unit 8 celebrations nguyen thi anh – english major 41a thainguyen university of education foreign languages faculty lesson plan unit 8 celebrations period 1 reading grade 11th class 11 a10 school luon

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<b>ThaiNguyen University of Education</b>

<b>Foreign Languages Faculty</b>

LESSON PLAN

UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS

Period 1: Reading
Grade: 11th
Class: 11 A10

School: Luong Ngoc Quyen high school

Coach: Vu Hoang Ha
Trainee: Nguyen Thi Anh
Date of planning: 28/11/09
Date of approval: 30/11/09
Date of teaching: 3/12/09
Time: 45 minutes

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<b>UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS</b>

<b>Lesson 1: Reading</b>

<b>I.</b>

<b>Objectives:</b>

By the end of the lesson, Ss will:

 Develop dictionary skills

 Decide on True or False statements
 Develop passage comprehension

<b>II.</b>

<b>Materials:</b>

Textbook, pictures

<b>III.</b>

<b>Anticipated problems:</b>

Ss have difficulties in guessing meaning of words, lack vocabulary

IV.

<b>Procedure</b>

Time Teacher’s activities Ss’ activities

5’

<b>_Warm-up</b>

<b>- Game: Matching</b>

<b>-</b>

T hangs 3 pictures (of celebrations of
Vietnam) and 3 phrases on the board:
Teachers’ day, Mid-autumn festival, Happy
women’sday.

<b>-</b>

T gives Ss 2 minutes to answer.

<b>-</b>

T has 3 Ss match phrases with these 3 pictures
on the board.

<b>-</b>

T checks and gives correct answers
(Appendix)

<b>-</b>

T asks Ss to guess what the topic today is
about.

<b>-</b>

T introduces the topic.

<b>-</b>

Look at the
board

<b>-</b>

Give answers

<b>-</b>

Checks their
answers

<b>-</b>

Guess the topic

10’

<b>_{Before-reading}</b>

<b>-</b>

T has Ss to open their books and look at the
picture on page 90.

<b>-</b>

T asks Ss to answer some questions:

<i>1. What’s the picture about?</i>
<i>2. What are they doing?</i>
<i>3. What did you do last Tet?</i>
<i>4. What do you enjoy doing at Tet?</i>

<b>Suggested answers:</b>

+ Tet holiday
+ Lucky money

<b>-</b>

Open their
books

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+ Peach blossom
+ Decorating the house
<i>+ Making bánh chưng</i>

<i>+ Eating special Tet foods</i>
<i>+ Visting pagoda</i>

+ Visting relatives and friends

<b>-</b>

T has Ss answer these questions above.

<b>-</b>

T asks Ss to read the passage on page 91.

<b>-</b>

T asks Ss to answer “What’s the passage
about?”.

<b>-</b>

T has Ss give new words

<b>-</b>

T explains meanings of new words, and then
reads and asks Ss to repeat them.

<b>-</b>

Give new
words and
write on the
notebooks

20’

<b>While-reading</b>

T has Ss read the whole text carefully and do task 1,
2, 3.

<b>Task 1:</b>

<i><b> Find what the following words mean in </b></i>

<i><b>the text.</b></i>

<b>-</b>

T has Ss read out the requirement of task 1

<b>-</b>

T checks Ss’ understanding.

<b>-</b>

T has Ss findout the new words given in task
1 in the passage

<b>-</b>

T asks Ss to guess the meaning of these words

<b>-</b>

T hangs the poster containing these 6 words
above and asks Ss to match

<i>1. Grand </i> <i>a. Apples mixed with sugar</i>
<i>2. Banner </i> <i>b. connected with farming</i>

<i>3. Sugared </i>

<i>apples</i>

<i>c. Large and important</i>
<i>4. Agrarian </i> <i>d. The state of feeling excited</i>
<i>5. Pray </i> <i>e. A piece of cloth with message </i>

<i>hung in public place</i>

<i>6. Excitement </i> <i>f. Give thanks or ask God for </i>
<i>help</i>

<b>-</b>

T calls some Ss to match

<b>-</b>

T checks and gives correct answers
1-c 4-b

2-e 5-f
3-a 6-d

<b>Task 2:</b>

<i><b> Decide whether the statements are true (T)</b></i>

<i><b>or false (F).</b></i>

<b>-</b>

T has Ss read out the requirement

<b>-</b>

Read the
requirement

<b>-</b>

Recall
meanings of
new words

<b>-</b>

Do task 1

<b>-</b>

Check their
answers

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<b>-</b>

T checks Ss’ understanding.

<b>-</b>

T asks Ss to work individually

<b>-</b>

T asks Ss to answer question 1-6

<b>-</b>

T has some Ss answer T/F (which line?
Which paragraph?) and if it is false, correct it

<b>-</b>

T checks and gives feedback:
1. F (line 2-3, paragraph 1)

Always on 20th<i>_{February → Sometimes}</i>

<i>between 19th_{January and 20}th_February</i>

2. F (line 3-4, paragraph 1)

<i>People anywhere → agrarian people</i>
3. T (line 1-2, paragraph 2)

4. F (line 5-6, paragraph 4)
<i>Everyone → children</i>
5. T (line 3-4, paragraph 3)
6. T (line 1, paragraph 4)

<b>Task 3: </b>

<i><b>Answer the following questions</b></i>

<b>-</b>

T asks Ss to read the requirement and checks
their understanding

<b>-</b>

T asks Ss to give key words of questions 1-6

<b>-</b>

T checks:
1. when?

2. how long, Tet preparations and celebrations,
in the past.

3. what, streets, look like
4. what, people, prepare
<i>5. what, “banh chung”, made</i>
<i>6. what, “mut”</i>

7. what, popular activities

<b>-</b>

T has Ss work in pairs and do task 3

<b>-</b>

T has some pairs answer

<b>-</b>

T checks and give correct answers:

1. It is sometimes between 19th_{January and 20}th
February (line 2-3, paragraph 1) (already done
in task 2, sentence 1)

2. Tet’s preparations and celebrations used to be
spread over months (line 1-2, paragraph 2)
3. They are decorated with coloured lights and

red banners (line 3-4, paragraph 2)
4. They buy gifts, clean and decorate their

houses and cook traditional foods (line 4-5,
paragraph 2)

5. It is made from sticky rice, green beans and
fatty pork (line 5-6, paragraph 3)

6. Mut is candies fruit (line 6-7, paragraph 3)
7. Visiting friends and other family members,

exchanging wishes, going to the pagoda,
playing games…. (last paragraph)

<b>-</b>

Individual
work

<b>-</b>

Give answers

<b>-</b>

Read out the

requirement
and gives key
words of
questions 1-6

<b>-</b>

Pair work

<b>-</b>

Give amswers

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7’

<b>Post-reading</b>

<b>-</b>

T asks Ss to work in groups to tell each other
about their last Tet holiday, basing on these
questions on page 92.

<b>-</b>

T asks Ss “what verb tense do they use to
decribe the events in the past?”

<b>-</b>

T has Ss answer

<b>-</b>

T goes around the class to give help with
difficulties.

<b>-</b>

T corrects Ss’ answers

<b>-</b>

Group work

<b>-</b>

Give answers

<b>-</b>

Speaking in

turns

3’

<b>Summary</b>

<b>-</b>

T summarizes main points of the lesson

<b>-</b>

T asks Ss to learn by heart all new words and
practice to tell Tet, prepare for speaking
lesson

<b>-</b>

Listen

<b>-</b>

Write on the
notebooks and
prepare for
speaking lesson

<i><b> Signature of coach</b></i>

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