Giáo án Tiếng Anh 9 - Unit 8: Tourism - Lesson 5: Skills 1

Week : 22 Planning:
Period: 65 Teaching : 
UNIT 8: TOURISM
Lesson 5: Skills 1
I. OBJECTIVES.
1. Knowledge: By the end of the lesson, students can read for geneal and specific information about a tourism to Son Doong Cave and persuade others to join one’s choice of holiday.
2. Competences: 
 - Form ability of creating, solving the problem, studying and controling themselves, communicating, cooperating, using languages.
- Practice and develop reading and speaking skills.
3. Quality: 
 - Study hard, self-study spirit, enthusiastically participate in activities in the classroom. 
- Make students be proud of the scenic beauty of Viet Nam and be interested in tourism.
II. TEACHNG AIDS.
T: Textbook, English room.	
Ss: Textbooks, notebooks, prepare the lesson at home.
III. PROCEDURE
1. Warm up: (5’)
a. Goal:Warm up students and lead to the lesson.
b. Content: Have sts work in groups and name some famous caves in Viet nam and in the world. 
c. Expected result: Name some famous caves in Viet nam and in the world. 
d. Performance:
Teacher's & Ss' activities
Contents
 1a. Work in groups and name some famous caves in Viet Nam and in the world.
- T asks sts to work in groups and name some famous caves in Viet Nam and in the world in 3 minutes.
- The leaders of the groups write down the results on the board.
- T corrects and give some more caves.( T can prepare the pictures of the caves)
 1a. Work in group and name some famous caves in Viet Nam and in the world
 Suggested answers: 
Famous caves in Viet Nam:
- Phong Nha Cave 
- En Cave (hang en)
- Thien Duong Cave
- Sung Sot Cave ( hang Sung Sot - Ha Long Bay)
- Tam Coc - Bich Dong (Ninh Binh)
...
Famous caves in the world:
- Deer Cave (Borneo, Malaysia)
- Onondaga Cave (Misouri, USA)
- Gouffre Berger Cave (France)
- Reed Flute Cave (Guilin, China)
- Fingal's Cave (Scotland)
- Cave of Crystal (Mexico)
...
2. Pre – Reading (5’)
a. Goal:help students prepare for reading to a text about Son Doong Cave.
b. Content: Answer the questions about Son Doong Cave.
c. Expected result: Sts may answer the questions about Son Doong Cave correctly.
d. Performance: 
Teacher's & Ss' activities
Contents
 1b. Answer the questions with your own ideas.
 Let Ss work in pairs and answer the questions with their own ideas. It is important that Ss not be allowed to read the passage yet. T doesn't need to check their answers and correct mistakes at this stage in the lesson.
1b. Answer the questions with your own ideas.
1. Where is the Son Doong Cave located?
 (It is in Quang Binh province.)
2. When was it discovered?
 (It was discovered in 1991.)
3. How long is the cave?
 (It is nearly 9km.)
3. While – Reading (15’)
a. Goal: Students both practice reading skills and get the knowledge about Son Doong Cave.
b. Content : Read the passage again and answer the questions, or choose the correct answers. 
c. Expected result: Ss can know the facts about Son Doong Cave. 
d. Performance: 
Teacher's & Ss' activities
Contents
2. Read the passage again and answer the questions, or choose the correct answers. 
 - T may have Ss read the passage in chorus first, paying special attention to new words. Explain and clarify anything difficult. 
- Then allow Ss time to read the passage individual silently choose the correct answer. 
- Call on some individuals to report the answers aloud to the class. 
T corrects the answers.
2. Read the passage again and answer the questions, or choose the correct answers. 
1. What happened in May in 2015?
(The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) aired a live programme (featuring the magnificence of Son Doong) on "Good Morning America".
2. How was the Son Doong Cave formed?
(By river water eroding away the limestone underneath the mountain.)
3. When can tourists explore the cave?
 They can explore the cave from February to August. 
4. C 
5.D
4. Speaking (20’)
a. Goal: Help students develop communicative efficiency in persuading others to join activities on holiday.
b. Content : Choose three things he/she would like to do most on holiday, then persure his/her group to join. 
c. Expected result: students can persuade his/her group to join activities on holiday correctly and fluently.
d. Performance: 
Teacher's & Ss' activities
Contents
3. Which would you like to do most on holiday? Tick three things in the list.
 - Have Ss study the list of holiday ideas. T may ask Ss what they think about these ways of spending one's holiday and whether they have done any of them. Then let them choose three things from the list.
4. Work in groups. Talk about one of choices, trying to persuade your group join you. 
- Put Ss in groups of five or six. Tell them to refer to the tree things they have ticked in 3. 
- Let them choose one and prepare to talk about it. 
- Tell them to study the example carefully as model. 
- Give them some time before each group member shares his/her choice of holiday
- While Ss are talking, T goes around to give assistance if necessary.
- When Ss have finished, T may have one or two of them present to the class. The class can give coments. 
- Praise them for their efforts.
 3. Which would you like to do most on holiday? Tick three things in the list.
1. explore Son Doong Cave (v).
2. climb the Great Wall of China.
3. visit the Pyramids of Egypt.
4. go on a wildlife safari to Kenya (v).
5. relax on a beach.
6. go camping in Cuc Phuong national Park.
7. go on an expedition to Mount Everest.
8. take an adventure tour to the Arctic.
9. take a sightseeing tour around New York.
10. take a Trans-Viet cycling tour. (v)
4. Work in groups. Talk about one of choices, trying to persuade your group join you. 
I think a trip to explore Son Doong Cave with some friends must be amazing. I’m really into the natural beauty and preservation for them. We can enjoy the unique landscape there and understand why even an American programme featuring its magnificence. Therefore, we feel proud of our country’s nature.
*Homework:
- Translate the text into vietnamese.
- Prepare Unit 8: Skills 2