Giáo án Tiếng Anh lớp 11 nâng cao

Quang Trung Specialized and Gifted High School
Date: Sep. 11
th
– 8
th
, 2008 Theme1 - FRIENDSHIP Class 11D E
Week1 LESSON 1 : READING 1 Kí duyệt:
Period 1
FRIENDSHIP
I/ Aims
a. Knowledge
- To get familiar with read a British poem
- To read about friendship.
- To supply some quantities of friendship
- To give opinions on “friendship” during one’s school year
b. skills
To practice reading, listening and speaking about friendship
II/ Procedures
Stages Activities Content
Warm
up
What is your own idea of a good
friend?
T helps sts to review the words
Reserved/ sociable
Well-dressed/ casually dressed
Punctual/ late
Conservative/ enthusiastic
Practical/ sympathetic
Athletic/ skinny
Attractive/ boring

Sensitive/ indifferent
BEFORE
T shows a picture of some ss and
introduce the text
T asks and gives handouts to the
sts
Sts answer
Sts talk to their partners
T: What characteristics do you like
from your friends?
Most people have old school photos or address books
that reminds them of their old friends
Do you have one?
Think for a minute or two about a friend you
remember well but haven't seen for a long time. Tell
another student
- when you last saw him/her
- what he/she was doing then
- what he/she was like
- where he/she is now. (Guess if you don't
know.)
if you would like to get in touch with him / her again.
(Why? / Why not?)
Reserved/ sociable
Well-dressed/ casually dressed
Punctual/ late
Conservative/ enthusiastic
Practical/ sympathetic
Athletic/ skinny
Attractive/ boring

Sensitive/ indifferent
Transitional sentence
T says
What’s your idea of friendship?
Let’s read the text to see John’s opinions on
friendship. John is an American eleventh grader.
T gives some new words
T reviews
(exp.) no matter
(v) lose – lost – lost  loser (n)
(v) pack up
(n) stuffed animal
(n) (soccer) stuff
(exp.) break out into tears : begin to cry
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Sts read the new words
(exp.) through thick and thin: in spite of all the
difficulties
(v) cheat (off)
(v) end up
(n) detention : purnishment of being kept at school
(v) empathize
Work with new words
Fill in the blanks with suitable words
1. Being scolded by his mother, the child
____________.
2. Those students were sent to the _________ room
for their cheating at the exam.
WHILE Sts read the text

Sts read the text and answer the
questions
Match the grades with the opinions. Then write full
sentences. Begin your sentences like this: In eighth
grade, your idea of a good friend is someone who
1. Eighth
2. Ninth
3. Tenth
a. let you copy his/her paper in an
exam
b. be on your side through good
and bad times
c. pack up toys and old stuff;
empathize with you in bad time
POST What is your own idea of
friendship?
HOMAEWORK
Learn by heart the words
Practice reading the text
Prepare for the next class
Stages Activities Content
BEFORE
sts match the word in
column A with its
definition in B
t checks the answers
a/ Match the word in column A with its definition in B
1. confide in sb
2. evolve
3. stick together

4. sociable
5. conservative
6. sensitive
7. stout
8. indifferent
9. guarantee
a. develop naturally and gradually
b. friendly, out going
c. easy offended; easily hurt
d. trust sb enough to tell secret to him
e. remain friendly and loyal to one
another
f. opposed to great change
g. rather fat
h. assurance / promise
i. have no interest
T gives some new words
Sts read the new words
First in chorus
(v) confide in sb: trust sb enough to tell secret to him
(n) guarantee : assurance / promise
(v) evolve : develop naturally and gradually
(v) stick together : remain friendly and loyal to one another : gan
bo
(adj) sociable : friendly, out going
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The in individuals (adj) conservative : opposed to great change
(adj) sensitive : easy offended; easily hurt: nhay cam
(adj) stout : rather fat

(adj) indifferent : have no interest
Sts fill in the blanks with
suitable words
b/ Fill in the blanks with suitable words
1. Lack of interest is a _________ of failure.
2. He tried to _________ his parents that he had not taken
part in a motorbike race.
3. To ___________ means to develop gradually
St read the text and
answer true false
statements
T and sts correct the
mistakes and give
explanations
c/ Check (,/) whether the following statements are true (T) or
false (F) according to text B. Then correct the false sentences
1. ____ A close friend shares joy and sadness with us.
2. ____ Close friends don't need to share common interests.
3. ____ We can go out and choose a good friend easily.
4. ____ We often have satisfaction being with a close friend.
5. ____ An unsociable person may not have a close friend
What’s your ideas of a
best friend?
Explain the proverb “A
friend in need is a friend
in deed.”
Homework
Practice reading the text
Learn the new words
Prepare listening – unit 1

Date: 10
th
-15
th
, 2007 Theme1 FRIENDSHIP Class: 11a5
Week: 2 LESSON 3 : listening Kí duyệt:
Period: 3
FRIENDSHIP
I/ Aims
a. Knowledge
- To review some quantities of best friends
- To listen for physical characteristics and personalities
- To give opinions on “friendship” during one’s school year
b. skills
To practice listening and speaking about friendship
II/ Procedures
Stages Activities Content
Before WORK WITH NEW
WORDS
T asks sts to read the words
and choose the five words
that best describe them
a) Read the list below and find five words which best
describe you. Check ()the words and add more of
your own. Then discuss your list with a partner
athletic
reserved
fat
Lazy
practical

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enthusiastic
stout
romantic
late
skinny
relaxed
sensitive
dynamic
punctual
While
Sts listen to a letter from
Jack, Sinh's pen pal, writing
about Mai Tran, his new
Vietnamese friend, living in
Sacramento, California.
Listen and check
Sts compare the answers
Sts and t checks the
answers by playing the tape
again
b) You're going to listen to a letter from Jack, Sinh's pen
pal, writing about Mai Tran, his new Vietnamese friend,
living in Sacramento, California. Listen and check (what
is true about Mai)
1. Reserved  sociable 
2. Well-dressed  casually dressed 
3. Punctual  late 
4. Conservative  enthusiastic 

5. Practical  sympathetic 
6. Athletic  skinny 
7. Attractive  boring 
8. Sensitive  indifferent 
Sts Listen again and answer
the following questions
Sts give the correct short
answers
c) Listen again and answer the following questions
1. On what occasion did Jack meet Mai Tran?
2. Where is Mai Tran going this summer?
Post d) Work in pairs. Discuss what your decision would be if you
were Jack and explain the reasons
Date: 10
th
-16
th
, 2007 Theme 1: FRIENDSHIP Class: 11a5
Week: 2 LESSON 4: SPEAKING Kí duyệt:
Period: 4
MAKING FRIENDS
I/ Aims
a. Knowledge
- To supply the expressions that may be used to start a conversation in a multi-school party
- To form some dialogues of making friends
- To give sts “meeting and greeting customs”
b. skills
speaking
II/ Procedures
Stages Activities Content

Warm-up
Before
T asks the sts to work in
pairs
a. Work in pairs. Check ( ) the expressions that you may
use to start a conversation in a multi-school party
 What are friends for?
 Hi! My name's
 Hello! Have we met before?
 It's a great party, isn't it?
 Hi! You look familiar. Have you been in Grape County
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School?
 I don't think we've met. My name's Ali.
 Haven't I seen you at Alice's party?
 You're from Malaysia, aren't you?
While
Sts work in pairs. complete
the dialogues; Take the role
of Sinh and Susan
Sts work in pairs. Take the
role of Jack and Mai
b. Work in pairs. Complete the dialogues. Then practice
them
1
Sinh: (1) ___Sinh, by the way.
Susan: And I'm Susan. Hi!
Sinh: Hi! (2)____ one of these cheese biscuits. They're
really tasty.

Susan: Thanks. Mm! (3)___ good, (4) ____? (5) ____
something to drink?
2.
Jack: (6)____ great music, (7) ____?
Mai: Yes. It sounds good.
Jack: (8)____ you somewhere before? At Sinh's, for
instance?
Mai: No. I've never been there.
Jack: So (9) ____ Lan’s?
Mai: No. I'm her cousin
While
T shows the expressions
Sts act out a party situation
in which they meet many
young people that they
haven’t known before.
c. Work in groups. Act out a party situation in which you
meet many young people that you haven't known before
USEFUL EXPRESSIONS
Introducing yourself
- Hello! / Hi! I'm I'm from
- My name's , by the way.
- How do you do? I'm Nice to meet you
Checking if you know someone
- Well, I don't think we've met. My name's - Haven't I
seen you at 's?
- You're a friend of .'s, aren't you?
Making offers
- How about ?
- Can I get you something to drink? / Could I get you a

drink? - Would you like something to eat?
Commenting on the situation
- It's a great party, isn't it?
- Isn't it a great / lovely party?
- The music sounds great, doesn't it?
Post Playing a game
T shows the rules
Sts throw a of thread at others. The st who catches the thread
make and introduction the next sts will response and make
another introduction.
Homework
Practice speaking again
Prepare for the next lesson
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Date: 10
th-15th
, 2007 Theme 1: FRIENDSHIP Class: 11a5
Week: 2 LESSON 5 Kí duyệt:
Period: 5
WRITING A NARRATIVE
I/ Aims
a. Knowledge
- To supply expressions of describing someone
- To write a description of somebody
b. Skills
writing and reading
II/ Procedures
Stage
s

Activitie
s
Content
befor
e T gives
the
handouts
so that
the sts do
it
carefully
Writing DESCRIBING PEOPLE
A: WORD POWER
Task 1: match the questions with information it conveys
1. What's he like? a. what he enjoys
2. What does he look like? b. general description
3. What does he like? c. physical description
Task 2: put the words in the correct column describing personality or
appearance
confident generous patient
ambitious a sense of humour shy
boring easy-going Extrovert h
lively supportive pretty
overweight elderly smart
well-built balding in his/her mid-thirties
suntanned freckles shortish
double chin glasses moustache
scruffy plump curly
Describing people
Personality/qualities/character Appearance

Confident, …
Describing appearance - What's he like? Is she nice?
Height Build Age
tall, tallish, short,
shortish, medium height
frail, stocky, slim, thin,
plump, fat, skinny, well-
built
young, elderly, middle-
aged, teenager, in 20s,
30s, 40s
Face Eyes Hair Clothes
round, oval,
square, with
scares, wrinkles
(nep nhan),
freckles, sun-
tanned, pale
big round blue
eyes, large,
small, bright,
narrow
bald, straight,
curly, black,
wavy
casual, scruffy bẩn
thỉu, shabby(xoang
xỉnh) , smart (thong
minh, banh bao), tidy,
messy

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Describing Character - What's he like? Is she nice?
careful, hard-
working,
worried,
cheerful, active,
broadminded,
curious,
secretive
aggressive,
tough,
careless,
practical,
sensible,
independent,
stupid, strong-
minded,
dull, boring,
imaginative,
ambitious,
crafty,
sensitive,
gentle, naive
generous,
loyal, self-
controlled,
moody,
trusting,
modest,

tolerant,
friendly
energetic,
confident,
selfish,
shy,
stubborn,
reliable,
clumsy,
intelligent
Describe Your Person
His/her name is ______________.
He/she
is _____ years old.
is _______________. (Nationality)
speaks ___________. (Language)
is from _______________.
lives in _______________.
is single / PACSed / married / divorced / widowed.
has a boyfriend / a girlfriend.
has ___ children / ___ daughter(s) and ___ son(s).
likes ___________+ing.
likes to ____________.
doesn't like ___________+ing.
doesn't like to ___________.
What does he/she look like?
He/she
is tall / short.
is fat / skinny.
has long / short hair.

has black / brown / red / blond (blonde / gray hair.
is bald.
has brown / blue / hazel / green eyes.
wears glasses / contacts (kính sát tròng / braces.(=belt dây nịch)
wears a hat / earrings / a necklace / a bracelet / a ring.
has a mustache / a beard.
has a piercing / a tattoo.
What is she/he like?
He/ she is …
Date: , 2007 Theme1: FRIENDSHIP Class: 11a5
Week: 2 LESSON 5 Kí duyệt:
Period: 6
WRITING A NARRATIVE
I/ Aims
Students learn how to write a narrative about people
Lexical items: Words/ phrases used in a narrative about people: physical characteristics and
characters.
Structures: How could I ever forget…; The way he looked …: he has a way of criticizing …;
etc.
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Teaching aids: Projector, handouts, a copy of sample writing to show on the screen.
II/ Procedures
Teacher’s Activities Students’ Activities
Warm-up
Put the following words in two columns headed
“Positive” and “Negative”
energetic amusing honest aggressive shy nervous
clever atrractive boring cautious careless cruel
intelligent disagreeable dishonest rude generous

kind reckless vicious timid imbecile polite caring
helpful good-natured quick-witted
PRE-WRITING
Asks sts to write about someone they like, trying to
use some of the words in the list above. Individual
work.
1._______ is one of the people I like the most.
He/She is very 2.______ and 3.______, and he/she
is rarely 4.______. Sometimes I get 5.______, but
being with 6._____ always makes me feel
7.______. I am very lucky to have such a 8.______
friend.
Asks sts to write about someone they don’t like,
trying to use some of the words in the list above.
I don’t like people who are 1.______ or provocative
. They often make others feel 2.______ or
3.______. The worst thing about 4.______ people is
that they usually get what they want.
WHILE-WRITING
WRITING TASK a)
Asks sts to work in pairs and complete the passage
with words from the box. Some words can be used
more than once.(Writing, part a, page 20)
Ask sts to read the passage again to list the missing
information.
1. Where/when they met
2. Physical characteristics
2. Characters
Asks sts whether they want to have a friend like
Ss’ answers. Classwork.

Positive Negative
amusing attractive aggressive boring
cautious clever careless cruel
energetic generous disagreeable rude
honest intelligent dishonest nervous
kind polite reckless shy
caring helpful vicious timid
good-natured imbecile pushy
quick-witted
Sts’ answers may vary. Expected answers:
1. Bob 2. intelligent 3. amusing 4.boring
5. depresses 6. Bob/him 7.better/happy 8.
good
1. aggressive/ pushy 2. shy 3.nervous 4.
aggressive/ pushy
Work in pairs and discuss. Expected answers:
1.tall 2.slim 3.short 4.appearance
5.controlled 6.smart 7.vicious 8.shy
9.timid 10.imbecile 11.imbecile 12.imbecile
13.terrified (‘crazy’is not used)
Work in pairs, discuss and give answers
class, fourth grade
tall, slim, good-looking appearance
self-controlled, smart, like playing tricks and
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Bin. Why or why not?
WRITING TASK b)
Ask sts to work in groups of four, discuss and
number each sentence to show its order in the piece

of writing.(Writing, part b, pp 20,21)
Asks sts to read again the complete piece of writing
and draw their attention to the topic sentence ”I met
Trang at my cousin’s birthday party two years ago”
and the last sentence to end the writing “ I must say
that Trang is one of my best friends now.”
Gives sts handouts of an incomplete writing and
removed sentences and have them to “take these
sentences home”to make a complete writing.
Handout:
A. Linh has been my best friend since we were in
grade 8. B. We have shared our comon interest,
playing badminton, and gotten along well with a
group of top five through the previous year.C. At
the beginning of this year, our group joined a relief
activity in a southern province. D. She is a
smart and decisive leader in tasks. E. At the same
time, she is also a very helpful and cooperative
person when she works with you. F. Whenever you
have a problem, you can talk to her to seek her
advice. G. I love and respect her for her helpfulness,
kindness and cooperation.
1. She is an attractive girl with short hair and a
cheerful face with dimples on both cheeks
2. Linh was our leader, and her decisions during the
trip proved that our selection was right.
3. I have been her “client” for years.
4. I must say, so far, Linh has been my best friend.
teasing, nice if in a good mood
Say Yes or No, then explain

Groupwork. Expected answers:
1. I met Trang at my cousin’s birthday
party two years ago.
2. It was her cheerful face with the two
dimples on her cheeks that attracted me
at first sight.
3. She looked athletic in blue jeans and a
T-shirt, and she danced beautifully at
the party.
4. During the party, she was always
surrounded by a cheerful and noisy
crowd.
5. After the party, we met each other quite
often because we shared a common
interest – playing chess.
6. She was a decisive and smart player at
the game.
7. Furthermore, she was an interesting
playmate because she was able to help
me improve my playing strategies.
8. Unfortunately, my family had to move
to a big city.
9. However, we still keep in touch through
e-mails.
10. I must say that Trang is one of my best
friends now.

Work in pairs and discuss where the removed
sentences should go.
Expected answer:

A. Linh has been my best friend since we were
in grade 8. 1. She is an attractive girl with short
hair and a cheerful face with dimples on both
cheeks.B. We have shared our common
interest, playing badminton, and gotten along
well with a group of top five through the
previous years. C. At the beginning of this year,
our group joined a relief activity in a southern
province. 2. Linh was our leader, and her
decisions during the trip proved that our
selection was right. D. She is a smart and
decisive leader in tasks. E. At the same time,
she is also a very helpful and cooperative
person when she works with you. F. Whenever
you have a problem, you can talk to her to seek
her advice. 3. I have been her “client” for years.
4. I must say, so far, Linh has been my best
friend. G. I love and respect her for her
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WRITING TASK c)
Asks sts to examine the above passages to write
about one of their friends in the same way. Asks
them to take notice of verb tenses when they narrate
something and the way to describe a person.
Provides them with some useful expressions they
can use in their writings:
We first met when we were on a school excursion
to …
We first met at a common friend’s birthday party.

What I like most about him/her is his/her sense of
humour./ that he/she is very friendly.
One of my favourite things about him/her is …
We’ve been through good times and bad times.
We have a lot in common./ We share a lot of
interests.
It is him/her who I can share my joys and sorrows
with.
POST-WRITING
Asks sts to swap their writings and do the checking.
Chooses at random some of the sts’writings and
correct them together with the sts.
Shows a sample passage on the screen for the class
to watch. Asks them to give remarks and asks what
they can learn from the sample.(use of language,
structures, idea development etc.)
Sample passage:
I met Mai at a social gathering some years ago. She
is a friend of my friend’s. She stood in the room,
among others, but looked very different from them.
Her lovely and innocent face with rosy cheeks
seemed to brighten the room. I was attracted by the
way she smiled and laughed when she was talking
with her friends. I came near to her and introduced
myself. I still remember the lovely smile and the
dimples on her cheeks when she greeted me. Her
voice was so soft and sweet when she talked with
you. We have been friends since that day, and up to
now we have still gotten along well. She was also a
very kind and charitable person in social work as I

found out when we went on a number of charity
trips together. Now she is studying in Australia, but
we still keep contact through e-mail.
Homework
Asks sts to write about a person he/she admires the
helpfulness, kindness and cooperation.
Sts listen and follow T’s instructions. Do their
writing task. (Individual work)
Do as instructed. (Individual and class work).
Look at the screen and read the passage
carefully. Get ready to answer if asked.
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most. Their writing should be between 130 – 150
words.
Write down on their notebooks and do this
writing task at home
Date: 17
th
-22
nd
, 2007 Theme 1: FRIENDSHIP Class: 11a5
Week: 3 LESSON 6: LANGUAGE FOCUS Kí duyệt:
Period: 7
VERB FORM
LINKING WORDS
I/ Aims
Knowledge
- To supply descriptive adjectives
- To review verb form

- To work with linking words
skills
writing and reading
II/ Procedures
Stages Activities Content
Word Study
Word Study
T helps sts review the
positions of Adjectives so
that the sts can decide
which words are
adjectives easily
Sts underline the
adjectives
T moves around the
classroom for help
T and sts check
Word Study - Descriptive Adjectives
a. Underline the adjectives in the following sentences
1. He believes in true friendship and fair play.
2. My best friend is a responsible and honest girl.
3. Mr. Linh is not only a devoted but also an excellent
teacher.
4. We have been best friends for many years.
5. Na is both sociable and kind.
6. He worked hard so that he could gain a prosperous life.
7. It is very kind of you to wish me a prosperous and long
life.
8. The bus driver was smart and quick enough to avoid a
collision with a very fast truck traveling in the opposite

direction.
Vocabular
y
Sts read the words
Sts fill in the blanks
T and sts check
b) Read the text. Fill in the blanks with words from the
box
Persistent young poor wooden
unforgettable
Poisonous afraid of bushy long loud
piercing
He is a (1) man living in the countryside. Yet he has been
(2) snakes because he got an (3)experience of them. One
day he went into the forest in his neighborhood with two of
his playmates to gather (4) sticks for sale. While they were
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going through a (5) area, a deadly (6) snake bit one of the
boys. The (7) boy uttered a (8) sound and fell to the
ground. Since then he has had a (9) phobia of snakes
1. young
2. afraid of
3. unforgetable
4. wooden
5. Bushy
6. poisonous
7. poor
8. long loud piercing
9. persistent

Grammar
T helps the sts to review
the structure of a simple
sentence
T models
Sts work in pairs
Sts write down on GB
Sts check
T gives remarks
c) Rearrange the words in each sentence to make it
grammatically correct. The first one has been done for
you
1. the / small / there / bottles / five / green / are / table /
on
There are five green bottles on the small table.
2. made / he / fatal/so / mistakes / far / has / many
3. submarine / son / ugly / yellow / my / large / an / has
4. silk / blue / bought / a / she / has / collapsible /
umbrella
5. village / children / having approached / ragged / the /
saw / of / we / a / lot / screaming
Grammar Grammar
Verb Form Review
Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs
in parentheses. The first one has been done for you.
Linking
Words
T asks sts what the words’
meanings
Linking Words :

Match one line in column A with one in column B. Then
use the correct linking words in the box to fill in the
blanks.
And or but either neither
1. he packed his suitcase a. nor their teachers have
prepared for the excursion.
2. does it mean he’s going
to recover
b. or send him a fax.
3. I thought it was late c. ____ stay unconscious?
4. I’ll ___ make a call d. ___ it was still very
early.
5. ____ the students e. __ went out to the
minibus
Homework
Prepare new lesson
Date: 17
th
-22
nd
, 2007 Theme2: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE Class: 11a5
Week: 3 LESSON 1: READING 1 Kí duyệt:
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Period: 8
PARTIES

I/ Aims
Knowledge
- To scan for specific information

- To help the sts to be able to recognise the activities related to senses.
- To reinforce the sts confidence.
skills
Reading
II/ Procedures
Stages Activities Content
Warm –up
Warm –up Experience is somethings related to what we did, ate,
drank, saw, heard tasted or smelt, …
To have experiences, we must have the five senses,
Let’s have a competition between two group writing down the
five senses. Who finishes first will be the winner.
Pre - reading
T gives the handouts for the
sts to stick how they felt
and what they did at their
first parties
T gives the new words
Sts read the new words
b. Make a cross on what you did and how you felt when you
first went to a party. Compare your answers with your
partners.
How you felt What you did
embarrassed
happy
excited
inept
nervous
shy
Others…

made friends
chatted to somebody
kept quiet
ate and drank a lot
danced and sang
watched what other people did
Others …
New words:
(exp) in vain: With no result/ uselessly
(exp) retreat into one’s shell: Thu mình lại
(v) slip away: Leave quietly without being noticed
(a) sociable: Friendly and well-fitted with other people
Introduction
T shows the picture and
asks the sts
T shows guiding questions
What is it?
Are many people at the party men or women?
This is the character of the reading.
Is he old or young?
This was the first time he came to the party
Guiding questions
1. Did the writer enjoy the party?
2. How was the writer when he first came to the party?
T reads the text once
T checks sts’ understanding
with question 1
Sts read the text again and
then answer the questions
T checks the answers

Task 1: Work with your partners. Read the text carefully and
answer the questions.
1. What did the writer see and hear when he came to his
friend’s house for dinner?
2. How did he feel?
3. Did he start the conversation with other people?
4. Did he enjoy the party or did he want to leave the
party?
Expected answers
He saw many people talking merrily and heard someone ask
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his name.
He felt nervous, uncomfortably hot, inept in other people’s
eyes.
No, he didn’t.
He wanted to leave the party
T shows the True/ False
Statements
Sts read the text
T checks
Task 2: True/ False Statements
1. _____The writer was a sociable person.
2. _____To him, making friends was easy.
3. _____He was able to manage to grow out of his
shyness
Bc he thought everyone was
looking at him.
No, he didn’t
He thought himself as

innept and inadequate.
Task 3: Questions And Answers
Why was he nervous at the party?
Did he find anyone he knew?
What did he think of himself?
T gives the cards
Sts move around the class
to ask about the text and
their friends’ first party
Task 4: Move around the class and interview your friends
about his/her first time to the parties then report it
Content Name Name
What / whose party
When
What / did
How / felt
Others
Homework How did the writer feel after the party?
Date: 17
th
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, 2007 Theme2: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE Class: 11a5
Week: 3 LESSON 2: READING 2 Kí duyệt:
Period: 9
PARTIES

I/ Aims
Knowledge
- To scan for specific information

- To help the sts to be able to recognise the activities related to senses.
- To reinforce the sts confidence.
skills
Reading
II/ Procedures
Stages Activities Content
Pre- T asks the sts
T shows the picture to
emphasize that the
character thought about
the party very much
Did his first party experience affect him the following day?
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Sts give the answers
Expected answers:
He thought of the party all day
He felt dispirited and sad because he had been embarrassed,
nervous
T gives the sts some
expressions for them to
explain
(v) Come to
bring back to + mind
go through
go on
ask oneself = wonder/ think
T gives the new words
Sts practice reading the
new words

Sts read the left of the
reading.
(v) Appear = come into view/sight
(v) Image = picture
(v) Influence = affect (n) Influence on = affect on
(a) Embarrassing
(a) Embarrassed He felt embarrassed when he arrived there.
(n) Embarrassment
(a) Nervous  nervousness (n)
(a) adequate >< inadequate:sufficient enough >< not enough
(n) Train : sequence of connected events
(v) Manage to : try to control
(a) Adequate >< inadequate/laughable = enough/ sufficient
(n) Thought – think (v)
(a) Dispirited = depressed / downhearted
while T asks the sts to work in
pairs answer the
questions
T shows the answers
Questions and answers
1. Did his first party affect him the following day? If yes, give
an example.
2. What came to his mind?
3. What are his two big decisions?
4. How did he feel as the train of thoughts went on longer?
Sts fill in the blanks
T shows the answers
1. stop
2. should
3. embarrassment

4. back
The next day he could not _____1____thinking about how he
____2______ have appeared to the other people there.
_____3_____ came to mind and brought _____4_______ all the
embarrassment and ______5______. He decided that he would
never do that again. Other ______6_____ also went through his
mind, about how hard it was to_______7______ friends, and how
_______8______ he felt compared to other people. He
_____9______ if he could ever change, as he had always been
shy. Other ____10____ people seemed to have managed to grow
_____11_____ it, so he also asked himself whether there was
The party
The party
The party
The party
The party
The party
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something wrong with him. The longer this train of thoughts
went on, the more _____12_____ and sadder he felt many days
after his first party experience
Post T asks the sts.
After the party he felt
inadequate, dispirited and
sad.
He is shy and lack of
confidence
How did he feel after the party?
What kind of person do you think he is?

Read the second paragraph. Pick out the information which
expresses the character’s feelings during and after the party
Work in groups. Discuss what advice you would give the
character in order to overcome such an experience
Have you ever been in such situation as the man’s?
What did you do at the party?
Were you shy or inconfident?
What have you done to overcome it?
What do you think the man should do to overcome his shyness?
Homework Prepare listening
Date: 17
th
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, 2007 Theme 2: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE Class: 11a5
Week: 3 LESSON 3: LISTENING Kí duyệt:
Period: 10
AN EMBARRASSMENT
I/ Aims
Knowledge
• Ss improve their listening skill, learning how people tell others their personal experiences.
• Ss learn some more words and expresions
II/ Procedures
Stages Activities Content
Before Warm – up Tell funny story
New words
T explains some new words
Sts read the new words
Sts make some sentences
with the new words

(n) Duty = what you have to do/ responsibility/ task
(v) Notice = see/ become aware of
(v) witness = see/ view
(v) Hurry (to)
(n)  be in a hurry (exp)
(n) Shelf – shelves
(v) Realize = recognize / understand
(v) Reach = arrive at / get to
(a) Lucky = fortunate  Luckily = fortunately
Sts work in pairs, fill in the
blanks with suitable words
1. Embarrassing
2. Presentation
a) Fill in the blanks with the words from the box.
Embarrassing ashamed searching
carelessness presentation standing
1. I believe that everyone has had _____________experience
2. Everything seemed so nice until I noticed that I had left the
storybook with which I had the duty to do an oral
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3. Searching/ standing
4. Ashamed
5. carelessness
____________to the club members.
3. I saw the book on a shelf not very far from the place we
were______________.
4. My face was hot and I felt extremely __________of myself.
5. My friend had an opportunity to laugh at
my_____________.

• T plays the cassette twice
• Sts compare the answers
with their partners
• Sts listen and check
Expected answers
1. F
2. T
3. F
4. T
5. T
b) Listen to a student's experience. Check () whether the
following statements are true (T) or false (F). For the false
statements, write the true information.
1. ___The embarrassing experience happened on one
Saturday.
2. ___The weather was nice on his way to the club meeting.
3. ___He went into a bookstore to find the novel he
collected.
4. ___He put his bicycle in front of the store.
5. ___He felt ashamed of his carelessness for having taken
someone else's bicycle.
Listen to the story again
Sts make the right choice
T checks
1. Embarrassing
2. Careless
c) Listen to the story again. Check () the adjectives that you
think areappropriate to the student's experience in the story in
1/ What was the experience like?
1. Funny = humorous = amusing =

2. Careful = cautious =wary
3. Sociable
4. Embarrassing
2/ What was the writer like?
5. Reserved
6. Careless
7. Fearful = afraid/ scared/ apprehensive
8. Forgettable = unmemorable
Sts work in pairs, ask and
answer about the writer’s
experience
Sts retell the story
d. Work in pairs. Ask your partner about the following
information
1. What kind of experience did the writer have?
2. When did it happen?
3. Who was cycling beside him on the way to the club?
4. What was his duty on that day’s meeting?
5. What did he realize on the way to the club?
6. What did he decide to go?
7. Where did he put his bicycle?
8. What was his embarassing experience?
Date: 24
th
-29
th
, 2007 Theme 2: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE Class: 11a5
Week: 4 LESSON 4: SPEAKING Kí duyệt:
Period: 11
TALKING ABOUT ACTIVITIES

WITH SENSES
I/ Aims
Knowledge
1/ kinds of animals
2/ verbs of sensation/sense verbs
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3/ special ability of animals
II/ Procedures
Stages Activities Content
Sts close their books and
are devided into 2 groups,
they match the pictures
with its names
Expected answers
a/ a dog
b/ a falcon
c/ a bat
d/ a taster
e/ a smoke dectector
f/ a heat-seeking missile
Match the pictures with the words



1/ a dog 2/ a taster 3/ a falcon 4/ a smoke detector
5/ a bat 6/ a heat – seeking missile
Sts fill in the blanks
Expected answers
a/ a falcon

2/ a smoke detector
3/ a heat-seeking missile
4/ a taster
5/ a bat
6/ a dog
(a) Work in pairs. Match the pictures with activities with the
senses
1/ ________sees from a long distance.
2/ ________ discovers fire in a room.
3/ ________ discovers and follows a heating source.
4/ ________ tastes alcoholic drinks to differentiate them.
5/ ________ hears from a long distance.
6/ ________ smells in order to search for something.
b) Talk about activities with the senses.
Example
A: What do you think dogs are good at?
B: Well, I guess they are good at smelling in order to search
forsomething.
d/ work in pairs, ask and answer these questions
What was it?
When did it happen?
Who was concerned?
What did you do/eat/meet/ see/ hear/ smell/ taste?
How did you feel then?
How did the experience affect you?
Date: 24
th
-29
th
, 2007 Theme 2: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE Class: 11a5

Week: 4 LESSON 4: WRITNG 1 Kí duyệt:
Period: 12
DESCRIBING PAST EXPERIENCE
I/ Aims
Knowledge
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How to talk about their experiences
Ss know how to organize a letter and tell their friends about their past experience
II/ Procedures
Stages Activities Content
PRE-
T gives some new words
Sts read the new words
New words
(n) Commencement exercises
(n) Reunion (dinner)
(v) Invite
(n) The remaining friends
(exp) pay the bill
(v) Solve – solution (n)
(n) Pants = trousers
T asks the sts read the open
letter and fill in blanks
Read the letter and fill in the blanks
1. funny
2. social
3. host
4. mutual
5. together

6. dish
7. abroad
8. thanks
9. happened
10. carefully
11. embarrassed
12. luckily
T gives the students the
handouts and asks them to
read carefully each parts
and do some exercises so
that they have material to
write about their
memorable experiences
Introduction
Helpful expressions
Introduction
1/ I believe that everyone has had their own experience. My
most unforgetable thing happened to me …
2/ Have you ever had an interesting experience? Well, I have
3/ Once I …
4/ My most happy thing happened to me when I was a nine-
grade student.
5/ V
ing
is the most memorable thing in my life.
What was it? What did
you do? What happened
then?
T helps the sts review past

simple tense
How did the experience
affect you the days later?
Sts match activities and the
affects
What was it? What did you do? What happened then?
Simple past tense
S + V
-ed
/ V
2
S + didn’t V
bare
I talked to My Tam, a famous pop singer I like best.
I spoke English to a native English speaker
I failed an exam.
I was seriously ill
I travelled to other parts of the country
How did the experience affect you the days later?
A B
1. Speaking English to a
native English speaker
2. Being seriously ill
3. Travelling to other
parts of the country
4. Failing an exam
5. Talking to a famous
pop star
a. makes you love your
country more

b. teaches you a lesson and
makes you study harder
c. makes you appreciate your
health more
d. makes you more
interesting in learning
English
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e. changes your attitude to
pop stars
From that day up to now, S + have V
PP
Up to the present,
Up till now,
How did you feel when … ?
I felt/got/was/became + adj
T asks the sts to fill in the
blanks
There are several adjectives
filled in each blank
How did you feel when … ?
I felt/got/was/became + adj
Adjectives
Shy / jealous /Embarrassedn / Excited / surprised
Interested in / Frightened /Scared / Angry / upset /Happy /
Sad Nervous /Ashamed of myself/ ashamed for him/Proud
1. I was very ____ when my father appeared on TV with the
Prime Minister.
2. I was very ___ when my best friend went out with the girl

he really liked.
3. He was very _ when I sent her a birhtday on the wrong day.
4. I was very ___ when someone stole my money.
5. I was very ___ when I heard that my aunt died.
6. I was very _ when I saw those big dogs running towards
him
Conclusion Conclusion
That’s my most __________ experience!
Writing (homework)
1/ Have you ever had an embarassing experience? Did it a/an
funny/embarrassing/happy/interesting,… thing happen to you?
2/ When did it happen/ take place?
3/ What did you do/see/hear/…?
4/ Who was involved/concerned?
5/ How did you feel then?
6/ Did it affect you the days later?
Date: 24
th
-29
th
, 2007 Theme 2: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE Class: 11a5
Week: 4 LESSON 4: WRITING 2 Kí duyệt:
Period: 13
DESCRIBING PAST EXPERIENCE
I/ Aims
Knowledge
How to talk about their experiences
Ss know how to organize a letter and tell their friends about their past experience
II/ Procedures
Stages Activities Content

T checks their sts writing
T collects sts’ papers and
two of the sts go to the
board and write their letters.
HANDOUT
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UNIT 2: WRITING –Past Experience
Introduction
1/ I believe that everyone has had their own experience. My most unforgetable thing happened to me …
2/ Have you ever had an interesting experience? Well, I have
3/ Once I …
4/ My most happy thing happened to me when I was a nine-grade student.
5/ V
ing
is the most memorable thing in my life.
What was it? What did you do? What happened then?
When did it happen? Where did it happen?
Simple past tense
S + V
-ed
/ V
2
S + didn’t V
bare
I _________(talk) to My Tam, a famous pop singer I like best.
I_________speak English to a native English speaker
I_________fail an exam.
I_________(be) seriously ill
I _________(travel) to other parts of the country

How did the experience affect you the days later?
How does the experience affect you?
1. Speaking English to a native
English speaker
2. Being seriously ill
3. Travelling to other parts of
the country
4. Failing an exam
5. Talking to a famous pop star
a. makes you love your country more
b. teaches you a lesson and makes you
study harder
c. makes you appreciate your health more
d. makes you more interesting in learning
English
e. changes your attitude to pop stars
From that day up to now, S + have V
PP
Up to the present,
Up till now,
How did you feel when … ?
I felt/got/was/became + adj
Shy / jealous / Embarrassed /Excited / surprised / Interested in … / Frightened/ Scared /Angry / upset /
Happy / Sad Nervous / Ashamed of myself / ashamed for him /Proud
I was very _____________ when my father appeared on TV with the Prime Minister.
2. I was very ___________ when my best friend went out with the girl he really liked.
3. He was very _____________ when I sent her a birhtday on the wrong day.
4. I was very _____________ when someone stole my money.
5. I was very _____________ when I heard that my aunt died.
6. I was very _____________ when I saw those big dogs running towards him

That’s my most __________ experience!
Date: 24
th
-29
th
, 2007 Theme 2: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE Class: 11a5
Week: 4 LESSON 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS 1 Kí duyệt:
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Period: 14
SENSE VERBS
MODAL PERFECT
I/ Aims
Knowledge
- Sense Verbs
- Modal perfect
Ss know how to organize a letter and tell their friends about their past experience
II/ Procedures
Stages Activities Content
vocabulary
Sts work in pairs
One asks and one
answers talking about
senses
Sense verbs
a) Make questions with the words provided and answer them.
Give explanations. The first one has been done for you
1. Eyes
A: What do you use your eyes for?
B: I see with my eyes. Without my eyes, I couldn't see colors,

things,and people around me
2. Ears 3. skin 4. tongue 5. nose
Sts work in pairs b) Answer the quiz, using sense verbs.
1. What are dogs good at?
2. How can a blind person read?
3. How does a chef test his cooking?
4. Can a deaf person listen to music? Why or why-not?
5. Can a blind person watch TV? Why or why not?
Ex.
T introduces and
explains the uses of
modal perfect
T gives some examples
She cried a lot. She must
have been very sad.

Modal perfect
Modal + have + V
pp
May/might/ could + have + V
pp
 uncertainty / past
possibility
Must + have + V
pp
 deduction / logical
conclusion /inferrence
Should + have + V
pp
 criticism / obligation

Find explanations for the following statements.
1. A: She did not come to the party yesterday.
B: She might have_________________________
2. A: I could not find my book.
B: You could have_________________________
3. A: I smelled something burning when I passed her kitchen.
B: She could have_________________________
4. A: They said he did not answer the phone call.
B: He might have_________________________
5. A: I saw a lot of vehicles in front of his house.
B: They could have _________________________
6. A: The soup tasted sweet.
B: The chef could have _________________________
Verb Form Review
a) When I (1) (be) a little boy I (2) (use) to wanderin the woods
by the river flowing through my village. In spring, I (3)(love)
watching a variety of bushes and plants, (4)(grow) in the sunlight
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and (5) (listen) to ; newly-born birds (6) (chirp) in their nests
high on the trees. In summer, I (7) (use) to watch different kinds
of kites f(8)(fly) high in the blue sky and listen to buffalo boys (9)
(play) their bamboo flutes when they (10) (ride) their water
buffaloes. In winter, I (11) (use) to sitwith my dad by the river and
(12) (watch) him fish forhours.
T and sts do the same b) I (1) (live) in a big city now. I (2) (stop, see) bushes and
plants (3) (grow) in the woods, and the kites (4)(fly) high in the
sky. Every day I (5) (see) people (6) (pass) by me in a hurry and
different kinds of vehicles (7)(travel) to and fro on the way to my
office and back home. I (8) (stop, listen) to the birds (9) (sing)

and the buffalo boys (10) (play) their bamboo flutes but the
traffic (11) (sound) noisily and people (12) (talk) and (13)
(chat). I (14) (watch) people (15)(catch) fish on TV instead of my
dad by the river. Sometimes I (16)(feel) lost and nostalgic.
HOMEWORK PREPARE NEW LESSON
Date: oct. 1
st
-6
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, 2007 Theme 2: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE Class: 11a5
Week: 5 LESSON 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS 2 Kí duyệt:
Period: 15
MOODS
CAC THE CUA DONG TU
I/ Aims
Knowledge
- Sense Verbs
- Modal perfect
Ss know how to organize a letter and tell their friends about their past experience
II/ Procedures
Stages Activities Content
T hel[s the sts to
remember some
moods and give their
handouts to do the
exercises
Handouts (enclosed)
HANDOUTS
1. How should the city be run?
If I …… a mayor. I would make the streets cleaner and hire more policemen

A. may be B. were C. would be D. am
2. But for his help. I………….
A. should have succeeded B. should not have succeeded
C. have succeeded D. have not succeeded
3. Miss lee will come to see me if she …………enough time.
A. will have B. had C. has D. could
4. He appears as though he …………an Italian.
A. were B. was C. has been D. be
5. I wish I …………my time when I was young.
A. didn’t waste B. shouldn’t have waste C. hadn’t wasted D. wouldn’t have wasted
6. It is high time that he ………… to think what to do with the money.
A. would begin B. beganC. begin D. will begin
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7. If I were the governor of the state, I …………certain things.
A. were to change B. would change C. am going to change D. shall change
8. If he ………in germany, what language would he probably speak now?
A. were born B. had been born C. would have been born D. was born
9. The chairman requestd the report …………by the end of the month.
A. be completed B. should complete
C. was complete D. would be completed
10. If I had studied English last year, I …………able to speak it now.
A. could be B. would have been C. should be D. could have been
11. Had you told him the truth, he …………some suggestions.
A. might have made B. would make C. might make D. had made
…………he come late, give him the message.
A. Had B. Should C. Would D. Did
13. Tom might have come to school in time for professor Brown’s lecture, …………
A. if he got up early B. unless he had got up earlier
C. but he got up rather late D. but he had got up so late

14. It is strage that you …………such a thing.
A. would say B. should say C. will say D. said
15. Have you seen professor barker recently?
It looks …………professor baker would come tomorrow.
A. like B. as C. as if D. that
16. He is already on the wrong side of forty.
It’s about time he …………himself a wife and settled down.
A. finds B. should find C. foundD. had found
17. She wouldn’t drink her medicine last night, would she? -………….
A. No, but I wish she would B. No, but I wish she had
C. Yes, I wish she did D. No, but I wish she drank
18. Did you notice john was not at work today?
No. If …………working, I would have noticed it.
A. I’d beB. I wasn’t C. I’d been D. I weren’t
19. you should have finished it sooner.
I know but I …………the time.
A. don’t have B. won’t have C. didn’t have D. had not
20. the teacher demands that everyone …………in his seat at nine o’clock.
A. will be B. be C. were D. shall be
21. you should have been to your sister’s home!
Yes, I ………….
A. should B. ought to be C. must D. should have
22. If it …………tomorrow, we will put off our picnic.
A. rains B. will rain C. would rain D. rained
23. If you …………help me, I should be very grateful to you.
A. should B. would C. will D. can
24. ……… out of season, I would have ordered some from the fruit stand.
A. If oranges would have been B. If oranges have not been
C. Had oranges not been D. Should oranges not have been
25. If the United States had built more homes for poor people in 1955, the housing problems now in

some parts of this country…………so serious.
A. wouldn’t be B. will not have been
C. wouldn’t have been D. would have not been
26. Why didn’t you help him?
I would have…………I didn’t have the money.
A. still B. but C. otherwise D. or
27. I wish we…………with my brothel when he flies to England next week.
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A. could goB. had goneC. will go D. are going
28. William wishes now that he ………… English instead of French When he was in high shool.
A. have had studied B. studies C. had studied D. studied
29. I would rather she ………… tomorrow than today.
A. come B. came C. should come D. has come
30. What will you do during the winter vacation?
I don’t know, but it’s about time …………on something.
A. I’m decidingB. I’ll decide C. I’d decided D. I decided
31. He would go to see you.
…………he did not come?
A. What if B. Where ifC. What come D. Why whether
32. I would buy that book but I ………… enough money.
A. do not haveB. did not have C. will not have D. had not had
33. We would have arrived sooner except we ………… a flat tire.
A. had B. would have C. has not D. has
34. I hope that you …………all right.
A. will be B. should be C. were D. would be
35. How happy I …………if you had been with me then.
A. could be B. would have been C. should have been D. were
36. …………their assistance, he would have to lead a very miserable life; he might even starve to
death.

A. With B. If it were not for C. without for D. If not
37. As you know, I am a disabled man, but I should be very happy if I …………of service to you.
A. am B. have been C. could be D. would be
38. …………water, no living things could exist.
A. Unless it were not for B. Had it not been for C. If it were not for D. If it had not been for
39. I …………it to her if I had not thought she would understand.
A. would explain B. explained C. will explain D. would have explained
40. If it had not rained yesterday, the ground…………muddy now.
A. is not B. will not be C. would not be D. would not have been
41. …………, if you had studied the problem carefully last week.
A. You won’t find any difficulty nowB. You would not find any difficulty now
C. You would not have found nay difficulty now D. You have not found any difficulty now
42. It has been raining for several weeks, I wish ………….
A. it would stop raning before tomorrowB. I could stop it raining before tomorrow
C. It will stop it raining before tomorrow D. It would stop to rain before tomorrow
43. He did his best in everything; ……he would not have been what he was.
A. and B. but C. otherwise D. but that
44. If I …………a bird, I…………very happy.
A. were; would be B. am; shall be C. am; would be D. were; shall be
45. If you …………the door’s advice, you would have recovered already.
A. followedB. would follow C. follow D. had followed
Date: oct. 1
st
-6
th
, 2007
THE FIRST FORTY – FIVE –
MINUTE TEST
Class: 11a5
Week: 5 Kí duyệt:

Period: 16
I/ AIMS
• To checks sts understanding on what they have learned from unit 1-2
• To test sts’ reading skill
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