Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced) Period : 23 pot

Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced)
Period : 23 Preparation date : 22/10/2011
Unit : 3 Lesson : writing (cont)
I. Aims :
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write a letter of
invitation
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write a letter of
acceptance or refusal.
II. Lexical items :
- confirm
- participate in
III. Structures :
- I am very happy to accept your kind invitation.
- I am afraid I can’t come because ………
IV. Teaching aids:
- textbook - handouts - Sheets of paper
- chalk and board
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 letter which are

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

1 request for a
reply
2. invitation
3. opening /
greeting
4. closing and
ending
5. reason for event

6. venue, date &

- s







refusal / acceptance ; and
words and phrases for
writing a letter. Today

we’ll how to write a
complete letter.
- write down on the
board:

time



Unit3: Writing a
Letter of
Invitation and of
Reply (cont)






2. Pre-
writing
(10’)




Activity 1: Teaching
new words again
- use pictures and
explanations to present

some new words
- Read the words one by
one and ask Sts to repeat.



- highly (adv) :
cao
- appreciated
(adj): cam kich,
danh gia cao
- affectionately
(adv) : chan thanh

Chalk and
board










- look forward to :

- invite (v) : moi
- invitation (n) :

loi moi





3. while-
writing
(20’)





writing letters
- put Ss into pairs A, B,
and C.
- Tell pairs A to write a
letter of invitation based
on the situation given in
Task c, p42 ( you may
want to give them a
certain place and time to
make it consistent in all
letters, e.g. “ on Saturday
Models:
- Letter of
acceptance
Dear Thanh Thao,
Thank you very

much for inviting
me to your
birthday party on
Saturday 25
th
at
6:30 pm. Yes, we
haven’t met each

Small
board
cards




next week, at your house,
at 7 pm.”
- Tell pairs B to write a
letter of reply, accepting
the invitation
- Tell pairs C to write a
letter of reply, refusing
the invitation.
- go around to control
and give help if
necessary.
- when they have
finished, collect Ss’
writing for correcting

later.
other for ages.
Recently I have
had a heap of
things to do, but
you are so special
that I can’t refuse
to come.
Moreover, I am
very excited to
meet all our old
friends. Thanks
for the
opportunity.
Please tell me id
you need a hand.

Cheers,

Van Anh



4. Post-
writing
(10’)

Listening and
recognizing
- Read some more
letters, one by one, and
ask Ss to listen and
recognize where they are
invitation, acceptance of
refusal.
- Ask Ss what helps them
know which is which to
see if they can recognize
the target language used.






Ss’
writing




5.
Homework

(1’)

- Ask Sts to write one
more letter of invitation.