Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced)
Period 116: Preparation date : 3/4/2011
Unit 14 : Lesson : writing
I. Aims :
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write a report on a
trip or vacation.
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to use different tenses
in a report.
II. Lexical items :
- float - temple
III. Structures :
- It was our first to Asia and we loved it very much
IV. Teaching aids:
- textbook - handouts - Sheets of paper
- chalk and board
V. Techniques :
- writing-based
VI. Procedures :
State/time Teacher’s and students’
activities
Blackboard Materials
1. warm-
up
(7’)
Games: Name the place
- put Ss into small
groups, A and B
- show SS two pictures
of two famous places of
a country
- Ask SS what country it
is
- If SS cannot say what
country it is, give them
cues, one after another,
to help them
- the first group to name
the country wins the
These are the
cues:
1. it’s a country in
Southeast Asia
2. It is known as a
country of
elephants.
3. Its national
football team has
won the Tiger
Cup several times
4. Its capital is
Bangkok.
Suggested
- small
board
game.
- Ask SS if they have
been to Thailand and
where they have been to
for a holiday.
Transition: William and
his friends have been to
Thailand and he was
telling us about their trip
in his report. Today I’ll
help you write a report
about your holiday.
- write down on the
board:
answers: Thailand
P116: Unit 14:
Writing A
Report
2. Pre-
writing
(6’)
Teaching new words:
- use pictures and
explanations to present
- float (n):cai phao
(v) : troi bong
benh
- temple (n): den,
Chalk and
board
some new words
- Read the words one by
one and ask Sts to repeat.
mieu, thanh duong
- highly (adv) :
cao
- appreciated
(adj): cam kich,
danh gia cao
- affectionately
(adv) : chan thanh
- look forward to :
- invite (v) : moi
- invitation (n) :
loi moi
3. while-
writing
(20’)
Activity 1::complete the
report (task a, p.196)
- tell SS to work in pairs
- Ask them to read the
report and complete it by
filling in each space with
the correct from of a
suitable word in the box.
- go over the answers
with the class.
Activity 2: recognizing
verb forms
- ask SS to underline all
the verbs used to report
about the trip
- ask SS what tenses are
used in the report (
expected: the past
Expected
answer:
1. summer 2.
spent
3. different 4.
floating
5. looked 6.
famous
7. really 8.
went
9. outside 10.
great.
Guidelines:
Small
board
cards
simple)
- elicit from SS other
tenses that can be used in
reports.
( expected: the past
progressive and the past
perfect)
Activity 3: Guidelines
- elicit from SS what to
include in a report on a
trip and give them some
guidelines on the content
of the report.
A report should
include the
following things:
- where and when
you took the trip
- details of the
activities you did
and the places you
visited
- your impression
or feelings about
what you saw
- your impressions
or feelings about
the trip in general.
4. Post-
writing
(10’)
Peer correction
- Ask Sts to work in
group of 5, deliver each
group 5 pieces of
Handouts
+ sheets
of paper
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.
5.
Homework
(1’)
- Ask Sts to write a
report as guided at home
for preparing next time.
textbook