UNIT 9: UNDERSEA WORLD
UNIT 9 – LESSON 1: A. READING
I. Objectives:
1. Education aims: - Students read about the undersea world.
2. Knowledge: a. General knowledge: - The oceans and the undersea world.
b. Language: - The present simple tense.
- Vocabulary concerning undersea world like: whale, jellyfish, shark, .....
3. Skills: - Speaking: talk in pairs and in groups.
- Reading comprehension: Matching and Table completion exercises.
II. Anticipated problems: Students may lack vocabulary on undersea world.
III. Teaching aids: board, textbook, chalk.
IV. Procedures:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
1. Warm-up: (3 mins)
- Aim: Sts get used to the topic.
+ Networks:
- Sts are required to work in groups of 3 or 4 to make a list of
words related to the names of the animals in the sea in written
form.
- The group with the longest list will be the winner.
2. Before you read (12 mins)
- Aim: -Prepare information and vocabularies for the topic.
+ Work with a partner 1:
- Ask sts to look at the map and give Vietnamese names for
the oceans on the map.
- Allow sts to discuss in pairs in 2 minutes.
- Get feedback and give remarks.
+ Work with a partner 2:
- Sts are required to do in the same way as in “ work with a
partner 1” to name the sea animal in each picture.
- Ask some sts to report.
- Listen and give remarks.
+ Vocabulary:
- Provide the sts with new words/phrases:
+ Gulf(n): h
+ challenge(v):
+ Subma'rine(n):
+ 'organism(n):
+ Biodi'versity(n):
+ at stake (phr): = in danger
- Read each word/phrase 3 times and ask the sts to repeat it.
- Leave the 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 the sts to read the words/phrases correctly.
3. While you read: (20 mins)
- Aims: Read the passage for information to do the tasks.
+ Set the scene:
- You are going to read a passage about undersea world.
Read it and then do the tasks that follow.
- Work in groups of 3-4 students
- Give the lists to the teacher
- Work in pairs and do the work
orally.
- Some sts report.
+ Pa'cific ocean: Th¸i b×nh d¬ng
+ At'lantic ocean: §¹i t©y d¬ng
+ 'Indian ocean: Ên ®é d¬ng
+ 'Arctic ocean: B¾c b¨ng d¬ng
+ An'tarctic ocean ( southern
ocean): BiÓn nam cùc.
- Listen and copy down.
- Do as they have done in the
previous part
- Some sts report.
+ Picture1: Seal + Picture2:
Jellyfish
+ Picture3: Turtle + Picture4:
Shark
- Self- correct
- Listen and then copy down
- Listen and repeat.
- Read these words silently.
- Soms sts read these words aloud
and others listen.
- Self-correct.
- Listen to the teacher.
- Read the passage and then do the
task.
- Share their answer with their
partners.
- Some sts report.
1. tiny 2. investigate
3. gulf 4. biodiversity
5. samples