Lesson plan12 -Unit 8

LESSON PLAN
UNIT 8
: LIFE IN THE FUTURE
A. READING: PERIOD: 43
I. TEACHING AIMS:
_ To practise students’ speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills.
_ To help students to guess the meaning of some words and do the task
given in order to understand the reading.
II. TEACHING AIDS:
_ Textbooks, pictures, colour chalks, hand-outs, tape, cassette player...

III. TEACHING STAGES:

1. GREETING AND CHECKING ATTENDANCE:
_ Teacher greets the class and checks if anyone is absent.
2. PREVIOUS LESSON:
_ Tenses in English.
3. NEW LESSON:
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
_ asks students to look at the pictures then
answer the questions provided.
_ asks students some guiding questions.
_ asks students to answer the questions
orally.
_ asks students to give comments if
possible.
_ explain the pictures and give the
suggested answers.
_ presents some new words.
_ gives the brief meaning of the words

using various techniques.
A. Before you read
_ observe the pictures then answer
the teacher’s question orally.
Guiding questions:
1. Do you think life will be better
in the future? Why/ Why not?
2. List three things that might
happen in the future.
_ students answer the questions
orally.
_ students give comments if
possible.
New words
1. pessimistic
2. optimistic
3. corporation
4. threaten
5. domestic chores
6. burden
7. telecommunications
8. link
9. progress
10. contribute
1
_ helps students pronounce the words
correctly.
_ asks students to take notes of the words
and the example if possible.
_ plays the tape then ask students to do

task 1.
_ asks some students to give the answers
then correct their answers if necessary.
_ asks students to give the evidence to
illustrate their answers to make sure that
they understand the reading.
_ asks students to copy the right answers.
_ asks students to read the reading again
then do task 2 in pairs orally.
_ asks some students to give the answers.
_ can ask students to give the evidence to
illustrate their answers.
_ corrects the students’ answers and give
suggested answers.
_ asks students to rewrite the sentences
basing on the information given.
_ asks students to read the reading again
then do task 2 in pairs orally.
_ asks some students to give the answers.
_ can ask students to give the evidence to
illustrate their answers.
_ corrects the students’ answers and give
suggested answers.
_ asks students to rewrite the sentences
basing on the information given.
B. While you read
Task 1
_ listen to the tape then read the
reading again and do task 1
individually.

_ compare their results with those of
their friends.
_ some of them give the answers,
others give comments.
_ take notes of the suggested
answers if necessary.
Task 2
_ work in pair and ask and answer
the questions given.
_ compare their results with those of
their friends.
_ some of them give the answers,
others give comments.
_ take notes of the suggested
answers if necessary.
Task 3
_ work in pair and ask and answer
the questions given.
_ compare their results with those of
their friends.
_ some of them give the answers,
others give comments.
_ take notes of the suggested
answers if necessary.
4. CONSOLIDATION:
_ Students work in groups, discussing the advantages and disadvantages of
robots.
5. HOMEWORK:
_ Read the reading carefully and translate it into Vietnamese.
_ Learn the vocabulary listed by heart.

_ Prepare B. speaking on pages 82-83 for next class.
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UNIT 8
: LIFE IN THE FUTURE
B. SPEAKING PERIOD: 44
I. TEACHING AIMS:
_ To practise students’ speaking and listening skills.
_ To help students to be able to talk about the life in the future( by the end of
the 21
st
century) and use the correct tenses.
II. TEACHING AIDS:
_ Textbooks, pictures, colour chalks, hand-outs, tape, cassette player...

III. TEACHING STAGES:

1. GREETING AND CHECKING ATTENDANCE:
_ Teacher greets the class and checks if anyone is absent.
2. PREVIOUS LESSON:
_ Questions and answers about the reading.
3. NEW LESSON:
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
_ Asks students to read the dialogue
carefully.
_ Asks students to notice the day in the
newspaper cutting.
_ Asks students to read the requirement of
the task carefully.
_ explains the requirement of the task then
ask them to do the task in pairs.

_ can give some more suggested questions
and suggested information if possible.
_ helps students to organize their talks.
_ asks them to support their ideas if
necessary.
_ lets them practice in some minutes.
_ asks some of them present their talks to
the whole class.
_ asks some of them to give comments on
their friends’ talks.
_ can give comments or marks to some of
them to encourage them on practicing
speaking.
Task 1:
_ read the newspaper cutting
suggested carefully.
_notice the day in the newspaper
cutting.
Task 2
_ read the requirement of the task
carefully.
_ listen to the explanation of the
requirement of the task.
_ do the matching exercise orally.
_ ask their teacher if having any
difficulties.
Task 3
_ listen to the explanation then
organize their own talks, using the
information in task 1,2.

_ some of them present their talks
to the whole class.
_ some of them to give comments
on their friends’ talks.
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4. CONSOLIDATION:
_ Students work in groups, making some predictions about what life will be
like one hundred years from now.
_ Teacher can help them to organize the ideas.
_ Some students present their talks.
_ Others observe and give comments.
5. HOMEWORK:
_ Learn the structures listed by heart.
_ Prepare C. listening on pages 84-85 for next class.

UNIT 8
: LIFE IN THE FUTURE
C. LISTENING PERIOD: 45
I. TEACHING AIMS:
_ To practise students’ speaking and listening skills.
_ To help students to guess the meaning of some words and do the task
given in order to understand the listening about life expectancy in the future.
II. TEACHING AIDS:
_ Textbooks, pictures, colour chalks, hand-outs, tape, cassette player...

III. TEACHING STAGES:

1. GREETING AND CHECKING ATTENDANCE:
_ Teacher greets the class and checks if anyone is absent.
2. PREVIOUS LESSON:

_ Talk about the problems of overpopulation and offer solutions.
3. NEW LESSON:
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
_ asks students to work in pairs, ask and
answer the questions given.
_ asks some students to answer the
questions given.
_ notices students that they can use the
information in their speaking lesson.
_ presents some new words.
_ gives the brief meaning of the words
using various techniques.
A. Before you listen
Guiding questions:
1. Which of the following factors
do you think might help people
have a long and healthy life?
_ some students answer the
questions given.
_ some students answer and others
give comments.
New words
1. incredible
2. centenarian
3. life expectancy
4. fatal
5. eradicated
6. eternal life
B. While you listen
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_ helps students pronounce the words
correctly.
_ asks students to read the task 1 carefully
then ask their teacher if cannot understand
nay difficult words.
_ plays the tape then ask students to do
task 1.
_ asks some students to give the answers
then correct their answers if necessary.
_ give the suggested answers.
_ asks students to copy the right answers.
_ asks students to read the task 2 carefully
and try to guess the answers if possible
then compare with their friends’.
_ asks students to do task 2 in pairs orally.
_ asks some students to give the answers.
_ can ask students to give the evidence to
illustrate their answers.
_ corrects the students’ answers.
_ gives the right answers to them if
possible.
Task 1
_ read the task 1 carefully then ask
their teacher if cannot understand
any difficult words.
_ listen to the tape once or twice
then do the task 1 themselves.
_ compare their answers with their
friends’.
_ some do the task orally, others

give comments on the answers.
_ listen to the teacher’s explanation
and take notes of the suggested
answers.
Task 2
_ work in pair discuss the
requirement of the task carefully.
_ try to guess the answers if
possible then compare with their
friends’.
_ listen to the tape once or twice
then do the task themselves.
_ some give the answers, others
give comments.
_ can give the evidence to illustrate
their ideas if possible.
_ notice the right answers and copy
them if possible.
4. CONSOLIDATION:
_ Students work in pairs, discussing the advantages and disadvantages of
having a very long life.
_ Some students report their results of the discussion to the whole class.
_ T gives comments on the students’ work.
5. HOMEWORK:
_ Learn the vocabulary listed by heart.
_ Prepare D. Writing on pages 85 for next class.

UNIT 8
: LIFE IN THE FUTURE
D. WRITING PERIOD: 46

I. TEACHING AIMS:
_ To practise students’ speaking and writing skills.
_ To help students to able to write about the ideal world they would like to
live in the year 2020.
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