Aims : - By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write a letter of invitation - By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write a letter of acceptance or refusal...
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Period : 23 Preparation date : 22/10/2007 Unit : 3 Lesson : writing (cont)
I Aims :
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write a letter of invitation
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write a letter of acceptance or refusal
II Lexical items :
- confirm
- participate in
III Structures :
- I am very happy to accept your kind invitation
- I am afraid I can’t come because ………
IV Teaching aids:
- textbook - handouts - Sheets of paper
- chalk and board
V Techniques :
- writing-based
- Procedures :
State/time Teacher’s and students’ activities Blackboard Materials
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warm-up
(7’)
Checking the previous lesson
- write on the board parts of a letter which are ordered randomly
- call on a St to rearrange in order
- check the answer Transition: last time we studied components of and a letter of invitation / refusal / acceptance ; and words and phrases for writing a letter Today we’ll how to write a complete letter
- write down on the board:
1 request for a reply
2 invitation
3 opening / greeting
4 closing and ending
5 reason for event
6 venue, date & time
Unit3: Writing a Letter of Invitation and of Reply (cont)
- s
2 Pre-
writing
(10’)
Activity 1: Teaching new words again
- use pictures and explanations to present
some new words
- Read the words one by one and ask Sts
to repeat
- highly (adv) : cao
- appreciated (adj): cam kich, danh gia cao
- affectionately (adv) : chan thanh
- look forward to :
- invite (v) : moi
- invitation (n) : loi moi
Chalk and board
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while-writing
(20’)
writing letters
- put Ss into pairs A, B, and C
- Tell pairs A to write a letter of invitation based on the situation given in Task c, p42 ( you may want to give them
a certain place and time to make it consistent in all letters, e.g “ on Saturday next week, at your house, at 7 pm.”
- Tell pairs B to write a letter of reply, accepting the invitation
- Tell pairs C to write a letter of reply, refusing the invitation
- go around to control and give help if necessary
- when they have finished, collect Ss’
writing for correcting later
Models:
- Letter of acceptance
Dear Thanh Thao, Thank you very much for inviting me to your birthday party on Saturday 25th at 6:30 pm Yes, we haven’t met each other for ages
Recently I have had a heap
of things to do, but you are
so special that I can’t refuse
to come Moreover, I am very excited to meet all our old friends Thanks for the opportunity
Please tell me id you need a hand
Cheers, Van Anh
Small board cards
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Post-writing
(10’)
Listening and recognizing
- Read some more letters, one by one,
and ask Ss to listen and recognize where they are invitation, acceptance of refusal
- Ask Ss what helps them know which is which to see if they can recognize the target language used
Ss’ writing
5
Homework
(1’)
- Ask Sts to write one more letter of invitation