OBJECTIVE By the ends of the lesson, students will be able to: − Write letters of acceptance of refusal II.. Discussing the features of a letter of acceptance or refusal 7’ − After Ss
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B Writing
I OBJECTIVE
By the ends of the lesson, students will be able to:
− Write letters of acceptance of refusal
II PREPARATION
- Teacher: Handouts, textbook, extra-board
- Student: Textbook, notebook,…
III ANTICIPATED PROPBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
- Ss may not be familiar with expressions used in an invitation letter, so
T should teach them
IV PROCEDURE
Teacher and Students’ activities Board display
1.Warm-up: (6’)
2.Task 1: Filling the blank(6’)
Instruction: You are going to complete the
letters on page 117 by fill each blank with
one of the ways to accept or refuse an
invitation provided in the table
− Before Ss do the task, T asks Ss to read
through the expressions in the table to
understand them
− T asks Ss to do the task in pairs and
reminds them that for each blank they can
have more than one answer
− T calls on some Ss to go and write their
answers on the board
− T calls for peer correction and gives T's
own feedback
Discussing the features of a letter of
acceptance or refusal (7’)
− After Ss finish task 1, T can use the letters
in the task as models to elicit or introduce
the features of a letter of acceptance or
refusal T may use some questions
− T reminds Ss that:
+ To write a letter of acceptance, firstly, Ss
*Answer:
1 That's a great idea!
2 I'd love to, but…/ I'm afraid I can't come because …
3 I'd love to / I'd be delighted to
* Questions.
+ What is the similarity between
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Then they use one of the ways of accepting
to say they agree to join their friends
+ To write a letter of refusal, firstly, Ss
should thank their friends for the invitation
Then they use of the ways of refusing the
invitation to say that they cannot join their
friends Ss should remember to give out the
reason for their refusal as well
3.Task 2: Ordering (6’)
Instruction: You are required to arrange
the sentences in the correct order to make a
letter of accepting an invitation to spend a
weekend in the country.
− T asks Ss to do the task individually and
exchange their answer with another student
when they have finished
− T calls on a student to read the letter out
loud and asks other Ss to listen and give
feedback
− T comments and gives the correct order
4.Task 3: Writing a letter of acceptance or
refusal (10’)
Instruction: One of your friends has
invited you to go for a picnic to Cuc
Phuong National Park next weekend Write
a reply letter accepting or declining his/her
invitation.
− Before Ss do the task, T reminds them
that they should pay attention to all the
features of this type of letter and be careful
with some other written conventions such as
capitalization, punctuation …
− T asks Ss to write the letter individually
− While Ss write the letter, T should go
around to observe and provide help
Feedback on Ss' writings − T asks Ss to
exchange their letter with another student
for peer correction − T goes around and
collects mistakes and errors − T collects
the three letters?
+ What is the similarity between letter one and three?
+ How is letter two different from the other two?
+ Why did the writer of letter two refuse the invitation?
*Answer:
1 d 2 e 3 c 4 a 5
f 6b
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5 Feedback on Ss' writings(7’)
− T asks Ss to exchange their letter with another student for peer correction
− T goes around and collects mistakes and errors
− T collects some writings for quick
feedback
− T writes Ss' typical errors on the board and elicits self and peer correction T
provides correction only when Ss are not able to correct the errors
6 Wrap up(2’)
* Summarises:
- T summarises the main points of the lesson
* Homework
- T asks Ss to write a letter of acceptance or refusal (if they have written a letter of acceptance in class, at home they will write
a letter of refusal and vice versa)
- Prepare for the next lesson