Giáo án Anh văn lớp 11 - Unit 5- Period 40 pot

Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced)
Period :40 Preparation date : 24/10/2007
Unit : 5 Lesson : writing
I. Aims :
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write a letter to ask for information.
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write a letter to give information
II. Lexical items :
-Deadline -Stipulate
-Precise -Eligible
III. Structures :
- I am writing to clarify several of the regulations of the contest.
- This is a reminder for us to be more specific and precise.
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
(6’-8’)
Game: “Save the Princess”
-Draw on the board a cave with ways
down , the princess is down in the cave.
-Divide the class into two groups: Thach
Sanh and the moster.(Stick the pictures
on the two mouths/ openings of the cave.)
-Read :This is form the King : “ The
princess has disappeared . Anyone who

can find and save her will be allowed to
marry her and become the next King of
the nation.”
-Then tell SS to save the princess , they
have to read out a 12-letter word by
guessing the letters.
-The groups take turns to guess the letters
,with a correct letter , they get one step
down the cave , if they are faster and can
get to the princess and save her ,i.e. read
the key word, they will win the game.
- Ask SS where they can get information
about a competition or contest.
(Expected: on TV, the radio , in
newspapers ,on Web sites,…)

-
Drawings
-Chalk &
board

-Chalk &
board
-Ask SS if they want to enter a
competition , what kind of information
they need to know about it . Give
prompts to elicit if necessary.
Expected: +Place and time
+Preparations
+All requirements needed of contestants,
-Ask SS : “If you want to apply , but
there is something you’re not sure of ,
what do you do?”
Expected: To call the organizer and ask
for more details./ To write a letter to ask
for more information.
Transition:-Yes, one way is to write a
letter to ask for more information. Today
we will learn how to write such a letter ,
and also how to write a letter to give
information.
-Write down on the board:
2. Pre-
writing
(4’-5’)

Unit 5: Writing a Letter to Ask for or
Give Information
Activity 1: Re-ordering (task b,p71-72)
-Tell SS the sentences belong to a letter

-textbook









(3’-4’)
asking for information about a contest but
they are in the wrong order.
-Ask SS to work in pairs and put the
sentences in a logical order.
-Get SS to compare answers in small
groups and the go over the answers with
the class.
Expected answer: c-d-a-e-i-f-g-h
Activity 2:Sequence markers
-Ask SS to read the letter again and
discuss how the underline words may
have helped them.
Expected :-To recognize what comes

first and what’s next or to recognize the
order of things easier.
-Tell SS words like fist , second,
next,…and last / finally are sequence
markers used to show the order of things
to make it easier to follow.
Activity 3:Matching and co-ordering
-Arrange SS to word in 5 groups.
-Give each group two sets of cards , one
with phrases used in a letter asking for







-textbook










-Cards

information , and the order with the
headings for the parts of the letter
(Appendix 1a)
-Ask SS to work in their groups , match
the phrases with the headings and then
put them in a logical order of the letter.
-Go over the answer with the class and
introduce the general format of a letter
asking for information .Expected answer:
(Appendix 1b)
Letters to ask for information can be
organized as follows:
1. Opening/Greeting
2. Purpose of letter (why you
are writing it)
3. List of things that need
clarifying
4. Closing and ending
-Form the format of this letter , elicit
from SS the format of a letter giving
information.
-Give prompts to help SS:
a. How do you start in reply to the letter


-textbook

-Chalk &
board
asking for more information?
(Expected: Saying thank-you( for making
questions))
b .What do you do about the information
that needs to be clarified?
(Expected :Give explanation can be
organized like this:

1.Opening/ Greeting
2.Thanks for letter (Thanks for asking
question,….)
3.List of explanations or clarifications of
information asked about
4.Closing and ending
3. while-
writing
(14’-15’)





Writing A Letter to Give Information

(Task c,p.72)
-Ask SS to work in small groups and
write a letter to give information in reply
to the letter in task b,p.71 , based on the
prompts given and using the format just
learned.
-Go around to control and give help if
necessary.
-When they have finished , collect SS’
-
Textbook
-Sheets of
paper






writing for correction later.
4. Post-
writing
(3’-4’)



(2’-3’)


Peer correction

-Ask a Student from one of the groups to
write their letter on the board.
-Tell the class to read together and give
correction if necessary
-Give feedback and comments.
Listening : Stop and correct
-Read a letter giving information in reply
to the letter in Task b. There are some
details that are not true according to the
information given in Task c



- Chalk &
board


5.
Homework

(1’)