English 8

But the thing I like best in my neighborhood is the public library near my school.. There I not only can study and read books but also watch video and learn how to use the computer.[r]

Date of preparing: ………

Period 48

UNIT 8- COUNTRY LIFE OR CITY LIFE

Lesson 5: Write (P.76)

A Aims:

- Help ss understand the outline for an informal letter

- By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to write a letters to their friends about

their neighborhood

- Develop writing skill

B Teaching aids:

+ Teacher’s preparation: Text book, chalks, lesson plan, posters

+ Students’preparation: Textbook, workbook

C Techniques:

Pair work, group work, individual

D Procedures:

I Organization: (1m)

Class Date of teaching Absent students

8C1 ……… ………

8C2

8C3

e

Ss’activities

II Warm up:

Describing a place

- Use some pictures of some places and ask ss to describe

them

III New lesson:

*Pre- writing:

1 Ordering:

- Ask Ss to put the outline for an informal letter in the

correct order

- Prepare 6 cards with 6 outlines on them

- Call 6 Ss to hold them and stand in a random order

- Ask some other Ss to rearrange them in the correct order

- Write the answer on the board and ask Ss to copy

1 Heading

- Writer,s address/ Date

2 Opening

- Dear ……… ,

3 Body

4 Closing

2 Answer the questions:

5’

6’

- Work on the whole class

- Listen and copy down

- Work in pairs to

- Ask Ss to work in pairs to answer the questions.

a Where do you live?

(a house or a flat/ big or small house/ countryside or

city)

b What is your neighborhood?

(shop/ markets/ leisure and medical facilities )

c How is the traffic in your neighborhood?

(heavy/ traffic jams/ convenient)

d How are the people in your neighborhood?

(friendly/ helpful)

e What do you think about the environment?

(air/ water/ land/ trees)

f What things in your neighborhood do you like best?

Why?

(convenient to live )

- Call on some pairs to practice asking and answering the

questions

- Give feedback

*While writing:

- Ask Ss to write letters to friends about their

neighborhood

- Let them write individually

- Have them compare with their partners and correct if

they can

* Suggested letter :

( Writer , s address)

( Date )

Dear ,

I live in … , a small town My family has a large house

with four rooms and a small garden My sister and I

share one bedroom From the bedroom window, I can

see a beautiful park with green trees, flowers and a

pond We do not live far from my school so I usually

walk there

In my neighborhood, there is a swimming pool and a

beautiful park On the weekend, I often go swimming

with my friends Early in the morning, I always jog with

my sister around the park But the thing I like best in my

neighborhood is the public library near my school

There I not only can study and read books but also

watch video and learn how to use the computer

Do you have a library like that in your neighborhood ?

Is there anything interesting in the place where you live?

Write to me I would like to say goodbye now.

10’

15’

practice asking and answering the questions

- Work individually

- Compare with their partners

- Ss to write letters to friends about their neighborhood

- Works individually

- Exchange their writings to correct

- Listen and copy

I am looking forwards to hearing from you soon.

Love ,

( Signature )

*Post writing:

Correction

- Choose some letters to correct before class and ask them

to read them aloud

7’

- Choose some letters

to correct before class and ask them to read them aloud

IV Sumarry: (2’)

- Retell the main points of the letter: to write letters to friends about their

neighborhood

*Homework:

- Write their letters on their notebooks

- Prepare the next lesson

*Evaluation: