Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced) Period 125: Preparation date : 20/4/2011 Unit 15: Lesson : writing I. 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 II. Lexical items : - biography - chronological order III. 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. IV. Teaching aids: - textbook - handouts - Sheets of paper - chalk and board - pictures V. 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 pictures 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? Unit 15: p125:Writing a biography That’s the focus of our lesson today. - write down on the board: 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 - expressions of time: . In his later years…. . at the age of 20…. . On March 1 st , 1890 … . During the winter, he …. - clause of time: Chalk and board Chalk and board useful language . 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 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 Expected answers: 1. g 2. c 3. i 4. e 5. a 6. h 7. b. 8. d. 9. f Small board cards (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 ( Headings: 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. - introduction - early - private life - later career - life now 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 Card 1- Jack and card 2 – Sinh are delivered out Sts. Handouts + sheets of paper 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. 5. Homework (1’) - Ask Sts to write a biography as guided at home for preparing next time. textbook . Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced) Period 125: Preparation date : 20/4/2 011 Unit 15: Lesson : writing I. Aims : - By the end of the lesson, the students are able. how to write a biography? Unit 15: p125:Writing a biography That’s the focus of our lesson today. - write down on the board: 2. Pre- writing. 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 II. Lexical items : - biography - chronological