Bài soạn môn học Tiếng Anh lớp 11 - Unit 11: Sources of energy - Period 66 (Reading)

Ngo Quyen high school Date of preparing: 03/02/2010
Supervisor: Tran Thi Thu Hong Date of teaching: 06/02/2010
Trainee teacher: Dang Thi Huong Class: 11/3
Unit 11: Sources of energy
 Period 66 (Reading)
Time: 45 mins
Objective: 
Knowledge: by the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to understand the passage, identify the main idea, and guess the meaning in context and express own ideas about sources of energy.
 2. Skill: reading, writing, speaking
Teaching aids: textbook, projector
Method: communicative approach
Procedure:
Content
Activities
I. Stabilization:(1 min)
Check- up (3 mins): Combine these sentences, using preposition+ relative pronoun
The little girl has gone. I borrowed this pen from her.
The authorities gathered those villagers. They explained to them the importance of forests.
The ladder began to slip. I was standing on it
III. Warm- up: ( 5 min) Matching the picture with the word
1. oil
2. solar energy
3. gas
4.wind power
5. electricity
IV. Pre- reading( 10 mins)
* Vocabulary: ( 7 mins)
- Fossil fuel ['fɔsl fjuəl](n): nhiên liệu hóa thạch 
à example and picture: oil, coal, gas.
- Reserve [ri'zə:v](n): nguồn nguyên liệu (translation)
- Alternative[ɔ:l'tə:nətiv](adj): thay thế
( translation)
Eg: Some alternative sources of energy are nuclear energy, water power, wind power
- Geothermal heat [,dʒi:ou'θə:məl hi:t](n): địa nhiệtà picture and explanation( energy comes from deep inside the earth)
- Windmill ['winmil](n): cối xay gió(picture)
- Sailboat ['seilbout](n): thuyền buồm( picture)
- Unfortunately [ʌn'fɔ:t∫ənitli](adv): không may mắn( translation)
Eg: Unfortunately, if the wind doesn’t blow, there is no wind energy.
- Dam [dæm](n): đập ngăn nước( picture) 
- (to) release [ri'li:s] (v) = to be free: giải phóng, 
Eg: the sun releases large amounts of energy everyday.
- Solar panel ['soulə 'pænl](n): tấm thu năng lượng mặt trời(picture)
- Infinite (adj) = plentiful, abundant: dồi dào, phong phú, vô tận.
Eg: Solar energy is infinite
* Before you read: (3 mins)
1. What source of energy does each picture refer to?
à It refers to wind energy, solar energy and water power.
2. What do you need energy for?
à We need energy to live, cook, work, light, heat and cool the house and run the machines.
V. While- reading( 20 mins)
Task1:( 5 mins) Fill each blank with a suitable word.
* Key answer:
1. released 3. energy 5. exhausted
2. alternative 4. limited
Task 2: (10 mins) Table completion:
clean and unlimited dangerous
possible during the day time unlimited
plentiful, clean, infinite and safe available
no windà no wind energy expensive
possible in some cases clean and unlimited
Sources of energy
Advantage(s)
Disadvantage(s)
Nuclear power
Solar energy
Water power
Wind power
Geothermal heat
* Key answer:
Sources of energy
Advantage(s)
Disadvantage(s)
Nuclear power
unlimited
 dangerous
Solar energy
Plentiful, clean, infinite and safe
possible during the day time
Water power
Clean and unlimited
Expensive
Wind power
Clean and unlimited
No windà no wind energy
Geothermal heat
available
possible in some places
Task 3: Questions- answers: ( 5 mins)
1. What is our major source of energy?
2. Is this major source limited? Why?
3. How many sources of energy are mentioned in the text, and which one do you think has the most potential?
* Key answers:
1. Our major source of energy is fossil fuels
2. Yes, it is. Because our demand is increasing very quickly and fossil fuels will be exhausted within a relative short time.
3. There are 6 sources of energy mentioned in the text. And I think solar power is the most potential.
VI. Post- reading: ( 5 mins)
Fill each blank with a suitable word
Key answer:
1. energy 3. fuels 5. alternative 7. unlimited
 2. one 4. limited 6. sources 8. environment 
VII. Home work( 1 min)
- learn the new words by heart
- translate the text into Vietnamese.
- prepare for the next part
- T checks up the old lesson
( language focus)
* Key answer:
1. The little girl from whom I borrowed this pen has gone.
2. The authorities gathered those villagers to whom they explained the importance of forests.
3. The ladder on which I was standing began to slip.
-T shows some pictures and asks Ss to match the picture with a suitable word.
- Ss answer.
- T leads in the new lesson: “ to understand our energy, today we are going to learn more about sources of energy”.
- T teaches some new words.
- T reads first. 
- Ss repeat in chorally and individually.
- T asks Ss to look at the pictures and answer some questions.
- Ss answer.
- T asks Ss to do the task1 individually.
- T calls on some Ss to answer.
- T gives feedback if necessary.
- T divides the whole class into 2 groups: group A and group B.
- Ss read the passage carefully.
- Group A does advantage(s) and group B does disadvantage(s) of each alternative source of energy.
- Ss base on the information in the text and cues
- T has each group answer
- T gives feedback if necessary.
- T asks Ss to work in pairs and answer some questions.
- T calls on some Ss to write their answer on the board.
- T corrects.
- T asks Ss to do the task 4 in pairs.
- T calls on some Ss to answer.
- T corrects if necessary.
1. Picture of warm- up:
1. oil: 2.solar energy: 
3. gas: 4.wind power 
5. electricity: 
 2. Pictures of vocabulary:
1. Fossil fuel: 
2. Windmill: 3. sailboat
4. geothermal heat 5. dam 6. solar panel
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