Giáo án tiếng Anh 10 Unit 2: Humans and the Environment

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WARM-UP

- To activate students’ knowledge on the topic of the unit.

- To create a lively atmosphere in the classroom.

- To lead into the new unit.

CLIP WATCHING

* T gives instructions: Watch the clip and take notes what the man has done.

** Ss do as instructed.

*** Ss work in 4 groups, share their words/ phrases they have noted down with the others, then take turns to write the words/ phrases on the board.

**** Teacher:

- checks and corrects if there are any spelling mistakes

- confirms the winner.

Leads in the lesson: Our environment is being seriously destroyed, at your age you can take some simple actions to help save the environment. One of them is taking part in Go Green clubs.

(Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfGMYdalClU)

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5 mins

PRESENTATION

To help students use key language more appropriately before they read and listen.

* T asks Ss to look at the explanation and the photos to guess the meaning of new words.

** Ss say the Vietnamese meanings of the words.

1. adopt (v) /əˈdɒpt/: start to use a particular method

2. awareness (of) (n) /əˈweənəs/: interest in and concern about a particular situation or area of interest

3. carbon footprint (n) /ˌkɑːbən ˈfʊtprɪnt/: a measure of the amount of carbon dioxide that is produced by the activities of a person or company

*** Other Ss correct if the previous answers are incorrect.

**** T shows the meanings, says the words aloud and asks Ss to repeat them.

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4 mins

PRACTICE

- To get students interested in the topic.

- To get students to learn some vocabulary to be learnt in the unit.

TASK 1. LISTEN AND READ (p.18)

* T asks Ss to look at the picture (p.18) and answer the following questions:

+ What are the students doing?

+ Is cleaning up the school/ the street/ public places a way to adopt a green lifestyle?

+ What are you going to listen to?

* T plays the recording twice, has Ss listen to the conversation, read along and underline the activities in the conversation which are good for the environment.

** Ss do the task individually.

*** Ss share their answers with a partner.

**** T checks their answers with the whole class.

Suggested answers: adopting a greener lifestyle, raising local people’s awareness of environmental issues, reducing my carbon footprint

* T has the Ss read the conversation in pairs.

** Ss read the conversation.

*** One pair reads aloud.

**** T collects common mistakes and gives comments.

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6 mins

- To practise reading for specific information.

- To practise scanning.

- To develop students' knowledge of vocabulary for humans and the environment.

TASK 2: READ AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. (p.19)

Read the conversation again and answer the following questions.

* T asks Ss to work individually to read the questions and underline the key words, then share their ideas with a partner who sits next to them.

** Ss do Task 2 individually first.

*** Ss share and discuss with their partners about the key words.

**** T corrects their answers as a class.

Key:

1. Who set up the Go Green Club?
2. Wha t does the club want to achieve?
3. What does Nam think the club will do in the future?
4. Wha t is the first activity of the club?
5. Wha t is Mike keen to do?
6. Wha t do they decide at the end of the conversation?

* T asks Ss to scan the conversation, locate the key words to find the answer for each the question with the partner who sits behind them.

** Ss do the task in pairs.

**** T divides the class into two big teams, and has Ss in each team take turns to choose a number in the game Lucky number to check the answers.

Key:

1. The Youth Union in Nam’s school set it up.
2. The club wants to improve the environment and encourage people to adopt a greener lifestyle.
3. He thinks the club will organize more activities to raise people’s awareness of environmental issues.
4. It is cleaning up the school right after the ceremony
5. He is keen to reduce his carbon footprint.
6. Nam will tell Mike the time and the place of the club meeting.

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10 mins

- To help students revive some collocations for the environment so that they can use them in the following lessons.

- To help students practise scanning.

TASK 3: MATCH THE VERBS OR PHRASAL VERBS IN A WITH SUITABLE NOUNS OR NOUN PHRASES IN B. (p.19)

* T has Ss locate the verbs or phrasal verbs in the conversation, find the nouns or noun phrases after each verb/ phrasal verb to do the matching.

** Ss work individually.

*** Ss share their answers with a partner.

**** T checks and gives the correct answers with the whole class, and has them say the meaning of each collocation.

Answers:

1 - c: raise awareness: nâng cao nhận thức

2 - d: reduce your carbon footprint: giảm lượng khí thải cacbon của bạn

3 - e: clean up the school: vệ sinh trường học

4 - b: adopt a greener lifestyle: áp dụng lối sống xanh hơn

5 - a. set up a club: thành lập câu lạc bộ

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4 mins

To help students identify some future structures with will and be going to, the passive voice and how they are used in sentences.

TASK 4: COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES BASED ON THE CONVERSATION IN TASK 1. (p.19)

* T has Ss read each sentences, try to think of a verb or an auxiliary verb that will complete the gap.

** Ss do the task individually.

*** Ss share the answers with a peer.

**** T asks the whole class to call out the verb forms first, then calls on individual Ss to read the complete sentences.

Key:

1. was set up

2. are / ‘re going to

3. will / ‘ll

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4 mins

PRODUCTION

- To help students practising talking about activities which help protect the environment.

- To practise team working.

- To give students authentic practice in using target language.

TASK 5 : INTERVIEW

To become a member of our school Go Green Club, you must participate in an interview with the club chairman. Think about activities which you can do at school and in your community to help protect the environment.

* Teacher:

- Gives Ss clear instructions in order to make sure Ss can role-play effectively.

- Divides Ss into 2 main groups consisting of Candidates and Club Chairmen.

+ Club chairmen think of, discuss and list as many questions to ask the candidates (e.g: the reasons why the candidates want to become a club member, experiences in the past to protect the environment and the intentions in the future).

+ Candidates think of the reasons why they want to become club members and activities they did in the past and are going to do in the future to help protect the environment.

- Pairs the chairmen with the candidates and asks them to role play.

- Observes Ss while they are role playing, notes their language errors.

** Ss do as instructed.

**** T gives Ss feedback.

- T chooses some useful or excellent words/ phrases/ expressions/ word choices Ss have used to give suggestions to other students.

- T chooses some typical errors and correct as a whole class without nominating the students’ names.

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8 mins

CONSOLIDATION

- To help Ss memorise the target language and skills that they have learned.

- To inform students what the final product of the project should be and how students can prepare for it.

WRAP-UP

* T asks Ss: What have you learnt today?

- Some lexical items about humans and the environment

- Reading for specific information

- Scanning

HOMEWORK

1. Exercises in the workbook

2. Project preparation

* Teacher:

- Has Ss look at the last page of Unit 2, the Project lesson and asks them what topic of the project is.

- Tells them the project requirements: Ss will have to make a plan for a Go Green Weekend in which they will:

+ suggest activities for the event, provide the reasons and expected results of the activities;

+ include information as stated in the table on page 27 in the Student’s Book.

+ present their plans in the last lesson of the unit.

- Reminds Ss that beside brainstorming Go Green Weekend activities, they:

+ can search for ideas on the Internet, in the newspapers, etc. for reference.

+ should use photos/pictures to illustrate their ideas.

- Puts Ss into groups and has them choose their group leader; Asks them to assign tasks for each member, making sure that all group members contributes to the project work.

- Helps Ss set deadlines for each task.

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4 mins