Unit 5: THE MEDIA

By the end of the unit, students will be able
- Ask for and give out the opinion.
- Express agreement and disagreement.
- Complete a questionnaire.
- Write a short passage.



Lesson 1
Getting started - Listen and read

Reading the passage about the media for details and complete the table.


P 40 - 42


Lesson 2



Speak & Listen
- Practice and improve speaking skill by talking about the benefit of the Internet.
- Listening to a dialogue to know about the important date of the media and complete the table.

P 42 -43




Lesson 3

Read

Reading a passage about the Internet to understand the details.


P 43 - 44


Lesson 4

Write

Practice writing a passage about the benefit of the Internet.


P 44


Lesson 5

Language focus

Further practice in tag - questions and using the gerund after some verbs.


P 45 - 46









Planning date: 12.11.2011 Teaching date 9A: 15.11.2011
9B, C: 26.11.2011
9D: 28.11.2011
Unit 5: THE MEDIA
Period 28: 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 media to understand the details.
- Talk about their favorite activities in their free time and some benefits of some media.
b. Skills
Practice and improve all skills.
c. Education
Enjoy studying English.
2. Preparation:
a. Teacher: Textbook; Teaching plan; pictures; ex - board.
b. Students: Textbook; notebook; school things; do homework; prepare well for new lesson.
3. Procedures
*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 (7’)
* Brainstorming:
T: ask Sts to talk about their favorite activities in their free time.

Free time activities.

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:
- playing sports
- listening to music
- reading
- watching television
- using the Internet
- playing games
- chatting
Etc …
T: ask Sts to work in pairs to read the example given (page 40 - TB) then practice asking and answering the same questions.
Sts: work in pairs to do the task.
T: call on some pairs of Sts to practice asking and answering questions in front of the class, give feedback and correct mistakes if necessary.
T: today we’re going to study about the media. Let’s begin the lesson.
b. New lesson
*Presentation (10’)
T: set the scene: nowadays, there are many kinds of the media. They play an important role in our life. They can provide us with news, entertainment and so on.
? Do you know anything about the development of the media? Let tell some names of the media that you know?
Sts: listen to the teacher and think of the answer for the question.
T: call on some Sts to give out their ideas in front of the class and elicit some new words:
(- media [`mi:](n): example: phương tiện truyền thông đại chúng.
- crier [ ] (n): picture: người rao bán, người đi rao hang, người rao tin tức trên đường phố (thời xưa)
- channel [`t∫ænl] (n): example: kênh
- interactive [,] (a): translation: tương tác
- interact [,] (v) : ảnh hưởng, tương tác -
- remote [ri`mout] (a): translation: xa xôi
- control [] (n)(v): real object: kiểm xoát, điều khiển, sự kiểm xoát, sự điều khiển
- benefit [`benifit] (n): translation: lợi ích, phúc lợi
Sts: read and copy down the words in the notebook.
T: introduce you are going to listen and read some passages about some media. Let listen and find out what they are. (Play the tape for the students)
Sts: listen to the teacher and do the task.
T: call on some Sts to give