Thiết kế bài dạy môn Tiếng Anh 11 - Unit 16: The wonders of the world - Lesson 2: Speaking

UNIT 16
THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD
Period: 
Lesson 2: Speaking
I.OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to: 
 	give their explanation of an event or introduce a cultural heritage site.
II. PREPARATION: Pictures, poster, handout, books
III.PROCEDUCE: 
Time
Contents
T’s & Ss’ activities
5’
10’
20’
10’
I. Warm-up Guess the place
 what wonder of the world is?
1. It is believed to have been built over a 20-year period.
2. It consisted approximately two million blocks of stone.
Key: The Great Pyramid
II. Pre- speaking Comprehension
“Is the pyramid high?” (Yes)
The Pyramid is high
What do you think of this wonder? (I think it is great).
Very good.
I think this wonder is great.
look at the two sentences on the Bb, which sentence describes fact and which one describes opinion?
Expected answers: The first describes fact and the second describes opinion.
Lead in the lesson: open your books to page 181 and do the same task.
Task 1: The sentences below all appear in the reading passage. Work in pairs. Which sentences express facts (F) and which ones, opinions (O)? Put a tick (Ö ) in the right column.
The Great Pyramid is believed to have been built over a 20 – year period. £	£
The Great Pyramid was 147 metreshigh 	£ £
The Great Pyramid ranked as the tallest structure on earth for more than 43 centuries.	££
The structure consisted of approximately 2 million blocks of stone ££
One theory involves the constrution of a straght or spiral ramp that was raised as the construction proceeded.	££
A second theory suggeSs that the blocks were lifted and placed 
using thousands of huge weight arms.	££
The boat is believed to have been used to carry the body of Khufu in his last journey on earth before being buried inside the Pyramid.	 ££
Keys:
1. O 2. F 3. F 4. F 5. O 6. O 7. O
III. While-speaking
Task 2: Work in pairs. Tell your partner about some facts and opinions of the Great Pyramid of Giza, using the information in Task 1:
Examples:
Fact: The Great Pyramid of Giza was 147 metres high
Opinion: The Great Pyramid is believed to have been built over a 20 – year period.
Task 3: 
Before you do it, I am going to give you some useful language.
Now when you express your opinions, what phrases or sentence patterns do you use?
- I think/ I am sure
- It is said/ believed/ thought that
- They might/ may/ can have
- Probably/ maybe they
Examples:
- I think the Pyramid was built by an enormous giant.
- Probably an enormous giant built the Pyramid.
- A giant might have built the Pyramid.
Work in pairs. This time you discuss possible answers to the following questions, using the suggested questions below.
1. Who built the Great Pyramid?
2. How long did it take to build it?
3. Where did the builders find the stones?
4. How did they transport them?
5. How could they build the Pyramid so high?
IV. Post-speaking Role Play
 Work in groups of 4: supposing that one of you were one of those who contributed to build the Pyramid in the old time and tell your friends what happened with the construction of the wonder. You can use the information in task 2 and 3 as help.
V. Homework
Re do the task and remember to do other
Prepare the listening at home
- T divides the class into two groups and give cues 
- Ss look at the cues given by the teacher and guess what wonder of the world is. The group who gives the first correct answer is the winner
- T sticks the picture of the pyramid on the Bb and asks Ss.
- T writes 2 sentences on the Bb and asks Ss.
- T corrects and leads in the lesson.
- T elicits the difference between a “fact” statement and an “opinion” one
- T asks Ss to read through the sentences in task 1 and make sure that they understand them. 
- T requires Ss to discuss in pairs to distinguish between facts and opinions and tick in the right column.
- T makes some Ss give their answers 
- T corrects with the whole class.
- T calls on Ss in difference groups to report in front of the class.
- Ss work in pairs
- T gives feedback and correct
- T elicits and introduces ways to express ideas
- T asks Ss to read the questions in task 3 and make sure that they understand them
- T makes Ss work in groups to ask and answer the questions about the Great Pyramid of Giza. 
- T goes around the class to give help and finds out common mistakes.
- T requires some pairs to report to the class what they have just discussed. 
- T gives feedback.
- T goes around to offer help if need be.
- T listens to Ss and collects their mistakes for indirect correction.
- T gives feedback.