Date of preparation: Date of signing:
Distributive period: 97 Date of teaching:
Unit 16
the wonders of the world
Lesson 1
Reading
A. Aims and Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- Read and understand about space conquest.
- Skim for general ideas.
- Scan for specific ideas.
B. Materials and Teaching Aids: Textbook, handouts, pictures.
C. Procedures:
Stages/Time Activities Interactions
1. Warm-up
7 minutes
* Game: Word hunting
- Divide the class into two groups.
- T prepares a song beforehand from the tape. T asks Ss to listen to
the song. After listening to it, they have to write down the words
consisting letters: e, w, r, o, n, d from the song. T asks one
student of each group to go to the board and write the answer. The
group with more correct words wins the game.
- T asks Ss to answer the question.
+ Question:
1. Who can use the letters: e, w, r, o, n, d to make a meaningful
word?
+ Answer key: Wonder
- Declare the winner.
- Lead in: T asks Ss to tell her some wonders in the word. (The
Pyramids, The Great Wall, The Lighthouse...)
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- Read a new word three times. Ss listen and repeat after the
teacher.
3. While-
reading
20 minutes
* Activity 1: Gap-fill
- Ask Ss to read the text and do task 1 in pairs.
- Instruction: The words in the box all appear in passage. Fill each
blank with a suitable word.
- Move around to help Ss.
- Go over the answers with the class.
+ Answer key: 1. tomb 2. wonder 3. ramp
4. chamber 5. mysterious 6. spiral
* Activity 2: Questions and answers
- T divides the class into groups of four or five.
- Ask each group to read the text again and write down the answers
to the following questions.
- T moves around class to give help.
+ Suggested answer:
1. It is located on the west bank of the Nile River and was built
around the year 2560 BC.
2. It was about 147 meters high on a base of 230 meters square.
3. The purpose of this huge stone pyramid was to serve as a tomb
when the Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu died and to protect the burial
chamber from the weather and from thieves who might try to steal
the treasures and belongings there.
4. It is thought that the ancient Egyptian used straight or spiral
ramps or huge weight arms to lift and place the blocks of stone in
place.
5. The boat is believed to have been used to carry the body of

T <--> Ss
S <--> S
5. Homework
2 minutes
- Learn by heart the words in reading part.
- Prepare the next part.
Ss <--> Ss
D. To instruct Ss how to do the homework
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E. Self study:–
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Date of preparation: Date of signing:
Distributive period: 98 Date of teaching:
Unit 16
the wonders of the world
Lesson 2
Speaking
A. Aims and Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- Express their own ideas about facts and opinions.
- Use facts and opinions to talk about features of man-made places.
B. Teaching Aids: Textbook, handouts.
C. Procedures:
Stages/Time Activities Interactions
1. Warm-up
5 minutes
* Little things
- Divide the class into two groups. The teacher is going to ask Ss

- Ask Ss to work in pairs to read the statements and decide if each
one describes fact or opinion.
- Walk round and help them, give the some information.
+ Feedback: Teacher asks some Ss to give their answers.
+ Suggested answers:
- Facts: 2, 3, 4.
- Opinions: 1, 5, 6, 7.
* Activity 2: Pair-work
+ Useful language:
- To express opinions and facts:
I think/ I am sure...
It is said/ believed/ thought that...
They might/ may / can have...
Probably/ Maybe they...
Example:
I think the Great Pyramid was built by an enormous giant.
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Ss <--> Ss
3
- Ask Ss to work in pairs and tell their partner about some facts
and opinions of the Great Pyramid of Giza, using the information
in Task 1.
Example:
Fact: The Great Pyramid of Giza was 147 metres high.
Opinion: The Great Pyramid is believed to have been built over a
20-year period.
- Walk round and help them, give the some information.
+ Feedback: Teacher asks some Ss to give their answers.
Ss <--> Ss
4. Post

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Date of preparation: Date of signing:
Distributive period: 99 Date of teaching:
Unit 16
the wonders of the world
Lesson 3 Listening
A. Aims and Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- Listen for specific information about the Great Wall.
- Listen for general ideas.
B. Materials and Teaching Aids: picture, a tape CD, colored chalk.
C. Procedures:
Stages/Time Activities Interactions
1. Warm-up
5 minutes
* Game: Guessing a noun phrase
- Divide the class into two groups. T tells Ss that T is thinking
about a noun phrase. T will give some clues about the noun phrase
and members of each group can make a guess about the noun
phrase at any time. Each group has only two chances to guess
about the noun phrase. The first group to give the correct answer
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Ss <--> Ss
4
will win the game.
* Cues:
1. This word is a noun phrase with three words. It is one of the
wonders of the world.

20 minutes
*Activity 1 : True or false
- Ask Ss to read task 1 carefully, guess the answers. Listen to the
tape twice and decide the answers.
- Ask Ss to compare their answers.
- T gives the handouts.
+ Feedback: - Let them call out their answers.
+ Key: 1. the Moon 2. 1987 3. the Ming Dynasty
4. 200 5. 200 B.C 6. 6,000 km
7. 11 meters 8. stones
*Activity 2: * Questions and answers:
- Ask Ss to work in pairs to discuss the following question:
- Ask Ss to read the questions carefully before they listen to the
recording again (twice).
- Ask them to listen and take notes the answers.
- Ss exchange their answers.
- Check If Ss have the same answers.
- Ask Ss to listen to the recording for the last time and check their
answers.
- Go over the answers with the class.
+ Key:
1. The ancient Chinese started to build the Great Wall in 1368.
2. (It covers) 5 provinces.
3. Because it can be seen from the Moon.
4. It’s the part in the northwest of Beijing, for it is still in its
original state.
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