Date: October 12th, 2009
Period 25
Unit 5 ILLITERACY
Lesson READING

I. Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
Guess meaning in context; understand the sequence of events in the reading related to illiteracy problems.
II. Language Focus:
Grammar:
New words: campaign, eradicate, ethnic minority . . .
III. Teaching Aids: overhead projector, cassette player, textbook . . . .
IV. Procedures:

Stages/
Time
Teacher’s Activities
Students’ Activities


Warm – up
(3 minutes)
-T asks Ss a question:
When a person doesn’t know how to read or write, what is he/she like?
Key word: ILLITERATE
-T leads into the new lesson.

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Pre –
reading



(7 minutes)
-T asks Ss to work in groups to describe the picture in the textbook.
-T elicits new words from Ss.
Vocabulary Pre-teach
+ campaign (n)
+ eradicate (v): eliminate
+ ethnic minority (n)
+ expand (v): to become larger
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While – reading



(7 minutes)
Task 1 – Read and Underline
-T asks Ss to read the text silently and underline the expressions given in 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.

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(7 minutes)
Task 2 – Finding the main ideas.
-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:
D. The fight against illiteracy




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(6 minutes)
Task 3 – Questions and Answers
-T requires Ss to work in pairs to read again the passage carefully and do Task 3.
-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. 94% of the population.
2. The campaign for illiteracy eradication
3. 600 students in 2000 / 800 students in 2001
4. They voluntarily spent their summer vacations teaching illiterate people to read and write.
5. Illiteracy will soon be eradicated.




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Post – reading

(7 minutes)
Group discussion
-T has Ss work in groups and asks them to discuss the matter presented in the textbook.
Imagine that there are some illiterate people living in your neighborhood, what should you do to help them read and write?
-T goes around class and helps Ss if necessary.
-T calls on some groups’ representatives to report their ideas.
-T asks other Ss to give their remarks.
-T gives feedback.


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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.


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Date: October 19th, 2009
Period 26
Unit 5(cont.) ILLITERACY
Lesson SPEAKING

I. Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
talk about illiteracy problems
offer solutions to the problems
II. Language Focus:
Grammar:
New words:
III. Teaching Aids: textbooks, pictures . . . .
IV. Procedures:

Stages/Time
Teacher’s Activities
Students’ Activities


Warm – up

(5minutes)
Brainstorming
-T asks Ss to brainstorm the problems they often encounter at school / classes.
+ making noise / cheating / teasing / forgetting / doing exercises / homework / cutting classes . . .
-T asks Ss “ Do you meet with these problems in your class? – How do you solve them?”
-T leads into the new lesson.



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Pre – speaking


(6 minutes)
Task 1 – Matching – up
-T asks Ss to work in pairs