Class: 11

Unit: 10
Theme: Nature in danger
Skill: Reading
Time: 45 mins
I. General aims:
a. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to 
● gain more knowledge about endangered species and dangers in the natural
environment.
● grasp the meanings of the new words related to endangered species, and use
them in the same topic.
● know how to protect endangered species.
b. Language:  
● Vocabulary: pollutant, consequence, extinct
● Techniques: skimming, scanning 
c. Skills:  –Main skill: reading; sub-skills: listening, speaking, writing 
II. Methods: Integrated, mainly communicative  
III. Teaching aids:  PowerPoint, handouts about exercise Task 1, Task 2, Task 3 and
pictures about chemical waste, dinosaurs and endangered animals.
IV. Procedure 

Teacher’s activities Content Students’ activities

A. Warm-up
(8 mns.) Information:
-T creates a game - The rule: guess the names of the - Ss from 2 groups
called “Lucky animals under the shapes and get the decide which number
Number”. points. to choose.

-T divides the class - There are 9 shapes, including 2 shapes - Ss guess the answers
into 2 groups. with a bomb, 1 shape with a lucky star. from the information.
The other shapes hide the questions and
the sounds of the animals. The points the
-T lets Ss in their students would get depending on the
groups choose their level of the difficulty of the questions.
wanted numbers.

-T gives some
information to Ss.
-T asks some
questions leading to
Questions:
the lesson.

1. Is the number of these animals

getting smaller or larger?
2. What will happen if we don’t
protect them?
B. Pre-reading
(15mns.)
- T shows pictures and
Vocabulary
asks some simple
- Ss answer the
questions.
questions.
1) poˈllutant (n)
- T gives vocabulary
- Ss elicit the meaning
& examples.
of new words.

- T reads each new

Questions - Ss repeat after the T.
word and has Ss read
it chorally and 1. What can you see from this
individually. picture? - Ss take notes in their
2. Is it harmful to the notebooks.
environment?
=> pollutant (n): chất gây ô nhiễm
e.g: Smoke and chemical wastes
are pollutants.
=> pollute (v)
=> pollution (n)

2) ˈconsequence (n)

Why did he fail the exam?

e.g: If you don’t study hard, you
will fail the exam.
3) exˈtinct (adj)

Questions:
1. What are they?
2. Are they still alive now?
=> extinct (adj): tuyệt chủng
e.g: Dinosaurs are extinct.
=> extinction (n)

The words in the box all appear in the

passage. Fill each blank with a
suitable word.
1. Dinosaurs became _____ millions
of years ago.

2. She tried to ______ herself from the

wind.

3. The blue whale is a(n) _____

species

Answers:  
1.extinct  2.protect  3.endangered
 Circle A, B, C or D that best sums up
each paragraph.

C. While-reading Paragraph 1
(15mns.) A. Human beings need to grow food.
1. Task 1: B. Human beings pollute the
Teaching new words environment.
through the context of C. Human beings interfere with nature.
the reading passage D. People should stop living in cities
and villages.
-T has Ss read the
passage (p.115) and do Paragraph 2
the task. A. Many animals are disappearing.
B. Human beings are responsible for
the changes in the environment.
C. People are in danger of becoming - Ss sit in pairs, read the
extinct. text, discuss the words in
- T gives feedback and D. The human race is also an the box, and do the task.
corrects the answers. endangered species.

Paragraph 3
A. Human beings have made efforts to
2. Task 2: protect the environment. - Ss read each word after T
B. Scientists have made a long list of (chorally).
- T asks Ss to work in endangered species.
pairs. C. People should be kept away from
animals and plants.
- T asks Ss to read the D. Rare animals do not disappear.
- Ss work in pairs, read the
passage (p.115) again
passage and choose the
and choose the headings. Paragraph 4
headings (work on the
A. The survival of endangered species handout).
B. The Earth - a happy planet
C. Conditions for a peaceful co-
existence
D. People’s interference with the
environment
- After a few minutes
letting the Ss work on
Answer key:
the handout, T asks the 1.C. 2.B 3.A 4.C
Ss to volunteer, come to
the board and slap on the - Ss volunteer and come to
right answers. the board.

1. The four ways by which

human beings are changing the
world:
- T gives feedback &
Answer:
corrects the answers. - Ss give the answers.
-building cities and villages

-using water for industry and

- Ss listen and correct.
agriculture.

-cutting down trees in the forests.

- adding pollutants like smoke from -Ss find the answer in the
factories and fumes from cars. textbook.

Wrong answer:
- Using too much organic food

- Eating too much fast food

3. Task 3: 2. The serious consequences of

-T divides the class into
people’s interference with the
3 groups.
environment are
-T give Ss some minutes Answer: - Ss sit in 3 big groups
to find the answers for 3
questions. -Many kinds of rare animals are
killed.
- Ss work with the text and
the questions on the
handout.
-The environment where these
-T creates a game called animals are living is badly
“Balloon Game” which destroyed.
contains both correct
and wrong answers.
- T let Ss volunteer -The numbers of rare animals are
and choose the decreasing so rapidly that they are
balloons with the right in danger of becoming extinct.
answers. - Ss volunteer and decide
Wrong answer which balloons contain the
right answers.
- Lots of people suffer from health
problem

- Animals have good environments.

3.Many things have been done to 
protect the environment, such as:   
 
Answer:  
-Many organizations have been set  
up and money has been raised to
save rare animals

-Thousands of national parks have

been established.

-Laws have been passed to prohibit

killing endangered animals.
Wrong answer:
- Build more buildings

- Have more zoos

- Have strict laws about littering

 Design a mind map about “Why
some animals have become
extinct?”

-Each group designs a

Students’ answers may vary. mind map in 5mns.

-Ss introduce a mind

map by themselves.

D. Post- reading -Ss will be waiting for

the comments of other
(7 mns.) Ss and feedback from T.

-T divides the class

-Learn all new words by heart.
into groups of 6 -Prepare B.Speaking (p.117-118).
students.

-T invites 3 groups to
show their mind map
and introduce it.
-T asks some students
to give comments

-T gives feed backs

T assigns homework.
(2mns.)