Aims : - By the end of the lesson, the students know more about different places in the world - By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write about a certain place.. Transit
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Period : 84 Preparation date : 30/01/2008 Unit : 10 Lesson : writing
I Aims :
- By the end of the lesson, the students know more about different places in the world
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write about a certain place
II Lexical items :
III Structures :
- Its main source of electricity comes from traditional thermal power stations , while water power
stations generate 6.3 %
IV- Teaching aids:
- textbook - handouts - Sheets of paper
- chalk and board
V- Techniques :
- writing-based
VI- Procedures :
State/time Teacher’s and students’ activities Blackboard Materials
1 warm-up
(7’)
Games: Noughts and Crosses – Geography Quiz
- Draw a square of 9 numbered boxes
on the board
- divide SS into two groups, Noughts
These are the questions:
1 which energy source (electricity, wood, or coal)
is used by half the world’s population for cooking and
Poster, chalk and board
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- Ask the groups to choose a number
and answer the question
- with a correct answer, the box is
marked with a 0 a X of the group If
the group cannot answer it, the other
group has the chance to give answers
and owns the box The first group to
have 3 boxes (0s or Xs) in a line (
across, down or diagonal) will win the
game
- check SS’ understanding of
instructions and let them start the
game
- declare the winner
Transition: to introduce a certain place,
we need to provide more information
Today we will learn how to write
about a certain place
- write down on the board:
heating
2
Unit 10: Writing about Places
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writing
(7’)
1 Brainstorming:
- Ask Ss what kind of information they
would like to know about a place in order to elicit essential features for the writing
- note down SS ideas on the board
2 Fill in a table (task a, p 146)
- Ask SS to read the paragraph about The Kingdom of Thailand and complete the table with correct information
- Tell SS to compare answers in pairs and then go over the answers with the class
Chalk and board
3
while-writing
(20’)
Activity 1: Outline of the paragraph ( task b, p.146)
- Ask SS to skim the paragraph again and complete the brief outline of the description
- Tell SS to compare answers in small
1 Geography and general features
Small board, Texbook
Important information about a place
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The paragraph includes three main parts:
Activity 2: Gap-filling
- Put SS into pairs, and give each pair
a handout of a gapped description of the information in table 1
- Tell SS to study the table and compete the description with suitable information
- when they have finished, tell SS to compare answers in small groups
- go over the answers with the class
Activity 3: Making sentences
- ask SS to practice writing each
sentence as guided in the structure models
- call on some students to go to bb to write down their writing
- T corrects them
2 exports and imports
3 electricity production
4
Post-writing
Writing:
Each student writes some sentences
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5.Homework - Ask Sts to write about a place as
guided at home
textbook