Lesson Plan 1(grade 11 – advanced) Period : 2 potx

- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to skim reading for general ideas.. Structures : - our best friend can prevent us from developing serious psychological problems... To

Lesson Plan 1(grade 11 – advanced)

Period : 2 Preparation date : 05/09/2011 Unit : 1 Lesson : friendship – reading (P2)

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 :

- confide - emotional health - guarantee - prevent

- depression - anxiety - pick - stick together

III Structures :

- our best friend can prevent us from developing serious

psychological problems

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

(4’)

Checking the previous lesson:

- T reads John’s opinions

on a Good friend:

a pack up toys and old stuff; empathize with you

in bad times

b let you copy his / her paper in an exam

c be on you side through good and bad times

- Sts say the grade (eighth, ninth, or tenth) for each opinion

- T gives feedbacks

- Eighth grade

- Tenth grade

- Ninth grade

Period 1 : Unit 1 : Friendship –

Chalk and board

Transition : what do you think about above ideas?

To know what is a best friend, today we’ll continue learning paragraph 2

- T write the lesson on the bb:

reading (p2)

2

Pre-reading

(5’)

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 –

- to confide:

- emotional (adj.)

- guarantee (n) :sự đảm bảo

- depression (n)

- anxiety (n) = worry

Anxious(adj.) =

Chalk and small

board

Sts repeat in chorally, then asks Sts to read individually.)

- Remind Sts of how to

use the verb : prevent S.O / S.T from V-ing

worried

- to pick = to collect

- to stick together : gắn bó

- to evolve = to develop

Our best friend

can prevent us from developing

serious psychological problems

3 while -

reading

(15’)

Activity 1: True – False statements(task b, p16)

- Ask Sts to read the statement about close friends in Task b (p16)and say if they are true or

false , i.e, Sts agree or disagree with them

- Check with the class and note down on the board Sts’ opinions

- Tell Sts to read Text B and decide if the

statements are true or false

- go over the answers with the class

Activity 2: Main ideas

- T writes down on the

Answers :

1 c

2 b

3 a

a Possible reasons for not having a best friend

b How best friendship develops

c John’s opinions

on “friendship”

during his school years

Chalk + book + small board

board three phrases about

the main ideas of the

paragraphs B and one

extra phrase

- Ask Sts to skim the text

again and match the

paragraphs with their

suitable main ideas

- When they have finished

, tell Sts to compare

answers with a partner

- Go over the answers

with the class

4

Post-reading

(15’)

Activity 1: checking vocabulary : gap-filling

- Give Sts handouts and ask them to work in pairs, completing the sentences, using the words just

learned

- check with the class

Activity 2 : writing:

sentence building

- Give Sts handouts , and

ask them to make sentences using the cues

- Sts do the task

1 Blue skies are not a …… of continuing fine weather

2 Like friendship, trust … with time

3 Ann thinks there’s no one in the class she can

……

Answers : 1

guarantee ;2

evolve ; 3

confide in

1 best friends /

- Handouts

Handouts

- T correct them someone / you can

confide

2 your ideas/

good friend/

different/ different grades

3 best friend/ help you/ avoid/

depression/

anxiety

5 Other

activities

(5’)

- Ask one or two Sts to sing a song telling about friendship

- Sts do the task

6

Homework

(1’)

- Ask Sts to learn new words by heart and review the today’s lesson

- Prepare the new lessons for the next time

Book and notebook