Date of preparation: February , 16th , 2008. Unit 11 : SOURCES OF ENERGY
Date of teaching: February, 21st , 2008 Period: 66 Lesson: Part A Reading
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:
- LANGUAGE CONTENT :
+To introduce to the students some vocabulary about sources of energy
+To develop the students’ reading skills
- LANGUAGE FUNCTION:
+ To enable the students to identify the main idea of the passage, guess the meaning in context and express their own ideas about sources of energy
- EDUCATIONAL AIM:
+ To make the sts aware of the importance of the importance of sources of energy and how to protect them from coming to an end
1. Language:
a. Vocabulary: Noun: reserve
Verb: reserve, exhaust
Adjectives: alternative, released, limited, geothermal
b. Structure: Noun clause
2.Skill: Integrated skills: Pay much attention to reading skills
3.Education factor:
- knowing the importance of sources of energy and use them economically
II.TEACHER AND STUDENTS’ PREPARATION
1.Method: Communicative Approach
2.Techniques: explanation, question-answer, pair work, groupwork, using pictures and realias…
3.Material needed: Pictures, textbook, flash cards,…
4.Students’ preparation: read the lesson at home.
5.Previous exercises: exercises in the workbook
III. PROCEDURE IN CLASS:
1. Stabilization: 3 minutes
A .Warm–up: Greetings
B. Checking absence: Ask the monitor
2.Checking up previous knowledge:
Time needed: 5ms
Questions: Asks some sts to do some exercises about relative clauses with prepositions
3.Presentation of the new material: Part A Reading

TIME
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES
STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
THE CONTENT OF THE LESSON

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2’
I/Lead in
- shows the sts a box and asks the sts to play a game: “Touch and Feel” [ asks one sts to go to the board and touch the thing in the box then explain in English what it is. Others guess.]
- introduces the lesson
II/Pre-reading
- has the sts look at some pictures in the textbook, name the energy and tell more information about them
- remarks
- teaches new words
* Vocabulary
+ alternative [ definition]
+ reserve [ explanation]
+ exhaust [ synonym] ( to run out of)
+ released [ synonym]
+ geothermal (adj) [translation]
- checks the words’ understanding by asking the students to make examples with the words
Task 1: Gap-filling
- asks the sts to do task 1 individually
- calls on some sts to give answers
- gives feedback
1. released ; 2. alternative; 3. energy; 4. limited; 5. exhausted
III/ While reading
Task 2: Scan the text
- asks the sts to read the text to write down the advantages and disadvantages of each alterantive source of energy in 5’ (group-work)
- asks the sts in each group to answer
- gives feedback
Advantages Disadvantages
1. It’s unlimited Can be very dangerous
2. Not only plentiful and infinite but also clean and safe Only possible during the day time
3. Clean and unlimited
Expensive

4. Clean and unlimited No wind energy when there is no wind
5. Available Only possible in few places
( Note: 1: Nuclear power; 2: Soalr energy; 3. Water power; 4. Wind power; 5: Geothermal heat)
Task 3: Answering questions
- asks the sts to ask and answer in pairs (5’)
- calls on some sts to answer
- gives remarks and marks
1. Our major source of energy comes from fossil fuels.
2. Five sources of energy are mentioned in the text. I think solar energy is the most potential.
IV/ Post reading
- asks the sts to work in groups in 5’and fill the text with words from the box
- goes around to help
- calls on some sts to present
- gives feedback.
1. energy; 2. one; 3. fuels; 4. limited 5. alternative; 6. sources; 7. unlimited; 8. environment
V/ Consolidation
- reminds the content of the lesson.
- gives the message “save natural resources for future use”


- play a game





- listen

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