UNIT 11 SOURCES OF ENERGY
PART A: READING A.OBJECTIVES:
Aims :
- Helping students to understand the importance of saving energy and
using alternative sources of energy.
- Helping students to use the words related to the sources of energy
through reading and writing.
Vocabulary : fossil fuels, alternative, nuclear energy, geothermal
heat/energy, solar power/panel, potential, to release, to create,
exhausted, limited, plentiful, infinite
Teaching Aids: pictures of sources of energy; projector (if available);
textbook
B.PROCEDURE: T

Contents T & Ss’activities
I). WARM UP: (5 MINUTES)
Al the pictures should show different
kinds of producing energy, such as
wind power, solar energy,
hydroelectric plant, etc.

 Write the words of different
sources of energy on the board and ask
students to match the words with the
right pictures.

đ ịa nhi êt
solar power/panel(n): Tam thu năng l
ư ơng m ăt trơì
potential (n) Tiem n ăng
to release (v) th ải ra
to create(v) : t ạo ra

Exchange with their
partners and match the
words given with the right
pictures.

 Ss Listen to the teacher's
comments and repeat the
words.
 Teacher explains some
important words using
pictures or giving meaning
(some words need to be
described in Vietnamese,
especially to students of
lower-level classes).
 Teacher ask these
questions and has students
exhausted(a) c ạn ki ẹt
limited,(v)
plentiful(a)
infinite(v)

Suggested answers:

dictionary when necessary)

Suggested answers:
1. released 2. alternative 3. energy

4. limited 5. exhausted

2.Task 2: Scan the passage and write
down the advatages and disadvantages
of each altenative source of energy
Suggested answers:

Sources Advantages Disadvant.
listen to the recording of the
passage two times, then read
it in silence. (Teacher
should go round to check
and give help where
necessary.)
 Students discuss Task 1
with their partners.
 Teacher has students
work in pairs and complete
Task 1 (pp. 125 - 126,
Textbook).
 Teacher has students
work in pairs studying the

and group work to find the
answers.
 Teacher has students read
the passage again then ask
mentioned in the passage: fossil fuels,
nuclear, geothermal, solar, water, and
wind power.
2. In my opinion, solar energy is the
most potential because it is clean, safe
and not expensive, and people can get
it almost everywhere on earth. (There
can be different answers to this
questions.)
IV). POST-READING: (5 minutes)
 Teacher has students work in pairs
and complete the summary of the text
on pages 126&127 in Textbook.

Suggested answer:
1. energy 2. one 3. fuels 4.
limited
them to work in groups in
order to work out the
answers to theses questions: