Planning : 8/1/2011
Teaching : 11/1/2011
Unit 6 : The environment
Period 39 : Read
I . Objectives
By the end of the lesson , Sts will be able to read a poem about the environment
and answer the questions about it .
+/ Vocab : junk yard , treasures , foam , hedge , nonsense …………
+/ Structure : If ……………
If you throw these bottles , they will pollute the woods
II. Preparations
Textbooks , chalk , flashcards , stereo
III. Procedures
1. Warm up (5’)
Hold a game : Brainstorming
Ask Sts to find the reasons why the ocean
is polluted .
2 . Pre ’ reading (10’)
Pre – teach vocab
Ask Sts to copy try to find the meaning
Vocab practice
*/ Guided questions
How many people are there ?
What are they talking about ?
* / How the ocean is polluted
- raw sewage is pumped directly into the
sea
- garbage is dropped into the sea
- Oil spills come from ships at sea
- Waste materials come from factory
- Oil is washed from land

the questions
5 . Homework(5’)
- Learn by heart new words and copy
down .
- Do the exercises in the workbook .
Prepare the next lesson .
c. a piece of land full of rubbish
2. end up
g. reach a state of
3. treasure
f. valuable or precious things .
4. foam
e. mass of bubbles of air or gas
5. stream
d. a flow of water
6. hedge
a. a row of things forming a fence
7. folk
b. people
Key : There are two people / three / four ,
five …
They are talking about pollution
* / Grammar
Conditional sentence type 1 :
If S + V ( present simple ) .., S + will + V
..
Example :
If the pollution goes on , the world will
end up like a second- hand junk – yard.
1. If the pollution goes on , the world will

1 Warm up ( 5’)

- Write the five main parts on a complaint
letter on the board .
- Ask Ss to guess the correct order of a
complaint letter and write them on the
board .
Then give correct order :
1. Situation
2. Complication
3. Resolution
4. Action
5. Politeness.
=> Explain what Ss have to do in each
section
+ What you write if the first section ? –
*/ Reorder these parts
1. Politeness
2. Complication
3. Resolution
4. Action
5. Situation
Key : 5 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 1
 state the reasons for writing
 mentions the problem
 makes a suggestion
 talks about future action
Situation ?
+ …Complication ?
+ …Resolution ?

- Call on some pairs to ask and answer in
the class.
- Correct and give correct answers
* Have Ss write a letter to the head of
 ends the letter politely
- Listen and answer
*/ Newwords
- Complain (v) -> complaint (n) : express
dissatisfaction .
- Truck (n) : strong lorry for heavy goods .
- Fly (n) : two – winged insect
- Response (v) : make an answer
- Break (v) : pause or interval at work
*/ Vocab practice : What and where
*/ Put the letter of Tran Vu Nhat into the
corect order
1. Situation : I am writing ………. The
north .
2. Complication : When the truck …..
flies .
3. Resolution : I would suggest …..
leaving.
4. Action : I look forward …… your
company .
5. Politeness: Faithfully ,
Tran Nhat Vu
- Read the correct letter aloud .
- Read the letter again and answer the
questions .
- Read the situation and answer the

know use fishing rod or net but use
electricity to catch fish After a short time
they leave the lake , a lot of fish die and
float in the water surface . Other animals
such as frogs , toads , and even birds have
also died from electric shock waves .
I would suggest the local authorities
should prohibit and fine heavily anyone
using this way of catching fish .
I am looking forward to hearing from you
and seeing the actions taken to protect the
environment from the local authority .
Sincerely,
Nam