Topic
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Aims
After lesson, students can:
• Use vocabulary related to household items and recycling
• Distinguish some differences between countable and uncountable nouns
• Know how to use various quantifies with those nouns
• Develop skills of close reading
• Make a short public presentation
Life _Unit 5a: The environment _pages 58+59
18 years old - adults
pre – intermediate
45 minutes
Materials
Age group
Level
Time length
Time
Stages
(min)
RECYCLING
Teacher’s activities
- Divide class into small groups , then let
them list out many household items as they can
10
Lead-in
- Explain the grammar rules
15
- Divide class into group then deliver the
activity to classify materials into correct bins.
Give them 5 mins to complete the task. The
group is fastest and has most correct answers
will be received reward.
- Explains how to use various quantifies to Ss
Interaction
- Each member goes to the board and writes
them
-
- Understand the meaning of the words
(Task 2)
- Learn how to classify countable and
uncountable nouns in Grammar box
(Task 3)
- Each group draw a poster with 5 recycling
bins, then put all correct household items into
correct bin.
- At the same time, they note symbols
(C) or (U) beside the items
- Learn how to use quantifies before
those nouns in Grammar box
(Task 6)
- Individual work
- Ask Ss what they know about recycling, elicit
the idea of use waste materials again in openclass discussion.
- Give Ss 3-4 mins to look at the household
items in Task 2, explain some words if they
don’t understand.
Prereading
Students’ activities
Group work
List words
Whole class
- Group work
- Individual work
1
Whilereading
20
15
Post reading
- Ask Ss what they think is meant by the term
E- rubbish (used electronic equipment)
- Ask them to read the questions and answer
them with the information form the text. Give
Ss 10’ mins to complete the task 8
- Correct the answers from Ss
- Speak up any idea with e- rubbish
- Ask Ss to make a short presentation in front
of class. Give Ss 3-4mins to prepare some
ideas.
The questions may be:
+ Why we need recycle E-rubbish?
+ How do you recycle at home?
+ The problems of E-rubbish in your country?
+ How would you like to change or improve
the recycling policies?
- After inviting 2-3 Ss to present, which take
10mins then T give some comments on their
speaking.
- Prepare for short public speaking
- Use critical reading skills.
- Use skim and scan reading skills
- Note the answers
Individual work
- Note down comments or suggestions from T
2