Aims : - By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write a thank-you letter.. - Tell the Ss in the groups to put the phrases together to make a meaningful sentence, and then wr
Trang 1Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced)
Period : 29 Preparation date : 23/10/2007 Unit : 4 Lesson : writing
I Aims :
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write a thank-you letter
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to express gratitude in English
II Lexical items :
- facilities
- precious
III Structures :
- I am writing to thank you for what you have done to our school
- we really appreciate your precious help
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’)
Games: cut – up sentences
- divide Ss into four groups
- cut up four sentences into 5 phrases and shuffle the pieces on the table in four positions for the four groups
- students from each group take turn to
go to front, and answer your question by writing it on a sheet of paper With a correct answer, the student is allowed to pick a piece of paper and take it back to his group If St can’t answer it, her returns and another St in the group replaces him, etc continue until the groups get all the pieces of paper
- Tell the Ss in the groups to put the phrases together to make a meaningful sentence, and then write it down on the board
- the first group to write the correct sentence on the board wins the game
Transition: yes, and how to write a letter
thanking someone is the focus of our lesson today
Stick the pictures on BB
Unit 4: P 29: Writing a thank-you letter
- pieces
of paper
- sheets of paper
- chalk & board
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2 Pre-
writing
(10’)
format of a thank-you letter.( task a)
- ask Ss to read the situation in Task a
and the letter from a student thanking the volunteers for what they have done to his school
- ask Ss to read the parts in the format corresponding to different parts of the letter Then elicit the general format of a thank- you letter
A thank- you letter may look like this;
- use pictures and explanations to present
some new words
- Read the words one by one and ask Sts
to repeat
- salutation / opening
- expressing thanks and appreciation for what has bee done
- saying how useful/ helpful the thing or work is
- expressing thanks / gratitude once again
- writing a social note
- closing and signature
Chalk and board
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while-writing
(20’)
Activity 1: things that do not belong
- arrange Ss to work in small groups
- give each group a handout of a thank-you letter
- tell Ss that three are some sentences that do not belong to the letter and ask them to read and find out which sentences do not belong
- call the groups to read their sentences aloud and check with the class
Activity 2: Mixed-up letters
- put Ss into pairs and give out handouts
- tell Ss that the two letters are mixed up,
and ask them to read the letter, sort out the sentences that do not belong and move them to their correct places in their letter
Laura, Thanks a million for lending me your gorgeous leather jacket Just what I needed for the party I’m worn it lots of times already You saved my life!
Anyway here it is, safely returned I hope you won’t mind I’m giving it to your mum as probably I won’t see you till Monday It is wonderful today Have a great weekend, and hope I can do the same for you some time!
Love and kisses
handouts
handouts
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4
Post-writing
(10’)
Peer correction
- Ask Sts to work in group of 5, deliver
each group 5 pieces of writings and tell them to read and correct their friends’
narratives
- Tell each group to choose the best piece
of writing, and the most special story
- Go around to control and give help if necessary
- Call a St from each group to read their group’s best writing, and ask Sts to give comments
Card 1- Jack and card 2 – Sinh are delivered out Sts
Handouts + sheets
of paper
5
Homework
(1’)
- Ask Sts to write a letter as guided at home for preparing next time
textbook