Unit 6
The environment

Period 37 lesson 1: Getting started
Listen and read A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to know some
problem about the environment and know how to use if sentence .
B / Teaching aids : Text book , cassette , chalks and boards .
C / Procedure :
7 min 10 min
I / Warm up : Word quiz
- Ask Ss to guess words form the information .
1. What word is it ?
+ It is about things around us like air , water , land ,trees,
forests.
+ It is being polluted now . And when it is polluted it
affects our lives ( If necessary )
 Key word : Environment
- Introduce and lead in the new lesson .
II / Presentation :


1. Vocabulary pre-teach :
- Environment problems (n)
- Garbage dump ( n) : Place where the garbage is stored .
- Deforestation (n) : cutting down trees in the forest for
some purposes such as : farming , timber ,
- Air pollution ( n) : The presence of dirty substances in
the air that we breathe .
- Dynamite fishing (n) : Fishing that uses explosive
substances .
- Water pollution ( n) : The presence of harmful materials
that damage the water
,
s quality.
- Spraying pesticides ( n) The use of chemical substances
to kill insects on the farm .
* Checking technique : Sentence modeling
+ Ask Ss to make sentences with the words they have
learned .
II / Practice
- Ask Ss to match these above environmental problems to
the pictures in the textbook.
- Call on some Ss to read their answers aloud .
- Correct and give Answers : Listen and repeat in
chorus and
individually .
Guess its meanings ,

a) air pollution b) spraying pesticides
c) Garbage dump d) water pollution
e) deforestation f) dynamite fishing
- Turn on the tape 2 times and ask them to read the
passage in the book : “ Mr Brown is talking to some
volunteer conservationist “
- Ask Ss to do the exercise a )
+ Have then write the full sentences
+ Call on some Ss to read the full sentences aloud .
- Give correct answers :
Group 1 – f walk along the shore .
Group 2 – e check the sand
Group 3 – b check among the rocks
Mr . Jones – a collect all the bags and take them to the
garbage dump .
Mrs .Smith – c provide a picnic lunch for everyone
Mr. Brown – d give out the bags
- Have Ss read the passage again and answer the
questions .
- Ask Ss to compare their answers with a friend .
+ Go around the class and provide necessary corrections .
aloud .
Copy down .



3 min
- Call on some pairs to practice in the front .
- Give correct answers :
1. The speaker is Mr . Brown
2. The listeners are members of volunteer conservationists
.
3. They are on the beach .
4. If they work hard , they will make the beach clean and
beautiful again soon .
III / Production :
- Ask Ss to work in group of three to four and discuss
questions 6 and 7 in the book . Write the questions on the
board :
1. Have you ever done anything similar ? If yes , what did
you do ? Where did you do it ?
2. If the pollution continues , what might happen ?
- Call on some Ss to answer the questions loudly in front
of class.
IV / Homework :
1. Learn by heart new words .
2. Summarize main points .
3. Prepare the next lesson .
friend .