WEEK – PERIOD
ENGLISH 10
Date of designing:
UNIT 3: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND
Lesson 1: Reading
Objective:
*Aims: By the end of the lesson, student will be able to
- read better through Matching and True or False exercises.
- improve background knowledge about famous scientists especially about Marie Curie.
Lexical items:
Teaching aids: Some photos of famous people and some information about them
Date of teaching:
Teaching procedure:
Time
CONTENTS
ACTIVITIES
RATIONALE

(5`)
I.Warm-up:

A
B

Hong Nhung
Marie Curie Miss Hanh
Ngo Tat To
scientist
writer
singers
teacher

*Key:
A
B

Hong Nhung
Marie Curie
Miss Dieu
Ngo Tat To
singers
scientist
teacher
writer



- Give some famous persons’ names in the column A and their job in the column B
- Let students match the people with their jobs
- Recheck and introduce the new lesson: Marie Curie

to raise sts` interest and to introduce the topic.

(8`)
II. Before you read:
1. Can you name and tell some scientists and their specializations?
2. What are their job?
3. Have you ever heard of Marie Curie?
4. What do you know about her?





*New words
background /`bækgraund/ (n): lí lịch
specialisation [,spe∫əlai`zei∫n] (n): chuyên ngành
brilliant [`briljənt] (adj): tài giỏi
tutor [`tju:tə] (n): gia sư
private [`praivit] (adj): riêng tư, cá nhân
interrupt [,intə`rʌpt] (v): chen vào, làm gián đoạn
realize [`riəlaiz] (v): nhận ra
award [ə`wɔ:d] (v,n): khen thưởng, giải thưởng
suffer [`sʌfə] (v): chịu đựng
humanitarian [hju:,mæni`teəriən] (adj): nhân đạo
- Ask some questions about some famous people and Marie Curie
- Let students write some information about Marie Curie with model given
*What you already know about her
*What you want to know about her
- Let each student stand and speak their opinions
- Go around and help them if necessary

Before the lesson today, I provides some new words for you
- Read each word 3 times and ask the sts to repeat it.
- Leave sts 1 minute to self-practice.
- Ask 4-5 sts to read all the words aloud in front of the class
- Listen and help the sts to read the words correctly.
to guide sts how to do and to provide them with needed vocabulary and grammar.

(20`)
III.While you read:
Task 1: Match the words or phrases in A with their meanings B
A
B

1.with flying colours
a. having a fully developed mind

2. determine
b. keep in the mind

3. mature
c. very well, with a very high mark/grade

4. ease
d. make less wevere

5. harbour
e. find out exactly by making calculations

* Key:
1.c 2. e 3. a 4. d 5. b

Task 3 : Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F)
+ Key:
1. T
2. F( Her dream was to become a scientist)
3. T
4. F (She married Pierre Curie in 1895)
5. T








Task 3: Answering questions.
Key:
1.Marie Curie was born in Warsaw on November 7,1867
2.She was a brilliant and mature students .
3. She work as a tutor to save money for a study tour abroad.
4.She was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for determining the atomic weight of radium.
5. No it wasn’t. her real joy was “ easing human suffering
- Ask the students to read the passage independently and match the words or phrases in A with their meaning in B.
- Tell sts to refer to Vocabulary for help and encourage them try to guess the meanings of the words in the context of the reading.
- Ask them to compare the answers with their friends.
- Call on some sts to read and explain their answers aloud in front of the class.
- Give feedback and correct answers:


- Ask the sts to read the passage more carefully and decide whether the statements are true(T) or false(F). Correct the false information.
- Ask the sts to highlight or underline the information in the passage that helps the students to find the correct answers.
- Move round to help sts if necessary