UNIT 11: NATIONAL PARKS
UNIT 11 – LESSON 1: A. READING
I. Objectives:
1. Education aims: Students improve their knowledge about national parks.
2. Knowledge: a. General knowledge: - Knowledge about national parks.
b. Language: The present simple tense. - Vocabulary concerning national parks.
3. Skills: - Speaking : talk in pairs and in groups.
- Reading comprehension: the definitions and answering questions.
II. Anticipated problems: Students may not have much knowledge about national
parks.
III. Teaching aids: board, textbook, chalk.
IV. Procedures:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
1. Before you read:( 9 mins)
Aims: to repare information and vocabularies for the topic.
- Ask sts to answer the question:
Can you name some national parks in Vietnam and in
the world?
- Ask some sts to answer the question.
- Listen and give remarks.
- Introduce the reading text and provide sts with new words/
phrases.
+ lo'cate(v): = to place
+ 'butterfly(n): an insect with very big wings that can fly(con
bím)
+ e'stablish(v): = to make/ build
+ hike(v): to walk for health
+sur'vive(v): to be alive after accident( sèng sãt ).....
survival(n)
+ 'orphan(v): to be made parentless orphanage(n)
+ Sub-tropical(Adj): i
+ 'wilderness(n): = wild place
+ contami'nation(n) contaminate(v): to make something
dirty/ polluted.
- Read each word/phrase 3 times and ask sts to repeat it.
- Leave sts 1 minute to self-practise reading the words.
- Ask 4-5 sts to read all the word/phrases aloud in front of
the class
- Listen and help sts to read the words/phrases correctly.
2. While you read: (15 mins)
Aims: Read the passage for information to do the tasks.
+ Set the scene:
- You are going to read the passages about The National
Parks. Read them and then do the tasks that follow.
+ Task 1:Fill in each space with a suitable from the
passages.
- Ask sts to read the passages and do task 1.
- Explain more about the definitions if necessary.
- Sts are required to compare their results with their
- Listen and think of the question.
- Some sts answer:
Cuc Phuong National Park
Bach Ma national Park.
Nairobi National Park.
Alaska National Park.
- Listen and then copy down
- Listen and repeat.
- Read silently to self-practise.
- Some sts read these words aloud
and others listen.
- Self-correct.
- Read the passages and do the task.
- Compare their results with their
parners.
- Present their answer:
2. contain 3. species 4. survival
5. sub-tropical 6. contamination
- Listen to the T and correct if
necessary.
- Work in pairs to read the passages
again and to ask and answer.
- Underline the information from the
passages.
- Share their answer with other sts.
- Some pairs report:
1.200 square km: