Unit 9. Undersea world

Teacher: Truong Thi Phuong Khanh (Nguyen Dinh Chieu high school)


My Tho city, March 2008
*Aims:
To help students know some new word about the sea
To help students read and use the new words correctly
To help them understand the reading by doing the comprehension tasks

*Teaching aids:
Textbook, computer, multi-projector


*Warm-up
*stage 1: Pre-reading
-pictures
-questions
-vocabulary
*stage 2: while-reading
-task 1: fill in the blanks
Task2 : answer the questions
*stage 3: post-reading
Fill in the blanks
*homework:
Nguyen Dinh Chieu high school
Class:
Teacher:Truong Thi Phuong Khanh
-Where are the scenes?
- What can we find there?
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Arctic ocean
?
Pacific ocean
?
Atlantic ocean
?
Antarctic ocean
?
Indian ocean
starfish
seal
turtle
shark
Jellyfish
Vocabulary
Seal (n)
Jellyfish (n)
Vocabulary
Starfish (n)
Vocabulary
Shark (n)
Vocabulary
Turtle (n)
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Submarine (n)
Vocabulary

Seabed (n):
Đáy biển
Vocabulary
Biodiversity (n):
đa dạng sinh học
Water current n):
dòng thủy lưu
Be at stake (exp. ):
Be endagered
Task 1/ page 95: fill in each blank with one suitable word
Some plants and animals are referred to as ______ organisms because they are extremely small.
Thanks to modern technology, scientists have been able to __________the life of plants and animals that live under the sea.
A ______ is a large area of sea that is partly surrounded by land
___________is a term that refers to the existence of different kinds of animals and plants which make a balanced environment.
These scientists have collected different ________to analyze for their experiment.
tiny
investigate
gulf
Biodiversity
samples
Task 2/ page 96: Answer the questions
1. 75 percents of the earth surface are covered by seas and oceans
2. Scientists overcome the challenges of the depth by using modern devices


Task 2/ page 96: Answer the questions
Task 2/ page 96: Answer the questions

3. They investigate the seabed and bring samples of marine life back to the surface for further study
Task 2/ page 96: Answer the questions


4. We can know a wide range of information ( water temperature, depth, undersea population)
Task 2/ page 96: Answer the questions
5. They are those that live on or depend on the bottom like the starfish, those that move independently of water currents and those that are carried along by the currents
Task 2/ page 96: Answer the questions

6. Marine life would be at stake if the sea biodiversity were not maintained
After you read: Fill in the gaps/ page 96
Though covering (1) __________of the earth’s surface, the ocean has remained
(2) _________to us until recently. With
(3) ______technology we have now made important (4) __________about the
(5) __________of marine life. We have learnt that whether tiny or (6) _____, all the (7) ___________of the sea are (8) ________.
three-quarters
mysterious
modern
discoveries
biodiversity
plants and animals
closely connected
huge
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