Giáo án môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Unit 7: Saving energy - Lesson 6: Language focus

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Period: 48
 Unit 7 : Saving energy
 Lesson 6 : Language focus
I. Aim.
 Revision of connectives, phrasal verbs and making suggestions.
II. Objectives
 By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to further improve their understanding about common through sentence completion and suggestion making.
III. Teaching aids
 Text book, chalks, picture in the text books, 
IV. Procedure
Stages
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
Warm up
@ Brainstorming:
-Ask Ss to think of connectives and verbs with prepositions that they have learnt.
-Let Ss write the connectives and verbs with preposition on their piece of paper
-Divide Ss into two teams. Ss of each team go to the board and write the word 
-The team which writes more right words will be winner in the game
-Play as the teacher guides
Connectives
And, but, because, or, therefore. However.
Verbs with prepositions
Look for look after
Turn on turn off
Want for belong to
Depend on go on
Listen to talk to
Dream about 
Practice 1
-Explain function of the connectives:
And: to add a similar or another idea
But, however: to add an opposite idea
Because: to give a cause ( reason)
So, therefore: to give4 an effect
Or: to give an alternative
-Have Ss work individually to do the exercise language focus on paper 63. they have to do complete the sentences by using correct connectives
-Listen and write down on their note books.
-Work individually to do the exercise 1 on paper 63
Answers :
a) and b) but c) because
d) therefore e) or f) so
g) and h) however
Practice 2
-Provide Ss 5 verbs with prepositions and then ask them to match the verbs with the pictures on paper 64.
-Have Ss work in pair to do language focus 2 exercise on page 63. they have to use suitable verbs to complete the sentences.
Answers :
1.look after the baby
2. go on (wash clothes)
3.look for St
4.turn on TV
5.turn off the faucet.
Answers 2:
a) Hanh can’t go to the movies with us tonight. She will have to look after her little sister
b) If we go on wasting water, there will be shortage of fresh water in a few decades.
c) Turn on the TV for me, will you? I want to watch the weather forecast
d) “ I think I have lost my pen. I have looked for it everywhere and I can’t find it anywhere”
e) Mrs Yen forgot to turn off the faucet when she left for work.
Practice 3
@ Chatting:
+What should we do to help the poor in the neighborhood?
+Should we collect unused clothes?
@ Make suggestions:
® S + suggest + Ving + O.
S + suggest + that + S + should ....
Example:
I suggest collecting some money
I suggest that you should organize a show to raise money.
Base the cues words on the text book doing exercise 3 on page 64
Exercise 3a: 
a) I suggest collecting unused clothes.
b) I suggest organizing a show to raise money.
c) I suggest giving lessons to poor children.
d) I suggest helping elderly people and war invalids with their chores.
Exercise 3b: 
a) I suggest that you should write sentences with new words
b) I suggest that you should speak English in class.
d) I suggest that you should buy a good dictionary.
e) I suggest that you should do some reading every day.
Production
@ Noughts and Crosses:
-Divide Ss into two teams. One team is Noughts (O) and the other is Crosses (X).
-Have two teams choose the words in the boxes in turns. And make sentences with the connectives gives. If the sentence is correct, they will get one mark.
The team which has 3 Noughts or -Crosses in a line will win the game
-Draw the chart on the board and game begins
1. or
4. and
7. so
2. but
5. therefore
8.however
3. so
6. because
9. and
 Hear what the teacher guides
Play as the teacher guides
Possible answers:
1.Do you want to take a bath or take a shower?
2. It’s raining but he is still going swimming.
3.Baths use twice as much water, so I suggest there is a crack in the pipes.
4.I will get a plumber to check the pipes and to repair the faucet.
5.Her English is not good therefore she decides to practice more
6.The water bill is enormous this month because there is a crack in the pipes.
7.He got up late so he had to take a taxi to school.
8. Lan is tired however she has to finish her homework before she goes to bed.
Homework
-Ask Ss to write 7 sentences with connectives.
Listen and take notes on their note books
D. Teacher’s reflection