Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced)
Period 116: Preparation date : 3/4/2008
Unit 14 : Lesson : writing
I. Aims :
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write a report on a trip or vacation.
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to use different tenses in a report.
II. Lexical items :
- float - temple
III. Structures :
- It was our first to Asia and we loved it very much
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’)
Games: Name the place
- put Ss into small groups, A and B
- show SS two pictures of two famous
places of a country
- Ask SS what country it is
- If SS cannot say what country it is, give
These are the cues:
1. it’s a country in
Southeast Asia
2. It is known as a country
of elephants.
3. Its national football team
- small
board
them cues, one after another, to help
them
- the first group to name the country wins
the game.
- Ask SS if they have been to Thailand
and where they have been to for a
holiday.
Transition: William and his friends have
been to Thailand and he was telling us
about their trip in his report. Today I’ll
help you write a report about your
holiday.
- write down on the board:
has won the Tiger Cup
several times
4. Its capital is Bangkok.
Suggested answers:
Thailand
P116: Unit 14: Writing A
Report
2. Pre-
writing
(6’)
Teaching new words:
- use pictures and explanations to present
some new words
- Read the words one by one and ask Sts
to repeat.
- float (n):cai phao (v) : troi
bong benh
- temple (n): den, mieu,
thanh duong
- highly (adv) : cao
- appreciated (adj): cam
kich, danh gia cao
- affectionately (adv) : chan
thanh
Chalk and
board
- look forward to :
- invite (v) : moi
- invitation (n) : loi moi
3. while-
writing
(20’)
Activity 1::complete the report (task a,
p.196)
- tell SS to work in pairs
- Ask them to read the report and
complete it by filling in each space with
the correct from of a suitable word in the
box.
- go over the answers with the class.
Activity 2: recognizing verb forms
- ask SS to underline all the verbs used to
report about the trip
- ask SS what tenses are used in the
report ( expected: the past simple)
- elicit from SS other tenses that can be
used in reports.
( expected: the past progressive and the
past perfect)
Expected answer:
1. summer 2. spent
3. different 4. floating
5. looked 6. famous
7. really 8. went
9. outside 10. great.
Guidelines:
A report should include the
following things:
- where and when you took
the trip
- details of the activities
you did and the places you
Small
board
cards
Activity 3: Guidelines
- elicit from SS what to include in a
report on a trip and give them some
guidelines on the content of the report.
visited
- your impression or
feelings about what you
saw
- your impressions or
feelings about the trip in
general.
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 a report as guided at
home for preparing next time.
textbook