Date:
Period 58
Unit 9 UNDERSEA WORLD
Lesson READING

I. Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
guess the meaning of words based on contexts and components of the words.
scan for specific information.
use vocabulary items related to the undersea world to read and talk about the topic.
II. Language Focus:
Grammar: Revision
New words: Arctic Ocean, Antartic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, bay, mystery, beneath, marine life . . .
III. Teaching Aids: overhead projector, cassette player, textbook . . . .
IV. Procedures:

Stages/
Time
Teacher’s Activities
Students’ Activities




Warm – up
(7 minutes)
Competition game
-T sticks the map of the world on the board (the map is in English).
-T asks Ss to work in groups of five and gives each groups s set of 5 flash cards with the names of the 5 oceans in Vietnamese.
-T asks Ss to read the manes of the oceans on the map and match the Vietnamese names with the appropriate English names. The winner is the group who finds the correct answers in the shortest period of time.

-Ss work in groups to play the game as the teacher’s explanation.








Pre –
reading



10 minutes
Finding names of sea animals
-T asks Ss to give the Vietnamese names of the animals in the pictures. Then T asks Ss for the English names of these animals.
+ seal (n) + turtle (n)
+ jellyfish (n) + shark (n)
-T explains other new words related to the topic of the lesson.
+ bay (n)
+ mystery (n): a thing of which the cause or
origin is unkown or impossible to explain.
+ beneath (prep): under sb/sth
+ submarine (n)
+ marine life (n): life in the sea
+ fall into (v): to be able to divided into sth
+ water current (n):
+ organism (n): a living being
+ at stake = at risk

-Ss work in pairs to give the English names of the animals in the pictures.
-Ss give their answers in front of the class.
-Ss take note the correct answers given by T.




-Ss listen to T’s explanation and take notes new vocabulary.





While – reading


7 minutes
Task 1 – Gap filling based on word meaning guessing
-T instructs Ss to read the passage quickly and stop at the lines that contain these words to guess their meaning.
-T checks Ss’ understanding by asking them to provide Vietnamese equivalents to the words.
-T asks Ss to compare their answers with each other.
-T calls on Ss to read and explain their answers in front of the class.
-T gives feedback and makes any necessary corrections.
* Expected answers:
1. tiny
2. investigate
3. gulf
4. biodiversity
5. samples

-Ss read the passage, guessing the meaning of the words based on the contexts in the sentences.



-Ss compare the answers with a partner.



-Some Ss present the answers in front of the class, others listen and remark.

8 minutes
Task 2 – Answering questions
-T asks Ss to scan the passage to get specific information to answer the questions in the exercise.
-T goes around the class and provides help if necessary.
-T invites some Ss to write their answers on the board and asks them to explain their choices.
-T comments and gives the suggested answers.
* Suggested answers:
1. 75% of the earth’s surface.
2. By using modern services.
3. They investigate the seabled and bring samples of the marine life back to the surface for further study.
4. We can know a wide range of information, including water temperature, depth and the undersea populations.
5. They are those that live on or depend on the bottom like the starfish, those that move independently of water currents and those that are carried along by the currents.
6. The marine life would be at stake if the sea biodiversity was not maintained.

-Ss work individually and do the exercise.

-Ss present their answers in front of the class.




-Ss listen T’s comment and write down the information.



Post – reading

10 minutes
-T asks Ss to work in pairs and summarize the passage by filling each blank with a word or phrase given in the box.
-T asks Ss to read the passage again for the main ideas