lesson plan _ English

Hanoi Department of Education and Training

Hanoi – Amsterdam
specialized high school

English 11 Intensive

E- lesson design contest

Unit 1: Friendship

Lesson 4- Writing a narrative
about best friends
1. Objectives: Ss will be able to:
 Write about a friend within 130 - 150 words based on suggested
word cues or idea prompts
2. Duration: 45 minutes
3. Aids: Textbook, board and chalk, OHP, TV, pictures on ppt slides, transparence
papers and markers in different colors
4. Stages of the lesson:
Stage
Time
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
Warm up
5
Greets students and introduces the topic of
Greet T and Listen to
the T ‘s instruction
minutes FRIEND on ppt slides

Show some pictures of some characters on the Ppt
slides
Asks 4 groups of students to compete by listing
adjectives that can be used to described characters’
appearance as many as possible (on board)
Checks and counts the numbers of written words
and announces the winning groups.
Marks/ gives bonus marks or lucky stars
Some descriptive adjectives:
Attractive, chubby, slender, bald, curly, heavy,
short, green, muscular, fair, fat, stocky, tall,
thin, thick, pointed, etc.

Prewriting

15
minutes

Task (a):
Introduces the words to describe personality
- Asks Sts to work individually and volunteer to
come to the Board to write the words from the
transcripts and match them with their meanings.
(All the words are from the passage in English 11
page 20).
Marks Sts with good answers
- Asks Sts to read the words out loud twice
- Asks the Ss to work in pairs, read and complete
the passage by filling the practiced words.
(Table of given words on page 20 is hidden)

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Play the competition
game.
Work in 4 groups
Make a list of
adjectives to describe
these people
Write the words on
board.

Listen to T and
volunteer to work
individually on board.
Listen to the passage
and note down the
required words


Remind the Ss that there is one word which is
repeated three times.
- Asks Ss to give their answers in turn.
- Checks their answers.
1. tall
2. slim
3. short
4.
appearance
- Work in pairs and do

5. controlled
6. smart
7. vicious
task (a)
8. shy
9. timid
10. imbecile
11. imbecile
12. imbecile
13. terrified
- Asks Sts to re- read the passage and identify the
linking words: unfortunately, however, furthermore, - Check answers
because, and… the logic outline of the passage
Topic sentence  Supporting sentences 
Concluding sentence
Task (b):
- Introduces the objective of the exercise: Help the
Ss practice how to link ideas to make a logical
passage.
- Asks Ss to read the sentences and quickly rearrange the sentences in a logical order.(Sts work
in groups)
- Invites 1-2 Sts to read the topic sentence and
invites Sts in turn to continue the paragraph by
reading the next sentences in the logical order
out loud.
- Listens and checks
- Gives the correct order and explanation
with focus on the organisation of the
passaage:
+ Topic sentence: introduce the topic: Who is the

person? When did you meet his/ her? How did you
build up the relationship
+ Supporting sentences: Appearance &
Personality (first impression, some key features
and examples or details to support the features
mentioned…)
+ Concluding sentence: How is the relationship?
What are you two doinng to blossom the frienship?
Whilewriting

20
minutes

- Plays the audio clip in which a song about best
friends is sung to arouse deep feelings and bring
back sweet merories about Sts’ dearest friends
with song lyrics appearing on ppt slides (3minutes)

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- Read the passage
and identify the linking
words.
- Answer T’s guided
questions

Read and rearrange
the
sentences
in

groups
Listen and compare
answers

- Listen to the song


Wrap up

5
minutes

- Asks all students to write a passage about their
friends on transparence papers basing on the
passages in task (a) and (b) while some Sts write
on board. (10- 12 minutes)
- Reads 1-2 resulting passages on transference
papers, Corrects mistakes and gives comments(6
minutes)
- Asks 1- 2Sts to talk about their best friends. (4
minutes)
- Listens and marks the speeches with comments
- Reviews words on appearance and personality
by playing word game: look at the pictures on Ppt
slides and guess the words (3minutes)
Gives Homework: Find at least 10 idioms /
expressions/ sayings about friendship in both
Vietnamese and English
- Says goodbye

-

Write
a
passage about
a friend

- Volunteer to speak
about best friends
- Play the games and
note
down
the
homework
Say goodbye

Reference
Describing people (p57, Writing Tasks – David Jolly, Cambridge University Press)
Describing personality (p72, Objective First Certificate, Annette Capel Wendy Sharp,
Cambridge University Press)
Unit 5 - Describing people (p93, From Writing to Composing, Beverly Ingram, Carol
King, Cambridge University Press)
Chart of transitional signal (last page), From Academich Writing by Alice Oshima
(Oxford University Press)
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