Haiphong Department of Education and Training
Le Quy Don High School
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Lesson Plan

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Unit 15

SPACE CONQUEST


Student teacher: Khoa Thi Mai Anh
Class: 11B1, 11B2

Haiphong, March 11.2016


Date of planning: 19thMarch.2016
Date of teaching: thMarch.2016
Unit 15:SPACE CONQUEST
Part A: Reading (p.166)
I. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
1. Knowledge:
- Vocabulary: read, write and understand words and phrases related to space conquest
+ gravity (n): the pull of the earth
+ cosmonaut (n): astronaut
+ astronaut (n)
+lift off (v)
+mile per hour (n)
+orbit (n)
+ plane crash (n)
+ psychological tension (n)
- Language: use sentence structures, vocabulary to read the space conquest


2. Skills:
- read for specific and general information
- guessthe words’ meanings in context
- workin pairs and groups
3. Attitude and competencies:
- know more some basic information about Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, the first human to fly into space
- feel more interested in researching about space
II. Preparation:
- Teacher:
+ lesson plan
+ handouts
+ laptop
- Students: notebooks, pencils, pens, sub-boards.
III.Anticipated problems and solutions:
Students may have difficulty in understanding meaning of new words so the teacher should give the meaning.

TEACHER AND STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
CONTENTS AND BOARD DISPLAY

WARM UP:(5 minutes)Work individual
-Teacherasks students to look at the pictures in the textbook and answer the following questions:
1. What do you see in picture 1 & 2?
2. What do you call a person who flies a plane / a spaceship?
3. Between them which job do you prefer? Give reasons for your answer.
-Teacherrequires students to work in pairs and present their ideas in front of the class.
-Teacher goes around the class and helps students.
* Expected answers:
1. It’s a plane / a spaceship (spacecraft)
2. A person who flies a plane is called a pilot and a person whoflies a spacecraft is called an astronaut (cosmonaut)
3. I like pilot because I want to travel everywhere.
I like to be an astronaut because I want to go the moon /fly intothe space.
Lead – in
-Teacher can ask students some questions to lead in the new lesson:
( In today’s lesson, you are going to read something about Space Conquest.
Monday,13thMarch, 2015

Unit 15
SPACE CONQUEST
Part A: Reading(p.166)



NEW LESSON
I. Pre - reading: (6 minutes)
-Teacher asks studens to look at the pictures again and answer the questions above the pictures.
-Teacher elicits or explains some new words before reading by using pictures and synonyms.
-Teacher helps students to pronounce the new words.












II. While - reading: (24 minutes)
Task1:(task 1 page 168 ) Match the headings to the paragraphs
- Teacher asksstudents to read the passage in silent.
- Teacher divides students into six groups, and then asks them to do the task 1in the handouts.
- Teacher asks students to exchangethe handouts, and check the answers to whole class.
- Teachergives the feedback.
2. Task2: Givethe correct answers
Lucky planets
- Teacher groups students into threegroups
- Teacher offers the Lucky planets to students play.
- Teacher helps students pronounce all planets






III. Post - reading: ( Group work 8 minutes)
Task 3: Complete the summary of the reading passage
-Teacher asks students to read the text and then work in pairs to do the gap-filling test in the textbook.
-Teacher moves around the class and help Ss if necessary.
-Teacher calls on some Ss to present their ideas in front of the class.
-Teacher gives feedback.

I. Pre - reading.
Work individual
* Suggested answers:
1. The first human to fly into space is Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin.
2. The first humans to set foot on the moon are Neil Armstrongand Buzz Aldrin.
3. The first Vietnamese to fly into space is Pham Tuan.
* Vocabulary
+orbit (n)
+ plane crash (n)
+ gravity (n): the pull of the earth
+ cosmonaut (n): astronaut
+ astronaut (n)
+lift off (v)
+mile per hour (n)
+orbit (n)
+ psychological tension (n)
+ venture