VINH UNIVERSITY FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
LESSON PLAN/ UNIT PLAN
TOPIC: PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT
Student’s level: 10th grade (CEFR A2+ and above)
Time: 45 min/1 period
Teacher’s name: Nguyen Thi Khanh Linh
1. Objectives:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
LO1: Explain the meanings of the words and phrases related to the environment.
LO2: Comprehend A2-B1 level texts about environmental problems
LO3: Talk about some solutions to protect the environment.
L04: Form students' awareness of environmental protection.
2. Language focus:
- Key terms: words and phrases related to the environment and protecting the environment (balance, biodiversity, deforestation,
climate change, endangered...)
- Key grammatical structures: should/ shouldn’t (do something); had better (do something)
3. Instructional resources:
- Textbook “Tieng Anh 10”
- Powerpoint Slide
- Pictures related to environmental vocabulary.
- A conversation about environmental pollution
4. Procedures:
Objectives Activities Type of interaction Assessment evidence/ method Time
WARM-UP: Whole class-teacher Observe the pictures and answer 5
1. Give them 2 minutes to students observe pictures and the question: Classify the pictures minutes
answer the teacher’s question. according to activities that we
2. Check the answer should and should not
Answer: - Should: picture 2, 4, 5
- Should not: picture 1, 3, 6
Focus: PRESENTATION: Vocabulary: 10
LO1 1. The teacher gives students listen to the pronunciation of Teacher-Whole class - Balance (n) /ˈbæləns/: a minutes
new words. situation in which different things
2. The teacher reads and explains the meaning of the new exist in equal, correct, or good
words. amounts
- Biodiversity (n) /baɪəʊdaɪ
3. Students listen and repeat new words.
ˈvɜːsəti/: The variety of plants
4. The teacher invites some students to repeat. and animals in a particular area
- Deforestation (n) /diːfɒrɪ
ˈsteɪʃn/: the act of cutting down or
burning the trees in an area
- Climate change (n)
/ˈklaɪmət tʃeɪndʒ/: Changes in the
world’s weather, especially an
increase in temperature
- Endangered (adj) /ɪn
ˈdeɪndʒərd/: at risk of being
Objectives Activities Type of interaction Assessment evidence/ method Time
harmed, no longer existing
LO2, LO4 PRACTICE: 20
Task 1: Listen and read Teacher-Whole class Students’ conversations minutes
1. Give students 5 minutes to listen and read silently the Student-student
conservation on pages 100 and 101.
2. Ask questions to make sure students understand the task.
3. Give them 3 minutes to practice with a partner
6. Invite some students to read again the conversation for
the whole class.
Task 2: Read and answer the question: Individual student Task 2: Read the conservation
1. Give students 2 minutes to underline the keywords of Teacher-Whole class again and answer the question:
questions and do Exercise 2 on page 101. 1. What did Nam’s teacher ask
2. Check the answer, ask the students to scan the him to do?
conversation, and locate the keywords to find the answer for 2. What has Nam come up with
each question. so far?
3. When does Nam have to
deliver the presentation?
Answer:
1. She asked Nam to do some
research on environmental
protection.
2. He has come up with a range
of environmental issues.
3. Nam has to deliver the
presentation next week.
Individual student Task 3: Match the words in A
Objectives Activities Type of interaction Assessment evidence/ method Time
Task 3: Match the words in A with the words in B. Teacher-Whole class with words in B
1. Give students 5 minutes to read and do Exercise 3 on Answer:
page 101. 1-d, 2-c, 3-b, 4-a
2. The teacher checks and gives the correct answers to the Global warming
whole class Practical actions
Environmental issues
Endangered animals
LO3, LO4 PRODUCTION: 7
Free-talk activity: Individual student Answer’s students minutes
In the school forum discussing environmental pollution, if
you participated in that forum, what opinions would you
give to protect the environment?
1. Give students 5 minutes to think
2. The teacher suggests to students by giving an example
3. Students speak freely according to their ideas.
CONSOLIDATION Wrap up: 3
Wrap up Gain an overview of the topic of minutes
Homework “Protecting the environment”
Build vocabulary about the
environment, and identify the
reported speech with statements.
Homework:
- Memorize vocabulary to talk
about activities to protect the
environment.
- Do exercises in the workbook.
Objectives Activities Type of interaction Assessment evidence/ method Time
- Project preparation:
+) Ask students about the topic of
the project “Environmental
organizations”
+) Put students into groups, and
have them choose their group
leaders.
+) Tell students about the project
requirements: Students will have
to do research about a local
environmental organization. They
will find out information about
the organization (when it started
working, its aims and activities),
and prepare a presentation.
+) Encourage Ss to search for
information from different
sources.
5. Anticipated problems (optional)
6. Extra materials (optional)
