Giáo án Tiếng Anh 9 - Unit 8: Tourism - Lesson 3: A closer look 2 - Năm học 2020-2021

Planning: 22.1.2021
Teaching : 29.1.2021
PERIOD 63: UNIT 8.TOURISM
Lesson 3. A closer look 2 
Subject : English 9
Times : 45 minutes
A. OBJECTIVES.
1. Knowledge: By the end of this Unit, students will be able to 
use a / an / the / and zero article.
use some common phrasal verbs correctly and appropriately.
+ Grammar: Articles (other uses)
2. Competences: 
+ Develop communicative competence, cooperation compentence and thinhking compentence.
+ Use the lexical items related to “Tourism”.
+ Using language to talk about tourism
3. Quality: Make students be proud of the scenic beauty of Viet Nam 
B. TEACHNG AIDS.
T : Textbook, lesson plan, a projector, a laptop
Ss : Learn the old lesson, prepare Unit 8: A closer look 2.
C. Procedure
1. Warm up: ( 5’)
- Organization (1’) 8A:....................... 8B:............................. 8C:...........................
a. Goal: Review some uses of the articles Ss have already learned
b. Content : Ss review the articles in English 8 
c. Expected result: Ss can give some examples related to “Tourism”.
d. Performance
- T. gives some information about Dominican Republic and asks Ss to refer back to the conversation in GETTING STARTED and find the special uses of THE
- Ss find the special uses of THE
- T gets feedback 
2. Presentation : (10’)
a. Goal: Ss can review articles and learn some more the uses of them 
b. Content: Articles other uses 
c. Expected result: Know how to use articles 
d. Performance: 
Teacher & Ss' activities
Contents
- Ss have already learnt some uses of the articles a, an. Help Ss recall these and have them give some examples. Their sentences should be related to the topic of traveling and tourism. In this unit some more uses of a, an, and the are introduced. In addition, the uses of zero article are added and studied.
- Explain carefully the uses of a, an, the and REMEMBER box. Give more examples if need be.
- Introduce the special use of the in the look out! Box. Refer back to the conversation in GETTING STARTED and ask Ss to find the special use of the ( the Alps)
 - Listen and take notes
Grammar: Articles other uses
1. The
2. A, An
3. Zero articles.
We use the with the name of a few countries : The UK, The USA, The Netherlands, The Philippines.
We also use the with islands groups, mountain ranges, oceans and names of rivers.: The Thames, The Pacific, The Amazon, The Danube.
3. Practice 1: (10’)
a. Goal: Ss are able to do an exercise using a/an, the or zero article.
b. Content: Using the articles suitably 
c. Expected result: Ss can complete the text with a/an, the or zero article. 
d. Performance: 
Teacher & Ss' activities
Contents
 T may give ss the information about the Dominican Republic
Ss work individually to complete the task. Then have them compare their answers with a partner's
1. Complete the text with a/an, the or zero article.
KEY:
1. the 2. the3. the 4. the 5. the
6. 0 7. the 8. 0 9. 0 10. The
11. 0 12. 0 13. the 14. an
4. Practice 2: (10’)
a. Goal: Help Ss to study the proper names in the list
b. Content : Ss ask and answer the questions
c. Expected result: Ss can chooses one item in 2a and says what they know about it as a tourist attraction
d. Performance: 
Teacher & Ss' activities
Contents
2. 
a. Ask and answer the questions. Choose from the list
- T asks Ss to work in groups to do the task, try to agree on which of these names have before them.
- T calls on some ss to write their answers on the board. Correct their answer as a class.
- T may ask ss to give explanations if necessary.
b. Choose one item and say what you know about it as a tourist attraction. 
Ss work in groups
T tells ss that each of them chooses one item in 2a and says what they know about it
3.
a. Write answers to the questions 
 Ss work individually. Make sure they understand fully that they have to write down in their notebooks the answer to the questions, using articles in each answer.
b. Tell your answer to a partner and ask him/her to guess which answers are not true?
After finish 3a, let them form pairs and swap their answers. Each of them has to read carefully and guess which ones of their partner's answers are true, and which are not.
2a. Ask and answer the questions. Choose from the list
KEY:
1. the Forbidden city 2. The Thames 
3. Lake Baikal 4. Ha Long Bay 
5. Son Doong cave 6. the Statue of Liberty
b. Choose one item and say what you know about it as a tourist attraction.
3. 
a. Write answers to the questions 
 It’s red
In the mountain
In China
In the fall
No, I haven’t
b. Tell your answer to a partner and ask him/her to guess which answers are not true?
5. Production: ( 10’) 
a. Goal: Help Ss to practice more articles 
b. Content: Ss make full sentences from the words/ phrases 
c. Expected result: Ss can write the words/ phrases down and know which sentence is True or False
d. Performance: 
Teacher & Ss' activities
Contents
 4. Complete the sentences 
Ss work individually to make full sentences from the words/ phrases and write them down.
Tell Ss to pay attention to the use of articles in their sentences. 
Then they work in pairs to check each other’s work, and discuss which of the sentences are true, and which are false. 
* REFERENCE:
- Phu Xuan: a historic place in Hue, the capital of the Nguyen Lords, the Tay Sown Dynasty
- Giza: (of the Cairo metropolis in Egypt): The site of the most famous Egyptian pyramids, and a number of other pyramids and and temples
- Kiev: the capital and largest city of Ukraine
*T asks Ss to do homework
- Find out some information about 2 or 3 countries among the 10 countries in the box in 2 on page 25.
- Do the exercise into notebooks. 
- Prepare: Unit 8: Lesson 4. Communication
4. Complete the sentences 
KEY:
1. The original name of Ha Noi was Phu Xuan.
2. The most famous Egyptian pyramids are found at 
Giza in Cairo.
3. There is a city called Kiev in America.
4. My Son, a set of ruins from the ancient Cham Emprire, is a Unesco World Heritage.
5. English is the first language in many countries outside the UK.
* Mark them as true (T) or false (F).
1. F 2. T
3. F 4. T 5. T