UNIT 2: HUMANS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Lesson 1: Getting started – Go Green Club
I. OBJECTIVES
By the end of this lesson, Ss will be able to gain:
1. Knowledge
- An overview about the topic Human and the Environment;
- Vocabulary to talk about activities to adopt a greener lifestyle.
2. Core competence
- Develop communication skills and environmental awareness;
- Be collaborative and supportive in pair work and teamwork;
- Actively join in class activities.
3. Personal qualities
- Develop a greener lifestyle and awareness of environmental issues;
- Be responsible to the environment.
II. MATERIALS
- Grade 10 textbook, Unit 2, Getting started
- Computer connected to the Internet
- Projector/ TV/ pictures and cards
- sachmem.vn
Language analysis
Form | Pronunciation | Meaning | Vietnamese equivalent |
| 1. adopt (v) | /əˈdɒpt/ | start to use a particular method | áp dụng |
| 2. awareness (of) (n) | /əˈweənəs/ | interest in and concern about a particular situation or area of interest | sự nhận thức |
| 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 | lượng khí thải cacbon, dấu chân cacbon |
Assumptions
Anticipated difficulties | Solutions |
- Students may not know the causes of carbon footprint.
- Students may not know how to work in teams. | - Use pictures/ photos or videos of some activities which cause and increase the carbon footprint to show them in the class.
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Board Plan
Date of teaching Unit 2: HUMANS AND THE ENVIRONMENT Lesson 1: Getting started – Go Green Club
* WARM-UP: Watch the clip and write down the causes of air pollution Vocabulary 1. adopt (v) /əˈdɒpt/: áp dụng 2. awareness (of) (n) /əˈweənəs/: sự nhận thức 3. carbon footprint (n) /ˌkɑːbən ˈfʊtprɪnt/: lượng khí thải cacbon, dấu chân cacbon Task 1: Listen and read. Task 2: Read and answer the questions. Task 3: Match the verbs or phrasal verbs in A with suitable ones in B. Task 4: Complete the sentences. Task 5: Interview. * CONSOLIDATION |
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 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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S-S
T-S | 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. | T-S
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S-S | 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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T-S S-S S-S T-S | 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:
* 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:
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T-S S S-S T-S
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S-S T-S | 10 mins |