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UNIT FIFTEEN. SPACE CONQUEST
Date: ……… 1
st
lesson. Reading
92
nd
period.
A) Aims. To help Ss practise reading a passage about space conquest.
B) Objectives. By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to guess the meaning through the
context and do all the exercises correctly.
C) Materials. Textbook.
D) Methods. Integrated, mainly communicative.
E) Anticipated problems. Ss may not have sufficient words about the topic.
F) Procedure.
Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
3
minutes
10
minutes
I) Warm up. Use some pictures then ask them to
answer some questions about the pictures.
1. Look at the pictures and tell me what you see in
picture 1 and 2.
2. What do you call a person who flies a plan/ a
spaceship?
3. Between them which job do you prefer?
Give a reason for your answer. Why do you like it?
- Ask Ss to work in groups then read aloud the answers.
- Correct if necessary.
- Ask them to answer the question.

2. A person who flies a
plane is called a pilot and a
person who flies a
spacecraft is called an
astronaut.
3. I like being a pilot
because I want to travel
everywhere.
I like to be an astronaut
because I want to go to the
moon/ fly into space.
- Read in silence.
- Work in groups.
- Read aloud the answers
then give remarks.
- Copy.
- Read in silence.
- Work in groups.
- Give the answers then
give remarks.
- Copy.
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20
minutes
10
minutes
2
minutes
+ Paragraph 3- D. A view on Earth.

- Ask Ss to read aloud the answers then call others to
give remarks.
- Give corrective feedback if necessary.
1. cosmonaut 2. in space
3. lasted 4. success
5. gravity 6. view
7. impossible 8. named after.
III) Homework assignment.
Ask Ss to translate the passage into Vietnamese and
prepare “ Speaking” in advance.
- Read in silence and
underline keywords.
- Work in groups.
- Give the answers then
give remarks.
- Copy.
- Work in groups then read
aloud the answers.
- Give remarks then copy.
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UNIT FIFTEEN. SPACE CONQUEST
Date: .. …… 2
nd
lesson. Speaking
93
rd
period.
A) Aims. To help Ss practise speaking about the first flight into space of China and talk about
the events of space conquest.

+ How many ..?…………………
- Ask Ss to work in groups then read aloud the answers.
- Ask others to give remarks.
- Correct their mistakes if necessary.
A. When did China launch its first maned spacecraft into
space?
B. On October 15, 2003.
A. What is the name of China’s first maned spacecraft?
B. Its name is Shenzhou 5.
A. What is the name of the astronaut?
B. His name is Yang Liwei.
A. How old was he when he flew into space?
B. He was 38 years old.
A. How important was the successful flight to China?
B. The successful flight maked a milestone in China’s
space project.
A. How many countries in the world have been able to
- Answer.
P1. He’s Pham Tuan-
Vietnamese astronaut.
P2. He is Yuri Gagarin-
Russian cosmonaut.
P3. He’s Liwei- Chinese
astronaut.
- Read in silence.
- Make questions and
answers.
- Give remarks.
- Copy.
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+ Picture 5.
A. Who are the first humans to set foot on the moon?
B. They are Neil Amstrong and Buzz Aldrin American
astronauta.
A. When did they set foot on the moon?
B. On July 20,1969.
+ Picture 6.
A. Who is the first Vietnamese to fly into space?
B. That is Pham Tuan.
A. With whom did he go along into space?
B. He went with V.V Gorbotko a Russian cosmonaut.
A. How long did he stay in the orbit?
B. He stayed 8 days in the orbit.
- Ask Ss to work in groups.
- Go around and offer help if necessary.
- Ask Ss to work in pairs then read aloud the dialogues.
- Ask others to give remarks.
- Give corrective feedback if necessary.
III) Homework assignments.
Ask Ss to prepare “ Listening” in advance.
- Read in silence.
- Listen to the teacher
then work in groups.
- Read aloud then copy.
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UNIT FIFTEEN. SPACE CONQUEST
Date: . ……… 3
rd
lesson. Listening

+ Picture c – 3. Walking on the moon.
+ Picture d – 1. Orbiting.
+ Picture e – 4. The Moon landing.
* Listen and repeat.
- Ask Ss to look at the words in the textbook then read
after the teacher.
- Ask Ss to read aloud then give their meaning.
- Call some Ss to read aloud the words then call others to
give remarks.
- Correct their mispronunciation if necessary.
- Ask Ss to guess what they will hear about.
=> Can you guess what the listening passage is about?
The first human moon landing.
* While you listen.
* Task 1. Listen and decide whether the following
statements are true or false.
- Ask Ss to read the statements carefully and find out
newwords if necessary.
- Explain the newwords and how to do if necessary.
- Ask Ss to read again and underline the keywords.
- Ask Ss to listen to the tapescipt the first time, ask them to
pay attention to the keywords.
- Answer.
1. They are Neil
Amstrong and Buzz
Aldrin.
2. They are American.
3. On July 20, 1969
- Work in groups.
- Read aloud the