Ask Ss to prepare the next lesson.
APPENDIX
Stage
Warm up and lead
in
Picture 1
Picture B
Picture 2
Picture C
Picture 3
Picture A
- Presen
ideas
Elicit vocabulary
Fastener
Picture 4
Picture 5