bai unit 8

Lesson plan 12 unit 8 Life in the futre
UNIT 8 : LIFE IN THE FUTURE
DIVISION OF LESSONS
1. Reading
2. Speaking
3. Listening
4. Writing
5. Language focus
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UNIT 8 : LIFE IN THE FUTURE
Less on 1 R E ADI NG
Period :
Date :
I. Aims : By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- read for specific information.to understand the passage.
- express their ideas about advantages and disadvantages of robots.
II.Language Content:
1. Grammar: Preposition, The articles
2. Vocabulary: pessimistic, optimistic, pessimist, corporation, depression,
security, threaten, terrorist, environment, burden, telecommunication, disappear,
space- shuttle, effeicient, fit, achieve, contribute, aspect
III.Teaching method: Communicative Approach
IV. Teaching aids : pictures, posters, extra board
V. Procedure :
Teacher’s and students’ activities Content
- Divide Ss into 12 groups.
- Give each group a poster and a board
marker.
- Stick 5 pictures on the board and
tell Ss to write one sentence/ a
phrase describing each picture.

- Set a limit time for 4 minutes for Ss to
write.
- Ask Ss to put the posters on the
Warm-up:
Game: Picture sentence (see Appendix)
Expected:
1. Cars can run on sea water
2. A city on the sea
3. A city on Mars
4. Robots are seen everywhere in
schools, factory, homes...
5. The anniversary of 120
th
birthday
Aims: to introduce the topic of the lesson and to raise students'
interest.
Lead-in:
- Introduce the new lesson to the students.
- Do you think these things will happen in the
future?
- What is your dream life in the future?
We don't know for sure what will happen
to our future life. Some people have made
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Lesson plan 12 unit 8 Life in the futre
board when they have finished.
- The first group to have the most
correct sentences is the winner.
- Put each of the words which have been
taught in each circle on the board.

- Rub out one of the words but do not rub
out the circle.
- Get Ss to repeat the words including the
rubbed-out word by pointing at the empty
circles.
- Rub out another word but leave the circle.
Point to the words or empty circles and
ask Ss to read or remember
the words.
- Continue until all the circles are empty.
The Ss-now have to remember all the
words.
- Get Ss to come to the board and fill the
circles with the correct words.
- Get Ss to read the reading passage
and answer the questions.
- Ask Ss to compare the answers with
their partners.
- Call on some Ss to write the answers on
the board.
- Check with the class.
optimistic predictions but the others the
pessimistic ones. And that's the focus of
our lesson today.
Before you read :
Pre-teaching vocabulary
1.pessimistic [pesi'mistik] (a) (explanation):
expecting bad things to happen or to be
unsuccessful, (bi quan) + a pessimist (n): a
person who always expects bad

things to happen (người bi quan)
2. optimistic [opti'mistik] (a) (antonym) >< pessimistic
(lạc quan)
+ an optimist (n) a person who always expects
good things to happen (người lac quan)
3. terrorism (n) (explanation) the use of •violent
action in-order to achieve political arms or to
force a government to act (sự khủng bố)
4. labor-saving (a).(context) (tiết kiệm sức lao động)
Example:
-It takes less time for my mother to do
housework thanks to the modern labor-saving
devices such as washing machines, vacuum
cleaners and dishwashers.
5. wipe sth out (v) (synonym): destroy or remove
sth completely (xoa bo; pha huy)
6. space shuttle (n) (picture + explanation):
spacecraft designed to be used for traveling
between the
earth and a space station, (tau con thoi)
7. depression (n) (translation): (tình trạng suy thoái)
+ economic depression: suy thoái về kinh tế
Checking: What and Where
While you read :
Task 1:
Expected answers
1.pessimists 2.optimists 3.economic
depression 4.terrorism 5.wiped out
6.space suttle
Task 2: Questions and answers

Expected answers
1. Many large corporations will be wiped
and millions of jobs will be lost.
2.The security of the earth will be
threatened by terrorism as terrorist
groups will become more powerful and
more dangerous.
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- Arrange the class into small groups of
four or five.
- Tell Ss to look over thetext, find the
information to complete the notes about
how technology will influence
our life in the future.
- Give feedback.
- Divide the class into 6 groups.
- Assign 3 groups to discuss the
advantages of robots and the other three
the disadvantages of robots.
- Invite the groups' ideas to the class.
- Give feedback and make comments
3.People will be living in much cleaner
environment, breathing fresher air and
eating healthier foods. They will also be
better looked after by a modern medical
system. Domestic chores will be no
longer a burden thanks to the inventions
of labor-saving devices.
4.They are developments in micro

technology- computers and
telecommunication.
Task 3: Collecting information
- Expected:
1. Work: factories will be run by robots, offices
will go
electronic; many people will work from home.
2. Travel: travelling by space shuttle is very
fast, at
15,000kms per hour; cars could run on
electricity or
methane gas and fitted with computers.
After you read : Discussion
Suggested ideas:
Advantages:
+ save labor, lighten our work
+ do difficulties/ hard jobs so that men have more
time to
enjoy life or do more creative work
Disadvantages:
+ replace human beings in many fields so many
people
will lose their jobs or go jobless.
+ people become more independent on robots; we
can't
work properly when the power /v off or when
robots stop working.
Writing
- Get Ss to write a short paragraph about the
advantages and disadvantages of robots.

Homework: Ask students to learn the new words
by heart and prepare the next part in advance.
COMMENTS
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