Giáo án Tiếng Anh Lớp 11 - Unit 7 World population - Nguyễn Văn Tạo

Lesson Plan – Grade 11

Teacher in-charge: Nguyen Van Tao

Date: November 18th+, 2009 Period 38

Unit 7 WORLD POPULATION

Lesson READING

I. Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:

- guess the meaning of words based on contexts. - scan for specific information about world population. II. Language Focus:

- Grammar: - New words: B.C, A.D, Third World, available, decrease . . . . III. Teaching Aids: overhead projector, cassette player, textbook . . . . IV. Procedures:

Stages/

Time Teacher’s Activities Students’ Activities

Warm – up

(7 minutes)

Game – Hangman -T has Ss guess a word corresponding to 10 dashes. Hints: It is a proplem that India, China, Vietnam, etc have to solve.

POPULATION -T divides the class into 2 big teams. One S from each team suggest a letter in turn. If the letter appears in the word, the teacher writtes it on the board. If the choosen letter is not in the word, the teacher starts to construct gallows for that team. One line is added for each wrong choice. Each team has each own gallows.

T  Ss

Pre – reading

(8 minutes)

Lead in -T asks Ss some quesitons to lead in the reading: 1. What does “population” mean? 2. What is the population of Hue and of Vietnam? 3. Do you think it is large or small? 4. What is the world population nowadays? -T asks Ss to answer the questions at the 2 pictures in the textbook. -T goes over the answers with the class. -T introduces the lesson. -T elicits or pre-teaches some new words. Vocabulary Pre-teach + B.C: Beofre Christ + A.D: Anno Domini + Third World (n) + available (adj) + decrease (v)

T  Ss

T  Ss

While – reading

(10 minutes)

Task 1 – Gap-filling -T asks Ss to work in pairs and do Task 1. -T asks Ss to find out the Vietnamese equivalent to the expressions and exchange the ideas with a partner. -T tells Ss to compare their answers with each other. -T gives feedback and correct answers. * Suggested answer:

1. although 2. method 3. increase 4. resources 5. figures 6. limit 7. international 8. control

S  S

T  Ss

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(10 minutes)

Task 2 – Questions and Answers -T has Ss work in pairs to do Task 2. -T gives Ss time to read the whole passage. -T goes around the class and provides help if necessary. -T calls on some pairs to act out the activity in front of the class. -T comments and gives the suggested answers. * Suggested answers: 1. The population of the world in 10,000 B.C was 10 million, in 1750 it was 625 million, in 1850 it was 1300 million, in 1950 it was 2510 million, 1985 it was 4760 million, in 2000 it was 6.6 billion. 2. By the year 2015, the population of the world is expected to be 7 million. (To be continued)

S  S

Post – reading

(7 minutes)

Task 3 – Discussion -T requires Ss to work in groups of four to discuss the given questions in the textbook. -T goes around to control and gives help to Ss. -T calls on some volunteers to report their group’s opinion and gives good marks for reasonable answers * Suggested answers: + The 5 largest countries in population are:

1. China 2. India 3. Russia 4. The U.S.A 5. Indonesia + Location of these countries Asia: China, India, Indonesia Europe: Russia Latin America: The U.S.A + The richest country is the U.S.A + The poorest country may be India

Ss  Ss

Homework

(3 minutes)

-T summarises the main points in the lesson. -T asks Ss to learn all of the new words by heart and prepare SPEAKING for the next period.

T  Ss

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