Giáo án Tiếng Anh Lớp 11 - Tiết 4, Unit 1: The generation gap (Lesson 3: Reading) - Bùi Thị Mỹ An

Date of planning: 16/8/2014
Date of teaching: 11a2-18/8/2014	Period 4	
Unit 1: THE GENERATION GAP
 Lesson 3 : Reading	Where do conflicts come from?
I. OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson , students will be able to :
-practise their reading skill through a text about the generation gap
 + skimming for the general idea ( MCQ task) 
 + guessing the meaning of words in context ( matching task) 
 + scanning for specific details ( question and answer task) 
- express their own ideas about the causes of family conflicts
-learn some new vocabulary items related to the topic 
Vocabulary: conflict, norms ( of society) , brand name ( clothes) , impose s.t. on s.o.
Grammar: the present simple tense
Pronunciation: pronunciation of new words, especially stressed sounds
II. PREPARATION: textbooks, handouts
III. PROCEDURE:
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
1. Warm-up: 
*** Option1: Grouping the pictures
*** Option 2: Picture describing competition
2.Pre-reading: 
* Optio...4. Standards of behavior that are typical or accepted within a particular group or society.
5. situations in which people are involved in a serious disagreement or argument.
 4. Post – reading: Pair work - discussion
-have ss discuss the following 2 questions with a partner
1. Do you get into conflicts with your parents?
2. Share your experiences with your partners.
5.Homework: 
-have ss reread and redo the tasks
-have ss do the exercises in section D- Speaking 
( workbook , page 7)
Have ss group the picturesà explain
G1: picture 1,2,5 – parents and children in harmony
G2: picture 3,4,6- parents and children in conflicts
-work in pairs and share information
Possible ideas:
We often have different ideas about entertainment/ friends/ clothes
- predict which ideas among those given they think may be found in the text
Students’ own predictions
-follow t’s introduction
-read the text and answer the question
3 reasons
- read the text and check their predictions
à b,c,d,e,f
- read the text and complete the table
Areas of conflicts
Parents’ thoughts
Children’s thoughts
The way parents treat their children
They know what is best for their children
They want to be more independent, create their own opinions and make their own decisions
The clothes their children wear
These clothes break rules and norms of society or distract them from schoolwork
They want expensive, brand name clothes
The way their children spend their free time
They should spend their time in a more useful way
They want to play computer games or chat online
Their different interests
They try to impose their choices of university or career on their children
- read the text silently , practice asking and answering the questions
1. Because they strongly believe that they know what is best for their children.
2. They want to be more independent, create their own opinions and make their own decisions.
3. They are worried because these clothes break rules and norms of socie