Giáo án Tiếng Anh 12 - Unit 9

in a desert
+ it is a hot, dry and sandy place
+ there are few animals and plants living in a desert
+ it has arid climate
+ little rain falls in deserts
+ some deserts can be cold for most of the year
Task 3
-asks Ss to work in groups
-sets a situation” Imagine that you are going on an expedition across a desert with some of your friends. Discuss and choose the five most important things they should bring along with you and explain your choice”
-lets Ss do in 6 minutes
-calls on some Ss to stand up and present their group’s ideas
-gives feedback
Eg:
+ I think we will bring a lot of food and water. They can help us to survive in the desert if we get lost
+ A box of matches is very necessary for us to make a fire at night.
+…
IV. Free- Practice
-divides the class into groups of five.
-asks Ss to discuss and find out some possible ways if they got lost in the desert
-lets Ss prepare in 3 minute
-calls on one representative of each group to present his/her group’s ideas. 
-gives feedback 
Suggested ideas:
+ find directions using a compass
+ find water source
+ make a signal to attract the rescue team
+ look out for animals
+ …
-think and answer
-listen to the teacher
-listen and guess the meaning of the new words
-listen and answer
-work in pairs and do the task in the allotted time
-stand up and present
-listen and answer
-listen to the teacher’s instructions
-do the task in the allotted time
-read aloud their sentences 
-listen and answer
-sit in groups
-listen to the teacher’s instructions
-do the task in the allotted time
-present his/her group’s ideas. 
-listen and answer
-sit in groups
-listen to the teacher’s instructions
-do the task in the allotted time
-present his/her group’s ideas. 
-listen and answer
Unit 9: 
DESERTS 
Part: Speaking
Content
New words: 
+eucalyptus (n): 
+ cactus (n) 
+ date palm (n) 
+ declare (v)
Task 1
 Suggested answers:
Ä eucalyptus
Ä cactus
Ä date palm
Ä lizard
Ä fox
…
Task 2
Suggested ideas:
+ there is no water in a desert
+ it is a hot, dry and sandy place
+ there are few animals and plants living in a desert
+ it has arid climate
+ little rain falls in deserts
+ some deserts can be cold for most of the year
Task 3
Eg:
+ I think we will bring a lot of food and water. They can help us to survive in the desert if we get lost
+ A box of matches is very necessary for us to make a fire at night.
+…
DISCUSSION:
Suggested ideas:
+ find directions using a compass
+ find water source
+ make a signal to attract the rescue team
+ look out for animals
+ ...…
Homework: (3ms)
Asks Ss to write in their note books
+ write a short paragraph about how to find some possible ways if they got lost in the desert
Preparation for the next lesson: 
Asks Ss to prepare part: “Listening” 
Self –evaluation:
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
 Date of teaching: 
 Period : 56
Unit 9: DESERTS 
 Part: Listening
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
Language content: + To encourage Ss to listen to a conversation to get the information people’s 
 life expectancy in the future.
 + To help Ss practice listening 
Language function: Listening for specific and for detailed information
Educational aim: At the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
 + develop extensive listening skills 
	 + know some factors to have a long and healthy life. 
1. Language::	
 a) Vocabulary : : incredible, fatal, eradicated, centenarian, …
	 b) Grammar : no structures
2. Skills: Listening- Speaking 
3. Method: Communicative approach
4. Techniques/activities: Question- answer, True- False, discussion
5. Teaching aids needed: Textbooks, board, chalk, tape
6. Procedures:
Stabilization: (1m)
Warm- up: + Greets the Ss
b. Checking absence: Checks the Ss’ attendance
Checking up previous lesson: (5ms)
-asks Ss to talk about their predictions about what life will be like one hundred years from now
-Give feedback
Presentation of the new material: (35ms)
Time
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
The content of the lesson
4ms
6ms
17ms
8ms
I. Lead-in
-makes some questions:
1. What is a desert?
2. How is a desert formed?
3. Can human being make a desert? Why? Why not?
-gives feedback
-sets the situation: “You will hear an expert talking about deserts, what they are and how they are formed. Listen and do some tasks below”
II. Before you listen
-lets Ss repeat the words
-introduces some new words 
+ cool (v) (definition) : to become or to make sb/sth cool or cooler
à cool sb down/ off : to make sb feel cooler or make sb calm
+ canal (n) (picture)
Ex: the Panama canal
+ needle (n) ( realia)
à to look for a needle in a haystack (proverb) : 
-checks understanding of the new words 
III. While you listen
Task 1
-gives instructions “Read through the statements carefully to understand them and underline key words and work out what information they need to concentrate on while listening”
-plays the tape the first time
-asks Ss to give their answers
-gives feedback 
The keys:
1. T 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. T
Task 2
-gives instructions “read through the questions in task 2, identify the information they need to look for in each question”
-plays the tape the first time
-asks Ss to give their answers
-plays the tape the second time to check their answers
-gives feedback
The key:
1. It examines deserts, what they are and how they are formed.
2. It is a hot, dry, sandy place. It is also a beautiful land of silence and space. The sun shines, the wind blows, and time and space seem endless.
3. Nature and human
4. They contribute by eating every plants they van find. This makes the land become desert
Task 3
-gives instructions “Listen to part of the expert’s talk again and fill in the missing word(s)”
-asks Ss to guess the answers first
-plays the tape the first time
-asks Ss to give their answers
-plays the tape the second time to check their answers
-gives feedback
The key:
1. 90% 2. smaller plants
3. prevent 4. spreading
5. capital 6. canals
IV. After you listen
-asks Ss to work in groups, and discuss “ the following chart”
(at the end of the lesson plan)
-gives feedback
-listen to the teacher’s and answer the questions
-listen and answer
-listen to the teacher
-repeat the words
-listen and guess the meaning of the new words and take notes
-listen to the teacher
-listen to the teacher’s instructions
-listen to the tape and do the task
-give their answers 
-listen and answer 
-listen to the teacher’s instructions
-listen to the tape and do the task
-give their answers 
-listen and answer 
-listen to the teacher’s instructions
-guess the answers
-listen to the tape and do the task
-give their answers 
-listen and answer 
-work in groups and do the task in the allotted time
-listen and answer
Unit 9: 
DESERTS 
Part: Listening
Content
New words: 
+ cool (v) (definition) : to become or to make sb/sth cool or cooler
à cool sb down/ off : to make sb feel cooler or make sb calm
+ canal (n) (picture)
Ex: the Panama canal
+ needle (n) ( realia)
à to look for a needle in a haystack (proverb) : 
While you listen 
Task 1
The keys:
1. T 
2. F 
3. T 
4. F 
5. T
Task 2
The key:
1. It examines deserts, what they are and how they are formed.
2. It is a hot, dry, sandy place. It is also a beautiful land of silence and space. The sun shines, the wind blows, and time and space seem endless.
3. Nature and human
4. They contribute by eating every plants they van find. This makes the land become desert
Task 3
The key:
1. 90% 2. smaller plants
3. prevent 4. spreading
Summary:
Homework: (3ms)
Asks Ss to write in their notebooks:
+ Write a passage to tell about the chart in summary
Asks Ss to prepare part: “Writing” 
Self –evaluation:
The summary:
Desert?.....1.......
	Causes of the 	measures to prevent
 ……2……of a desert	the growth of a desert
………3…………	…………4…………	…………5…………	…………6………
1: It is a hot, dry, sandy place. It is also a beautiful land of silence and space. The sun shines, the wind blows, and time and space seem endless
2. growth 2. nature 4. humans 5. plant trees 6. build canals
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Date of teaching: 
 Period : 57 
Unit 9: DESERTS 
Part: Writing
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
Language content: To help Ss practice describing the main features of a desert 
Language function: Describing the main features of a desert
Educational aim : At the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
+ describe the main features of a desert
	+ write a paragraph about the Sahara Desert
1. Language: 
 a) Vocabulary : arid, tableland, oasis, … 
 b) Grammar : present tense and simple future
2. Skills: Writing
3. Method: Communicative approach
4. Techniques/activities: Explanation, discussion, brainstorming
5. Teaching aids needed: Textbooks, board, chalk, pare board, pieces of paper 
6. Procedures:
Stabilization: (1m)
Warm- up: + Greets the Ss
b. Checking absence: Checks the Ss’ attendance
Checking up previous lesson:(no checking because the teacher wants to save time
So that Ss can have more time to practise writing) 
Presentation of the new material: (39ms)
Time
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
The content of the lesson
2ms
10ms
20ms
7ms
I. Warm up
-makes some questions:
1. What is a desert?
2. Which desert is the largest in the world? (à Sahara)
3. Tell some information about the Sahara desert
-gives feedback
-sets a situation “ you will learn how to write a composition about the Sahara Desert ”
II. Pre-Writing 
-introduces some new words 
+ arid (a) : (synonym) = dry
+ oasis (n) : (translation)
+ tableland (n) : (synonym) = plateau
+ gazelle (n) (picture)
+ antelope (n) : (picture)
+ jackal (n) ( picture + explanation) : a wild animal like a dog
-checks understanding of the new word