Thiết kế bài dạy môn Tiếng Anh khối 11 - Unit 15: Space conquest

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UNIT 15 : SPACE CONQUEST
	READING 
Aims: 	By the end of the lesson, students will be able to: 
	- scan read for specific ideas 
	- skim read for general ideas 
Teaching aids: pictures, handouts 
PROCEDURE
stages/ Timing
Activies
Interactions
Warmer 5 mins 
Pre-reading
( 7 m)
While-reading
( 8 m)
(10 m)
Post-reading 
( 10 m)
Homework
 (2 m)
Quiz 
Divide the class into two groups 
Prepare 6 questions beforehand to ask the two groups 
Each goups takes turns to give answer to the questions they hear. It they give the correct answer, they get one mark. There will be a special question, and the group giving the correct answer to this question gets three marks . The group with more marks wins the game.
Questions:
1. What do we call someone invited to our house to have a party?
(guest)
2. What is the popular website enabling you to search for any information you need ? ( Google) 
3. A kind of fruit related to the discovery of gravity. (apple)
4. A small animal told in a fable to kill an elephant. ( ant)
5. An adj to describe the earth ( round) 
6. What is the word to fill in this sentence ?
A friend in ......... is a friend indeed. ( need)
7. What is a small thing we need for making clothes ? (needle)
Special question: 
Can you use the first letter of 7 words above to make a meaningful word ?
Key: GAGARIN
Declare the winner
Lead-in:
Are you the first Vietnamese person who set foot on the moon ?
(Pham Tuan)
And Who was the first person in the world to set foot on the moon ?
( Gagarin)
Yes, Gagarin, and today we are going to read about this interesting person. In the first place, I'd like to help you with some new words
Vocabulary
1. gravity ( n) - the pull of the earth.
2. cosmonaut ( n): translation
3. last (v): gap-filling
How long does this film ...........?
Expected answer: last
4. name after (v): context
This street was named after a Vietnamese writer.
What does named after mean ?
Expected answer: ®­îc ®Æt tªn theo
Checking
T asks Ss to work in pairs to complete the following sentences with the words just learnt.
1. Pham Tuan was a very well-known ................in Vietnam.
2. Water runs downhill because of ................ .
3. My school was ..................a national hero.
4. Our summer holiday often ...............about 3 months.
Ecpected answers:
1.cosmonaut 2.gravity 3.named after 4.lasts
T says: Now let's get back to Gagarin, the first person to come to the moon. Let's open your books to page 167 and read the reading text about him.
Activity 1: Matching Test
Instructions:
How many paragraphs are there in this reading text ?
( Five )
Good, and you see, each paragraph has a heading. Now you read the text and then work in pairs to match the headings to the paragraphs.
Suggested answers:
P1 - B (the lift-off)
P2 - E (Uncertainties)
P3 - D (A view of earth)
P4 - C (Congratulations)
P5 - A (The tragic accident)
T calls on some Ss to give answers.
T gives feedback.
Activity 2: Questions - Answers
Divide the class into groups of four.
Give handout (questions) to each group.
Asks Ss to read the text again and work in groups of four to write their answers on the handouts.
Asks the groups to exchange the handouts for correction
Calls on some groups to give the answers, asking each group to correct the answers on the handout.
Ask each group to take its handout back after correction.
Suggested answers
1. He became the first human being in space when he was 27.
2. He was in space for 108 minutes.
3. Before his flight, these questions were raised 
- What would happen to a human being in space ?
- How would the body react to the extreme changes in temperature ?
- How would the mind deal with the psychological tension ?
4. It was more than 17.000 miles per hour.
5. Because of a tragic accident.
6. After his death, his hometown of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin, and the Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City, Russia, was given the name to honour this national hero.
Gap-fill
T asks Ss to read the reading text and then work in pairs to do the gap-fill test (task 3/page 169)
T calls on some pairs to give the answers.
T gives feedback.
Suggested answers:
1.cosmonaut 2.lasted 3.uncertainies 4.gravity 5.view 6.chapter
7.impossible 8.symbol
Build the following sentences
1. Gagarin / not / get / home / if / there / technical failure.
2. Although / flight/ last / no more / 2 hours / Gagarin / become / greatest cosmonaut/ all times.
3. U.S president John F.Kennedy / send / telegram / congratulate / Gagarin / his feat.
4. Tragic accident / prevent / Gagarin / make / another flight
Suggested answers
1. Gagarin would not have got home if there had been a technical failure.
2. Although the flight lasted no more than 2 hours, Gagarin became the greatest cosmonaut of all times.
3. U.S president John F. Kennedy sent a telegram to congratulate Gagarin on his feat.
4. A tragic accident prevented Gagarin from making another flight.
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UNIT 15 : SPACE CONQUEST
SPEAKING
Aims:	By the end of this lesson, Ss will be able to:
	- ask and answer questions on given information
	- talk about historical events in the space conquest
Teaching aids:	pictures, handouts
PROCEDURE
Stages/Time
Activities
Interactions
Warm-up
( 5 m)
Pre-speaking
( 7 m)
While-speaking
( 8 m)
(10 m)
Post-speaking
( 10 m)
Homework
What is it in the picture ?
T shows a picture of a space-craft hidden by 4 numbered pieces of paper.
T prepares these four questions beforehand.
1. What is the missing word in this sentence ?
 It only takes me about 1 hour to ..... from Hue to HCM city.(fly)
2. Complete this sentence with a noun 
 Gagarin was a well-known .................. .( cosmonaut)
3. Spacemen in the world have made progress in .........( conquest).
4. What is the missing word in this sentence ?
 Spacemen travel into space at great ...........( speed)
T divides the class into 2 groups, asking them to take turns to choose the number on the piece of paper. For each number, there is a question for them to answer. If the members of the group give the correct answer, that group has one mark and T takes off one piece of paper from the hidden picture . Ss can stop at any time to tell what the picture is about, and if they get it right, they score three marks for their group.
The group with more marks wins the game.
Hidden picture: SPACECRAFT
T declares the winner
Lead-in: Today, we are going to talk about space exploration. First of all , I am going to provide you with some new words.
Vocabulary
1.launch ( v) (gap-fill)
The first spacecraft was ............ into space in 1957
Expected answer: launched
2. mark (v) (translation)
3. human (n) (gap-fill)
Only h .............can use languageb to communicate.
4. orbit (n) (translation)
Checking:
Rub out and remember
Activity 1: Questions-Answers
Intructions:
 You are going to read a piece of news about manned spacecaft of China, then work in pairs to ask and answer questions about the text.
Example:
Student A: When did China launch its first spacecraft into space ?
Student B: On Oct 15, 2003.
T goes around to offer help.
T asks some pairs to act out the aonversation.
T takes notes and gives feedback.
Activty 2: Group-work
Instructions:
Open your books on page 171 and have a look at the events in space exploration of 8 different countries.
Now you have to work in groups of four. One member of each group has to read about the space exploration of one country carefully and then answer any questions that the other 3 members may ask.
You have to choose the country by using a very small paper ball . All you have to do is to drop the ball onto page 171, and the ball falls on a country, you have to talk about that country.
When you finish talking about the space exploration of one country, move on with another one by dropping the paper ball.
T goes around to offer help.
T takes notes of Ss' mistakes for indirect correction.
After 7 minutes, T asks them to stop and gives feedback on their work.
Writing
Using the information given in box / page 171, write a short paragraph about Pham Tuan, the first Vietnamese person to set foot on the moon.
Copy your finished passage about Pham Tuan on your exercise notebook.
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UNIT 15 : SPACE CONQUEST
LISTENING
Aims:	By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to :
	- listen for specific information
	- listen for general ideals
Teaching aids:	handouts, pictures
PROCEDURE
Stages/Time
Activities
Interactions
Warm-up
Pre-listening
( 7 m)
While-listening
( 8 m)
Post-listening
(10 m)
Homework
( 2 m)
Matching Game
T photocopies page 172 to make handouts for Ss.
T gives handouts to Ss and asks them to face them down.
When all Ss already have the handouts, T asks them to match the pictures with the descriptions at the bottom of the handout. The first student who gives the exact answers wins the game.
Key:
Picture A: 2 Picture B: 5 Picture C: 3 Picture D: 1 
Picture E: 4
Declare the winner
Lead-in:
What do you know about Apollo crew ?
(They first set foot on the moon)
Now look at picture A, how many people were there in the crew ?
(There were 3)
Now today we are going to listen about this crew. First I am going to help you know some new words.
Vocabulary
1. surface(n) ( drawing)
T draws the surface of the road, and elicits the word surface
2. experiment(n) ( question)
What do scientists often do in laboratories ?
expected answer: experiment
3. astronaut (n): spaceman
4. challenge (n): (translation)
Checking
T asks Ss to complete the following sentences with the words just learnt
a. They couldn't walk on the moon's ...... unless they wore spacesuit
b. Putting a man on the moon was a great ........... at that time.
c. Mr Smith is doing his ............. in the chemistry lab .
d. He was the first ............ to reach the moon.
Activity 1:
Instructions:
As I have said, this time you are going to listen about the Apollo crew, who first reached the moon. Listen and work in pairs to decide if the statements are true or false. Remember that the tape will be played twice.
T gives Ss handouts of T-F test
T plays the tape twice
T calls on some Ss to give the answers.
T goes over the answers with the class.
suggested answers: 1.F 2.F 3.F 4.F 5.T
Activyty 2: Gap-fill
T gives Ss handouts of activity 2
Instructions: Now listen to the listening text again and answer the questions in the handout. You will listen to the tape twice.
T gives Ss 1 minute to read the questions.
T plays the tape twice 
T calls on some Ss to give the answers
T goes over the answers with the class.
Suggested answers:
1. NASA's Apollo program wa developed to meet President Kennedy's challenge.
2. The Apollo 11 was launched on July 16, 1969.
3. The portable life support system was used for controlling the oxygen temperature and pressure inside the spacesuit.
4. The astronauts stayed on the surface of the moon they performed 
a variety of experiments and collected soil and rock samples to return to Earth.
6. They returned to Earth on July 24th, 1969.
Discussion
Choose one of the following topics and discuss it in pairs
1. If you knew you had only one more week to live on Earth because you would go to the moon and stayed there forever, what would you do on those 7 days ?
2. If you had a chance to go to the moon and could take only 3 things with you, what would you choose and why ?
Writing
Write a short paragraph about this topic:
In your opinion, why do people take interest in other planets in the solar system ?
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UNIT 15 : SPACE CONQUEST
WRITING
Aims:	By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
	- write a biography
	- work in pairs / groups effectively
	- do the tasks set by T correctly
Teaching aids:	handouts, pictures
PROCEDURE
Stages/Time
Activities
Interactions
Warm-up
( 5 m)
Pre-writing
( 7 m)
While- writing
Post- witing
Homework
 2 m 
Lucky Number
Divide the class into 2 groups
T draws a flower with 9 petals and writes a number on each petal.
T T asks each group to take turns to choose a number and answer the following questions. The group with more marks win the game.
1. Something we give our friend on their birthday ( gift)
2. A popular kind of drink in Japan, China and Vietnam. ( tea)
3. Something that gives energy to the earth everyday. ( sun)
4. A synonym of crazy. ( mad)
5. name of an animal which has 2 letters. ( ox)
6. LUCKY NUMBER
7. a small, black animal living in the field ( rat)
8. The opposite of shake ( your head) ( nod)
9. Fill in this gap " Don't cry over spilled ........ " ( milk)
T declares the winner
T asks who can use all the first letters of those 8 words to write the name of a famous man.
Key: AMSTRONG
Lead-in:
In today's lesson, you are going to write the biography of AMSTRONG. First i will provide you with some new words.
Vocabulary
1. disaster ( explanation)
Flood, storm, earthquake ... are disasters. What does disaster mean?
Quote (n) ( elicitation)
What do you call a section of an application form in which you write important events in your life ? ( quote)
3. investigate ( v) ( gap-fill)
The police are i.........the case of bank robbery in our village.
(investigate)
4. biography (n) ( translation)
Checking:
Rub out and remember 
Activity 1: Close-test
Instructions:
You are going to read about Amstrong's biography. After reading it, you have to work in groups of four to put each of the headings in the box in the appropriate blank.
T calls on five representatives of five groups ( chosen at random) to go to the BB to write down their answer.
Suggested answers:
1. birth 2. place of birth 3. known as 4. career 5. quote
Activity 2: Writing
T asks Ss to read Amstrong's biography again and work individually to write a paragraph of Neil Amstrong.
Ss write their work on their notebooks.
T goes around to offer help.
T takes notes of Ss' mistakes for indirect correction.
T calls on 2 Ss to go to the BB to write down their work. T, together with Ss, finds out the mistakes and corrects them.
T gives feedback on Ss' work.
T points out some common mistakes made by Ss when doing this writing task.
sample development
Neil Amstrong is an American astronaut. He is known as the first person to walk on the moon. He was born on August 5th, 1930 in Ohio. From 1949 to 1952, he worked as a pilot in the United States Navy. Amstrong received his BS from Purdue University in 1955. In 1962 , he joined the Nasa astronaut program. On july 20th 1969 Neil Amstrong beame the first human to step on the's moon's surface. Amstrong received his M.S from the University of Southern California. He resigned from nasa a year later and from 1971 to 1979, he taught at the university of Cincinnati. In 1986, Amstrong was pointed vice chairman of the committee that investigated the Challenger shuttle disaster. Amstrong is aslo well- known for what he said when he stepped on the moon's surface. There's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind 
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T collects some mistakes made by Ss for indirect correction 
T asks two Ss to go to the BBto write down their work 
T gives feedback
Wtite your own biography, the quote should include ;
- time to go to elementary school ( where/ when to go / name of the school)
- time to go to secondary school ( where/ when to go / name of the school)
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UNIT 15 : SPACE CONQUEST
LANGUAGE FOCUS
Aims: By the of the end, students will be able to : 
* diatingguish the 4 sounds / nt/, /nd/,/nθ/, /ns/, /nz/ 
* know how to use the conjunctions both... and, not only.. but also either ...or, neither ...nor 
* know how to use cleft sentences in the passive 
Teaching aids: handouts, pictures 
PROCEDURE
Stages/ Timing
Activities
Interactions
Warm- up 
Presentation 
 10 mins 
Presentation 
2 mins 
Homework 
2 m 
Find the other part of your life 
T asks two students to volunteer to play the game. The should be a boy and a girl 
The boy will look at the board and the girl stands behind the boy. They have to stand back to back 
T explains that the boy will be asked five questions and all he has to do is to nod or shake his head to express his agreement or disagreement
T will write his answer on the board 
Then T will ask the girl the same five questions, the girl can say yes or no to answer. If the boy and the girl have more than three same answers they will become couple of the day 
Questions 
1. Can you swim? 
2. Can you sleep 10 hours a day? 
3. Can you play a sport? 
4. Can you eat chocolate/
5. Can you sing very well? 
T declares if they are a couple or not 
Lead- in 
Can you tell me another way to ask the above questions?
(expected answers 
Are you to swim/... sing well?)
Now, let's open your books to page 175. Today, we are going to practice more about this grammar point 
Pronunciation 
T write on theBb 
went end mnth chance phone 
T asks:
Who can pronounce these words? 
(Ss stand up to say the words )
T corrects their mistakes if necessary 
T asks Ss to play attention to ending sounds of the five words 
Went end month chance phones 
/nt/ /nd/ /n0/ /chnce /nz/ 
T hangs this chart 
/nt/ rent, tenant, dind't
/nd/ remind, warned, friend 
/nθ/ seventh, tenth fifth 
/ns/ tense, glance, Florence 
/nz/ learns, tones, Barnes 
T reads the words aloud and asks Ss to repeat 
- T hangs this chart 
A: Florence, Mr.Barns went on the tenth last month 
B: Oh, I have warned you, haven't ? Did you pay the rent ? 
A: Only to the seventh 
B: Only to the seventh? 
A: Yes, and we have no chance to see him again. Is he your friend ? 
B: No, Mr.Barns is not my fiend and if he phones, remind him that he must pay the rent to the end of the month 
A: Don't be so tense. We'll have a new tenant on the thirteenth of this month 
T reads the sentences aloud, then asks Ss to listen and repeat after him 
T calls on some Ss to read the sentences aloud, correcting their mistakes if necessary 
Lead- in 
T shows a picture of a man running 
T asks : 
Could he run fast five years ago ? (Yes) 
T writes on the BB
He could run fast 5 years ago 
T shows a picture of a man whose leg was hurt but he was running fast 
T asks: Did his hurt ?(Yes) 
T writes 
His leg hurt but he was able to run fast 
T explains 
Could: exprees and ability was/ were able to: express an effort to do st 
Ex 1 
 T asks Ss to open their books to page 176 
T asks Ss to work in pairs to complete the sentences, using could, could't or was/ were ( not) able to 
1. was able 2. was able to 3. could 
4. was able to 5. could 6. couldn't 
Ex 2 
T revises how to make tag questions 
It is a nice day, isn't it ? 
They are hungry, are they? 
You live here, don't you? 
You don't speak English, do you? 
T asks Ss to do exercise 2/ page 176/ 177 in pairs 
T goes around to offer help 
T calls on some Ss to read their answers aloud 
T corrects their mistakes if necessary 
Suggested answers 
1. It's a very expensive restanrant, isn't it ?
2. The film was great, wasn't it ? 
3. She has a lovely voice, doecn't she? 
4. It doesn't look good on me, does it? 
5. You have had your cut, haven't you ?
Ex 3 
T asks Ss to do exercise 3/ page 177 in apirs 
T goes around to offer help 
T calls on some Ss to read their answers alound 
T corrects their mistakes if necessary 
Suggested answers 
1.... doesn't she? 2. .... haven't you ?
3.... wasn't it? 4. ... didn't we? 5. ...won't we? 
6. ...can't you 
7. ... musn't it ? 
Mistake Correction 
Correct the mistake in each sentence below 
1. The bus was crowed with people but finally I could find a seat 
2. She didn't able to find him although she had gone everywhere 
3. Iam not a fool, am nit I ? 
4. It seems to me that she is very good at maths doesn't it /
1. could was able to 2. didn't wasn't 
3. am not aren't 4. deosn't it isn't she 
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