Unit 6. The environment

ENGLISH 9 – UNIT 6
Lesson 3: READ
Teacher: Nguyen Thi Ngoc Mai
THE ENVIRONMENT
Thi Tran Tan Chau secondary school
WARM UP
Listen to the song, remember its name and some sentences you hear.
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- What is the name of the song?
- Which sentences in the song do you hear?
-> “ Mother nature needs us”
-> Let’s save our planet !!!
-> Let’s work on the pollution.
-> start planting the seeds.
->………….
Week: 21
Period: 39
Unit 6:
Lesson 3: READ
PRE-READING
1. VOCABULARY
- junk-yard (n) :
bãi phế thải
A piece of land full of rubbish
[`dʒʌηk`jɑ:d]
- treasure (n) :
Đồ quí giá, châu báu
valuable or precious thing
[`treʒə]
- stream (n) :
dòng suối
A flow of water
[stri:m]
Mass of bubble of air or gas
- foam (n) :
bọt
[foum]
- hedge (n) :
hàng rào
a row of thing forming a fence
[hedʒ]
These people are planting trees
folk = people
[fouk]
people
How is her face?
=> It is silly.
silly idea: ý tưởng ngớ ngẩn
silly: ngớ ngẩn
nonsense (n) :
lời nói vô lý, dại dột
VOCABULARY
Have you read a lot of Vietnamese poems?
Have you ever read any English poems?
Chatting :
=> Today we’ll read an English poem about environment.
MUMMY, OH MUMMY
the poem
1. How many people are there in the poem?
2. Where are they?
Guessing :
WHILE-READING
MUMMY, OH MUMMY
Answer:
1. There are two people in the poem
2. They are in the park
1. If the pollution goes on, the world will end up like a second-hand junk-yard
True / False
2. The boy isn’t interested in the problems of pollution.
3. The boy wants to throw the soda bottles away.
FALSE
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE
is
doesn’t want
4. The mother thinks other folk pollute the environment but not her and her son.
5. If the boy keeps on asking such questions, his mother will take him home right away.
TRUE
1
2
3
4
5
“Mummy, oh mummy, what’s going to happen
If all the pollution goes on”
But mummy, oh mummy, if I throw the bottles,
Won’t that be polluting the woods?
If you’re going to start getting silly ideas,
I’ll take you home right away.
Because pollution is something that other folk do,
We’re just enjoying our day”
Discuss these questions
2. What does the poet want us to learn about keeping the environment unpolluted?
1. Do you think the boy’s question (line 9-10) is silly? Why (not)?
Answer:
No. Because he is right: if he throws the bottles, that will be polluting the wood.
Answer:
The poet wants us to learn that everyone is responsible for keeping the environment from pollution.
Có trách nhiệm
POST-READING
What should / shouldn’t we do to minimize pollution?
Mindmap:
What could you do in your school, your house or other places to minimize pollution?
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At home :
What should you do at home?
At school :
What should you do at school?
Other places :
What should you do in other places?
What could you do in your school, your house or other places to minimize pollution?
Marks :
- Collect garbage
- Plant trees
- Reuse plastic bags
- Don’t litter
- Save paper
- …………
HOMEWORK
- Do the exercises a) and b) into your note book.
- Learn by heart the vocabulary.
Prepare the next lesson: WRITE.
+ Read the letter about Mr Nhat and tell the main content of that letter (page 52).
+ Answer these questions about you:
Do you love to go fishing? Have you ever used electricity to catch fish? Do you agree with this action? Why or why not?
+ Draw a mindmap about the complaint letter:
- Write 5 things that you have to do to keep the environment unpolluted
Mindmap:
A
S
C
R
P
HOMEWORK
Phu My secondary school, Phu Vang district, TTHue province
THI TRAN TAN CHAU SECONDARY SCHOOL
Thanks very much for your attention