Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced) Period : 84 docx

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... warm-

Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced)

Period : 84 Preparation date : 30/01/2011 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 and Crosses

- Ask the groups to choose a number and answer the question

- with a correct

These are the questions:

1 which energy source (electricity, wood, or coal) is used by half the world’s population for cooking and heating

2

Unit 10: Writing

Poster, chalk and board

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

about Places

information Today

we will learn how to write about a certain place

- write down on the board:

2 Pre-

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

Chalk and board

Important information about a place

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

3

while-writing

(20’)

Activity 1: Outline

of the paragraph ( task b, p.146)

- Ask SS to skim the paragraph again and

Small board, Texbook

complete the brief outline of the

description

- Tell SS to compare answers in small groups and then check with the whole class

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

1 Geography and general features

2 exports and imports

3 electricity production

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

4

Post-writing

(10’)

Writing:

Each student writes some sentences with

a expression in the part 2

5.Homework - Ask Sts to write

about a place as guided at home

textbook