Thiết kế bài dạy môn Tiếng Anh 11 - Unit 15: Space conquest - Lesson A: Reading

Date of planning: March 24th , 2009 Unit 15 : SPACE CONQUEST Period: No 91
Date of teaching: March 28th , 2009 Lesson A: Reading
* Aims of the lesson: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to: 
 - know about the space conquest and the Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin. 
* Teaching aids : Textbook, lesson plan , pictures, posters.
* Procedures :
Time
Contents
Teacher’s activities
Ss’ activities
6’
12’
8’
 10’
8’
1’
I. Warmer: Brain storming
Astronauts
II. Pre- reading	
1. Vocabulary
- lift off into space abroad: bay vµo vò trô
- orbit: quü ®¹o
- last: kÐo dµi
- react: ph¶n øng l¹i
- specisely: chÝnh x¸c
- flight: chuyÕn bay
- feat: chiÕn c«ng
- cosmonaut = astronaut: nhµ du hµnh vò trô
- space conquest: chinh phôc vò trô
- gravity : träng lùc
2. Setting the scene:
Questions and answers
* Suggested answers :
1. He was Yuri Gagarin.
2. They were Yuri Gagarin. Neil Amstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins
3. He is Pham Tuan
III. While – reading : 
1. Task 1: Matching the headings with the paragraphs
* Suggested answers :
Paragraph 1: B
Paragraph 2: D
Paragraph 3: E
Paragraph 4: C
Paragraph 5: A
Task 2: Answering the questions:
You are required to read the paragraphs again and answer the six questions in the book.
* Suggested answers :
He was 27 then.
He was in space for 108 minutes.
They were what would happen to a human being in space or how the body would react to the extreme changes in temperature or how the mind would deal with the spychological tension.
It was more than 17.000 miles per hour.
Because he died in a plane crash on a routine training flight in March 1968.
After his death, his hometown of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin, and the Cosmonaut Traning Center at Star City, Russia, was given the name of this national hero.
IV. Post – reading :
* Suggested answers :
1. cosmonaut
5. gravity
2. in space
6. view
3. lasted
7. important
4. success
8. named after
V. Wrapping up
- ask Ss to make a list of astronauts that they know.
- Follow the steps for teaching Voc.
- write these words on the board:
- guide Ss to remember
- ask Ss to look at the picture in the book and answer three questions in the book.
- ask Ss to work in pairs to do the task.
- call on some pairs to give the answers and write them on the board.
- ask other pairs for their comments
- give feedback.
- ask Ss to read the paragraphs carefully and do the task.
- have Ss work individually to do the task.
- go around the class to check and offer help.
- ask Ss to exchange the answers with a partner for peer- correction.
- call on some Ss to give the answers.
- give feedback.
- ask Ss to read the paragraphs again more carefully and try to find the information to answer the questions.
- ask Ss to work in pairs to do the task.
- go around the class to check and offer help.
- call some Ss to read the answers and give explanation for their answers.
- some other Ss write their answers on the board.
- feedback and give correct answers
- ask Ss to read all the words in the box and the teacher makes sure that Ss know the meaning of them.
- have them read the summary carefully and try to fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box.
- call on some Ss to give the answers.
- give correct answers.
*Comments:summarise the main points of the lesson.
* Homework: 
learn by heart the new words
re-read the paragraphs
- make a list of astronauts that they know.
- repeat the new words
- listen to the teacher and take notes
- read the new words in chorus.
- read the new words individually.
remember the words.
- look at the picture in the book and answer three questions in the book.
- read the paragraphs carefully and do the task.
- exchange the answers with a partner for peer- correction.
- read the paragraphs again more carefully and try to find the information to answer the questions.
- read the summary carefully and fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box.
- listen to T
- learn and do at home
VI/ Lesson Evaluation:
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