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FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
LESSON PLANS
GRADE: 11
Teacher: vâThÞ Thu
2008-2009
Trang 2Unit 1- Friendship
1 Week 1: 22/8/2008 PERIOD 1: Reading
A Objectives: After the lesson
I General knowledge:
- Sts know about the qualities of true friendship
II Language: Sts recall and learn more about:
- The different part of speech of words
- Vocabulary on friendship
III Skills: Sts develop the following skills:
- Reading and guessing the meaning of new words from the text
- Reading and answering questions
- Reading and choosing the main idea of the text
- Discussing
B Anticipated problems:
- Sts forget too many words after a long summer holiday
- Sts have trouble with different part of speech of words
C Teaching aids:
- Textbook
D Procedures:
I Before you read:(12')
Aims: focus sts on the topic, revise and introduce the words
and phrases used to talk about friendship
1 T focuses sts on the picture in the textbook and asks sts the
following questions Sts ask and answer in groups
- Who are in the picture?
- What is the relationship between them?
- Why do they gather here?
- Do you have many friends?
- How many of them are close to you?
- Do you often gather like those in the picture?
T checks their work by eliciting the answer from sts
T asks sts to work in pairs to read the poem in the textbook
and answer the questions: 'What do you think of the friend in
the poem?'
T asks some sts to give their opinion
Sts look at the picture and then ask and answer in groups
Some sts answer the questions
Sts read the poem in pairs and then answer the questions
Some sts give their opinion about the friend in the poem
2 T asks S to work in groups and find out different part of
speech of the following words:
- last (v) - selfish (adj)
- constant (adj) - capable (adj)
- loyal (adj) - pursue (v)
T elicits the answers and writes them on board
- (long) lasting (adj) - unselfish (adj)/ unselfishness(n)
- constancy(n) - incapable (adj)
- loyalty (n) - pursuit (n)
T introduces some new words
- quality (n) e.g.: The most important quality of a good
teacher is patience.
Sts discuss in groups
Sts give their answers
Sts copy the words on board
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- rumour (n, v): st that a lot of people are talking about
that is perhaps not true.
- sympathy(n): understanding one's feelings and
problems
T asks sts to read the words after T
T asks some sts to read the word again
Sts listen and repeat
Some individuals read the words aloud
II While you read:
1 Task 1(10')
Aims: sts practise scanning and guessing the meaning of
words and phrases in the context
T asks sts to read the texts and see how many qualities of true
friendship are mentioned and what they are
T checks sts' answer
T asks sts to scan the text again and underline the words/
phrases in the text that appear in the box in Task 1 T asks sts
to read the sentences that contains/ are before/ after the
words to guess the meaning of these words Then T asks
them to try to fill in the gaps with a suitable words/ phrases
Sts work in groups of three or four
T asks some sts to give their answer and correct it if they are
wrong
T checks sts’ understanding of the words
Key: 1 mutual 2 incapable of
3 unselfish 4 acquaintance / friend
5 give-and-take 6 loyal to
7 suspicious
Sts do silent reading to find out the number of qualities of true friendship Sts give their answer
Sts read the text and do the task in groups
Sts give their answer
2 Task 2(5)
Aims: Sts practise reading for main idea by choosing from
options in the textbook.
T asks sts to have a look at the options in Task 2 and make
sure they understand these options T asks sts to find out the
differences between the options Sts works in pairs
T asks sts to read the text again and choose the option that
most adequately sums up the ideas of the whole passage Sts
work in groups
T asks groups to compare their answer
T checks sts' answer
Key: B
Sts read the options and discuss the differences between options in pairs Sts read the text again to choose the main idea of the text
Groups compare their answer
Sts check their answer
3 Task 3:(10')
Aims: Sts practise reading for specific information by
answering questions in the textbook.
T asks S to read the questions carefully in pairs T makes sure
they understand the questions
T asks S to read the text carefully again and work in pairs to
answer the given questions Sts may need to underline the
clues that help them give their answers
T goes around to help sts
T asks some pairs to ask and answer the questions T correct
their mistakes (if any)
Key:
1 It is unselfishness It tells us that a person who is
concern only with his own interests and feelings cannot be a
Sts read the questions
Sts read the text and do the task orally
Some pairs answer the questions in front of the class
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2 Because they take up an interest with enthusiasm
but they are soon tired of it and they feel the attraction of
some new object.
3 It is loyalty It tells us that the two friends must be
loyal to each other and they must know each other so well
that there can be no suspicions between them.
4 Because if not, people cannot feel safe when telling
the other their most intimate secrets.
5 Because they cannot keep a secret either of their
own or of other.
6 It is sympathy It tells us that to be a true friend
you must sympathize with your friend Where there is no
mutual sympathy between friends, there is no true friendship.
III After you read:(7')
Aims: Sts practise discussing and talking about the
importance of friends.
T asks sts to work in groups of four and use the information
they get from the text and their own knowledge to discuss the
following question: 'Why do we need to have friends' T
encourages sts to use their own words
T goes around to help sts
T may give sts some suggestions:
- share joy and sorrow
- help when one is in difficulty
- encourage sb to overcome difficulties
- set a good example
T asks the representative of some groups to present in front
of the class
Sts work in groups to talk about the importance of friends in life
Two sts present
IV Homework:(1')
Write a short paragraph (80 words) about one of your
close friends
Work book: Reading part 1 & 2
Date:22/08/08-period 2 UNIT 1: SPEAKING
I Objectives:
1 Education aims: - Students can develop their speaking skill by talking about a famous friend.
2 Skills: - Describing physical characteristics
- Discussing personalities
- Role-playing: Talking about a famous friend
II Anticipated problems:
Sts may not have enough vocabulary to talk about the topic
III Teaching aids:
Textbook, chalk, board, pictures
IV Procedures:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
1 Homework checking: ( 5 mins)
- Ask one st to answer two questions concerning the
previous lesson:
+ Why do we need to have friends?
+ What are the conditions of true friendship?
- Listen to their friend and give remarks
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- Listen and give remarks
2 Before you speak: ( 15 mins)
Aims: : focus sts on the topic and introduce the words
and phrases used in the tasks.
+ Task 1: Describing people's physical characteristics.
- Ask sts to look at four people in the picture and work in
pairs to describe thier physical characteristics
- Suggest some useful words/ expressions:
+ height: tall, short, medium,
+ face : square, large, oval, round
+ forehead: broad, high,
+ nose: straight, crooked, flat,
+ hair: black, grey, brown, blond,
+ appearance: handsome,beautiful, good-looking, pretty,
ugly,
- Ask sts to read the example and do the same.
- Let them work in pairs in 4 minutes
- Go around to observe sts working
- Ask some sts to present their answers in front of the
class
- Get feedback and give correct answers
+ Task 2: Discussing personalities.
- Ask sts to read through the personalities in task 2 and
explain new words if necessary
- Tell sts that they are going to work in groups to dicuss
and to number those personalities in order of importance
in friendship
- Ask sts to give reasons for their choice
- Go around to help sts and correct the mistakes
- Ask some sts to present their group's ideas
- Listen and give remarks
3.While you speak: ( 15 minutes )
Aims: Sts can talk about a famous freind.
+ Task 3: Role-play
- Tell sts that they are going to work in pairs One is a
journalist and one is an interviewee The journalist is
interviewing the interviewee about a friend of his/
herswho has just won the first international prize in
Mathematics
- Ask them to ask and answer questions based on the
suggestions in the textbook
- Allow them to work in 10 minutes and move around to
conduct the activity
4 After you speak: (9 mins)
- Listen to the T
- Take notes
- Work in pairs to describe the people in the picture
- Some pairs present
1 S1: Can you describe the woman in the picture?
S2: The woman is tall and slim She has got an oval face, a straight nose and brown hair She is a beautiful woman.
2 S1: Can you describe the boy in the picture?
S2: The boy is medium height He is short-sighted He has got a round face, a broad forehead and dark hair he is handsome.
- Listen to the T
- Work in groups to discuss
- Some sts report
e.g: "I think the most important quality for friendship is sincerity because when two friends are sincere, they can share happiness as well as difficulties with each other."
- Listen to the T
- Work in pairs to ask and answer
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- Ask some pairs to make dialogues in front of the class
- Listen and give remarks
5 Homework: (1 mins)
- Write down what they have discussed
- Sample:
J: It is said that you are Thai's best friend Could you give me some information about him?
I: Yes, it's my pleasure.
J: What does he look like?
I: he is fat and short He has a square face and a broad forehead His eyes are small but bright.
J: I suppose he is intelligent.
I: Yes, he is very intelligent, very studious and very humorous I admire him a lot.
PERIOD 3 UNIT 1 LISTENING
A Objectives: After the lesson
I Education aim:
- Sts appreciate their friends
II Knowledge:
1 General knowledge:
- Sts know about some situations when people met and became best friends
2 Language: Sts recall and learn more about:
- The past simple/ present perfect tense
- Vocabulary on friendship
III Skills: Sts develop the following skills:
- Listening for specific information by marking True/False
- Listening for specific information by taking notes
- Speaking using notes
B Anticipated problems:
- Sts haven’t practised listening skill after a long summer holiday
- Sts have trouble listening to a new teacher
C Teaching aids:
- Text book,cassette tape
D Procedures:
I Homework checking:(8')
One st tells the whole class about a famous person
II Before you listen:(10')
Aims: focus sts on the topic and review/ introduce the words
and phrases used to describe some people's best friend.
1 T asks sts to work in pairs to ask and answer the questions
in the textbook
- Who is your best friend?
- How did you happen to meet him/her?
- How long have you known each other?
- What qualities do you admire in him/her
T moves around to help sts
T asks some pairs to present and gives remarks
Sts listen to the T and ask and answer the questions Sts work in pairs:
Some pairs stand up and present
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the tape
T introduces some new words
- residential area (n): the area where there are only
houses.
- sense of humour (n): Being able to laugh and make
others laugh at funny things
- guitarist (n): the person who play the guitar
- rough (adj): difficult, unpleasant.
T read the words / plays the tape again and asks sts to repeat
T asks sts to read the words in pairs
T asks some sts to read the words again
Sts look at the words and read after T /the tape
Sts copy the words and phrases
Sts listen and repeat
Sts read the words in pairs and correct each other’s mistakes
Some individuals read the words aloud
II While you listen:
Task 1(10')
Aims: Practice listening for specific information by deciding
if the given statements are true or false.
T introduces the situation: You are going to listen to two
talks about two people talking about their best friends and
how they met their friends
T asks sts to have a look at the statements and read them in
pairs T makes sure they understand the statements
T asks sts to listen to the tape/T twice and tick the box to
indicate if the statements are true or false T may underline
the words/ phrases that indicate false information
T asks sts to compare their answer in pairs
T checks sts’ answer
T plays the tape once again, stop the tape where necessary
and conduct the correction
Key: Lan's talk:
1 - F; 2 - F; 3 - T; 4 - F; 5 – T; 6 - F
Long's talk:
1 - F; 2 - F; 3 - T; 4 - T; 5 – T
Sts listen to their teacher
Sts work in pairs to read the statement Sts listen and do the task
Sts compare their answers Sts gives their answer
Sts check their answer say it aloud, and then correct their work if they have the wrong answer
Task 2(10')
Aims: Practice listening for specific information by taking
notes about how and where friends met and what they like
about each other.
T asks sts to work in groups and discuss the information they
need to fill in the table Sts can refer to the information in
task 1 Sts can note down the information
T asks sts to listen to the tape once or twice and take notes
T asks sts to compare their notes
T checks sts’ answer by playing the tape once again, stop the
tape where necessary and conduct the correction
How and where they
met What they like about their friend Lan - They used to live in a
residential in Hanoi.
- Lan went on a holiday
to Doson and Ha went
there to visit her.
- Ha is very friendly and helpful.
- Ha is sociable She's got many friends in Doson and she introduced Lan around
Long - They met in college - Minh has a sense of
Sts discuss in groups
Sts listen and do the task
Sts compare their notes
Sts check their answer
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guitar and Long was a
singer.
- They worked together.
humour.
- Minh likes to go to plays and movies.
- Minh is a good listener.
- Minh is friendly and helpful
IV After you listen:(9')
Aims: Sts practise talking about how the people in the
situations have become good friends
T asks sts to work in pairs and use the information the get
from Task 1 and 2 to talk about how Minh has been Long's
best friend and Ha has been Lan's best friend
T moves round to check the activities and to make sure that
sts are working effectively
T asks one or two sts to present in front of the whole class
T checks and gives remarks
Sts practise talking in pairs
One/ two sts present
IV Homework:(1')
Write a short paragraph about how you met your best friend
Date: 27/09/08 –period 4 UNIT1: WRITING
I Objectives:
1 Education Aims: - Students can write the first draft about a friend's personalities.
2 Skills: - Writing about a friend's personalities
II Anticipated problems:
- Students may lack ideas as well as vocabulary to write
III Teaching Aids: - board, textbook, chalk.
IV Procedures:
Teacher's activities Students' activities
1 Warm-up:( 5 mins)
- Ask sts some questions to lead to the topic
1 Did you enjoy your weekend?
2 What did you do at the weekend?
3 ( ask one st) Who did you go to the cinema with?
4 Can you decribe your friend?
- Introduce the topic of the lesson
2 Before you write:( 20 mins)
- Aims: to help sts to have vocabulary and ideas for
the writing task.
a First, create a vocabulary game for sts to play so
that they can revise the meanings of some verbs they
have already learned
- Divide the class into two large groups and then ask
them to work in smaller groups of three or four to
match each adjective with its illustration in two
handouts
- Sts in Group 1 deal with Handout 1, and sts in
Group 2 deal with Handout 2
- Ask sts to say "BINGO" if they complete the task
first and give them prizes
- Move around to conduct the activity
- Check sts'work and give remarks
- Answer T's questions:
1 Yes.
2 I went swimming/ I went shopping/ I slept/ I went to the cinema / etc.
3 I went there with my friend.
4 He's tall and handsome He is very sociable and humorous
- Listen to the teacher carefully
- Work in groups to match
- The first groups completing the task say
"BINGO"
- Report the answers
+ Handout 1: 1- b, 2- e, 3- d, 4- a, 5- c
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b Ask sts to think of a friend of his/hers and some
notes about this friend including:
+ his/her name, age
+ where and when you met him/ her.
+ three of his/ her personalities ( sts should provide
facts/ examples to support these ideas).
- Allow sts to do in 5 minutes and go round to help
them if necessary
- Ask 2 sts to write their outlines on the board
- Check and correct mistakes if necessary
- Help them to rearrange their ideas in a logical way
3 While you write:( 10 mins)
- Aims: Sts write the first draft.
- Ask sts to write a paragraph of about 80 words,
basing on the outline they have just finished
- Let sts write in 10 minutes
- Move around to conduct the activity
4 After you write:( 9 mins)
Aims: to get feedback and check sts' work.
- Get feedback by asking two sts to write their
paragraphs on the board
- Ask some other sts to give remarks
- Check and give the correct answer
- If there is enough time, T can have sts exchange
their writing among sts within a group so that they
can check their friend's work and give remarks
5 Homework: ( 1min)
- Part D (page 10 - workbook)
+ Handout 2: 1- d, 2- c, 3- e, 4- b, 5- a
- Listen to the teacher
- Brainstorm and write some notes about one of their friends
- Two sts write on the board
Sample:
- Nam is my best friend He is the same age as me.
- We were in the same class at primary and lower secondary school.
+ Quick-witted: he is always the first st to have answers to teachers' questions
+ Self-confident: He can stand in front of the whole class and talk naturally.
+ Boastful: He is always saying that his family is rich and that his parents will buy him whatever he wants, but that's not true
at all.
- Do the writing task
- Sample writing:
" Nam is my best friend He is the same age as me and we were in the same class
at primary and lower secondary school
The first thing that people notice him is that he is quick-witted.He is always the first student to have answers to teachers' questions He is also self-confident He can stand in front of the whole class and talk naturally However, sometimes he is boastful, which makes me annoyed "
Date: 05/09/08 -period 5 UNIT1: LANGUAGE FOCUS
I Objectives:
1 Education Aims: - Students know how to pronounce the sound /d ʒ/ and /t ʃ/ correctly
- Students revise to-infinitive and bare infinitive
2 Skills: + Speaking: - Work in pairs to discuss the exercises
+ Reading: - Read words and sentences aloud
- Read the sentences silently to do the exercises
II Anticipated problems:
- These two sounds are difficult to pronounce
III Teaching aids: - board, chalk, textbook.
IV Procedures:
Teacher's activities Students' activities
1 Homework checking: ( 5mins)
- Ask one st to read the paragraph they wrote at home - One st reads his/her writing aloud in front
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- Check and give a mark
2 Pronunciation:( 10 mins)
- Aims: to introduce two sounds /dʒ/ and /t ʃ/and help
sts to practise these sounds.
a Write two sounds on the board and pronounce
them clearly twice, then ask sts to repeat
- Tell sts how to pronounce these sounds accurately
/d ʒ/ : a voiced sound
/t ʃ/ : a voiceless sound
- Ask them to look at the textbook, listen and repeat
- Then ask sts to work in pairs to read the words again
so that they can check for each other
- Move around to help
- Ask two sts to read again and give remarks
b Ask sts to look at sentences in page 19 in the book.
- Ask them to work in pairs to read the sentences and
then find out the words containing sound /d ʒ/ and
sound /t ʃ/
- Ask them to work in 2 minutes
- Move around to conduct the activity
- Ask one st to report and other sts to give remarks
- Check and give the correct answers
- Ask some sts to read these sentences aloud
- Listen and give remarks
3 Grammar: ( 29 mins)
Aims: to revise to-infinitive and bare infinitive and
have sts do Ex1 and EX2.
a to-infinitive:
- Recall the uses of to-infinitive by giving some
examples:
e.g.: - I will give you a form to fill in.
- The tea is too hot to drink.
- I was glad to receive your letter.
- Ask sts to tell the T the uses of to-infinitive in these
sentences
- Ask sts to give examples
- Ask them to do exercise 1
+ Exercise 1:
- Ask sts to look at Ex1 and to do the task
individually and then compare their answers with
other sts
- Move round to conduct the activity
- Ask some sts to report
- Listen and give remarks
b Bare infinitive:
- Introduce a structure with bare infinitive.
S + V+ O + bare infinitive.
of the whole class
- Give remarks
- Listen to the teacher
- Write down two sounds
- Listen to the teacher and repeat
- Look at the book , listen and repeat
/d ʒ/ /t ʃ/
jam children joke changeable January cheese
- Read these words in pairs and check for their partners
- Look at the book and work in pairs
- Answers:
/d ʒ/ /tʃ/
just picture village child bridge change .
- Read the sentences
- Listen to the teacher
- Read the examples and tell the whole class their ideas
+ Uses:
- After a noun to modify it
- In structures:
1 S + V + too + adj / adv + to-infinitive
2 It + V + adj + to-infinitive
3 S + V + adj + to-infinitive
- Listen to the teacher and take note
- Give examples
- Some sts report
1 Who wants something to eat?
2 I have some letters to write.
3 I am/was delighted to hear the news.