Giáo án VNEN unit 11 Science and Technology: Skills 1

Teacher’s activities

Students’ activities

 Warm up - 5': Brain storming .

- Write these headings on the board: Health/ Travel/ Homes

- Brainstorm with the class some predictions for future developments in these fields. Encourage Ss to use their imagination. Now open the book and do the reading tasks.

- Group work (3 groups)

* Teaching vocabulary (6’)

- Teacher use different techniques to teach vocabulary (situation, realia)

- Follow the seven steps of teaching vocabulary

* Checking vocab: Slap the board

I.  Reading- 15'

1. Match the headings with the passage... (P54)

-  Ask Ss to read the passages quickly for key words and then match with the headings.

2. Underline the following words... (P54)

- Have Ss do the task individually. Then Ss can check their answers in pairs. Elicit the answers from Ss.

3. Answer the question... (Pp54)

-  Ask Ss to read the passages again and answer the questions. Ss can ask and answer in pairs.

- T corrects the answers as a class. If time allows, have Ss show where they found the answers.

-         incurable(a):

-         advanced(a):

-         gene (n):

-         tiny(adj):bé nhỏ

-         expolre(v):

-         nutrition pill(n):

-         unemployment(n):

1.Key:

1. B                      2. A                  3. C

2.Key:

1. D         3. A        3. E       

4. B          5. F        6. C

3.Key:

1.To explore Mars/To find out if there is, or ever has been, life there/To explore the possibility of being able to live there.

2.They help people live longer.

3.70 r 75 years.

4.Solar panels and solar windows.

5.They can do chores such as cleaning, cooking, washing, and organising things.

II. Speaking - 15'

     Set up the SPEAKING stage by getting Ss to think about the pros and cons of advancements in science and technology. Explain that nothing is ‘black and white’; there are always advantages and disavantages. For example, say:

More and more robots will be invented and used in the fututre. One of the advantages of this is that robots will be able to do dirty or dangerous jobs that humans don’t want to do. At the same time, there are disavantages – robots will replace people in some areas so there will be unemployment.

4.Think about your ideas...(P54)

- Ss work in pairs to think about these pros and cons.

- Encourage Ss to think of as many ideas as possible.

- Move around to give cues and observe.

5. Work in groups...(P54)

- Divide the class into groups of five or six. Each group talks about one of the fields in 4. - Tell Ss to read the example before they start. Encourage them to use the phrase given in the Look out! box.

- While Ss are talking, T goes around to give assistance if necessary.

If time allows, have Ss summarise their group’s ideas and present to the class.

IV. Consolidation (3')

- Sum up the main content of the lesson.

V. Homework (2')

- Do Ex in work book.

- Work in  groups of 4 ss

-         Take a survey

-         Work in groups of 6 ss

- Pair work

4.Suggest answer:

Nuclear energy: 

-         convenient, clean, available...

-         expensive, unsafe, environmentally, unfriendly...

Nutrition pills: 

-         people can live longer, convenient,...

-         expensive, create an ageing population, create overpopulation...

Smart phones:    

-         convenient, quickly, entertaining...

-         Environmentally unfriendly, discourage face-to-face communication, people  can be tracked at all times...

Space travel:

-         Exciting, adventurous...

-         Expensive, dangerous...

- Group work

- Answer

- Take note