english 10 - unit 12 - writing

Trainee teacher: Nguyễn Thị Hà Xuyên.
Instructor: Nguyễn Hoàng Diệu Thư
Date: February 23, 2011.
Lesson Plan: English 10.
UNIT 12: MUSIC
WRITING
(2 periods – 90 minutes)
Objectives:
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
- Improve their writing skill.
- Write a profile based on provided prompts.
- Gain more knowledge about the life story of some composers.
Teaching Aids:
Textbook, CD player, handout, etc.
Procedure:
Teacher 's activities Students’ activities
I. Warm up: (10 minutes)
- Invite Ss to join an exciting game: Guessing Game.
- Read in turn 4 short profile of 4 singers and
composers or musicians and ask Ss to guess who they
are. T can provide more details if Ss can’t give out the
answers.
 Mỹ Tâm: + she was born in
Da Nang in 1981. She is a
Vietnamese pop singer who
archieved fame with such
significant songs as “Duong Nhu
Ta Da”, “Uoc Gi”, “Niem Tin
Chien Thang”.
+ Show a picture of My Tam.
+ Play a song of My Tam: Ước Gì.

 Trịnh Công Sơn: + He was a
famous Vienamese composer,
musician and songwriter. He
wrote such famous song as
“Bien Nho”, “Diem Xua”,
“Mot Coi Di Ve”
+ Show a picture of Trinh Công Sơn.
+ Play a song of Trịnh Công Sơn: Mot Coi Di Ve
 Michael Jackson: He was an
American singer and dancer -
referred as the King of Pop. He
died in 2009. His famous songs
includes “Heal the world”, “We are
the world”, “Black or White”.
+ Show a picture of Michael
Jackson.
+ Play a song of Michael Jackson: Heal the world.
- Work individually.
- Join enthusiastically the game.
- Listen carefully to each of 4 profiles.
- Raise hand quickly to answer and then receive the
present from T.
- If Ss cannot answer when hearing the profile, they
can see the picture and guess or listen to the song that
T plays.
- Answer after listen to the profile, S will receive 3
lollipops, after seeing the picture, 2 lollipops, after
listen to the song, 1 lollipop.

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 Scott Joplin: He was born in Texas
in 1886, into a poor but musical black
family. He wrote 50 piano rags, and
he was called the King of Ragtime.
+ Show a picture of Scott Joplin.
* Lead: Scott Joplin is a famous
American musician and we will know
more about him through the lesson to day. Part D:
Writing. (Writing a profile).
II. Pre-writing:
Activity 1: (7minutes)
- Ask Ss to close all textbooks.
- Glue the extra board onto the board: (enclosed the
content in the last page).
- Ask Ss to look at the extra board, read carefully and
do on 3 minutes.
- After 3 minutes, call some students to speak aloud
the answers.
- Correct the pronunciation mistakes and feedback the
answer.
Activity 2: (8 minutes)
- Ask Ss to review the tense of verb using to write a
profile.
+ Use the verbs in the simple past tense:
S + V
ed
/V
2
…
- Review the prepositions and conjunctions using to

write a profile if necessary.
* in + year (in 1980)
* on + day/month/year (on November 15, 1923).
* be born + in + place (be born in Dalat).
* Conjunctions: All in all, after that, and, etc.
Activity 3 (20 minutes):
- Ask students to open the textbook and turn on page
129, Task1.
- Ask Ss to works in pairs, read carefully Task 1 and
follow the instruction.
- Go around the class to help if Ss need.
- Call some Ss to read aloud the answer.
- Correct the pronunciation mistakes and give
feedback.
- Work individually.
- Look at the extra board, read carefully and put the
correct word in column B to the sentence in column A.
- Ask T when having some new words.
- Raise hand and speak aloud the answers.
Suggested answer:
1. A
2. E
3. D
4. G
5. B
6. A
7. F
- Whole class.
- Review the simple past tense.
- Listen to the review of prepositions and

conjunctions.
- Write down into the notebook.
- Give some example if T asks.
- Work in pairs.
- Read carefully Task 1 in the textbook, use the
prompts to make up complete sentences about Scott
Joplin, a famous American musician.
- Do the Task with their partners.
- Ask T when having some problems.
- Raise hand and read aloud the answers.
- Suggested answer:
1. He learnt to play music when he was young.
2. Scott learnt to play works of composers like Bach,
Beethoven, and Mozart as well as to compose music.
3. He quickly became famous.
4. His tunes were wonderful mixture of classical
European and African beats which was known as
Ragtime.
5. All in all he wrote50 piano rags, and was called the
King of Ragtime.
6. Scott Joplin died in 1917.
III. While-writing:
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Activity 1: (5 minutes)
- Ask Ss to open the text book and turn on page 129,
Task 2.
- Have Ss find out which verbs or preposition using to
write Van Cao’s profile.
- Prompt if Ss can’t give the answer.
- Ask Ss to pay attention to the tense of verbs again.

Activity 2: (20 minutes).
- Provide a prompt like Task 1 for student to write
easily.
- Divide the class to some groups of 3 or 4 Ss, each
group has an extra board and a pen brush.
- Give Ss 10 minutes to write the life story Van Cao
into the extra board.
- Go around the class to help Ss if necessary.
- After 10 minutes, ask each group change the extra
board with other groups to repair together by pencil in
5 minutes.
- Collect all extra boards and glue them onto the
board.
- Ask Ss to look at the extra boards and correct all
mistakes of spelling and grammar.
The prompt:
1. Van Cao/born/November 15, 1923/Nam Dinh/a
poor workers’ family.
2. He/start/compose/music/when/very young.
3. He/write/first song/1939/and
quickly/become/famous.
4. 1944/he/write/Tien Quan Ca/our National Anthem.
5. Van Cao/not only/write/songs/poems/but
also/draw/paintings.
6. He/die/July 10, 1995.
7. Van Cao/know/as/very talented
musician/and/highly/appreciated/the Vietnamese
people.
III. Post-writing: (15 minutes)
- Provide another story of a singer in prompt.

- Ask student to write quickly a profile.
- After finish, call some students to stand up and read
aloud their profile.
- Give feedbacks.
+ Name: Michael Jackson.
+ Born: August 29, 1958.
+ Place of birth: Indiana.
+ Family: an African American working-class family.
+ Begin his solo career: 1970.
+ Become famous: 1980.
+ The best selling album: Thriller.
Work individually.
- Open the textbook, page 129, Task 2.
- Read again Task 1 to find out how to use
prepositions, supplements, articles, etc. to answer.
+ Name: Van Cao.
+ Born: 15 – 11 – 1923 (be born, on).
+ Place of birth: Nam Dinh (in).
+ Family: poor workers. (into).
+ Start composing music: when very young (be).
+ First song: 1939, quickly become famous (and, in).
+ Tien Quan Ca (National Anthem): 1944 (Write, in).
+ Artistic works: songs, poems, paintings (not only,
write, but also, draw).
+ Died: 10-7-1995 (on).
- Work in groups.
- Write a paragraph of the story into the extra board
based on the prompt.
- Ask T when having some troubles.
- After finish, change the extra board with another

group and correct the mistake of their friends by
pencil.
- Help T glue the extra board onto the board.
- Pay attention to what T correct on the board.
- Take note if necessary.
- Suggested answer:
Van Cao was born in Nam Định on November 15,
1923, into a poor workers’ family. He started
composing music when he was very young. He wrote
the first song in 1939 and then quickly became
famous. Tien Quan Ca, the National Anthem of
Vietnam was written by Van Cao in 1944. Van Cao
not only wrote songs and poems but also draw
paintings. He died on July 10, 1995. Văn Cao is
known as a very talented musician and highly
appreciated by the Vietnamese people.
- Work individually.
- Look at the story of the singer that T provides.
- Write quickly a profile.
- Raise hand and read aloud the profile in front of the
class.
Suggested answer:
Michael Jackson was born on August 29, 1958 in
Indiana, into an African American working-class
family. He began his solo career in 1970 and became
famous in 1980. Thriller was his best selling album.
He died on June 25, 2009.
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+ Died: June 25, 2009
IV. Review and Homework: (5 minutes)

- Ask Ss to review what they have just learnt.
- Write the homework on the board.
- Review a little about how to write a life story of a
famous person (tense, preposition, etc.)
- Write down the homework into the notebook to do at
home: Write about the life story of 1 composer that
you know (name, born, place of birth, works, died,
etc.)
- Prepare the next lesson. Unit 12 – Language Focus.
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Hand out: Put the correct verbs into the blanks:
1. Scott ____________in Texas in 1886, into a poor but musical black
family.
A. was called
2. He ________to play music when he was young. B. was known
3. Scott learned to play works of composers like Bach, Beethoven, and
Mozart as well as ___________music.
C. was born
4. He quickly _________famous. D. to compose
5. His tunes were wonderful mixture of classical European and African
beats which __________as Ragtime.
E. learned
6. All in all he wrote 50 piano rags, and _________the King of Ragtime. F. died
7. Scott Joplin __________in 1917. G. became
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