Date of preparation: 26/03/2011 Date of teaching: 30/03/ 2011 Student: Nguyen Thi Dieu Linh Supervisor: Nguyen Thi Van Nga Class: 10A3 UNIT 14: THE WORLD CUP Part D: Writing I. Aims and Objectives By the end of this lesson, the students will be able to: - Write a short announcement about a football match. - Improve their writing skills. II. Methods Work in groups. III. Teaching aids - Textbook “English 10”, pictures, blackboard, chalk. IV. Anticipated problems - Students might have difficulty in finding necessary information and making mistakes in grammar. V. Procedure A. Warm-up Time: 4 minutes Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities 1’ 3’ Greetings Check students’ attendance and lesson preparation Warm-up Brain storming: Based on this information, we will be able to write an announcement about a football match. Today, we are going to learn how to write a short announcement. - Give their opinions. B. Presentation Time 35 minutes Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities 10’ I. Before you write 1. Task 1: Read the following announcement and then answer the questions. - Give the meaning of new words New words: 1. postpone = delay = put off: to wait until a later time to do sth Football match 5’ 5’ 2. due to = because of a phrase 3. severe (a): very bad or serious - Ask a student to read and translate the requirement into Vietnamese. - Answer the questions 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? - Call students to read each sentence, answer the questions and check 2. How to write an announcement 1. Introducing an announcement S + would like + to announce that + a clause wishes (to) is/are pleased to However, to announce bad news, we often use: S + is/are sorry to announce that + a clause regret to Eg: The Youth Union of Quang Trung High School would like to announce that the final match between 10A1 and 10A3 will be played on Saturday 26 th March. 2. Content - Read the topic carefully - Answer the questions: Who? What? When? Where? Why? II. While you write 1. Task 2: Choose one of the following situations to write about - Call students to read the 2 situations on the book - Guide to solve the task Questions Topic A Topic B Who? What? When? Where? Why? - Ask students to write their notes on the board - Check and give feedback. Key: 1. The national football championship organizing committee 2. The postponing of the match between Nam Dinh and Bing Duong which was initially schedule on Sunday due to the bad weather 3. at 3p.m Sunday April 25 4. My Dinh National Stadium. - Copy down the structure on the notebook - Give some examples. - Read the requirement - Answer the questions Questions Topic A Topic B Who The captain of the school football team The head of HCM Communist Youth Union What? - Seek players - First meeting Play a friendly match When? 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 20 th Where? New Star Football Club 5’ 5’ 3’ - Give time for students to write the announcements. - Call students to read their announcements and check III. After you write - Ask students to repeat all necessary steps to write an announcement. - Listen and give feedback Why? - For the new football season Add students’ reasons - Copy notes on the notebook - Write the announcement. - Read the announcement C. Homework Time: 1 minute Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities 1’ Homework 1. Write an unwritten announcement in task 2. 2. Write an announcement to raise money for victims in Japan. D. Extra activities: Play game 1. Rule: - Give students a word, from this word, students will write other words whose letters are letters in given word. Eg: communication -> action, on, in, mom, com - Way of counting mark: each letter in each word is 10 mark so the more letters the word has, the higher marks students get. 2. Let’s play - Divide the class into 4 groups. Each group has 3 minutes to make words. - After 3 minutes, all groups go to the board to write for 1 minute. - The winner will be awarded VI. Teacher’s comments . . Youth Union of Quang Trung High School would like to announce that the final match between 10A1 and 10A3 will be played on Saturday 26 th March. 2. Content - Read the topic carefully - Answer. Improve their writing skills. II. Methods Work in groups. III. Teaching aids - Textbook “English 10 , pictures, blackboard, chalk. IV. Anticipated problems - Students might have difficulty in finding. their opinions. B. Presentation Time 35 minutes Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities 10 I. Before you write 1. Task 1: Read the following announcement and then answer the questions. -