Instructor: Nguyễn Thị Lan
Teacher’s name: Phạm Thị Thùy Trang
Class: 10
Date of teaching:

Unit 13:
FILMS AND CINEMA
Reading
I. Objectives:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know about the brief history of cinema.
II. Teaching techniques:
Group work, pair work, explanation, repetition, guessing picture, gap-fill…
III. Language:
Grammar: It was not until.... that ......
Vocabulary: words related to films and cinema.
IV. Teaching aids:
Textbook, blackboard, pictures, powerpoint…
V. Method: mainly communicative approach.
VI. Procedure:

Stages/ Time
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities

Warm-up (6’)


* Puzzle game:
T divides class into 4 groups.
T gives each group pieces of a picture.
Ss have 2 minutes to complete the picture and stick it on the board.
The group with the correct picture first will be the winner.
T announces the winner.
T leads into the lesson.






T asks Ss to answer 3 questions (p.132):
Do you want to see a film at the cinema or on TV? Why?
Can you name some of the films you have seen?
What kind of films do you like to see? Why?

Ss work in groups and follow T’s instructions.














Ss answer the questions freely.

Pre -listening (10’)

T teaches some words taken from reading passage:
discover (v): khám phá = find out
→ discovery (n)
T asks Ss:
Ex: Columbus find out the Americas in the 15th century.
What does it mean in Vietnamese?
What’s the synonym of find out?
T shows the word on the screen.
T models and asks Ss to repeat.
sequence (n): series of related events or actions: chuỗi nối tiếp, trình tự
still (adj): not moving: tĩnh
decade (n): a period of ten years: thập kỷ
existence (n): the state of being present: sự tồn tại
scene (n): a part of a film in which an action happens: cảnh
audience (n): viewer: khán giả
to be set in motion: to be moved: bị làm cho chuyển động
It was not until … that…: used to emphasize the point of an action or event: chỉ đến … thì
Ex: It was not until 1915 that the cinema became an industry.
­ T reads each word and asks Ss to repeat.
T invites some Ss to stand up and read aloud these words.
­ T gives comments and corrects mistakes.
­ T checks the understanding of Ss by doing task 1.
Students listen to the teacher’s explanation.
Students listen and copy down.























Ss repeat in chorus.
Some Ss stand up and read aloud these words.


While -reading
(17’)
Task 1: You are going to read the passage silently and do task 1.
T shows the table on the screen.
T asks Ss to read aloud and translate the requirement into Vietnamese.
T guides ss some strategies to do task 1.
+ First, read through the definitions
+ Identify the part of speech of the words to match each definition. (1,2,3,5,6: N; 4: Adv)
+ Then, remember the meaning of phrases.
+ Final, go back to the passage to find suitable words.
T asks Ss to work in pairs in 3 minutes.
­ T checks Ss’ answers: T gives pairs the papers with a number and when T calls out a number randomly, the pair with that number has to stand up and give the answer.
Answers:
Cinema
Sequence
Decade
Rapidly
Scene
Character
Task 2: You read the passage again and answer questions in task 2.
T guides Ss some strategies to do task 2.
First, skim the question to understand it.
Underline the key words, for example, in question 1, underline when, history of cinema, begin.
Read the part containing these words carefully to find the answers.
T asks Ss to work individually.
T checks Ss’ answers by playing the game “What’s behind the stars?”
Instruction: Students have to answer the questions behind the stars they choose. One correct answer will get mark from 10 to 50.
Answers:
1. The history of cinema began in the early 19th century.
2. At that time scientists discovered that when a sequence of still pictures were set in