- UNIT 15: SPACE CONQUEST PART D: WRITING. - AIMS/OBJECTIVES OF THE LESSON 1. - To help students develop their writing skills to write a description passage - To provide students with new words and phrases as well as the opportunity to write at class. - Attitudes: Ss are eager to write the letter II. - Read Unit 15. - Students’ activities Teacher’s activities 1. - Study task 1 and check understanding. - Date of birth 2. - Place of birth 3. - Read out task 2, check understanding. - Work in groups, write the biography of Neil Armstrong Neil Armstrong was a famous American astronaut.. - He is well known all over the world as the first human to walk on the moon. - Neil Armstrong was born on August 5 th 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio. - Armstrong received his BS from Purdue University in 1955. - On July 20 th 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon’s surface.. - Armstrong received his MS from the University of Southern California in 1970. - Between 1971 and 1979 he taught at the University of Cincinnati. - In 1976, Armstrong was appointed vice chairman of the committee that investigated the space shuttle Challenger disaster.. - Asks some students to present. - Asks some groups of Ss to present their writing. - Armstrong is also well-known for what he said when he stepped on the moon’s surface.