Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced)
Period 123: Preparation date :16 /04/2011
Unit 15 : Lesson : listening
I. Aims :
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to listen for specific
information
- By the end of the lesson, the students will know more about the Taj
Mahal.
II. Lexical items :
- love at the first sight - battle - emperor
- mourn - beyond description - palace
III. Structures :
-A traditional cake is often served with candles that are to be
blown….
-If birthdays were perfectly random in their distribution across the
year,… then there would be a birthday celebration every 0,005
second.
IV. Teaching aids:
- textbook - CD player - Sheet of paper
- chalk - cards - Handouts
V. Techniques :
- skill-based ( listening, speaking)
VI. Procedures :
State/time Teacher’s and
students’ activities
Blackboard Materials
1. warm-
up
(7’)
Games: question chain
- Put SS into groups,
Red and White
- each member of the
groups has to come to
the teacher and answer a
question. If the correct
answer is given, the
student receives a
phrase or a word (card)
from the teacher. In
case of failure, another
member from the same
group has to come to
the teacher and answer
that question again.
- play continues until al
the question are
answered.
- when all the members
have got their cards
.
-Posters
cards.
Chalk &
board
they have to unscramble
these cards to make a
meaningful sentences
- ask the groups to sick
their sentences up on
the board
- go over the answers
with the whole class
- the first group to work
out the correct sentence
is the winner
- Transition:
In today’s listening
section, we‘ll learn
more about The Taj
Mahal.
- write down on the
board :
p 123 Unit 15
Listening
2. Pre-
listening
(7’)
Teaching new words:
-Pre-teach the words
below though
explanations.
-Read aloud the
following explanations.
1.happen or appear with
sth else
2.show respect for sth
3. make detailed
arrangements for sth
you want to do
4. done , chosen, etc.
without sb thinking or
deciding in advance
what is going to happen
5.having a taste that is
salty , not sweet
-have SS listen and
- love at the first
sight : yeu tu cai
nhien dau tien
- battle (n) : fight
- emperor (n): hoang
de
- mourn (v) : khoc
thuong, than khoc
- beyond description
: khong ta xiet
- palace (n) : cung
dien
Chalk and
board
number the correct
words in the order they
hear
-Put an example of the
task on the board.
- Call on some SS to
write up the answers on
the board
- Go over the answers
with the whole class.
Textbook
3. while-
listening.
(15’)
Activity 1:True -
false(Task b, p38)
- Ask Sts to read though
the statements and keep
in mind which
information they need
to look for.
-Have SS listen to the
first recoding and
decide whether each
Textbook
and CD
player
statement is true (T) or
false (F )
- call on Sts to give the
answers and elicit
explanations for their
choices
- Ask Sts to listen the
recoding again .
Activity 2: Wh-
question (Task c, p38)
-Have SS read though
the questions and decide
which information they
need to look for.
-Have SS listen to the
second recoding and
answer the tow
questions
- Assign tow SS to write
the answer on the board.
CD
player
and chalk
+ bb
4. Post-
listening
(15’)
5.
Homework
(1’)
Speaking :
Information-gap
- Put SS into pairs
.Student A is given a
text on birthday
celebrations in some
place(s) and student B
its gapped version
-Within pairs, SS ask
each other questions to
fill in the gaps.
-In turn student B is
given a different text
and student A its
gapped version.
-Pairs continue in the
same way
-The teacher moves
around the class and
intervenes only where
Card 1- Jack and
card 2 – Sinh are
delivered out Sts.
Handouts
handouts
necessary.
Vocabulary review
- tell Sts to learn the
new words and make
some sentences with
them,
describing a certain
person