english 10 - unit 13 - speaking

Trainee teacher: Nguyễn Thị Hà Xuyên.
Instructor: Nguyễn Hoàng Diệu Thư
Date: March 05, 2011.
Lesson Plan: English 10.
UNIT 13: FILMS AND CINEMA
SPEAKING
(1 period – 45 minutes)
Objectives:
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
- Know more vocabulary about kinds of films and adjectives about feeling.
- Ask and answer about films and cinema, express the attitudes about a film.
- Improve their speaking skill.
Teaching Method: Communicative approach.
Teaching Aids: Textbook, computer, speaker, handouts, etc.
Procedure:
Teacher 's activities Students’ activities
I. Warm up: (7 minutes)
- Invite Ss to join a simple activity: Guessing the
Name of The Film.
- Play the trailers of 5 films.
- Ask Ss to answer what the title of each film is and
what kind of film is it.
* The films’ title:
+ Tom and Jerry.
+ Boys over flowers.
+ Avatar.
+ Rush hour.
+ Harry Potter.
* Lead: You have just seen some titles of films that
you know. To help you talk or comment about a film,
we will start our lesson today: Unit 13 – Films and

Cinema – Speaking.
- Work individually.
- Watch carefully each trailer, raise hand and give the
correct answer.
- Each student who gives the correct answer will
receive a present.
Suggested answers:
+ Tom and Jerry – Cartoon film.
+ Boys over flowers – Love story film.
+ Avatar – Science fiction film
+ Rush hour – Action film.
+ Harry Potter – Thriller film.
II. Pre-speaking: (10 minutes)
- Give each student a handout and ask them to do it
quickly.
How much do you like each kind of film? Put a tick
(

) in the right column. Then compare your
answers with a partner’s.
Kind of film. Very
much
Not very
much
Not at all
Cartoon
Love story
Action
Science fiction
Thriller

- Call some Ss to stand up and give their answer
basing on the structure:
* Ask: Do you like__________ films?
* Answer: + I like________ films very much.
+ I like________ films but not very much.
- Work in pairs.
- Do the handout quickly.
- Practice asking and answering with their partner.
- Some pairs of Ss stand up and speak aloud the
answer.
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+ I don’t like________ films at all.
Ex: I like cartoon films very much.
- Give feedback.
III. While speaking:
Task 1: (10 minutes)
Activity 1:
- Give some emoticons enclosed its adjective and ask
Ss to give the Vietnamese equivalent.
Violent Moving Good fun
Boring Exciting Terrifying

Activity 2:
- Ask Ss to look at the table in Task 2, page 135, use
the kinds of films in column A and the adjectives in
column B to make a dialogue with 3 Ss a group.
- Show a sample dialogue for Ss to practice speaking
easily.
Agree Disagree
A: What do you think of

thriller films?
B: Oh, I find them really
boring.
C: I agree with you/
Exactly/ You’re right.
A: What do you think of
thriller films?
B: Oh, I find them really
boring.
C: I don’t quite agree
with you. I find them
interesting.
- Have Ss work in groups of 3 and practice on 3
minutes.
- Call some groups to stand up and play their dialogue.
- Give feed back.
- Whole class.
- Try to look at the pictures and give Vietnamese
equivalents.
- Write down all new words into the notebook and
learn by heart at home.
+ Suggested answer:
- Detective films: phim trinh thám.
- War films: phim chiến tranh.
- Violent: bạo lực, quá khích.
- Good fun: vui, hài hước.
- Moving: cảm động.
- Boring: tẻ nhạt, buồn chán.
- Exciting: lôi cuốn.
- Terrifying: khiếp sợ, kinh hãi.

- Work in groups.
- Read carefully the table in Task 2, page 135.
- Create a dialogue using the table and practice with
their partners.
- Raise hand and play the dialogue in front of the
class.
Task 2: (5 minutes)
- Show a sample dialogue and ask Ss to base on it and
kinds of films Ss have just learned to make their own
conversation.
Ex: A: Which do you prefer, cartoon films or science
fiction films?
B: Well, it’s difficult to say. But I suppose I prefer
science fiction films to cartoon ones.
- Ask Ss to work in pairs.
- Have Ss practice on 3 minutes and then play the
conversation in front of the class.
- Give feedbacks.
- Work in pairs.
- Create a conversation basing on the sample dialogue
and the kinds of films they have just learned.
- Practice the conversation with their partners.
- Raise hand and play the conversation in front of the
class.
III. Post speaking: (10 minutes)
2
- Ask Ss to open the textbook, page 135, Task 4.
- Have Ss practice talking about a film they have seen,
using the questions provided in Task 4.
- Review some questions that Ss have learned in Task

1, Task 2 and Task 3.
- Ask Ss to use these questions to make their
conversation effectively, combining some questions in
Task 4.
- Ask Ss to work in pairs, practice on 3 minutes.
- Call some pairs stand up and talk about their films.
- Give feedback.
- Work in pairs.
- Talking about a film they have seen.
- Practice with their partner on 3 minutes.
- Stand up and speak aloud their conversation.
+ Suggestion:
A: Which film do you like best?
B: Oh, I like the film “Boys over flowers” best.
A: Where did you see it?
B: I saw it on the Internet.
A: Really, What kind of film is it?
B: That is a love story film.
A: Who are the main characters?
B: The main characters are Gu Jun Pyo and Geum
Jan Di.
A: How do you feel about it?
B: It’s is exciting and moving.
A: Why do you prefer it to other films?
B: Because 4 main characters are very handsome.
V. Review and Homework: (3 minutes)
- Review some basic points in the lesson.
- Ask Ss to write the homework into the notebook.
- Ask Ss to prepare the new lesson: Unit 13 – Films
and Cinema – Listening.

- Listen to the review to remember.
- Learn by heart the vocabulary.
- Do all the tasks at home again.
- Prepare the next lesson.
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