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Trang 1Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced) Period : 22 Preparation date : 11/10/2007 Unit : 3 Lesson : writing
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write a letter of invitation
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write a letter of acceptance or refusal
II Lexical items :
- confirm
- participate in
III Structures :
- I am very happy to accept your kind invitation.
- I am afraid I can’t come because ………
IV Teaching aids:
- chalk and board
V Techniques :
- writing-based
- Procedures :
1
warm-up
(7’)
Games: Flashing the picture and guessing
- flash the picture of a happy- looking person very quickly and ask Ss to say what they see
in the picture
- If necessary, make questions ( e.g what about him? How does he feel?) to elicit from
Ss the sentence ”He’s happy / he looks happy.)
- Ask Ss to guess why he is happy
- Show the picture so that Ss can have the answer
- Read the content of the letter and ask Ss what kind of letter it is
Transition: Lam has received a letter of invitation What is he going to do? And today we’ll learn how to write a letter of invitation and of reply
- write down on the board:
Dear Lam, I’m going to the Modern Dance this Saturday Would you like to join me? The performance starts at 8:00 p.m at the Central Theatre.
Please let me know if you can join me.
With love, Nam.
- Expected answer: because he has received a letter
- Expected answer : a letter of invitation
Unit3: Writing a Letter of Invitation and of Reply
- s
2 Pre-
writing
(10’)
Activity 1: Teaching new words:
- use pictures and explanations to present
some new words
- Read the words one by one and ask Sts to repeat
Activity2:eliciting the target language
- Ask Ss these question, one by one, to elicit the language used:
- highly (adv) : cao
- appreciated (adj): cam kich, danh gia cao
- affectionately (adv) : chan thanh
- look forward to :
- invite (v) : moi
- invitation (n) : loi moi
Chalk and board
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Trang 21 what do you say when you invite someone
to do something?
2 what do you say when you accept an invitation?
3 what do you say when you refuse an invitation?
- Note down Ss’ ideas on the board and then check with the class
Chalk and board
3
while-writing
(20’)
Activity 1: classifying: Invitation, acceptance or refusal?
- divide Ss into small groups Each group is
given a poster with phrases on and a set of faces: neutral (yellow), smiling (pink) and sad (blue)
- Ask Ss to stick a neutral face next to a refusal one
- Tell Ss to stick the poster on the board when they have finished The first group to finish with all correct answers will win the game
- demonstrate using the phrases on the boar and then have Ss start
- go over the answers and show a poster with the phrases in 3 categories
Activity 2: Recognition: what is what?
(task a)
- Ask Ss to read the three letters in Task a,
and say what kind of letter each one is
- Ask Ss to give reasons for their choice
Activity 3: Rearranging and matching format of a letter of invitation (task b)
- arrange Ss to work in small groups, give
each group a handout and tell them to put the headings into the correct order of a format of
a letter of invitation
- go over the answers the class
- letter 1: letter of invitation
- letter 2: letter of acceptance
- letter 3: letter of refusal
Expected answer:
1.c opening / greeting 2.a reason for event 3.f venue, date & time 4.e invitation
5.d request for a reply 6.b closing and ending
Small board cards
4
Post-writing
(10’)
Peer correction
- Ask Sts to work in group of 5, deliver each
group 5 pieces of writings and tell them to read and correct their friends’ narratives
- Tell each group to choose the best piece of writing, and the most special story
- Go around to control and give help if necessary
- Call a St from each group to read their group’s best writing, and ask Sts to give comments
Card 1- Jack and card 2 – Sinh are delivered out Sts
Handouts + sheets
of paper
5
Homework
(1’)
- Ask Sts to write a letter as guided at home for preparing next time
textbook
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