Lesson plan 11-Unit 7-Reading
Date of preparation: November 11th , 2011
UNIT 7 :
WORLD POPULATION
READING
I. Objectives:By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to improve speaking, listening and writing skills,
mainly reading skill for gist and detailed information .
Ss will be able to know about the information of the world population and the causes of
increasing the world population .
Ss will be aware of their responsibilities for the world population growth.
II. Teaching aids: profector, handouts, charts....
III. method : Communicative approach
PROCEDURE :
Stages
and Teacher’s activities
Students’activities
time
Warmer:(5’)
T shows some pictures
The whole class
Look at the pictures
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Lesson plan 11-Unit 7-Reading
Pre-reading
(13 minutes)
Questions
1. What are these pictures about?
2. What is the population of the world now?
3. Do you want to get more information about the
world population?
Lead in : In our lesson today , we are going to get
some information about the world population
A. Vocabulary (8 minutes)
1. figure(n) (example) 2,5, 35,145
2. increase(v/n)( picture) ≠ decrease
3. limit (v/n) (explanation) cannot be more than that
4. birth- control method (n.) (explanation)
the way to help women delay or avoid having children.
4. Support( v)(syn)= provide
5. resources (n.pl)(translation)
 Checking vocabulary:
Complete the sentences with the words above,
change the form of the words when necessary
1. They use many………………...for family planning.
2. The number of injuries from automobile accident
……...every year.
3. These were all …………………..…: 1, 75, 293.
4. There is a(n) ……………………..….. of 20 minutes
for this short test. Students must turn in their papers
at the end of the 20th minute.
5. Some countries are poor because they have very
few natural ……….
6. Can the earth have enough resources to ……...its
population?
Expected answer
1. Birth-control methods
2. Increases
3. Figures
4. Limit
5. Resources
6. Support
B. Prediction (5 minutes)
T asks ss to work in pairs and predict the world
population through time
Answer the
questions
Population/
population
7 billion
Yes
Realize the words
( meaning ,
pronunciation,
stress)
- repeat
– take notes.
Do the task
Give the answer
Work in pairs
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world
Lesson plan 11-Unit 7-Reading
YEAR
10,000 B.C.
THE WORLD POPULATION
(Various answers)
10 million
A.D. 1
1750
1850
1950
1985
2000
Task 1: Checking prediction( 4 minutes)
Scan the first
T asks ss to scan the first paragraph and check their pragraph
prediction
Work individually
YEAR
THE WORLD POPULATION
Give the answers
10 million
10,000 B.C.
While-reading
(20 minutes)
A.D. 1
300 million
1750
625 million
1850
1,300 million
1950
2,510 million
1985
4,760 million
2000
6.6 billion
Task 2: Multiple choice (8 minutes)
T asks ss to read the two last paragraphs and choose
the best answer to complete the sentences
1. We can use 20 percent of the earth’s land for……
a. raising animals b. farming
c. living
d. researching
2. The water we can use is …………..
a. unlimited
b. limited
c. unchangeable d. available
3. According to some scientists we must limit
population growth because….
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Read the two last
paragraphs and
find out the
answers
Work in pairs
Lesson plan 11-Unit 7-Reading
a. There is a limit to the water we can use
b. There is a limit to the earth ‘s land used for farming
and raising animals
c. There are limits to the amounts of petroleum, iron,
silver, gold, and other metals
d. Our resources are limited.
4. Safe birth-control methods for family planning are
……..to Third World women.
a. limited b. not limited c. not available d. available
5. Governments and international organizations should
do something to help ………… the world population
a. grow b. increase
c. destroy
d. decrease
• Expected answers:
1a, 2b, 3d, 4d, 5c
Task 3: questions ( 8 minutes)
T asks SS to read the text again and answer the
questions below
1. How many people is the world expected to have by
the year 2015?
2. According to some scientists, are there enough
resources to support 8 billion people ?
3. Do most Third World women want to have a lot of
children ?
4. Why can’t women in the world limit the size of their
families ?
• Expected answers:
1. Over 7 billion
2. Yes, there are
3. Do , they don’t
4. Because they know of no safe way to have fewer
children.
Post- reading
(7 minutes)
Complete the chart
T divides the class into four groups. Students in each
group will try to complete the chart. Which group
getting more correct answers will be the winner
Expected answers
1. Available
2. Increasing
3. resources
4. limited
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Give the answer
and give the
answers and
explain the reason
Read the text again
to find out the
answer
Work in pairs
Give the answer
Work in groups
Students write the
answers on the
papers and then
stick the papers on
the board
Lesson plan 11-Unit 7-Reading
5.
6.
7.
8.
Homework
farming
20
Limits
decrease
Learn by heart new words
Practise asking and answering the questions
Prepre next period - speaking
Because safe birth-control methods are not (1) …………..
The world population has been (2)
……………..faster and faster.
Others say
Some scientists say
Only 10 percent of the
earth’s land is used for
……(5)…
There are enough
(3) ………..
for 8 billion people
Our resources
are (4)
……..
…(6)…..percent for raising animals
There are …(7)………to water,
petroleum,iron,silver,gold and other
metals
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Everyone should do
something to help
(8)………..
the world population