Giáo án Tiếng Anh Lớp 10 (Cơ bản) - Unit 3 Peoples background

Period 12 : Unit 3 : PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND (20/9/08) Lesson 1: READING Aims: To help ss know more sth about Marie Curie. To teach integrated skills, focus on reading and writing. Aids: Textbook, pictures and charts. PROCEDURE: I/Warmer: Matching Match the people with their jobs.

A B 1.Leonardo Dicarprio 2.Marie Curie 3.Lam Truong 4.Mrs (Huyen) 5.Charles Dickens

a.writer b.singer c.teacher d.actor e.scientist * Lead-in: - Have you ever heard of Marie Curie? (T shows a picture of M.C.) - Do you know sth about her? II/ Pre-reading: 1/ Vocabulary: -tutor (n), (v): (explanation) [ Although Mr Chinh teaches me Maths at school, my father invites Mr Si to teach me Maths at home.So Mr Si is my tutor. He tutors me in Maths.] - interrupt(v) : (example)/(picture) Ex: Because of floods, traffic was interrupted. -PhD = Doctor of philosophy. - obtain(v): (example) Ex : Mai studied hard last year, so she obtained a prize of the best student. - radium (n) = radi ( the name of an element in Chemistry) : nguyen to kim loai phong xa. - strong-willed (adj) :(translation) : co y chi manh me. - ambitious (adj): (explanation) [She went to work after graduating from the university, but she continued her studies to get another degree in economics.She keeps moving up in her studies. She is very ambitious.] * Checking: ROR. 2/ Chart-filling: (Groupwork) Marie Curie:

What you already know about her What you want to know about her Famous – intelligent – physicist… -When and where was she born? -Why did she become so famous? …

- Each group writes the information and questions on the chart. III/While-reading: 1/Activity 1: Chart-filling: - Have ss open their books and read the text in silence. - Check and add some more information about M.Curie and answer the above questions. - T gives feedback. 2/ Activity 2: Matching (Individuals) - Have ss reread the text quickly and collect the sentences containing the words or phrases in column A.(Task 1/ p.33)

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- T guides ss how to guess the meaning of the words/phrases through the context. - Ss match the words/phrases in A with their meanings in B. - T gives feedback. * Key: 1c ; 2e ;3a ; 4d ; 5b. 3/ Activity 3: T/F statements. - Ss read the given sentences. - Ss reread the text and decide whether the statements are T or F. (Individuals) - Ss compare with their partners. (pairs) -T checks in front of class and correct the false information. * Key: 1. T ; 3. T ; 5. T 2. F (Her dream was to become a scientist) 4. F (She married Pierre Curie in 1895). 4/ Activity 4: Gap-filling (Pairwork) Complete the sentences by using the information from the text:

a. Lack of money, M. Curie had to …………….. a private tutor. b. ……………… her difficult living conditions, she worked extremely hard. c. Both M. Curie and her husband …………….. their research. d. She not only educated her two children but also ……………… of her husband at the Sorbonne. - T checks in front of class. * Key: a. work as c. worked together on b. in spite of d. took up the position IV/ Post-reading: Discussion (Group work) Find the evidence from the passage to prove that M. Curie was:

a. strong-willed d. intelligent b. ambitious e.humane c. hard-working - Each group writes their ideas on a piece of paper, then sticks it on bb. - T checks in front of class. * Key: a. She haboured the dream of a scientific career – which is impossible for a woman at that time. b. She kept moving up in her career. c. In spite of her difficult living conditions, she worked hard. d. She won the Nobel Prize. e. Her real joy was “easing human suffering”. V/ Homework: Write a short paragraph under 100 words about M. Curie.

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