Giáo án Tiếng Anh 10 tiết 59 Unit 9: Undersea world - Lesson 4: Writing

Week: 20 Period: 59
Date: 30/12 /2013 
UNIT 9: UNDERSEA WORLD
LESSON 4: WRITING
I. OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to get information about the sperm whale and the dolphin and write a paragraph to describe information from a table
II.TEACHING AIDS: textbook, pictures, handout.
III.PROCEDURES:
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
I. HOMEWORK-CHECKING:
- T asks one ss to talk about whales.
- T asks other ss to listen to their friend and give remarks.
- T checks and gives remarks.
II. PRE-WRITING
* Pre teach vocabulary: 
- T elicits and presents new words by situation and examples , then models and writes on the board.
1. carnivore (n) loài ăn thịt = eat meat (explanation)
2. squid (n) mực ống (picture) 
3. calf (n) cá voi con (picture) 
4. gestation (n) thời kì thai nghén (translation)
5. life span (n) tuổi thọ (explanation)
6. entrapment (n)sự mắc bẫy ( picture)
- T asks ss to write on the notebooks.
*Checking: BINGO
*TASK 1: 
COMPLETING THE TABLE
-T ask ss to work in pair to read the description of sperm whale and complete the table.
-T draws a table on the board and asks some sts to go to the board and complete the table.
-T gives Feedback and correct answers
1. range and habitat
2. size
3. feeding habit
4. offspring
5. life span
6. special features
7. conservation concern
III. WHILE- WRITING
 TASK 2 
- T asks ss to use the information in the table and write a paragraph about the dolphin basing on the information in the table.
- T lets ss to work individually in 10 minutes.
IV. POST –WRITING 
-T gets feedback by asking some ss to read their work aloud.
- T asks some other ss to give remarks.
- T checks and gives the feedback.
- If there is enough time, T can have ss exchange their writing among ss within a group so that they can check their friend's work and give remarks.
- T gives ss an exercise handout and asks ss to work in groups of four to find out the answers.
- T asks ss to say out loud the answers.
- T checks and corrects the answers
V. HOMEWORK
 T asks ss to do the exercise on the handout.
- Follow T’s requiring.
- Listen to their friend and give remarks.
- Listen to the teacher.
- Follow t’s elicit and contribute to the lesson.
- Answer T’ eliciting questions
-Repeat in chorus/ individual
- Copy down 
- Work in pair to complete the table.
- Go to the board and write the answers.
- Listen to teacher’s feedback and take notes.
àExpected answer
1. range and habitat
all oceans. Prefer the waters with high squid populations.
2. size
Male: 18 m, 54,000 kg 
Female:12 m, 17,000 kg 
3. feeding habit
Squid. Eat up to 1,500kg everyday
4. offspring
Gestation: 14- 19 m. 
Give birth every 5- 7 ys
5. life span
60- 70 years
6. special features
The biggest animals on earth have teeth. The largest brain of any mammals.
7. conservation concern
They are at risk due to hunting and entrapment in fishing nets
- Work individually.
- Write the short paragraph describe about the dolphin.
- Work in groups.
- Read the paragraph in class.
- Give the feedback.
àExpected answer
Dolphins are not fish. They are mamals that live in the water. Dolphins among the most intelligent on Earth. Although they can be found in all oceans in the world, dolphins prefer coastal waters and bays. The size of dolphins varies greatly. The smallest dolphin is just about 50kg in weight and 1.2 metres in length 
- Take notes
HANDOUT
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.
How clever are dolphins?
 Dolphins do have fairy large brains. There are many stories, ancient and modern, about dolphins saving sailors from (1)__________. Ever since the film Flipper, we have all seen how clever they are at learning how to do (2)__________. However, the truth is that dolphins are no more (3)__________than rats, which can also be trained to do tricks. The stories about them (4) __________ people are true, but they automatically rescue anything, which is about the same size (5) __________ themselves. Sometimes they kill sharks and then immediately try to rescue them.	
(Do tricks: làm trò sailor : thủy thủ rescue: cứu sống )
1. A. swimming	B. drowning	C. sailing	D. surfing 
2. A. things	B. exercise	C. performance	D. tricks 
3. A. intelligent	B. quick	C. smart	D. Sensitive 
4. A. attacking	B. hunting	C. threatening	D. rescuing 
5. A with	B. as	C. of	D. for