UNIT 16 - LESSON 4: D WRITING Planning date: Teaching date: I Objectives: Education Aims: - Students can describe a chart Knowledge: a General knowledge: Student knows how to read the information in a chart b Language: - Language used to describe a chart - The past tenses Skills: - Reading: read the model description - Speaking: discuss in pairs - Writing: write a description II Anticipated problems: Students are not familiar with this type of writing III Teaching Aids: board, textbook, chalk IV Procedures: Teacher's activities Students' activities Homework checking: (5 mins) - Ask one st to talk about the ancient town of Hoi An - Listen to their friend and give remarks - Ask other sts to listen to their friend and give remarks - Listen to the teacher - Check and give remarks - Read the chart and try to understand the Before you write: (20 mins) information in the chart - Aims: to get sts to know how to write a - Work in pairs to ask and answer and description of a chart then share their answer with their friends + Task 1: - Present their ideas - Firstly, ask sts to look at the chart and explain the The USA had the biggest number of information in the chart visitors to Vietnam in 2001 - Ask them to look at the chart and then answer the 99,700 visitors questions in pairs Australia did - Move around to help if necessary No, it isn't - Ask sts to compare their answer with other pairs France did - Get feedback and give remarks The number of American visitors to - Introduce some useful words/expressions that sts Vietnam in 2002 increased by 29,497 in can use when describing a chart comparison with that in 2001 + Beginning: Answer the question: "What does the - Listen to the teacher chart show?" - Answer: The chart shows - Copy down these words into their The chart presents some information notebooks +Expressions: As we can see from the chart, It can be seen from the chart that - Do the writing task According to the chart, - Read their writing: ( a model + Verbs: increase >< decrease description) reduce, rise, " The chart shows the number of visitor + Adverbs: rapidly, quickly, sharply, steadily, etc arrivals to Vietnam from the USA, France + Comparatives and superlatives and Australia in 2001 and 2002 The While you write: (10 mins) statistics were provided by Vietnam - Aims: Sts practise describing the chart National Administration of Tourism It + Task 2: is clear from the chart that the number of - Ask sts to write a description of the chart visitors to Vietnam from the USA, France - Ask them to use the answers to the questions above and Australia in 2002 is higher than that to write - Let sts write in 10 minutes - Move around to conduct the activity After you write: (9 mins) Aims: to get feedback and check sts' work - Get feedback by asking some sts to read their work aloud - Ask some other sts to give remarks - Check and give the correct answer - If there is enough time, T can have sts exchange their writing among sts within a group so that they can check their friend's work and give remarks Homework: (1min) - Part D (page 95 - workbook) in 2001 According to the chart, the USA had the biggest number of visitors to Vietnam with 230,470 visitors in 2001 and 259,967 in 2002 France ranked second with 99,700 visitors in 2001 and 111,546 in 2002 " ... remarks - Check and give the correct answer - If there is enough time, T can have sts exchange their writing among sts within a group so that they can check their friend''s work and give remarks... biggest number of visitors to Vietnam with 230 ,47 0 visitors in 2001 and 259,967 in 2002 France ranked second with 99,700 visitors in 2001 and 111, 546 in 2002 " ...to write - Let sts write in 10 minutes - Move around to conduct the activity After you write: (9 mins) Aims: to get feedback and check sts'' work - Get feedback by asking some