Giáo án môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 7 - Unit 16: People and places - Period 101: B4-Famous people - Tran Thi To Nga

Date of preparing: May 5th 2009 Date of teaching: May 8th 2009
Unit 16(cont)
Period 101: B4 - Famous people
A.The aims and requests 
- To help ss know more about 2 foreign famous people: Thomas Edison and Hans Christian Andersen.
- By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to know more about 2 foreign famous people
- Develop ss' skills in reading and speaking
B. Preparation
T: Lesson plan, poster
Ss: Homework
C. Steps
I. Organization (1')
- Greetings + Check ss' absence
II. Check the old lesson (5')
* Call on 2 ss to go to the BB ask and answer the The General: Vo Nguyen Giap such as: When was he born?...
* Way of checking: Speaking
* Remark and give marks
III. New lesson
Stages
Teacher's activities
Time
Ss' activities
Pre- reading
While- reading
Post- reading
I. Vocabulary.
- (an) inventor: nhà phát minh (example)
- to establish: thiết lập
- gramophone: máy quay đĩa
- to grow up (grew up): lớn lên
- fairy tales: truyện thần thoại 
* Checking vocabulary. R & R 
II. Reading
1.True/False statements prediction 
- Set the scene
- Hang poster, ask ss to run through
- Ask ss to predict T/F
- Limit time, feedback
a. Thomas Edison was an author.
b. He was born in 1931
c. His most famous invention was the electric light bulb.
d. Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish.
e. He was born in 1805.
f. He became most famous for the fair tales.
* Read and check
- Asks Ss to read 2 text and check their prediction.
- Asks Ss to compare with their partners and correct the false statements.
- Give feedback and corrects.
 * Key:
F =>He was an inventor
F => He was born in 1847
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2. Questions
1. When was Thomas Edison born?
2. What was he famous for?
3. How many things did he invent?
4. What did Hans Christian Andersen want to be?
5. What was he famous for?
III. Speaking
- Asks Ss to role play
S1: Interviewer ( Ask to have information)
S2: Thomas Edison ( Answer the Qs)
Eg: 
S1: Where were you born, Mr Thomas Edison ?
S2: I was born in 1847
- Limit time => Feedback
* Ask Ss to do the same with Hans Christian Andersen 
6'
5'
9'
7'
5'
- Listen and repeat
- Copy
- Read and write
- Run through all statements
- Predict
- Compare
- Speak out
- Read the text
- Correct mistakes
- Pair work
- Correct mistakes
- Pair work
- Some pairs stand up and speak out
- Correct
IV. Consolidation (3')
? What have you learnt today?
+ Know more about 2 foreign famous people: Thomas Edison and Hans Christian Andersen.
V. Homework. (1')
 - Lean by heart Vocab
- Do exercise 3,4 (work book, page 103)