Unit 8 lesson 4 write

The objectives - Content: Writing a letter to a friend - By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to understand the format of an informal letter and they’ll use the language to write a

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Unit 8 Country life and city life

Lesson 3 Write P.76

A The objectives

- Content: Writing a letter to a friend

- By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to understand the format of an informal letter and they’ll use the language to write a letter to a friend to talk about their neighborhood

B Materials: OHP, Transparencies, strips of paper,…

Work arrangements: Individuals, pairs, groups, T-WC

Anticipated problems: Format of an informal letter

C Procedure

I Warmer

II Checking the old lesson

Do you prefer the country or the city?

Why?

What are there in your neighborhood?

Do you have friends in the city? Do you

often write to him/her?

III New lesson

 Pre - writing

 Format of an informal letter

- Explain the outline of a letter for a

friend

Ask ss to work in pairs to put the outline

for an informal letter in the correct order

T gets FB

 Questions and Answers drill

Where do you live?

What does your house look like?

 While- writing

- Ask ss to work individual on the

transparencies to write a letter to one of

their friends about their neighborhood

- Ask ss to use the suggested questions

and the answer in the drill above to

write, they can add some epressions to

the letter to make it more interesting

- T gets FB on the OHP and the

transparencies Ask some presenters to

read their letter

- Ask other ss to give comment on the

language, format, …

 Post- reading

- Discussion and write it up

Ask ss to work in group of 6 to discuss

the advantages and disadvantages of

I Outline of an informal letter

 Heading Writer’s address Date

Dear

 Opening

 Body of the letter

 Closing

II Answer the questions

a I live in a small town/big city /village

b My house looks very nice / small with 4/5 rooms and a nice/ small garden

c From my bedroom window, I can see

a green paddy field stretching as far as the eye could see/ a nice river flowing softly/ a small park with many green trees and colorful flowers

d It’s far from my house so I have to ride my bike/ It's not very far so I can walk to school

e There is a park / a swimming pool /some restaurants/ a post office/ a library/ a market/ a hospital/

f I like the park/ post office/ river/ the paddy field/… best because I can walk with my sisters after dinner / every morning

Because I can go there to read books and newspapers

Because I can play with my sisters/ brothers there

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living in the city and write on the

transparencies

T gets some presenters to present their

groups’ work on the OHP

 Discussion

What are the advantages and disadvatages of living in the city?

IV Consolidation

Letter to a friend about your

neighborhood

V Homework - Learn new words by heart

- Write the letter and the essay again

- Prepare new lesson

Self-assessment:

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