Unit 11: TRAVELLING IN THE FUTURE
Lesson 4: Communication
I/ OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, students can: Talk about traffic problems and give solutions
1. Knowledge:
a. Grammar : - Grammar: - use will for future prediction
b. Lexical items : Vocabulary: Means of transport in the future .
- metro , skytrain, gridlocked .
c. Pronunciation:
2. Skills:
- Listening, Speaking, Reading,Writing and interactive skills
3. Attitude:
- Cooperation, respect, having right and friendly attitudes with friends, teachers in the new school
4. Quality and competence:
- Be confident and friendly with the new school environment
- Develope listening, speaking skills and cooperative interaction
II/ TEACHING AIDS (MATERIALS)
1.Teacher’s preparation:
- Lesson plan, Pictures, posters ,textbook,CD-MP3(Computer-Multi projector/cassette/ “sách mềm”) and other materials
2.Students’ preparation: -Textbook, notebook, school things.
III/ WORKING ARRANGEMENTS( WAYS OF WORKING )
- Pair work , individual work, group work, T-WC
IV/ TEACHING PROCEDURE:
1-Greeting`and checking students’ adtendence: Total: In: ......... Out: .......... .
2-Checking the old lesson
3-New lesson:
Activities Contents
1. Warm up.
1. What problems with transaport do you have?... (P53)
- Start the lesson by telling the class one bad experience of yours about using a particular means of transport.
- Write the key words of the story on the board. Ask Ss if they have similar experience.
- You can also bring in one or two photos about transport problems where you live and discuss them with the class.
- Ss work in pairs to do this tast. T then calls on some pairs to share their list with the class.
2. Activities.
Presentation
- Elicit the new words
- Checking technique: What and where
2. Now read this case study... (p53)
- Ss read the two texts individually and underline the problems mentioned. As a class, elicit their answers on the board. Ask if they have similar problems where they live.
- If time allows, ask Ss to suggest solutions to these problems.
3. In groups, thinks of a futurw means of transport... (P53)
- Ss work in groups of 4 or 5 to design a future means of transport that will help people in Wonderland, using the prompt web provided.
- If possible, provide Ss with posters (A0 sized paper) and marker pens.
Production:
4. Present your solutions to the class... (P53)
- Prepare the evaluation form on A4 paper for each group to allow for more writing space if possible.
- Otherwise, ask the group to copy the table in their notebook. Explain they should listen carefully to other groups in order to give evaluation (as a group). (5 is the highest score and 1 is the lowest score).
- After all groups have presented, T collects the evaluation and adds up the scores to find out the best presentation.
3. Homework
- Learn new words
- Prepare for skills 1.
I. New words
- Metro (n): tàu ngầm(đi trong thành phố)
- Skytrain (n): tàu trên không
- Gridlocked (n): kẹt cứng, tắc nghẽn giao thông
- Face (v): đối mặt với
II. Activities
2.Suggested answers:
- Biggest city without a metro of skytrain.
- The city is getting gridlocked
- There are too many cars (10 million in traffic every day) and more cars are coming
- Serious pollution
- Fewer buses
- It takes too long to drive in the city