Unit 02 Your Body and You Lesson 3 Reading

UNIT 2
Period 12
Week
Date of preparation
Date of teaching
Classes

: YOUR BODY AND YOU
: Reading
:4
: September 8th , 2015
: September 18th, 2015
: 10A1

I. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss can:
- read a text about an alternative treatment in medical care for the main idea and specific
information
- talk about acupuncture
- be educated to appreciate their health.
II. Knowledge:
Vocabulary: originate, evidence, enhance, alternative, capability, reliable
Language : review
III. Skills:
Main skill:

Reading

Sub-skills:

Listening, Speaking, Writing

IV. Methods: Communicative
V. Teaching techniques: Eliciting, synonyms, explanation, information, transfer, asking
and answering the questions, discussion, pair-work, group-work.
VI. Teaching aids: textbooks, posters, pictures and cassette
VII. Time: 45 minutes
VIII. Procedures:
Time

Teacher’s activities

4mins

I. Warm up

Students’
activities

Content
UNIT 2: YOUR BODY AND
YOU
Period 8: Reading

Chatting

Before you read
Vocabulary:
- originate (v): bắt nguồn từ
- T shows a picture of
acupuncture and ask Ss
some questions to set the

scene:
1- Do you know that what it
is?

-look at the
picture and
answer the
questions

- enhance (v): nâng cao
- capability (n): khả năng, năng
lực
- reliable (adj): đáng tin cậy
3. Find words which are
closest in meaning


2- Do you know anything
about acupuncture?
8mins

III. Pre-reading

1- Pair-work

1- Pair-work

Key

- T asks Ss to discuss what

they want to know more
about acupuncture then
decide on at least three
things they want to have
more information about.

-discuss what
they want to
know

- T asks Ss to report their
lists and compare with
others’.

-report their lists
and compare

20mins

- T has Ss repeat the new
words in chorus, individual.

-repeat the new
words in chorus,
individual

4. Suggested answers

4- Questions for
Comprehension

- Feedback.

6. cure = treatment

While you read

IV. While-reading

- T has some pairs practise
asking and answering in
front of the class.

5. choice = alternative

8. enhance = promote
-listen and take
notes

- T asks them to practise
asking and answering the
questions in pairs.

3. pressure points = acupoints

7. proof = evidence

- T elicits vocabulary using
pictures, translation and
explanations.

- T asks Ss to read the
passage in depth to find
necessary information to
give answers to the
questions.

2. stop = ease
4. care = precaution

2-Preteach Vocabulary

- Check vocabulary using
pictures.

1. diseases = ailments

-read the passage
in depth to find
necessary
information
- to practise
asking and
answering

1. It’s promoting harmony
between humans and the world
around them and a balance
between yin and yang.
2. It is believed to promote the

body’s natural healing
capabilities and enhance its
functions.
3. There are more than 2000
nowadays.
4. They are soreness, slight
bleeding, or discomfort.
5. Those who have electrical or
electronic medical devices inside
them.
6. Acupuncture is considered as
a reliable alternative to modern
medicine.


10mins

IV. Post-reading

After you read

Group-work

Work in groups.

- T has pupils work in
groups of 4 to talk about
one of the therapies.

- work in groups

of 4 to talk

- T asks some
representatives from groups
to practice telling in front of
the class.

- practice telling
in front of the
class

Do you know any other
alternative therapies like yoga,
acupuncture, head massage or
aromatherapy? Share
information and then report to
the class.

- Feedback by listening to
each other.

5. Homework (3’)
Read the following and answer the questions.
Fasting is said to play an important role in the detoxification of the body. Detoxification
is a process of eliminating or neutralizing toxins through all the internal organs. This
process starts when food no longer enters the body so it has to turn to fat reserves for
energy. When they are used, the chemicals from fatty acids are released and then
eliminated through the body organs, leading to the cleansing of the whole body.
Questions
1. What is detoxification?

2. When does it start?
Keys
1. Detoxification is a process of eliminating or neutralizing toxins through all the internal
organs.
2. It starts when food no longer enters the body so it has to turn to fat reserves for energy
V - Self- evaluation:
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