Giáo án Tiếng Anh 11 Unit 8: Celebrations

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GIÁO ÁN TIẾNG ANH 11

Unit 8 CELEBRATIONS

Part A: READING

I Objectives

 Help students understand the content of the reading (how Vietnamese

people celebrate their Lunar New year / Tet) and the new words in

context

 Students can do Tasks 1, 2, 3

II Methods

Communicative approach

III Teaching aids

Cassette player, chalks, board, pictures

IV. Teaching procedures

1 Are the people in the picturemembersof the same family?

2 What time of the year is it?

-Answer

 Yes / Yes, they are

 It is the first day of the Lunar year

 They are celebrating the New

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3 What are they doing?

4 What can you see on the table?

5 What else can you see in thepicture?

-Teacher has the students work inpairs, telling each other which ofthese activities he/she doing most atTet

A making banh chung

B decorating the house

C eating Tet special foods

D going to flowers market

E going to the pagoda

F watching fireworks

G receiving “lucky money”

H visiting relatives and friends

Readin

g

30’

-Have students listen to the tape

-Explain some new words in thepassage:

C Post

-Readin

- excitement-Give feedback

Task 2.

-Have students read the whole passagesilently and do task 2 (True/ Falsestatements)

TASK 2 – Answers

1.F 2.F 3.T 4.F 5.T 6 F 7 F 8 F

Teacher corrects mistakes

Task 3

Have students work in groups and

answer the questions

 Have the representative of each

group write their answers on the board

 Have some pairs practise asking and

9’

holidays focusing on the main points : -how you and your family preparedfor Tet

-how you decorated your house -who you visited and who visited you -which special foods you liked best -which activities you most enjoyedduring Tet

Have one or two pairs present their talk

 Write down Task 3 in the notebooks

 Prepare Part B - Speaking

Unit 8 CELEBRATIONS

PART B : SPEAKING

I Objectives

Students can talk about Tet holiday in Vietnam and about some popular

holidays and celebrations in Vietnam and in the world

II Methods

Communicative approach

III Teaching aids

Chalks , board , pictures in text book , some greeting cards

IV Teaching procedures

STAGES TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

Show some cards and ask students on what

occasion these are used

- Explain the verb “ dress up “

dress up : to wear one’s best clothes

Answer

- Listen and take notes

- Ask students to do task 1 ( page 93),

playing the role of Mai and Anna , and then

reverse the role

- Ask one or two pairs perform their

dialogue in front of the class

Task 2 :

- Have students do Task 2 ( match the

holidays with their meanings and activities

Example :

T : People express their love

S 1 : It’s Valentine’s Day

S 2: They give chocolates , flowers or gifts

- Work in pairs

-Practice in front of the class

-Work in groups

S2 : What is Valentine’s Day ?

S1 : It’s the time when people express their

+ Prepare Part C: Listening (Students get to know some new words in the Listening part

on p.94)

Unit 8 CELEBRATIONS

III. Teaching aids

 Cassette-player, tape, chalks, board, pictures in the text book

IV.Teaching procedures

Stages Teacher’s activities Students’ activities

 exchanging gifts and cards

 decorating the house with peachflowers

 wearing kimonos or specialdress

 giving or receiving luckymoney

 going to the pagoda

 visiting friends

While-listening

30’

Read the new words provided

Explain some new words (similarities,fraction, broadcast …)

Task 1

Ask students to read Task 1 silentlyHave students listen to the tape twiceand do Task 1

1. They put on special clothes ()

2. Everyone cleans the house ()

3. Bells ring 108 times ()

4. Housewives prepare special foods

8. They drink rice wine ()

9. They play cards

10.They watch television ()

11.They eat a special meal ()

-Listen and repeat

-Read Task 1-Listen to the tape twice andchoose the best answers

-Give answers

1. Because they want to get rid of the

old year and welcome the new one

2. They hear the bells from television

or the radio

3. They wear kimonos or special dress

4. No, they don’t New Year’s Day is

mostly celebrated among family

 preparations

 foods and clothes

 activities on New Year’s Eve

 people to celebrate with

 have some pairs of students perform

in front of the class

 give feedback

-Work in pairs-Give their presentation

IV. Homework

 Practice listening at home

 Prepare Part D - Writing

Unit 8 CELEBRATIONS

III TEACHING AIDS:

- Textbook ( English 11 ), Chalks, Outline of the description

IV TEACHING PROCEDURES :

STAGE

S

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

Warm up

- Write on the blackboard some

popular celebrations in Vietnam

Mid-Autumn FestivalNational Independence Day

Pre-Writing

(5’)

Teachers’ DayWomen’s Day

- Ask students some questions

1 When is Teachers’ Day?

2 What do you often do on that

- Give some cues related to some

popular celebrations Our

students’ description should

include the following main

points:

name of the celebrationtime of the celebrationpurpose of the celebrationmain activities of the celebration

his / her feeling about the celebration

- Listen carefully

- Take notes

- Have students do the writing.

- Do the writing

Post-Writing

(15’)

- Have the representatives of two

groups to write their description

November 20th , all students are at school to attend the celebration and enjoy the music show played by our school band and other students After that we give our teachers beautiful flowers, cards and best wishes We

- Give remarks and correct

mistakes

also pay a visit to our former teachers

in the afternoon

I enjoy Teachers’Day because

it is on that day that we can show our gratitude towards our teachers

- Listen and take notes

* HOMEWORK :

- Students reread carefully the description, practise rewriting it

- Prepare Part E – Language Focus

Unit 8 CELEBRATIONS

Part E: LANGUAGE FOCUS

VI Objectives

 Pronunciation: Students can pronounce properly the sounds /fl/, /fr/ and /

Hr/

 Grammar: Students use pnonoun ONE(S) and some other indefinite

pronouns ( someone, no one, anyone, everyone )

VII Methods

Communicative approach

VIII Teaching aids

textbook, chalks

IX Teaching procedures

-have the students listen and repeat the

-Work in pairs  read aloud thedialogue in the textbook

- Go to the board to group the wordsfrom the dialogue

-choral and individual repetition

words provided.

B Grammar Pronoun ONE(S)

Pronoun ONE(S) is used to avoid

repeating a noun when you are referring

to sb/sth that has already mentioned

Example:

+Which pen would you prefer, the blue

or the red one?

+These cases are heavy Those ones are

light

SOMEONE, NO ONE, ANYONE and

EVERYONE are used with singular

+Everyone speaks English in this class.

+Is there anyone at home?

+There isn’t anyone at home.

+There’s no one at home.

-Have students do Exercise 1,2 and 3

-Correct mistakes  Suggested

answers

Exercise 1 (p.98)

1 anyone 2 Someone 3 anyone

4 someone 5 no one 6 everyone

Exercise 2 (p.98)

1 Of the three bags I like the blue one

2 Mai is making a fruit cake, Huong is

making one, too

3 I like reading books, especially the

ones about the natural world

4 I don’t have a computer, and my

father doesn’t want me to have one

-Do Exercise 1,2 and 3 +individual

+pairwork-Give answers-Take notes

5 They let me choose a pencil, and I

took the red one

6 There are several celebrations in

Vietnam, but perhaps the most

meaningful one is Tet holiday

7 We told each other both happy

stories and sad ones about our lives

 Write down Exercise 1,2 and 3 in the notebooks

 Prepare unit 9 Part A - Reading