Unit 1 A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL LESSON 5

Each student writes a letter to their family, using the information in the questionnaire and following the format and the outline of the letter P11f. - Gives time for writing.[r]

UNIT 1: A VISIT FROM A PEN PAL

LESSON 5: WRITING

Aims: To help the students know how to write and what to write in a letter to their family.

Objectives: By the end of the lesson the students will be able to write a letter to their family.

Skills: writing, speaking

Teaching aids: posters, questions

Languages:

 Grammar: Simple past tense

 Vocabulary:

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I WARMER: Pelmanism:

Do visit meet try buy play arrive stay

return bought returned played tried did

arrived met stayed

- Controls the game - Play game

1 Remind students about a format

of a personal letter by asking some questions:

 Format of a letter:

 Heading: Writer’s address and

date

 Opening: Hi; Dear……….

 Body of the letter: arrive and

return time, who met, places visited, food eaten……

 Closing: your friend/ regard/

love……

 Questions:

a How many parts are there in writing a

letter? What are they?

b In heading, what do you write?

c In opening, what do you write?

d In body of the letter, what do you

write?

e In closing, what do you write?

2 Set the scene

Imagine you are going to write a letter to your relatives or friends in another part of Viet

Nam

3 Questionnaire :

- Shows the students the format of a letter

- Gives guiding questions

- Take notes

- Answer the questions that help the students remember what to do

in each part of a letter

Period: 6

Week: 3

Date:

a Where do you live?

b How did you go there?

c Who met you at the airport? The bus

stop?/ the train station……… ?

d What places have you visited? e What have you done? f What kinds of food have you tried? g What have you bought? h How do you feel now? i What do you like best? (people?/ places?/ food?/ activities?) j When will you return home?  Students can answers the questions in pair or group through speaking - Gives questions about themselves - Asks the students to answer the questions - Answer the questions 15’ III WHILE- WRITING: Write it up Each student writes a letter to their family, using the information in the questionnaire and following the format and the outline of the letter P11 - Gives time for writing - Use the answers of the above questions to write 4’ IV POST- WRITING: - Teacher collects and marks the letter - Teacher gives feedback or correction in the next class - Gets the writing papers and gives feedback - Listen to the teacher’s feedback and take notes 1’ V HOMEWORK: - Learn the lesson carefully - Review the simple past tense - Gives home assignment - Take notes  Notes : ………

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