Bài soạn môn học Tiếng Anh khối lớp 11 - Unit 11: Sources of energy - Lesson 1: Reading

LESSON 1 : READING
AIMS: 	Training Ss reading skill for general ideas and specific information about alternative sources of energy.
OBJECTIVE: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to get the information through the exercises : table completion, comprehension questions.
LEXICAL ITEMS: Words related to sources of energy.
TEACHING AIDS : Posters, handouts, pictures in textbook. 
 V. PROCEDURE
Time
Content
T’s and Ss’ activities
Rationale
6ms 
WARM UP: 
Questions: 
Look at each picture and tell me what it is?
What source of energy does each picture refer to?
What do you need energy for?
KEY: 
Windmills, solar panels, hydroelectric dams.
Wind power, solar energy, water power
We need energy to live and work ( to cook, to light, to cool the house, to run machine)
Introduction:Today we are going to get to know about energy. 
 UNIT 11: SOURCES OF ENERGY
What sources of energy do you know ? ® (takes notes on the board)
Chatting- The whole class
-T asks Ss some questions. 
-Ss answer the questions with closed books.
-Ss work in groups to answer the questions.
-T gives feedback and lead into the new lesson.
-To make the atmostphere of the class warmer and to lead into the new topic.
12ms
B. PRE READING
Vocabulary
fossil fuel: (n) nhiên liệu hóa thạch( oil, coal, natural gas..)
alternative: thay thế 
EX: Alternative sources of energy are 
▪ Nuclear energy: năng lượng nguyên tử 
▪ Geothermal heat: địa nhiệt
▪ Wind power: năng lượng gió
▪ Solar energy: năng lượng măt trời
▪ Water power : năng lượng thủy điện
exhaust ( v )= run out of: 
 →exhausted (adj): cạn kiệt
release (v)
EX: The Sun releases large amounts of energy everyday.
limited # unlimited (adj)
potential (adj) tiềm năng
make use of ( exp) : tận dụng 
Checking vocabulary
Pre-teaching vocabulary
Translation
Context
Synonym
Context
antonym
Translation
Translation
ROR
-To help Ss enrich some new vocabulary
10ms
C.WHILE-READING
Sources of energy
Advantage
Disadvantage
Nuclear energy 
unlimited
Very dangerous
Geothermal
available
available only in a few places in the world
Solar energy
Not only plentiful and infinite but also clean and safe 
Possible in the day time
Wind power
Clean and unlimited
No wind, no wind energy
 Water power
Clean and unlimited
expensive
Task 1: Read the passage and fill in the table
Table completion
-PW
-T asks Ss to open the textbook to fill the advantage and disadvantage of sources of energy in the table.
-Ss work in pairs
-T gives feedback 
-To have Ss improve reading skill by scanning for specific information.
10ms
Task 2: Read the passage again and answer the questions
What is our major sources of energy?
Is this major source limited? Why? 
How many sources of energy are mentioned in the reading text? 
Which one do you think the most potential?
→ Suggested answers:
Our major source of energy is fossil fuels ( oil, coal, natural gas) 
Yes, it is limited. Because our demand is increasing very quickly and fossil fuels will be exhausted within a short time
They are fossil fuels, nuclear energy, solar energy, wind power, geothermal heat, water power.
Solar energy is the most potental energy of all the alternative sources of energy.
 Comprehension reading- PW
-T tells Ss to read the passage again and answer the questions
 -Ss work in pairs
-T gives feedback - 
-To train Ss reading skill by skimming for general ideas.
7ms
D. POST-READING 
Task 3: Complete the summary of the reading passage by filling each blank with a suitable word from the box.
→KEY
1. energy 2. one 3. fuels 4. limited
 5. alternative 6. sources 7. unlimited 8. environment
Has Ss to work in pairs to fill in the blanks.
Gives feedback.
Gap-fill -GW
-T asks Ss to open the textbooks on page 127 and do the task in groups of four.
-Ss work in groups.
-T gives feedback
-To let Ss read the summary of the reading passage and understand the lesson.
-To let them use the language they have just learned.
E HOMEWORK
-Do task 1 as homework
-Prepare for the next period.
-T assigns Ss homework
-Ss take note
-To have Ss some assignment.