Australia has a bit fewer visitors than France although the number of Australian visitors to Vietnam increased from 84,085 in 2001 to 96,924 in 2002. *Homework: Rewrite the paragraph des[r]
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Lesson 4: Writing
I.OBJECTIVES : By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
write a short paragraph to describe a chart
II PREPARATION : Pictures, poster, handout, books…
III.PROCEDUCE:
5’
15’
I Warm-up: (Brainstorming questions)
Look at the picture and answer the following Qs:
1 What is it?
(Ss: It’s a chart / a pie chart)
2 Have you ever seen a chart like this? Where?
(Ss: Yes, on TV, magazines, books…)
3 Which has the largest population of all?
(Ss: South Asia)
- T introduces the new lesson
Writing: Describing charts
II Pre-writing:
Pre-teach new words :
a chart: biểu đồ
to present: giới thiệu, trình bày
arrival (n): sự tới nơi
according to: như (ai) đã nói, theo…
increase (n,v): tăng lên
Checking
- Ss work in groups to do brainstorming questions
- T gives feedback and introduces the new lesson
- T teaches some new words
visual situation situation translation example
Rub-out and remember UNIT 16
HISTORICAL PLACES
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answer the questions that follow
2. 1 According to the chart, which country had the biggest
number of visitors to Vietnam in 2001?
3. 2 How many French visitors arrived in Vietnam in 2001?
4.
5. 3 Which country had the smallest number of visitors to
Vietnam in 2002?
6. 4 Is the number of Australian visitors coming to Vietnam
in 2001 greater than that in 2002?
7. 5 Which country, France or Australia, had more visitors
to Vietnam in 2002?
8. 6 How did the number of American visitors to Vietnam in
2002 increase in comparison with that in 2001?
9.
Answer keys:
1 The USA
2 99,700
3 Australia
4 No, it isn’t
5 France
6 The number of American visitors to Vietnam in 2002
increased by 29,497 in comparison with that in 2001
Useful expressions:
• the biggest/smallest number
• bigger than/smaller than
• more/less
• more/fewer/less + noun + than
* Introductory paragraph
Ex: The chart shows the estimated population of Australia in
2003
*Body paragraph
Ex: Generally, the population distribution was not the same
across the country
_ Describe the chart in detail
* Concluding paragraph
_ To summarize the main points or draw a relevant conclusion
III While-writing
Based on the answers to the Qs above, write a description
of the chart provided in task 1
Your writing may begin with:
The chart shows the number of visitors arrivals to Vietnam
from the USA, France and Australia in 2001 and 2002 It is
clear from the chart that ……
IV Post-writing: Correction
- T runs through the Qs and emphasize key words
- Students work in groups and answer suggested Qs
- T gives feedback
- T elicits Ss to find out useful expressions to describe a chart and the body of the paragraph
- Ss works in groups to write down the paragraph
- Teacher moves around and gives help if necessary
Trang 3The chart shows the number of visitors arrivals to Vietnam
from the USA, France and Australia in 2001 and 2002 It is
clear from the chart that the number of visitors to Vietnam from
the USA, France and Australia in 2002 is bigger than that in
2001 According to the chart, the USA has the biggest number of
visitors to Vietnam with 230,479 visitors in 2001 and 259,967 in
2002 France ranks the second with 99,700 visitors in 2001 and
111,546 in 2002 Australia has a bit fewer visitors than France
although the number of Australian visitors to Vietnam increased
from 84,085 in 2001 to 96,924 in 2002
*Homework: Rewrite the paragraph describing the chart
- T asks some groups to erase their results on the board
- Ss in the class correct their own mistakes
- The teacher gives his/her final comments