lesson plan lesson plan date april 18th2008 period 63 unit 10 life on other planets lesson 1 section getting started listen and read p 83 84 i objectives by the end of this lesson students will

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Lesson plan
<i>Date: April 18th_,2008</i>

<i>Period:63 Unit 10 LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS</i>

Lesson 1 Section: GETTING STARTED & LISTEN AND READ
(p. 83-84)

I/ Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to know more about
UFOs

II/ Language contents:

1. Vocabulary: spacecraft (n), meteor (n), evidence (n), alien (n),
capture (v), device (n), claim (v).

2. Grammar: relative pronouns WHO, THAT and WHICH (view).
III/ Teaching aids: text book, pictures

IV/ Techniques: elicitation, ask and answer, pair work, and group work .
V/ Time: 45 minutes

VI/ Procedures:

Stages/ time Contents Notes

Warm up
5’

Pre- reading
5’

10’

* Guessing words:

1)
--- This word has 12 letters. It is the
opposite of identified.

2)
--- This word has 6 letters. It means
moving through the air as a bird does.
3)

--- This word has 7 letters. It is in
form. . It means a thing that can be
seen or touched.

Answer keys:
1) Unidentified
2) Flying ==> UFOs
3) Objects

* Chatting:

-What can you see in the pictures?
-What do you call them in

Vietnamese?

-Do you know another word for
UFOs? (Flying Saucer)

- Do you think they really exist?
- Have you ever seen any films on
UFOs?

- If you saw a UFOs, what would you
do?

I. Pre-teach vocabulary:
- spacecraft (n): tàu vũ trụ
- meteor (n): sao băng

T asks students to guess
the meaning of the letter by
clues

Teacher – whole class

T asks students some
questions about UFOs
T asks students to work in
pairs

- Teacher gives the Answer
keys:

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While reading
10’

- evidence (n): bằng chứng

- alien (n) : người ở hành tinh khác
- capture (v): bắt

- device (n): dụng cụ, thiết bị
- claim (v). : đòi quyền, nhận là
<i>*Checking vocabulary : what and </i>
<i>where</i>

II. Guessing the meaning of the
words

* Answer keys:

1. proof, support = evidence
2. falling star or shooting star =
meteor

3. unknown/ strange people or thing
= aliens

4. bringing together or gathering =
collecting

5. caught as a prisoner = captured
6. became impossible to see =
disappeared

III. Complete the notes:
* Answer keys:

OFO Sightings

a) An aircraft, a weather balloon or
meteor can be mistaken for an alien
spacecraft.

b) In 1947, a pilot saw nine large
round objects traveling at about 2,800
meters an hour.

c) There were over 1,500 UFO
sightings worldwide in 1952.

d) In 1954, a woman and her children
saw a UFO above their house.

e) A farmer saw an egg – shapes
object in one of his fields and also
aliens collecting soil samples in 1964.
f) In 1971, two men claimed they
were captured by aliens and taken

T asks students to repeat
the words chorally then rub
out word by word but leave
the circles.

Remember to let students
repeat before and after
rubbing out each word.
Go on until students can
remember the words.
Get students to write the
words again in the correct
circles.

T asks students to work in
groups

Teacher gives the Answer
keys:

- Give feedback
T asks students some
questions to check their
understanding

Students do exercise
Individual work

<b>spacecra</b>

<b>ft</b> <b>meteo_r</b>

<b>devic</b>
<b>e</b>
<b>claim</b>

<b>alien</b>

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Post reading
10’

Homework
5’

aboard a spacecraft.

g) A pilot and his plane disappeared
after sighting a UFO in 1978.

h) In 1981, a Frenchman at a treetop
30 meters away from his garden.
* Discussions:

* Do you believe in Kenneth Arnold,
or the woman who saw a UFO about
her house?

* Have you ever seen a picture of an
alien ? Can you imagine what the
aliens are like? Are they small or big?
Are they intelligent? (If yes) Why do
you think so?

- Learn the vocabulary by heart
- Do the exercises in the workbook

into your notebook

- Prepare : SPEAK
- Remarks

T asks students to work in
groups

Students – students
Ask and answer

Have students write the
notes on page 84 in their
notebooks.

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