Giáo án Anh văn lớp 11 - Unit 9 - Period 78 pps

Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced)
Period : 78 Preparation date : 20/01/2008
Unit : 9 Lesson : writing (cont)
I. Aims :
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to compare trends and figures in a talbe.
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write a description of information in a talbe.
II. Lexical items :
- near - almost

III. Structures :
- there was a difference of 320 kg of used batteries collected.
- More oxygen bottle were collected in 1998 than in 1995
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’)
Checking the previous lesson:
Call one student to go to bb to write
down some expressions of comparisons,
and make two sentences with the




chalk and

board.


expressions, and leads to the lesson.
Transition: Today we will continues to
practice using these structures in
describing information in the tables ,
writing a paragraph.
- write down on the board:






Unit 9: Writing –
Describing talbes (cont)







2. Pre-
writing
(10’)

Remind SS of useful language.
- Tell SS that in order to write a report
about changes of information in tables,
they need to include the following:
+ an introduction sentence
+ the kind of change
+ the period of time involved
+ a comparison of different sets of
information.
- elicit and introduce to SS the ways we
can talk about these things:
+ some verbs often used in the
introduction sentence
+ some phrases used to describe
changes:
- expressions of time:
+ Between 1995 and 1998
….
+ In 1999 …./ Since 2005
….
- expressions of
comparison:
+ compared with …
+ in comparison with …
+ more / fewer / less than
…
+ similar to ….

+ the same as …
+ a difference of …


Chalk and
board










+ expressions of time
+ expressions of comparison
3. while-
writing
(20’)





Writing a Description (task 2, p. 135)

- Write on the board a list of questions
about the information in table 2, and ask

SS to study the table and find the
answers to the questions.
- Tell SS to use conjunctions and
connectors to make a complete
description from the answers.
1. what does Table 2 show? (where and
when?
2. were there more or fewer fires in
1990 than in 1980?
3. what about the acres burned in 1990
compared with 1980?
4. compare the number of fires in 1990
and 2000.
5. compare the number of acres burned
in these two years.
6. say how different they were in the
two years.





The questions to lead SS
to writing:
1. what does Table 2
show? (where and when?
2. were there more or
fewer fires in 1990 than in
1980?
3. what about the acres

burned in 1990 compared
with 1980?
4. compare the number of
fires in 1990 and 2000.
5. compare the number of
acres burned in these two
years.

Chalk and
board,
textbook.







- go around to control and give help if
necessary
Activity 2: Making sentences
- ask SS to practice writing each
sentence as guided in the structure
models.
- call on some students to go to bb to
write down their writing
- T corrects them
6. say how different they
were in the two years.

4. Post-
writing
(10’)
Peer correction
- when they have finished, call on two
students to write their descriptions on
the board
- Tell the class to read together and give
correction if necessary
- invite SS to give comments on their
friends’ writing.
- give feedback and comments.

Chalk and
board
5.Homework

Language Review
- Ask SS to review the language used to
describe changes and to make
comparison.
textbook