Unit 3-English 11

Tan Lam High School Lesson plan English 11
Date of planning:
Period 12: Reading
Unit 3: A Party
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A. OBJECTIVES:
I. Knowledge: Develop such reading micro-skill as scanning for specific ideas, and
identifying and correcting false statements. Use the information they have read to discuss
celebrations in their culture.
II. Skills: Speaking, Writing, Reading
B. PROCEDURE:
I. Settlement: Checking attendance
II. Checking: Do exercises in workbook
III. New lesson: Reading
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
Warm-up
Matching the celebrations with the correct images below:
Christmas Easter Halloween
Wedding Birthday
Valentine’s Day Thanksgiving
Pre-Reading
Ask students to look at the first picture in the book and ask
them some questions:
o Are they having a party?
o What party is it?
- Ask students to look at the second picture and ask some
questions:
o Are they friends?
o What are they celebrating?
o How old are the people in the picture?
o How do they feel?

o How long have they been married?
 The lesson today gives us some information about birthday
and wedding anniversaries in the US.
Pre-teaching vocabulary
Group work
Individual / Pair work
- Look at the first picture and
give answers
o Yes, they are
o It is a birthday party.
o No, they aren’t.
o A golden wedding
anniversary.
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- mark (v): đánh dấu
- milestone (n): an important event or stage in one’s life
- lasting (a): continuing a long time
- golden (a): made of gold
- golden anniversary: celebration of the 50
th
wedding
anniversary
- diamond anniversary: celebration of the 60
th
wedding
anniversary Whole class
While-Reading
Task 1
T gets Ss to read the passage silently and do Task 1.

T reads around the words carefully to find the answer.
T gets Ss to check their answers with a peer.
T calls on some Ss to write their answers on the board and ask
them to explain their choices.
T checks the answers with the whole class.
Task 2
T checks if Ss can identify and correct the wrong information
in Task 2 after their first reading of the passage.
T gets Ss to check their answers with a friend.
T calls on some Ss to present and explain their answers.
T gives feedback and correct answers
Individual work
Read the passage silently and do
Task 1.
Correct the mistakes.
Suggested answers:
1. eighth  sevenths
2. makes  eats
3. foods  presents
4. anniversaries  ages
5. months  years
6. 5
th
 50
th

7. silver  golden
Post reading
Ask Ss to work in small groups of 3 or 4 and discuss the
questions.

T goes around checking and offering help.
T calls on the groups to tell and explain their choice.
T gives corrective feedback.
Group-work
IV. Consolidation: T summarises the main points of the lesson.
V. Homework:
- Write a paragraph about how Vietnamese people celebrate their birthdays or wedding
anniversaries, based on the text they read in class.
- Learn new words by heart.
- Prepare Speaking.
Task 1
Answers:
Birthday Wedding
1. People sing a song

2. People eat cakes

3. People receive cards and gifts from friends and relatives

4. People joke about their ages


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Tan Lam High School Lesson plan English 11
5. People remember their wedding days

6. People go out to dinner

7. People blow out candles, one for each year.


Date of planning:
Period 13: Speaking
Unit 3: A Party
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A. OBJECTIVES:
I. Knowledge: Use appropriate language to talk about parties and negotiate how to
plan them.
II. Skills: Speaking, Writing
B. PROCEDURE:
I. Settlement: Checking attendance
II. Checking: Write the words
III. New lesson: Speaking
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
Warm up
Talking about a party
T asks Ss some questions about parties.
Do you like parties?
Have you ever been to a party?
Whose party was it?
On what occasion was the party held?
When did it take place? What time did it start and
end?
How were foods and drinks?
Was it fun?
Pre - reading
TASK 1:
T introduces the task and goes over the questions with
the class.
T gets Ss to do the task individually. T encourages Ss to
take notes while doing so.

T goes around the class to check and offer help.
Work in-group to answer the
questions.
Suggested answers:
 Yes, I do
 Yes, I do
 It was my
friend’s
 On her birthday
 Last month. It started at 6p.m and
added at 10 p.m.
 snack, pizza, chips, soft drinks
 Yes, it was
Do the task individually.
While – reading
TASK 2:
Are you the perfect partygoer?
1. Which kind of parties do you prefer?
- big / small / noisy / quiet parties
- parties with dancing and games
2. You find yourself standing with a complete stranger at
a party. What would you do?
- talk about yourself / the weather.
- try to get him or her talk about himself or herself
Work in pairs and tell each other about
the parties they have been to, based on
the outlines they have made for the
Task 1.
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3. At a party, what would you tend to drink?
- beer / soft drinks / mineral water
TASK 3
- Ask students to do Task 3 in pairs
- Ask some pairs to perform their talk before class.
A: I am wondering where I should hold my birthday
party.
B: Why don’t you have your birthday party at home? It’s
cosy and not very expensive.
A: I don’t know if it’s suitable to begin at 5 pm?
B:
• Why don’t you….
• You ought to…
• You should…
• I think you should…
• You’d better….
• If I were you I would…
* Where (home cosy, not expensive, not spending a lot of
time to prepare, not have to clean up…
* What time
* How many guests
* What to eat / drink (soft drinks, mineral water…/
chicken soup, green salad, steak, fired chicken, fish, beef,
hamburger, cake…)
* What to wear (dress, jeans, shirts, T-shirt, pullover,
skirt…)
* Which activities (singing, playing games, taking
photographs, give gifts…
Pair work
Do the practise with the expressions.

Ss will negotiate in order to come up
with a plan for their parties.
Post – speaking
TASK 4:
* Ask students to do Task 4 in groups, using the simple
past tense to report the past events.
* Give some suggestions.
* Ask some students to perform before class.
- The party was held at….
- It started at……and ended at…..
- There were about……….people.
- He / She served us….
- We took part in some activities such as…..
- We were all tired but happy.
* Correct common mistakes and give remarks.
Group work
Tell the rest of the class about their
party.
IV. Consolidation: T summarises the main points of the lesson.
V. Homework: - Write a paragraph about a party you have been to
- Prepare part C: Listening
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Tan Lam High School Lesson plan English 11
Date of planning:
Period 14: Listening
Unit 3: A Party
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A. OBJECTIVES:
I. Knowledge: - Develop such listening micro-skill as intensive listening for
specific information.

II. Skills: Listening, Writing
B. PROCEDURE:
I. Settlement: Checking attendance
II. Checking: Talk about the party you have been to
III. New lesson: Listening
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
Warm up
- Ask Ss to look at the picture in page 36, text book and
answer the question:
“What celebrations are in the pictures?”
Before you listen
Ask and answer the following questions.
Teacher reads out the questions and calls some Ss to
answer.
Questions:
 When do you like to celebrate your birthday party,
during the day or in the evening?
 What foods and drinks are often served at your birthday
party?
 What activities do you often have at your birthday
party?
- Check answers
Listen and repeat
- Let Ss read the words that will appear in the listening and
explain some new words.
gathering (coming together)
◊ decorated
◊ birthday cake
◊ restaurant
◊ slices

◊ icing
◊ clap (hit your open hands together)
- Call some Ss to read these words
While you listen
TASK 1
- Instruction: “Now you will hear about Mai’s birthday
party and decide whether these statements are True or
Whole class
- Look at the picture and answer the
question
Suggested answer:
A birthday party, a Valentine party.
Individual
Answer the question
- Whole class: Read out the words
- Some Ss: read out the words
Listen to teacher.
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Tan Lam High School Lesson plan English 11
False. You will listen twice”.
- Ask Ss to read through all the sentences and ask if there is
any sentence that they do not understand.
- Let Ss listen the first time.
- Ask if they can answer some questions.
- Let Ss listen the second time.
- Ask Ss to exchange their answer with their partner.
- Check the answer by calling some Ss
- Play the CD and stop when necessary
TASK 2
- Instruction: “Now you will listen again and answer the

questions in task 2, p 37 text book”
- Ask if Ss can guess or remember the answer.
- Play CD the first time.
- Ask them to exchange the answers the their partner.
- Play CD the second time.
- Call 2 Ss to go to the board and write the answers.
- Check the answer and play CD once more and stop when
necessary
- Check correct answers
After you listen
Ask students to talk about Mai’s birthday party.
(Teacher can ask some questions, if necessary)
◊ Where did Mai hold the birthday party ?
◊ How many people were invited to the party ?
◊ What time did the party start and end ?
◊ What did Mai’s mother serve the guests at the party?
- Ask some students to retell Mai’s birthday party before
class
- Correct mistakes and give feedback
- Read through the sentences.
- Listen to CD
- Exchange the answers.
- Present the answer.
1. F 2. F 3. F
4. T 5. F
Listen to CD
- Exchange the answers.
- 2 Ss write the answers on board
1. She was 16 years old.
2. She didn’t like having the party at

a restaurant because it is noisy and
expensive.
3. She served them soft drinks and
biscuits.
4. It was brought out at about four
thirty.
5. It was beautifully decorated with
pink and white icing
6. They clapped their hands eagerly
and sang “Happy birthday”.
7. It finished at about six in the
evening
Work in groups
- Retell Mai’s birthday party before
class
IV. Consolidation: T summarises the main points of the lesson.
V. Homework: - Asks Ss to write their parties.
- Prepare for the next lesson
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