Giáo án Tiếng Anh 12 bài 9: Deserts - GV.Bùi Diễm Châu

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

I. WARM – UP ( 5 min.)

- Ask Ss to look at pictures in their textbooks and discuss the questions below

1. What is the name of the animal?

2. Where does it live?

3. How are deserts?

4. Name some deserts (Sahara, Simpson, Gobbon...)

* Introduce the title of the lesson U9: DESERTS

Today we're going to read about Simpson desert.                                         

II. PRESENTATION ( 35 min.)

1. Pre- reading: Gest the meaning of some words

µ Vocabulary:

- to comprise :

- enormous (adj)

- mystery (n)

-  corridor (n):

- stable (a)

- shrub-land (n)

* Rub out remember

2. While reading :

Task1: Give the Vietnamese equivalents to the following words or phrases

- Ask students to read through the text once to find out some new words, guess the main idea.

- Ask Ss to read the passage silently, stop when they meet a new word or a phrase and find words or phrases in the passage which have the following meaning given in the Task 1.

- Give feedback.

Task 2: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F):

- Guide Ss the way to do Task 2 and ask them to work in pairs

- Get Ss to check theirs answers and explain their choices.

- T calls on some Ss to read theirs answers and explain their choices.

- T comments and gives feedbacks.

Task 3: Answer the following questions

- Ask Ss to read the passage silently and answer the questions individually

- Ask Ss to work in pairs to compare their answers.

 - Call on some Ss to write the answers on the board.

- Check with the class.

- Give feedback.

3. Post reading: * Read this story and answer the questions.

- Ask Ss to work in pairs

- Go around for help

- Call on some pairs to present

- Give comments .

III. CONSOLIDATION & HOMEWORK ( 5')

- Learn vocabulary

- Prepare section B - SPEAKING                  

ask ss to read the questions

* Discuss and answer the questions

Answers' suggestion:

1. It is a camel

2. It lives in deserts

3. They are dry, hot. Dunes are around deserts.

4. They are: Sahara, Simpson, Sonoran (Bac My), King Canyon (Uc)

- Ss pay attention and answer the questions.

II. PRESENTATION

- Ss pay attention and take notes

- Ss work in pairs to do the Task 1, 2, 3

- Present on the extra board & then tick on the board

- Others give feedback and correction.

Silent reading

Task 1: Checking the vocabulary : Matching (a poster)

Task 2:

1. F (There are five: the Great Victoria, the Gibbon, Great Sandy, Tanami and Simpson) 

2. F (Simpson is the last part of Australia.

3. T (Until Madigan made an aerial survey in 1929, he ...)

4. F (Colson and Australia Aborigine)

5. F (In the western ...., there is a network of short dunes, and in the northern part ..., the dunes are ...)

6. T (In the northern .... dry salt lakes ....)

Task 3: 

1. There are Great Victoria Deserts, Gibbon, Great Sandy, Tanami deserts and Simpson Deserts.

2. It lies between Lake Eyre in the south, the Macdonnel Ranges in the north, the Mulligan and the Diamantia Rivers in the east and the Macumba and Finke  Rivers in the west.

3. In 1845

4. He was the president of the South Autralian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australia.

5. They took camels across the desert.

6. In the west part, they are short, mostly less than 10 meters high, and in the northern part, they are parallel and are up to 20 meters high.

7.Two. They are hummock grasses and spinifex.

Ss read the story silently, individually and answer the following questions.

1. I think it is funny

2. dessert (món tráng miệng) and desert (sa mạc)

- Do exercise at class

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

I. WARM – UP ( 5 min.) 

1. They are always phoning me at home.

2. He is reading a book in his room.

3. They say they will go to the cinema tonight.

4. I am a teacher and you are a student.

5. Lan will be 17 next week.

? What are "am, is, are, shall, will"?

   ® Lead in: Today we study "Weak and strong forms of some auxiliaries"(Cont.)

II. PRESENTATION ( 35 min.)

A. PRONUNCIATION

* Listen and repeat

- Read the model some words and ask Ss to repeat.

- Get some Ss to pronounce these words

- Correct  pronunciation (if any)

- Correct and gives feedback

Remarks:

* Full form is often used in common.

* Contracted form is often used in abbreviation.

* Practice reading the sentences  

- Play the tape, Ask Ss to read after the tapes. (Reads aloud the sentences)

- Call on some Ss to read and correct mistakes.

. GRAMMAR

v BUT, HOWEVER, and YET:

1. My brother still had a dollar , but he didn’t want to spend it .  

2. She was a bit tired . However she stayed up late to finish the report .

3. She was a bit tired ; however , she stayed up late to finish the report .

4. He is very rich , yet he is not contented . 

v ALTHOUGH / HOWEVER :

5. Although she was a bit tired, she stayed up late to finish the report .

6. However tired she was, she stayed up late to finish the report .

@: But / yet / However / Although : co-ordinate conjunctions. They are used to express contrast / concession.

v  SO :

7. It was late , so the workers stopped work and left the factory .

8. He is very popular , so everybody likes him .

v THEREFORE :

9. It was late .Therefore the workers stopped work and left the factory .

@ To express result .

* Practice :

Exercises 1: Add so or but and a comma where appropriate

- Explain  examples

Exercise2: Underline the correct alternative in the following sentences

Exercise3: Add so , therefore or  however  where appropriate

- Ask Ss to do exercises provided in the books.

-Get  them do individually, and then compare the answers with the partners.

- Call  on some Ss to give the answers.

- Correct  and gives  feedback.

III. CONSOLIDATION & HOMEWORK  Concessive Clauses.

- Practise reading the words and the sentences

- Do all the exercises

- Prepare Unit10 , Part A – Reading

Excepted answers :

* They are auxiliaries.

* They are prepositions.

 Repetition:

- Listen and repeat.

- Read

 Practice reading aloud the sentences.

- I think I’ll buy a motorbike .

- You’ll notice that there’s a girl coming .

- It’ll be much better if you could do it .

- We’ll have to talk to her .

- She ‘s feeling much better now .

- They’re students .

- He’ll be 17 next month ..

 - Ss remind some usages of the grammar point.

  Pay attention and take notes (Explanation)

- Do exercise in groups or pairs.

Give their own examples.

Take note of some main information.

Suggested answers:

Exercise 1 :

1. so                  2. but  

3. so                  4. but  

5. so                  6. but  

7. but                8. So

 Exercise2:

1. but                 2. however  

3. yet                  4. so  

5. but                  6. However  

7. however         8. but .

Exercise3:

1. therefore        2. so   

3. so                   4. therefore

5. However        6. Therefore  

7. So                    8. However