Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced) Period 126 potx

Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced)
Period 126: Preparation date : 21/4/2011
Unit 15: Lesson : writing (cont)
I. Aims :
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to organize accounts
in chronological order.
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write a biography
II. Lexical items :
- biography
- chronological order
III. Structures :
- he was born in Dijon, France, in 1832, to a family known for fine
craft work of wood
- he graduated from L’Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures, Paris,
in 1855.
IV. Teaching aids:
- textbook - handouts - Sheets of paper
- chalk and board - pictures
V. Techniques :
- writing-based
- Procedures :
State/time Teacher’s and students’
activities
Blackboard Materials

1. warm-
up
(7’)
Checking the previous
lesson
- write on the board parts

of a biography which are
ordered randomly
- call on a St to rearrange
in order.
- check the answer
Transition: last time we
studied components of and









pictures






a biography; and words
and phrases for writing a
biography. Today we’ll
how to write a complete a
biography.
- write down on the board:

P.126: Unit
15:Writing a
biography


2. Pre-
writing
(10’)






Activity 1: presenting an
outline again ( quickly)
- elicit what to be included
in a biography from SS:
Name, date, and place of
birth, his or her family,
social, cultural.
Educational background
- tell SS that a biography is
normally organized in
chronological, i.e. in the
order of time that the

- expressions of
time:

. In his later
years….
. at the age of
20….
. On March 1
st
,
1890 …
. During the
winter, he ….

Chalk and
board






Chalk and
events take place.
Activity2:introducing
useful language

- clause of time:
. she moved to
China when she
was nine
. as soon as she
finished her

degree, she
worked as a
nurse
. after his father
died, his mother
went to work
board
3. while-
writing
(20’)



Prompt – based writing :

- arrange SS into groups of
four
- give each group some
prompts given to write
complete sentences, then
add suitable connectors to






Small
board
cards

link those sentences into a
paragraph.
- go around to monitor the
class and give help where
needed.
- ask group representatives
to read out their
paragraphs.
- call on SS to write the
sentences up on the board.
- tell SS that the completed
paragraphs will make up a
biography about A.
Graham Bell
- Elicit the order of the
paragraphs
- invite class opinions and
make corrections in front
of the whole class.

4. Post-
writing
(5’)



Speaking:
- put SS into pairs
- ask SS to talk the life of
someone famous
- go around giving help
where needed
- if time allows, call on
some SS to present a short
biography of the writing



Handouts
+ sheets

of paper


5.
Homework

(1’)
- Ask Sts to write a
biography of famous
person of their own choice.