Giáo án Tiếng Anh 9 Global Success Unit 2 Skills 1

Form

Pronunciation

Meaning

Vietnamese equivalent

1. leftover (n)

/ˈleftəʊvə/

food remaining after the meal

thức ăn thừa

2. biogas (n)

/ˈbaɪ.əʊˌɡæs/

a gas containing methane (CH₄) that can be burned as a fuel, produced by dead plants and animals as they decay

khí sinh học

Anticipated difficulties

Solutions

1. Students may lack knowledge about some lexical items.

Provide students with the meaning and pronunciation of words.

2. Students may have underdeveloped reading, speaking and co-operating skills.

- Let students read the text again (if needed).

- Create a comfortable and encouraging environment for students to speak.

- Encourage students to work in pairs, in groups so that they can help each other.

- Provide feedback and help if necessary.

3. Some students will excessively talk in the class.

- Define expectation 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: Mind map

- Make a mind map with “City problems” in the centre. Ask Ss to list some problems of living in the city. Write their ideas in the mind map and keep it there throughout the lesson.

- Tell Ss that they are going to read and speak about some problems of city life and their solutions.

- Introduce the objectives of the lesson. Write the objectives in the left corner of the board.

- Listen and follow the teacher's instruction.

Mind map:

Option 2: Survey

- Ask the students to conduct a survey among their classmates about city problems.

- You can give them some questions to ask.

- You can also ask them to make a chart or a graph to show the results of their survey and present it to the class.

- Listen and follow the instruction.

Questions:

“What is the biggest problem in your city?”

“How does it affect you or your family?”

“What do you think is the best solution to it?”

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Vocabulary teaching (5 mins)

- Ask Ss to get the meaning of the words in context.

- Say the meaning of the words.

New words:

1. leftover (n)

2. biogas (n)

Task 1: Work in pairs. Match the words / phrases with their pictures.(3 mins)

- Have Ss work in pairs and match the given words/phrases with the pictures.

- Check the answers as a class.

- Tell Ss to find these words and phrases in the reading text and highlight them.

- Do exercise in pairs.

- Listen and check.

Keys:

1. a

2. c

3. b

4. d

Task 2: Read the passages again and complete the sentences. (5 mins)

- Tell Ss that they are going to read part of an announcement about the winners of the Teenovator competition. Ask them to skim the announcement and name the winners (Central School, Bookworm Team, Helena Wilson).

- Ask Ss to skim the text again and underline the city problem that each winner has found (Central School – (the more) food people throw away, Bookworm Team – city library is not teen-friendly, Helena Wilson – too many vehicles around the school gates).

- Ask Ss if these problems are solved, how the city will be like (less food waste, teen-friendly library, safety in front of school gates).

- Tell Ss that they will now match a topic in the competition with the winner. Let Ss do the exercise individually.

- Check answers as a class.

- Skim the announcement and name the winners.

- Skim again and underline the city problem.

- Listen and answer.

- Match the topic in the competition with the winner.

- Listen and check.

Keys:

1. C

2. B

3. A

Task 3: Read the announcement again. Choose the correct answer. (7 mins)

- Have Ss review how to do this multiple-choice exercise.

- Briefly tell them the steps: Read the questions, underline the keywords in each question, locate the keywords in the text and find the information to answer the question.

- Ask Ss to repeat the steps if necessary.

- Ask Ss to do the exercise individually and then check their answers in pairs.

- Listen and follow the instruction.

- Repeat the steps.

- Do exercise individually.

Keys:

1. A

2. D

3. B

4. C

5. A