Week: 21
Period: 41
Date of preparing: 30/12/2018
Date of teaching: 03/01/2019
UNIT 6: THE ENVIRONMENT
LESSON 3: READ
I. OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to read the poem and
understand it in details.
II. PREPARATION: Tape, extra board
III. PROCEDURE:
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES
1/ Warm-up : (7’)
Network
- Ask Ss to play game.
STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
- Play game.
water pollution
Air pollution
Environmenta
- Set the scene “We lare
reading a poem about
problem
about the problems of pollution.”
2/ Pre-reading: (13’)
- Elicit new words.
I. New words:
1. junk-yard (n) = garbage dump
2. end-up (v) = finish
3. silly (a) = stupid
4. foam (n) (picture)
5. wood (n) = forest
6. hedge (n) = fence
7. folk (n) = people
- Read new words.
- Check new words: R.O.R
3/ While-reading: (15’)
- Turn on the tape 2 times and ask Ss to read the
poem.
- Ask Ss to identify which lines is the mother’s
and the son’s.
- Ask Ss to do task a.
- Call some Ss to give the answer.
Garbage dump
deforestation
- Pay attention and write down the
Environmenta
lesson.
l problem
- Guess its meanings and copy.
- Repeat in chorus, and individually.
- Do as directed.
- Listen to the tape carefully, read the
poem.
- Read the poem again and identify.
- Work in pair.
- Give the answer.
1–c
5–d
2–g
6–a
3–f
7–b
4–e
- Instruct Ss with the answer.
4/ Post-reading: (8’)
- Ask Ss to work in group of four to discuss
question 6.
What could we do in our school to minimize
the pollution ?
- Answer the questions.
1. If the pollution goes on, the world
will end up like a second – hand junk –
yard.
2. The mother thinks other folk pullet
the environment but not her and her son
3. If the boy keeps on asking such
questions, his mother will take him
home right away.
4. No. Because he is right: If he throws
the bottles that will be polluting the
woods.
5. The poet wants us to learn that
everyone is responsible for keeping the
environment from pollution.
- Work in group.
+ Suggested ideas :
Put the bins around the school yard.
Pick up the rubbish / garbage and
throw it into a trash bin.
Should not litter / spit on the ground
….
5/ Homework: (2’)
- Have Ss:
+ Learn by heart new words.
+ Rewrite the answer at home.
+ Prepare for the next period Write.
- Write assignments.
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Week: 21
Period: 42
Date of preparing: 01/01/2019
Date of teaching: 04/01/2019
UNIT 6: THE ENVIRONMENT
LESSON 4: WRITE
I. OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to write a complaint letter
with the right format and language.
II. PREPARATION: Extra boards
III. PROCEDURE:
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES
1 / Warm -up : (8’)
Ordering
- Write the five main parts on a complaint letter on
the board.
1. Politeness
2. Complication
3. Resolution
4. Action
5. Situation
- Ask Ss to guess the correct order of a complaint
letter and write them on the board.
- Have them open their books and check their
results. Then give correct order :
1. Situation
2. Complication
3. Resolution
4. Action
5. Politeness.
=> Explain what Ss have to do in each section
+ What you write if the first section? – Situation?
+ …Complication?
+ …Resolution?
+ … Action?
+ Politeness?
- Lead to the lesson
2 / Pre – writing : (15’)
Activity 1: Vocabulary pre – teach :
- Teach new words.
I. New words:
1. Complain (v) -> complaint (n) : express
dissatisfaction
2. Truck (n): strong lorry for heavy goods.
3. Fly (n) : two – winged insect
4. Response (v) : make an answer
5. Break (v): pause or interval at work.
- Check new words
STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
- Look at the board.
- Read and guess the order of the letter.
- Open their books and compare. Then
write down their note books.
state the reasons for writing
mentions the problem
makes a suggestion
talks about future action
ends the letter politely
- Listen to the teacher
- Listen and repeat in chorus and
individually.
- Play games.
* Checking technique : What and where
Activity 2: Set the scene
- Introduce the scene
“Mr Nhat wrote a complaint letter to the direction of
L*P company in Ho Chi Minh city. the five sections
of the letter are not in the right order “
- Ask Ss to work in pairs to order the letter.
- Call on some pairs to read the letter with the
correct order aloud.
- Give feed back and answer key :
1. Situation: I am writing ………. The north.
2. Complication: When the truck ….. flies.
3. Resolution: I would suggest ….. leaving.
4. Action: I look forward …… your company.
5. Politeness: Faithfully ,
Tran Nhat Vu
- Ask Ss to read the correct letter and answer the
questions :
1. What does Mr Nhat complain about?
2. What problems does he mention?
3. What does he suggest?
- Call on some pairs to practice front of class.
3 / While – writing : (15’)
- Ask Ss to read the situation in the textbook and
answer the questions below :
1. What do you complain about?
2. What problem do you want to mention?
3. What suggestions do you want to make?
- Call on some pairs to ask and answer in the class.
- Correct and give correct answers :
1. The way people catch fish. (Use electricity to
catch fish)
2. Fish and other animals have died.
3. Prohibiting and fining heavily anyone catching
fish in this way.
- Have Ss work in group, write a letter to the head of
local authorities to complain about the way of
catching fish in the lake behind your house.
- Ask Ss to compare the writing and correct mistakes
if any.
- Call on some Ss to read their writings aloud.
- Correct and give suggested writing :
Dear Mr. President ,
I am writing to you about the problem of fish
catching in the lake behind my house.
I am very worried because they do not know use
- Listen to the teacher.
- Work in pairs to order the letter.
- Read their answers aloud.
- Read the correct letter aloud.
- Read the letter again and answer the
questions.
- Demonstrate in class.
- Practice asking and answering in front of
class.
- Repeat the correct answers.
- Work individually.
- Write the letter in group.
- Exchange their writings and compare.
- Read their writings aloud.
- Listen.
fishing rod or net but use electricity to catch fish.
After a short time they leave the lake, a lot of fish
die and float in the water surface. Other animals
such as frogs, toad, and even birds have also died
from electric shock waves.
I would suggest the local authorities should prohibit
and fine heavily anyone using this way of catching
fish.
I am looking forward to hearing from you and seeing
the actions taken to protect the environment from the
local authority.
Sincerely,
Ngoc.
4 / Post – writing : (5’)
- Call on some Ss to read the writing loudly.
- Read the letter aloud (3 Ss ).
5/ Homework: (2’)
- Have Ss:
+ Learn by heart new words.
+ Rewrite the letter at home.
+ Prepare for the next period Language focus.
- Write assignments.
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