Giáo án Tiếng Anh 11 Unit 8: Celebrations

Giáo án Tiếng Anh 11 UNIT : CELEBRATIONS READING I Objectives By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to : - Develop such reading micro-skills as scanning for specific ideas and guessing meaning in context - Use the information they have read to discuss the topic II Materials Textbook , handouts III Anticipated problems Ss may not have enough vocabulary to talk about the topic , so should be ready to help them IV Procedure Time T’S ACTIVITIES STS’ ACTIVITIES 6‘ WARM –UP Competition game – Network - T prepares a handout with a crossword puzzle of some festivals and celebrations in Vietnam and the world Group work - T divides the class into small groups of 3-4 students Then T gives each group a handout to their own groups Which group finishes first and has all the correct answers will be the winner - A variant of this activity : T draws or prepares two big copies of the crossword and hangs them on the board T calls two pairs of Ss to go to the board and ask them to the crossword as quickly as possible The pair with the quickest and most correct answers will be the winner ACROSS The purpose of this DOWN This festival is the most Vietnameses fesrival important celebration of is to celberate the the year and makes the largest full moon in beginning of spring the year It si the day when Christians celebrate the birth of Christ In this festival ,men give their mohers wives , girlfriends flowers and gifts It is day in each year which is the same dates as the one on which you It is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31 , usually costumes and going doorto –door collecting candy It is a Sunday in March or April when Chirstians remember the death of Christ and his return to life were born a public holiday in the US (on the fourth Thursday in Novenmber ) and in Canada (on the second Monday in October ) orginally to give thanks to God for the harvest and for health - T introduces the topic of the Unit 10’ BEFORE YOU READ Discussing Tet holiday - T asks the whole class to look at the picture on page 90 and discuss the three questions in pairs - T goes around to offer help - T calls on some Ss to present their answers and eclicts commemts from other Ss T gives feedback if necessary Suggested answers : It is Spring and it should be Tet holiday because we can see the apricot blossom and a kumquat tree full of ripe fruits The people in the picture may be a family The grandmother is giving her nieceand nephew some lucky money The girl , the boy and their parents may be wishing Pair work & whole class their grandparents good health and happiness In the picture we can aslo see a five – fruit tray on the ancestral altar(mân ngũ bàn thờ tổ tiên )and a dish of fruits , a tray of candied fruits and a banh chung on the table - now Ss work in pairs to tell which of the activities in the book they enjoy doing most at Tet Ss may also list other activities they like doing at Tet T reminds Ss to give reasons for their answers - T calls on some Ss to present their answers and other Ss comment Pre – teaching Vocabulary Note : T should only teach the words which not appear in Task Lunar New Year : Tết âm lịch To fall between and :rơi vào khoảng thời gian từ đến To spread : kéo dài To be full of : having or containing a large number or amount of sth : đầy nhiều Candied fruit :mứt Posttive comments : lời nói tốt đẹp - If there is some time left , T may ask some Ss to make sentebces with the above words to check their understanding 6’ WHILE YOU READ Setting the scene You are going to read a passage about Tet holiday in Vietnam While you are reading , the tasks in the textbook TASK Instruction : Find the meanings of the words You can also use your dictionary - T writes these words on the board : Grand , banner , sugared apples , agrarian , pray , excitement - Then T instructs Ss to read the passage quickly and stop at the lines that contain these words to guess their meanings - Ss guess the meaning of the words based on the contexts in the sentences For example , to guess the meaning of grand (line , first paragraph ) Ss may base their guessing on other words such as main holiday , important To guess the meaning of pray (line , last paragraph ) they pay attention to pagoda , happy year - T checks that Ss undertanding by asking them to provide Whole class , individual work & pair work the Vietnamese equivalents to the words If Ss find it difficult to guess the meaning of any word , T should elitict and give suggestions Suggested answers : grand : impressive and larger : trọng đại , hoành tráng Banner : a long piece of cloth with a message on it that is carried between two poles or in a public place to show support for sth : biểu ngữ , băng rôn sugered apples : táo dầm đường Agrarian : connected with farming and the use of land for farming : thuộc nông nghiệp Pray : to speak to God especially to gove thanks or ask for help : cầu nguyện Excitement : the state of feeling excited : niềm vui thích , nô nức nhộn nhịp TASK Instruction : You are to read the passage and decide whether the statements are True (T) or Fasle (F) 5’ - T instructs Ss to use some strategies to task : + first , quickly read through the statements to get an idea about the topic + Read the first statement more careffly Underline the key words to understand the main point for expamle , in statement , Ss can underline Tet , 20th February , Western calendar + Search for the section of the text which deals with the idea or fact + Once finding the relevant section , read it careffly If the statements is smililar to the imformation in the text , then select “True ” If the statement is the opposite to the imformation in the text , then seclect “Fasle ” + Continue with the rest to the statements - T asks Ss to work invidually to the task and discuss their answers with their peers - T calls one some Ss to give their answers and asks them to explain their choices - T gives the correct answers : F (it falls between 19th January and 20th February ) F (it’s just for agraian people ) 3.T F (according to the passage , lucky money tends to be given to children ) 5.T T TASK 6’ Instruction : You are requored to answer the seven questions in the book - T checks if Ss can answer the comprehension questions in TASK wtithout to read the passage again If Ss cannot , t gets them read the questions careffly and gives them some tips to the task : + First , skim the six questions to undertand them As Ss this they : * underline the key words For instance , in questions Ss can underline when , Tet , vietnam * decide what information they need to find in the text * look for questions words like “why ” which indicates Ss should read for specific thing like a reason + Go back to the first question and locateds the information for the question by finding the key words in the passage and mark the place + Read the part carefully to find the answer Ss can use their own words + Continue with the rest of the questions - T asks Ss to word individually to the task , then discuss their answers with their peers - T calls on some Ss to write their answers on the board and ask them to expain their choise - T gives the correct answers It sometime between 19th January and 20th February (line 2-3 , paragraph ) tet’s preparations and celebrations used to be speard over months (line 1-2 ,paragraph ) They are decirated with coloured lights and red banners (line 3-4 paragraph 2) They buy gifts , clean and decorate their houses and cook traditional foods (line 4-5 ,paragraph ) It is made from sticky rice ,green beans and fatty pork (line 5-6 paragraph 3) must is candied fruit (line 6-7 ,paragraph 3) Visiting friends and other family members , exchangeing whises , going to the padoda , playing games (last paragraph ) 10’ AFTER YOU READ - T asks Ss to work in groups tell each other about their last Tet holiday T asks Ss what verb tense (past simple ) they should use Group work & whole class - T goes around to help Ss when necessary - When all groups have finished , T calls on some Ss to report their ideas to the class - T elicits corrective feedback from other Ss and gives her own commets 2‘ WRAPPING UP - T summarises the main point - T asks Ss to learn by heart all of the new words and the extra exercise as homework Whole class UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS WRITING I Objectives By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to write a description of a popular celebration II Materials Textbook, handouts III Anticipated problems Ss may not have sufficient vocabulary to write about the topic, so T should be ready to assist them IV Procedure Time Steps Work arrangement 7’ WARM UP Competition game – Christmas Cloze - T divides the class into small groups of – Ss Then T distributes the following handouts for Ss to in their own groups Ss have to fill each blank in the passage with one suitable word from the box Which group finishes first and has all the correct answers will bw the winner Group work Followed marks cards lights turkey merry followed holiday sing baked family spirit peaceful presents decorate Christmas is an annual holiday that (1) the birth of Jesus of Nazareth Christmas Day falls on December 25 It is preceded by Christmas Eve on December 24, and in some countries it is (2) by Boxing Day on December 26, when many people go shopping for sales It is a (3) when people get together with (4) People give (5) to each other or send (6) wishing each other a (7) Christmas At Christmas, people (8) carols to get into the Christmas (9) As well, people (10) Christmas trees and put up (11) around the house A common Christmas dinner is (12) There are also lots of (13) goodies for the kids People love Christmas because it is the time when they can share (14) moments with their family Answers: marks followed holiday family presents cards merry sing spirit 10 decorate 11 lights 12 turkey 13 baked 13 ‘ 14 peaceful PREPARING SS WRITE - T sets the scene : you are going to write a description of one of the popular celebrations in Vietnam - T prepare Ss for the writing task , T uses the passage in the Warm – up as a model - T gets Ss to read the passage again and discuss the main points included in the passage in pairs At the same times , Ss should write down which sentence(s) belong (s) to which main point - After minutes , T calls on two Ss to go to the board to write their answers T asks other Ss to comment on their friends’ ansswers and gives his / her own feedback Suggested answers : The description includes main points : + Name of the festival (sentence 1) + purpose of the festival (sentence 1) + Time of the festival (sentence 2-3 ) + Main activities of the festival / what people in the festival (sentence4-7 ) Whole class & pair work + Foods eaten (sentence 8-9 ) + People’s feeding about the festival (like / dislike ? reason(s) ? (sentence 10 ) - Now T gets Ss to work invidually to write an outline for their description , using the nain points set in the previons activity Ss should choose one of the popular celebrations in Vietnam to describe ( Mid –autumn Festival , Teachers’ Day , Women’s Day , Independence Day ) - Ss work with each other to comment on each other’s outline T goes around and provides help when necessary 15’ WRITING - T gets Ss to describe the fastival they have chosen in 15 minutes - T goes around to observe and offer help with vocabulary or structures Sample writing In Viet Nam the Mid – Autumn festival , also referred as Tet Trung Thu , is one of the two most celebrated festivals to current date The Mid –Autumn Festival dates back over 15,000 years ago , and is traditionlly held on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month A Vietnamese folkore indicates that the festival came about as a way for parets to make up lost time , showing love and appropriatelyto their chilred after the harvest season Invidually work Appropriately , The Mid –Autumn Festival is also called the Chilren’s Festival Trung thu activites are offer centred around children and education Parents buy lanterns fot their children so that they can participate in a candlelit lantern procession at dawn Lantersn represent brightness while the procession symboziles success in school Vietnamese markerts sell a variety of lantern Other children’s activites include arts and crafts which children make face masks and lanterns Children also perform traditional Vietnamese danse and participate in contests for prizes and scholarships Unicorn dancers are also very popular in Trung Thu festivites In addition , Vietnamese parents tell their children’s fairy tales and serve mooncakes and other special treats treats uneder the opportunity for me to gather with my family and friends to enjoy the moonlight and many special refreshments 8’ FEEDBACK ON SS’ WRITINGS - T asks Ss to exchange their writing with another student for peer correction - T goes around and collects mistakes and errors - T choose one or two descriptions and reads it / them to the class - Then T elicist corrective feedback from the class and gives final into consideration their friend’s and T’s Pair work & whole class suggestions and correction and the EXTRA EXERCISE UNIT : CELEBRATIONS LANGUAGE FOCUS I Objectives By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to : - Distinguish the clusters /fl/ , /fr / and / 0r/ - pronounce the words and sentences cotaining these clusters correctly - use one(s) , someone , np one , anyone , and everyone appropriately - Use vocabulary about holidays and celebrations appropriately II Materials Textbook , handouts , picture III Anticipated promblems Ss may find it difficult to pronounce the three clusters , so should prepare a lot of practice V Procedure Time Steps Work arrangement 12’ PRONUNCIATION Distingguishing sounds Whole class individual work & pair - T models the clusters /if /,/fr/ and/Or/ for a few times and work explains how to produce them E.g : when produing/fl/ , Ss should produre /f/ first and then quickly switch to /l/ , and so on - T play the tape (or reads ) once for Ss hear the words containing these cluters then T plays the tape (or reads ) again and this time asks Ss to repeat after the tape (or T ) - T asks Ss to read the words in each column out loud in chorus for a few more time Then T calls on some Ss to read the words out loud T listens and correct if Ss not pronounce the target words incorrectly T may want to get them to repeat after the tape (or him / herself ) again in chorus and then invidually Practising the dialogue containing the target sounds - T asks Ss to work in pairs and take turn to read alound the given dialogue on page 97 - T goes around to listen and takes notes of the typical errors T calls on some Ss read the dialogue again and providew corrective feedback 6‘ GRAMMAR a Presentation - T writes some sentences on the board and asks Ss to comment on the use of one(s) , someone , no one , anyone Whole class & pair work and everyone + I don’t like the red shirt ; I prefer the blue one + Don’t buy the sour oranges Buy the sweet ones + There’s someone waiting for the director in the office + Did someone call me last night ? + Have you met anyone like him ? + Don’t tell anyone my secret + No one likes her story + Everyone laughs at him - Ss work in pairs to work out the use of the pronouns - T checks with the whole class , making clear that + One and ones are used to replace a previously mentioned noun when we not want to repeat that noun One replace a singular noun , and ones replace a plural noun + Someone = somebody It used with singular verb in (1) an affirmative statement or (2) a question when the speaker / write expects the “yes ” answer + Anyone = anybody It used with a singular verb in (1) a negative statement or (2) a question + No one usually takes a singular affirmative verb +Everyone = everybody It usually goes with a singular verb It is used to refer to very presin or all people Note : These expressions have a singular meaning and take a singular verb , so presonal pronouns and possesive adjectiives shound logically he /she Him /her , his/her However , in modern English plural forms are more common : + Everyone has come in , haven’t they ? + No one should leaver their luggage on the bus - T asks several Ss to give similar examples and gives feedback b Pracctice 10’ Exercise - T asks Ss to Execrise individually and then compare their answers with another student - T calls on some Ss to read out their answers - T gives correct answers anyone no one Someone everyone anyone no one someone Exercise - T asks ss to exercise in pairs Ss have to rewrite the sentences , using the pronoun one / ones - T asks them to compare answers with another pair - T calls on some Ss to go to the board to write heir answers - T asks oher Ss to feedback and gives correct answers Answers : Of the three bags , I like the blue one Mai is making a fruit cake Huong is making one too I like reading books , especially the ones about the natural world I don’t have a computer , and my father doesn’t want me to have one They let me choose a pencil , and I took the red one There are several national celebrations in Vietnam but perhapd the most meaningful one is Tet holiday We told each other both happy stories and sad ones about our lives 10 ‘ C Production : role play - T asks Ss to work in pairs and gives each student a role card T gets Ss the coversation , using as many one(s) someone , no one , anyone and everyone as possible Card A You are a student and living in a rented flat near the university Last night you came home from the library and found out that your flat had been broken in All of the money you put under your cushion was stolen You kept the flat in that situation and took a picture of it this morning Now you are at the police station to report the theft You show th police officer the picture Answer any questions from him Card B : You are police officer Student A comes to the police station to report a theft Ask him / her questions to find out more information that helps out the thief - T goes aroud to observe Ss work and provides help when necessary - T calls on some pairs to act the conversation and elicits corrective feedback if neede Suggested conversation Officer : good morning How can I help you ? Student A : good morning I come here to report a theft Officer : Well where and when did it happen ? Student A : It happened in my flat , but I don’t know exactly when because when I came back to my flat at p.m I found that someone hard broken in my flat Officer : Did you see anyone around you flat at that moment ? Student A : I walked out to have a look , but I saw no one Officer : Was anything valuable stolen ? Student A : Actually , I don’t have any valuable things in my flat because it’s a rented one Howere , all of the money I put under mu cushion was stolen Officer : Do you live with anyone ? Student A : No , I live alone But there are some students living around in other flats When I went to the apartment buiding everyone was absent I think they all went to the library as it’s the exam time When I opened the door , I was really shocked This is picture I took this morning Officer : Alright It’s better that we’ll go to your flat to investigate and find other evidence I hope that you haven’t cleaned up the flat Student A : sure , it’s still in a mess like this Officer : please tell me your name and address We’ll go to your place this afternoon and interview everyone living near you Student A : My name’s is Le Hoa my address is Room 301 , Nguyen A Living Quarter , Tran Hung Dao Street I’ll wait fo you Thank you Officer :see you this afternoon Goodbye 5‘ VOCABULARY Instruction : you are to complete the sentences by filling each blank with one word from the box - T asks Ss how to this exerise T may given them some tips to the exercise: + First, read the statements decide the part of speech of the word to fill in each blank For example, the word to fill in the first blank is an adjective; the word to fill in the third blank is a noun + Then read each sentence carefully to understand its meaning Next, look that box of words to find out the word which has the most appropriate in meaning to complete the sentence + Continue with the other sentences - Ss work individually to finish the exercise and then compare their answers with the person sitting next to them Whole class individual work & pair work - T calls on some Ss to give the answers and give feedback Answers: 1.traditional 2.grand 3.gifts 4.celebrating 5.polite 2’ 6.good luck 7.excitement WRAPPING - T summarises the main points of the lesson - For homework, Ss review the points that have been covered in the lesson and the Extra exercise Whole class [...].. .UNIT 8 : CELEBRATIONS B -SPEAKING I Objectives By the end of the lesson , ss will be able to : Talk about the celebrations of Tet and other festival’s activites Materials Textbook , handouts III.Anticipated problems Ss may not have enough vocabulary to talk... 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As well, people (10) Christmas trees and put up (11) around the house A common Christmas dinner is (12) There are also lots of (13) goodies for the kids People love Christmas because it is the time when they can share (14) moments with their family Answers: 1 marks 2 followed 3 holiday 4 family 5 presents 6 cards 7 merry 8 sing 9 spirit 10 decorate 11 lights 12 turkey 13 baked 13 ‘ 14 peaceful... Thanksgiving Thanksgiving or thankgiving Day , is an annual one – day holiday to give thanks for the things one has at the end of the harvest season In the united States , thanksgiving is celebrated on the fouth Thursday of November In the United States , certain kinds of food are traditionally , served at Thanksgiving meals First and foremost , turkey is ussully the fuatures item on any Thanksgiving... be ready to give them some strategies IV Procedure Time Steps Work arrangement 7’ WARM UP Competition game - Guessing game - The aim of the activity is to revise the vocabulary related to festivals and celebrations that Ss have learnt - T divides Ss into 2 groups : A & B - T tells Ss the rule of the game: One member from each group will go and stand in the front of the class with their back facing the... presents 6 cards 7 merry 8 sing 9 spirit 10 decorate 11 lights 12 turkey 13 baked 13 ‘ 14 peaceful PREPARING SS WRITE - T sets the scene : you are going to write a description of one of the popular celebrations in Vietnam - T prepare Ss for the writing task , T uses the passage in the Warm – up as a model - T gets Ss to read the passage again and discuss the main points included in the passage... dislike ? reason(s) ? (sentence 10 ) - Now T gets Ss to work invidually to write an outline for their description , using the nain points set in the previons activity Ss should choose one of the popular celebrations in Vietnam to describe ( Mid –autumn Festival , Teachers’ Day , Women’s Day , Independence Day ) - Ss work with each other to comment on each other’s outline T goes around and provides help... Unicorn dancers are also very popular in Trung Thu festivites In addition , Vietnamese parents tell their children’s fairy tales and serve mooncakes and other special treats treats uneder the opportunity for me to gather with my family and friends to enjoy the moonlight and many special refreshments 8’ FEEDBACK ON SS’ WRITINGS - T asks Ss to exchange their writing with another student for peer correction