Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced) Period : 12 pot

Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced)
Period : 12 Preparation date : 20/9/2011
Unit : 2 Lesson : writing
I. Aims :
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write a personal letter.
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to describe a past experience
II. Lexical items :
- commencement - mutual
- confused - host.
III. Structures :
- I felt extremely embarrassed and confused
- Looking forward to hearing from you again.
IV. Teaching aids:
- textbook - handouts - Sheets of paper
- chalk and board
V. Techniques :
- skill-based ( skill- based.)
VI. Procedures :
State/time Teacher’s and students’ activities Blackboard Materials
1. warm-
up & lead-
in
(7’)
Games: Guess what?
- Show a picture of a person sitting in a
restaurant with a bowl of soup in front, and a
waiter at his side.
- Ask the Sts to read the exchange between
the man and the waiter and guess what the
man’s response is / what the reason is
- elicit experiences from Sts : “ this is

something happening in a restaurant. Have
you ever had any embarrassing experiences in
a restaurant?”
- Note down Sts’ ideas.
Transition: Nam had an embarrassing
experience at a restaurant and he wrote to tell
his friend about it. Do you want to share your
experience with your friend? Today we will
learn how to write a letter telling friends
about a past experience.
- write down on the board :




Expected answer: Because I
haven’t got a spoon!












Unit 2 : Writing a Personal

Letter Describing a Past
Experience

- picture
(in the
textbook)












2. Pre-
writing
(10’)






Teaching new words:
- use pictures and explanations to present
some new words

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





- mutual (a): lẫn nhau
- abroad (a) : in foreign
country
- dish(n) : food
- host (n) : người chủ
- social (a) :có tính xã giao.



Chalk and
board






Re-arranging
- Write down on the board the steps of a
personal letter about a past experience in a
random order as follows:

- Asks Sts to put the steps in a logical order of

such a letter
- Tell Sts to compare answers in pairs and
then go over the answers
- T gives the feedback : c – a – e – b – d.

Gap-filling (Task a, p30)
- Ask Sts to read the passage and fill in each
gap with suitable word from the box.
- When they have finished, tell Sts to word
with a partner and compare answers.
- Call on some Sts to read their completed
sentences and check with the class.
.

a. Opening / greeting
b. the story / experience to be
shared ( what, why, when,
where, who)
c. date
d. closing and ending
e. general information ( about
self or/and friends.)


Expected answers:
1. funny 2. luckily 3.
host 4. muatua. 5. together
6. dish 7. abroad 8.thanks
9. happened 10. carefully
11. embarrassed 12 luckily

13. terrified.




textbook

3. while-
writing
(20’)






Writing it yourself
- T asks Sts to write a letter to a friend, telling
him / her about their most embarrassing
experience based on the format given and the
sample in Task a ( p30)
- Go around to control and give help with
vocabulary.
- When they have finished, collect Sts’
writings to mark at home.

Textbook







4. Post-
writing
(10’)

Peer correction
- Read a piece of Sts writings and ask Sts to
give comments relating the format (steps), the
language use, and the story.
- Give feedback and comments.
sheets of
paper
5.
Homework

(1’)
Reviewing vocabulary
Ask Sts to review all the new words learned.




textbook