Unit 11_advanced E12_language focus

Ha Noi National University
College of Foreign Languages
English Department
English Advanced 12- Lesson Plan
Unit 11: Books
Language Focus
Lesson Plan
• Supervisor: Nguyen Thi Thao
• Teacher: Tran Thi Thanh Mo
• Date of teaching: March 5
th
, 2009
1. Class description
- Level: 12
th
form student, intermediate
- Class size: 42 female students of class 12D1, Yen Hoa high school
2. Time 45 minutes
3. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to :
- Use compound adjectives correctly
- Distinguish between transitive and intransitive verbs
4. Teaching aids: Text book, hand outs, chalk.
5. Skills: language use and writing.
6. Procedure:
Time Procedure Aims/
1
Arrangement
I.
Warm-
up
5’

- Game: Match up
- Divide sts into group of 4, give each group a set of word
card.
- Get sts to match the words so that they form compound
adjectives then write on the board
- The first team with the most correct adjectives is the
winner
- Declare the winner
- Suggested answers: Blued-eyed, good-natured, open-
minded, straight haired, cool-blooded, old-fashioned.
Transition: part of our lesion today focuses on this type of
compound adjectives.
Write on the board: Unit 11: Books- Language Focus
Sts work on
groups and
match the
adjectives.
II.
Word
study
5’
7’
Compound adjectives: adj+ noun+ ed
Activity 1: Match to form adjective compounds(taks a, p
143)
- Ask sts to match an adj in column A with a suitable noun in
column B and then add –ed to the noun to form an adj compound
- Have sts work in pairs to compare answers
- Call one sts write the answer on the board then check with the
whole class.

- Check the meaning of new words
Sts do task a,
individually and
compare with
their partners
Activity 2: gap filling(task b, p 143):
- tell sts to read the sentences and fill in each space with a
suitable compound adjectives just formed in the task a,
- Answer key:
Sts do the
task
invidualy
Activity 3: Rewrite sentences using compound
adjectives (handouts)
- Pair off sts and give out handouts
- Tell sts to rewrite the sentences using compound
Sts work in
pairs
2
8’
adjectives
- When they finish, call one sts to write their answer
on the board and check with the whole class
- Invite class to give opinions and comments.
- Give feedback and comments.
Expected answers:
1. His girl friend is a curly-haired and brown-eyed
young girl.
2. In my opinions, a judge must be open-minded.
3. A social worker should be kind-hearted.

4. A mountain climber needs to be cool- headed and
strong- willed.
5. The director seems absent-minded now. This
morning he wore two different colored socks.
III.
Gramm
ar
6’
7’
Transitive and Intransitive verbs
1. Intransitive verbs are those used without an object
- E.g: The sun rises in the East
- She walks to work.
2. Transitive verbs are those that must have an direct object.
And only transitive verbs have passive form, but not all
of them can be changed into passive form
- The woman bought a lot of flowers.
- He repeated the questions.
- I have a car (Not: a car is had by me)
Activity 1: complete the chart(p.144-145)
- Tell sts to read through the passage, and dicide if the
verbs underlined are transitive or intransitive and put
them in the correct coloumn.
- Tell sts to consider the phrase following each verb,
whether it is a noun phrase or adverbial phrase.
- Have sts to compare answer with their partners
- Call sts to write the answer on the black board then check
the answer with the whole class
Sts listen
and copy

down on
their
notebook
Sts do the
task in the
text book
3
7’
Activity 2: change into the passive (Handouts)
- Give handouts
- Tell sts to change the sentences into passive voice if it is
possible.
- Remind sts to pay attention to the verb phrase
- Have sts to compare their answers with a partner.
- Call a sts to write the answers on the board
- Check with the whole class
IV.
Home
work
Tell sts to prepare for the next period.
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