English 11 Unit 3 phần Reading

English 11 - Unit 3 - Reading Tran Long Quang
Unit 3: A PARTY
A. Reading
Teacher’s name: Tran Long Quang
Class: 11A
3
Duration: 45 minutes
I. Objective: To help students know about some features of some kinds of parties.
II. Materials: Textbook, blackboard, chalks, flashcards.
III. Content:
 Settlement
 Pre-reading
 Warming-up
 Vocabulary
 While reading
 Reading
 Task 1
 Task 2
 Post-reading
 Consolidation
 Homework assignment
IV. Anticipated problems: Students may be confused about information between birthday parties
and anniversary parties.
V. Procedure:
Time Content Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
8’ I. Settlement
- Checking attendance
- Reviewing previous lesson
Put the verbs into the past simple, past
progressive or past perfect.
1. When Martin (arrive) home, Ann

(talk) to someone on the phone.
2. When (they) get to the station, the
train (leave).
3. What you (do) when I (call) you last
night?
4. By the time you (get) her letter, she
(arrive) in Paris.
5. We (have) lunch when we (hear) the
news.
Put the verbs into the past simple, past
progressive or past perfect.
1. You (study) English before you
(move) to New York?
2. I (work) on the computer when the fire
(break) out.
- Asks the monitor to
check the attendance of
the class.
- Calls two students to the
board to do exercises.
- The monitor checks
the class’s
attendance.
- Do exercises.
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3. Yesterday John (go) to the store before
he (go) home.
4. When the phone (ring), I (have)

dinner.
5. He (teach) in this school before he
(leave) for England.
- Corrects the exercises
and gives marks.
8’
II. Pre-reading
A. Warming-up (3’)
- Work in pairs. (page 32)
Questions:
1. What is the relationship between
the people in the pictures?
 The people in both pictures
belong to a family.
2. What are they celebrating?
 The people in picture 1 are
celebrating a birthday, and the
people in picture 2 are celebrating a
50
th
wedding anniversary.
B. Vocabulary (5’)
- candle (n): cây nến
- blow out (v): th>i
tắt
- anniversary (n) ngày kỷ niệm
- milestone (n) an important event or
stage in one’s life : mốc quan trọng
- lasting (adj) continuing to exist or
have an effect for a long time: lâu dài

Pronouncing vocabulary
- Writes the title of the
lesson on the board.
- Asks students to look at
two pictures.
- Calls a student to answer
the first question.
- Confirms the answer.
- Calls another student to
answer the second
question.
- Confirms the answer.
- Writes vocabulary on
the board.
- Gives out the picture and
asks students “How many
candles are there in the
picture?”
- Gives out the picture and
ask students “What is he
doing?”
- Explains the meaning of
the words.
.
- Pronounces the words.
- Calls some students to
pronounce the words.
- Take notes.
- Look at the
pictures, discuss.

- The student who is
called answers the
first question.
- The student who is
called answers the
second question.
- Take notes.
- Answer the
question and say the
meaning of the word.
- Answer the
question and say the
meaning of the word.
- Listen and guess
the meaning of the
words.
- Listen and repeat.
- Listen.
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20’ III. While reading
- Reading the passages about birthdays
and anniversaries.
+ Reading passage A (from “It is…” to
“…get any older”). (5’)
+ Reading passage B (from “Rosa and
Luis…” to the end). (5’)
- Task 1 (page 34). (5’)
Work with a partner. Decide which of

the activities below takes place at a
birthday party or at a wedding
anniversary party or at both. Put a tick
() in the right box.
Birthday Wedding
1. People sing a
song

2. People eat cake
 
3. People receive
cards and gifts
from friends and
relatives
 
4. People joke
about their age

5. People
remember their
wedding day

6. People go out
to dinner

7. People blow out
candles, one for
each year.

- Reads passage A.

- Asks students to read the
passage silently.
- Observes the class.
- Calls three students to
read aloud three
paragraphs in passage A.
- Corrects their
pronunciation if
necessary.
- Reads passage B.
- Asks students to read the
passage silently.
- Observes the class.
- Calls three students to
read aloud three
paragraphs in passage B.
- Corrects their
pronunciation if
necessary.
- Asks students to discuss
with their partners about
task 1.
- Goes around the class
and observes students’
activities.
- Calls three students to
write their answers on the
board.
- Corrects the answers.
- Look at passage A

when listening to the
teacher.
- Read the passage
silently.
- Reads the passage
loudly.
- Look at passage B
when listening to the
teacher.
- Read the passage
silently.
- Reads the passage
loudly.
- Discuss with
partners about task 1,
put a tick () in the
right box.
- Three students go
to the board, write
their answers.
- Explain their
choices.
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- Task 2 (page 34). (5’)
Work with a partner. In each of the
following sentences, there is ONE word
which is not true according to the
reading passage. Underline the wrong

word and provide the correct one.
1. Lisa’s family and friends are at her
eighth birthday party.  seventh
2. Everyone makes cake and ice cream
at the birthday party.  eats
3. Lisa opens birthday cards and books
from her family and friends. 
presents
4. Many Americans over the age of 30
don’t like to talk about their
anniversaries.  age
5. Fifty months ago, Rosa and Luis got
married.  years
6. People call the 5
th
wedding
anniversary the “golden anniversary”.
 50
th
7. Rosa and Luis are happy to be
together for their silver anniversary. 
golden
- Asks students to discuss
with their partners about
task 1.
- Goes around the class
and observes students’
activities.
- Calls some students to
give their answers.

- Corrects the answers.
- Discuss with
partners, find out the
wrong words and
correct them.
- Give answers
- Explain their
answers.
IV. Post-reading
Work in pairs. Answer the following
questions.
1. Where do you prefer to celebrate
- Asks students to discuss
those questions with their
partners.
- Discuss those
questions with their
partners.
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5’
your birthday, at home or in the
restaurant? Why?
2. Do your parents celebrate their
wedding anniversaries?
3. Are you going to celebrate your
anniversaries in the future? Why (not)?
- Goes around the class
and observes students’

activities.
- Calls some pairs to ask
and answer the questions
in front of the class.
- Asks some more
questions if there is
enough time.
- Ask and answer
those questions with
their partners.
2’
V. Consolidation
1. Do adults have birthday parties?
 Yes, they do.
2. What do people call the 50
th
wedding
anniversary, 25
th
wedding anniversary?
 They call them golden anniversary
and silver anniversary.
- Summarizes the main
points of the lesson.
- Checks their
comprehension by asking
them some questions
according to the lesson.
- Listen to the
teacher.

- Take notes.
- Answer the
teacher’s questions.
2’
VI. Homework assignment
- What do people call the 10
th
wedding
anniversary, 20
th
wedding anniversary,
60
th
wedding anniversary?
- Read the passage again at home.
- Prepare next lesson: Speaking
- Gives the homework.
- Ask students to read the
passage at home and
prepare new lesson.
- Take notes.
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