Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced)
Period 101 : Preparation date : 11 /3/2011
Unit 12 : Lesson : writing (cont)
I. Aims :
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write about
hobbies .
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to express
themselves in writing.
II. Lexical items :
-pen pal -issue
-give out -exchange
III. Structures :
- My stamp collection began when I was an 11 – year – old boy.
- What a pleasant thing to look at my beautiful stamps!
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
- Ask one St write some
language which is
necessary for writing
hobbies
- ask him/ her read out
- check the answer
Transition: last time we
studied components and
language of writing
hobbies; and words and
phrases for writing
hobbies. Today we’ll
how to write a complete
a writing of hobbies.
- write down on the
board:
Unit12: Writing
about hobbies
(cont)
2. Pre-
writing
(10’)
Presenting an
outline:Chart
completion ( task a,
textbook, p.168)
- put SS into pairs
- Ask SS to read the
paragraphs and
complete the chart
- assign SS to give the
answers.
-Check the answers with
the whole class.
- draw SS’ attention to
the tenses used in the
report.
+ I began collecting
stamps when I was
eleven years old. / when
I was at primary
school…
+ I took it up when I
was an 11 year – old
boy.
3. while-
writing
(20’)
Writing it up
-Elicit the answers to the
questions similar to the
content in the chart (
textbook, p. 168)
-Put SS into pairs.
-tell SS to write a
paragraph about their
hobbies.
- go around to monitor
the class and give help
where needed
-When they have
finished, get SS to
exchange their writings
with their neighbors’.
-Call on some SS to
read their friends’
Small
board,
writings one by one.
-Get SS to listen
carefully and ask some
questions as in the chart
to both check listening
comprehension and
make sure SS include
necessary information in
their writing.
-Invite class opinions
and make corrections in
front of the whole class.
4. Post-
writing
(10’)
reading: Cloze test
(handouts)
-Arrange SS into groups
of three.
-Give each group a copy
of the task.
5.Homework
Writing (continue in P.
100)
Some people take up
hobbies as a *fad. What
do you think? Write a
short essay of 250
words expressing you
points of view.
*fad: something that
people are interested in
for only a short period
of time
textbook