Giáo án Tiếng Anh 12 Global Success Unit 8 Reading

Form

Pronunciation

Meaning

Vietnamese equivalent

1. extinction (n)

/ɪkˈstɪŋkʃn/

a situation in which a plant, an animal, a way of life, etc. stops existing

tuyệt chủng

2. measure (n)

/ˈmeʒə(r)/

an official action that is done in order to achieve a particular aim

biện pháp

3. biodiversity (n)

/ˌbaɪəʊdaɪˈvɜːsəti/

the existence of a large number of different kinds of animals and plants which make a balanced environment

sự đa dạng sinh học

4. entitle (v)

/ɪnˈtaɪtl/

give a title to a book, play, etc.

đặt tiêu đề

Anticipated difficulties

Solutions

Students may lack knowledge about some lexical items.

Provide students with the meaning and pronunciation of words.

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

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

- 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.

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Spot the word

- Teacher prepares printed handouts of atable of words and gives them to the children.

- Teacher asks students work in pairs to find as many words as possible in 2 minutes.

- The pair with the most correct words becomes the winner.

- Students work in pairs to spot as many words as possible.

1. volunteer

2. stress

3. species

4. measure

5. awareness

6. conservation

7. extinct

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Task 1. Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions. (4 mins)

- Have Ss work in pairs and ask Ss questions in the book Do you often read news stories about wildlife? What are they about?

- Tell Ss that they are going to read several news items about wildlife conservation. Ask Ss to look at the pictures and say what the news items are about.

- Encourage Ss to guess freely. Accept Ss’ possible answers and further discuss them by elaborating follow-up questions about the topic.

- Invite some groups to share their ideas with the class before reading.

- Students work in pairs and answer the questions.

- Students give their ideas.

Suggested answers:

- Yes, I do. Last week, I read a news story about a young girl who saved hundreds of starfish washed up on a beach. She and her mum were walking on the beach when they spotted the starfish stranded on the sand. Then they moved the creatures into rock pools and deep puddles.

- Yes, I do. Yesterday, I watched an interesting documentary about how sea turtles lay their eggs on a nesting beach.

Vocabulary pre-teaching (5 mins)

- Teacher introduces the vocabulary.

- Teacher explains the meaning of the new vocabulary by pictures/examples.

- Teacher checks students’ understanding with the “Rub out and remember” technique.

- Teacher reveals that these words will appear in the reading text and asks students to open their textbook to discover further.

- Students listen to the teacher’s explanation and guess the words.

- Students write down the new words in their notebook.

New words:

1. extinction (n)

2. measure(n)

3. biodiversity (n)

4. entitle (v)

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Task 2: Read the news items and choose the most suitable headline for each one. There are two extra headlines. (6 mins)

- Ask Ss to read 5 headlines in 2 and read the news items to match the headline with the correct item.

- Remind Ss to read the items quickly to find out the significant information which matches the headline.

- Note that there two extra headlines that Ss do not need to use.

- Ask Ss to locate key information that help them have correct answer.

- Check answers as a class. Write them on the board.

- Students read the text and locate the highlighted words individually.

- Students study the context and do the tasks as required.

Answer key:

1.B

2.A

3.D

Task 3: Read the news items again and match the highlighted words and phrase with their meanings. (7 mins)

- Have Ss focus on the highlighted words and phrase, looking for context clues in the text and working out the correct meaning.

- Encourage Ss to use the context in which the words are used rather than looking them up in the dictionary.

- Have Ss discuss the context clues and compare answers in small groups.

- Check answers as a class by inviting Ss to write them on the board.

- Students do the matching to find the meanings of the words and phrase.

- Students compare their answers with partners then check with the whole class.

Answer key:

1.c

2. e

3. b

4. d

5. a