Giáo án Tiếng Anh 9 Global Success Unit 10 Getting Started

Form

Pronunciation

Meaning

Vietnamese equivalent

1. outer space (n)

/ˌaʊtə ˈspeɪs/

The part of space that is very far away from Earth.

ngoài vũ trụ

2. habitat (n)

/ˈhæbɪtæt/

the natural environment in which an animal or plant usually lives.

môi trường sống của động thực vật

3. landform (n)

/ˈlændfɔːm/

a natural shape on the earth’s surface, such as mountain or a valley.

dạng địa hình

4. essential (adj)

/ɪˈsenʃl/

necessary or needed.

vô cùng quan trọng

5. preserve (v)

/prɪˈzɜːv/

to keep something as it is, especially in order to prevent it from being damaged.

bảo tồn

6. grassland (n)

/ˈɡrɑːslænd/

a large area of land covered with grass.

khu vực đồng cỏ

Anticipated difficulties

Solutions

Students may lack experience of group/ teamwork.

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

- Give short, clear instructions and help if necessary.

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Option 1: Think!

- Have class play a game with two groups.

- Give two groups two sets of names of planets.

- Draw a picture of the Solar System without the names of planets.

- Set the time and ask the two groups to stick the names of planets on the position from the Sun outward.

- When time is up, teacher stops the game and checks the answers.

- The team with the most correct answers wins.

- Lead to the new unit. Ask Ss where is Earth in the Solar System? What do you know about it?

- Work in 2 groups

- Listen instruction

- Stick the names of planets

- Answer questions

Name of the planet:

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

Option 2: Making a Solar System picture

- Provide large sheets of paper and art supplies.

- Ask Ss to work together to create a picture about the solar system.

- Encourage them to show their creativity and understanding of planetary features.

- Listen and follow direction

- Make picture about solar system

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Vocabulary pre-teaching

- Teacher introduces the vocabulary.

- Teacher explains the meaning of the new vocabulary by showing pictures or giving explanations

- Students guess the meaning of words.

New words:

1. outer space (n)

2. habitat (n)

3. landform (n)

4. essential (adj)

5. preserve (v)

6. grassland (n)

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Task 1: Listen and read. (7 mins)

- Set the context: Have Ss look at the Heading In a Science club, the conversation and the pictures, and answer some questions. Encourage Ss to answer, but do not confirm whether their answers are right.

- Play the recording twice for Ss to listen and read along. Then invite some pairs of Ss to read the conversation aloud.

- Refer to the questions previously asked. Confirm the correct answers.

- Look at the heading, pictures and answer the questions

- Listen to the recording.

-Read the conversation aloud.

- Listen

Questions:

- What can you see in the pictures?

- What do you think Mr. An, Nick and Lan are talking about??

Suggested answers:

- We can see the giraffes, a globe, plants and sea / ocean.

- They are talking about Earth, it’s another name, its living things and non-living things

Picture:

The dialogue on page 104

Task 2: Read the conversation again and tick (√) T (True) or F (False). (7 mins)

- Ask Ss to work in pairs to read the conversation.

- Ask them to underline the key words and phrases in the statements. Then have pairs work together for one or two minutes to check if the statements are true or false.

For example:

The students are asking about the Solar System.

1. Another name for Earth is the Blue Planet.

2. Water covers four fifths of Earth.

- Work in pairs to do the activity.

- Listen and check.

Answer key:

1. F 2. T

3. F 4. T

5. T