Unit 9: Writing 11BC

Date: 27 / 12 / 08 Unit: Nine Period: 58
LESSON PLAN
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A. OBJECTIVES
I. Knowledge: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
- Write a formal letter to express their evaluation of service.
II. Skills: - Writing
B. PROCEDURE:
I. Settlement (1'): Who is absent today?
II. Checking (5'): Call on Ss to give some vocabulary of the previous lesson
III. New lesson: Part D: WRITING
TEACHER'S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS' ACTIVITIES
I. Warm up: (5')
Crossword Puzzle
(to help Ss revise the new words)
- Divide the class into small groups of 3-4
and distribute the handout. Ss do the puzzle in
their groups.
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2
3
4
5
1. The...hours of General Post Office run
between 7 am and 9 pm
2. If you want to send money to your relatives
who live in another city, you can use the
money...service at any post office in your
neighbourhood.
- The topic of the lesson today: writing a
formal letter to express their evaluation of

service.
- Work in groups and give answers.
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T U
R D S
A P E I
N A L N
S E R V I C E
F C V S
E E E S
R L R
Y
3. Newspaper...is sometimes late.
You expect to have your paper at
6:30 am but it does not come until
afternoon
4. You’ve got a big...to pick up at
the post office
5. I like the flower
telegram...offered at my
neighbourhood post office.
- Listen and take notes
II. Pre-writing (10') TASK 1:
- Explain the task and get Ss to read through
it.
- New words:
+ pickpockets (n):
- Listen and read through it.
- Look at and take notes
+ kẻ móc túi

+ arrogant (a):
+ punctual (a)
+ security condition:
- Ask Ss to work in pairs talking about things
that they like and do not like about the
services at Thanh Ba Post office or a post
office they know
- Elicit answers from Ss, write good answers
on the board and help Ss express their ideas.
Review the structures that are used for
expressing likes / dislike and opinions.
+ kiêu ngạo
+ đúng thời gian
+ điều kiện an ninh
- Work in pairs talking about things
that they like and do not like about
the services at Thanh Ba Post office
- Give answers and listen
III. While-writing (13') TASK 2
- Guide Ss to work out the structure of the
letter they are going to write
Opening Introduce who you are
Say the purpose of your letter
First
paragraph
Say about what you like about
the service
Second
paragraph
Say about what you do not

like about the service
Make suggestion if possible
Closure Thank the recipient for their
time and attention
Goodbye
- Review the structures:
+ it would be a good idea to..., if I could make
a suggestion, that would be about..., I would
suggest...,
- Check the answers with the class.
- Get Ss to work individually to write the
letter in 10 minutes.
- Go around to observe and offer help
- Work in pairs
- Work individually to write letter
in 10 minutes.
* Dear Sir
I have been using the services
provided by Thanh Ba Post Office
for years and I am writing in
response to your call for customers
to express their satisfaction or
dissatisfaction towards the post
office’s services.
Like many other customers, I find
your post office a well-equipped
and reliable address for our postal
and telecommunication needs.
Firstly, I am impressed by your
spacious place for transaction. The

seats in the lobby are pretty and
always clean. The nine telephone
boxes are always available so
customers do not have to wait to
make their calls.
...
IV. Post-writing (6')
- Ask Ss to exchange their writing with
another student for peer correction.
- Go around and collect mistake and error
- Choose one letter and read it to the class
- Write Ss' typical errors on the board and
elicit self and peer correction.
- Exchange their writing with
another student for peer correction.
- Listen and take notes
- Listen and take notes
IV. Consolidation (3'): - Summarize the main points of the lesson
V. Homework (2'): - Ask Ss to improve their writing.
- Ask Ss to learn by heart the new words and prepare Part
E - Language Focus