Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced)
Period 100 : Preparation date : 6 /3/2011
Unit 12 : Lesson : writing
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/ti
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Teacher’s and students’ activities Blackboard Mat
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ls
1.
warm-
up
(7’)
Games: Jigsaw reading
- Prepare cards of parts of a writing
about a person’s hobby ( textbook,
p.168- Appendix)
- Put SS into groups of five
-Hand the cards out to the groups.
( Ask SS to close all their textbooks
before carrying out this task. )
-Within groups ,SS read out the text on
their cards to the group and then match
Hotels, high,
surprisingly,
tourists,
- s
piece of information to make a complete
paragraph.
-The first group to finish with the
correct paragraph wins.
-Ask SS what the paragraph is about a
person’s hobby – collecting stamps )
Transition: This is a paragraph about a
person’s hobby .In today’s lesson, we’ve
going to learn more about how to write
about hobbies.
- write down on the board:
stadiums,
audience, busy,
big, prices,
tickets, shout,
enter, fight,
welcoming,
spectators,
attend, lines,
venues,
crowed,
whisper, and
clap;
Unit12:
Writing about
hobbies
2. Pre-
writing
Activity 1: Teaching new words:
- elicit and explain the meanings of the
New words:
+pen pal = pen
Chal
(7’)
following words
- read the words one by one and ask SS
to repeat.
friend = a
person that you
make friends
with by writing
letters , often sb
you have never
met
+issue = a
number or set
of things that
are supplied
and made
available at the
same time
+give out sth =
give sth to a lot
of people
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and
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d
3.
while-
writing
Presenting an outline
Chart completion ( task a, textbook,
Guidelines:
- give your
report clear,
Sma
ll
(20’)
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.
Providing useful language
Introduction
+My hobby is collecting stamps/ Stamp
collecting is one of my hobbies.
+ I design fashions as a pastime / hobby.
When your hobby started
+ I began collecting stamps when I was
eleven years old. / when I was at
factual heading
- divide the
report into
paragraphs or
sections to deal
with separate
aspects of the
subject.
- start by
saying what the
report is about
and / or how
you gather the
information.
- end with a
conclusion
which gives a
summary of the
situation ( and
a
recommendatio
boar
d,
primary school…
+ I took it up when I was an 11 year –
old boy.
How your hobby has been built up
+To add more stamps / shells /coins…
to my collection, I exchange…
+My large collection has been built up
by my exchanging originals or
duplicates.
Why you had this hobby
+As a pastime, reading detective books
thrills me with unexpected endings.
+I watch documentaries because / since
/as/ for they are both educational and
informative
+As a pastime , collecting stamps
provides hours of pleasure.
Your feelings about the hobby
n if necessary)
+this report
aims to …
+ in order to
prepare this
report, I ……
+ It seems /
appears that ….
+ it is
interesting that
……
+ in general
…….
+ What a pleasant thing to look at my
beautiful stamps!
+How interesting it is to look at shells of
various types!
Writing it up
4. Post-
writing
(10’)
reading: Cloze test (handouts)
-Arrange SS into groups of three.
-Give each group a copy of the task.
5.Home
work
Writing
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
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time