Unit 2-English 11

Tan Lam High School Lesson plan English 11
Date of planning:
Period 7: Reading
Unit 2: Personal Experiences
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A. OBJECTIVES:
I. Knowledge: - Develop such reading micro-skill as scanning for specific ideas,
identifying the sequence of events and guessing meaning in context.
- Use the information they have read to discuss the story.
II. Skills: Speaking, writing, reading
B. PROCEDURE:
I. Settlement: Checking attendance
II. Checking:
III. New lesson: Reading
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
Warm-up
Ask Ss some questions about their most unforgettable
experience
1. When did it happen?
2. Where did it happen?
3. Who was involved?
4. How did it happen?
5. How did affect you?
Pre-Reading
Get Ss to work in pairs and try to make sense of the
pictures on pages 22. Then T gets them to put the
pictures in the order that they think is most
appropriate.
T elicits their answers by asking questions and giving
prompts.
1. What can you see in the picture A?

2. What do you see on the table?
3. Whose money do you think it is? Why?
Pre-teaching Vocabulary
1. embarrass (v) = make sb confused or ashamed
- embarrassed(adj)
- embarrassing(adj)
- embarrassment(n)
2. experience(n) = event or situation that affects sb in
some way
3. idol(n) = someone greatly loved or admired
4. glance (n/v) = look at somebody quickly
- glance at sb/sth
5. Be busy doing sth
- Be busy with something
6. note(n) : banknote
Individual
Pair work
Look at the pictures and guess what
is happening in each of them.
Whole class
Ex: I’m sorry. I can’t go with you
now. I am busy with my homework.
I’m busy doing my homework.
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7. make a fuss = make an important thing important or
more important
8. sneak (adj)
Play the cassette and ask Ss to listen
Ex: Do you want the money in the

notes or coins?
While-Reading
Task 1
Get Ss to read the passage silently and then do task 1
Check the answers with the whole class.
Task 2
Get Ss to read the text silently again and then with a
peer work out the sequence of the pictures given on
page 22 again.
Call on a student to give and explain his / her answer.
Give corrective feedback.
Task 3
-Ask students to read the questions in task 3 and
answer them in groups.
- Ask representative of each group to give oral answers
and write them on the board.
- Give feedback
Individual work & whole class
Answers
1. glanced
2. making a fuss
3. embarrassing
4. idols
5. sneaky
Individual& pair work
Answers:
1. d 2.b 3.c
4. f 5. e 6.a
Suggested answers:
1. She wished to have a red hat-a

floppy cotton hat ( like the one her
star idol wore in her video clip)
2…...so that she could buy the hat
(for herself.)
3. She saw a wad of dollar notes
(exactly like the one that her father
had given her).
4. Because she thought the boy had
stolen her money / it was her money.
5. She bought the pretty hat of her
dream.
Post reading
-Ask students to discuss the questions in group:
1. How did the girl in the story feel when she
discovered that the money she had taken was not hers?
(embarrassed, sad, ashamed, unhappy, terrible,
uncomfortable, anxious, …)
2. What did the girl have to do (when she discovered
that the money she had taken was not hers )?
( put a notice on T.V or at school, get on the same
bus on the next day to look for him, do nothing,
keep it a secret, tell her father everything and ask
him for advice,…)
- Ask some students to represent their talk in front of
class
Group-work
- Discuss in groups
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- Report before class

IV. Consolidation:
V. Homework:
- Write down the questions and the answers in the notebooks
- Study new words.
- Do the tasks in the notebooks.
- Prepare Speaking.
Date of planning:
Period 8: Speaking
Unit 2: Personal Experiences
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A. OBJECTIVES:
I. Knowledge: Identify structures that are used to talk about experiences and their
influences on one’s life.
II. Skills: Speaking, Writing
B. PROCEDURE:
I. Settlement: Checking attendance
II. Checking: Answer the questions
III. New lesson: Speaking
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
Warm-up
Have you ever” Game
T divides the class into groups of 3-4. Then T
models “Have you ever” + PP” for Ss as well as
ways to respond to “Have you ever” questions.
- Have you ever seen ghosts?
- Have you ever been to Da Lat?
- Have you ever sung in public?
- Have you ever spoken English to you friends
(teachers, foreigners…)?
- How did you feel when you spoke English to

them?
Pre-Speaking
Task 1
T introduces the task and gets Ss to do it
individually, and then compare the answers with a
peer.
T calls on a student to read his answers.
T introduces the structure
Make + sb + V
Make + sb + adj
T gives the feedback.
Group work
Individual
- Give answers
Individual/ pair work
Match the things you might have done or
experienced in box A with how the
experience might have affected you in box
B.
Ex: He made me work hard
Ex: Don’t make her sad.
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Suggested answers:
1. d 2. c
3. a 4. d 5. e
While-Speaking
Task 2
Present perfect: used with “ever” to talk about a
past experience.

Past simple: used when one keeps asking about
that experience.
Ask Ss to work individually on the sequence of
the conversation and then find a peer to compare
their answers with.
Check with the class and give corrective feedback.
Whole class
Ex: Have you ever been to Ha Noi?
Ex: When did you go there?
Who did you go with?
Did you enjoy your visit in Ha Noi?
Suggested answers:
3. h 4. a 5. e 6. g
7. c 8. f
Post speaking
Task 3
- Give students useful structures
+ Have you ever………….?
+ How did it happen?
+ When/ Where did it happen?
+ How did the experience affect you? / How did
you feel?
Get Ss to ask and answer questions about their
experiences, using the suggested questions on
page 26.
T goes around to check and offer help.
T calls on some pairs to perform their
conversation in front of the class.
T elicits feedback from the class and gives final
comments.

Pair work
Suggested conversations:
1.
A. Have you ever failed an exam?
- Yes, I have.
B. How did it happen?
- I didn’t study well enough for exam.
C. When did it happen?
- Last year.
D. How did you feel/ How did it affect you?
- I felt disappointed/ sad/ depressed.
2.
A. Have you ever travelled to other parts of
the country?
- Yes, I have.
B. When did you travel?
- In 2002.
C. How did it affect you?
- It made me love our country more / I
learned more about different places in our
country.
3.
A. Have you ever talked to a famous pop
star?
- Yes, I have.
B. Where did you meet him/ her?
- At a party
C. How did it affect you?
- It was interesting to talk to famous pop
stars.

- It changed my attitude to/ towards/ famous
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pop stars.
IV. Consolidation: T summarises the main points of the lesson.
V. Homework:
- Write a paragraph about a past event that has had an influence on you.
- Learn by heart some new words.
- Prepare part C: Listening
Date of planning:
Period 9: Listening
Unit 2: Personal Experiences
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A. OBJECTIVES:
I. Knowledge: - Develop such listening micro-skills as intensive listening for
specific information and taking notes while listening.
- Help students improve their listening skill.
- Help them understand the conversation and do Task 1, 2
II. Skills:
B. PROCEDURE:
I. Settlement: Checking attendance
II. Checking:
III. New lesson: Listening
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