Lesson plan 12-Unit 4-Writing

Date of preparation : 16.10.2008. Unit 4 : SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM
Date of teaching : 18.10.2008 Period:4 Section: Writing

I AiMS AND OBJECTIVES :
 Language content:
- To introduce some new words relating to the topic.
- To describe school education system in VietNam
- Vocabulary : Review the previous knowledge
- Structure : The simple present
 Language function:
+ Writing a passage about the formal school education system in Vietnam
+ Educational aim: Students learn how to understand the school education system in
VietNam
+ Skill : Integrated skills : writing
II. TEACHER AND STUDENTS’ PREPARATION:
1. Method : Communicative Approach.
2. Techniques: Repetition, explanation, group work, asking – answering.
3. Materials needed : Textbook, pictures, real thing.
1. Students’ preparation :
2. Previous exercises:
III. PROCEDURE IN CLASS.
1. Stabilization : (2ms)
a. Warm – up : Greetings.
b. Checking absence : Who’s absent today ?
2. Checking up previous knowledge:
Time needed: (5ms)
Questions : -
2. Presentation of the new material :
Time Teacher’s activities Student’s
activ
ities

The content of the lesson
3ms
1. Warm up
- Ask students some questions about
school education systems in
Vietnam.
1. How many levels of educations
are there in your school system?
2. How long does it take to complete
each level?
3. How many classes are there in
each level?
4. When do children start Grade I?
Answer the
questions
Unit 4 : SCHOOL EDUCATION
SYSTEM
Period 4: Section : Writing
10ms
15ms
(1- 3
2- Primary: 5 years/
Lower secondary- 4 years/ upper
secondary - 3 years )
- Lead Ss to the new lesson: “write a
paragraph on the formal school
education system in Vietnam”
T introduces the topic:
Pre-writing:
- Teacher introduces the task: In

about 150 words, write a paragraph
on the formal school education
system in Vietnam, using the
information given in Speaking Tasks
on page 47. You may follow the
suggestions below:
- Levels of education:
primary (5 years; start from the age
of 6)
lower secondary (4 years)
upper secondary (3 years)
- Compulsory education: 9 years
(primary & lower secondary)
- The academic year: 35 weeks (9
months, from September to May)
- School terms: 2 terms: term 1 (Sept
- Dec.), term 2 (Jan. - May)
- Time of the national examination
for GCSE (early June)
- Guide Ss to write.
1. Topic Sentence
2. Supporting Details
3. Closing Sentence
- Walk round the class to give Ss
assistance.
While-writing:
- Ask Ss to write
- Call on some Ss to read out their
writing in front of the class.
- Ask Ss to exchange their writings

for peer correction
- Correct mistakes.
Suggested answer.
The formal school system in Vietnam
consists of two levels of education,
Listen to
individual
Copy down
Write on the
board
New words

7ms
primary and secondary education.
The children start Grade/ Year 1 at
the age of 6 and they normally
complete the primary education at the
age of 10. They move to lower
secondary school to study in Grade 6
when they are eleven years old. They
will finish nine-year compulsory
education when they complete Grade
9 at the age of 14. The children may
go to upper secondary schools if they
pass all the subjects tested at the end
of Grade 9. They will stay there until
they complete Grade 12 at the age of
17. If they want to sit for the entrance
exam to universities or colleges they
have to take the national examination

for GCSE which takes place at the
end of Mayor beginning of June. The
academic year in Vietnam runs from
September to May and is divided into
two terms. The first term ends in
January with a week holiday and the
second term finishes in May before a
long summer holiday comes.
Post- writing:
- Ask Ss to read the paragraph again.
- Give remarks on the writing
5. Consolidation
Confirms the content of the lesson.
The formal school system in
Vietnam consists of two levels of
education, primary and secondary
education. The children start Grade/
Year 1 at the age of 6 and they
normally complete the primary
education at the age of 10. They
move to lower secondary school to
study in Grade 6 when they are
eleven years old. They will finish
nine-year compulsory education
when they complete Grade 9 at the
age of 14. The children may go to
upper secondary schools if they pass
all the subjects tested at the end of
Grade 9. They will stay there until
they complete Grade 12 at the age of

17. If they want to sit for the
entrance exam to universities or
colleges they have to take the
national examination for GCSE
which takes place at the end of
Mayor beginning of June. The
academic year in Vietnam runs from
September to May and is divided
into two terms. The first term ends
in January with a week holiday and
the second term finishes in May
before a long summer holiday
4. Homework: (2ms)
Asks Ss to revise their writing
5 Preparation for the next lesson (1m)
- Prepare for section : Language focus
- Self – evaluation :……………………………………………………………………..
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