Giáo án Tiếng Anh Lớp 11 - Unit 11: Sources of energy - A: Reading - Nguyen Gia Huy

Teacher name: Nguyen Gia Huy
Supervisor: Miss Pham Thi Kim Thanh
Level of students: Pre-Intermediate
Time alloted: 45 minutes
Date of teaching: February 23rd, 2022
Period:
Unit 11: SOURCES OF ENERGY 
READING
I. OBJECTIVES
1. Aims: By the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
- Guess the meaning in context.
- Use the scanning reading technique to find specific information.
- Understand the passage to discuss the related topic.
2. Knowledge:
- Language: Word/phrases related to resources of energy and future energy.
- Grammar: Relative clauses.
II. TEACHING MATERIALS AND METHODS
Teaching material: Textbook, PowerPoint.
Teaching methods: Intergrated (mainly communicative).
III. PROCEDURE / TEACHING STEPS
1. Settlement (1 minute): T greets S and checks class attendance.
2. New lesson (44 minutes)
Stage
(Times)
Content 
Teacher’s Acivities
Students’ Activities
1. Warm up and Lead in
(5 minutes)
Warm up:
Pictures of modern electronic devices.
High energy demand.
Pre-question: 
1. What source of energy does each picture above refer to?
2. What do you need energy for?
* Asks Ss to listen to the teacher and answer the questions.
- calls on some pairs to act out
- gives comments and correct answers
* Listen to the teacher and answer the questions.
1. The first picture refers to wind power, the second picture refers to solar power, the third picture refers to water energy.
2. We need energy to provide electricity.
2. Pre-reading
(10 minutes)
1. Vocabulary and structures
- alternative (a): thay thế
- create (v): tạo ra
- exhaust (v): rút cạn, dùng hết
- exhausted (a): cạn kiệt
- fossil fuel (n): nhiên liệu hóa thạch
- geothermal heat (n): địa nhiệt
- limited (a): giới hạn
- nuclear (n): hạt nhân
- plentiful (a): dồi dào
- potential (a): tiềm năng
- power demand (n): nhu cầu năng lượng
- release (v): thả ra
- reserve (v): dự trữ
- sailboat (n): thuyền buồm
- solar panel (n): pin mặt trời
- windmill (n): cối xay gió
* Gap-fill (Task 1/125-126)
1. released 
2. alternative 
3. exhausted 
4. limited 
5. reserve
* Presents Ss with some new words. 
- shows the meaning
- plays the audio of the word one time then asks Ss to repeat them.
- asks Ss to repeat the words several times to make sure Ss pronounce the words correctly.
- reads silently while teacher reads aloud and correctly.
- asks students to read themselves and write down some information.
- asks Ss to read the passage and do the task.
* Checks vocabulary with a prepared game.
* Look at the pictures and guess the meaning.
- take note new words
- read silently themselves
- practise pronouncing loudly
- speak out
3. While-reading
(10 minutes) 
TASK 2 – PAGE 126
Nuclear Energy
Unlimited
Very Dangerous
Geothermal Heat
Available
Possible
Solar Energy
Not Only Plentiful And Infinite But Also Clean And Safe
Possible In The Daytime
Wind Power
Clean And Unlimited
No Wind
No Wind Energy
Waterpower
Clean And Unlimited
Expensive
Sources of energy
Advantages
Disadvantages
* Asks Ss to scan the passage and write down the advantages and disadvantages of each alternative sources of energy.
- asks Ss to work in pairs to do the task.
- goes around the class to check and offer help.
- has them exchange the answers with another pair for peer correction.
- calls on two Ss to write the answers on the board.
- gives feedback and correct answers
* Scan the passage and write down the advantages and disadvantages of each alternative sources of energy.
TASK 3 – PAGE 126
Answers:
1. Our major source of energy comes from fossil fuels.
2. Five sources of energy are mentioned in the text. I think solar energy is the most potential.
* Tells Ss to read the passage again more carefully to answer the questions in task 3
- Lets them work in pairs
- Walks round and help students if necessary
- Calls on some pairs to ask out the activity in front of the class. 
- Comment and give suggested answers
* Work in pairs
- Read quickly and discuss their answer with a friend 
- Give answer and reason
- Correct themselves
4. Post-reading
(6 minutes)
Answers:
1. energy
2. one
3. fuels
4. limited
5. alternative
6. sources
7. unlimited
8. environment
Discussion:
Which of these alternative energy sources is the most feasible in Vietnam? Why?
* Asks Ss to represent
- calls 2 or 3 pairs.
- Ask Ss to work in groups and take notes their group's ideas.
- Mix the group to share ideas.
- Ask a representative of each group to come to the front of the class and present their group's ideas.
* Read all the words in the box to understand all of them.
- read the summary carefully and try to fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box.
5. Consolidation
(1 minute)
- Revise the reading lesson and prepare the next part
- Prepare "SPEAKING”
* Asks Ss to do at home
* Listen to the teacher and write down
* Supplement after piloting the plan:
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