UNIT 15: CITIES D: WRITING I Aim: - By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write a paragraph describing a city II Teaching aids: - Pictures, texbook III Procedure: Teacher’s activities Students’ activities * Warm up: - Ask some questions What you know about London? Answer Do you like it? Give reason(s) (individually * Pre - writing: - Ask students to look at the pictures in the - Work in groups, discuss, and answer textbook the questions in task - Ask students to read paragraph in silence Answers - Go around class to help students In southern English, on river Themes - Explain some structures when describing It covers an are a of 1,610 square a city kilometers + (be) situated million + cover an area of It is a capital city + (be) founded by translation It was founded by the roman in + (be) famous for 43AD + The best thing about …is …… It is famous for many things : such as St paul’s cathedral and the houses of parliament, its museums and its many - Gives feedback shops * While - writing: The best thing about London is the - Elicit famous cities park - Give the name of two famous cities Give cues * HCM city : - Population – about - Ask students some questions about each million people of them (questions in task 1) - Area : 2,092 square km - Ask students to write a paragraph to - Founded: 1968 describe one of the two above cities (based - Famous: Ben Thanh market, Duc on questions in task 1) by using posters - Go around class to help students - Ask ss to exchange their writings - Go around to help them if necessary Ba church * CanTho: - Population - about million people - Ask one student in each group to stick - Area: 2,964 square km the posters on the board Founded: 2004 - Famous: NinhKieu pier, CanTho port - Work in groups to write about a city of their interest IV Post - writing: - Exchange their writings and correct - Correct mistakes them each other - T & ss work together V Homework: - Ask students to write a short paragraph - Correct about the province of Ben Tre - Do the work at home ... on the board Founded: 20 04 - Famous: NinhKieu pier, CanTho port - Work in groups to write about a city of their interest IV Post - writing: - Exchange their writings and correct - Correct mistakes... Ask ss to exchange their writings - Go around to help them if necessary Ba church * CanTho: - Population - about million people - Ask one student in each group to stick - Area: 2,9 64 square km