Giáo án Tiếng Anh 11 Unit 6: Competitions

GIÁO ÁN ENGLISH 11
UNIT 6: COMPETITION
READING
I. Aims: -To introduce some vocabulary about competition
-After the lesson students can get more knowledge about competition, the rules,
main activities.
II. Teacher and students’ preparation:
Textbooks, pictures, handouts, pictures, video clips, power point
III. Procedure:
Teacher ‘s activities

Students’ activities

*Warm up: (pictures )

Students watch some video clips

Watching some video clips: SaoMai Television

about SaoMai Television Singing

Singing Contest

Contest and answer the question.


Questions: 1. What event is it?
2. Do you like taking part in it?
3. What do you think the rules were?
4. Can you make a guess about the sponsor of the
competition?

5. What do you think the main activities?
I. Pre-reading:
Task 1:*Look at the pictures and match with these
words
-

Sao Mai Television Singing Contest

-

Quiz: “ Road to Mount Olympia “

-

Olympic Games

-

London Marathon

*Work with a partner. Answer the following
questions
1.

Do you like taking part in competitions like

- 2 Ss go to the board and match

these? why or why not?
2.

Do you hope to win a competition? If so,

which competition do you like to win?
3.

Is winning the most important thing in a

competition? Why/ why not?
’II. While-reading

-Ss work with a partner

Task 1: Match the words or phrases on the left with discussing the answer to the
their definitions on the right.

questions in the books.


1. representative

2. annual

a. without problems or

-pair work

difficulties

-feedback

b. enthusiasm and
energy

3. stimulate

c. altogether or as a total
d. a person chosen or
appointed on behalf of

4. in all

another person or a
group

5. spirit

e. encourage or make
something more active

6. smoothly

f. happening or done
once every year

Task 2: Answer the questions
Game: “ lucky color “
1. Who took part in the annual final English
Competition last Saturday?
2. What was the aim of the competition?

3. Who sponsored the competition?
4. What did each group of students have to do
during the contest?
5. What did the judges have to do to choose the
winner of the competition?
6. What would be awarded to the winner?

-Handouts
-Ss work in pairs, read the text
and do task 1
Answer: 1d 2f 3e 4c 5b 6a
- Read new words after the
teacher.


Feedback:
1. The representatives of three classes of the
writer’s school took part in the annual final English
Competition last Saturday.
2. Its aim was to stimulate the spirit of learning
English among students
3. The student’s Parents Society sponsored the
competition.
6. The winner would be awarded a set of CDs for
studying English and an Oxford Advanced
Learner’s Dictionary.
Task 3: Read paragraph 3 again and complete the
sentences.
Feedback:
1. In activity 5, Hung was unable to complete the

poem.
2. ….. Group B became the winner of the
competition.
3. Group C lost the game because they just got 60
points.
4. Nga encouraged her group by saying “ For me

Ss work in pairs, answer the
questions in the textbook
- closed pair first
- Open pair
- Ss play the game
“Lucky color”.
Each pair takes turn to choose
their color, having a question at
the back. Then answer the
question

the most important thing was our participation in
the competition and the enjoyment we had from it”
III. Post-reading: Group work
- Read and translate the poem into Vietnamese.

Each correct answer will get ten
marks. If any pair gets the color
with the word “ lucky “, they will


- Collect the information about the annual final

receive the present

English Competition

-Teacher’s correction

Home work: - Practise talking about the passage.

- deciding the winner

- individuals
- Compare the answers with their
friends


UNIT 6: COMPETITIONS
Speaking
A. Aims:
-

Helping students practice asking information about types of competitions.

B. Method: Communicative Approach
C. Teaching aids: Textbook, Pictures, Hand-outs
D. Procedure:
Teacher ‘s activities

Students’ activities

I. Check-up: The Reading of Unit 6

- T calls one student to check the old

II. Warm-up: Answer the questions:

lesson

-

What is this competition?

-

Who is this competition for?

-

Where does it take place?

-

Do you like this game? Why/Why not?

- T shows a picture of the “Road to
Olympia” Quiz and elicits questions,
Ss listen and answer the questions.

III. New Lesson:
1. Task 1: Which competition/contest do you
like or dislike? Compare your answers with a

partner’s.
2. Task 2: Ask your partner how she feels about

- T explains some new words.
- Ss work in pairs to ask about their
choices.

each type of the competitions/conteSs in task 1
basing on the useful language.

- Pair work.

Useful Language

- T gives instruction and practises
conversation with a good student as a


-entertaining,

-encourages self-

model.

exciting, fascinating

study

- T calls some pairs to do the task.

- dangerous,

-promote

- Ss take notes

-simple-minded,

teamwork spirit

monotonous,
- too noisy
For example:
A: What do you think of the General
Knowledge Quiz?
B: Oh, it’s great. It’s an opportunity to test
your general knowledge.
3. Task 3:
Talk about a competition or contest you have

- Groups of 4.

recently joined or seen. Use the suggestions in

- T gives instruction and goes around

the textbook.

to give help when needed.

IV. Homework:
- Write a short paragraph (50- 60 words) about
the competition or contest you have discussed
in Task 3.

-

Ss take notes


UNIT 6: COMPETITIONS
LISTENING
AIMS: - Listen and number the pictures in their correct order
- Decide True or False statements
TEACHING AIDS: Books, posters, handouts, pictures.
METHOD: Communicative approach
PROCEDURE:
Teacher ‘s activities

Students’ activities

A. Check –up:

- T puts some questions.

B. Warm –up: Talking about the pictures

- Ss have a look at the pictures and answer

in the text book.

the questions to give the key word.

1. What are they doing?
2. What kind of competitions are they
participating in?


Boston marathon
C. New lesson
Activity 1: Asking and Answering:
1. What is the Boston Marathon?
2. Who do you think can take part in the
Boston race?
Activity 2: Vocabulary:

- Pair-work

1- Matching

- T asks questions. Students gives the

1.

officially

answers

2.

organization

3.

to achieve or register (the started

- Poster and cards

time, distance or speed)

- T sticks the poster of definitions and

4.

cards of word on the board.

a 26 mile distance

clock – race – formally – female – athletic - Ss choose and stick words next to the
– association – Kuscsik – McDermott

corresponding definitions

2- Listen and Repeat: Stop the bus

- Group-work

Activity 3: Remembering
1- The Boston marathon is held every

- Ss listen to the tape and repeat the word

year in the USA.

they hear after they say “Stop the bus”. (1

2- It began in 1897.

time)

3- Women were officially allowed to

- Group-work

participate in the races in 1957.
4- In 1984, 34 countries took part in the
marathon.

- cards/ group-work


Activity 4: Task 1: True - False

- T shows some cards of sentence quickly.
- Ss skim and read loud these sentences
- The group having more correct sentences
will win.

- Pair- work
Activity 5: Task 2: Answer the questions

- T asks Ss to listen to the dialogue about
the Boston Marathon and to decide
whether the statements are T or F. (2
times)
- Ss correct the false sentences
- T gives the feedback

Activity 6:

- Group-work.

1- Talking about the lesson, using

- Ss discuss the questions in the group of

numbers

4.

1897

- T asks Ss to listen again and answer the

1967

questions. (2 times)

1972

- T gives feedback

34
2 hours 50 minutes and 10 seconds

- Pair work

42

- Ss exchange their ideas with each other

13

- Three Ss write their answers on the board

2- Name some famous runners in Viet

- Ss listen to the tape again


Nam and say what is special about them.

- T gives feedback

. 1- Truong Thanh Hang got Asia Golden
medal (800m)
2- Vu Thi Huong got Asia Golden medal
(1000m)
3- Pham Dinh Khanh Doan got Asia
Golden medal (800m)

D. Homework: - Write a short paragraph
about Boston Marathon.

- Group work


UNIT 6: COMPETITIONS
Writing
A. Aims: Helping students know how to write a letter of reply.
B. Method: Communicative approach.
C. Teaching aids: Textbook, cards, poster, cassette player, handouts.
D. Procedure:
Teacher ‘s activities

Students’ activities

I. Warm-up: Reordering (Group work)
- Card 1: Yours faithfully

- Ss play the game in 2 teams.

-Card 2:

- T divides the letter on the text

I am interested in practicing English with native

book into many parts and then

speakers and

writes the content of its on 9 cards.

- Card 3: Dear Sir/ Madam

- T sticks the cards on the board

- Card 4: I read the information about the
English Speaking Competition on your Language
Centre ’s website
- Card 5: 140 Kham Thien st, Dong Da District

and asks Ss to reorder them in right
positions as a complete letter on a
blank poster.
- T plays a cassette player and the
game will end when the music

Hanoi, Vietnam

stops.

17th October, 2006

- The winner will be the one who

- Card 6:
I want to get some information about the
competition
- Card 7:

has more cards put in the right
positions.


Please provide me with your phone number
and e-mail.
I look forward to hearing from you soon
- Card 8: Thu Trang
Card 9:

- T asks Ss to look at the letter on

Could you please send me details of the

the board(book closed)

competition, the number of participants, entry

- T gives out some questions and

procedures, venue, date and time?

asks Ss to discuss them in pair work

II. New lesson: Writing a letter of reply
Activity 1: Discussion(Pair work)
1.

What kind of letter is it?

- T gives some details and asks Ss

2.

In what case do we write this kind of

to read the letter again and find out
the information required and share

letter?
3.

Which expressions do we use when asking

for information?
Activity 2: Read the letter and find out the
information required for the English Speaking
Competition.
a. Where to get information of the competition:
•

on language Centre ’s website

b. Why to take part in the competition
•

to practice English with native speakers

•

to get some information about the

competition

the answers with another.
- Ss work in pair work


c. What information the writer wants to know
about

- T explains some new words

•

number of participants

•

entry procedures

•

venue

•

date

•

time


-

- T asks Ss to write down some
expressions commonly used in
Vocabulary:

in group work.

participant: a person who participate in

sth.
-

writing a letter of reply on posters

- The winner will be the one has
Procedure: order or way of doing

more correct answers.

something
-

Venue: place where people agree to meet

-

Competition: contest



- T gives feedback

Activity 3:

Expressions used in writing a letter of reply
1.

Thank you for ……../ Thanks for…./

Thank you so very much….
2.

I’m very grateful to/ about……

3.

I’m sorry …

4.

It is with deep regret that…

5.

I’m afraid….

- T asks Ss to look at the details

6.

I’m very happy to know that….

given in the textbook to write a

- T divides the class into 4 group
and gives them posters.


7.

I really appreciate your …….

letter of reply to Thu Trang.

8.

We would like to thank you for….

9.

I/we receive your….. and feel that it is….

- T gives instructions, Ss listen and

10.

We would like to request that….

follow.

11.

In response for your request for…



Activity 4: Imagine you are Kate Johnson,

secretary of the English Speaking Competition.

- T goes around to give help when

Write a letter to respond to Thu Trang, using the

needed.

details below.

- Ss write the letter.

- number of participants: 25

- Ss. exchange their writings to

- Venue: 106 Tran Hung Dao Street, Hoan Kiem

correct the mistakes.

District, Hanoi

- T. asks a student to go to the

- date: 25th November

board and write down his or her

- arrival time: 7: 00 p.m; starting time: 8: 00 p.m writing.
- Phone number: (04) 9838188
- e-mail:
Key:

- T. corrects mistakes and asks Ss.
to copy down in their notebook.

28th October, 2007

Dear Thu Trang,
Thank you for your letter and welcome to our
English Speaking Competition. Here are some
details about the competition.
The number of participants is limited – just 25.

_ T gives handout to Ss and asks

The competition is held on 25 November, 2007,

them to do at home.

at 106 Tran Hung Dao Street, Hoan Kiem


district, Hanoi. It starts at 8.00 pm. Contestants
should be present one hour before the
competition for registration.
For more information please contact me on the
phone number: (04) 9838188 and e-mail:

Best wishes,
Kate Johnson
Secretary.
III. Homework: Write a complete body of the
letter with the words given (handout)
Dear Sir/ Madam,
I/ten year/ student/ High Ridge School. I /
involved/ Technology Project/ design/ make 3 D
calendar/ I /be/ grateful/ if/ send/ me
information/ samples/ concern/ 3D calendars.
Thank you/ help/ attention
Yours faithfully,


UNIT 6: COMPETITIONS
LANGUAGE FOCUS
AIMS: - Help students to pronounce sounds / tr /, /dr/ and /tw/

TEACHING AIDS: Books, posters, handouts, pictures
METHOD: Communicative approach
PROCEDURE:
Teacher ‘s activities

Students’ activities

A. Check – up:

- Teacher shows a picture.

B. Warm – up: Describing a picture

- Teacher puts questions and students

Questions:

answer.

1- What does he do?

- Teacher write the answers on the
board.

A taxi driver.
2- How long has he worked as a taxi driver?
For twenty years.

- T introduces three sounds / tr /, /dr/
and /tw/

- T reads these sounds (chorus )

3- What is he wearing?

- T has three Ss repeat them

Trousers, sweater and shirt
C. New lesson:

- Textbook, cassette

Activity 1: Introduce three sounds / tr /, /dr/
and /tw/
Driver

twenty

/ dr /

/ tw/

trousers
/tr/

Activity 2: Listen and repeat
Activity 3: Practise reading aloud these

- Students read loud these sentences
-A game: Listen and perform
- Teacher read loud the words.

- Students listen and perform as
directed.


sentences

/tr/: clapping their hands

1- John always enjoys traveling by train.

/dr/: stamping their feet

2- Jane’s teeth are troubling her.

/tw/: keeping silent

3- George is driving dangerously.

- If anyone does wrong, he or she will

4- Her new dress is an absolute dream.

have to do as teacher’s requeSs.

5- She has an amused twinkle in her eyes.

- T gives a situation.

6- Think twice before doing something.

- T gives the student a present and the

Activity 4: Listen and perform
Troops- dreadful-twin- dream- traffic- trip
Activity 5: Reported speech with gerund

student says:” Thank you”
- T reports the saying and write the
sentence on the board.
- T introduces Reported speech with

Ex: Lan thanked me for giving her a present.

gerund.

Note:

- T explains and students take notes

•

V + preposition + gerund

- Pair-work

•

V + O + preposition + gerund

- T asks students to match a verb with a

•

V + gerund

suitable preposition.

Activity 6: Do matching
Verbs
congratulate
apologize

Preposition
of
to

- Feedback
Congratulate on
Apologize for
Accuse of

accuse

from

Insist on

insist

against

Dream of

dream

about

Warn against/ about


warn

for

Thank for

thank

on

Confess to

confess

Forbade from

forbade

- T asks Ss Vietnamese meaning of

Activity 7: Exercise 1/page 74

these words.

Activity 8: Exercise 2/page 75

- T asks students change direct speech

Activity 9: Talking about some pictures

into reported speech
- Pair work

D- Homework:
1- Use the verb from the box to rewrite each
sentence in reported speech, beginning as
shown. Do not change the meaning.

- Group-work of 3
- Ss rewrite the dialogues in reported
speed, using gerund.