Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced) Period : 23 pot

Aims : - By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write a letter of invitation - By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write a letter of acceptance or refusal...

Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced)

Period : 23 Preparation date : 22/10/2011 Unit : 3 Lesson : writing (cont)

I Aims :

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

invitation

- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write a letter of acceptance or refusal

II Lexical items :

- confirm

- participate in

III Structures :

- I am very happy to accept your kind invitation

- I am afraid I can’t come because ………

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

(7’)

Checking the previous lesson

- write on the board parts

of a letter which are ordered randomly

- call on a St to rearrange

in order

- check the answer

Transition: last time we studied components of and a letter of invitation /

1 request for a reply

2 invitation

3 opening / greeting

4 closing and

ending

5 reason for event

6 venue, date &

- s

refusal / acceptance ; and words and phrases for writing a letter Today we’ll how to write a complete letter

- write down on the board:

time

Unit3: Writing a Letter of

Invitation and of Reply (cont)

2 Pre-

writing

(10’)

Activity 1: Teaching new words again

- use pictures and

explanations to present some new words

- Read the words one by one and ask Sts to repeat

- highly (adv) : cao

- appreciated (adj): cam kich, danh gia cao

- affectionately (adv) : chan thanh

Chalk and board

- look forward to :

- invite (v) : moi

- invitation (n) : loi moi

3

while-writing

(20’)

writing letters

- put Ss into pairs A, B, and C

- Tell pairs A to write a letter of invitation based

on the situation given in Task c, p42 ( you may want to give them a certain place and time to make it consistent in all letters, e.g “ on Saturday

Models:

- Letter of acceptance

Dear Thanh Thao,

Thank you very much for inviting

me to your birthday party on Saturday 25th at 6:30 pm Yes, we haven’t met each

Small board cards

next week, at your house,

at 7 pm.”

- Tell pairs B to write a

letter of reply, accepting

the invitation

- Tell pairs C to write a

letter of reply, refusing

the invitation

- go around to control

and give help if

necessary

- when they have

finished, collect Ss’

writing for correcting

later

other for ages

Recently I have had a heap of things to do, but you are so special that I can’t refuse

to come

Moreover, I am very excited to meet all our old friends Thanks for the

opportunity

Please tell me id you need a hand

Cheers,

Van Anh

4

Post-writing

(10’)

Listening and recognizing

- Read some more

letters, one by one, and ask Ss to listen and recognize where they are invitation, acceptance of refusal

- Ask Ss what helps them know which is which to see if they can recognize the target language used

Ss’ writing

5

Homework

(1’)

- Ask Sts to write one more letter of invitation