Giáo án Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Unit 7: Pollution - Lesson 1: Getting started - Trường THCS Nguyễn Huệ

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1. Nguyen Hue Secondary School - Lesson Plan - English 8 UNIT 7: POLLUTION Lesson 1: Getting Started A. Aims: By the end of the lesson, sts can know the lexical items related to pollution. B. Teaching aids: - Textbook, projector, laptop, CD player and pictures. C. Methods: Communicative approach and learner - centered. D. Procedures: Time Contents Activities I. Lead in: * Video clip: ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION. - T. shows a video clip about environmental pollution. 3’ - T. asks some questions related to this topic. - Sts listen and answer. Today, we are learning about pollution. - T. elicits to lead to the new lesson. II. New lesson: A. Presentation: 1. Activity 1: Look at the picture and guess. - T. asks sts open their books to 1. Who can you see in the picture? the picture. 3’ 2. Where do you think they are? - Then T. brainstorms questions 3. What can you see in the picture? with sts. 4. What do you think the people in the picture are - Sts give their answers. talking about? 2. New words: - T. elicits to teach new words by - radioactive (adj) : thuộc về phóng xạ using pictures. 5’ - thermal (adj) : thuộc về nhiệt - Sts listen and take note. - visual (adj) : tầm nhìn - T. has sts listen and repeat the - contamination (n) : sự ô nhiễm words in chorus and in - dump (v) : xả, đổ, thải individually. - poison (n) : chất độc * Listen and repeat. 3. Activity 2: Listen and read. - T. plays the CD-player. - Sts listen and read the 4’ conversation in silence. - Then, T. has some sts act out this B. Practice: conversation. 1. Activity 1: Find a word/ phrase. 1. no longer alive * Pair work 2. growing or living in, on, or near water - Sts work in pairs then ask and Ong Hoang Oanh Thu
2. Nguyen Hue Secondary School - Lesson Plan - English 8 3. throwing away something you do not want, answer these questions. especially in a place which is not allowed - T. has some sts answer, then 5’ 4. a substance that can make people or animals ill write on the board. or kill them if they eat or drink it - T. checks and gives feedback. 5. made unclean or unsafe to use 6. to think of an idea, or a plan * Key: 1. dead 2. aquatic 3. dump 4. poison 5. polluted 6. to come up with 2. Activity 2: Answer the questions. 1. Where are Nick and Mi? * Individual work/ Pair work 2. What does the water in the lake look like? - Sts work individually then 3. Why is Mi surprised when they get closer to the compare the answers with their lake? partners’. 4. What is the factory dumping into the lake? - T. has some sts answer, then 4’ 5. Why is Nick sneezing so much? write on the board. * Key: - T. checks and gives feedback. 1. They are in Mi’s home village. 2. It’s almost black. 3. She’s surprised because she sees the fish are dead. 4. It’s dumping poison into the lake. 5. He’s sneezing so much because the air is not clean. 3. Activity 3: True, False, No Information. 4’ 1. The water in the lake has been polluted by a ship. * Individual work/ Pair work 2. Water pollution in the lake has made the fish die. - T. asks sts firstly to decide if the 3. Aquatic plants may also die because of the polluted sentences are true, false or there is water. no information without reading 4. Nick wouldn’t sneeze so much if the air was clean. the dialogue, then notes their 5. Nick and Mi will give a talk about water and air guesses on the board. pollution. - Sts then work individually then * Key: compare the answers with their 1. F (It’s polluted by the factory.) 2. T 3. NI 4. T 5. T partners’. 5’ - T. has some sts answer, then write on the board. 4. Activity 4: Label the pictures. - T. checks and gives feedback. * Key: * Individual work/ Pair work A. radioactive pollution B. noise pollution - T. introduces that in the box are C. visual pollution D. thermal pollution some types of pollution E. water pollution F. land/ soil pollution - Sts work individually then 5’ G. light pollution H. air pollution compare the answers with their partners’. - T. has some sts answer, then Ong Hoang Oanh Thu
3. Nguyen Hue Secondary School - Lesson Plan - English 8 write on the board. 5. Activity 5: Gap-fill. - T. checks and gives feedback. 1. When ___ happens, the water temperature in * Individual work/ Pair work streams, rivers, lakes, or oceans changes. - Sts work individually then 2. ___ occurs when the atmosphere contains compare the answers with their gases, dust, or fumes in harmful amounts. partners’. 3. When radiation goes into the land, air or water, it is - T. has some sts answer, then called ___. write on the board. 4. Too much use of electric lights in cities may cause - T. checks and gives feedback. 5’ ___. 5. ___ is the contamination of lakes, rivers, oceans, or groundwater, usually by human activities. 6. ___ happens when human activities destroy the Earth’s surface. 7. ___ occurs because there are too many loud sounds in the environment. 8. The sight of too many telephone poles, advertising billboards, overhead power lines, or shop signs may 2’ cause ___. * Key: 1. Thermal pollution 2. Air pollution 3. Radioactive pollution 4. light pollution 5. Water pollution 6. Land/ Soil pollution 7. Noise pollution 8. visual pollution C. Production: * Talk about the types of pollution you neighbourhood faces. * Group work (4-6sts) - Sts work in groups of 4 to write down the pollution types their neighbourhood faces and rank them in order of seriousness, then give reasons for their order. - T. goes around and helps if necessary. - T. calls group representatives to present their group’s order and reasons. - T. has the class vote for the group with the best reasons. - T. listens and gives feedback. III. Homework: - Learn vocabulary by heart. - T. writes on the board while Ong Hoang Oanh Thu
4. Nguyen Hue Secondary School - Lesson Plan - English 8 - Practice the conversation. saying. - Prepare new lesson: Lesson 2 - A closer look 1. - Sts take note. * Feedback: Ong Hoang Oanh Thu