Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced)
Period : 22 Preparation date : 11/10/2007
Unit : 3 Lesson : writing
I. Aims :
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write a letter of invitation
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write a letter of acceptance or refusal.
II. Lexical items :
- confirm
- participate in
III. Structures :
- I am very happy to accept your kind invitation.
- I am afraid I can’t come because ………
IV. Teaching aids:
- textbook - handouts - Sheets of paper
- chalk and board
V. Techniques :
- writing-based
- Procedures :
State/time Teacher’s and students’ activities Blackboard Materials
1. warm-
up
(7’)
Games: Flashing the picture and
guessing
- flash the picture of a happy- looking
person very quickly and ask Ss to say
what they see in the picture.
- If necessary, make questions ( e.g. what
about him? How does he feel?) to elicit
from Ss the sentence ”He’s happy. / he
looks happy.)
- Ask Ss to guess why he is happy.
- Show the picture so that Ss can have
the answer.
- Read the content of the letter and ask
Ss what kind of letter it is.
Transition: Lam has received a letter of
invitation. What is he going to do? And
today we’ll learn how to write a letter of
invitation and of reply.
- write down on the board:
Dear Lam,
I’m going to the Modern
Dance this Saturday. Would
you like to join me? The
performance starts at 8:00
p.m. at the Central Theatre.
Please let me know if you
can join me.
With love,
Nam.
- Expected answer: because
he has received a letter
- Expected answer : a letter
of invitation.
Unit3: Writing a Letter of
Invitation and of Reply
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2. Pre-
writing
(10’)
Activity 1: Teaching new words:
- use pictures and explanations to present
some new words
- highly (adv) : cao
- appreciated (adj): cam
Chalk and
board
- Read the words one by one and ask Sts
to repeat.
Activity2:eliciting the target language
- Ask Ss these question, one by one, to
elicit the language used:
1. what do you say when you invite
someone to do something?
2. what do you say when you accept an
invitation?
3. what do you say when you refuse an
invitation?
- Note down Ss’ ideas on the board and
then check with the class.
kich, danh gia cao
- affectionately (adv) : chan
thanh
- look forward to :
- invite (v) : moi
- invitation (n) : loi moi
Chalk and
board
3. while-
writing
(20’)
Activity 1: classifying: Invitation,
acceptance or refusal?
- divide Ss into small groups. Each group
is given a poster with phrases on and a
set of faces: neutral (yellow), smiling
(pink) and sad (blue)
Small
board
cards
- Ask Ss to stick a neutral face next to a
refusal one.
- Tell Ss to stick the poster on the board
when they have finished. The first group
to finish with all correct answers will win
the game.
- demonstrate using the phrases on the
boar and then have Ss start.
- go over the answers and show a poster
with the phrases in 3 categories
Activity 2: Recognition: what is what?
(task a)
- Ask Ss to read the three letters in Task
a, and say what kind of letter each one is.
- Ask Ss to give reasons for their choice.
Activity 3: Rearranging and matching
format of a letter of invitation. (task b)
- arrange Ss to work in small groups,
give each group a handout and tell them
to put the headings into the correct order
of a format of a letter of invitation.
- go over the answers the class.
- letter 1: letter of invitation
- letter 2: letter of
acceptance
- letter 3: letter of refusal
Expected answer:
1.c opening / greeting
2.a. reason for event
3.f venue, date & time
4.e invitation
5.d request for a reply
6.b closing and ending
4. Post-
writing
(10’)
Peer correction
- Ask Sts to work in group of 5, deliver
each group 5 pieces of 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.
Card 1- Jack and card 2 –
Sinh are delivered out Sts.
Handouts
+ sheets
of paper
5.
Homework
(1’)
- Ask Sts to write a letter as guided at
home for preparing next time.
textbook