Unit 2
Unit 2
Period: 9
UNIT 2: HUMANS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Lesson 1: Getting started – Go Green Club
I. Objectives
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
1. Knowledge
- Identify an overview about the topic Human and the Environment;
- Memorize vocabulary to talk about activities to adopt a greener lifestyle.
2. Core competence
- Develop communication skills and environmental awareness;
- Be collaborative and supportive in pair work and teamwork;
- Join in class activities actively.
3. Personal qualities
- Develop a greener lifestyle and awareness of environmental issues;
- Be responsible to the environment.
II. Teaching materials
- Teacher: Computer connected to the Internet, sachmem.vn, Projector, pictures and cards
- Students: Textbook
III. Procedures:
Answers
Period: 10
VOCABULARY VOCABULARY
Activity 4. Task 1. Match the words and phrases to their Activity 4. Task 1. Match the words
meanings. (p.20) (5 mins) and phrases to their meanings. (p.20)
Stages Board display
- Aim: To make sure that students understand the meaning
of some lexical items about humans and the environment.
- Content: Match the words & phrases with their meanings
- Product: Students’answers Key:
- Steps: 1. d - 2. e - 3. a - 4. b - 5. c
* Teacher:
+ T gives clear instructions.
+ T confirms the correct answer.
*Students:
+ Ss work in pairs to discuss and do the matching
+ Ss share the answers with the whole class.
Activity 5. Task 2. Complete the sentences using the
words and phrases in task 1. (5 mins)
- Aim: To give students practice in using the words/phrases Activity 5. Task 2. Complete the
in meaningful contexts. sentences using the words and
- Content: Complete the sentences phrases in task 1.
- Product: Students’answers
- Steps: Key:
* Teacher: 1. Eco-friendly
2. household appliances
3. carbon footprint
+ has Ss work in pairs; tells them to read the sentences 4. energy
carefully and decides which word in task 1 can be used to 5. litter
complete each of the sentences. T explains that they should
use the context clues to decide on the word / phrase, e.g. in
the first sentence, the gapped word is an adjective (eco-
friendly).
+ checks answers as a class, then has Ss call out the word/
phrase they have used in each sentence first.
+ confirms the correct answers. T asks Ss to give reasons
why they have chosen the word for each sentence, e.g. what
context clues they have used.
GRAMMAR GRAMMAR
Activity 6. Task 1. Complete the following sentences with Activity 6. Task 1. Complete the
will or the correct forms of be going to. (7 mins) following sentences with will or the
Stages Board display
- Aim: To give students an opportunity to revise the use of correct forms of be going to
will and be going to to talk about future actions.
- Content: Complete the sentences
- Product: Students’ answers Key:
- Steps: 1. will
* Teacher: 2. are going to
+ tells Ss to read the explanations in the Remember! box 3. will
on page 20 and asks Ss questions to elicit the differences 4. is going to
between will and be going to, for example: 5. will
+ Do both structures talk about the future?
+ Which auxiliary do we use to talk about plans made
at the moment of speaking / before the moment of
speaking?
+ Can we use both structures for predictions?
+ gives more examples to make sure Ss understand the
use of will and be going to; in stronger classes, has Ss
come up with their own example sentences.
+ asks Ss to work in pairs or individually to choose will or
the correct form of be going to to complete each sentence.
+ reminds them to use some clues in the sentence to
decide on the correct tense form. e.g. 1: I don’t think; 2:
have already made the decision; 3: I’m sure; 4: Look at;
5: I forgot to phone Dad.
+ check Ss’ answers and asks them to explain their
choices (using the clues above).
* Students:
+ Ss do as instructed
+ Ss share their answers with a partner
Activity 7. Task 2. Rewrite the following sentences using Activity 7. Task 2. Rewrite the
the passive voice. Begin each sentence as shown. (8 mins) following sentences using the passive
- Aim: To give students an opportunity to revise the passive voice. Begin each sentence as shown.
voice.
- Content: Rewrite the sentences Key:
- Product: Students’ answers 1. A green lifestyle is adopted by more
- Steps: and more people.
* Teacher: 2. The rubbish was not put in the bins
+ asks Ss to read the explanation in the Remember! box on after the party yesterday by the
page 21 and asks Ss questions to check their understanding students.
of the grammar point, for example: 3. More trees will be planted in the
+ When do we use the passive voice? neighbourhood.
+ What do we focus on? 4. A lot of clean-up activities are going
+ How do we form the passive voice? (the verb be and to be organised by our club this
the past participle of the main verb). weekend .
+ gives more examples to make sure Ss understand the use 5. Important environmental issues
and forms of the passive voice in different tenses; in were discussed at the meeting.
stronger classes, has Ss come up with their own example
sentences in both passive and active structures.
Stages Board display
+ asks Ss to work independently and rewrite the sentences
using the passive voice.
+ reminds Ss of the correct verb forms in different tenses;
of the use of the preposition by to mention the doer of the
action.
+ elicits that if the subject in the active voice is they or we,
Ss don’t need to indicate the doer in the passive voice.
+ checks the answers as a class by having individual Ss
write their answers on the board.
* Students:
+ Ss do as instructed.
+ Ss share their answers with a partner.
Activity 8. Extra activity. GAME: CHAIN MEMORY Activity 8. Extra activity. GAME
(4 minutes)
- Aim:
To help students further practise the future tense forms.
- Content: The game
- Steps:
* Teacher:
+ T explains the rules of the game.
+ T praises Ss for interesting ideas and having a good
memory and decides the winner.
Rules:
- T has Ss sit in a circle and has one student say a sentence
about what he/she is going to or will do, for example:
After this lesson, I’m going to play volleyball in the
playground. The next student repeats it and adds another
sentence, e.g. After this lesson, I’m going to play
volleyball in the playground and I’m going to meet some
friends.
- T explains to Ss that the sentences don’t have to be true. T
continues until a student can’t remember the previous
sentences. In bigger classes, T has Ss play the game in
teams. The winner is the team that continues the chain for
the longest time.
* Students:
+ Listen to the teacher
+ Ss do as instructed
CONSOLIDATION AND HOMEWORK (1 minute) CONSOLIDATION &HOMEWORK
- Aim: - Prepare the next lesson at home
To help students memorise the target language and skills - Revise the lesson.
that they have learnt
- Steps:
* Teacher:
Teacher asks: What have you learnt today?
+ Consonant blends /kl/, /pl/, /gr/, and /pr/
+ Some lexical items about humans and the environment;
Stages Board display
+ Will and be going to to talk about the future;
+ Passive voice.
* Students:
+ Listen to the teacher
+ Retell the main contents
+ Write the required homework on notebook
Date of preparing: 24/9/2024 Date of teaching: 9/2024
Period: 11
UNIT 2: HUMANS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Lesson 3: Reading
I. OBJECTIVES
By the end of this lesson, Ss will be able to:
1. Knowledge
- Read for main ideas and specific information in a text about green living;
- Guess the meaning of words/phrases in context;
- Talk about ways to live green.
2. Core competence
- Be collaborative and supportive in pair work and teamwork;
- Access and consolidate information from a variety of sources;
- Develop presentation skills;
- Actively join in class activities.
3. Personal qualities
- Recognise what activities are related to a green lifestyle and be ready to adopt them in their
lives;
- Be responsible for environmental protection.
II. Materials:
- Teacher: Handouts, textbook, lesson plan and pieces of paper, projector…..
- Students: Textbook
III. Procedures:
L I T T E R
E C O F R I E N D L Y
C A R B O N F O O T P R I N T
E N E R G Y
H O U S E H O L D
Stages/ activities Content/ Board display
A D O P T
Y O U T H
P L A N T
A W A R E N E S S
WHILE- READING
Activity 2. Task 2: ( 15mins) ACTIVITY 2. TASK 2: READ THE FOLLOWING TEXT
- Aim: To help students practise skimming a text AND CHOOSE THE BEST TITLE FOR IT. (p.22)
to choose the best title for it
- Content: Read the following text and choose Key: A
the best title for it.
- Product: ss’ answer
- Steps
* Teacher:
- draws Ss’ attention to the Tips box, has them
read through the tips and checks their
understanding.
- has Ss read the whole text once to get an overall
idea.
Teacher confirms the correct one; in stronger
class, asks Ss to explain why the other options
cannot be used as titles for the text, e.g. (B) This
only refers to environmental problems while the
text mentions some solutions as well. (C) The text
mentions a couple of green products such as
organic food and refillable bottles, but they are
not the focus here.
Stages/ activities Content/ Board display
* Students: do as instructed individually. ACTIVITY 3. TASK 3: CIRCLE THE CORRECT
- work in groups to discuss the best option and MEANINGS OF THE HIGHLIGHTED WORDS AND
compare answers. PHRASES IN THE TEXT. (p.22)
I. OBJECTIVES
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
1. Knowledge
- Talk about ways to live green.
2. Core competence
- Be collaborative and supportive in pair work and team work;
- Develop presentation skills;
- Actively join in class activities;
- Be critical thinking.
3. Personal qualities
- Recognise what activities teenagers should do to live green;
- Be aware of the importance of a green lifestyle.
II. TEACHING MATERIALS
-Teacher: Grade 10 textbook, Unit 2, speaking
+ Computer connected to the Internet
+ Projector/ TV/ pictures and cards
+ sachmem.vn
- Students: Textbooks
III. PROCEDURES
*Students:
- discuss in their teams and write down the words.
- Ss in each team take turns to write their words
on the board.
points
)
A C T R E S S (3
points
)
Total 9
points
* Teacher:
- shows the words one by one, plays the recording
and ask Ss repeat the sounds of the words.
- shows the pictures and ask Ss guess the meaning
of the words.
- confirms the meanings, calls on some individual
Ss to make sentences with each word.
*Students: 3. shade (n): slightdarknesscaused by something
- listen and repeat the words blocking the directlight from the sun
- look at the picture and guess the meanings of the
words based on pictures, explanations or
examples.
- make sentences with each word.
2. Which of the following activities do you 2. Which of the following activities do you think
think teenagers should or shouldn’t do to live teenagers should or shouldn’t do to live green?
green? Put a tick in the appropriate column. Put a tick in the appropriate column. (p.23)
(p.23) (5 ms) Suggested answers:
6. Planting trees ✔
3. The table below presents the reasons why 3. The table below presents the reasons why
teenagers should or shouldn’t do the activities teenagers should or shouldn’t do the activities in
in 1. Work in pairs and match them with the 1. Work in pairs and match them with the
activities. (p.23) (5 ms) activities. (p.23)
- Steps:
* Teacher:
- Asks sts: “What have you learnt today?”
- Calls on sts to repeat the main contents
- Emphasizes the main contents again
- Delivers homework
* Students:
- Listen to the teacher
- Retell the main contents
- Write the required homework on notebook
I. OBJECTIVES
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
1. Knowledge
- Listen for specific information in a text about green living;
- Talk about a plan to organise a green event in their area.
2. Core competence
- Be collaborative and supportive in pair work and teamwork;
- Actively join in-class activities;
- Develop presentation skills.
3. Personal qualities
- Be more responsible for the environment and be able to propose plans to solve environmental
issues in their residential areas;
- Be ready to make a plan to organize a green event in their area.
II. Teaching Materials:
- Teacher: Computer connected to the Internet
- Projector/ pictures and cards
- Students: Textbook
III. Procedures:
PRE-LISTENING Activity 2
Activity 2. Task 1: (6 mins) TASK 1: WORK IN PAIRS.
- Aim: To introduce the topic of the listening extract and activate LOOK AT THE PICTURE AND
students’ prior knowledge. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
- Content: look at the picture and answer the questions. (p.24)
- Product: sts’ answers WHAT ARE THEY DOING? WHY?
- Steps:
* Teacher:
- has Ss work in pairs, look at the picture and tell their partner
what they see in the picture.
- encourages them to use the vocabulary they have learnt to
describe the picture, e.g. The students are picking up rubbish,
bottles and plastic bags; They are watering plants and trees.
Teacher praises the pairs with interesting ideas and asks the class
some more questions to elicit the topic of the listening: Go
Green Weekend event such as:
* Students: do as instructed.
+ Some pairs share their answers with the class.
Key:
1. park
2. plastic
3. Sort
4. Post
5. suggestions
POST-LISTENING
Activity 3. Task 4 (10 mins) TASK 4: WORK IN GROUPS.
DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING
QUESTION. (p.24)
- Aim: To give students an opportunity to personalise the
language and ideas from the listening in a speaking task.
I. OBJECTIVES
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
1. Knowledge
- revise the consonant blends /kl/, /pl/, /gr/, /pr/ correctly;
- revise words and phrases related to humans and the environment learnt in the unit;
- revise how to use will and be going to, and passive voice correctly;
- Plan activities for a Go Green Weekend and give a group presentation about the event.
2. Core competence
- Develop communication skills and creativity;
- Develop presentation skills;
- Develop critical thinking skills;
- Be collaborative and supportive in pair work and team work;
- Actively join in class activities.
3. Personal qualities
- Be more creative when doing the project;
- Develop self-study skills.
Stages Procedure
WARM-UP: (5 ms)
- Aim: To arouse the classroom atmosphere GAME: THE LAST MAN STANDING
and help students revise words/ phrases related
to the topic
- Content: game
- Product: ss’ answer
- Steps:
* Teacher:
- Invites 10 Ss to form a circle and stand at a
center with a ball.
- Explains the game rules to Ss ((Rules:
T has 10 Ss form a circle and stands at a
center with a ball. T speaks out a word related
to the topic Humans and the environment and
pass the ball to one student. Let him/her toss it
to another student as he/she names the word
related to the theme. If Ss repeat a word or
can’t say any more words, they need to sit
down. The last student standing wins the
game.)
* Teacher:
- asks Ss to complete the sentences by using
the words and phrases in the box individually.
- checks the answers by asking individual Ss to
writes the missing words/ phrases on the board.
*Students:
- do as instructed.
- compare their answers with a partner.
GRAMMAR (6ms) GRAMMAR
Choose the best answers. (p.26) Choose the best answers. (p.26)
- Aim: To help Ss revise will and be going to
and the passive voice Suggested answers:
- Content: Choose the best answers to 1. is used
complete the sentences. 2. are planted
- Product: sts’ answers 3. will pass
- Steps: 4. will
5. are going to travel
* Teacher: 6. is going to rain
- asks Ss to choose the answers in order to
complete the sentences individually.
- checks the answers by asking individual Ss to
write the sentences on the board
- asks Ss to explain what grammatical form
they have used and why.
- asks Ss to read aloud the sentences.
*Students:
- write the sentences on the board and others
compare their answers with a partner.
- explain what grammatical form
- read aloud the sentences.