Giáo án môn Tiếng Anh 11 - Unit 3: Lesson: Parties – reading - Period 23: Preparation

Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced)
Period : 23	Preparation date : 22/10/2007
Unit :	3	Lesson : 	writing (cont)
Aims :
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write a letter of invitation
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write a letter of acceptance or refusal.
Lexical items :
- confirm	
- participate in	
Structures :
- I am very happy to accept your kind invitation.
- I am afraid I can’t come because ..
Teaching aids:
- textbook	- handouts	- Sheets of paper
- chalk and board	
Techniques : 
writing-based 
Procedures :	
State/time
Teacher’s and students’ activities
Blackboard
Materials
1. warm-up
(7’)
Checking the previous lesson
- write on the board parts of a letter which are ordered randomly
- call on a St to rearrange in order.
- check the answer 
Transition: last time we studied components of and a letter of invitation / refusal / acceptance ; and words and phrases for writing a letter. Today we’ll how to write a complete letter. 
- write down on the board:
1 request for a reply
2. invitation
3. opening / greeting
4. closing and ending
5. reason for event
6. venue, date & time
Unit3: Writing a Letter of Invitation and of Reply (cont)
- s
2. Pre- writing
(10’)
Activity 1: Teaching new words again
- use pictures and explanations to present some new words
- Read the words one by one and ask Sts to repeat.
- highly (adv) : cao
- appreciated (adj): cam kich, danh gia cao
- affectionately (adv) : chan thanh
- look forward to : 
- invite (v) : moi
- invitation (n) : loi moi
Chalk and board
3. while-writing
(20’)
writing letters
- put Ss into pairs A, B, and C.
- Tell pairs A to write a letter of invitation based on the situation given in Task c, p42 ( you may want to give them a certain place and time to make it consistent in all letters, e.g. “ on Saturday next week, at your house, at 7 pm.”
- Tell pairs B to write a letter of reply, accepting the invitation
- Tell pairs C to write a letter of reply, refusing the invitation.
- go around to control and give help if necessary.
- when they have finished, collect Ss’ writing for correcting later.
Models:
- Letter of acceptance
Dear Thanh Thao,
Thank you very much for inviting me to your birthday party on Saturday 25th at 6:30 pm. Yes, we haven’t met each other for ages. Recently I have had a heap of things to do, but you are so special that I can’t refuse to come. Moreover, I am very excited to meet all our old friends. Thanks for the opportunity.
Please tell me id you need a hand.
 Cheers,
 Van Anh
Small board
cards
4. Post-writing
(10’)
Listening and recognizing
- Read some more letters, one by one, and ask Ss to listen and recognize where they are invitation, acceptance of refusal.
- Ask Ss what helps them know which is which to see if they can recognize the target language used.
Ss’ writing
5. Homework
(1’)
- Ask Sts to write one more letter of invitation.