UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION.
Lesson : Reading - Period 37 Date of preparing:……./……/2008.

I.Aims : By the end of the lesson, S.s will be able to :
+ guess the meaning of some words based on contexts.
+ scan for special detail.
II. Skills :
+ Main skills : reading.
+ Sub skills : speaking.
III. Teaching aids : pictures, handouts.
V. Techniques : communinative approach.
V. Procedures :

States/ Timing/ Focuses
Teacher’s avtivities
Students’ activities

1. Warm-up :
5’
T – S.s
S.s – S.s






2. . Pre-reading :
7’
T – S.s
S.s – S.s

3.While-reading:
10’
T – S.s
S.s – S.s







10’
T – S.s
S.s – S.s




4. Post-reading :
12’
T – S.s
S.s – S.s

5. Homework :
1’
T – S.s
Game : Kim’s game
- Divide the class into four groups.
- deliver handouts containing information about some country in the world..
- Give s.s 1 minute to identify the names of the countries.
- The group with more correct names will be the winner.
- Check with the whole class on the board.
Lead-in:
These countries have the most crowded population in the world. Today we’re going to know more about the world population. UNIT 7: WOLRD POPULATION
Preteaching vocabulary:
B.C (Before Christ) : (explanation)
What do you call the time before Christ was born?
A.D (from Latin “ Anno Domini): (antonym)
figure (n): (example)
resource (n): (explanation)
birth –control method (n): (example)
* Checking: Rub out and Remember
Activity 1 : True/False statements
Ask s.s to read the text and decide wether the following sentences are true or false.
* True/ False statements:
The world population didn’t increase a lot a few years ago.
The world resources are unlimitted.
Third World women don’t know how to have fewer children.
Safe birth-control method for family planning are available for them.
Call some s.s to give the answers and explain their answers.
Check with the class.
Activity 2: Wh-questions (lucky Numbers)
Ask s.s to work in 2 groups and play the game Lucky Number ( there are 3 lucky numbers in the grid) to do task 2, p.68.
Call on some group representatives to report their ideas.
-Give feddback on what s.s have.




Discussion.
Ask s.s to work in group of 5 .
Ask s.s to discuss the way to help people in remote erea know of safe birth- control method.
Go around the class to contol and give help.
Call on some s.s to give their ideas.
Give feedback.
- Learn by heart the words used to describe information in the table.

Work in groups.
Play the game.
* Expected answers:
China
India
Russia
The USA
Indonesia





Repeat the words.
Take notes






* Expected answers :
1.F 2.F 3.T 4.F






* Expected answers :
In 10.000 B.C: 10 million people.
In 1750: 625 million
In 1850: 13.000 million
In 1950: 2510 million
In 1985: 4760 million
In 2000: 6.6 billion
In 2015: 7 billion.
No, it cannot.
No, they don’t.
Because they know of no safe way to have fewer children.

Work in groups and do the task.


- Take notes.



Teacher’s reflection :