Unit 13: Hobbies- Speaking

Lesson plan
Uni t 14: R e c r e a ti o n
Lesson: 2 Part B: Speaking
Coach: Nguyen Thi Thu
Trainee: Tran Thi Lan
Class: 11A6
Date of preparing: 24/03/2010
Date of teaching: 26/03/2010
I. Objectives
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
Express agreements and disagreements about entertainment activities and give
some reasons for their statements.
II. Materials: handouts, blackboard, textbook.
III. Anticipated problems:
Students may not have enough vocabulary to talk about the topic “recreation”;
therefore, teacher should help them know more words.
IV: Procedures
Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
Warm-
up
10 mins
- T greets the class:
- T asks some students to go to the board and write new
words which they learned in the last lesson.
-T spends 1 minute for Sts to write new words
- T checks new words and gives Sts marks.
- T shows an image of camping and asks Sts:
+ What are they doing?
+Do you like camping? Why
- Greet their teacher
- Go to the board and write

new words.
-Listen to their teacher.
- Look at the image and
answer their teacher’s
questions.
1
- T: To know how to express your agreements and
disagreements, we start our lesson today:
Unit 14: Recreation
Lesson: 2 Part B: Speaking
- Listen to the teacher and
write the title of the lesson on
their notebook.
Presenta
tion
(7 mins)
While-
speaking
(15
mins)
-T introduces task 1.
 Task 1. The following are some phrases that
can be used to express agreement or disagreement.
Put (A) beside an expression of agreement and (D)
beside an expression of disagreement. (7 mins)
- T asks Sts to read the requirement of task 1.
- T explains the task.
- T asks Sts to read through all the phrases and work in
pairs to decide which expressions show agreement and
which expressions show disagreements.

-T spends 2 mins for Sts to decide
-T goes around the class to provides help if necessary.
-T calls some Sts to go to the board to write their
answers.
1. A 2. D 3. A 4. A 5. D 6. A 7. A
Suggested answers:
Expressing
agreements
Expressing disagreements
- You’re absolutely
right.
- I agree
- I think so, too.
- That’s right,…
- Well, maybe, but…
- That might be true, but….
- Well, my feeling is that
- Well, I don’t think so, I
think…
 Task 2+ 3: The students of class 11A2 will
have a two-day holiday. They are discussing
whether they should go on a camping holiday. Read
and practice the conversation. (10 mins)
-T asks Sts to read the dialogue silently and underline
the new words if they have.
-T reads the dialogue with a good student as a model.
-Listen to their teacher.
- Read the requirement of
task 1.
- Read through all the

expressions
- Work in pairs.
- Write their answers
-Listen to their teacher.
-Write some expressions on
their notebooks.
-Read the dialogue silently.
2
-T underline some useful structures:
+ Let’s go camping.
+ Oh, I don’t think it’s a good idea.
…
-T asks Sts to practice speaking the dialogue in pairs.
-T spends 3 mins for Sts to practice reading.
-T goes around the class to observe and provide help if
necessary.
-When time is up, T calls some pairs to practice
speaking.
-T listens to their students and gives comments about
voice, speed of speaking.
- T makes another dialogue as a model:
Example:
A: Let’s go camping.
B: Yes, I agree with you. We can enjoy spectacular
scenery in the countryside.
C: I don’t think that’s good idea. If we go there, we’ll
have to hire the bus, and it costs a lot of money.
- T asks Sts to make other dialogues and practice with
their friends.
- Practice speaking the

dialogue in pairs
-Speak the dialogue.
-Listen to their friends and
teacher’s comments.
- Listen to their teacher’s
dialogue.
- Make other dialogues.
After-
speaking
(8 mins)
-T: after practicing task 2 and 3, you have known some
structures to talk about a hobby, let’s practice task 4.
 Task 4: Report your discussion to the class.
Do you agree or disagree to go camping at last?
Why? Or why not?
-T calls 1 student to read aloud and explain the
requirement of task 4.
- T gives example:
A: We go camping because we can get close to nature.
We can have a lot of outdoor activities and can become
more active.
B: We don’t want to go camping because if we go
camping for two days. We will have to hire the bus
which is expensive. Moreover, we’ll have to sleep in
-Listen to their teacher.
-Read and explain the
requirement of task 4.
- Listen to their teacher’s
example.
3

the tent which makes us sick and can’t go to school the
next day.
-T asks Sts to work in pairs to discuss and write the
report.
-T spends 3 mins for Sts to discuss and write their
report.
-T goes around the class to provide help if necessary.
-When time is up, T calls some pairs to speak out their
dialogue.
-T gives some comments:
+organization.
+voice
+speed.
-Work in pairs.
-Discuss and write the report.
-Speak out their dialogue.
-Listen to their teacher’s
comments.
Wrappin
g- up
(5 mins)
T summarizes the main points:
- T asks students to do homework:
+ Practice talking about their expressions of
agreements and disagreements.
+Prepare for Listening of Unit 14.
- T says goodbye to the class.
-Repeat the main points
+ Expressions of agreements
and disagreements

-Write their homework.
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