Giáo án Anh văn lớp 11 - Unit 4 - Period 30 ppt

Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced)
Period :30 Preparation date : 24/10/2007
Unit : 4 Lesson : writing (cont)
I. Aims :
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write a thank-you letter.
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to express gratitude in English.
II. Lexical items :
- facilities
- precious
III. Structures :
- I am writing to thank you for what you have done to our school.
- we really appreciate your precious help
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’)
Building the sentences:
- ask Ss to complete the sentences with
cues given on papers
- Ss have 5 minutes to discuss and
complete
- check the answers
Transition: today we’ll use the phrases
above to write a complete letter.

- write down on the board:

- thank / you / so much/
help
- It / be / very / kind / you/
help/ us
- we / be / very much/
obliged/ you / help
- we / be / grateful / you/
help.
Unit 4: p30: writing a
thank-you letter

- pieces
of paper
- chalk &
board




2. Pre-
writing
(10’)

Remind of format of a thank-you
letter.( task a)
- ask Ss to read the situation in Task a
and the letter from a student thanking the
volunteers for what they have done to his
school.
- ask Ss to read the parts in the format
corresponding to different parts of the
letter. Then elicit the general format of a
thank- you letter
A thank- you letter may look like this;
- use pictures and explanations to present




- salutation / opening
- expressing thanks and
appreciation for what has
bee done
- saying how useful/ helpful
the thing or work is
- expressing thanks /
gratitude once again.

Chalk and
board

some new words
- Read the words one by one and ask Sts
to repeat.
- writing a social note
- closing and signature
3. while-
writing
(20’)





Activity 1: writing a thank-you letter.
- ask Ss to work in groups.
- tell them to read the situation in Task b,
p52 and write a letter to thank Mrs. Nam
for her special help when they stayed in
her house.
- Tell Ss to refer to the general format of
a thank-you letter.
- go around to control and give help if
necessary.
- when they have finished, collect Ss’
writing for correction later.

Activity 2: Mixed-up letters
- put Ss into pairs and give out handouts
A model of thank-you
letter:
Dear Mrs. Nam,
I have just arrived in Ho
Chi Minh City, and the first
thing I want to do is to
write to you to express our
thanks for what you had
done for us during our stay
at your home.
Thanks to your generosity,
we have accomplished our
jobs in the volunteer
program. Staying with you,
we always felt like being at
home. To be honest, we
greatly appreciate your
kindness and the help from
all the people in the village.


handouts

handouts
- tell Ss that the two letters are mixed up,
and ask them to read the letter, sort out
the sentences that do not belong and
move them to their correct places in their
letter.
- go over the answers with the class
.






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.



Handouts
+ sheets
of paper




5.
Homework

(1’)

- Ask Sts to write the adjective forms of
these words: study, thank, help,
environment, comfort. Tell Ss they can
refer to the dictionary if necessary