Planning date: 08/04/2012
Teaching date: 9A: 12/04/2012
9B: 11/04/2012

UNIT 10. LIFE ON THE PLANETS
Period 61 week 31. Lesson 1. Getting started + listen & read

I. Objectives:
Ss can be able to talk about UFOs with basic information received through discussion & the reading.
+ Vocab: meteor, sighting, alien, sample, spacecraft, treetop, egg-shaped, plate-like...
+ Grammar: modals: may, might
Conditional sentences: Type 1 & type 2.
+ Skills: Reading, listening
II. Teaching aids.
Picture in book, tape, cassette, extra board
III. Procedure.
1. Warm up.
- Greeting
- Ask Ss to work in pairs and discuss the following questions :
1. Have you ever heard of UFOs ?
2. Do you think they really exist ?
3. Have you ever seen any films on UFOs ?
4. What are they about ?
5. What do you want to know about UFOs ?
6. If you saw a UFOs , what would you do ?
=> Gather their ideas and provide some facts about UFOs - Lead in the new lesson .

2. Presentation.
- Introduce the topic about UFOs by Q & A.

- T set the sense & ask Ss to listen to the tape & find out new words
- Ss find out
- T explain the meaning of new words

- Ask Ss to read in chorus
- Ss read loud.













3. Practice.
- Ask Ss to read the text (10ss).
- Ask Ss to work individual & find the words in the having meaning as in the book instructed.
- Compare the result with their friend
- T call Ss to read loud the answer & explain their answer

- T ask Ss to read the text again & find out information to fill in the gap
- Ss compare the result with their partner.
- T corrects their mistake & gives out the key.


















4. Production
- T asks Ss to match the time line in A with event in B.
- Ss work in group.
- T call to check & other remark
- T correct & give out the key

- T summarize the main points.
- Ss listen & remember.





5. Home works.
Ask Sts to do a, b, again ( copy the whole sentences
Prepare for the next lesson


I. Getting started.



Yes , I have / No , I haven’t
No , I don’t
Yes , I have
They were about UFOs
I want to know if they exist or not , where they come from , what they eat , drink …….
I would run away .
…………..





II. Listen & read.
* New words.
Planet (n) :hành tinh
Object (n) :vật thể
Exist (v) :hiện hữu, tồn tại
Existene (n) :sự hiện hữu
Space (n) :không gian
Spacecraft (n)tàu vũ trụ
Aircraft (n) : máy bay
Balloon (n) : kinh khí cầu
Shape (n) hình dạng
Meteor (n) :sao băng
Evidence (n) :bằng chứng, chứng cứ
Sight (v) :nhìn thấy, mục kích
Alien (n) :người lạ, (a) : xa lạ
Claim (v) :nhận là, tự cho là
Egg-shaped (a) :có hình quả trứng
Sample (n) :mẫu, mẫu vật
Be freed (v) :được thả, giải thoát
Plate (n) :dĩa ăn
Device (n) :dụng cụ, vật dụng
Disappear (v) :biến mất
Tree top (n) :ngọn cây
a. Find the words in the text having the following meanings.
1. evidence – proof, support
2. Meteor – falling star or shooting star.
3. Aliens – unknown / strange people or things.
4. collecting – bringing together or gathering
5. Captured – caught as a prisoner.
6. Disappeared – became impossible to see.
b. Complete the notes.
UFO Sightings
a. An aircraft, a weather balloon, or a meteor can be mistaken for an alien spacecraft.
b. In 1947, a pilot saw nine large round objects traveling at about 2800 meters an hour.
c. There were over 1500 UFO sighting world wide in 1952.
d. In 1954, a woman & her children saw a UFO above their house.