Objectives :By the end of the lesson , ss will be able to write a letter about one of their most memorable past experience Language focus *grammar: Simple past tense *Writing a letter I
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Period: 10 D - writING
Class Teaching date Absentees
11A
I Objectives :By the end of the lesson , ss will be able to write a letter about
one of their most memorable past experience
Language focus
*grammar: Simple past tense
*Writing a letter
II Method and Tecniques
-Communicative approach ,
- Gap-filing ,write it up, group work
III teaching aids: text book, handout, poster
IV Procedures
A Check up:Tell your experiences in your life and how did effect you?(5ms)
B New lesson:
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Warm up(8m)
Brain-storming
-T asks Ss to tell about their
unforgettable past experiences and the
others make questions to ask
-Which team makes more questions is
the winner
T asks some questions:
1 How many parts does a personal
letter normally have?
2 What are these parts?
3 What do we normally write in the
Salutation?
4 What do we normally write in the
Closing?
Whole class Group work Past experiences:
-Failing an exam -Getting a reward
………
Ss give the aswers:
1 5 parts
2 The Heading, the Salutation (Greeting), the Body, the Closing and the Signature
3 We normally write “Dear” or “Hello / Hi” etc plus the name of the person we are writing to and a comma at the end
4 We normally write something like
“Sincerely”, “Yours“, “Love”, “Cheers”,
“Best wishes”, “See you soon” etc and
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letter?
A Preparing to write(10m)
T sets the scene: You are going to write
a friendly letter to a pen friend telling
him or her about one of your most
memorable past experiences,
T gets Ss to read the task silently and
work out what they are required to write
about
Gives a letter and asks Ss to complete
the chat
Dear Helen
Last night I had a scary dream ,I
was walking along in an empty street at
night Suddently, a lion appeared at the
end of the street He ran towards me
with his big mouth open and sharp
teeth.He roared and jumped upon me.I
after that we put a comma
5 Our signature normally goes under the Closing
- Listen and read the task silently
Study the letter and complete the chart
1.Name of experience The frightened experience
2.when it happened Last night 3.where it happened The writer was walking along an empty street late at night
4.How it happened The lion ran
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scream, fortunately at that time I
awoke.I’m still frightened now.By the
way , how are you?Do you still have a
nightmare as before?I think we have a
similar problem now.Write to me as
soon as possible
Your friend
Minh
T gives the outline of the letter
Most unforgettable experience
+ What happened?
-I nearly drowned
+ When it happened?
-A year ago, my last summer vacation
+ Where it happened?
-A river near my grandparent’s house
towards the writer with his big mouth and sharp teethHe roared and jumped upon her
5.How the experience effected the
frigtened now Practise writing the letter base on the outline
Individual work
A sample letter:
Cao Bang September 03nd 2009 Dear Long,
How have you been doing? Have you got any plan for the coming school break? Perhaps I will go to see my grandparents in the countryside I haven’t seen them since my last school holiday
Let me tell you about my last summer
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-When I was swimming, I suddenly
caught a cold, I felt dizzy and I was too
weak to swim
+ who was involved?
-Some of my friends were also
swimming at that time, one tried to save
me
+ How it affected you?
-I learned that life is so important
- T gets Ss to plan their stories
according to the questions
Writing(20m)
T gets Ss to write their own letters in 10
minutes
-Then T asks Ss to work individually,
exchange their letters and correct each
other
- T goes around the class to offer help
Feed back on Ss’ writing (6m)
vacation at my grandparents’ It was almost a year ago and was one of my most unforgettable experiences
My grandparents live in a small village
in Trung Khanh There is a large river at the back of their house where I often do swimming every afternoon when I spend
my vacation with them
One day when I was swimming with some of my friends, I suddenly caught a cold I felt so dizzy and was too weak to continue swimming, so I started to sink I thought I was going to drown but I couldn’t call out for help because I was too tired and terrified Luckily, one of
my friends saw that and shouted for help Immediately, another friend who swims the best among us swam towards
me and tried to pull me up Then other
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class
- T elicits corrective feedback from the
class and gives final comments
afterwards
Home work(1ms)
-Write a letter of your experience
-Prepare the next lesson: L.Focus
friends swam towards us to help him push me in My ljfe was finally saved Now recalling the moment I thought I was going to die, I understand how precious life is This event definitely taught me to appreciate my life
What about you? Have you got any unforgettable holiday that you would like to share with me?
See you soon
Nam