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Monday, April 5th, 2010
Unit 10: Life on other planets
Period 61: Getting started + Listen and read
I. Preparation:
A. Aims: Reading a text about UFOs for details to complete the notes.
B. Objective: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to know more about UFOs and other information about them
C.Language content:
* Vocabulary:
spacecraft
evidence
capture
claim

meteor
alien
device


D. Teaching aids: Textbook, , cassette, computer, projector
E.Ways of working: T- whole class, pair work, group work, individual work.
F. Anticipated problem: Filling wrong some words in the text.
II. Procedure:
Stage
Teacher`s activities
Student`s activities

Warm up


( 5 minutes)
* Guessing words:
- Have Ss guess three words.
- Give ss the number of the letters of each word and give the definition so that ss can guess the words
1........................................................
This word has 12 letters. It is the opposite of identified
2.........................................................
This word has 6 letters. It means moving throught the air as a bird does
3.........................................................
This word has 7 letters. It is in form . It means a things that can be seen or touched

 T - whole class




1. Unidentified


2. Flying ( UFOs ( vật thể bay không xác định)


3. Objects






Pre - reading

(10 minutes)
* Chatting:
- Show the pictures on page 83 to the Ss and ask them some questions about UFOs.
( What can you see in the picture ?
( What do we call them in Vietnamese ?
( Do you know another word for UFOs ?
( Do you think they really exist ?
( Have you ever seen any films on UFOs ?
( Do you want to see a UFO ? What do you want to know about UFOs ?
( If you saw a UFOs, what would you do ?
I.Pre- teach vocabulary:
- spacecraft (n): tàu vũ trụ (picture)
- meteor (n): sao băng ( visual, piture)
- evidence (n): bằng chứng (definition: anything that makes clear, shows or proves).
- alien (n): người ở hành tinh khác
( denifition: person on other planets)
- capture(v): bắt ( synonym: catch (by force) arrest)
- device (n): dụng cụ, thiết bị (trans)
- claim (v):đòi quyền, nhận là (trans)
* Checking vocabulary: What and where.
T - whole class






Flying saucer







T - whole class
Listen and guess the words from T`s eliciting
Repeat in chorus individually
Copy them








T - whole class


While - reading

(18 minutes)
II. Guessing the meaning of the words:
- Get Ss to read the text and find the words in the text that have the meanings given in * 2a on page 84:
- Ask Ss to work in pair.
- Give feedback.





III. Complete the notes
- Have Ss to do exercise 2b on page 84.
- Get Ss to read the text again and complete the notes. They have to work individually then compare with their partners.
- Call on some Ss to read aloud their sentences.
Pairwork
1. proof, support = evidence.
2. falling star or shooting star = meteor.
3. unknown / strange people or thing = aliens.
4. bringing together or gathering = collection.
5. caught as a prisoner = captured.
6. became impossible to see = disappeared.
Individual work


pair work
a) An aircraft, a weather balloon or a meteor......
b) .......... nine large round objects traveling at about 2,800 meters an hour.
c) ........ 1,500 UFO..........
d) ....... UFO above their house.
e) ....... an egg - shaped object in one of his fields and also aliens collecting soil .......
f) ........ claimed they were capture by aliens and taken abroad a spacecraft.
g) .... and his plane disappeared after sighting a UFO.....
h) ....... that he saw a plate - like device at a treetop 30 meters away.....

Post - reading

(10 minutes)
* Discussion:
- Have the whole class discuss the topic " UFOs".
- Choose a good student to be the leader.
- Get the leader to make a summary of the existence of UFOs and then discuss with