UNIT 5 THE MEDIA Grade 9
Week 14
Period 27
Lesson 1 GETTING STARTED + LISTEN AND READ P 40-41
Objectives: reading a text for details about media
Materials: pictures, posters, textbooks, cassette…
Procedure
Timing
CONTENTS
Teacher’s and Sts’activities

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 A B
1. watching a. the radio
2. reading b. TV
3. listening to c. newspapers
4. using d. internet
Answer Key 1b 2c 3a 4 d

T: Which of these is your favorite activity in your free time?
S: Watching TV.
T: How many hours a week do you spend watching TV?
S: About 4 hours.
Magazines, TV, internet, radios, newspapers,…are used as a means of communication. They are called the media. Nowadays, media have become very popular in our life. Today, you will learn about this interesting topic.


a medium ( media phương tiện truyền thông
a crier người loan tin
thanks to (pre) nhờ vào
a variety nhiều, đa dạng
interactive (adj) tương tác
a remote control điều khiển từ xa
a benefit = an advantage lợi ích
like/love/enjoy/dislike/hate+ V-ing
Ex: I love reading the Kien Thuc Ngay Nay
(A gerund is a simple form of a verb + ing that may be used in place of a noun or pronoun)
Statements
Tag questions
(Auxiliary verb + Subject Pronouns)

(+)
(-)

(-)
(+)

Ex: You love reading magazines, don’t you?
(Tag questions are short questions at the ends of sentences. They use the same auxiliary verbs as Yes-No questions)
There are a lot of media used in the world.
Which media are mentioned in the text?


Now you read the passage and complete the table. Fill in the passage letters in which the facts and events mentioned.
Facts& Events
Passage Letter

1. Remote controlled are used to interact with TV.
2. One of the most popular magazines.
3. People of different ages like this magazines.
4. Benefits of TV
5. People got the news from town criers.
6. Interactive TV is available now.


Answer Key 1D 2B 3B 4C 5A 6D


Questions
1. What was a town crier?
2. How popular is the Kien Thuc Ngay Nay?
3. What benefits does TV bring about to people’s life?
4. What kinds of magazines and newspapers do you read?
5. What’s your favorite type of media? Why?
Answer Key
1. A town crier was a person whose job was to go through city streets ringing a bell and shouted the latest news as he was walking.
2. The Kien Thuc Ngay Nay is one of the most popular magazines and is widely read by both teenagers and adults.
3. People can get the latest information and enjoy interesting and inexpensive local and international programs in a convenient way.
4. I read the newspaper “Tuoi Tre” and the magazines “Kien Thuc Ngay Nay”.
5. My favorite type of media is TV because I can enjoy interesting programs.





Tam: You love reading the magazine “Kien Thuc Ngay Nay”, don’t you?
Minh: Yes, I do.
Tam: Why?
Minh: Because there are beautiful pictures, good informative and interesting short stories.

Learn by heart vocabulary.
Read the text + answer the questions again.
Prepare Unit 5 Lesson 2 SPEAK + LISTEN
Vocabulary: violent, a documentary, to prefer, boring,
informative, telegraph, force, journalism,…
I. Warmer
Matching
. Sts work in 2 groups
. Which group matches more correct words is the winner
. T gives feedback + checks their answers
Questions and answers
. T asks ( one st answers
. Sts practices in pairs

Introduction of the topic


II. Pre-stage
Pre-teach vocabulary
- picture
- explanation
- situation
- example
- translation
- realia
- synonym











Setting the scene
Open Prediction
. Sts predict + answer it in groups
III. While-stage
Complete the table
. Sts work in groups
. Sts read the