UNIT 9 : DESERTS
A_ READING
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Aims: _ Vocabulary comprehension : Matching
_ Scanning for specific information
_ Deciding on true or false staments
Lexical items :
Structures / grammar :
Teaching aids: pictures of desert , ….
Procedures :
Time
Contents & Stages
Teacher’s activities
Students’activities

5’
Warm up : Show some pictures about desert and ask :
1- What are they ? ( Camel , cactus )
2- Where do they live ? ( desert )
3- name some of deserts : Sahara , Simpson desert …
4- What do you know about desert ? For example : dry or wet , much or little , or no water , many or few people and animals live in desert . …

_ Stick pictures on the board and ask .
_ Whole class .

15’
I . PRE – READING
* Vocabulary : ( Task 1 )
_ Stretch ( n) ( v ) :
_ Sand ( n) sandy ( a)
_ aerialsurvey
_ Royal Geographical Society of Austrailia
_ Australian Aborigine
_ dune
_ sloping
_ Steep
_ hummock
_ crest
_spinifex
** checking :
* Pre – reading : Work in pairs
Task 2 :
Key :
1-F , 2-F , 3-T , 4.-F , 5-F , 6-T



_explain.
_visual
_ trans.
_ explain
_explain
_explain
_explain
-explain
_explain
_explain
_explain
pronounce

_ elicits
_ correct


_ Copy down












Listen & repeat
_prediction T or F
_ pairwork


10’
2. WHILE – READING
Task 3 : Answer the questions
1-
2- lucky number
3-
4-
5-lucky number , ….. 9-lucky number
10-


_ run through meaning of sentences
_ lucky number


_ feedback

_ read the text
_ groupwork

5’
3. POST – READING:
After you read
_ Which details make funny ?

_ ask
_ correct

_ Taking notes

2’
HOMEWORK:
_Learn by heart new words .
_ Be ready for Section B- Speaking



_ Giving homework

_ Taking notes


UNIT 9 : DESERTS
B_ SPEAKING
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I/. Aims: Speak about trees , animals in the deserts .
II/. Objectives: By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to know desert .
III/. Materials : textbook , posters , cassette .
IV/. Procedure :
Time
Content
Teacher’s activities
Students’activities

5’




14’

























14’











11’







1’
Warm up: Jumbled words
hmmoukc fsinipex
csrte sdyan
key: hummock ; spinifex ; crest ; sandy

Pre – teach vocabulary :
an eucalyptus
a cactus
a date palm
a lizard
a fox
a mosquito net
Check : R.O.R
Pre – speaking: Brainstoming


The trees and animals in the desert


camel


banana eucalyptus cactus date palm
grass frog horse buffalo
crocodile camel fox dog lizard
rabbit goat sheep





While – Speaking :
DISCUSSION
Have you ever gone to desert ?
Have you ever seen desert ?
How are natural features of a desert ?
_ Climate : The climate is hot , dry
_ rainfall : The rainfall is little
_ plants / trees : There aren’t any plants
_ animals : There are few animals .
_ soil : The soil is dry .
_ seasons : The seasons are bad .

Post – speaking :
Choose the five most important things you should bring along with you in a desert :
a knife a gun a horse food water
a mosquito net a box of match a car
camel a blanket a cell phone
a walkman

Homework :
Write a short paragraph about 70 words about desert .




_ Give instruction
_ correct




_ follow the steps for teaching vocabulary .




_ explain ideas .
_ ask Ss to give words
















Divide 2 groups
_ ask



_ correct






_ give the list

_ write 4 words





_ follow