Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced)
Period 124: Preparation date : 17 /04/2008
Unit 15: Lesson : Speaking
I. Aims :
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to ask for and give information
about tourist destinations.
II- lexical items:
- specialties - tourist attractions - sightseeing spots
III- Structures :
- what is the weather like in Hanoi in May?
- How about transportation?
IV- Teaching aids:
- textbook - Handouts
- chalk - cards
V- Techniques :
- skill-based ( listening, speaking)
VI- Procedures :
State/tim
e
Teacher’s and students’ activities Blackboard Material
s
1. warm-
up
Games: Kim’s game
- divide the class into two groups, Sun and
Handouts
(5’) Moon
- Hang a poster containing these pictures up
on the board.
- get SS to look at the pictures for a few
seconds and try to remember as many of them
as possible
- remove the poster and ask SS to name the
places corresponding to the pictures that they
can remember
- within groups, SS write down the places on
a given poster.
- the first group to finish within with more
correct places is the winner
- ask SS if they have been to nay of these
places
- elicit kinds of information a tourist needs to
know before he visit a certain place.
Transition now we’re going to learn how to
ask for and give information of these kinds in
our speaking lesson today.
-Write down on the board :
P.124: Unit 15 : speaking
2. Pre-
Speaking
(10’)
Elicit for and introducing useful language.
Asking for and giving information
1. could you tell me what’s the weather like in
Hue in May?
. Oh / well , it’s hot and sunny
2. do you know the best time of year to visit
Hanoi?
. yes, you should visit Hanoi between
November and March.
3. How about / what about transportation?
. you can travel in the city
4. what kind of clothes should I bring along?
. summer clothes should be best
5. could you recommend any specialties /
places to visit
. you must be …
. you should definitely try / visit ….
. I’d recommend …
Chalk
and board
Textbook
3. while-
Speaking.
(15’)
4. Post-
Activity 1: Asking for and giving
information (task b, textbook, p 205-206)
-Put the SS into pairs.
-within pairs ,SS practice the dialogue.
-Assign some pairs to role-play the dialogue
in front of the whole class.
-Make corrections in terms of intonation,
pronunciation and grammar.
Activity 2: telling your last visit to a
sightseeing spot (task c, textbook, p.206)
- put SS into groups of four
- Ask SS to take turn telling their last visit to
a sightseeing spot
- give each student a copy of the table below
- get SS to complete the table about their
group members’ visits.
- monitor the class unobtrusively and give
help if necessary.
- call on some group representatives to report
what they have noted down about one of
their friends’ visits
Jigsaw Reading (handouts)
Sample exchanges in
front of the whole class:
T: I’d like to visit Hanoi
next year. What do you
think is the best time to
visit?
S: oh, as far as I know, you
should visit Hanoi between
November and March.
T: How about clothes?
What kind of clothes
should I bring along?
Speaking
(10’)
-Give each student an invitation card
-Ask SS to imagine they were to celebrate
their next birthdays.
-Get SS to complete their invitation cards
-Get SS to stand up and give the card to the
invited person in the class
-Ask SS how many invitation cards they
have got
-Declare the most invited and the least
invited.
5.
Homewor
k
(1’)
Writing about a city
Ask SS to write a short essay about a city of
their own choice following the sample
writings in the jigsaw reading above
.