Theme 1: The Environment
I.
Aim:
Ss. will be able to study about the environment, the cause’s polluted
environment and some solutions to improve it.
Helping Ss.
- To ask for and give reasons
- To persuade someone to do something.
- To complete a questionaire
- To write a letter of complaint.
Ss. understand the importance to protect the environment around them.
* Speak: Practice about the reasons why polluted the environment and some
methods to protect the environment
* Read: Reading for details about the environment.
* Listen: Listening for details about the problems that polluted the environment.
* Write: Practicing in writing about the problems of the environment and its
solutions.
II.
Language focus:
1. Adverd clauses of reason
2. Adjective of that clause.
3. Conditional sentences type 1.
III. Vocabulary :
The vocabulary in unit 6 and unit 7.
IV. Preparation:
- Text book, work book English 9.
- Reference English exercise books.
- Pictures related with the environment.
- Tape + cassette player (or CD).
V. Unit allocation:
From period 1 to period 6.

Period 1: Starter.
Period 2: Speak.
Period 3: Listen.


Period 4: Read.
Period 5: Write.
Period 6: Sum - up & Testyourself.



Date of composing: 02 / 01 / 2017

THEME 1: THE ENVIROMENT
Period 1: Lesson 1: Starter.
Date of teaching …….../……../ 01 / 2017
Class, attendance 9C: …./ 23

……../……./ 01 / 2017
9D: …./ 27

I. Objectives:
* Knowledge: By the end of the lesson, Ss. will be able to widen the vocabulary
about the environment and practice in connectives.
* Skills: Give practice in speaking and writing skills.
* Attitude: Students know how to protect environment.
II. Preparation:
- Teacher: lesson plan, textbook English 9, material, pictures about the
environment.
- Students: Notebook, textbook English 9, material (copy), do exercises in part:

Starter (in material)
III. Teaching process:
1. Class organization: (2mins). Check Ss’ attendance.
2. Oral test: During the lesson.
3. New lesson:
A. Warm up: (8 mins).
- T. has Ss. play a guessing game: Brainstorming the word “Environment”
The environment
B. Presentation: (30 mins)
Task 1: Complete each sentence with a word from the lisT.
- T. explains the new words. Ss. do the test
- T. checks and gives the keys
environment – necessities – plumber – luxury
enormous – reduce – resources – consumer – atmosphere
1. Person who puts in and repairs water pipe, bath sinks
2. The air, water and land in which we live
3. To make something less
4. Very large, very great
5. The air surrounding the Earth

_______
_______
_______
_______
_______


6. Person who buys things or uses services
_______
7. Wealth, goods or products people can use

_______
8. Great comfort and pleasure
_______
9. Needs
_______
Feedback:
1. Plumber
2. environment
3. Reduce
4. Enormous
5. Atmosphere
6. consumer
7. Resources
8. luxury
9. Necessities
Task 2: Supply the correct form of the words in parentheses
- T. guides Ss. to do the practice. Ss. do the practice
- T. checks and gives the key. Ss. give the meanings to the sentences
- T. corrects if possible
1. There is a ____ faucet in your kitchen (drip)
2. We can protect the environment by ____ air pollution (reduction)
3. I’m very ____ because they use electricity to catch fish (worry)
4. I want to see the ____ of environment from the local authority (protect)
5. She was ____ pleased that she passed the exam (extreme)
6. The old man walked ____ to the park (slow)
7. Don’t forget to drive ____ (care)
8. That’s ____! I’m pleased that you work very hard (wonder)
9. He is one of the most famous ____ in the world (environment)
10. If we go on littering, the environment will become _____ polluted (serious)
Feedback:

1. Dripping
2. Reducing
3. worried
4. Protection
5. Extremely
6. Slowly
7. Carefully
8. Wonderful
9. Environmentalist
10. Seriously
Task 3: Complete the sentences using “AND / BUT / SO / OR / BECAUSE”
- T. explains the conjunctions. Ss. do the task.
- T. checks and gives the key.
1. I like Mary very much ………. I don’t like her brother.
2. I’d like to live somewhere by the Mediterranean ………. I love the Sun.
3. We enjoy learning English ……..we find it very difficult.
4. I can’t go out tonight ………I am short of money.
5. She went theater last night ……….had a wonderful time.
6. They can’t walk home ………. it is very dark.
7. Would you like to drink milk ……….. coffee?


8. It’s raining heavily, ……….. I can’t go out.
9. He did the test well………. I did, too.
10. His life was hard…………he studied very well.
Feedback:
1. but
2. Because
3. But
4. Because

6. Because 7. Or
8.so
9.and
4. Consolidation: (3 mins)
- T. asks Ss. to revise all the words that they have learnt.
5. Home work: (2mins)
- Ss. learn by heart the newwords and redo all the tasks.
- Be ready for the next part: Theme 1: Lesson 2: Speak.

5. And
10. But

Date of composing: 07 / 01 / 2017

THEME 1: THE ENVIROMENT
Period 2: Lesson 2: SPEAK
Date of teaching …….../……../ 01 / 2017
Class, attendance 9C: …./ 23

……../……./ 01 / 2017
9D: …./ 27

I. Objectives:
* Knowledge: By the end of the lesson, Ss. will be able to practice talking about
the problems of the environment and give the sugguestions for improvement.
* Skills: Improve Ss’ skill of speaking.
* Attitude: Students know how to protect environment
II. Preparation:
- Teacher: lesson plan, textbook English 9, material, pictures about the
environment.

- Students: Notebook, textbook English 9, material (copy), do exercises in part:
Speak (in material)
III. Teaching process:
1. Class organization: (2mins). Check Ss’ attendance.
2. Oral test: During the lesson.
3. New lesson:
A. Warm up: (8 mins).
- T. gives the question to Ss. to discuss:
+ Have you ever take part in any activities to protect the environment?
+ Why did you do that?


- Ss. work in groups to give the answers.
B. Presentation: (30 mins)
Task 1: What do you suggest to the following people?
- T. guides Ss. to make suggestions. Ss. work in pairs and take notes
- T. corrects mistakes if possible.
1. He uses plastic bags to wrap food. -> I suggest he should use banana…
2. She always turns on the lights when going to bed. ->I suggest she should turn
off the lights when going to bed
3. His motorcycle uses too much gas. -> I suggest he should buy a new car
4. They use electricity to catch fish. -> I suggest they should use fishing rod or
net to catch fish
5. There are many cracks in your pipes. -> I suggest you should call a plumber
to repair those pipes
6. I don’t want to watch TV for recreation. -> I suggest you should read books or
listen to the music
7. They use many ordinary 100.watt light bulbs. -> I suggest they should use
energy saving bulbs
8. He is having a toothache. -> I suggest he should go to the dentist

9. He wants to go to Australia for studying -> I suggest he should learn harder
10. They use too much coal, gas and oil -> I suggest they should use solar
energy
Task 2: Put the conversation in the correct order:
- T. lets Ss. read the words for the blanks. Ss. read and get the meanings.
- T. guides Ss. to complete the blanks. Ss. work in pairs and take notes
- T. checks comprehension. Ss. complete the conversation
- T. corrects mistakes if possible. Ss. ask and answer in pairs aloud.
a. We can reduce car exhaust fumes, can’t we?
b. How can we reduce air and water pollution?
c. It’s a serious problem that our local authorities are trying to solve.
d. What should we do to protect our environment?
e. That’s a good idea
A: (1) _______________
B: I think we should reduce water and air pollution
A: (2) _______________
B: How about reducing the amount of garbage we produce?
A: Well! (3) _________
B: Why don’t we persuade people to use public buses instead of motorbikes and
cars?


A: In this way (4) _____
B: Yes, that’s right. Say, don’t you think smokes from industrial factories
pollute the air?
A: Why not? (5) ______
B: Well, it’d be better if those factories were built far away from living areas
Keys: (1) d. (2) b.
(3) e.
(4) a.

(5) c.
Task 3: Make a speech: How to reduce air pollution?
- T. guides Ss. to make a passage. Ss. make it and present aloud
- T. corrects if possible
Feedback: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. My name is ____ and today I’m
going to tell you how to reduce air pollution. You can reduce this amount by
- Using public buses or bicycles
- Not leaving of garbage
- Putting different kinds of waste in different places
- Keeping personal hygiene and public health
- Using solar energy instead of coal, gas, and oil
If you follow these simple rules, not only you reduce air pollution, but also the
environment will be cleaner
4. Consolidation: (3 mins)
- T. guides Ss. work in groups to find out the ways to reduce pollution. Ss. report
their solution in front of the class.
5. Home work: (2 mins)
- Students write a passage to talk about the environment.
- Be ready for the next part: Lesson 3: Listen.
Date of composing: 20 / 01 / 2017

THEME 1: THE ENVIROMENT
Period 3: Lesson 3: LISTEN
Date of teaching …….../……../ 01 / 2017
Class, attendance 9C: …./ 23

……../……./ 01 / 2017
9D: …./ 27

I. Objectives:

* Knowledge: By the end of the lesson, Ss. will be able to listen about the
problems of the environment and fill in the blanks with the suitable words.
* Skills: Improve Ss’ skill of listening.


* Attitude: Students know how to protect environment.
II.
Preparation:
- Teacher: lesson plan, textbook English 9, material, USB + Bluetooth speaker,
pictures about the environment.
- Students: Notebook, textbook English 9, material (copy), do exercises in part:
Listen (in material)
III. Teaching process:
1. Class organization: (2mins). Check Ss’ attendance.
2. Oral test: During the lesson.
3. New lesson:
A. Warm up: (8 mins).
- T. introduces the lesson, reviews some reasons that pollutes the environment
B. Presentation: (30 mins)
Task 1: Find the meaning of these words:
- T. lets Ss. read the words for the blanks.
- Ss. read and get the meanings.
Scientist – pollution – serious – factories
Exhaust – reduce – require – percentage.
- T. checks and corrects.
Keys:
Scientist (n) nhà nghiên cứu
Pollution (n) sự ô nhiễm
Serious (a) nghiêm trọng
Factories (n) nhà máy

Exhaust (n) khí thải
Reduce (v) làm giảm
Require (v) yêu cầu
Percentage (n) phần trăm
Task 2: Listen and fill in the blanks with proper words:
- T. guides Ss. to read the passage. Ss. read the words for the blanks
- T. opens the tape. Ss. listen and work in pairs to complete
- T. corrects mistakes if possible
Everyone wants to reduce (1) _____. But the pollution problem is as
complicated as it is.
(2) ____ It is complicated because much pollution is caused by things that
benefit people. For example, (3) ____ from automobile provides transportation
to millions of people.
(5) ____ discharges much of the material that pollutes air and water, but
factories give employment to a large number of people.
Thus, to end or greatly (6) ____ pollution immediately, people would
have to stop using many things that benefit them.
Most people do not want to do that, of course.


But pollution can be gradually reduced in several ways.
(7) ____ and engineers can work to find ways to lessen the amount of
pollution that such things as automobiles and factories cause.
Government can pass and enforce laws that (8) ____ businesses and
individuals to stop, or cut down on certain pollution activities.
Feedback:
1. Pollution
2. Serious
3. Exhaust
4. Percentage

5. Factories
6. Reduce
7. Scientist.
8. Require
Task 3: Answer the following questions:
- Ss. read the questions and answer them
- T. checks and gives the keys.
1. Do things that benefit people bring about pollution?
2. Is it complicated to reduce pollution? Why or why not?
3. Who can find ways to lessen the amount of pollution?
4. What can the government do to reduce pollution?
Feedback:
1. Yes, they do
2. Yes, it is. Because much pollution is caused by things that benefit people
3. Scientist and engineers can work to find ways to lessen the amount of
pollution
4. To reduce pollution, Government can pass and enforce laws that require
businesses and individuals to stop, or cut down on certain pollution activities
4. Consolidation: (3 mins)
- Ss. list all the solution for improving our environment.
5. Home work: (2 mins)
- Students write a passage about the solution for improving our environment.
- Be ready for the next part: Lesson 4: Read.


Date of composing: 04 / 02 / 2017

THEME 1: THE ENVIROMENT
Period 4: Lesson 4: READ
Date of teaching …….../……../ 02 / 2017

Class, attendance 9C: …./ 23

……../……./ 02 / 2017
9D: …./ 27

I. Objectives:
* Knowledge: By the end of the lesson, Ss. will be able to read about the
problems of the environment and answer the questions.
* Skills: Give practice in reading for details about the environment.
* Attitude: Students know how to protect environment.
II.
Preparation:
- Teacher: lesson plan, textbook English 9, pictures about the environment.
- Students: Notebook, textbook English 9, material (copy), do exercises in part:
Read (in material)
III. Teaching process:
1. Class organization: (2mins). Check Ss’ attendance.
2. Oral test: During the lesson.
3. New lesson:
A. Warm up: (8 mins).
- T. introduces the new lesson, reviews some causes that pollutes the
environment
B. Presentation: (30 mins)
Task 1: Questions:
- Ss. work in groups to give the answers:
1. Do people throw gabage everywhereor put it in the place in your home
village/ city?
2. What cause the air pollution?
3. What cause the water pollution?
4. Do you think that people protectedthe forest?

5. In what way do people reducethe amount of forest and sea animal?
Possible answer:
1. People put in a place but some people throw it everywhere.
2. Smoke from factoria and vihicle cause the air pollution.
3. Oil waste chemicle and gabage make the water pollution.


4. No, people cut many trees.
5. People choot the animalin the forest and catch fish by using electricity or
dynamite.
Task 2: Read the text carefully, and then do the task below.
- T. guides Ss. to read the passage. Ss. read.
- T. explains how to complete. Ss. work in pairs to complete
- T. corrects mistakes if possible
More than two hundred years ago, the term environmental pollution was
quite strange to people.
They lived healthily, drank pure water and breathed fresh air.
Nowadays the situiation is quite different. People all over the world are
worry about things that are happening to the environment.
Actualy it is man that is detroying the surroundings with many kind of
wastes.
Everybody knows that motorbikes and cars emit dangerous gases that
cause poisonous air and cancer, but no one wants to travel on foot or by bicycle.
Manufactures know that wastes from factories make water and soil
polluted, but they don’t want to spend a lot of their money on treating the wastes
safely.
Scatering rubbish is bad for our health, but no one wants spend time
burying it. Is it talking a lot about pollultion?
Match each word or phrase with its definiton.
1. Pure.

a. send something out into the air.
2. The surrounding.
b. a person or company that makes goods.
3. Emit.
c. clean and not mixed any harmful substances.
4. Poisonous.
d. the environment.
5. Manufacturer.
e. containing substances causing death or harm.
Feedback:
1- c;
2- d;
3 - a;
4 - e;
5 - b.
Task 3: Questions:
- Ss. read the questions and answer them.
- T. checks and gives the key.
1. Why did the people know nothing about the environmental pollution?
2. What do many people concern about?
Keys:


1. More than two hundred years ago, the people knew nothing about the
environmental pollution because they lived healthily, drank pure water and
breathed fresh air.
2. People all over the world are worry about things that are happening to the
environment.
4. Consolidation: (3 mins)
- Ss. read aloud the text again.

5. Home work: (2 mins)
- Students read the text and translate them.
- Be ready for the next part: Lesson 5: Write.


Date of composing: 05 / 02 / 2017

THEME 1: THE ENVIROMENT
Period 5: Lesson 5: WRITE
Date of teaching …….../……../ 02 / 2017
Class, attendance 9C: …./ 23

……../……./ 02 / 2017
9D: …./ 27

I. Objectives:
* Knowledge: Ss. will be able to write a complaint letter and revise connectives,
and some sugguestons structure.
* Skills: Give practice in writing.
* Attitude: Students know how to protect environment.
II.
Preparation:
- Teacher: lesson plan, textbook English 9, material.
- Students: Notebook, textbook English 9, material (copy), do exercises in part:
Write (in material)
III. Teaching process:
1. Class organization: (2mins). Check Ss’ attendance.
2. Oral test: During the lesson.
3. New lesson:
A. Warm up: (8 mins).

- T. reviews the structure of conjunctions. Ss. give some conjunctions
- T. explains how to use conjunctions. Ss. give some examples.
B. Presentation: (30 mins)
Task 1: Use connectives to combine each pair of the sentences
- T. guides Ss. to rewrite the sentences.
- Ss. complete the sentences.
- T. checks and gives the key.
1. He is very tired. He has to finish his homework (but)
2. I like watching TV. I like going to the cinema (and)
3. She wears glasses. She wants to see better (because)
4. He got wet. He forgot his umbrella (therefore)
5. We are saving money. We want to buy a new house (so)
Feedback:
1. He is very tired but he has to finish his homework
2. I like watching TV and I like going to the cinema
3. She wears glasses because she wants to see better


4. He forgot his umbrella therefore he got wet.
5. We want to buy a new house so we are saving money.
Task 2: Rewrite the following sentences so that the second sentence means
exactly the same as the sentence before it
- T. guides Ss. to rewrite the sentences.
- Ss. complete the sentences.
- T. checks and gives the key.
1. Although she was not beautiful, she took part in a beauty contest
→ She was not beautiful …
2. She couldn’t come to class because of her illness
→ As …………
3. She couldn’t join us because she was busy

→ She was busy …
4. Shall we go to the cinema tonight?
→ What about …
5. They requested us to leave the place at once
→ They suggested we …
Keys:
1. She was not beautiful but she took part in a beauty contest.
2. As she was ill, she couldn’t come to class.
3. She was busy, so she couldn’t join us.
4. What about going to the cinema tonight?
5. They suggested we should leave the place at once.
Task 3: Put the sentences in the correct order then write a complete letter
of complaint.
- T. guides Ss. to put the sentences in the correct order.
- Ss.work in pairs.
- T. checks and gives the key.
1. I / suggest / the local authorities / stop / move it / the countryside
2. I / write / you / terrible smell / sea – product factory / my neighborhood
3. Sincere / the people around this factory
4. When / factory / produce / it have / smell and lots of flies
5. I look forward / see / answer
Keys: 2 – 4 – 1 – 5 – 3
- T. guides Ss. to write a complaint letter
- Ss.write some ideas about the topic “pollution”
Feedback:
Dear Mr. President


1. I am writing to you about the terrible smell from the sea – product factory in
my neighborhood

2. When the factory produces it has bad smell and lots of flies
3. I suggest the local authorities should stop moving it to the countryside.
4. I look forward to seeing your answer.
5. Sincere from the people around this factory.
4. Consolidation: (3 mins)
- T. consolidates all the knowledge.
5. Home work: (2 mins)
- Ss. write a complaint letter about pollution
- Be ready for the next part: Lesson 6: Sum – up & Testyourself.
Date of composing: 11 / 02 / 2017

THEME 1: THE ENVIROMENT
Period 6: Lesson 6: SUM - UP AND TEST YOURSELF
Date of teaching …….../……../ 02 / 2017
Class, attendance 9C: …./ 23

……../……./ 02 / 2017
9D: …./ 27

I. Objectives:
* Knowledge: By the end of the lesson, Ss. will be able to consolidate all the
knowledge in this theme and use them to check their understanding.
* Skills: Give practice in speaking and writing skills.
* Attitude: Educate students to work hard and have to plan to review their
lessons.
II. Preparation:
- Teacher: lesson plan, textbook English 9, material, test papers.
- Students: Notebook, textbook English 9, material (copy), revision the theme,
do exercises in part: Sum – up and Test yourself (in material)
III. Teaching process:

1. Class organization: (2mins). Check Ss’ attendance.
2. Oral test: No.
3. New lesson:
A. Warm up: (8 mins).
- Ss. talk about the problems of the environment.
- Ss. talk about the solution.
B. Presentation: (30 mins)


- T. asks Ss. to do this test about 30 minutes.
- Ss. do individually.
- After finishing T. collects the paper to checks & gives marks
- T. & Ss. together check & correct the tasks if possible.
TESTYOURSELF
Task 1: Use the words given in the box to fill the blanks to make a
meaningful passage (2 marks)
took- started – down – until – for – to – at - in
Ba and his friends often go away (1) ____ the weekend.
They had to wait at Ben Duc (2) _____ a long time.
They (3) _____ a boat and it would reach the place (4) _____one hour.
They had to walk up the mountain since they left the boat.
Ba and his friends were tired, so they rested (5) _____ 5 pm.
They (6) ____ to go home after having a short rest at Yen Spring.
Ba hurt his foot while he was climbing (7) ____ the boat.
Liz took a lot of photos during the visit (8) ____ Huong pagoda.
Task 2: Rewrite the sentences with the words given (4 marks)
1. He often played the piano at night
 He used to _______________________________
2. She doesn’t go to China with us
 She wishes _______________________________

3. People should stop experiments on animals
 Experiments on animals _____________________
4. They said to him “We must finish these work on time”
 They told him that _________________________
Task 3: Make sentences with the words or phrases provided (4 marks)
1. The girl / you / see / yesterday / be my secretary.
 ______________________________________
2. If you / come / here early / see / her.
 ______________________________________
3. Although / my house / be near the beach / never / go swimming.
 ______________________________________
4. The air / Ho Chi Minh City / be / very polluted.
 ______________________________________
Answer keys:
Task 1: Use the words given in the box to fill the blanks to make a meaningful
passage (2 marks)


1. At
2. For
3. Took
4. In
5. Until
6. Started
7. Down
8. To
Task 2: Rewrite the sentences with the words given (4 marks)
1. He used to play the piano at night
2. She wishes she went to China with us
3. Experiments on animals should be stopped

4. They told him that they had to finish those work on time
Task 3: Make sentences with the words or phrases provided (4 marks)
1. The girl whom you saw yesterday is my secretary.
2. If you come here early, you’ll see her.
3. Although my house is near the beach I never go swimming.
4. The air in Ho Chi Minh City is much polluted.
4. Consolidation: (3 mins)
- T. consolidates all the knowledge in this theme.
5. Home work: (2 mins)
- Revise all the knowledge in unit 6 and 7.
- Be ready for the next theme: Theme 2: Starter.


Theme 2: THE WORLD AROUND US
I.
Aim:
Helping Ss. able to study about the popular celebrations in the world and
in Viet Nam.
Studying about the natural disasters in the world and in Viet Nam.
Competences:
- Give and respond to suggestions.
- Describe events.
- Express opinions.
- To make predictions
- To tall about the weather forecast
- To write a letter to a pen pal/ a story
* Speak:
Practice talking about the important celebrations in Viet Nam and in the world.
Practice about preparation for a natural disaster and describe it.
* Listen:

Listening for details about the celebrations.
* Read:
Reading for details about the important and traditional celebrations.
Reading for details about the natural disasters.
* Write:
Practicing in writing about celebrations in Viet Nam and their homeland.
Practicing in writing about the problems of disasters.
II. Language focus:
1. Connectives: and, but, because, or, so, therefore, however.
2. Phrase verbs: turn on, turn off, look for, look after, go on.
3. Relative clause.
4. Adverb clauses of concession.
5. Relative pronouns.
6. Relative clauses.
7. Modals: may, might.
8. Conditional sentence: type 1 and 2.
III. Vocabulary:
The vocabulary in unit 9 and unit 10.
IV. Preparation:


-

Text book, work book English 9.
Reference English exercise books.
Pictures related with the celebrations.
Pictures related with the natural disasters.

V. Unit allocation:
From period 7 to period 17.

Period 7: Lesson 1: Starter.
Period 8: Lesson 2: Speak (1)
Period 9: Lesson 3: Speak (2)
Period 10: Lesson 4: Listen (1)
Period 11: Lesson 5: Listen (2)
Period 12: Lesson 6: Read (1)
Period 13: Lesson 7: Read (2)
Period 14: Lesson 8: Write (1)
Period 15: Lesson 9: Write (2)
Period 16: Lesson 10: Language focus
Period 17: Lesson 11: Sum - up & testyourself.