Period: 45
UNIT 7 : SAVING ENERGY
SPEAK + LISTEN
I. Objectives
1. Knowledge, Skills, Attitude:
a. Knowledge:
- By the end of this lesson, Ss make suggestions and response about how to save energy. Furthermore, know more about solar energy by listening to the news.
- Vocabulary: Related to saving energy and solar energy.
- Grammar: Making suggestion.
b. Skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing
c. Attitude: Ss will be able to be educated about how to save energy.
2. Capacity is formed and developed for students
- Self-learning capability.
- Communicative competence
- Cooperation capacity
II. Preparation
1. Teacher: lesson plane, book, color chalks, pictures, cassette and tape
2. Students: books, notebooks, pen, ruler …
III. Students’ activities

1. Warm up (5’)
Teacher’s and students’ activities
Content

- T asks Ss to play game “Chain game”
- S play the game ( share ideas )

What can you do to save energy?
( Feed back and Correction )
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Play game “ Chain game”





2. Knowledge formation activities (36’)

- T explains the new words and new structures.
- Ss pay attention to teacher and take notes.

3. Speak
* Ss make suggestions and response about how to save energy.
Vocabulary:
- lid (n)
- cooking pot (n)
- gas fire (n)
* Structures
I think you should……
Won’t you ….?
It would be better if you…
Why don’t we…?
Why not….?
What/ How about…?
Shall we…?
I suggest + V-ing….
Let’s…

- T introduces the situations from the pictures -Ss look at the pictures and make the suggestions about how to save energy in pairs.
a. Make suggestions.
Ex: I think we should turn off the faucet.





- T calls some pairs to make suggestions and responses before the class.
- T corrects any mistakes if necessary.
- T explains the requirement and has Ss read the example in groups of 4.
- Ss make an action plan to save energy in groups of four.
- T calls some Ss to give their action plans to save energy before the class.
- T corrects any mistakes if necessary.
- Ss copy down the correct answers.
- T asks Ss to ask and answer about the ways how to save electricity.
- Ss share ideas.



b. Find the action plan.
Action plan to save energy

- Go to school or work by bus instead of motorbike.
- Making some posters on energy saving and hanging them around schools or offices.
- Use energy saving – bulbs
- Go to school by bike.



- T asks Ss to name some sources of solar energy.
- T introduces and explains new words.
- Ss takes notes.

II. Listen
* Ss know more about solar energy by listening to the news.
Name some sources of energy.
Vocabulary: - solar (a)
- nuclear (a)
- coal (n)
- power (n)
- install (v)
- panel (n)

- T explains the requirement.
- T plays the tape.
- Ss listen to the tape and do exercises.
- Ss compare the answers in pairs.
- T calls some Ss to give the answers before the class.
- T corrects any mistakes if necessary.
- Ss copy down the correct answers.





- T explains the requirement.
- T plays the tape.
- Ss listen to the tape and do exercises.
- Ss compare the answers in pairs.
- T calls some Ss to give the answers before the class.
- T corrects any mistakes if necessary.
- Ss copy down the correct answers.
a. Check True / False and correct the False statements.
Keys:
1. T
2. F Most of our electricity now comes from the use of coal, gas, oil or nuclear power.
3. F The solar energy that gets to the Earth can provide enough power for the total world population.
4. T
5. F All the building in Sweden will be heated by solar energy in 2015.
b. Fill in the blanks.
Keys :
1. effective
2. population
3. countries
4. use
5. roof
6. instead

- T asks.
- Ss answer the questions.
- Have you ever seen anyone used solar energy ?
- Is solar energy cheap and clean