Giáo án môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 nâng cao - Dong Hop secondary school

Learning English (N©ng cao 9)
I. the contents:
 - Helping students consolidate and understand the importance of learning English and knows methods of learning English.
- Students can learn English themselves, listen to the radio, music and read English books, newspapers, magazines.
II. Skill:
* Speaking:
	- Asking for and giving advice.
	- Talking about preferences.
	- Asking about and describing learning English.
* Listening:
	- Listening to the details about methods of English.
	- Listening information and filling the gaps, choose the most answer.
* Reading:
	- Reading about the methods of others
	- Reading comprehension:
	+ Multiple choice.
	+ True/False statements.
	+ Answer questions.
* Project (Writing).
	- Writing how to learn English yourself, friends and others. Write a story. Write how to learn vocabulary.
	- Writing some methods of learning English.
* Test yourself:
	- Doing a test.
III. Grammar and vocabulary:
* Grammar:
Simple future tense.
Direct and reported speech.
Giving advice about learning English.
Describing learning English
* Vocabulary:
	- Adverbs of frequency, manner.
	- Nouns.
	- Adjectives.
	- Verbs.
IV. Unit allocation:
	Lesson 1: Starter - Reading.	Lesson 4: Writing/Project
	Lesson 2: Speaking.	Lesson 5: Test.	
	Lesson 3: Listening.	Lesson 6: Test.
Learning English
Lesson 1: STARTER – reading 1
A. Starter
Mach a word in column A with its meaning in column B.
Column A 
Column B
context (n)
ignore (v)
pretend (v)
nonnative speaker (n)
native speaker (n)
shy (adj)
confident (adj)
nervous
words coming before and after a word or passage.
Make believe.
Fearless, believing in oneself.
One who speaks the language as a foreign/ second language.
One who speaks the language as his/her mother tongue..
Not pay attention to
divide the class into four groups and match.
Call on some pairs to give answers.
Answer keys: 	Students compare their answers.
B: Reading.
I: Pre – reading:
	 Let Ss discuss the following sentences.
Is English important to you? Why or Why not?
Do you enjoy learning English? Why or Why not?
What do you think are good habits in learning English?
What do you think are bad habits in learning English?
* Call on some Ss to give their answers.
Possible answers:
1. yes. Because it is a main subject, English is main language to communicate in the world.
2. yes, because learning English helps me to know about the world: traditional culture.
3. Good habits in learning English are:
+ Speaking English with the teachers, other students.
+ Trying to learn by heart vocabulary/ structures and make up sentences.
+ Reading English books, magazines, newspapers.
+ Listening to the radio, music, tape . In English.
4. Bad habits in learning English are:
	+ Being shy and don’t believe in communicating with everybody.
	+ Rarely speaking English to friends.
	+ Being lazy to learn vocabulary..
II: While – reading:
* Ask Ss to read the passage about learning English of Thanh.
	Thanh takes learning English very seriously. He is especially on English grammar. He spends many hours at home to studying grammar books and doing exercises. In class, he always has a lot of questions for his teacher about English grammar that is also keen to learn vocabulary. He always has his dictionary next to him in class and looks up some new words he meets at home, as well as doing his homework and studying his grammar books, he spends twenty minutes everyday studying lists of new vocabulary that he has learned. He tries to memorize all the new words and grammar rules. He quite enjoys English lessons, but he doesn’t like speaking to other students. He thinks they don’t speak English well enough, and he does not like making mistakes. So when other students work inpair or groups, he reads one of his grammar books or look through the dictionary. He feels he is learning more by this way.
Task I: Work inpair and choose the correct answer.
Ask Ss to work in pair and choose the correct answer
1. Thanh takes English seriously
A. He works hard at his English	.	B. He makes serious mistakes in English.
C. He enjoys correcting his friends’ mistakes.
2. He is keen on English grammar
A. He is afraid of English grammar.	A. He is good at English grammar
C. He likes to learn English grammar.
Answer keys:
Task II: Answer the following questions.
How does Thanh learn English grammar and vocabulary?
Why doesn’t Thanh want to practice his English with other students?
Ask Ss to work in groups and finds the answers.
Call on some Ss to give their answers before the class.
Answer keys: 
1. Thanh spends many hours at home studying grammar books and doing exercises and spends 20 minutes everyday studying lists of new vocabulary.
2. Because he thinks they don’t speak English well enough.
III: Post – reading:
 * Ask Ss to discuss how to learn vocabulary and grammar.
IV: Home work:
	* Let Ss write a passage about learning their vocabulary and grammar.
Learning English
Lesson 2: speaking
I: Pre – speaking:
Ask Ss to work inpair.
Make a list of the good habits and attitudes and a list of bad habits and attitudes of each learner.
Why are they good or bad?
Do you have these habits?
The dialogue:
Nam: So how is your English class going?
Lan: Not bad, but English pronunciation is difficult for me.
Nam: Well, it is always difficult at first. You could improve your pronunciation by listening to tapes.
Lan: That’s a good idea. But how do you learn new words? I always seem to forget them.
Nam: I learn new words by writing them on pieces of paper and sticking them on my bedroom wall. I look at them every night before I go to sleep.
Lan: Maybe I should try something like that.
Nam: And you should keep a vocabulary notebook?
Lan: What could I do with the vocabulary notebook?
Nam: Well, whenever you hear or read a new word, you should write it down. When you have time you can go through the notebook and study the words as often as you can.
Lan: Should I write only the words?
Nam: No, you should put down some key information about the word whether it’s a noun or verb, and some (explains) examples with it.
Lan: Thank you for your advice. I’ll try and do it.
II: While – speaking:
Task I: Listen and practice the dialogue with a partner.
Ask Ss to listen to the dialogue.
Let Ss read silently.
Call on some pairs Ss to practice the dialogue.
Task II: Answer the questions:
* Divide the class into four groups and answer the questions.
What are Nam and Lan talking about?
What does Lan find difficult about English?
How can she improve her pronunciation?
How does Nam learn new vocabulary?
What does Nam advise Lan to do with the vocabulary notebook?
What will Lan do?
Answer keys:
They are talking about learning English.
She finds difficult about practicing English pronunciation.
She can improve her pronunciation by listening to tapes.
He writes new vocabulary on pieces of paper and sticks them on his bedroom wall. He looks at them every night before he goes to sleep.
Nam advices Lan to write a new word down when she hears or reads and when she has time she can go through the notebook and study the word as often as she can.
 She’ll try and do Nam’s advice.
Task III: Discuss how to learn:
1. Improve your English pronunciation.
	2. Improve your writing skill.
	3. Read faster.
	4. Use grammar correctly.
	5. Speak English well.
Ask Ss to work in groups and discuss how to learn.
Call on some Ss to give their answers.
Possible answers:
1. Improve your English pronunciation:
usually listen to English tapes.
Speaking English to everybody at all time.
Learn new words everyday.
Listen to English music.
Practice English everyday.
Sing English songs.
2. Improve your writing skills:
Read English books, magazines, newspapers..
Translate the texts, dialogues, stories, books into Vietnamese or English.
Do kinds of exercises of writing (rewrite, complete, sentences building).
Learn by heart vocabulary.
Learn by heart structures, model sentences.
3. Read faster:
Practice the dialogue with a partner.
Read many English books, magazines, newspapers..
Learn by heart vocabulary.
Notice word’s pronunciation.
4. Use grammar correctly:
Grammartical structures.
Model sentences.
Phrasal verbs.
Kinds of words (adjectives, adverbs, nouns, prepositions)
Do many types of exercises: ( word form, rewrite, combine sentences)
5. Speak English well:
usually learn by heart vocabulary.
Remember (structures) grammatical structures.
Practice speaking English to everybody at all time.
Being outgoing/ talkative.
III: Post – speaking:
Ask Ss to write and speak how to learn their English.
Call on some Ss to say before the class.
IV: Home work:
Learning English
Lesson 3: listening
I: Pre – listening:
* Divide the class into eight groups and ask Ss to complete the sentences about themselves.
a. I have learn English for . years since 2002.
b. At first, I found... The most difficult so I can not spell English correctly.
c. I learn English words by....
d. I try to improve my pronunciation by
e. In an English class, I enjoy . English.
Call on some Ss to give their answers before the class.
Answer keys:
Four	c. heart	e. speaking
Pronunciation	d. practicing
II: While – Listening:
	Mr Baker words for Interlink Education Center. He’s doing a survey on how Vietnanese students learn English. He’s asking Nam some questions:
	* Listen to their talk and decide whether the statements are true/false:
1. Nam has learn English for six years.
2. At first, only speaking was difficult for him.
Nam didn’t speak English because he wasn’t confident.
He only practices English in class.
Nam learns a lot of English words from songs.
Nam has practiced his English by answering Mr Baker’s questions.
Divide the class into eight groups and ask Ss to predict statements:
Call on some Ss to give their answers before the class.
The content of the tapes:
Nam: 	Good morning, Mr Baker.
Mr Baker:	Good morning, Nam. How are you?
Nam: 	I’m fine, thank you. And you?
Mr Baker:	Fine, thanks. You are in grade 8. How long have you learned English?
Nam:	Oh, I started learning English when I was in grade 6.
Mr Baker:	How did you learn it?
Nam:	well, at first I found speaking was very difficult so I wasn’t confident when I spoke English. I only practiced English in class.
Mr Baker:	Do you like music?
Nam:	Yes, yes, I do. I specially enjoy listen to MTV on TV so I learn a lot of English words from songs.
Mr Baker:	Your English is improved. I think  ... ny parts of the world, many people will lose their homes and land.
If many people lose their homes and land, They will live in hunger and poverty.
II: Structure:	To keep + N + Adj.
Examples:	We should keep our environment fresh and pure.
	Syudents always keep their class tidy.
Exercise: Work inpairs and write five sentences using structure: “Keep + N + Adj”
Ask Ss to say before the class.
III: Conjunction: “ as, because, since”.
Ba is tires as/ sinces/ because. He stayed up late watching T.V.
+ As, since are always placed at the begining of sentences.
+ Because is always placed between 2 clauses.
Exercise:	Combine sentences using: as, since, because.
He could write very fast. He was a correspondent.
She devoted all her life to science. She was a great scientist.
Miss Linh loves children very much. She is a kind/ good teacher.
Binh does the test easily. He is the best student in his class.
Ask Ss to work inpair.
Call on some Ss to say before the class.
Answer keys:
1. He could write very fast because He was a correspondent.
As He was a correspondent, He could write very fast.
2. She devoted all her life to science because She was a great scientist.
Since She’s a great scientist, She devoted all her life to science.
3. Miss Linh loves children very much because She is a kind/ good teacher.
4. Binh does the test easily, because He is the best student in his class.
IV: Home work:
Ss make up sentences using Type 1, conjunctions ... because,
The environment
Lesson 10: test yourself 1
I: choose the most answer.
1. If you know where she lives, please let me..................................
	A. know	B. knew	C. to know
2. Unless you understand, I .................... explain it again to you.
A. am	B. was	C. will
3. The air in the city is very.........................................................
A. pollute	B. pollution	C. polluted
4. The accident happened because of driving...............................
A. careful	B. carelessly	C. careless.
5. He is going to ............................. all the bag.
A. collect	B. collection	C. collective
II: read the text then answer the questions.
	The environment is everything around us, both natural and made by man. A major problem in the world today is the destruction of the natural environment.
	This is a complicated problem. We can burn fuel and this causes air pollution. We throw away plastic bags containing toys and other objects. These stay in the environment, They are not like paper or wood that slowly disappear. We have made thousands of new chemicals. Factories that make or use chemicals always have chemical wastes. These are often poisonous and they also stay in the environment.
	Since 1945 several countries have been testing nuclear bombs in the air and underground. The explosions in the air cause nuclear fallout. The fallout causes cancer and kills animals and people. Nuclear power plants that make electricity also produce dangerous wastes and have accidents that can be very disastrous.
Questions: 	True/ false statements.
Many big cities are facing serious pollution.
This is a simple problem.
Nuclear bombs were first tested in 1945.
A nuclear bomb causes a terrible destruction.
III: Rewrite the following sentences.
1. Let’s put garbage bins around the school yard.
I suggest.......................................................................................................................
2. Unless we produce the use of water and electricity, we’ll have to pay more this month.
If we.............................................................................................................................
3. You forgot to turn off the T.V lastnight, didn’t you?
You did’nt....................................................................................................................
4. We should keep our environment fresh.
Our environment..........................................................................................................
Answer keys:
I: choose the most answer. ( 2 points)
1 – A	2 – C	3 – C	4 – B	5 – A
II: True/ false statements ( 4 points)
1 – 2 – 3 True;	2 False
III: rewrite the following sentences (4 points)
I suggest putting garbage bins around the school yard.
If we don’t reduce the use of water and electricity, we’ll have to pay more this month.
You didn;t remember to turn off the TV lastnight, Did yuo?
Our environment should be kept fresh.
The environment
Lesson 11: test yourself 2
I: match the questions in column A with the answer in column b.
A
B
1. What is the mixture made from?
2. What do you mean by “recycle”?
3. What does “reduce” mean?
4. When can we start to protect the environment?
5. Is it good to save natyral resources?
6. How long have farmers recycled their waste?
a. It means not throwing things away and trying to find another use for them.
b. From flour, milk and salt.
c. It means not buying products which are overpacked.
d. for thousands of years.
e. certainly.
f. as soon as possible. Is tomorrow OK?
II: Read the text, then answer the questions:
	Environmental pollution is a term that refers to all the ways by which man pollutes his surrounding. Man dirties the air with gases and smokes, poisons the water with chemicals and other substances and demages the soil with too many fertilizers and pesticides. Man also pollutes his surroundings in various other ways. For example, people ruin natural beauty by scattering junk and litter on the land and in the water. They operate machines and motor vehicles that fill the air with disturbing noise.
	Environmental pollution is one of the most serious problems facing mankind today. Air, water and soil are necessary to the survival of all living things. Badly polluted air can cause illness and even death. Polluted water kills fish and other marine life. Pollution of soil reduces the amount of land that is available for growing food. Environmental pollution also brings ugliness to man’s naturally beautiful world.
Questions:
1. What makes the air polluted:
2. Is water polluted by chemicals and other substances?
3. How does man damage the soil?
4. In what way do people ruin natural beauty?
III: Rewrite the following sentences:
1. Keeping the environment clean is very important
	It’s ...............................................................................................................................
2. Old car tires are recycled to make shoes and sandals
	People...........................................................................................................................
Answer keys:
I: match the questions in column A with the answer in column b.
( 2 points)
1 – b	2 – a	3 – c	4 – f	5 – e	6 -d
II: Read the text, then answer the questions: ( 6 points)
 1. Gases and smokes make the air polluted.
 2. Yes, It is.
 3. Man damages the soil with too many fertilizers and pesticides.
 4. People ruin natural beauty by scattering junk and litter on the land and in the water.
III: rewrite the following sentences (2 points)
It’s very important to keep the environment clean.
People recycle old car tires to make shoes and sandals.
The environment
Lesson 12: test 
I: Read the text, then answer the questions:
	Air pollution is caused of ill health in human beings. In a lot of countries, there are laws limiting th amount of smke which factories can produce although there is not enough infomation on the affects of smke on the atmosphere. Doctors have proved that air pollution causes lung diseases. The gases from the exhausts of cars have also increases air pollution in most cities. The lead in petrol produces a poisonous gas, which is often collected is busy streets circled by high buildings. Children who live in areas where there is a lot of lead in the atmosphere can not think as quickly as other children and are clumsy when they use their hands.
Questions:
1. What does the air pollution cause?
................................................................................................................................................
2. Who has proved that air pollution causes lung diseases?
................................................................................................................................................
3. Is there air pollution in the city? Why or Why not?
................................................................................................................................................
4. What happens to the children who live in areas where there is a lot of lead in the atmosphere?
................................................................................................................................................
II: Fill in each blank with the crrect form of the word in capitals.
1. .......................is now a serious problem in many countries.	( forest)
2. The price of .................. has gone up again.	( electric)
3. Burning coal is an .................... to heat the house. Gas is much cheaper.	( economy)
4. If it doesn’t rain soon, there’ll be a great...................of water.	( short)
5. ................ are concerned about the use of dynamite to catch fish.	( environment)
III: Match each half – sentence in column A with a suitable one in column B using: 	because, as or since.
A
B
1. We shouldn’t swim in the river...........
2. You shouldn’t throw these bottles away...
3. Wild animals are reduced a lot in number
4. Our breathing is serious affected...
5. The land to grow food has been reduced..
a. The nearby chemical factory pollutes it.
b. The smoke and gas from the nearby factory is harmful.
c. Its water is highly polluted.
d. We have transformed many areas into wasteland.
e. The forests, their home are being seriously destroyed.
f. They can be collected and recycle.
Answer keys:
I: Read the text, then answer the questions:
The air pollution causes illness in human beings
Doctors have proved that air pollution causes lung diseases.
Yes, there is air pollution in the city because of the gases from the exhausts of cars.
The children can’t think as quickly as other ones and they are clumsy when they use their hands.
II: Fill in each blank with the crrect form of the word in capitals.
desforestation.	4. shortage.
electricity.	5. environmentalists.
uneconomical
III: Match each half – sentence in column A with a suitable one in column B using: 	because, as or since.
1 – because – c
2 – because – f
3 – because – e
4 – because – a
5 – because - d