Giáo án Tiếng Anh lớp 9 Unit 6: The environment - Lesson 4

Stages

Teacher’s activities

Students’ activities

I.Warm up

7 min

II.Pre – reading

10 min

III.While - reading

17 min

IV.Post - reading

9 min

V.Homework

2 min

Question and answer

1. Do you like poetry?

2. Do you often read poetry?

3. Who is your favorite poet?

4. Have you ever read a poem in English?
5. What is it? Do you understand it?

- Have Ss work in groups, ask and answer the questions above.

- Call on Ss to present in front of class.

1. Vocabulary pre- teach:

-End up (v): use up / finish: kết thúc

-Second – hand (a): used: qua sử dụng

-Junk-yard(n): a place to store rubbish and waste:bãi rác

-Treasure(n): valuable / precious things: kho tàng

-Stream(n): current or flow of water/ small river:suối

-Foam (n): mass of bubbles of air or gas: bọt

-Nonsense(n): meaningless words or ideas: vô nghĩa

2. Checking technique: Jumbled words:

- Write new words in the wrong order:

+ maof / aryd- kujn /

maetsr/ esnesno/ pu den/ esurraet / daso /

- Call on some Ss to write the good words. Correct and give the correct answers:

+ foam / junk – yard / stream / nonsense / end up / treasure / soda.

- Call Ss to read the correct words aloud.

* Set the scene: We will listen to a poem about:

A mother and her son are having a picnic in a park. The son sees the place is polluted. He asks his mother about the problems of pollution.

2. True / false statements prediction:

a. The boy is really interested in the problems of pollution.

b. He does not want to make the place more polluted.

c. His mother is aware of the danger of pollution.

d. His mother thinks she should protect the environment even when she is on holiday.

- Call on some Ss to read their predictions and write them on the board.

3. Prediction checking:

- Turn on the tape 2 times and ask Ss to read the poem to check their predictions. Then compare their results with friends.

- Call on some Ss to read their answers aloud. Correct and give answers:

1.T 2.T 3.F 4.F

4. Match each word in A to an appropriate explanation in B:

- Ask Ss to work individually to match.

- Get Ss compare their answers with a friend.

- Call on some Ss to read their answers aloud.

- Correct and give correct answers:

5. Answer the questions / 51:

* Quick grammar presentation:

Conditional sentence type 1:

If S + V (present simple ).., S + will + V..

Example:

If the pollution goes on , the world will end up like a second- hand junk – yard.

* Answering question

- Ask Ss to read the poem more carefully and answer the questions

- Call on some Pairs to read their answers aloud in class.

- Give correct answers:

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.

+ Call Ss some Ss to read the correct answers aloud. Then read the passage loudly.

- Check Ss^, pronunciation and intonation.

6. Discussion

- Ask Ss to work in group of four to discuss question 6

What we could do in our school / house to minimize the pollution?

+ 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 ….

- Call on some representatives from each group to demonstrate in front of class.

- Correct and give further information to the questions

1. Learn by heart new words and copy down.

2. Do the exercises in the workbook.

3. Prepare the next lesson.

Work in groups

Practice in front of class.

Listen and repeat in chorus and individually.

Guess its meanings and copy.

Play games

Write the good words on the boards.

Read them aloud

Listen carefully

Work in groups to predict.

- Report their predictions aloud

Listen to the tape carefully , read the poem and check their predictions.

Read them aloud, and copy down.

Work individually to do the exercise.

- Read their answers aloud

Write down.

- Listen and copy

- Read the example aloud.

- Work in pairs

- Practice in front of class.

Read the correct answers aloud.

Read the passage aloud.

- Work in groups

- Demonstrate in the front.

- Listen and copy