-To brainstorm students some
vocabulary about friends.
-To help them get familiar with what
of a friend needs describing at their
level.
•Students work in groups of 5.
•In 1 minute, each group discusses and agrees
on the person (in their class) they would choose
to describe.
•Each person is responsible for one part and
completes his/ her part in 2 minutes.
•The representative of each group will read their
part.
•The rest of the class try to guess who he/ she is.
Name:……………..……………………………………
Your friend
Age:……………….…………………………….………
Sex:…………….……….…..………….………………
1
Personal
information
Home address:………………………..………………
When:……………………………….……..……………
2
When and where
you met him / her
Where:…………………….…….………..……………
Height:………………………….………………………
3
Physical
characteristics
Hair, eyes, face:……………….………………………
Clothes:………………….….…………………………
4
Personalities
(Manners)
5
What you like
about him/her
(Helpful, sincere, etc.) .……………………………
…………………………………………………………
…………………………..………………..……………
………………………………………………………….
Teaching aim:
To provide students with the format of a normal
letter.
Rule of the game:
Students are divided into two teams. Each group
takes turn to choose a number and answer the
question on it. There are two lucky (gain 1 mark
each) and two unlucky numbers (loose 1 mark
each) out of 9 numbers. Numbers 2 and 7 are lucky
numbers, while numbers 5 and 9 are unlucky
numbers. Which first group has more correct
answers will be the winner.
4.What
we
write
in the
the
Closing?
5.Where
do2.What
wenormally
normally
sign
theGreeting?
letter?
are these
parts?
3.Whatdo
do
we
normally
write
in
1.How
many parts
does
a personal
letter“Best
normally
have?
“Sincerely”,
“Your”,
“Love”,
“Cheers”,
wishes”,
1.How
many
parts
does
a
personal
letter
normally
have ?
Our
signature
normally
goes
4.What
do
we
normally
write
in
the
Closing?
The
heading,
the
Greeting,
the
Body,
the
Closing
2.What
are
these
parts?
“Dear”or
“Hello”/Hi
ect.plus
the
name
of
the
5.Where
do
we
normally
sign
the
letter?
3.What
we normally
writethat
in the
Greeting?
5
parts
“See
youdo
soon”,
ect.
and
after
we
put
a comma.
and
the
Signature.
under
the
Closing.
person we are writing to and a coma at the end.
To provide students with some vocabulary
related to organizing a party. This can provide
students
•Please sit into groups of 4.
•Put the given things into
correct circles.
•Which first group has the complete
network will be the winner.
DECORATION
ACTIVITIES
PARTY
FOOD AND
DRINKS
CLOTHES
coloured lights
suit
T-shirt
flowers singing meat
candy
jeans playing games
milk shirt balloons cake
bread
mineral water
dress
dancing
Unit 4
VOLUNTEER WORK
Game: Teachers use this game to
lead to the lesson.
Students in 4 groups look at some
pictures and find one common phrase
that the person in these pictures will say.
The group that first gives the right
answer will be the winner.
Picture 1
Picture 2
Thank
? you
Picture 3
Thank
?
you
Picture 4
Thank
?
you
Thank
?
you
To teach vocabulary and lead students
to the lesson.
•Sit into groups of 4.
•Discuss to match the expressions with
the correct graphs.
•Which group finishes first and has the
correct answers will be the winner.
1. fluctuate
2. gradually decrease
3. slightly increase
4. remain in the same
5. drop sharply
6. rise considerably
Help students know the format of a
letter responding to a letter
requesting for information, which
can facilitate their writing.
Students (in groups of 4) observe the
cues of a letter, then reorder them as
they appear in a letter.
The group that first gives the right
answer will be the winner.
a. (Body of the letter)
b. (Greeting) Dear Thu Trang,
c. (Opening) I am writing in response to your letter requesting
information on …/ I am writing in reply to your letter asking for
information on …
d. (Closing) Do not hesitate to contact me should you require further
assistance.
/ I hope you find this useful …
e. (Date) 29th October, 2006
f. (The receiver’s address)
Thu Trang
140 Kham Thien St, Dong Da District
Hanoi, Vietnam
g. (Name and position of the writer)
Kate Johnson
Secretary of the English Speaking Competition
Language centre
h. (Signature)