LESSON PLAN Unit 10: Conservation Writing skill: A letter of invitation 1. Class description: Level: Students in grade 10th in a normal class 2. Time: 45mins. 3. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, the Ss will able to write a letter of invitation using the cues provided. 4. Teaching aids: Textbook, visual aid, handout. 5. Problems: Ss may not be familiar with expressions used in an invitation; therefore, T should explain and make them remember. 6. Procedure: Stages Teacher Students Warm-up (5’) - Prepares 4 set of words, each of which consists of 9 letter- shuffled words related to a letter of invitation. - Divides the class into four groups of 5. - Gives each group a set of words and asks them to rearrange the letters to form correct words. - The winner will be the group with the quickest and correct answer. - Listen to T’s guide. - Work in group. - One representative of each group presents their answer. - Correct answer: 1. Salutation 2. Invitation 3. Address 4. Reason 5. Arrangement 6. Event 7. Accept 8. Confirmation 9. Signature Pre- writing (10’) - Asks some questions and corrects if necessary. + Have you ever written a letter of invitation? On which occasion? + What expressions do you use to invite someone? - Introduces writing a letter of invitation to Ss by giving a sample (enclosed) - Make Ss exploit the model and give a standard format of a simple letter of - Answer the questions by writing on the board. + On birthday party or festival + Some expressions: Can you…? Would you like…? Shall we…? - Read the sample and exploit it 1. S-N-I-T-T-O-A-L-U 2. V-I-I-T-T-A-O-N-I-N 3. S-S-D-D-E-R-A 4. E-O-A-R-N-S 5. A-T-R-R-G-N-M-E-E-N-A 6. V-T-E-N 7. C-A-T-P-E-C 8. A-C-F-I-N-O-I-O-T-R-N-M 9. N-T-U-I-S-G-A-E-R invitation. + The address of the writer as well as the date of the letter is at the top right corner. In an informal letter, the address of the receiver is not needed. + The salutation: “Dear” plus the first name of the receiver, + The first part: the purpose of the letter, giving the invitation. + The next part: detailed arrangement: place, time, what to prepare, who to come… + The last part: expressing the hope that invitation will be accepted and asking for a confirmation, ending with the signature. While- writing (25’) Task 1: Matching ( 5’) Instruction: You are going to write out the sentences by matching the first half in A with the suitable half/ halves in B - T asks Ss to look at column A and give the form of the verb in each of the structures: + Let’s + infinitive without ‘to’ + Why don’t you + inf without ‘to’ + Would you like + inf + to + Do you feel like + V-ing + Can you + inf without ‘to’ + How about + V-ing + Shall we + inf without ‘to’ + Are you free + inf + to - Asks Ss to work in pairs to do the task, reminding them that one expression in A can go with more than one expression in B and they should write the sentences. - Asks Ss to exchange their answers and other pairs. - Calls on one pair to give their answers and other pairs to add any other ideas. - Feedbacks and gives correct answers. Task 2: Letter completion ( 8’) Instruction: You are required to fill each blank in these invitation letters with a suitable expression provided in task 1. For each blank you can have more than one answer. - Asks Ss to read through the letters to - Listen to the teacher - Do the task in pairs - Exchange answers with other pairs - Expected answers: 1.c 2. f/h 3. a 4. g/d 5. h/f 6. d/g 7. e 8. b - Listen to the teacher - Do the task in pairs understand the content of each letter roughly. - Models the way to do this task, using letter 1: + First, read the letter + Look at the incomplete sentence and pay attention to the form of the verb that follows the blank. For example, in letter one the verb form is infinitive with ‘to’ ( …. to join us?) + Read the expression in task 1 and find the suitable expression(s) to fill the blank. In the first letter, we can fill the blank with “Would you like” or “Are you free”. - Asks Ss to work in pairs to do the same with the other two letters. - Asks Ss to exchange answers with other pairs. - Calls on one pair to give their answers and other pairs to add any other ideas. - Feedbacks and gives correct answers. Task 3: Writing and invitation letter based on cues (12’) Instruction: You are going to write an invitation in which Nam invites Lam to spend a weekend with him, using the cues provided. - Reminds them that they should use all the language items provided together with other items to produce meaningful and grammatically correct sentences. Also, Ss should use capitalized letters and punctuation marks properly. - Asks Ss to write the letter. - While Ss writer the letter, T goes around to observe and provide help. - Asks Ss to exchange their letter with another student for peer correction. - Goes around and collects mistakes and errors. Writes Ss’ typical errors on the board and elicits self and peer correction. T provides correction only when Ss are not able to correct the errors. - Gives general comments on the letters gives suggested letter. - Exchange answers with other pairs - Expected answers: 2. Would you like/ Are you free; How about/ Do you feel like 3. Can you; Why don’t we/ Shall we - Do the task individually - Exchange the letter with another for peer correction. - Pay attention to friend’s and teacher’s correction. - Suggested letter: Dear Lam. We haven’t met since you moved. I miss you a lot. We are both having some days-off between the two terms soon. If you haven’t made any other plans, why don’t we spend a weekend together? Do you feel like visiting the forest near my grandparents’ home again? It looks quite different now because very many young trees have been planted at the Tree- Planting Festivals. Do come if you find it possible, and I’ll make all the preparations then. Give my love to your parents. Your friend, Nam Post- writing (5’) - Summarizes the main points - Asks Ss to do extra exercise as homework. Complete the following invitation letter with the expressions provided: a. there is a club party b. you still don’t understand c. therefore d. a long time e. 25 dollars f. we can only invite Hi Tom, Since I started secondary school, I haven’t seen you. It’s been (1) How are you? I miss you so much. Now, I’ll have a rare chance to meet you. That is because (2) I planned myself. Would you like to join us? It is a music club. I know you like music very much; (3) , I invite you to my party, although I want to invite Jack too. The rules say that (4) one person, even though I’m the chairperson of the club. Do you feel surprised that I’m a chairperson? Ha ha! Let me tell you the details of the party first. It costs (5) to join. The date is Monday, 2 nd November. It starts at 9 a.m. and lasts until 4 p.m. Enclosed are a map and the address of the school. If there’s anything (6) or you can’t come, you can contact me. My phone number is 2445678. Hope you can come. - Do the exercise individually before joining the next lesson. - Expected answer: 1.d 2. a 3. c 4. f 5. e 6.b Love, Charlie . we…? - Read the sample and exploit it 1. S-N-I-T-T-O-A-L-U 2. V-I-I-T-T-A-O-N-I-N 3. S-S-D-D-E-R-A 4. E-O-A-R-N-S 5. A-T-R-R-G-N-M-E-E-N-A 6. V-T-E-N 7. C-A-T-P-E-C 8. A-C-F-I-N-O-I-O-T-R-N-M 9 E-O-A-R-N-S 5. A-T-R-R-G-N-M-E-E-N-A 6. V-T-E-N 7. C-A-T-P-E-C 8. A-C-F-I-N-O-I-O-T-R-N-M 9. N-T-U-I-S-G-A-E-R invitation. + The address of the writer as well as the date of the letter is at the top. Signature Pre- writing (10 ) - Asks some questions and corrects if necessary. + Have you ever written a letter of invitation? On which occasion? + What expressions do you use to invite someone? - Introduces