Unit 11: National parks

Grade 10
LESSON PLAN
Lesson A: READING
Time: 45 minutes

I. Objectives:
1. Educational aim: Students should know about some kinds of forests and the useful forests to our
lives
2. Knowledge:
- General knowledge: By the end of the lesson, students can know information of some national parks
- Language: Students read and discuss about forests
- New words: words related to forests: trees, animals, mountains…
3. Skill: Students can use skimming and scanning skill to read for general or specific information
II. Method: Intergrated, mainly communicative
III. Teaching aids: Textbook, some photos of forests or national parks
IV. Procedures:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
Warm- - GAME: SpaceMan - Take part in the game
up: (3m)
On the slide, there are letters on the left-hand
side of the side, a ‘build’ button and boxes for
the hidden word at the bottom of the slide. Start
the game by asking the students to choose a
letter

Pre- - Give Ss some new words: 

reading:
+ contain (v): chứa đựng
(7m)
+ rainforest (n): rừng mưa
+ sub-tropical (a) : cận nhiệt đới
+ national park (n): vườn quốc gia
+ habit (n): tập quán

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 + threatened: (a) bị đe dọa
+ feature (n):  đặc điểm
- Ask the Ss to guess the meaning of new
words. - Guess the meaning
- Read each word  2 times and ask the Ss
to repeat it. - Read after the T and then
- Call on some Ss to read all the words read individually.
aloud in front of the class. - Listen and take notes
- Listen and help the Ss to read the words 
correctly. - Work individually
Check vocabulary  : Game Matching picture

While- Task 1: Find the word in the passages that - Listen carefully
reading: best suits each of the following definition - Work individually
(22m) - Play the audio - Compare the answers with
- Ask the Ss to go back to the text to locate classmate.
by skimming and underlining these words - Some Ss do the task orally while
and try to guess the meanings. others read the text and do the
- Ask the Ss to compare their answers with task individually
other students.
- Call on some Ss to read and explain their
answers aloud in front of the class.
- Feedback and give correct answers:
 Key:
1. Establish: to start an organization
2. Contain: to have something inside
3. Species: a group/ groups of animals or plants
4. Survival: a state of continuing to live…
5. Sub-tropical: related to an area near a
tropical area
6. Contamination: a state of being polluted
- Work in pairs
- Each pair asks and answers
Task 2: Answer the following question by the questions by joining the game
choosing the best option A, B, C or D
- Ask Ss to work in pair
- Ask pairs to scan the passages in 5 minutess
and find out key information to answer the
questions
- Go around to listen and help them if
necessary
- Check the answer by The Quit Game
 Key: 1A 2B 3C 4D 5D 6D

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Post-
reading: - Ask students to discuss in groups of 4:
(10m)
 Can you name some well-known
- Work in groups
national parks that you know?
Example: I’d like to visit Cuc
 What is the best park that you want to
Phuong because I want to
visit?
know the 1,000 year- old
 What do you think about eco-tourism?(T tree and it’s a cheap tour.
can give some explaination about this ………
meaning) - Listen and copy

- Listen to each group and give more ideas

Homewor - Remind of something about national parks

k: (3m) - Ask students to summarize some main
information of three parks
- Ask Ss to prepair for the next period

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