Unit 3
Unit 3
WILD LIFE
LESSON 1: VOCABULARY – ANIMALS
I. OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- get some more knowledge about animals.
- develop students’ speaking and listening skills.
II. LANGUAGE CONTENT
* Vocabulary: - (nouns) : bat, butterfly, camel, crocodile, eagle, giraffe, gorilla, octopus,
ostrich, panda, rat, scorpion, spider, whale, wolf
- (verbs) : communicate, jump, survive
III. TECHNIQUES
- Questions & answers.
IV. TEACHING AIDS:
- Pictures, Textbook, power point.
V. PROCEDURES:
STAGE/TIME ACTIVITY
WARM UP Game: “WHO IS FASTER?”
(5 mins)
- Teacher divides class into 2 groups. One volunteer from each group goes
to the front and turn his / her back on each other.
- Teacher prepares 2 sets of words about animals and gives it to each
group. On the screen, teacher will show some sounds of the animals
and the student who raises hand first will get a chance to answer. With
one correct answer, each team will get 1 point. The group with the
most correct answers will be the winner.
Animal sounds: elephant, wolf, tiger, snake, monkey.
PRESENTATION Set context:
- Teacher asks students some questions:
“Where do these animals live?
Are they dangerous?”
- Students answer in their own.
Lead -in: So today we learn the lesson to ask and answer about the
animals.
New words:
bat (n)
butterfly (n)
camel (n)
crocodile (n)
eagle (n)
giraffe (n)
gorilla (n) (picture)
octopus (n)
ostrich (n)
panda (n)
rat (n)
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scorpion (n)
spider (n)
whale (n) (picture)
wolf (n)
communicate (v)
jump (v)
survive (v)
- Students listen to the teacher and repeat the words.
- Students copy down these words into their notebooks.
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5) Maybe it’s a giraffe.
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HOMEWORK - Learn new words by heart.
- Prepare the next lesson: READING “The ugliest animals?”
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UNIT 3
WILD LIFE
LESSON 2: READING – THE UGLIEST ANIMALS?
I. OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- get some more knowledge about the blobfish.
- read for specific information.
- develop students’ reading skill.
II. LANGUAGE CONTENT:
* Vocabulary: - (noun) : blobfish, species, danger.
- (adjective) : common, dull, extinct, weird, rare.
- (verb) : protect
III. TECHNIQUES
- scanning, skimming.
IV. TEACHING AIDS:
- pictures, textbook, power point.
V. PROCEDURES:
STAGE/TIME ACTIVITY
WARM UP Game: “WHO AM I?”
(5 mins)
- Teacher divides the class into two groups and have two representatives.
- Teacher prepares a small card with the name of an animal on it and
sticks a card to the representative's back and allows them to walk around
the group asking different questions to identify who they are.
- Teacher notes that only "Yes - No questions" are used for the students
to answer "Yes" or "No". The group representative who knows who
he/she is first wins.
(Suggested answers) : Gorilla
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PRACTICE Activity 1: Read the text. Which sentences does the writer agree
with?
- Teacher reads out the question and points out to students that for this
task they need to think about the writer’s point of view.
- Students read the text and answer the question. They can compare their
ideas in pairs.
- Teacher checks answers with the class.
(Suggested answers): The writer agrees with sentences 1 and 3.
-Activity 2: Read and listen to the text and write True or False.
- Teacher allows Students time to read the sentence.
- Teacher points out that for this task students need to read and listen
carefully for specific information, to find out if the sentence is true or
false and correct the false sentences.
- Teacher plays the audio again.
- Teacher checks students’ answers.
(Suggested answers)
1) True
2) False (It lives 1,000 metres under the sea.)
3) True
4) False (We often see information.)
Activity 3: Answer the questions.
- Teacher asks students work in pairs to answer the following questions.
1) Where does the blobfish live?
2) Why is the blobfish famous?
3) How many species become extinct each year?
- Teacher gives students time to discuss with their partners.
- Teacher checks students’ answers.
(Suggested answers)
1) Under the seas near Australia
2) Because people say it is the ugliest animal in the world.
3) Thousands of species.
Activity 4: VOCABULARY PLUS: use a dictionary to check the
meanings of the words in blue in the text.
- Students use a dictionary to check the meanings of the words in blue in
the reading text. Discuss the meanings with the class.
- Teacher could ask students to translate the words into their own
language to check understanding.
- Students answer in their own.
PRODUCTION Consolidation: “DRAW A PICTURE”
- Teacher shows the questions on the screen.
“Do you know the names of any animals in danger?
Do you think which ones are ugly and which ones are beautiful?”
- Teacher asks students to work in groups and draw a picture of the
animal for their answers.
- Teacher allows students time to prepare their answers to the questions.
- Teacher asks some groups to present to the class which animals are in
danger and which animals are ugly or beautiful.
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- Teacher gives feedback for students’ presentation.
HOMEWORK - Learn new words by heart.
- Prepare the next lesson: LANGUAGE FOCUS.
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UNIT 3: WILD LIFE
LESSON 3: LANGUAGE FOCUS-SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES
STAGE/TIME ACTIVITY
I. WARM UP Game: Kim's Game
- Teacher divides the class into 4 groups.
- Teacher gives some pictures and adjectives on the screen. then asks students look
through in a short time. Students are not allowed to write but they have to memorize
them.
- Then Teacher deletes the pictures.
- Asks students to choose one member in the group to write the pictures that they have
just seen.
- The group has the most correct answers will be the winner.
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SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES-SO SÁNH NHẤT
+ The usage: Teacher explains the usage of the superlative adjectives.
Superlative adjectives: are used to describe an object which is at the upper or lower
limit of a quality (the tallest, the smallest, the fastest, the highest). They are used in
sentences where a subject is compared to a group of objects.
+ Form:
In the example below, "biggest" is the superlative form of the adjective "big":
AB C
B is bigger than C, but A is the biggest.
Short adjectives: one-syllable adjectives
Eg: tall, big, hot, large, old,...
S + BE + THE ADJ + est
Short adjectives
1-syllable adjectives old, fast
2-syllable adjectives ending in -y happy, easy
RULE: add "-est" old → the oldest
Variation: if the adjective ends in -e, just add -st large → the largest
Variation: if the adjective ends in consonant, vowel, big → the biggest
consonant, double the last consonant
Variation: if the adjective ends in -y, change the y to i happy → the happiest
The adjectives good, bad and far have irregular comparatives and superlatives:
Long adjectives
2-syllable adjectives not ending in -y modern, pleasant
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all adjectives of 3 or more syllables expensive, intelligent
RULE: use "most" modern → the most modern
expensive → the most expensive
Eg: Peter is the most handsome (person) in the family.
+ PRACTICE:
* Activity 2: Write the superlative form of the adjectives
- Ask students if they can remember the rules to form comparative adjectives.
- Have students write these adjectives in the comparative form
+ Eg: new, nice, friendly, fit, comfortable.
newer, nicer, friendlier, fitter, more comfortable.
- Have students write the superlative forms of the adjectives in the box.
- Check the answers with the class.
- KEY:
the weirdest, the slowest, the rarest, the safest, the ugliest , the prettiest, the
biggest, the hottest, the most common, the most expensive, the best.
* Activity 3: Students read the text, then complete it.
- Have students work in pairs
- Teacher asks students read and complete the text.
- Then compare their answers in pairs.
- Teacher checks answers with the class.
- New words:
+ Average (adj) = common
+ Temperature (n) = a measure of the warmth or coldness of an object.
+ Explore (v) = search for
+ Mountain (n): show pictures
+ Peak (n) = the pointed top of a mountain
+ Mammal species: show pictures
- KEY:
1. hottest, 2. warmest, 3. coldest, 4. best, 5. highest, 6. the most interesting
* Activity 4: Work individually
- Have students read the study strategy with the class.
- Teacher asks students write their sentences individually, then compare with their
partners.
- Teacher checks students' answers
- Suggested answers:
+ I think the best food is fried chicken.
+ In my opinion, the most horrible animals are spiders.
* Activity 5: Work individually
- Teacher allows students time to prepare their answers to the questions individually.
- They then discuss the questions in pairs.
- Teacher asks some students to report back to the class, and discuss as a class which
animals are in danger and which animals are ugly or beautiful.
- Ss answer in their own.
III. - Summary the lesson
CONSOLIDATION - Asks students to write about their country by using the superlative adjectives.
IV. HOMEWORK - Learn by heart all the new words and structures
- Prepare for next lesson – Vocabulary and listening
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UNIT 3: WILD LIFE
LESSON 4: VOCABULARY AND LISTENING
I. OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- understand a podcast about animal skills
- develop students’ listening skills.
II. Teaching Aids:
- Textbook, tape, power point slides, …
STAGE/TIME ACTIVITY
WARM UP Sing a song : "Amazing animals"
- Teacher has students listen to a song :" Amazing song"
- Have students count the animals in the song.
- Then teacher asks students some questions:
" How many animals are there?"
" How fast do you think zebras can run?"
" What other animals can run fast?"
- Students answer in their own.
PRE-LISTENING Set context:
- Teacher asks students a question:
“ What are the most dangerous animals in the world?"
- Students answer in their own.
*Activity 1: Work in pairs
- Check that students understand skills.
- Have students use their dictionaries to check the meanings of the verbs in the box
and complete the questions in the quiz.
- Play the audio for students to check their answers.
- Then check the answers with the class.
- New words:
+ Hear (v)
+ Communicate (v)
+ Fly (v)
+ Jump (v)
+ Survive (v)
+ Kill (v) (explanation )
+ Climb (v)
+ Grow (v)
+ Move (v)
+ Run (v)
- Key:
1. hear, 2. grow, 3. kill, 4. drink, 5. survive, 6, see, 7. see, 8. fly, 9. run
WHILE-TEACHING * Activity2: Work in pairs
- Have students work in pairs to answer the questions in the quiz.
- Do not check the answers at this stage.
* Activity 3: Listen to a podcast about animals in the quiz.
- Have students listen and check their answers to the quiz. Then points out that
students must listen very carefully to hear the details of each answer.
- Teacher plays the audio.
- Then check the answers with the class.
- See which pair got the most correct answers, and asks students which animal they
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think is the most amazing and why.
- Key:
1. a 2. c 3. c 4. b 5. b 6. c
*Activity 4: Listen again. Then read the skills strategy
- Have students read the skills strategy before doing exercise 4.
Then teacher allows students time to read the sentences and points out that students
must listen very carefully to hear the specific information they need.
- Teacher plays the audio again.
- Students decide which extra pieces of information they hear.
- Check the answers with the class
- Key: b and c
* Optional activity: Listening. Then answer the questions
- Teacher have students work in pairs and discuss the answers.
- Teacher plays the audio again for them to check the answers.
- Teacher checks students' answers.
1. How do elephants hear with their feet?
2. What helps gorillas to survive?
3. What examples of animals communicating does the podcast give?
4. What is our most important skill, according to the podcast?
- Suggested answers:
1. They feel sounds in the ground.
2. They are big, strong and intelligent.
3. Whales and monkeys
4. We can speak.
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UNIT 3: DAYS
Lesson 5 – Language Focus • can for ability • might • Questions with How ... ?
AIMS: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to talk about abilities.
TEACHING AIDS:
- Textbook, projector, pictures
TECHNIQUES:
- reading skill, speaking skill.
- group work, individual.
PROCEDURES:
W J U R V
G C H F I
M O L N V
T P B A E
Suggested answer:
survive - grow - elephant
jump – hear - climb
move – animal – fly - intelligent
Language note:
1. Can and Can’t are the same for all
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persons: I can / can’t, you can / can’t, - Teacher plays the
he can / can’t, etc. grammar animation.
2. Can / Can’t is always followed by the base
form of the verb:
Form:
Affirmative form S + can + V0 + O
Negative form S + can’t + V0 + O
Question Can + S + V0 + O ?
ACTIVITY 5. Look at the Key Phrases. - Teacher asks Students read - To help
Answer the questions in exercise 4 with the the key phrases with the Students
information in the box. Use the Key class and answer the
Phrases. Then compare with a partner. elicit 3phrases - between …. questions with
and … , around, about. “how”.
Key Phrases: - Students write their
between …. and … ở giữa … và … answers in pairs.
around - Teacher checks answers
about khoảng with the class.
Answer key:
1. Around 44 kilometres an hour
2. 195 (recognised by the United Nations)
3. Between 5 and 6 metres
4. Around 4 metres
5. 20,014 kilometres - Teacher allows students
ACTIVITY 6. Ask and answer questions time to prepare their
with How ... ?. Find people in the class with questions. Ask some
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the same answers as yours. students to read their
questions to the class and
correct any errors.
2 HOMEWORK - Students do homework - To prepare
mins - Do exercise in workbook page 27 and prepare for the next well for the
- Students prepare for the next lesson: lesson. next period.
SPEaKING • Asking for permission
UNIT 3: DAYS
Lesson 5 – Language Focus • can for ability • might • Questions with How ... ?
AIMS: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to talk about abilities.
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TEACHING AIDS:
- Textbook, projector, pictures
TECHNIQUES:
- reading skill, speaking skill.
- group work, individual.
PROCEDURES:
W J U R V
G C H F I
M O L N V
T P B A E
Suggested answer:
survive - grow - elephant
jump – hear - climb
move – animal – fly - intelligent
Language note:
1. Can and Can’t are the same for all
persons: I can / can’t, you can / can’t, - Teacher plays the
he can / can’t, etc. grammar animation.
2. Can / Can’t is always followed by the base
form of the verb:
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Form:
Affirmative form S + can + V0 + O
Negative form S + can’t + V0 + O
Question Can + S + V0 + O ?
ACTIVITY 5. Look at the Key Phrases. - Teacher asks Students read - To help
Answer the questions in exercise 4 with the the key phrases with the Students
information in the box. Use the Key class and answer the
Phrases. Then compare with a partner. elicit 3phrases - between …. questions with
and … , around, about. “how”.
Key Phrases: - Students write their
between …. and … ở giữa … và … answers in pairs.
around - Teacher checks answers
about khoảng with the class.
Answer key:
1. Around 44 kilometres an hour
2. 195 (recognised by the United Nations)
3. Between 5 and 6 metres
4. Around 4 metres
5. 20,014 kilometres - Teacher allows students
ACTIVITY 6. Ask and answer questions time to prepare their
with How ... ?. Find people in the class with questions. Ask some
the same answers as yours. students to read their
questions to the class and
correct any errors.
2 HOMEWORK - Students do homework - To prepare
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mins - Do exercise in workbook page 27 and prepare for the next well for the
- Students prepare for the next lesson: lesson. next period.
SPEaKING • Asking for permission
UNIT 3: DAYS
Lesson 7 – WRITING • Animals in danger
AIMS: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write an information leaflet about animals
in danger and give examples.
TEACHING AIDS:
- Textbook, projector, pictures
TECHNIQUES:
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- reading skill, speaking skill.
- group work, individual.
PROCEDURES:
Lead-in
Which animals are in danger? - Teacher asks students
questions to lead in new
To write information leaflet about Animals in lesson.
danger, today we will continue with Writing
lesson.
II. PRE-WRITING
7 VOCABULARY - Teacher elicits each of the - To prepare
mins 1. farming (n) công việc đồng áng, công việc words. vocabulary for
trồng trọt - Teacher reads the words Students.
2. pollution (n) ô nhiễm and asks Ss to repeat.
3. hunting (n) săn bắt - Teacher checks the
4. explain (v) giải thích meaning, part of speech,
5. adopt (v) nhận nuôi pronunciation.
6. such as: như là
7. like: như là
8. For example: ví dụ như
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mins ACTIVITY 1. Read the text and answer the discuss the question. Students
questions - Teacher checks answers understand the
with the class. general
a) Which of these do you think is a problem - Students practice reading. meaning.
for the Philippine eagle?
b) Why is the Philippine eagle special? What
kinds of animals does it eat?
Answer key:
a) farming
b) It’s one of the biggest birds in the world,
and it’s in danger and very rare. It eats snakes
and small animals such as bats, rats and small
monkeys.
LESSON PLAN
TIẾNG ANH 6 FRIENDS PLUS
UNIT 3-CLIL: NATURAL SCIENCE: ANIMALS
Aims: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- Talk about different animal groups.
Teaching Aids:
- Textbook, audio record(38), power point slides, groups’ boards …
STAGE/TIME ACTIVITY
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I. WARM UP - Teacher divides the class into small groups.
- Students have to match the words: “feather, scale, legs, hair, wing, lung, fin,
backbone, gill” with their suitable definitions.
- Students have to answer by using their group board.
- Which group has all the correct answer will be the winner and they will have a
plus.
Answer key:
feather - is one of the many soft light parts covering a bird’s body.
scale - is one of the small flat pieces of skin that cover the bodies of fish.
legs - are the long parts of an animal that its feet are joined to.
hair - grows on the body of a person or an animal.
wing - is one of the parts of the body of a bird, insect that it uses for flying.
lung - is in the body that you use for breathing.
fin - is one of the thin body parts that a fish uses to swim.
backbone - is the row of connected bones that go down the middle of your back.
gill - is one of the openings on the side of a fish’s head that it breathes through.
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- Students work in pairs to read the text again and answer the questions.
- Teacher is going to check answers with the class.
Answer key:
1/ Fish doesn’t live on land.
2/ Fish and reptiles have got scales.
3/ Amphibians haven’t get lungs when they are young.
4/ Mammals feed their babies milk.
5/ Amphibians are different when they are older.
*Exercise 4:
- Students work in groups to answer the questions.
- Teacher shows the pictures of four animals on the screen and let students match
their names with their suitable pictures.
- Let students read the name of four animals again.
- Teacher is going to explain the exercise and let students work in groups to
classify these animals.
- Teacher is going to check answers with the class.
Answer key:
- A crocodile is a reptile.
- A shark is a fish.
- A camel is a mammal.
- An eagle is a bird.
*Exercise 5:
- Teacher instruct students how to play the game.
- Students have to use the questions in the exercise number four to ask for some
clues about the animals.
- Students work in groups.
- One student from each group will stand in front of the class to answer the
questions from other groups.
- If they have a right answer their group will have a plus.
- Each group have to think about 3 animals for other groups can guess.
III. CONSOLIDATION - Summary the lesson
- Listen and read the new words in the lesson.
- Teacher asks students about animal groups and animal parts.
- Teacher is going to make some yes/ no questions and let the students answer.
IV. HOMEWORK - Learn by heart all the new words and the structures.
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- Prepare for next lesson – Unit 3: Puzzles and games.
LESSON PLAN
TIẾNG ANH 6 FRIENDS PLUS
UNIT 2-PUZZLES AND GAMES
Aims: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- remember words and phrases in an entertaining way.
Teaching Aids:
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- Textbook, power point slides, …
STAGE/TIME ACTIVITY
I. WARM UP - Teacher divides the class into small groups.
- Students are going to play the game “Hangman”.
- Teacher is going to give clues for each words.
- Students are going to guess letters of the words if they have a correct letter, their
group will get a point. And if they can guess the whole world, they will get the
points based on the blanks left.
Answer key: There are 5 words:
1- fish
2- mammals
3- reptiles
4- amphibians
5- birds
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write it on a piece of paper.
- Teacher is going to put students into groups and ask them to stand up.
- After that, teacher is going to ask each group to nominate someone to call out the
superlative adjectives, and students put themselves in order.
- Students can use comparatives and superlatives,… to arrange their animals
positions.
- Teacher may give an example: “A bear is faster than a fish. An ostrich is the
fastest”.
Answer key:
Students will choose animals on page 38 to write on their papers/ boards.
Students’ own answers
* Exercise 4:
- Teacher is going to read out the instructions.
- Students are going to read the clues and complete the crossword.
“With weaker classes, students could work in pairs for this. With stronger classes,
teacher could do it as a race.”
- Teacher is going to check answers with the class.
Answer key:
- Across: 1 climb 3 run 6 swim 7 survive 8 eat
- Down: 2 months 4 jump 5 hear 6 speak
* Exercise 5:
- Teacher is going to read out the instructions and check that students understand
the game.
- Students are going to work individually or in pairs to put the words in order and
guess the animals.
“With stronger classes, students or fast finishers could work in pairs to make a
similar puzzle of their own. They could swap with another pair and try to solve
the puzzle they have been given.”
- Teacher is going to check answers with the class.
Answer key:
1 I’ve got eight legs.
I’m quite big.
I can swim.
Octopus
2 I’m a large bird from Africa.
I can run fast.
I can’t fly.
Ostrich
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3 I’m a very dangerous animal.
I’ve got a very big mouth.
I’m long and green.
Crocodile
* Exercise 6:
- Teacher is going to read out the instructions, and give an example.
- Students are going to work in pairs. They can play papers-rocks-scissors to find
out who can take a chance for asking, or they may use a coin.
- Who can make 5 questions first will be the winner.
Answer key:
- Students’ own answers.
III. CONSOLIDATION - Summary the lesson
- Listen and read the adjectives, animal groups, and questions words.
- Teacher asks students to practice asking and answering about animals.
IV. HOMEWORK - Review the grammar structures and new words of unit 3.
- Prepare Unit 4: “Learning world-Vocabulary: School subjects”.
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