unit13-hobbies.E11

LESSON PLAN
I.AIMS: At the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
- read about hobbies.
- scan for specific ideas.
- skim read for general ideas.
II. RECENT WORK:
- Students have finished unit 12: The Asian Games.
III. APPROACH and TEACHING AIDS:
- Communicative approach, Grammar - Translation Method.
- Teaching aids: Blackboard (BB), chalk, text book (New English 11), pictures.
IV. TEACHING STEPS:
A. Classroom procedure: (5 minutes)
- Greeting
- checking the previous lesson
B. New lesson: (40 minutes)
Stages
Teacher’s activities Sts’ activities
1.Warm-up:7
minutes
Game: Cross word
Give Ss a cross word with the key
word is :Hobby. This cross word
has 7 clues:
1. An activity takes place in the
internet, we can talk without
speaking.
2. A kind of sport requires gun.
3. Game similar to tennis, played by
hitting a shuttlecock across a high
net.
4. It’s called “king sport”.

5. You will have to use rod and food
such as worms for this activity.
6. Which skill do you need to enjoy
Ss do the cross
word.
Page: 1
2.Pre-reading:8
minutes
3.While-reading:18
minutes
books ?
7. What do you go to karaoke for ?
( see appendix)
Key:
1. Chatting
2.Shooting
3.Badminton
4. Football
5.Fishing
6.Reading
7.Singing.
Key word: HOBBIES
Lead in:
What do you often do in your free
time?
Expected answer: I like reading
newspapers.
I like listening
music.
I like watching

TV.
………….
What is your hobby?
Expected answer: I like collecting
coins, stamps…
That’s good. Now you are going to
read a very interesting piece of
writing about hobbies. First of all, I
am going to help you with some new
words.
1. guitarist (n) :the person who play
the guitar.
2. accompany: play music to support
a singer or another instrument.(
3. accomplished (adj):skilled.
Ss answer the
T’s questions.
Page: 2
4. avid (adj):very enthusiastic , keen,
eager.
Avidly
5.tune: (n) series of musical notes
that are sung or played in a particular
order.
6.glass fish tank (n) a glass container
which is used to keep fish.
7. admire: have a good opinion of
s.b/s.th
My Tam is my favorite singer. I
admire her a lot.

8.continually: happening all the time
or very frequently.
9.modest: not very large, expensive,
important.
10.discarded (adj): thrown away.
-Let Ss listen to the tape 2 times.
Activity 1: Matching test
A. 1. accomplished 2.
accompanying
3. modest 4. avid
5. discarded 6. indulge
in
7. keep me occupied.
B. a. keep me busy b. well-
trained.
c. allow oneself the pleasure
d. thrown away
e. going with a singer, using a
musical instrument.
f. eager g.
humble.
Suggested answer:
1b 2e 3g 4f 5d 6c 7a
- Call some pairs to read aloud
their choices.
- Go over the answer with the
class.
Activity 2: True- false statements:
-T gives handouts.
- T asks Ss to read the text

individually to decide if these
Ss do the
matching test.
Page: 3
statements are true or false.
1. The writer is an accomplished
guitarist
2. The writer didn’t collect fish
from the rice field.
3. The writer has more local stamps
than foreign ones.
4. The writer is an avid stamp
collector.
Expected answer: 1.F 2.F 3.T
4.F
Activity 3:Questions- answers
-T divides the class into groups of
four.
-T ask each group to read the text
again and write down the answer to
the following questions.
1. What’s the writer’s first hobby?
2. Why does the writer admire his
uncle?
3. What’s the writer’s second
hobby?
4. How did he collect his fish?
5. Where does he collect stamps?
6. What does the writer do with the
less common stamps and with the

common ones?
Suggested answer:
1. It is playing his guitar.
2. Because he is an
accomplished guitarist and he
is good at accompanying
people by his guitar.
3. It is keeping fish.
4. He bought some fish from the
shop, some others collected
from the rice field near his
house.
5. He collects stamps from
discarded envelopes, his
relatives and his friends.
6. He keeps the less common
ones inside a small album.
Ss do the task
Page: 4
4.post- reading:6
minutes
5.Homework:1
minute
The common ones he usually
gives away to others or throws
them away.
Pair work:
T ask Ss to work in pairs to talk
about their hobbies, mentioning the
following things.

-What your partner’s hobby is.
- How much time he/ she spends on
it
-Ask whether he/ she collects
anything as a hobby.
- Ask if he/ she shares the same
hobby with any member of his/ her
family/ class.
- How much money he/ she spends
on his/ her hobby.
-Prepare the next part
-Learn the vocabulary
- Practise reading at home.
Ss answer the
T’s questions.
APPENDIX
Game: Cross word
1. An activity takes place in the internet, we can talk without speaking.
2. A kind of sport requires gun.
3. Game similar to tennis, played by hitting a shuttlecock across a high net.
4. It’s called “king sport”.
Page: 5