Giáo án Tiếng Anh 11 Unit 2: Personal experiences

Giáo án Tiếng Anh 11
UNIT 2 : PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
A:

READING

I .Objective : By the end of the lesson ss will be able to :
- scan read specific information
- understand the text and express their ideas about past experiences
II. Materials : text book ,pictures ,charts ,hand out
III. Anticipated problems:
Ss may need help with the discussion task.
IV: Procedures:

Stage/Time
Warm up

Procedure
Game : jigsaw reading :
Devide the class in 4 or 5 groups
Give each groupa hand out with a phrases of
explaination on
Tell ss to read the phrases and find out the words then
conpine the first letter of all these words to form the
key word

Interaction
Group work


The first group find it will win the game

Check ss 'understanding of instructions have ss start the
game
These are the phrases on the hand out
1. the biggest land animal

Elephant

2. the short form of christmas
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3. the object we use to write with

X- mas
Pen

4. part of our body that allows us to see thing .Eyes
5. the opposite of "wrong "
Right
6. another word of "sick "

ill

7. part of our body that allows us to hear
Ears
8. part of our body that allows us to smell

Nose

9. the word for while ,red ,blue ,yellow … Colours
10.north ,south ,west and ……..

East
Key word : EXPERIENCE
Asking : 1.what is experience ?
It means: event or activity that affects us in some way
Have you ever been in an embressing situation ?
What did you do then ?
pre-

Lead in new lesson : personal experience


reading

Pre- teach vocabulary :
Provide some new words on the board.

Whole class

Explain the meaning and guide Ss to read.
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Activity 1:Reading and re- ordering :(task 2 in the
text book )

while
reading

Ask ss to work in pair to read the story and put the
pictures of the events in the order they happened in
the story

Call on some ss to give the answers
Check with the class

10

Feedback and give correct answers
Activity2 :question and answer : ( task 3 in the text
book )

Pair work

Ask ss to work in pairs to answer the questions .
Call some ss to write the answers on the board
Make correct if necessary
Feedback and give correct answers
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Discussion :
Put ss in to 4 or 5 groups
Ask them to express their opinions on the following

Pair work


questions;
a. have you ever been in such a situation as the
Post
reading

man's ?

b. what have you done to grow out of /over come it
?

Group work

c. what do you think the man should to do over
come his shyness ?
go around to control and give help if necessary
call on some ss to report a bout their groups 'discussion
give feed back and comments on what ss have
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telling a gain the story about the girl in the text book
Wrapping

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Individual
work


UNIT 2 : PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
B:

SPEAKING

I .Objective : By the end of the lesson ss will be able to :
- Talk about their personal experiences and how they affect their life
II. Materials : text book ,pictures ,charts ,hand out
III. Anticipated problems: Ss may have problem using present perfect and past

simple when talking about the past.
IV: Procedures:

Stage/Time
Warm up

Procedure
Telling the personal experience :
The first teacher tells ss a short story which makes her
fell shy.After that ask ss to tell their story .Teacher
should guide Ss some story in vietnamese
Go around and help Ss when they have difficulties
Example :
• One morning ,I got up late .It was half past six
and school began at 7
• I quickly washed ,brushed my teeth ,dressed and

Interaction
Pair work


jumped on my bycycle and drove to school
• I went straight in to the class and greeted the
students
• After 2 or 3 minutes ,the Ss began laughing
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• I could'n understand why
• Suddenly ,I looked down and realized I had put
on one brown shoe and one yellow one

Lead in :that is one of the memorable past experience
in my life.I often fell ashamed when thinking of it .To
day we will talk about past experiences and how they
affect your life .

Task 1 : Matching :
Ask ss to work in pairs to match things they might have
Present

done or experienced in the box A and how experiences
might have affected them in box B
Call on some ss to give their answers

Pair work

Feed back and give correct answer :
1d
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2. e

3. b

4 .f

5. a

6. c

Ask ss : - what do you say to ask a bout some one'

experience that might have affected them ?
Expected answer :
 Have you ever …………?


 When did it happen ?
 What were you thinking and felling when it
happen ?
 How did the experience affect you ?
Task 2 : ask ss to work in pairs to put the lines of the
dialogue in the correct order
Go around to control and give help if necessary
Call on some ss to give the answer s
Practice
Feed back : b- d -g -h -a
Role- play drilling :
- Hang a chart with a dialogue
- Ask ss work in pairs to practice speaking the
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Pair work

dialogue
- Put the chart a way
- Call on some ss to act out the dalogue in front of
the class
- Give comments
Ask ss to work in pairs
Ask them to make a similar dialogue based on the

Product

structures and information in task 1 and task 2
Call on some pairs to act out their dialogues in front of
the class
Make corrections on pronunciation ,stress and

Pair work


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intonation
Asign home work

wrapping

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Whole class


UNIT 2 : PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
C:

LISTENING

I .Objective : By the end of the lesson ss will be able to :
- listen for specific information
- understand the passage

II. Materials : text book ,pictures ,CD player ,hand out
III. Anticipated problems: Some ss at the back may have difficulty in listening to
the CD player
IV: Procedures:

Stage/Time
warm up

Procedure
Game :guessing thing :
What is it ?
- devide the class in to 2 groups A and B and ask
ss to guess what is it ?
- read aloud some facts about the thing one by one
:
• it destroy buidings ,houses and forests

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• it can kill people
• it give out a lot of smoke

Interaction
Groupwork


• you need water to put it out
The group giving the correct answer first wins
The answer :

A FIRE

Lead -in :
Have you ever seen a fire ?
What will you do if there is a fire ?
The lesson to day is about the fire happening to
Christina 's family 13 years a go .
Pre- teaching vocabulary:
1. Memorable (adj) =unforgetable
Pre-

2. Scream(v) (action )

listening

3. Gas stove (n) ( picture)

Whole class

4. Appreciate (v): to recognize the good qualities of
some one or something
5. protect(v)
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ask ss to check all the words by making some
sentences for each situation
Task 1 : tell ss they are going to listen to interview
about the most unforgetable experience in Christina'life
Let 'ss to prepare in 3 mins
Ask ss to listen and tick what is true about her

while
listenning :

Play the tape second times

Individual


Go over the answer with the class
10

work

Expected answer:
1T

2. F

3. F

4. F

5.T

Task 2 :gap - filling
Tell to read throught the passage and guess the word in
each gap
Ask ss to listen to the recordings and fill in the gaps
Go around to control and give help if needed

Give feed back

Individual

Suggested answer:

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1. small

2. everything

5 .took

6. appreciate

work
3. family

4. replaced

Question and answer :
post
listening

Ask ss to work in pairs
Tell ss to listen again and answer the questions
Call on ss to give the answers
Check with the class
1. what is Christina' job ?

2. when did her most unforgettable experience


happen ?
3. what was she doing then ?
4. did the fire take many things from her ?
5. what did she realize after the fire ?
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Suggested answer :

Pair work

1. she is a bussiness woman
2. it happen 3 years a go
3. it started in the kitchen
4. yes, it is
5. she realize that the family was more important
than things
ask ss to retell the story

Wrapping
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Whole class


UNIT 2 : PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
D:

WRITING

I .Objective : By the end of the lesson ss will be able to :
- write the personal letter
- tell their memorable past experience
II. Materials : text book ,pictures , hand out .
III. Anticipated problems: Some ss may be too shy to express themshelves even
in writing
IV: Procedures:

Stage/Time
Warm up

Procedure
Game : guess what ?
- Show a picture of a person sitting in a restaurant with
a bowl of soup in front ,and a waiter at his side
- Ask ss to read the exchange between the man and the
waiter and guess what the man 's response is /what the
reason is ?
- Suggested answer : Because I haven't got a spoon
- Elicit experiences from ss " this is some thing

Interaction
Whole class


happening in a restaurant .Have you ever had an
embarrassing experiences in the rastaurant "?

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- Note down Ss' ideas
- Transition :
The man had an embarrassing

experiences at a

restaurant and he wrote to tell his friend about it .Do
you want to share your experiences with your friend ?
To day we will learn how to write a personal letter
telling friend about a past experiences

Eliciting : elicit the steps of a personal letter from ss
Whole class
1 .greeting
2. Date (when it happen )
Present
3. The story ( the experience )
4. Closing
5.Signature
Speaking :
Ask ss to work in pair to talk about their past
experiences or the most embarassing moment of their
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based on the main points:
• when it happened : two years a go /when I was in

grade 10/when I was 10………
• where it happened :in my house /at school / in
the street ….
• how was the experience affected you :it changed
my out look in life / it made me more careful a
bout / it made me appreciate ..more../I fetl
ashame at a mere thought of it ../it gave me more
confidence in …/it taught me a lesson …..
Call on some ss to tell their story
Give comments
Write a letter :
Ask ss to write a letter to a friend of theirs ,telling him
or her about one of their most memorable experiences
Go a round to control and give help with vocabulary
When ss have finished , collect ss' writings to mark at
practice

home

Peer correction :
Choose ne writing and ask a student to write on the
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board
Ask the rest of the class to correct their mistakes and
give comments.

Individual
work

Product

Give feed back and comments

Complete these sentences :
1. it /a hot day

Whole class

2. the man /stop / a small deserted beach

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3. he /not have / swimming trunk s
4. there be /no /people /in sight
5. the man /take off /all closes /swim out

wrapping
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Test 15 minutes(reading skill)

Reading the passage:

A Friend of Liberality

When I was in high school, there was a girl whom I disliked. I don’t know
why I disliked her. She had always been friendly towards me, and had never done
anything to cause to feel the same way I did about her. I was continually saying

unpleasant things to her, making fun of her, snubbing her.
One day as I was going home from school, the girl caught up with me and
told me that out teacher wanted me to come back for a while. I did not believe her
and walked on down the street, leaving the girl standing alone.


The next day when I got to school, out teacher asked me: “ Why didn’t you
come back to the school as asked you to? ” I said: “ I didn’t know you wanted me?
”. The teacher sent for the girl and asked her: “ Did you tell Rose to come back ? ”
The girl answered, “ I’m sorry, but I didn’t tell her; I couldn’t catch up with her ”. I
was surprised and suddently realized how pretty she was. I felt I ought to be
ashamed of myselt and I found out all my faults in comparison with her liberality.
* Choose the best answer.
1. Why did the writer dislike the girl?
A. Because the girl disliked her.
B. Because the girl was not friendly to her.
C. Because the writer didn’t feel comfortable with her.
D. The writer didn’t know why.
2. We can infer from the passage that. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A. the writer always did the best to help the girl.
B. the writer didn’t behave well towards the girl.
C. the girl didn’t behave well towards the writer.
D. the writer liked the girl very much.
3. The phrase “ making fun of her” in the passage means “. . . . . . . . . . . .”.
A. laughing at her
B. looking at her


C. playing with her
D. feeling funny when playing with her

4. How did the writer react when the girl told her that the teacher wanted to see
her?
A. She got very angry.
B. She went to meet the teacher.
C. She thought the girl was telling a lie.
D. She believed the girl.
5. Why did the girl tell a lie to the teacher?
A. Because she was afraid of him.
B. To avoid being punished by the teacher.
C. Because she thought the teacher would get angry if she told him the truth.
D. To help the writer avoid the teacher’s punishment.

* In each of the following sentences, there is ONE word which is not true
according to the reading passage. Find that word by cirling A, B, C or D

6. The girl had always been unfriendly towards the writer.
A

B

C

D

7. The writer was continually saying pleasant things to the girl.


A

B

C

D

8. When the writer was in college, there was a girl whom she disliked.
A

B

C

D

9. The writer felt happy when the girl didn’t tell the truth to their teacher.
A

B

10. The writer knows why she disliked the girl.
A

B

C

D

C

D


UNIT 2 :PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
E : LANGUAGE FOCUS
I .Objective : By the end of the lesson ss will be able to :
- distinguish the sound /m/ ,/n/, and /
- revise simple past,past perfect , past continuous tenses and talk
about the past
II. Materials : text book ,chart .
III. Anticipated problems: ss forget all knowledges that they have learnt
IV: Procedures:

Stage/Time

Procedure

Presentation 1 Pronunciation :
Listen and repeat :
- Read the words and ask ss to listen
- Read the words and ask ss to repeat
- Call some ss to read the words
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- Make correction where needed

Recognizing the sound
- write the phonetic sounds on the board

Interaction

Individual
work


1. /m /

2 ./n /

3./

/

- Ask ss to cose their book
- read the words and ask ss to say the number 1,2
or 3 corresponding to the sound
Practice the sentences:
Ask ss to work in pairs to practice reading the
sentences
Call on some ss to read aloud
presentation 2

Grammar.
Exercise 1.

Whole class

a.Presentation.
-T reviews the forms,meaning and uses of the

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present simple,present perfect and present

Individual

continuous.

work,pair

b.Practice.
-T gets Ss to do exercise 1 individually and then
find a partner to check their answers with.
-t checks with the whole class and gives the
answer.
Exercise 2.

work and
whole class


a.presentation.
-T reviews the forms,meanings and the uses of the
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past simple and past continuous.
b.Practice.
- T gets Ss to do exercise 2 individually and then
find a partner to check their answers with.

Individual

work,pair
work and
whole class

-t checks with the whole class and gives the
answer.
Exercise 3.
a.Presentation.
-T reviews the forms,meanings and the uses of the
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past perfect and compares it with other past
tenses.
b.practice.

work,pair

- T gets Ss to do exercise 3 individually and then

work and

find a partner to check their answers with.

whole class

-t checks with the whole class and gives the
answer.
Summarise the main points
wrapping

Individual

Assign homework.


3

whole class