Giáo án môn Tiếng Anh 11 - Unit 15 Lesson: writing - Period 125: Preparation

Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced)
Period 125:	Preparation date : 20/4/2008
Unit 15:	Lesson : 	writing
Aims :
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to organize accounts in chronological order.
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write a biography
Lexical items :
- biography 	
- chronological order	
Structures :
- he was born in Dijon, France, in 1832, to a family known for fine craft work of wood
- he graduated from L’Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures, Paris, in 1855.
Teaching aids:
- textbook	- handouts	- Sheets of paper
- chalk and board	- pictures	
Techniques : 
writing-based 
Procedures :	
State/time
Teacher’s and students’ activities
Blackboard
Materials
1. warm-up
(7’)
Games: famous people
- arrange the class into two groups, A and B
- get the group representatives to draw straws for who goes first.
- show SS pictures of or related to famous people , one by one and let the groups decide whom the picture refers to.
- award one point for each correct answer, and stick that picture up on the board. If the group in question fails to give the answer, the turn then passes to the other group. Play continues until all the pictures are shown.
- keep a total running of points for each group.
- the group with more points wins
- refer back to the pictures just stuck on the board and ask SS whose life they know much about
Transition: do you know how to write a biography? That’s the focus of our lesson today.
- write down on the board:
Unit 15: p125:Writing a biography
pictures
2. Pre- writing
(10’)
Activity 1: presenting an outline
- elicit what to be included in a biography from SS:
Name, date, and place of birth, his or her family, social, cultural. Educational background
- tell SS that a biography is normally organized in chronological, i.e. in the order of time that the events take place.
Activity2:introducing useful language
- expressions of time:
. In his later years.
. at the age of 20.
. On March 1st , 1890 ..
. During the winter, he .
- clause of time:
. she moved to China when she was nine
. as soon as she finished her degree, she worked as a nurse
. after his father died, his mother went to work
Chalk and board
Chalk and board
3. while-writing
(20’)
Activity 1: Re-arranging (task b, textbook, p.206-207)
- divide Ss into small groups. Each group is given a poster with phrases on and a set of faces: neutral (yellow), smiling (pink) and sad (blue)
- Ask Ss to stick a neutral face next to a refusal one.
- Tell Ss to stick the poster on the board when they have finished. The first group to finish with all correct answers will win the game.
- demonstrate using the phrases on the boar and then have Ss start.
- go over the answers and show a poster with the phrases in 3 categories
Activity 2: identifying main ideas
- give each student a copy of the text below ( appendix 2)
- put SS into groups of four.
- ask SS to divide the text into five paragraphs according to these headings
- call on group representatives to give the answers.
Expected answers:
1. g 2. c 3. i 4. e 5. a 6. h 7. b. 8. d. 9. f
Headings:
- introduction - early 
- private life - later career
- life now 
Small board
cards
4. Post-writing
(10’)
Peer correction
- Ask Sts to work in group of 5, deliver each group 5 pieces of writings and tell them to read and correct their friends’ narratives.
- Tell each group to choose the best piece of writing, and the most special story.
- Go around to control and give help if necessary.
- Call a St. from each group to read their group’s best writing, and ask Sts to give comments.
Card 1- Jack and card 2 – Sinh are delivered out Sts.
Handouts
+ sheets of paper
5. Homework
(1’)
- Ask Sts to write a biography as guided at home for preparing next time.
textbook