giao an 11- u16

UNIT 16: THE WONDERS
OF THE WORLD
Period : READING
 Objectives
By the end of the lesson students will be able to:
+ develop reading skill: guessing meanings in context and scanning for information.
+ use the information they have read to discuss the related topics.
 Materials
English textbook grade 11, blackboard.
 Procedure
Stage/Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
WARM
UP
10 mins
Pictures describing
- Show the pictures in turns then ask Ss to
name the Seven Wonders of the Ancient
World? Then put some questions:
1. When did people begin to know about the
"Seven Wonders of the World"?
2. How many ancient wonders still exist?
- Point at the pictures on the text book then
put questions:
1. Can you name these two wonders of the
world?
2. Where do you think they are located?
3. Who built the Great Pyramid of Khufu
(Cheops)?
4. When were they built?
5. Can you guess how they were built?
- Study the pictures and answer T’s

questions:
Expected answer
1. Colossus of Rhodes
2. Pharos of Alexandria (or Lighthouse of
Alexandria
3.Temple of Artemis
4. Statue of Zeus
5. The Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops)
6. Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
7.Hanging Gardens of Babylon
1. More than 2,000 years ago
2. One
1. They are the great pyramids and Taj Mahal
2. In Egypt and India
3. It was built by the Egyptian pharaoh Khufu
of the Fourth Dynasty around the year 2560
BC to serve as a tomb when he dies.
PRE-
READING
8 mins
Teaching vocabulary
+ pyramid (n) ['pirəmid] : kim tu thap
+ tomb (n) : [tu:m] : mo, lang
+ bury (v ) 'beri]
burial (n )
+ treasure (n ) ['treʒə] : kho bau
+ block of stones : khoi da
+ structure (n ) ['strʌkt∫ə] : ket cau, cau truc
+ surpass (v) [sə:'pɑ:s] : vuot troi
+ proceed (v) [prə'si:d] : tien len, di len

+ mystery (n) ['mistəri] : dieu huyen bi
mysterious (adj ) [mis'tiəriəs]
Have Ss pronounce these new words
correctly.
- Take notes
- Pronounce these words correctly.
WHILE-
READING
20 mins
Set the scene
Task 1: Filling blanks
- Instruct Ss to do Task 1.
- Get Ss to do Task 1 individually
- Tell Ss to peer-check
- Call on Ss for their answer and
explanation.
Task 2: Answering questions
- Guide Ss to answer questions: have a
quick look at the questions, elicit the
meaning on new words Ss may not know
then ask Ss to locate the question and its
answer.
- Get Ss to do the task individually the
check the answers with a peer.
- Call on Ss for answers and location of the
information.
- Listen to what T guides.
- Do Task 1 individually.
- Raise their answers.
Answer key

1. tomb 3. ramp 5. mysterious
2. wonder 4. chamber 6. spiral
- Pay much attention to what T says
- Complete the task individually.
Answer key
1.It is situated on the west bank of the River
Nile and was built around the year 2560 B.C
2.It was about 147 meters high on a base of 230
meters square.
3.The purpose of this huge stone pyramid was
to serve as a tomb when the Egyptian Pharaoh
Khufu died and to protect the burial chamber
from the weather and from thieves who might
try to steal the treasures and belongings there.
4.It is thought that ancient Egyptian used
straight or spiral ramps or huge weight arms
TASK 3 : Finding pronoun reference
- Guide Ss to do the Task : ask Ss to look
back to the text, skim the pronouns then
find out the reference.
- Get Ss to do the task individually.
- Call on Ss to give the answers.
to lift and place the blocks of stone.
5.The boat is believed to have been used to carry
the body of Khufu in his last journey on earth
before being buried inside the pyramid.
- Listen to what T says carefully.
Expected answer
Who (line 4) refers to the thieves
It (line 8) refers to the Great Pyramid.

It (line 9) refers to the Great Pyramid.
Each (line 12) refers to the block of stone.
POST-
READING
7 mins
- Have Ss discuss the question in groups
then call on some Ss to present their ideas
in front of class.
Homework
Ask Ss to learn new words by heart,
practice reading the text and translate it
into Vietnamese.
- Discuss the question in groups then
have their ideas presented in front of the
class.
UNIT 16: THE WONDERS
OF THE WORLD
Period : SPEAKING
 Objectives
By the end of the lesson students will be able to express facts and opinions.
 Materials
English textbook grade 11, blackboard.
 Procedure
Stage/Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
WARM –
Matching
- Tell the instructions: work in pairs to
do the task. The pair finishing first will
- Listen to T’s instructions carefully then do the
task in pairs.

UP
10 mins
go to the board and write down the
answers. If all the answers are correct,
the pair wins. Then distribute
handouts.
- Check the answers.
- Write down these words, elicit the
meanings and get Ss to pronounce
correctly.
Expected answer
1. e 2. k 3.a 4.h 5.i
6.b 7.c 8.d 9.f 10.g
TASK 1,2
15 mins
- Introduce Task 1.
- Elicit the term ‘’ fact ‘’ and ‘’ opinion’’
‘’ Fact’’: a situation that cannot be changed,
accurate and detailed information.
‘’ Opinion ‘’: your feelings or thoughts
about something.
- Have Ss work in pairs to discuss
which statements express facts (F) and
which ones, opinions (O).
- Call on Ss to read out the statements
then show whether the statements are
facts or opinions .
- Listen to what T explains carefully.
- Work in pairs and do the task.
Expected answer

TASK 3
- Introduce task 3 - Listen to T’s guidance carefully.
Facts
- The Great
Pyramid was
147 meters
high.
- The Great
Pyramid
ranked as the
tallest
structure on
earth for more
than 43
centuries.
- The structure
consisted of
approximately
2 million
blocks of
stone.
Opinions
- The great pyramid is
believed to have been built
over a 20 –year period.
- One theory involves the
construction of a straight
or spiral ramp that was
raised as the construction
proceed.

- A second theory suggests
that the blocks were lifted
and placed using
thousands of huge weight
arms.
- The boat is believed to
have been used to carry the
body of Khufu in his last
journey on earth before
being buried inside the
pyramid.