2. Reading _unit 9

VINH UNIVERSITY
FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT

LESSON PLAN
TEXTBOOK: English 10
UNIT 9:

Students’ level: 10th grader (CEFR: B1-1)
Nguyen Tra My
Mentor: Le Viet Huong

LESSON PLAN
TEXTBOOK: English 10
UNIT 1: Family life


LESSON PLAN
TEXTBOOK: ENGLISH 10
UNIT 9: PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT
LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED (page: 38)
STAGE 1: DESIRED OBJECTIVES/ OUTCOMES
A. OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- Identify language items (vocabulary related to environment)
- Identify specific information by listening and reading.
- Discuss environmental problems in your local area.
- Recognize environmental protection is not anyone’s responsibility; we can perform our
responsibility to the environment by practical activities.

B. LANGUAGE FOCUS
Key terms/ Vocabulary

- Environment:
+ Practical
+ Preservation
+ Environmental impact
+ Deforestation
+ Fossil fuels
+ Depletion
+ Global warming
+ Polar ice melting
+ Rising of sea level
Key grammatical structure(s)
+ The present continuous
+ Modal verb

C. INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES
- Handout
- Textbook
- Pictures
- CD track
- Power point


STAGE 2: ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE
Performance Tasks
1.Watch a video and take note
some information about
environmental impacts
2. Match the words in column
A with the suitable pictures in
column B

3. Listen and read to
answer questions related to
the conversation
4. Discuss the environmental
problem in your local area.
5. Ask and answer some
questions related to the
lesson.

Performance products

Assessment tools

Students’ answer

Possible answer

Students’ answer

Handout
Key

Students’ answer

Key

Students’ answer

Students’ answer

Observation
Possible answer
Oral presentation
Observation
Possible answer

STAGE 3: TEACHING PROCEDURE/ LEARNING EXPERIENCES
Activity 1: Warm-up:

- Ask ss to take a look at the picture and describe what they can see.
- Get feedback and confirm.
Lead in: Environmental pollution is everywhere. In this unit, we are going to learn about
what is environmental pollution, how does it have impact on our planet and how to reduce it.
Activity 2: Provide vocabulary for Ss
- Show vocabulary and its pronunciation (practical; preservation; impact; fossil fuel;
negative; depletion)


- Ask Ss to take note new words on their notebook
- Ask Ss to pronounce the vocabulary. (all of student; group; person)
- Get feedback and correct if necessary
Activity 3: Read the conversation between Nam and his father and answer some
questions (Activity 3, page 38)
- Step 1: Ask students to read the conversation and answer the questions.
- Step 2: Ask some students to give their answer.
- Step 3: Get feedback and confirm the correct answer.
Answer key:
1. What is Nam doing for the school newsletter?
He is writing a letter for the school newsletter.
2. What did the editor ask Nam to write about?

The editor asked Nam to write some practical advice on environmental preservation.
3. What does ‘environmental impact' mean?
It means the negative influence or effect on the environment.
4. Why is Nam interested in environmental impacts?
Because he thinks if we can see the impacts on the natural environment, we will
know how to protect it.
5. Name the threats to the environment mentioned in the conversation.
They are deforestation, pollution, global warming, fuel depletion, polar ice melting and
the rise of sea levels.
Activity 4: Match the words in the box with suitable pictures
- Give students handout and ask them to match the words in the box with suitable
pictures.
- Ask students exchange answer with their partner
- Get feedback and explain if necessary


Pollution
Rising sea level

Answer key: 1. Pollution
4. Polar ice melting

Polar ice melting
Global warming

Fossil fuel depletion
Deforestation

2. Deforestation
5. Rising sea level

3. Global warming
6. Fossil fuel depletion

Activity 5: Work in group. Discuss the environmental problem in your local area.
- Ask students to work in group and discuss the environmental problem in their local area by
drawing a mind map


Reality
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Causes
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Environmental
problem

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Effects
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Solutions
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- Ask some groups to present what they have discussed.
- Get feedback.
Possible answer:
Environmental problems: Water pollution in Lam river
Reality: There are a lot of rubbishes in two sides of this river
Many parts of the river are smelly
Causes: People throw rubbish into the river
People celebrate party in the riverside but do not tidy up
Effects: Affect the living environment of residents in this area
Affect animals living in the river

Loss of urban beauty
Solutions: Government should have strict deterrent measures to warn unconscious
people
Improve propaganda to raise awareness and responsibility of people in
protecting the environment.
Activity 6: Wrap up
- Show a video related to environment problems and asks Ss to recall some
environmental impact in the video.
- Ask Ss some following question:
+ Are you surprised that some information is mentioned in this video? (Yes/No)
+ Do you think humans are the main factor causing environmental problems?
(Yes/No)
+ Do you think people are neglectful to environmental problems? (Yes/No)


- Emphasizes the real value of the lesson: “Environmental impacts are consequences of
human activities and we should preserve our environment by practical activities.”
Activity 7: Homework:
Write a paragraph (about 100 words) to talk about environmental problems in your
local area including reality; causes; effects and solutions.