Lesson plan English 11 - Unit 15: Space Conquest - School year 2015-2016 - Khoa Thi Mai Anh

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 1. Task 1: Matching (Work in group of six)
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Expected answers
 1.b 2.d 3.e 4.c 
 5.a 
2. Task2: Give the correct answers 
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Expected answers:
1. He was 27 then.
2. He was in space for 108 minutes.
3. They were what would happen to a human being in a space or how the body would react to the extreme changes in temperature or how the mind would deal with the psychological tension.
4. It was more than 17,000 miles per hour. 
5. Because he died in a plane crash on a routine training flight in March 1968.
6. After his death, his hometown of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin, and the Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City, Russia, was given the name of this national hero. 
III. Post – reading ( 4 group works)
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* Suggested answers:
1. cosmonaut 2. In space
3. lasted 4. Success
5. gravity 6. View
7. impossible 8. Named after
Wraping-up: 
- Teacher puts the stress on the main points of the lesson.
- Teacher calls some students look at the main points and summary the reading passage.
HOMEWORK (1 minutes)
- Teacher assigns homework.
HOMEWORK 
Remember the vocabulary and make sentence with them.
Prepare the next lesson 
IV. Procedure:
FEED-BACK:
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Unit 15: SPACE CONQUEST
Part B: Speaking (p.170)
I. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
1. Knowledge:
- Vocabulary: read, write and understand words and phrases which are used to speak
Launch (v) into. : Phóng
Manned (adj) : Có người điều hành
Spacecraft (n) Phi thuyền
Astronaut (n) = cosmonaut: Phi hành gia/ nhà du hành vũ trụ
Mark (v): Đánh dấu
Milestone (n): Bước ngoặt, mốc lịch sử
Project (n): Dự án
Artificial (adj): Nhân tạo
Sputnik / satellite (n): Vệ tinh
Orbit (n): Quỹ đạo
Aboard (n): Boong tàu
- Language: use sentence structures, vocabulary to speak
2. Skills:
- work in pairs and groups
- develop presentation skills
- present in class
3. Attitude and competencies: 
- have a positive behave on which they learn
- feel more interested in researching about space
II. Preparation:
- Teacher:
	+ lesson plan
	+ handouts
	+ laptop
- Students: notebooks, pencils, pens, sub-boards.
III. Anticipated problems and solutions: 
1. Students may have difficulties in pronouncing some words so teacher should let students practice with their friends
2. Students find it difficult to talk about news so teacher should provide more live examples.
TEACHER AND STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES 
CONTENTS AND BOARD DISPLAY
WARM UP:(5 minutes) Work in pairs
- Teacher gives out six pictures of famous astronauts in the world.
- Teacher asks students to look at the pictures and to answer
Who are they?
What are their nationalities?
- Teacher calls on some pairs to ask and answer in front of the class.
- Teacher comments and gives suggested answers:
+ Picture 1- He’s Pham Tuan – Vietnamese astronaut.
+ Picture 2- He’s Yuri Gararin – Russian cosmonaut.
+ Picture 3- He’s Amstrong- American astronaut.
+ Picture 4- He’s Buzz Aldrin- American astronaut.
+ Picture 5- She’s Valentina Tareshkova – Russian cosmonaut.
+ Picture 6- He’s Liwei- Chinese astronaut.
- Teacher introduces the new lesson.
Lead – in : the new lesson 
 Monday,13thMarch, 2015
Unit 15
SPACE CONQUEST
Part B: Speaking(p.166)
NEW LESSON
I. Pre - speaking
-Teacher elicits or explains some new words before reading by using pictures and synonyms.
-Teacher helps students' pronounce the new words.
II. While- speaking
Task 1. Read the following piece of news, then ask and answer question.
- Teacher asks students to read a piece of news about manned spacecraft of China, and then asks them to work in pairs and answer questions about the text. 
- Teacher goes around offering helps.
- Teacher suggesses students to make questions with:
+ When........?
+ What..........?
+ How old........?
+ How important.........?
+ How many...............?
Setting model
A: When did China launch its first maned spacecraft into space?
B: On october 15, 2003
- Teacher asks some pairs to act out the conversation in front of the class. 
- Teacher takes notes and gives feedback.
Task 2. Take turns to talk about the important in space exploration.
- Students practise making questions and answering about the important events in space conquest in task 2.
- Teacher explains and gives an example.
- Teacher asks students to work in groups of four, goes around the class and provides help when necessary.
- Teacher calls on some groups to ask and answer aloud in front of the class.
- Teacher comments and has necessary corrections.
Example
1:
A: When did Russian launch its first artificial satellite?
B: On October 4, 1957
A: What is the name of Russia’s first artificial satellite?
B: Sputnik. 
A: How important was the artificial satellite to Russia?
B: The first artificial satellite marked the beginning of Space Age. 
III. Post- speaking
Play a game: “hot seat”
A student is a cosmonaut who has just come back from a flight in space. Others ask him any questions.
I. Pre - speaking
Vocabulary: 
Launch (v) into. : Phóng
Manned (adj) : Có người điều hành
Spacecraft (n) Phi thuyền
Astronaut (n) = cosmonaut: Phi hành gia/ nhà du hành vũ trụ
Mark (v): Đánh dấu
Milestone (n): Bước ngoặt, mốc lịch sử
Project (n): Dự án
Artificial (adj): Nhân tạo
Sputnik / satellite (n): Vệ tinh
Orbit (n): Quỹ đạo
Aboard (n): Boong tàu
II. While- speaking
 1. Task 1: Work in pairs
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* Example:
A: What is the name of china’s first maned spacecraft?
B: Its name’s Shenzhou 5 
A: What is the name of the astronaut?
B: His name’s Yang Liwei
A: How old was he when he flew into space?
B: He was 38 years old
A: How important was the successful flight to China?
B: The successful flight marked a milestone in China’s space protect.
A: How many countries in the world have been able to carry out independently maned space activities? What are they?
B: There have been three. They are: Russia, The United States and China
2. Task2. Work in group
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Examples
1:
A: When did Russian launch its first artificial satellite?
B: On October 4, 1957
A: What is the name of Russia’s first artificial satellite?
B: Sputnik. 
A: How important was the artificial satellite to Russia?
B: The first artificial satellite marked the beginning of Space Age. 
III. Post – speaking: Work in pairs
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HOMEWORK (1 minutes)
- Teacher assigns homework.
HOMEWORK 
- Write a short paragraph about the one important event in space conquest.
- Prepare LISTENING for the next period.
IV. Procedure:
FEED-BACK:
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Unit 15: SPACE CONQUEST
Part C: Listening (p.172)
I. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
1. Knowledge:
- Vocabulary: read, write and understand words and phrases which are used to listen
+ campground (n)
+ depressed (a)
+ dirt bike (n)
+ solitude (n)
+ wilderness (n)
- Language: use sentence structures, vocabulary to listen
2. Skills:
- listen for listen for specific and general ideas about the first human moon landing, one of the most important historical events in the 20th century. 
3. Attitude and competencies: 
- have a positive attitude towards what they have learn
- understand and actively respond to relevant matters or situations.
II. Preparation:
- Teacher:
	+ lesson plan
	+ handouts
	+ laptop
+ speakers
- Students: notebooks, pencils, pens, sub-boards.
III. Anticipated problems and solutions: 
1. Students may not know much about the topic, the structure and related vocabulary, so T should be ready to give explanation.
TEACHER AND STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES 
CONTENTS AND BOARD DISPLAY
WARM UP:(5 minutes) Work in groups
Matching cards with the pictures 
Pictures Cards
Picture 1 Orbiting
Picture 2 The Apollo crew
Picture 3 Walking on the moon 
Picture 4 The Moon landing
Picture 5 The first foot print on the Moon
- Teacher devides the class into 3 groups.
- Students close the books and representative of each group write the answer on the board.
- Group which gives the correct answers quickly will be the winner.
Question:” From the pictures can you guess what topic we are listening today?” 
Lead – in : the new lesson
 Monday,13thMarch, 2015
Unit 15
SPACE CONQUEST
Part C: Listening(p.172)
NEW LESSON
I. Pre - listening: (6 minutes)
Pronunciation:
+ Challenge (v) // 
+ Experiment (n)/./
+ Achievement (n)//
Listen and repeat: Say STOP if you hear one of these words from the listening passage
- Teacher asks students to open the book and look at the words carefully. 
- Teacher plays the recorder, and stuednts say STOP.
- Teacher stops the recorder to check
* Vocabulary
-Teacher asks studens to look at the pictures again and answer the questions above the pictures. 
-Teacher elicits or explains some new words before reading by using pictures and synonyms.
-Teacher helps students to pronounce the new words.
II. While - listening: (24 minutes) 
1. Task 1: Circle the words, phrases or number in the listening passage you hear Congress, 11, suitcase, later, press, the first, carry, marry, oxygen, chicken, 7, step, spacesuit, Apollo, cosmonaut, temperature, ect
2. Task 2: (Task 1 page 173): Decide true /false statements.
- Teacher gives students handouts and has them work in pairs.
- Teacher plays the recorder and then feedback.
- Teacher asks students to read all the statement carefully and then guess the statement is true or false.
- Teacher plays the recorder for the first.
- Teacher calls students to answer and plays recorder again to check 
3. Task 3: (textbook ) Answer the questions by circling the letter A, B, C or D 
1. Which program was developed to meet president Kennedy‘s challenge?
A. NASA’s Apollo program B. ASIAN
C. NATO D. VOA
2. When was the Apollo 11 launched?
A. July 16, 1969 B. July 16, 1996
C. June 16, 1996 C. June 16, 1969
3. What was the portable life support system for?
A. Controlling the Oxygen B. Temperature
C. Temperature and pressure
D. Controlling the oxygen, temperature and pressure 
4. How long did the astronauts stay on the surface of the moon?
A. two and a half hours B. Half an hour
C. an hour D. three and a half hours.
5. What did they do while they were staying on the surface of the moon?
A. Collect soils and rock samples
B. Collect soil and perform experiments
C. Perform the variety of experiments and collect soil
D. Perform the variety of experiments, collect soil and rock samples to return the Earth
6. When did the astronauts return to the Earth?
A. July 24, 1968 B. July 24, 1969
C. June 24, 1996 D. June 24, 1969 
- Teacher asks students to work in a group of four and do the task.
- Teacher gives students handouts, then explains some difficult if necessary
- Teacher exchanges the handouts to check, then and plays recorder again to feedback
III. Post - listening: ( Group work 8 minutes)
 4. Task 4. Fill in the blanks with the missing words
There are many reasons for human interest in Mars and other planets in the solar system. Firstly, Man likes (1).and wants to find out (2)outside the World. One day, we may (3) people to Mars and other planets in case the Earth is overpopulated. We may also conduct (4) on Mars and other planets for the (5)..of people on Earth. We may find (6)minerals there and have trips to other planets for tourist purposes.
- Students work in groups of six.
- Teacher explains some difficult words if necessary.
- Teacher reads the passage.
- Students listen and do the task.
- Teacher calls some group and checks. If any group gives many correct words, Teacher can gives good marks.
I. Pre - listening. 
Class work
Pronunciation:
+ Challenge (v) // 
+ Experiment (n)/./
+ Achievement (n)//
* Vocabulary
+ campground (n)
+ depressed (a)
+ dirt bike (n)
+ solitude (n)
+ wilderness (n)
II. While – listening
 1. Task 1: (Work individual)
X X
2. Task 2: (Task 1 page 173): True /false statements.
* Answer key:
1.F (In a speech to the Congress )
2.F(There are three astronauts: Neil Amstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michale Collins )
3. F (Neil Amstrong became the first man on the moon )
4. F (The Oxygen, temperature, and pressure inside the spacesuit )
 5. T
3. Task 3: (textbook ) Answering the questions 
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*Feedback: 
1.A 2.A 3.D 
4.A 5.D 6.B
III. Post - listening: ( Group work 8 minutes)
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4. Task 4. Filling in the blanks
1) adventure (2) Possibilities of life
(3) send (4) researches
(5) benefits (6) precious
HOMEWORK (1 minutes)
- Teacher assigns homework.
HOMEWORK 
- Write a paragraph talking 3 things with you if you have a chance of going to the moon.
- Prepare the next lesson Unit15. Part D. Writing
IV. Procedure:
FEED-BACK:
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Unit 15: SPACE CONQUEST
Part D: Writing (p.174)
I. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
1. Knowledge:
- Vocabulary: read, write and understand words and phrases which are used to write
+ Career (n) = Job, profession
+ Quote (n)
+ Know as = famous for
+ Resign (v) = give up
+ Investigate (v) = discover, find out
- Grammar:
+ The simple past 
+ The simple present 
+ The passive voice 
2. Skills:
- write a paragraph
3. Attitude and competencies: 
- have a positive attitude towards what they have learn
- understand and actively respond to relevant matters or situations.
II. Preparation:
- Teacher:
	+ lesson plan
	+ handouts
	+ laptop
+ speakers
- Students: notebooks, pencils, pens, sub-boards.
III. Anticipated problems and solutions: 
1. Students may not know much about the topic, the structure and related vocabulary, so teacher should be ready to give explanation.
TEACHER AND STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES 
CONTENTS AND BOARD DISPLAY
WARM UP:(5 minutes) Work in groups
- Introduces the lesson by using the picture of the astronaut Neil Amstrong and put questions:
1. Look at the picture and say who he is.
2. Is he a Russian or an American astronaut?
3. Who did he set foot on the moon with?
Answer:
1. He is Neil Amstrong.
2. He is an American astronaut.
3. He set foot on the moon with Buzz Aldrin.
Question:” From the pictures can you guess what topic we are listening today?” 
Lead – in : the new lesson	
 Monday,13thMarch, 2015
Unit 15
SPACE CONQUEST
Part D: Writing (p.174)
NEW LESSON
I. Pre - writing: (6 minutes)
- Teacher asks students to read through Task 1 on page 174 and asks students what a biography is and what to be included in a biography.
- Teacher introduces the lesson.
Task 1
- Teacher explains new words if necessary. 
appoint vice chairman, committee, investigate, challenger shuttle disaster
- Teacher asks students to do the task
II. While - writing: (24 minutes) 
Task2.
- Teacher asks students what tense of verbs they should use in this task.
- Teacher reminds students that the simple past tense should be used here but the introduction and conclusion should be used simple present tense, and prepositions should be used exactly (at, on, in, from... to, with,...); the articles (a, an, the) and the words/ phrases are used in writing a biography (be known as, work as, receive... from, resign... from).
- Teacher divides students into groups of 6and write a biography of Neil Amstrong from the information given in task 1. 
- Group members share their sentence with one another to get comments and necessary correction. Next, combine all the sentences into a biography.
- Teacher goes around checking and helping students if necessary
III. Post - writing: 
- Teacher elicits self and peer correction and gives correction when Ss are not able to correct the errors.
I. Pre - writing 
Biography is the written history of a person's life
 Date of birth Biography
 Place of birth
 Quote	 Career
 Known as (famous for)
* Vocabulary	 
+ Career (n) = Job, profession
+ Quote (n)
+ Know as = famous for
+ Resign (v) = give up
+ Investigate (v) = discover, find out
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II. While – writing
Task 2
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 Wapokoneta in Ohio. From 1949 to 1952, he worked as a pilot in the United States Navy. Amstrong received his B.S from Purdue University in 1955. He joined the NASA astronaut program in 1962. Neil Amstrong became the first human to step on the moon’s surface on July 20th, 1969. He was joined by Buzz Aldrin forty minutes later. Amstrong and Aldrin spent two and a half hours on the 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 appointed vice chairman of the committee that investigated the Challenger shuttle disaster. He is also well-known for what he said when he stepped on the moon’s surface: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
III. Post - writing
HOMEWORK (1 minutes)
- Teacher assigns homework.
HOMEWORK 
- Write a biography about Pham Tuan
- Prepare the next lesson Unit15. Part E. Lange Focus
IV. Procedure:
FEED-BACK:
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Unit 15: SPACE CONQUEST
Part E: language Focus (p.175)
I. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
1. Knowledge:
- Pronunciation: pronounce the sounds /nt/, /nd/ /nq/, /ns/, /nz/
- Grammar:
+ be able to use: could / be able to and question tags 
2. Skills:
- use could/ be able to
- write sentences with tag questions
3. Attitude and competencies: 
- have a positive attitude towards what they have learn
II. Preparation:
- Teacher:
	+ lesson plan
	+ handouts
	+ laptop
+ speakers
- Students: notebooks, pencils, pens, sub-boards.
III. Anticipated problems and solutions: 
1. Students may feel difficult to pronounce the sounds /nt/, /nd/ /nq/, /ns/, /nz/ so teacher should let students practice them several times.
2. Students may not know distinct with "could" and "be able to" so teacher should explain and give the examples for each of them.
TEACHER AND STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES 
CONTENTS AND BOARD DISPLAY
WARM UP:(5 minutes)
Game: Find the other part of your life
- Teacher asks two students to vonlunteer to play the game. They should be a boy and a girl. The boy and the girl have to stand back to back. 
- Teacher asks the boy five questions and all he has to do is to nod or shake his head to express his agreement or disagreement. Then teacher writes his answers on the board. 
-Teacher asks 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. 
* Suggested questions: 
1. Can you swim?
2. Can you sleep 10 hours a day?
3. Can you play a sport?
4. Can you eat durian?
5. Can you sing very well? 
Lead – in:
- Teacher asks students if t