unit 15- cities-reading-english 10

Date of preparing: 25/03/2010
Date of teaching: 30/03/2010
Class: 10A6
LESSON PLAN
Supervisor: Nguyễn Thị Tâm
Student : Tống Thị Thùy Dung
Unit 15: CITIES
A- Reading
A. Objectives
By the end of the lesson students will be able to:
- Develop such reading micro- skills as scanning for specific information and guessing
meaning in context.
- Use the information they have to read to talk about New York City.
B. Teaching aids
Textbook, posters.
C. Language focus
- Understanding new words/ expressions in context.
- Deciding on True or False statements.
- Passage comprehension.
D. Procedure
Teacher’s activities Time Students’ activities Aids
Warm up
Matching
-T asks Ss to match the name of cities with
the name of countries.
Countries:
1. China
2. England
3. USA
4. Thailand
5’

-Ss work inpairs.
-Ss give answers
1-d, 2-e, 3-c, 4-a, 5-b
Poster
5. Vietnam
Cities:
a. Bangkok
b. Hanoi
c. Texas
d. Shanghai
e. London
-T calls on some Ss to answer.
-T gives the correct answers:
1-d, 2-e, 3-c, 4-a, 5-b.
-T introduces new lesson: unit 15: Cities- A-
Reading.
Ss work invidually
I- Before you read
-T gets Ss to work in pairs and match the
pictures in the textbook with the correct
places.
-T checks that Ss have the right answers.
-T gives the correct answers:
1- The Empire State Building.(a)
2- The United Nations Headquarters.
(b)
3- Central Park.(d)
4- Times Square.(c)
-T asks Ss to answer the questions.
1. Where is New York?

2. What do you know about the city?
-T calls on some Ss to answer.
-T gives suggestion answers:
1. New York is in New York State.
2. It is the most populous city in the
United State.
5’
-Ss work in pairs.
-Ss answer
1-a, 2-b, 3-d, 4-c.
Textbook
II- While you read
1.New words
* To be located in: nằm ở.
* To found: sáng lập, thành lập.
* Global finance: tài chính thế giới.
* To be characterised by: có đặc điểm là.
5’
Whole class
Textbook
-T reads aloud new words and calls on some
Ss to read.
2.Task1: Matching words in A with their
definitions in B.
-T gets Ss to read the passage silently and
then do task 1.
-T asks Ss to go back to the passage to locate
and read these words so that they can guess
their meanings.
-T calls on some Ss to give the answers.

-T checks the answers with the whole class.
1-d, 2-c, 3-e, 4-a, 5-b.
3.Task 2: Decide whether the statements
are true (T) or false (F).
-T gets Ss to read through all the 5 questions
and identify the key words in each question.
-T gives an example: in question 1, these
might be “name”, “state” and “city”.
-T asks Ss read these words carefully to find
the answers to the questions.
-T asks Ss to work in pairs
-T gets Ss to check their answers with a
friend.
-T calls on some Ss to present and explain
their answers.
-T gives feedback and correct answers:
1. T (lines 1-2)
2. F (“...is ice-free all seasons, line 7)
3. T (it’s on the Hudson and Passaic
rivers, lines 3-5)
4. T (“ it is home of the UN”, lines 18-
19)
5. T (it was founded by the Dutch in
1624 and taken over by the English
in 1664, lines 15-17).
4.Task 3: Answer the questions.
-T gets Ss to read the questions carefully and
gives some tips to do the task.
7’
8’

8’
-Ss read after the T
-Ss read aloud
-Ss work individually
-Ss write down the
answers.
1-d, 2-c, 3-e, 4-a, 5-b
-Ss read the questions
-Ss give the answers
1. T
2. F
3. T
4. T
5. T
Poster
Textbook
-T asks Ss should skim the five questions to
understand them. Then Ss underline the key
words to decide what information they need
to find in the text.
-T gets Ss to check their answers with a peer.
-T calls on some Ss to write their answers on
the board and ask them to explain their
choices.
-T gives the correct answers:
1. It is in the southeastern part of New
York State ( lines 1-2).
2. 7 million people in the city and 19
million people in the metropolitan
region ( lines 9-11).

3. Because it was founded by the
Dutch and the capital of the
Netherlands was Amsterdam ( lines
15-16).
4. It is the home of the UN and the
centre of global finance,
communications, and business ( lines
18-19).
5. The Statue of Liberty, the Empire
State Building, the Wall street, and
the Broadway theatre district ( lines
23-25).
-Ss work in pairs
-Ss write down the
answers on the board.
1-It is in the
southeastern part of
New York State.
2-7 million people in
the city and 19 million
people in the
metropolitan region.
3-Because it was
founded by the Dutch
and the capital of the
Netherlands was
Amsterdam.
4-It is the home of the
UN and the centre of
global finance,

communications, and
business.
5-The Statue of
Liberty, the Empire
State Building, the
Wall street, and the
Broadway theatre
district.
III- After you read
-T asks Ss to work in groups to discuss the
question:
If you could visit New York, which place (s)
of interest there would you like to see?
Why?
-T calls on some group to present in front of
class.
-T gives feedback and a model answer:
5’
-Ss work in groups
-Ss present in front of
the class
Texbook
If I could visit New York, I would like to visit
The Statue of Liberty because it is very
beautiful and is one of the most typical
symbol of New York.
E- Wrapping up
T summarises the main points of the lesson.
- understanding new words/ expressions in
context.

- deciding on True or False statements.
- passage comprehension.
1’ Whole class
F- Homework
T asks Ss to learn by heart the new words,
make sentences with them and prepare
speaking lesson.
1’
Ss work individually
G- Feedback
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