English 10 - Unit 14. Writing

THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP ORGANIZING COMMITTEE wishes to announce that the match between Nam Dinh and Binh Duong on Sunday, April 18 th has been postponed due to severe we

WARMLY WELCOME

THE TEACHERS!

N A N U N O E C E N T M

● announcement (n) / 'na nsm nt / ə ʊ ə

● announce (v) / 'na ns / ə ʊ

● announcer (n) / 'na ns / ə ʊ ə

Thursday, March 28th 2013.

UNIT 14 : THE WORLD CUP

D WRITING

Time

Place

Reason

● committee (n) / k 'm ti / ə ɪ

● postpone (v) /p 'sp n/ ə əʊ

● severe (adj) / si'vi (r) / ə

Task 1 : Read the following announcement and then answer the questions that follow

THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

wishes to announce that the match between

Nam Dinh and Binh Duong

on Sunday, April 18 th has been postponed

due to severe weather conditions

The match will now be played at 3 p.m.

on Sunday, April 25 th at My Dinh National Stadium

Questions:

1 Who is the announcer?

2 What is the announcement about?

3 When will the match be played?

4 Where will the match be played?

1 Who is the announcer?

→ The national football championship organizing committee.

2 What is the announcement about?

→ The match between Nam Dinh and Binh Duong

on Sunday, April 18 has been postponed due to severe weather conditions.

3 When will the match be played?

Announcer

Event / Reason

Time

Answer the questions

Style of writing an announcement

S + would like to wish to

is /are sorry to + announce that + regret to

is / are pleased to

Announcer

Example : Class 10C10 is pleased to

announce that the football match

between class 10C10 and 10C2 will be

held on Sunday, 31st March 2013

Task 2 : Choose one of the following situations to write about

A You are the captain of the school football team The team now needs more players for the new football season Write an announcement in which you call for volunteers and state where and when the first meeting of the team will take place and how they can contact you

1 Who is announcer ?

2 What is the announcement about ?

B You are the head of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of your school Your school’s football team is going to play a friendly match with New Stars Football Club at 5 p.m on Sunday, April

20th in the football field of the same club Write an announcement for this match

Task 2 : Choose one of the following situations to write about

1 Who is announcer ?

2 What is the announcement about ?

3 Where / When will the first meeting of the team take place ?

Task 2 : Choose one of the following situations to write about

A You are the captain of the school football

for the new football season Write an announcement in which you call for volunteers and

state where and when the first meeting of the team will take place and how they can contact you

B You are the head of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of your school Your school’s football team is going to play a

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1 Rewrite your announcements into your notebooks.

2 Prepare “ E Language Focus”.