Lesson plan

Student Teacher’s name: ……………………………..

Ss’ level & characteristics: (40 students of Grade 11/ Ele. / Pre-Intermediate
level (the majority of Ss are shy and passive, some are smart and active, etc.)

Lesson: Unit 10: NATURE IN DANGER - Listening (English 11- Basic Edition)

Teaching time: Period 1 Mon. morning

I. OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to listen to a monologue for the main idea
and specific information about the topic Nature in Danger.

II. RELEVANT PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE

Ss’ previous knowledge or experience about national parks.

III. APPROACH AND TEACHING AIDS:

a. Grammar Translation method + Communicative Approach.
b. Projector, Power point presentation, BB, Textbook, 1 skeleton handout (including
presentation outline and exercises).

IV. ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS

- Technical problems (T has to go to class early to prepare for those carefully).
- Ss may not know some new words in the listening passage. (T should spend time
showing meaning and giving L1 equivalents.)

V. TEACHING PROCEDURE
A. Greeting
B. New lesson:

Teacher’s Students’ Content

activities activities
I. Pre-listening (10 min.)
1) Warm-up:
- Introduce new lesson.
- Ask Ss what national parks are Call out the answers. Possible answers:
and name some national parks they  National parks are places where
know. there are a lot of animals,
- Play the role of a tour guide at Ss respond to T’s mountains, lakes… to protect the
Yellowstone national park. questions. nature.
- Introducing the text:  Cuc Phuong, Nam Cat Tien,
Today you will listen to a Phong Nha – Ke Bang, Everglades
dialogue about national parks in the (USA)…
US. Let’s see how they are like and

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what dangers are happening to them.

2) Presenting new vocabulary:

Distribute handouts to Ss.

VEHICLE Get handouts.

- In the role of a tour guide, say
“Now we’re going to Yellowstone
national park.” Ask how Ss want to Call out various
get there (by which means of answers: plane, bike,
transportation). car…
- Show some kinds of vehicles and APPENDIX 1
introduce the word. vehicle (n)
- Ask 1 St to give L1 translation.
1 St translates the
PRESERVE & MAINTENANCE word.
- Suppose the class have just APPENDIX 2
reached Yellowstone entrance, as a preserve  v) = maintain
tour guide, remind Ss not to write on / (v)
the trees, pick flowers or throw à maintenance / (n)
rubbish. “You should preserve/ Ex: We should preserve/ maintain
maintain the beauty of nature”. the beauty of nature.
- Show the words, transcription,
family words, examples.

- Have Ss translate all into L1.

- Ask Ss Qs:
+ To preserve the beauty of nature,
what shouldn’t you do? 1 St translates the Answers:
+ Show the picture and ask Ss words.  We shouldn’t write on the tress,
which wolf is well maintained in 1 St answers. pick flowers or throw rubbish.
order to elicit Ss to use the word.
maintenance. Call out the answers.  The wolf in the 2nd picture. It is
in good maintenance.
SCENIC FEATURES
- Show a clip about Yellowstone
national park.
- Ask Ss what they see in the clip.
- Give feedback: All the
mountains, lakes, plants, animals
you’ve seen are the view or we can Give various answers:
say the scene, of Yellowstone. mountains, lakes,
- Show the word, family word and animals, waterfall…
the phrase scenic features. Give L1 scene /si:n/ (n) view
translation. à scenic / (adj)
APPROXIMATELY Ex: scenic features
- As a tour guide, pretend to APPENDIX 3
provide some information about approximately /@"prQksIm@tli/

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Yellowstone, say: There are about (adj) = about
60 kinds of animals in Yellowstone. Ex: There are approximately 60
Or there are approximately 60 kinds kinds of animals in Yellowstone.
of animals in Yellowstone.
- Show the word, its synonym.
Notice Ss that this word is mainly
used in written language.

DEVASTATING
- Imagine that the whole class are APPENDIX 4
camping, as a tour guide, remind Ss
to put out the campfire before
leaving because “it may cause big
fires, and big fires can destroy, or
devastate, the forest”.
- Show the word, its synonym, devastate /’devəsteit/ (v) destroy
family word. à devastating
(adj)
Ex: Big fires can devastate the
- Ask 1 St to translate them into national park.
L1.
- Give the difference between
devastate and destroy: devastate có 1 St translates the
tính tàn phá mạnh hơn destroy và words
thường dùng trong văn viết.
- Ask Ss Qs:
 Do you know what just
happened in Central Vietnam?
 Did a lot of people die? Call out the answers:
 Was it a devastating flood?  Flood
 So we can say: A lot of people  Yes, a lot
in Central Vietnam died because  Yes
of …?  A devastating flood
 Ask Ss to listen and repeat
chorally and individually all the new
vocab. and difficult words shown on
the sreen.
Listen and repeat
 Giving guiding questions: chorally and
Ask Ss to listen to the audio two individually.
times without pauses and answer the
2 Qs. Show the Qs on slide.

 What is the aim of national

parks?
 What is happening to most Answers:
national parks?  To preserve the natural beauty
Look at the screen of the land.

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 - Play the audio again for Listen to the audio  They are in danger of being
checking. destroyed.
Do the task
II. While-listening (30 min.)
1) Task 1: Matching
- Give instruction: Match the
words in the left column with their
meanings in the right column. Answers:
- Ask Ss to give answers chorally.  protect: keep st from dangers
- Give feedback and show Answer chorally.  variety: many types of things
answers.  in danger of: be threatened
 harm: damage st
2) Task 2: True/False exercise  solve: find an answer to st
- Give instruction: Listen to  due to: because of
paragraph 1 again and decide Do the task
whether these statements are true or
false. Answers:
- Ask individuals to give answers 1. T
and to correct wrong answers. Individuals give 2. F
- Give feedback and show answers 3. F
answers, playing tape at the right 4. F
place for checking. 5. T

3) Task 3: Table completion Do the task

- Give instruction: Listen to
paragraph 2 again and complete the
table within some words. Then
discuss the answers with your
partner.
- Give feedback and show
answers.
Discuss the answer in
pairs before reporting
back.
Answers:
Each pair performs the Killed/hunted, X, Trees, wood,
task. careless people, pollution

III. Post-listening (5-7 min.)

Retell the lesson:
- Ask Ss to retell the lesson,
substituting the given pictures with
appropriate words. Each St can do Do the task.
the whole sentence. Answers:
- Give feedback and show answer. United States; 52; 3; approximately;
mountains; lakes; animals; plants;
visitors; killed; Trees; fires; vehicles
IV. Homework: (1 min.)
Ask Ss to finish all the tasks in
textbook.

APPENDIX
APPENDIX 1
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APPENDIX 2

APPENDIX 3

APPENDIX 4

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 HANDOUT

Unit 6
NATURE IN DANGER
Listening

I. Vocabulary

- ……………… (n)

- preserve (v) = ………………… / (v)

à ………………… / (n)
Ex: We should preserve/ maintain the beauty of nature.
The wolf is in good …………………….

- scene /si:n/ (n) view

à ……….. // (adj)
Ex: scenic features

- …………………… /@"prQksIm@tli/ (adj) = about

Ex: There are ………………… 60 kinds of animals in Yellowstone.

- devastate /’devəsteit/ (v) destroy

à ………………… (adj)
Ex: Big fires can ……………… the national park.
Many people in Central Vietnam died because of the ……………… flood.

II. Listening
Listen and answer these questions:
1) What is the aim of national parks?
 ………………………………………………
2) What is happening to most national parks?
 ……………………………………………….

Task 1 – Matching
Match the words in the left column with their meaning in the right column.

protect  be threatened
variety  find an answer to ST
in danger of  because of
harm  keep ST from dangers
solve  many types of things
due to  damage ST

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Task 2 – True/ False exercise
Decide whether these statements are true of false.

1. National parks are made to preserve the natural beauty of the land. T/F
2. National parks usually contain some scenic features. T/F

3. In the US, there are 50 national parks. T/F

4. National parks cover 3% land area of the US. T/F
5. Each year there are millions of visitors to national parks. T/F

Task 3 – Table completion

Complete the table. Then discuss your answers with your partner.

Dangers to national parks

What Problems For By
Rare animals fur, skin or other parts
cut down X
Land fired X
Whole park X visitors

Task 4 – Retell the story

In the ______________ , there are ____ national parks which cover ___
% of the country land. They contain a lot of scenic features, such as _________,
____________, rare ___________ and _______; and they are open to ___________.
However, many parks are in danger of being destroyed. Rare animals are
_______ or hunted. ________ are cut down. Visitors also cause _____ and pollute the
parks with their _____________. Unless someone finds a solution soon, there will be no
national parks in the next few decades.

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 Tapescript
Nature in danger
In many parts of the United States, large areas of land have been made into
national parks to protect and preserve the natural beauty of the land. National
parks usually contain a variety of scenic features, such as mountain, caves, lakes,
rare animals and plants. Today, there are 52 national parks in the United States,
covering approximately 3 per cent of the total land area of the country. National
parks are all open to the public and have millions of visitors each year.
Many national parks, however, are in danger of being destroyed. Rare
animals in national parks are killed or hunted for fur, skin or other parts. Trees are
cut down for wood. Large areas of national parks also experience devastating fires
caused by careless people. The increasing number of visitors is harming the parks
due to the pollution from their vehicles.
If these problems are not solved immediately, and if there is not enough
money for the parks’ staff and maintenance of their resources, many national parks
will be completely destroyed.