Giáo án Tiếng Anh lớp 11: UNIT 2: PERSONAL EXPERIENCES-WRITING doc

Period: 10 D - writING
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Teaching date

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I. Objectives :By the end of the lesson , ss will be able to write a letter about
one of their most memorable past experience
Language focus
*grammar: Simple past tense
*Writing a letter
II. Method and Tecniques
-Communicative approach ,
- Gap-filing ,write it up, group work
III. teaching aids: text book, handout, poster.
IV. Procedures
A. Check up:Tell your experiences in your life and how did effect you?(5ms)
B. New lesson:
T’ACTIVITIES

STS’ACTIVITIES

Warm up(8m)

Brain-storming
-T asks Ss to tell about their
unforgettable past experiences and the
others make questions to ask
-Which team makes more questions is
the winner
T asks some questions:
1. How many parts does a personal
letter normally have?
2. What are these parts?
3. What do we normally write in the
Salutation?

4. What do we normally write in the
Closing?




Whole class
Group work
Past experiences:
-Failing an exam
-Getting a reward
……………………….
Ss give the aswers:
1. 5 parts
2. The Heading, the Salutation
(Greeting), the Body, the Closing and
the Signature

3. We normally write “Dear” or “Hello /
Hi” etc. plus the name of the person we
are writing to and a comma at the end.
4. We normally write something like
“Sincerely”, “Yours“, “Love”, “Cheers”,
“Best wishes”, “See you soon” etc. and
5. Where do we normally sign the
letter?
A. Preparing to write(10m)
T sets the scene: You are going to write
a friendly letter to a pen friend telling
him or her about one of your most
memorable past experiences,
T gets Ss to read the task silently and
work out what they are required to write
about.
Gives a letter and asks Ss to complete
the chat
Dear Helen
Last night I had a scary dream ,I
was walking along in an empty street at
night .Suddently, a lion appeared at the
end of the street .He ran towards me
with his big mouth open and sharp
teeth.He roared and jumped upon me.I
after that we put a comma.
5. Our signature normally goes under the
Closing.

- Listen and read the task silently





Study the letter and complete the chart
Questions Answers
1.Name of experience The frightened
experience
2.when it happened Last night
3.where it happened The writer was
walking along an empty street late at
night
4.How it happened The lion ran
sceamed loudly ,but noone heard my
scream, fortunately at that time I
awoke.I’m still frightened now.By the
way , how are you?Do you still have a
nightmare as before?I think we have a
similar problem now.Write to me as
soon as possible.
Your friend
Minh


T gives the outline of the letter
Most unforgettable experience
+ What happened?
-I nearly drowned

+ When it happened?
-A year ago, my last summer vacation
+ Where it happened?
-A river near my grandparent’s house
towards the writer with his big mouth
and sharp teethHe roared and jumped
upon her
5.How the experience effected the
writer She was
frigtened now
Practise writing the letter base on the
outline
Individual work
A sample letter:
Cao Bang September 03nd 2009

Dear Long,
How have you been doing? Have you got
any plan for the coming school break?
Perhaps I will go to see my
grandparents in the countryside. I
haven’t seen them since my last school
holiday.
Let me tell you about my last summer
+ How it happened?
-When I was swimming, I suddenly
caught a cold, I felt dizzy and I was too
weak to swim
+ who was involved?
-Some of my friends were also

swimming at that time, one tried to save
me
+ How it affected you?
-I learned that life is so important
- T gets Ss to plan their stories
according to the questions
Writing(20m)
T gets Ss to write their own letters in 10
minutes
-Then T asks Ss to work individually,
exchange their letters and correct each
other
- T goes around the class to offer help
Feed back on Ss’ writing (6m)
vacation at my grandparents’. It was
almost a year ago and was one of my
most unforgettable experiences.
My grandparents live in a small village
in Trung Khanh. There is a large river at
the back of their house where I often do
swimming every afternoon when I spend
my vacation with them.
One day when I was swimming with
some of my friends, I suddenly caught a
cold. I felt so dizzy and was too weak to
continue swimming, so I started to sink. I
thought I was going to drown but I
couldn’t call out for help because I was
too tired and terrified. Luckily, one of
my friends saw that and shouted for

help. Immediately, another friend who
swims the best among us swam towards
me and tried to pull me up. Then other
-T chooses one letter and reads it to the
class
- T elicits corrective feedback from the
class and gives final comments
afterwards.







Home work(1ms)
-Write a letter of your experience
-Prepare the next lesson: L.Focus
friends swam towards us to help him
push me in My ljfe was finally saved.
Now recalling the moment I thought I
was going to die, I understand how
precious life is. This event definitely
taught me to appreciate my life.
What about you? Have you got any
unforgettable holiday that you would
like to share with me?
See you soon.
Nam