UNIT 5: INVENTIONS
Lesson 1: Getting started
I. OBJECTIVES
By the end of this lesson, Ss will be able to gain:
1. Knowledge
- An overview about the topic: inventions for education.
- Vocabulary to talk about inventions for education.
2. Core competence
- Develop communication skills and awareness of inventions for education.
- Be collaborative and supportive in pair work and teamwork.
- Actively join in class activities.
3. Personal qualities
- Develop flexibility and creativity in learning.
- Be responsible for studying, using educational apps.
II. MATERIALS
- Grade 10 textbook, Unit 5, Getting started
- Computer connected to the Internet
- Projector/ TV/ pictures and cards
- sachmem.vn
Language analysis
Form | Pronunciation | Meaning | Vietnamese equivalent |
1. invent (v) | /ɪnˈvent/ | to produce or design something that has not existed before | phát minh, sáng chế |
2. improve (v) | /ɪmˈpruːv/ | to become better than before; to make something/somebody better than before | cải thiện, trở nên tốt hơn |
3. suitable (adj) | /ˈsuːtəbl/ or /ˈsjuːtəbl/ | right or appropriate for a particular purpose or occasion | phù hợp |
4. app (n) | /æp/ | a piece of software that you can download to a device such as a smartphone or tablet | ứng dụng |
5. convenient (adj) | /kənˈviːniənt/ | useful, easy or quick to do; not causing problems | tiện lợi, thuận lợi |
Assumptions
Anticipated difficulties | Solutions |
- Students may not know the meanings of some words in the conversation. - Students may not know how to work in teams. | - Provide students with some lexical items before listening and reading the conversation. - Give short, clear instructions and help if necessary. |
Board Plan
Date of teaching UNIT 5: INVENTIONS Lesson 1: Getting started * Warm-up: Guessing game I. Vocabulary 1. invent (v): phát minh, sáng chế 2. improve (v): cải thiện, trở nên tốt hơn 3. suitable (adj): phù hợp 4. app (n): ứng dụng 5. convenient (adj): tiện lợi, thuận lợi II. Practice Task 1: Listen and read. Task 2: Read and answer the questions. Task 3: Find three nouns and three adjectives. Task 4: Fill in the gaps. * Homework |
III. PROCEDURES
Notes:
In each activity, each step will be represented as following:
* Deliver the task
** Implement the task
*** Discuss
**** Give comments or feedback
Stage | Stage aim | Procedure | Interaction | Time |
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.
| GUESSING GAME * T gives instructions: - T brings 3-5 pictures of technological inventions made in the past few centuries such as computers, laptops, smartphones, and calculators. - T folds each picture in half (or as many times as necessary), then shows each folded picture to the class and asks the class to guess what it is. - If no one can guess correctly, T unfolds part of the picture in front of the class until someone can guess the name of the invention. ** Ss look at each of the folded pictures and guess what it is. *** Ss work in 4 groups, look at each of the folded pictures from the teacher, quickly discuss with each other, and guess what it is. **** T checks and corrects if Ss spell or pronounce the words/ phrases incorrectly. - T asks: What is common between these pictures? Suggested answer: They are all the result of advances in modern technology.
- T leads in the lesson: Technological inventions have brought a lot of benefits to our lives. We are going to find out more about these inventions: what they are and how they facilitate your studies. |
T-S
S-S
T-S | 5 mins
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VOCABULARY | 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 meaning of the word. 1. invent (v) /ɪnˈvent/: phát minh, sáng chế 2. improve (v) /ɪmˈpruːv/: cải thiện, trở nên tốt hơn 3. suitable (adj) /ˈsuːtəbl/ or /ˈsjuːtəbl/: phù hợp 4. app (n) /æp/: ứng dụng 5. convenient (adj) /kənˈviːniənt/: tiện lợi, thuận lợi *** Other Ss correct if the previous answers are incorrect. **** T shows the Vietnamese meaning, says the words aloud and asks Ss to repeat them. | T-S | 5 mins |