Date of planning: Jan 14th , 2013
Unit 10: RECYCLING
Period 61: Getting started + Listen and read
A. Aim: Giving Ss information about the environment problems.
B. Objective: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to do something to protect the environment and save natural resources.
C. Language contents:
1.Vocabulary :representative, protect, natural resource, recycle, contact.
2.Grammar:
D.Teaching aids : Textbook , posters
E. Teachnique: Eliciting, pairwork.
F. Procedure :
I.Warmer:Brainstorm (Getting Started)




Ways to reduce the
amount of garbage.


Reuse plastic bags

- Ss work in groups and the group having the most good ideas is the winner.
( Possible answers: Use cloth bags, use tee leaves to wrap things, make garbage into fertilizer, make vegetable matter into animal food…
II.Pre-teach vocabulary:
( a representative: VNese
( (to) protect (to keep so / st safe from danger): bảo vệ
( (to) protect s.o / s.t from s.o / s.t
( natural resource(s): tài nguyên thiên nhiên VNese
(coal mines, oil / gold / mineral deposits are …….)
( (to) recycle: tái chế (to make s.t already used able to be used again)
( (to) contact: tiếp xúc, giao thiệp (to communicate with s.o by telephone or letter…)
( Check understanding: RO & R
III. Pre-reading: T / F Predictions
- T sets the scene "The representative from Friends of the Earth, Miss Blake, is talking to the students of Quang Trung School. Friends of the Earth shows people how to protect the environment and save natural resources."
- Poster with statements is stuck on the board.
1/Friends of the Earth is an organization to help people make friends with each other.
2/ Miss Blake asks the students to remember 3 things: reduce, reuse, recycle.
3/ Reduce means buying the products which are overpacked.
4/ We can`t reuse thing like envelopes, glass, plastic bottles, old plastic bags.
5/ Miss Blake says that we should use cloth bags and shouldn`t use plastic bags at all.
6/ Recycling means not just throwing things away but trying and finding another use for them.
- Ss work in pairs to decide if the statements are true or false.
( Feedback:
IV.While-speaking:
4.1. T / F Statements Prediction
- Ss look at their books, listen to the tape while reading the dialogue.
- T calls on Ss to correct the false statements.
( Feedback:
1/ False. ( .. an organization to help people protect the environment and save natural resources.
2/ True.
3/ False. ( Reduce means not buying ….
4/ False. ( We can reuse things ……
5/ True.
6/ True.
4.2. Comprehension Questions
- Ss look at the questions on page 90 and work in pair.
( Feedback:
a/ Reduce means not buying products which are overpacked.
b/ We can reuse things like envelopes, glass, plastic bottles and old plastic bags.
c/ Recycle means not just throwing things away. Try and find another use for them.
d/ We can look for information on recycling things by having a contact with an organization like Friends of the Earth, going to the local library or asking your friends and family.
e/ ( We shouldn`t use plastic bags because when we throw them away, they could stay very long and could not be self-destroyed / self demolished)
V.Post-reading: Discussion
- T writes the topic on the board.
How to protect our environment?
- Ss express their opinions / ideas on this topic.
- T writes the Ss` ideas on the board into a list.
* Homework:
- Answer the questions in your exercise notebooks.
- Prepare: Speak + Listen

* My experiences: