LESSON PLAN
COMPILED BY: LE THI HIEN
Date
15th, November, 2018
Class
10….
Time
45 minutes
Class size
32 students
UNIT 5: INVENTIONS
PERIOD: 43
LESSON 4: SPEAKING
I/ OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
1. Knowledge:
- understand some unique inventions, and some words and phrases related to the topic “inventions”.
- use present simple tense, structures “ be used to + V-bare/ be used for V-ing/ use to +V bare/ use for V-ing) to talk
about the uses of something.
- talk about some unique inventions, their uses and their benefits.
2. Skills:
- ask and answer questions about some inventions.
- use structures with the verb “use” properly.
- give presentation in front of the class.
3. Attitude:
- raise their awareness of the benefits and the importance of inventions in our life.
4. Competence:
- develop collaboration and teamwork competency
- develop communication skills
- develop language skills
- develop problem-solving competency
II. TEACHER’S AND STUDENTS’ PREPARATION:
1. Teaching method: integrated, mainly communicative approach
2. Techniques: games, pair work, group work, discussing, questions and answers, guessing.
3. Materials: textbook, video clip, pictures, board, chalk, OHP, handouts, worksheets.
4. Students’ preparation: preparing textbooks and learning new words from the previous lesson “ Getting started /
Language ”
III. ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS
Students may not have enough vocabulary to talk about the topic, so teacher should be ready to provide help.
IV. TEACHING PROCEDURES
Stage/
estimated
time
Warm- up
4 minutes
Stage aim
Procedure
- Supply some new
inventions in the
lesson
- Motivate students
and
create
students’ interest
in the lesson by
visual aids
- Divide the class into four groups (put them in a small
competition)
- Let students watch a video clip and write down the inventions
in the clip
- Then, each group exchanges their answer sheet with another
group, watches the clip again to check the answers:
1. laptop
2. food processor
3. USB stick
4. smartphone
5. e-book reader
6. portable solar charger
7. submarine
8. 3-D printer
- Declare the winner
- Lead in the new lesson:
Unit 5: Inventions
Period 43- Lesson 4: Speaking
Interaction
Group work
New lesson
Activity 1
6 minutes
- Provide students
with some input
information
and
structures
- Make students
active listeners
Activity 1: Dialogue practice
* GAP-FILLING: Listen & fill in the missing information.
- Deliver handouts to students.
- Let them listen to a conversation in which two people are
talking about a 3-D printer and fill in the missing information (
students can listen only once)
Listen to a conversation between Linh and Christ & fill in
the missing information.
Linh: Hi, Christ. What are you doing?
Christ: Hi, Linh. I’m looking at a (1)………………. I like to
buy one.
Linh: Oh, it looks like a normal printer but a bit bigger. What is
it used for?
Christ: Well, let me show you. It’s used to (2)……………. solid
objects similar to the originals like a cup, a spoon or…
something like that.
Linh: Oh, cool! What about its (3)……………. ?
Christ: Well, we can use it to make things at home so it’s more
(4)……………
Linh: I think it’s very amazing. Any other benefits of it?
Christ: Yeah, it’s also (5)…………. . It uses less energy and
produces less waste.
Linh: Wow, really?
Individual
work
Christ: Yeah.
Linh: That’s a wonderful invention.
Christ: I think so.
- Teacher gets students’ answers
- Students watch the video with subtitles in order to check their
answers on their own first; then teacher gives feedback
Answer keys:
1. 3-D printer
2. make
3. benefits
4. economical
5. environmentally-friendly
* Practice the conversation:
- Get students’
- Teacher asks students to practise the conversation in pairs
understanding of
- Teacher calls on one/two pairs to act out in front of the class
relevant structures. * Answer the questions:
- Teacher lets students have a look at the dialogue , and answer
some questions:
1. What invention is mentioned?
2. What are its characteristics?
3. What is it used for?
4. What are its benefits?
Expected answers:
- Provide linguistic
1. It is a 3-D printer
materials for
2. It’s bigger and heavier than a normal printer.
students
3. It is used for making solid objects similar to the originals
4. Its benefits are economical and environmentally-friendly
* Activity 2: Table completion
- Create a real life
context through
video.
- Encourage selfcorrection.
- Practice
pronunciation.
Pair work
TeacherStudents
- Encourage group - Show students four inventions
work
Activity 2
7 minutes
- Let students
know
more
information about
other inventions
Group work
- Ask
1.
2.
3.
4.
them to tell the names of the inventions:
Portable solar charger
Food processor
E-book reader
USB stick
- Give students three boxes with some words/ phrases given :
Characteristics
-small, portable
- a bit bigger than a smart phone
-come in different shapes and sizes
Use
-store data (audio or video files)
- charge mobile devices(mobile phones,laptops, cameras, ….)
- read e-books, newspapers or magazines…
-chop up or mix food.
Benefits
- read something anytime, anywhere
- versatile( cutting, mixing food, ...)
- not dependent on electricity
- easy to use
- easy to transport files
- environmentally- friendly
- not costly
- easy to carry
- carry a lot of books
- time-saving
- let students read through given information & elicit new words
if any
- ask them to work in four groups.
- each group discusses which characteristics/ use/ benefits
(suggested in the boxes) are suitable for each invention and
complete the table.
Name of invention
Characteristics
Use
Benefits
- After finishing, students stick their posters on the wall
- Teacher gives feedback, students check another group’s
answers.
Suggested answers:
Name of invention
Portable solar charger
Characteristics
small, portable
Use
charge mobile devices (mobile phones,
cameras and laptop)
Benefits
not costly, easy to use, easy to carry,
not
dependent
on
electricity,
environmentally-friendly.
- Make students act
out a dialogue
- Motivate students
by the game
- Encourage
communication
Name of invention
Food processor
Characteristics
come in different shapes & sizes
Use
chop up or mix food
Benefits
time- saving, versatile (chopping up,
mixing food), easy to use
Name of invention
E-book reader
Characteristics
a bit bigger than a smart phone
Use
read e- books, newspapers or
magazines
Benefits
easy to use, easy to carry, carry lots of
books, read something anytime,
anywhere.
Name of invention
USB stick
Characteristics
small, portable
Activity 3
8 minutes
Use
store data (audio or video files)
Benefits
easy to use, easy to transport files, not
costly, easy to carry
* Activity 3: Guessing cards
Students ask and answer questions to guess the names of the
inventions in the cards
- Students are invited to play a game called “Guessing cards”
- Teacher tells students about the rules:
+ students work in groups of four.
+ each group has one envelope containing some cards.
+ the first student chooses a card, other group members ask
some questions about the invention in the card
+ who gives the correct answer gets the card
+ who gets the most cards will be the winner
- Before students play the game:
Students
+ teacher gives some useful language for students to ask & students
answer
A: Can you tell me about some characteristics of the invention?
B: It…………………………..
A: What is it used for? /
What can you use it for?
B: It’s used to……………………../
It’s used for Ving./
You can use it for Ving.
you can use it to ……………………./
A: What about its benefits?/ what are its benefits?
B: It…………………………
and
- Develop students’
speaking skill
- Engage students
in a speaking game
- Enhance group
work
- Promote students’
interaction
- Skill integration
(speaking
&
listening)
Activity 4:
18 minutes
Consolidation
& Homework
2 minutes
A: I think it’s………………………………../ Is it………………?
Group work
B: ……………….
+ teacher gives one example
- After students finish, teacher calls on some students to perform
in front of class
* Activity 4:
Each team will choose an invention and prepare a talk to
introduce it to the investors in the game “ Teen Shark
Competition”
- Teacher divides class into different groups: 8 sharks and 3
startup teams
- Teacher introduces the rules of the competition:
+ sharks’ duties are to go around to observe startups make their
projects and prepare some questions to ask startups when they
present
+ startups’ duties are to choose an invention & make a project
about that invention, then persuade sharks to invest in their
inventions.
- After about 6 minutes, teacher calls on 3 startup team to
present their talk
- While startups introduce their inventions, sharks ask some
questions about them, then choose the inventions to invest in and
give reasons.
- the startup with most votes will be the winner
- Teacher gives final comment.
- Summarize the - Summarize what they have learnt by asking students the Teacher
main points
question “What have you learnt today ? “
students
- Call on a Student to give answer.
and
Expected answer:
I have learnt about some special or unusual inventions. I can
talk about their characteristics, uses and benefits.
- Ask students to write a paragraph about one of inventions they
like.
WORKSHEET
WARM UP: pictures to make a video
ACTIVITY 1:
Listen to a conversation between Linh and Christ & fill in the missing information.
Linh: Hi, Christ. What are you doing?
Christ: Hi. Linh. I’m looking at a (1) 3-D printer I like to buy one.
Linh: Oh, It looks like a normal printer but a bit bigger. What is it used for?
Christ: Well, let me show you. It’s used to (2) make solid objects similar to the originals like a cup, a spoon or… something
like that.
Linh: Oh, cool! What about its (3) benefits ?
Christ: Well, we can use it to make things at home so it’s more(4) economical
Linh: I think it’s very amazing. Any other benefits of it?
Christ:Yeah, it’s also (5) environmentally-friendly. It uses less energy and produces less waste.
Linh: Wow, really?
Christ: Yeah.
Linh: That’s a wonderful invention.
Christ: I think so.
ACTIVITY 2:
ACTIVITY 3: CARDS
USB stick
food processor
e-book reader
ACTIVITY 4:
XÁC NHẬN CỦA HIỆU TRƯỞNG
portable solar charger