Unit 11. Books

WELCOME TO DAI MO HIGH SCHOOL
Teacher: Pham Quoc Khanh
GRADE 12
Text book
Craft
Detective
story
Novel
Thriller
Science
fiction
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2
3
6
5
4
Matching
UNIT 11
BOOKS
C. LISTENING
- incredible (adj):

- wilderness (n):
vùng hoang dã, vùng bỏ hoang
- reunite (v):

sum h?p
- distinct (adj):
clearly different (khác biệt)

unbelievable (không thể tin được)
- faithful (adj)
= loyal (trung thành)
VOCABULARY
Listen and Repeat
incredible
personality
journey
wilderness
reunited
survive
unnoticed
fascinating

TASK 1: Listen and choose the best answer

1. The title of the book is………
A. Canadian Wilderness.
B. The Incredible Journey.
C. Sheila Burnford.
2. The book is about………..
A. a Canadian family
B. three Canadian friends
C. three animal friends
3. Where does the Canadian family go?
A. To visit a friend who lives 300 miles away.
B. To England.
C. To the Canadian wilderness.
4. Why do the animals leave the friend’s house?
A. They want to find their owners.
B. They want to know how to survive life in the wilderness.
C. They were not well treated by the friend.
5. What is the central theme of the book?
A. How the animals can survive life in the wilderness in order to get home.
B. How to resolve an animal problem.
C. How to take care of other people.
TASK 1: Listen and choose the best answer
Task 2: Listen again and fill in the gaps in the passage
Each animal has a distinct personality, but they care for one another almost as if they were a ……… The most impressive of them is the old dog. The journey was the most difficult for him, but amazingly he found the …….….. to make it.
The author didn’t try to turn the animals into people, speaking and acting like ………… Instead, she was faithful to her characters as animals and showed us their ………… though animal eyes. That made the book interesting and unbelievable.
I would recommend the book to anyone who likes animals. I think that anyone who has ever had a …… or wanted one would enjoy it.
family
strength
humans
journey
pet
TASK 3
Listen again and answer the questions below
How do animals almost care for one another ?
What did the old dog find when he decided to take the long journey to find their owners ?
What made the book interesting and unbelievable ?
Who would the author like to recommend the book ?
Lucky numbers
CONGRATULATIONS !
Group A are the winners
Group B are the winners
Discussion
Topic: “Why do you read books ?”
Suggested ideas:
- To get information and a better understanding of what we learn.
To widen and improve our knowledge.
To raise our awareness of the good things to do and the bad things to avoid.
To relax our mind.
Write a short paragraph about the importance of reading books.
Prepare the Writing Lesson
HOMEWORK
Thanks for your attention

How do animals almost care for one another ?
 They care for one another almost as if they were a family.
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What did the old dog find out when he decided to take the long journey to find their owners?
The old dog found the strength in making the long and difficult journey to find their owners.
20
X 2
Lucky number!

Why did the book become interesting and unbelievable ?
Because the author was faithful to her characters as animals and show us their journey through animal eyes.
25
You are unlucky!
:2
You’ve just lost half of your points!
Who would the author like to recommend the book ?
 The author would like to recommend the book to anyone who likes animals to read it.
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