English 11- unit 11- writing

* Supporting sentences: -a sentence: sums up the general trend: As can be seen, in general, overall………… - sentences: describe the chart in detail To make up the largest/ smallest percent

Prepared by Trần Thị Hạnh

Lesson plan Unit 11: Sources of energy Part D: Writing

I. Class description: 41 students of Grade 11 A11, Thang Long High School

II Objectives:

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to interpret and compare data described in a bar chart

III. Materials: textbook, handouts, and the board.

IV Anticipated problems

- Interpreting and describing charts might be challenging tasks for Ss, so T should be ready to help them

V Procedure

3’

Greeting

- Ask Ss to sit down

- Ask Ss some questions:

How are you, today?

Is there anyone absent to day?

-Greet the teacher: Stand up and

say: Good afternoon, teacher.

- Answer T’s questions

7’

Warm-up: A guessing game -Divide the whole class into 4 groups.

- Tick the pictures on the board

- Introduce the rule of the game: Now work in your group and

find out the right names these pictures After 3 minutes, one

representative of each group will come to the board and write

down the answers Which group with more correct answers will

be the winner.

1 ………

-Work in group.

- Come to the board and write down their group’s answers

3………

4………

Answers:

1 Pie chart

2 Line chart

3 Diagram

4 Bar chart

-Ask Ss what the purposes of a chart are

Expected answer: to show or describe specific information

-Lead to the task: Today we are going to learn how to describe a

bar chart

-Answer T’s questions about purposes of those pictures

12’

Before writing.

Task1: Gap-fill :( Handout 1 )

- Ask Ss close their books

- Distribute Ss handout 2 – part A

- Give instructions:

Now, I would like you to work individually Your task is to look

at the chart and use the given words in the box to fill in the

blanks Remember that there are more words than the blanks.

20 40 60 80 100 120 140

40 20

45 57

75

50

Coal Nuclear & Hydroelectricity Petroleum

2000 2005

million tones the energy consumption in Highland

-Listen to T’s instruction.

-Do task 1 individually.

The chart shows the (…1…) in Highland in 2000 As can be

seen, the (…2…) energy consumption was 117 (…3…) (…

4…) made up the (…5…) amount of this figure (57 million

tons) This was followed by the (…6…) of coal (40 million

tons) Nuclear and hydroelectricity (…7…) the smallest (…

8…) of energy consumption

- Remind Ss pay attention to the part of speech of the words

needed to fill in the blanks

- Let Ss compare with their friends

- Call one volunteer to write the answer on the board

- Give feedback

Expected answer:

1 Energy

consumption

2 Total

3 Million tons

4 Petroleum

5 Largest

6 Consumption

7 Made up

8 Amount

- Ask Ss questions to elicit the structure and useful languages of

the paragraph describing a chart

Expected answer:

* Topic sentence: mention the topic, the time and location:

the chart shows/ describes/ illustrates……… +

place +time.

* Supporting sentences:

-a sentence: sums up the general trend:

As can be seen, in general, overall…………

- sentences: describe the chart in detail

To make up the largest/ smallest percentage/ amount/

- Compare the answers with their

friends

- Write the answers on the board

-Check the answer with the whole class

-Answer T’s questions -Take notes

Energy Tons Total Number

Energy consumption Amount Largest

Consumption Million tons Coal Petroleum

Made up

This + to be followed by……

To rank first/ second

*Concluding sentence: summarize the main points or draws

relevant conclusion

To sum up, in conclusion, all in all, etc…

20’

While writing.

Task 2: Now write a paragraph describing energy consumption

in 2005 in 5 minutes

- Ask Ss to write in their exercise book and call one S come to

the board and write down his/her paragraph.

- Go around to help

- Ask Ss to exchange their description with their partners and

give feedback to each other

- Check the description on the board with the whole class

Sample writing:

The charts show the energy consumption in Highland in 2005.

As can be seen, the total energy was 170 million tons Nuclear

and hydroelectricity made up the largest amount (75 tons) This

was followed by the consumption of petroleum (50 tons) Coal

made up a slightly smaller proportion with 45 million tons.

Task 3:

Lead-in: Do you know the reason why the energy consumption

in two years is described in the same chart? It is because they

want us to make a comparison

Now I will provide you with a sample Read through the sample

carefully and try to pick out the structure or useful language

used to compare.

-Deliver handout 2 to Ss

- Analyze the sample: Ask Ss to pick out the structure and

useful languages

1 Introduction: The chart shows/ describes/ presents/

indicates/ illustrates/ compares ….

2 Body:

trend: In fact, …

-Describe the chart individually -Exchange their products and give feedback to each other

- Check the description on the board with the whole class

- Listen to T

-Read through the sample carefully and pick out the structure and useful languages

trend: On the other hand/ However/ In (By) contrast,

…

* Increase: Increase/ rise/ go up/ climb/ grow

Soar = sharply increase

Rocket = dramatically rise

Shot up = rapidly climbed

* Decrease: Decrease/ decline/ fall/ drop/ go down…

Dive: rapidly fall of

Stumble = significantly decline

* Stability: Remain stable/ remain constant/ level off

* Adverbs: Roughly/ nearly/ approximately/ around/

about…

Gradually/ slightly/ steadily/ moderately/ slowly/ minimally

Dramatically/ sharply/ rapidly…

3 Conclusion: Restate the general trend

To conclude, in conclusion, to sum up, all in all……….

Handout 2: Sample

The chart shows the amount of 3 kinds of energy consumed

in Highland in the year of 2000 and 2005.

Overall, the total energy consumption in 2005 was nearly twice as much as that in 2000(170 million tons and 117 million tons in turn) In fact, there was a dramatic increase in the consumption of nuclear and hydroelectricity, 75 million tons in

2005 as opposed to 20 million tons in 2000 Highlanders also consumed more coal in 2005 than that in 2000 The amount of coal slightly rose by 5 million tons from 40 million tons to 45 million tons However, the consumption of petroleum lightly declined from 57 million tons in 2000 to 50 million tons in 2005.

In conclusion, the period given indicates the rapid growth in

total energy consumption in Highland.

-Summarize the main points of the lesson.

- Give homework: Describe the chart

Internet Usage in Taiwan by Age Group, 1998-2000

Model writing:

The graph shows changes in the age profile of Internet users in

Taiwan between 1998 and 2000

The main users of the Internet in Taiwan are young adults

between 16 and 30 years old In 1998, they accounted for more

than half of all users In 1999 the number dropped slightly to

45%, but even in 2000 they were the biggest group

The second biggest group of users is aged between 31 and 50

They made up 41% in 1998, falling slightly to 37% in 2000

When combined with the 16-30 age group, over 94% of users in

1998 were between 16 and 50

However this number is dropping steadily as more children and

older users log on In 1999, the number of children online

quadrupled from 2% to 8%, and it continued to increase in

2000 There were similar increases for older users, rising from

4% in 1998 to 10% in 2000

In conclusion, while adults between 16 and 50 still represent the

great majority of Internet users in Taiwan, their share is

declining as more children and older users join the web

-Listen to T

-Write homework in the notebook.