Giáo án Tiếng Anh Lớp 7 - Unit 10: Sources of energy

Period: 91
UNIT 10: SOURCES OF ENERGY
Skill 1
I. Objectives
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to read a text about special vehicles and give facts or opinions
1. Knowledge, Skills, Attitude: 
a. Knowledge:
- Vocabulary: future means of transport and movement
- Grammar: will for future prediction, possessive pronouns
b. Skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
c. Attitude: Be interested in future transport and movement
2. Capacity is formed and developed for students
- Self – learning capability
- Communicative competence
II. Preparation
1. Teacher: text book, extra board, cassette tape and real objects.
2. Students: textbook, notebook, workbook.
III. Students’ activities
1. Warm up (5’)
Sts’ and T’s activities
Contents
- T organizes
- Ss play.
Brainstorming: means of transport
Means of transport
 car
metro 
 scooter
underground
2. Knowledge formation activities (36’)
Sts’ and T’s activities
Contents
Aims: Ss will be able to know more about vehicles and distinguish facts from opinions
Ask Ss to look at the pictures and describe what they see. If the pictures are too small, T can prepare bigger photos of a hover scooter, a monowheel, and a segway. Help Ss to find out the connection between the pictures by asking questions such as: How many people can travel on them? Where are these vehicles used? How can these people control the vehicles? Do not give the names of the vehicles at this point.
* Reading
1. Look at the pictures below. What do you think is the connection between them.
Suggested answers: 
These are all personal of transport. One person can travel on them. They are all used for ground transport. People control them by using handle bars
Elicit the new words Ask Ss to read the text and try to identify which picture is a hover scooter, a monowheel, and a segway. Ask Ss to explain their decisions.
2. Read the text below and find the names of the transport inventions.
* New words
Flop (v): thất bại
Hover scooter (n): xe trượt trên mặt đất
Monowheel (n): xe đạp một bánh
Pedal (n), (v): bàn đạp
Segway (n): segway (tên một loại phương tiện giao thông di chuyển bằng sự di chuyển tay lái)
Pull (v): kéo> < push
Handle (n): tay cầm
Create (v) – Creation (n)
Ss work individually then compare the answers with their partners.
3. Can you find words in the text to match the definitions below
1. invention 2. flop 3. weird
Ss work in pairs to complete the task. Ask Ss to underline the words in the text that help them to find the answers.
For more able class, ask Ss if they agree or disagree with what the author says and why.
4. Answer the following questions.
1. The Segway.
2. Maybe because a personal hover scooter is expensive, and it may be difficult to park.
3. The monowheel.
4. The Segway
Explain the Stydy Skill box for opinion signal words. T may bring in some photos or write on the board some interestiong topics and ask Ss for their opinions. Ask Ss to use opinion signal words where possible.
Remind Ss of the difference between a fact and an opinion that they have learnt in Getting Satrted. Ss work in pairs to complete the task.
* Speaking
5. Read the text again. Which statements are facts? Which are the writer’s opinion?
1. fact 2. opinion 
3. opinion 4. fact 
5. opinion 6. fact
Ss work in pair to prepare their presentation about the vehicle. Remind them to use statements about both facts and opinions. Ss can add their own ideas where possible. Call on some pairs to present it to the class.
6. Now in pairs, talk about the transports below. Use a mix of facts and opinions.
3. Consolidation 4’
Talk about advantages and disadvantages of some means of transport.
4. Using knowledge (option)
5. Further practice (option)
- Prepare Unit 11: Skills 2
IV. Experience:
Period: 92
Unit 11: TRAVELLING IN THE FUTURE
Skill 2
I. Objectives
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to listen for specific information about inventions of future means of transport.
1. Knowledge, Skills, Attitude: 
a. Knowledge:
- Vocabulary: future means of transport and movement
- Grammar: will for future prediction, possessive pronouns
b. Skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
c. Attitude: Be interested in future transport and movement
2. Capacity is formed and developed for students
- Self – learning capability
- Communicative competence
II. Preparation
1. Teacher: text book, extra board, cassette tape and real objects.
2. Students: textbook, notebook, workbook.
III. Students’ activities
1. Warm up (5’)
Sts’ and T’s activities
Contents
Chatting: Which transport do you think of in the future?
2. Knowledge formation activities (36’)
Sts’ and T’s activities
Contents
Aims: Ss listen for specific information about inventions of future means of transport.
- Have Ss guess the answers first. Tell Ss that the questions ask about what they think, and not what is true about the vehicle. Remind them to use opinion signal words where possible. Do not give corrective feedback.
- Accept all answers from Ss and ask them to explain why they think so.
1. Look at the picture. Which do you think are the correct options below.
- Ss’ opinion
Aim: developing their listening skill
Play the recording and ask Ss to check their answers in 1.
* Listening
2. Now listen and check your answers.
1. can 2. doesn’t
3. not easy 4. can’t 5. is
Ss work individually to answer the questions and compare the answers with their partners.
3. Listen again and answer the following questions.
1. The vehicle is called TF-X
2. It can travel at 300 kph.
3. It was designed in 2013.
Ss work in pairs to do the task. Give correct feedback and play the recording again if necessary.
4. Tick the benefits of this vehicle that are mentioned in the recording.
1. It can avoid traffic.P
2. It can avoid bad weather.( not mention)
3. It travels fast. P
4. You can invite three of your relatives and three of your friends to travel with you on this vehicle at the same time.( the car has two seats)
5. Learning to drive the car is simple. P
Aim: developing their writing skill
Refer to the text in Reading to support Ss in this task.
* Writing
5. Write a short paragraph about a future means of transport in this unit. Include both facts and your opinions about the vehicle.
- name of mean of transport.
- how it looks
- how its functions.
- what you think about it.
Have Ss swap their writing with each other. Ask them to identify facts and opinions. For more able classes, ask Ss to give their own feedback about their friend’s writing.
6. Swap your writing with your partner. Find which sentences are facts, and which ones are opinions. Do you agree or disagree with your friend’s opinions?
3. Consolidation 4’
Demonstrate their writing
4. Using knowledge (option)
5. Further practice (option)
Prepare for the next. (Looking back)
IV. Experience:
Period: 93
Unit 11: TRAVELLING IN THE FUTURE
Lesson 7: Looking back
I. Objectives
By the end of this lesson, students can review all what they have learnt in this unit.
1. Knowledge, Skills, Attitude: 
a. Knowledge:
- Vocabulary: future means of transport and movement
- Grammar: will for future prediction, possessive pronouns
b. Skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
c. Attitude: Be interested in future transport and movement
2. Capacity is formed and developed for students
- Self – learning capability
- Communicative competence
II. Preparation
1. Teacher: text book, extra board, cassette tape and real objects.
2. Students: textbook, notebook, workbook.
III. Students’ activities
1. Warm up (5’) Aim: reviewing how to will for future prediction, possessive pronouns
Sts’ and T’s activities
Contents
Chatting: Ss talk about their future means of transport.
2. Knowledge formation activities (36’)
Sts’ and T’s activities
Contents
Aim: developing their vocabulary
Have Ss work individually to combine the pictures together to form a phrase
* Vocabulary.
1. Use the clues in the two pictures to form a phrase.
b. solar-powered taxi
c. driverless plane
d. space car
e. underwater bus.
Ss first work individually, then work in groups to fill the table.
2. Complete this table.
Transport possibilities in the future.
Verb
Energy used
Characteristics
bicycle
Ride, pedal
Wind-powered
Automated, high-speed
car
drive
Water-powered
Flying, driverless
train
drive
Solar-powerd
Underwater, supersonic
airplane
Fly, drive
Solar-powered
driveless
Aim: helping them use these grammatical notes in the right way
Ss work individually then compare their answers with each other.
* Grammar
3. Change the personal pronouns in brackets into suitable possessive pronouns.
1.mine 2. yours
3.theirs 4. hers
Ss write the text and swap with each other for peer comments.
4. Look at the information about skycycling tubes. Then write a description of this means of transport using will and won’t.
Skycycling tubes will be easy to drive .
Ss work individually then compare their answers with each other.
5.Complete the dialogues using will (+) or won’t (-).
1. (I don’t know).Perhaps we won’t travel in driveless cars in the future.
2. Will we have high speed trains in the next five years?
Yes, maybe we will
3. I think we will have electric taxis very soon.
Oh, I think we won’t have them until the year 2030.
Encourage Ss to draw pictures or use videos to illustrate their ideas. They may use posters or prepare a presentation using computer if possible.
III- Project.
Our own future transport.
In groups, brainstorm ideas for your future means of transport. Think about the following:
+ Where does it travel? Does it fly, float, drive or something else?
+ How does it travel? Do you pedal it?.....
3. Consolidation 4’
Practice fluently
4. Using knowledge (option)
5. Further practice (option)
- Prepare Unit 12: Getting started
IV. Experience:
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