Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced) Period : 8 pps

Lexical items : - in vain - merrily - retreat - inept - slip away III- Structures - He kept quiet and retreated into his shell - Many shy people have managed to grow out of it IV-

Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced)

Period : 8 Preparation date : 14/09/2011

Unit : 2 Lesson : personal experience -

reading.(P1)

I Aims :

- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to scan reading for specific information

- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to skim reading for general ideas

II Lexical items :

- in vain - merrily - retreat - inept

- slip away

III- Structures

- He kept quiet and retreated into his shell

- Many shy people have managed to grow out of it

IV- Teaching aids:

- textbook - picture / drawings

- chalk - handouts

V- Techniques :

- Skill – based ( reading), communication approach

VI- Procedures :

State/time Teacher’s and students’

activities

Blackboard Materials

1

Warm-up &

lead-in

(3’)

Games: Jigsaw Reading

- Arrange the class in four

or five groups

- Give each group a handout with phrases of explanation on

- Tell Sts to read the phrases and find out the words, then combine the first letters of all these

These are the phrases on the handout:

1 The biggest land mammal

2 The short form

of Christmas

3 The object we use to write with

Handouts

words to form the key

word

- The first group to find it

will win the game

- Sts start the game

- Declare the winner

- Ask Sts : - What is

Experience?

- Have you

ever been in embarrassing

situations?

- What was it?

What did you do then?

4 Part of our body that allows us to see things

5 The opposite of

“wrong”

6 Another word for “sick”

7 Part of our body that allows us to hear

8 Part of our body that allows us to smell

9 The word for white, red, blue, yellow, ect

10 North, South, West, and

Chalk and board

Transition: Unit 2

focuses on personal

experience The reading

today is about a man’s

unpleasant experience at a

party

- Write down on the board

:

Answers:

1.Elephant, 2.X-mas, 3.Pen, 4.Eyes, 5.Right, 6 Ill, 7.Ears, 8

Nose, 9.Colours, 10.East

:Period 8 : Unit 2 :

Personal Experience – Reading

2

Pre-reading

(5’)

3 while -

reading

(15’)

Teaching Vocabulary

- write new words on the

bb

- elicit meanings from Sts

or give explanations yourself

- leave some minutes for Sts to copy

- give some practice on pronunciation ( T reads – Sts repeat in chorally, then asks Sts to read individually.)

Activity 1 Guiding question

- Ask Sts to read Text

- in vain : with no result

- inept (a.):unskillful (vụng về)

- Slip away : lẻn đi

- retreat into one’s shell (idm)

become more shy, reserved

- retreat(v) : thu mình lại

- He kept quiet and retreated into

his shell

- Many shy people

have managed to

Chalk and small

board

quickly and find the answer to the question:

- Call on Sts to give answers and check with the class

- go over the answers with the class

Activity 2: true – false statements ( task a, p26)

- T asks Sts to read the text and the statements about the man and say if they are true or false

- Ask Sts to work with a partner and compare answers

- Call on Sts to read the statements and say their

grow out of it

Guiding question :

- What was embarrassing about the man?

- Expected answer: He didn’t

know what to do and how to behave among other

people

- Expected answer:

1 F

2 T

3 F

Handouts

4

Post-reading

(15’)

choice

- Go over the answer with the class

Activity 3 : Reading and listing (Task b p26)

- Ask Sts to read the first paragraph and list three pieces of information related to the senses of sight and hearing

- go over the answers with

the class

Activity 1: Discussion

4 F

5 T

Expected answers:

Hearing:

- He saw many

people talking merrily and there was a pause in the conservation as he passed by

- … Found the room full of people he did not know

Sight: when he

5

Homework

(1’)

- put Sts into group of 4

or 5

- ask them to express their

opinions on the following question :

- go around to control and give help if necessary

- call on Sts to report about their groups’

discussion

- give feedback and comments on what Sts have

Writing

- Tell Sts to write a short

paragraph about what the man should do in order to

heard someone asked him his name …

Discussion :

a Have you ever been in such a situation as the man’s?

b What have you done to grow out

of it?

c what do you think the man should do to overcome his shyness?

Book and notebook

overcome his shyness