Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced) Period :40 pptx

Aims : - By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write a letter to ask for information.. -The groups take turns to guess the letters ,with a correct letter , they get one st

Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced)

Period :40 Preparation date : 24/10/2011 Unit : 5 Lesson : writing

I Aims :

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

for information

- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write a letter to give information

II Lexical items :

-Deadline -Stipulate

-Precise -Eligible

III Structures :

- I am writing to clarify several of the regulations of the contest

- This is a reminder for us to be more specific and precise

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

1

warm-up

(6’-8’)

Game: “Save the Princess”

-Draw on the board a cave with ways down , the

princess is down in the cave

-Divide the class into two groups: Thach Sanh and the moster.(Stick the pictures on the two mouths/ openings of the cave.)

-Read :This is form the King : “ The princess has

disappeared Anyone who

-Drawings -Chalk & board

can find and save her will be

allowed to marry her and

become the next King of the

nation.”

-Then tell SS to save the

princess , they have to read

out a 12-letter word by

guessing the letters

-The groups take turns to

guess the letters ,with a

correct letter , they get one

step down the cave , if they

are faster and can get to the

princess and save her ,i.e

read the key word, they will

win the game

- Ask SS where they can get

information about a

competition or contest

(Expected: on TV, the radio

-Chalk & board

, in newspapers ,on Web sites,…)

-Ask SS if they want to

enter a competition , what kind of information they need to know about it Give prompts to elicit if

necessary

Expected: +Place and time +Preparations

+All requirements needed of contestants,

-Ask SS : “If you want to apply , but there is

something you’re not sure of , what do you do?”

Expected: To call the

organizer and ask for more details./ To write a letter to

ask for more information

Transition:-Yes, one way is

to write a letter to ask for more information Today we will learn how to write such

a letter , and also how to write a letter to give information

-Write down on the board:

2 Pre-

writing

(4’-5’)

Unit 5: Writing a Letter to Ask for or Give

Information

Activity 1: Re-ordering (task b,p71-72)

-Tell SS the sentences belong to a letter asking for information about a contest but they are in the wrong order

-textbook

(3’-4’)

-Ask SS to work in pairs and put the sentences in a logical order

-Get SS to compare answers

in small groups and the go over the answers with the class

Expected answer: c-d-a-e-i-f-g-h

Activity 2:Sequence markers

-Ask SS to read the letter again and discuss how the underline words may have helped them

Expected :-To recognize what comes first and what’s next or to recognize the order of things easier

-textbook

-Cards

-Tell SS words like fist ,

second, next,…and last /

finally are sequence markers

used to show the order of

things to make it easier to

follow

Activity 3:Matching and

co-ordering

-Arrange SS to word in 5

groups

-Give each group two sets of

cards , one with phrases

used in a letter asking for

information , and the order

with the headings for the

parts of the letter (Appendix

1a)

-Ask SS to work in their

groups , match the phrases

with the headings and then

-textbook

-Chalk & board

put them in a logical order

of the letter

-Go over the answer with the class and introduce the general format of a letter asking for information

.Expected answer:

(Appendix 1b)

Letters to ask for

information can be

organized as follows:

1 Opening/Greeting

2 Purpose of letter (why you are writing it)

3 List of things that need clarifying

4 Closing and

ending

-Form the format of this

letter , elicit from SS the

format of a letter giving

information

-Give prompts to help SS:

a How do you start in reply

to the letter asking for more

information?

(Expected: Saying

thank-you( for making questions))

b What do you do about the

information that needs to be

clarified?

(Expected :Give explanation

can be organized like this: 1.Opening/ Greeting

2.Thanks for letter (Thanks

for asking question,….)

3.List of explanations or clarifications of information asked about

4.Closing and ending

3

while-writing

(14’-15’)

Writing A Letter to Give Information (Task c,p.72)

-Ask SS to work in small groups and write a letter to give information in reply to the letter in task b,p.71 , based on the prompts given and using the format just learned

-Go around to control and give help if necessary

-When they have finished , collect SS’ writing for

correction later

-Textbook -Sheets of paper

4

Post-writing

(3’-4’)

(2’-3’)

Peer correction

-Ask a Student from one of the groups to write their letter on the board

-Tell the class to read together and give correction

if necessary

-Give feedback and comments

Listening : Stop and correct

-Read a letter giving information in reply to the letter in Task b There are some details that are not true according to the information given in Task c

- Chalk & board

5

Homework

(1’)