- UNIT 15: SPACE CONQUEST PART A: READING. - To provide students with new words and vocabulary 2. - Attitudes: Ss are eager to read the reading passage and do the tasks II. - Read Unit 15 – reading at home. - Some Ss go to the board, read out their letter 3. - Students’ activities Teacher’s activities 1. - Before you read. - Work in pairs, ask and answer the questions + Yuri Gagarin is the first human to fly into space. - Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are the first humans to set foot on the moon + Pham Tuan is the first Vietnamese to fly into space.. - Asks some Ss to give the answer. - While you read. - Ss listen to the tape and pick out the new word in the reading passage. - lift off into space. - Ss read the passage silently then do task 1. - Play the tape once. - Helps Ss to explore new words and phrases. - P1: The lift off P2: A view on earth P3: Uncertainties P4: Congratulations P5: The tragic accident. - Instructs Ss to study task 1, checks understanding. - Asks Ss to compare their answer 4. - Words and phrases. - Summarize the reading text 5. - Summarize the reading text