Unit 6. The environment

Welcome to our English lesson
Teacher: Nguyen Hai Van
1. Warm up:
Unit 6 The environment
Period 40: Lesson 4: Read
What do those pictures tell us about ?
They tell us about the environmental problems
2.Pre- reading
(to)finish:k?t thỳc
(to) end up =
*Vocabulary
junk-yard (N):
Bói ph? th?i
Treasure (N):
C?a c?i chõu bỏu,kho bỏu
Hedge (N):
H�ng r�o
Nonsence (N):
L?i núi vụ nghia, d?i dụt
Foam (N) :
B?t
Stream (N) :
Dũng su?i
2. Pre-reading
* Group work:
Answer these questions
a. Who are the people in the poem?
b. Where are they?
3.While -reading
*checking the prediction
a.The mother and her son
b.They are in the woods
3/ While-reading
Match A and B
3. While - reading
* Pair work
Read the poem and answer the questions.
1. According to the mother, what will happen if the pollution goes on?
2. According to the mother, who pollutes the environment?
3. What will happen to the boy if he keeps on asking his mother such questions?
4. Do you think the boy`s question (lines 9-10) is silly ? Why (not)?
If the pollution goes on, the world will end up like a second hand junk yard.
She thinks other folk pollute the environment but not her and her son.
If he keeps on asking such questions, his mother will take him home right away.
No, I think he is right. Because if he throws the bottles that will be polluting the woods.
4. Post - reading
Discuss in groups
What could you do in your school/ house to minimize pollution?









* Suggested answers
Reuse things
Use leaves to wrap food instead of plastic bags.
Put garbage bins around the schoolyard.
Clean our neighborhood regularly.
Plant trees
Collect used paper for recycling
Not throw trash on to the water.
(Gi?m t?i m?c t?i thi?u)
5. Sum Up
* She asked her son to throw the soda bottles over the hedge.
* She thinks other folk pollute the environment but not her and her son.
What does the poet want to tell us?
/keeping the environment
from pollution.
(Cú trỏch nhi?m)
The poet wants to tell us that Every one is responsible for protecting the environment
6.Home work
-Learn new words by heart
-Write 5 things that you should do to protect the environment
-Read the poem again
-Prepare write
Thank you for your attention!