Giáo án Tiếng Anh 9 Global Success Unit 2 A Closer Look 1

Form

Pronunciation

Meaning

Vietnamese equivalent

1. concrete jungle (n)

/ˌkɒŋkriːt ˈdʒʌŋɡl/

an ugly grey area of a city where people live in closely crowded apartment buildings and there is little space and no trees or grass

rừng bê tông (dùng để

miêu tả một khu vực có

nhiều nhà cao tầng)

2. metro (n)

/ˈmetrəʊ/

underground railway

hệ thống tàu điện ngầm

3. public amenities

/ˈpʌblɪk əˈmiːnətiz/

available to everyone in the area

những tiện ích công cộng

4. commuter (n)

/kəˈmjuː.t̬ɚ/

someone who regularly travels between work and home

người đi làm

5. pickpocketing (n)

/ˈpɪkˌpɑː.kɪ.t̬ɪŋ/

a thief who steals things out of pockets or bags, especially in a crowd

móc túi

6. suburb (n)

/ˈsʌb.ɝːb/

an area on the edge of a large town or city where people who work in the town or city often live

ngoại ô

7. bustling (adj)

/ˈbʌs.lɪŋ/

full of busy activity

hối hả, nhộn nhịp, náo nhiệt

8. liveable (adj)

/ˈlɪvəbl/

suitable or good for living in

(nơi, địa điểm) đáng sống

Anticipated difficulties

Solutions

Students may have difficulties in distinguishing diphthong sounds /aʊ/, /əʊ/, and /eə/.

Provide students some tips by identifying the letters that may include each sound.

Some students will excessively talk in the class.

- Define expectations in explicit detail.

- Have excessively talkative students practise.

- Continue to define expectations in small chunks (before every activity).

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Option 1:

Game: Jumble words

- Jumble the letters in some words about the city that Ss learnt in Getting started.

- Have Ss compete in teams to unscramble them. Lead into the lesson.

- Share with Ss the objectives of the lesson by showing them on a projector. Alternatively, write the objectives in a corner of the board and leave them there and tick the objectives off as the class finishes with them.

- Work in teams and follow the teacher's instructions to play the game.

Words:

1. congested road

2. underground

3. itchy eye

4.. downtown

5. traffic jam

6. construction site

Option 2:

Game: Emoji Quiz

- Divide class into teams.

- Each round, one student from each team stands up.

- You will show some emojis one by one.

- Their goal is to try to guess the secret word from the emojis and make a sentence using that word.

- Once a student answers correctly, he /she gets a point for their team.

- The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.

- Work in teams and follow the teacher's instruction to play the game.

Words:

1. bus driver

2. underground

3. itchy eye

4. downtown

5. traffic jam

6. construction site

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Vocabulary pre-teaching (5 mins)

- Introduce the vocabulary by:

+ providing explanations of the words

+ showing pictures illustrating the words.

- Guess the meaning of words.

New words:

1. concrete jungle (n)

2. metro (n)

3. public amenities

4. commuter (n)

5. pickpocketing (n)

6. suburb (n)

7. bustling (adj)

8. liveable (adj)

Task 1: Match the words / phrases with their explanations. (5 mins)

- Tell Ss to work in pairs and match the words / phrases with their explanations.

- Check and confirm the correct answers.

- Have the whole class read aloud the words/phrases again.

EXTRA ACTIVITY:

Put Ss in teams and let each team choose 4 members to join the game. The members of each team stand in a line. As soon as they hear a word / phrase, they need to run quickly to the board and write that word / phrase on the board. The team with the most number of correct answers will be the winner.

- Work in pairs to do task 1 p.20

- Listen and check the answers..

- Work in teams to play games.

Answer key:

1. c

2. b

3. e

4. a

5. d

Task 2: Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to complete each sentence (5 mins)