Period: Lesson 4: Writing I.OBJECTIVES : By the end of the lesson, students will be able to: about writing a biography from the information II.. He set foot on the moon with Buzz Al
Trang 1Period:
Lesson 4: Writing
I.OBJECTIVES : By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
about writing a biography from the information
II PREPARATION : Pictures, poster, handout, books…
III.PROCEDUCE:
5’
10’
I Warm-up
- Look at the pictures and answer the questions
1 Who is he?
2.Is he a Russian and an American astronaut?
3 Who did he set foot on the moon with?
Keys: 1 He is Neil Armstrong
2 He is an American astronaut
3 He set foot on the moon with Buzz Aldrin
- Introduce the lessons:
Today we practise writing about Neil Armstrong.
II Before writing
Put each of the headings in the box in the appropriate
blank
Career Place of birth Date of birth
Quote Known as
Neil Armstrong
American Astronaut
(1) 5th August 1930
(2) Wapokoneta, Ohio
(3) _ The first person to walk on the moon
(4) 1949-1952: pilot in United States Navy
(5) _ “That’ s one small step for man, one giant
leap for mankind”
Keys:
1 Date of birth 2 Place of birth 3.Known as
4 Career 5 Quote
- T asks Ss to look at the picture and answer the questions
- Ss work in pairs to do exercise
- T corrects with the whole class
- T introduce the lessons
- T asks Ss to read about Armstrong’s biography After reading it, Ss have to work in groups of 4 to put each of the heading in the box in the appropriate blank
- T calls on 4 members of 4 groups (chosen at random) to
go to the Bb to write down their answer
- T correct with the whole class
- T explains to Ss what necessary information to write a biography
- T explains some new words: Navy, B.S, M.S, WASA, investigate, space
UNIT 15
SPACE CONQUEST
Place of birth
Date of birth
Career Known as (famous for)
Trang 215’
Remind students of using correctly the prepositions: in,
at,on, from, to, with And some phrases:
- Be known as, work as
- receive something from
- resign from something
III While writing
Write a biography of Neil Amstrong from the information
given in task 1 and some following question
1 Who is Neil Armstrong?
2 When was he born?
3 Where was he born?
4 What is he known as?
5 What happened in his life from 1949 to 1986?
6 Which famous sentence did he said when he stepped
on the moon surface?
IV Post-writing Correction
(suggested description)
Neil Armstrong is an American astronaut He is known as
the first person to walk on the moon He was born on
August 5th, 1930 in Wapokoneta in Ohio From 1949 to
1952, he worked as a pilot in the United States Navy
Armstrong received his BS from Purdue University in 1955
He joined the NASA astronaut program in 1962 on July
20th, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to step
on the moon's surface Armstrong received his M.S from the
University of Southern California in 1970 He resigned
from NASA a year later and from 1971 to 1979, he taught at
the University of Cincinnati In 1986 Armstrong was
appointed vice chairman of the committee that investigated
the Challenger shuttle disaster He is also well-known for
what he said when he stepped on the moon surface: "That's
one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
IV/ HOME WORK:
-Asking Ss reread the passage they wrote And review the
use of relative pronouns and prepare the language
Preparation: Language focus
- Could/ be able to
- Tag questions
shuttle
Show the picture of space shuttle:
- T reminds Ss of using correctly the prepositions
- T asks Ss to read Armstrong’s biography again and work individually to write a paragraph of Neil Armstrong
- Ss write their works on their notebooks
- T goes around to offer help
- T takes notes of Ss’
mistakes for indirect correction
- T calls on 2 Ss to go to the
Bb to write down their work
T, together with Ss, finds out the mistakes and corrects them
- T gives out some common mistakes made by Ss when doing this writing task