Giáo án Tiếng Anh 11 Unit 8: Celebrations

Giáo án Tiếng Anh 11 Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS Part A: READING Objectives Help students understand the content of the reading (how Vietnamese people celebrate their Lunar New year / Tet) and the new words in context Students can Tasks 1, 2, Methods Communicative approach Teaching aids Cassette player, chalks, board, pictures Teaching procedures STAGE Teacher’s activities A Pre– Warm up Reading 6’ Students’activities -Teacher shows the picture in the textbook and raises some questions like these Are the people in the picture members of the same family? -Answer  Yes / Yes, they are 2 What time of the year is it? What are they doing? What can you see on the table?  It is the first day of the Lunar year  They are celebrating the New Year  There are banh chung, What else can you see in the picture? mut, fruits and red envelops on the table  We can see the apricot flowers and kumquat tree -Teacher has the students work in pairs, behind the people telling each other which of these activities he/she doing most at Tet A making banh chung B decorating the house C eating Tet special foods D going to flowers market E going to the pagoda F watching fireworks G receiving “lucky money” H visiting relatives and friends -Work in pairs While Reading -Have students listen to the tape -Explain some new words in the passage: 30’ grandest (a) agrarian (a) used to + bare inf >< be used to + Ving build-up (to sth.) (n) sticky rice yellow mung bean fatty pork pray for sb/ sth Task -Have students Task (giving Vietnamese equivalents for some English words in the text) - grand - agarian - banner -Do Task - pray - sugared apples - excitement -Give feedback Task -Have students read the whole passage silently and task (True/ False statements) -Listen and take notes TASK – Answers 1.F 2.F 3.T 4.F 5.T F F F Teacher corrects mistakes Task Have students work in groups and answer the questions  Have the representative of each Post Reading group write their answers on the board  Have some pairs practise asking -Take notes 9’ and answering questions Have students work in pairs, telling each other about his/her last Tet holidays focusing on the main points : -how you and your family prepared for Tet -how you decorated your house -Work in pairs -who you visited and who visited you -which special foods you liked best -which activities you most enjoyed during Tet Have one or two pairs present their talk in front of class Correct mistakes and give feedback -Perform in front of the class Homework Write down Task in the notebooks Prepare Part B - Speaking Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS PART B : SPEAKING I Objectives Students can talk about Tet holiday in Vietnam and about some popular holidays and celebrations in Vietnam and in the world II Methods Communicative approach III Teaching aids Chalks , board , pictures in text book , some greeting cards IV Teaching procedures STAGES TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES A Pre- Warm- up speaking Show some cards and ask students on 5’ STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES Answer what occasion these are used B While speaking - Listen and take notes - Explain the verb “ dress up “ dress up : to wear one’s best clothes Ex: Don’t bother to dress up – Come 30’ as You are Task : - Work in pairs - Give instructions - Ask students to task ( page 93), playing the role of Mai and Anna , and then reverse the role -Practice in front of the class - Ask one or two pairs perform their dialogue in front of the class -Work in groups Task : - Have students Task ( match the holidays with their meanings and activities Example : T : People express their love S : It’s Valentine’s Day S 2: They give chocolates , flowers or gifts to the person they love C Postspeaking - Work in pairs Task : - Ask students to task Example : S1 : Do you know that next month is 10’ Valentine’s Day S2 : What is Valentine’s Day ? S1 : It’s the time when people express their love S2: When is it exactly? S1: Well, it is on February 14 - Have some pairs perform in front of the class - Give feedback - Pair works IV Homework + Write down Task in the notebooks + Prepare Part C: Listening (Students get to know some new words in the Listening part on p.94) Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS Part C: LISTENING Objectives Help students know some aspects of the Japanese New Year Methods Communicative approach Teaching aids Cassette-player, tape, chalks, board, pictures in the text book Teaching procedures Stages Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Pre- Warm-up: -Work in pairs What the Vietnamese on New Suggested answers: listening 6’ Year’s Days? What about the Japanese? exchanging gifts and cards decorating the house with peach flowers wearing kimonos or special dress giving or receiving lucky money going to the pagoda visiting friends Read the new words provided Explain some new words -Listen and repeat (similarities, fraction, broadcast …) Whilelistening 30’ Task Ask students to read Task silently Have students listen to the tape twice and Task They put on special clothes () Everyone cleans the house () Bells ring 108 times () Housewives prepare special foods () They decorate their houses with kumquat trees They go to a shrine () They give each other “lucky money.” They drink rice wine () They play cards -Read Task -Listen to the tape twice and choose the best answers -Give answers They watch television () They eat a special meal () Correct mistakes Task Ask students to read the questions in Task carefully -Take notes Have students listen to the tape twice, then Task Have students write the answers on the board Suggested answers: -Read the questions in Task Because they want to get rid of the -Listen to the passage and old year and welcome the new one answer the questions They hear the bells from television or the radio They wear kimonos or special dress No, they don’t New Year’s Day is mostly celebrated among family only Correct mistakes Ask students to work in pairs, comparing the following aspects of the Vietnamese New Year with those of the Japanese one preparations -Work in pairs foods and clothes activities on New Year’s Eve Postlistening 9’ people to celebrate with have some pairs of students perform in front of the class give feedback Homework Practice listening at home Prepare Part D - Writing -Give their presentation Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS Part D: WRITING I OBJECTIVES: - Students can write a description of one of the popular celebrations in Vietnam II METHODS: - Communicative Approach III TEACHING AIDS: - Textbook ( English 11 ), Chalks, Outline of the description IV TEACHING PROCEDURES : STAGE TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES S Warm up - Write on the blackboard some popular celebrations in Vietnam  Mid-Autumn Festival  National Independence Day  Teachers’ Day STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES  Women’s Day Pre- - Ask students some questions Writing When is Teachers’ Day? (5’) What you often on that - Work in groups day? While- - Give some cues related to some - Listen carefully Writing popular celebrations Our (25’) students’ description should include the following main points:  name of the celebration  time of the celebration  purpose of the celebration  main activities of the celebration  his / her feeling about the celebration - Have students the writing - Take notes - Do the writing Post- - Have the representatives of two - Write the descriptions on the Writing groups to write their description (15’) board on the blackboard Suggested Writing: Describing a celebration: Teachers’ Day Every year, on November 20th , all schools throughout our country celebrate Teachers’ Day It is a good time for students to show their love, respect and gratitude towards their teachers On the morning of November 20th , all students are at school to attend the celebration and enjoy the music show played by our school band and other students After that we give our teachers beautiful flowers, cards and best wishes We also pay a visit to our former teachers in the afternoon I enjoy Teachers’ Day because it is on that day that we can show our gratitude towards our teachers - Give remarks and correct mistakes - Listen and take notes * HOMEWORK : - Students reread carefully the description, practise rewriting it - Prepare Part E – Language Focus Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS Part E: LANGUAGE FOCUS Objectives Pronunciation: Students can pronounce properly the sounds /fl/, /fr/ and /Hr/ Grammar: Students use pnonoun ONE(S) and some other indefinite pronouns ( someone, no one, anyone, everyone ) Methods Communicative approach Teaching aids textbook, chalks Teaching procedures STAGE Teacher’s activities Students’ activities A Pronunciation Warm up -Ask students to read the dialogue in the -Work in pairs  read textbook (p.97) aloud the dialogue in the textbook - Go to the board to group the words from the Practice -have the students listen and repeat the dialogue words provided B Grammar Pronoun ONE(S) Pronoun ONE(S) is used to avoid -choral and individual repetition repeating a noun when you are referring to sb/sth that has already mentioned Example: +Which pen would you prefer, the blue or the red one? +These cases are heavy Those ones are light SOMEONE, NO ONE, ANYONE and EVERYONE are used with singular -Work in pairs verbs +SOMEONE and EVERYONE are used in affirmative sentences +ANYONE is used in interrogative sentences +with NO ONE, the verb is in affirmative Example: +Look! Someone is knocking at the door -Do Exercise 1,2 and +Everyone speaks English in this class +individual +Is there anyone at home? +pair work +There isn’t anyone at home -Give answers +There’s no one at home -Take notes -Have students Exercise 1,2 and -Correct mistakes  Suggested answers Exercise (p.98) anyone Someone anyone someone no one everyone Exercise (p.98) 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 celebrations in Vietnam, but perhaps the most meaningful one is Tet holiday We told each other both happy stories and sad ones about our lives Exercise (p.99) traditional grand gifts celebrating polite good luck excitement Homework Write down Exercise 1,2 and in the notebooks Prepare unit Part A - Reading