Unit 6: THE ENVIRONMENT

By the end of the unit, students will be able to:

- Ask for and give out the reasons of something.
- Persuade somebody to do something.
- Complete a questionnaire.
- Write a letter of complaint.



Lesson 1
Getting started - Listen and read

Reading about the activities of a group of conservationists to understand the details.


P 47 - 48


Lesson 2



Speak
&
Listen

- Practice persuading somebody to do something.
- Listening to a passage about the reasons why the ocean is polluted to understand the details and complete the note.



P 49 - 50




Lesson 3

Read

Reading a poem about the environment to understand the details.


P 51


Lesson 4

Write

Practice writing a letter of complaint.


P 52 - 53



Lesson 5

Language focus

Revision of some adjectives, adverbs and further practice in Adj + that clause, conditional sentences type 1 and adverb clause of reason beginning with Because.


P 53 - 56












Planning date: 23.12.2011 Teaching date 9A, D: 26.12.2011
9B: 27.12.2011
9C: 30.12.2011
Unit 6: THE ENVIRONMENT
Period 37: Lesson 1: Getting started - Listen and Read

1. Aims: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
a. Knowledge: Read the passage about the work of a group of conservationists to understand the details.
- Know more about some environmental problems and the solutions to them and how to protect the environment.
b. Skills
Practice and improve all skills.
c. Behavior
Be aware of protecting the environment.
2. Preparation
a.Teacher: Prepare textbook; teacher’s book; teaching plan; pictures about the environment; tape; cassette.
b. Students: Prepare textbook; notebook; school things; do homework; prepare well for new lesson.
3. Procedure
*Organization
T: greet and check the attendance.
Sts: reply.

9A: 9B: 9C: 9D:

a. Check the old lesson (2’)
T: check Sts` preparation for the lesson.
Sts: get ready.
* Warm up (8’)
* Brainstorming:
T: ask Sts to think about the environmental problems in their hometown and give out their ideas in front of the class

Environmental problems


Sts: work individually to do the task.
T: call on some Sts to give out their ideas in front of the class, give feedback.
Sts: give out the ideas in front of the class.
* Possible answers: (In V or in E)
- the destruction of the forests
- rubbish/ garbage/ trash
- air pollution
- water pollution
- smoke from cars, motorbikes
Etc …
T: elicit some more ideas and present the new words:
(
- garbage dump (n): picture – Bãi đổ rác, đống rác
- deforestation [di,∫n] (n): explanation - Sự phá huỷ rừng
- dynamite [] (n): example - Thuốc nổ
- pesticide [`pestisaid](n): translation - Thuốc trừ sâu
- spray [sprei](v): Phun, xịt
- pollute [:t] (v )ô nhiễm
- pollution [:∫n] (n) sự ô nhiễm
Sts: read and write down the words.
T: ask Sts to look at the six pictures on page 47 (TB) then match each picture with the words given in the box.
Sts: work individually to do the task then compare the answers in pairs.
T: call on some Sts to give out their answers in front of the class, give feedback and correct mistakes if necessary.
( Answers:
a. air pollution
b. spraying pesticides
c. garbage dump
d. water pollution
e. deforestation
f. dynamite fishing
Sts: write the answers in the notebook.
T: ask Sts to think of the answer for the question:
? Why do the writers of this book show us these pictures?
Sts: do the task.
* Possible answer:
- Because they want us to know that our environment is being polluted and we should do something to save it.
T: set the scene: In this lesson, you are going to listen and read a passage about the work of the conservationists to protect the environment.
Sts: listen to the teacher.
b. New lesson
* Presentation (10’)