Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced) Period : 78 ppsx

- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write a description of information in a talbe... warm-up 7’ Checking the previous lesson: Call one student to go to bb to write do

Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced)

Period : 78 Preparation date : 20/01/2011 Unit : 9 Lesson : writing (cont)

I Aims :

- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to compare trends

and figures in a talbe

- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write a description

of information in a talbe

II Lexical items :

III Structures :

- there was a difference of 320 kg of used batteries collected

- More oxygen bottle were collected in 1998 than in 1995

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’)

Checking the previous lesson:

Call one student to go

to bb to write down some expressions of comparisons, and make two sentences with the expressions, and leads

to the lesson

Transition: Today we will continues to practice using these Unit 9: Writing

chalk and board

structures in describing information in the

tables , writing a paragraph

- write down on the board:

– Describing talbes (cont)

2 Pre-

writing

(10’)

Remind SS of useful language

- Tell SS that in order to

write a report about changes of information

in tables, they need to include the following:

+ an introduction sentence

+ the kind of change

- expressions of time:

+ Between 1995 and 1998 …

+ In 1999 …./

Since 2005 …

- expressions of comparison:

+ compared with

…

Chalk and board

+ the period of time involved

+ a comparison of different sets of information

- elicit and introduce to

SS the ways we can talk about these things:

+ some verbs often used in the introduction sentence

+ some phrases used to describe changes:

+ expressions of time

+ expressions of comparison

+ in comparison with …

+ more / fewer / less than … + similar to … + the same as … + a difference of

…

3

while-writing

(20’)

Writing a Description (task 2, p 135)

- Write on the board a list of questions about the information in table

2, and ask SS to study the table and find the answers to the

questions

- Tell SS to use conjunctions and connectors to make a complete description from the answers

1 what does Table 2 show? (where and when?

2 were there more or fewer fires in 1990 than

The questions to lead SS to

writing:

1 what does Table 2 show?

(where and when?

2 were there more or fewer fires in 1990 than

in 1980?

3 what about the acres burned in

Chalk and board, textbook

in 1980?

3 what about the acres

burned in 1990

compared with 1980?

4 compare the number

of fires in 1990 and

2000

5 compare the number

of acres burned in these

two years

6 say how different

they were in the two

years

- go around to control

and give help if

necessary

Activity 2: Making

sentences

- ask SS to practice

1990 compared with 1980?

4 compare the number of fires in

1990 and 2000

5 compare the number of acres burned in these two years

6 say how different they were in the two years

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’)

Peer correction

- when they have finished, call on two students to write their descriptions on the board

- Tell the class to read together and give

correction if necessary

- invite SS to give comments on their

Chalk and board

friends’ writing

- give feedback and comments

5.Homework Language Review

- Ask SS to review the language used to

describe changes and to make comparison

textbook