Lesson plan English 11 Lesson plan English 11 Unit1: Friendship Period1 Reading I. Objectives By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to: - Develop such reading skill as scanning for details, specific ideas, skimming for general information, and guessing meaning in context - Use the information they have learnt to discuss the topic II. Teaching aids Textbook, handouts, pictures concerning to the topic III. Anticipated problems Ss may need help with discussion task so T should be ready to help them Ss may have difficulty in reading some difficult words such as:sympathy, loyalty, suspicion,enthusiasm . T may not have enough time to teach IV. Procedure teacher students 1. Check the attendance(2m) 2. Warm up(4m) Network T repairs a hangout with network of the word friendship T divides the class into 8 groups and gives each group a hand out. T asks Ss to complete the net work. The winner will be the group completing the network in the shortest period of time A. Before you read(10m) Discussing the picture and poem T asks the whole class to look at the picture on page 12 and asks them some questions: 1. What are girls and boys doing in the picture? 2. How do they feel? 3.What does the picture tell you? T ask Ss to work in pairs to read the short poem on the page13 and answer the question: What do you think of the friend in the poem T calls on some Ss to answer the questions. T may give some comments and the suggestions: The friend in the poem is very dedicated and thoughtful. Group work Discuss about the qualities which friendship must have to complete the network Suggested answers: Honest,unselfish,constant,loyal,mutual trust,sympathetic,patient Pair work Suggested answers 1. One boy is playing guitar, and the other girls and boys are singing 2. They seem very happy because we can see their smile 3. The picture tells us that friends can happily do many things together or friendship is a beautiful thing that brings happiness to us Dedicated(a)tận tâm, tận lực Thoughtful(a)chu đáo, quan tâm Circumstance(n)hoàn cảnh, tình Trần Thu Hà 1 Friendship Lesson plan English 11 He/She is willing to help his/her friend in any circumstances Pre- teaching vocabulary Lasting(a)= lifelong Be concerned with sb/st Constancy(n)constant(a) Rumour(n) ['ru:m] Gossip(n): information talk or stories about other people s private lives that may be unkind or not true Incapable of/ in'keipbl/ Suspicion(n)/ s'spin/ suspicious(a) Pursuit(n) Sympathy(n) ['simpi], sympathetic(a)[,simp'etik/ Sorrow(n)/ 'srou/= sadness T asks Ss to make some Ss to make sentences with above words to check their understanding Have Ss practice reading the vocabulary B. While you read Setting the scence You are going to read a passage about the qualities of a long lasting friendship. While you reading, do the task in the textbook Task1 (6m) T asks the Ss to read the words in the box then fill each blank with one of them Ask Ss to read the passage quickly and stop the lines that contain these words to guess their meaning T asks Ss to work individually to do the task T goes around to help them when necessary T asks Ss to exchange their answers with the other Ss T asks Ss for their answers and tell then to explain their choices Task 2(5m) T asks Ss to read the passage again and decide which of the choices A,B,C,or D most adequately sum up the ideas of the whole passage T gets Ss do the task individually T might also want to give Ss some strategies to find the main idea of the passage T calls on some Ss to give the answer and asks other Ss to say whether they agree or disagree Task 3(10m) Ask Ss to answers the questions in task3 T asks Ss to do the task individually to do the task, then discuss their answers with their partner T calls some Ss to write their answers on the board and ask them to explain their choices Correct answers: 1. The first quality for true friendship is unselfishness. It tells us that a person who is concerned only with his/her own interest and feelings can t be a true friend 2. Because they take up and interest with enthusiasm, but they are soon tired of it and they feel the attraction of huống Lâu dài, bền vững Quan tâm tới ai, cái gì tính kiên định tin đồn chuyện ngồi lê đôi mách, chuyện tầm phào không đủ khả năng sự nghi ngờ sự nghiệp, sự theo đuổi, đam mê sự thông cảm thông cảm, đồng cảm nỗi buồn do as T s requests whole class individual work & pair work Ss guess the meaning of the word base on the context in the sentences 1. mutual 2. incapable of 3. unselfish 4. acquaintance/ friend 5. give -and -take 6. loyal to 7. suspicious Whole class read the text carefully Individual work Answer: B Individual work and pair work Trần Thu Hà 2 Lesson plan English 11 some new object 3. The third quality for true friendship is loyalty. It tells us that the two friends must be loyal to each other, and they must know each other so well that there can be no suspicions between them 4. Because if not people can t feel safe when ’ telling the other their secret 5. Because they cannot keep a secret, either of their own or of others ’ 6. The last quality is sympathy. It tells us that to be a true friend one must sympathise with his/her friend. Where there is no mutual sympathy between friends, there is no true friendship C. After you read(6m) Ask Ss to work in pairs to discuss the question in the text book T goes around to help the Ss when necessary When all pairs have finished, T asks every two pairs to share ideas T calls on some Ss to report their ideas to the class 4. Homework(2m) Learn by heart all of new words and structures and give examples Summarise the main points of the text Pay attention then give remark Correct themselves their mistakes Pair work The friendship is very important to our life. A true friend can helps us when we are sorrow and when we have difficulty. We can share ideas, feeling, likes,joys, pleasures,aims .to each … other. Sometimes only true friends can understand, sympathise us so we feel safe to tell him/her our secrets. Friendship brings us happiness. We happily do many things together.So we can t live without friendship’ Whole class Period 2: Speaking I. Objectives By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to Describe the physical characteristics and personalities of their friends, using appropriate adjectives II. Teaching aids Textbook, handouts, pictures about some famous people .………… III. Anticipated problems Ss may not have enough vocabulary to talk about the topic, so T should be ready to provide help IV. Procedure TrÇn Thu Hµ 3 Lesson plan English 11 teacher students 1. Check the attendance(2m) 2. Warm up(5m) Ask Ss to describe one of their friend or their relatives 3. New lesson A. Presentation(10m) Task 1 Ask 1 S to read aloud the title and explain Instruction: You are going to look at the picture of 4 people on page 15 and describe them in pairs Before letting Ss do the task, T ask them to read useful language on page 16 T may explains some word if Ss don t know the meaning of the adjectives provided Forehead(n)/ 'f:hed/: T points at his/her forehead Crooked(a)/ 'krukid/ T may ask Ss to provide some adjective/expressions used to describe people Ss appearance. She may also give Ss handout of these adjectives and expressions: Height :tall,short, medium Build : slim(mảnh khảnh), plump(bụ bẫm, đầy đặn), overweight, thin.muscular/ 'mskjul/(vạm vỡ), stocky(thấp và chắc), well-built(lực lỡng) Hair: -length: long, short, shoulder- length -style: straight , wavy, curly,crew-cut(đầu cua) -color: black,grey, red, brown Others: a fringe(mái), a bun(búi tóc), plait(s)/ plổt/đuôi sam Face: oval, round, large, square, skinny/ ['skini](gầy nhom,gầy trơ xơng), chubby(phúng phính), long, with high cheekbones(gò má cao) Eyes: small, big, black, brown, blue Nose: straight, crooked, turned-up(hếch), big, small, flat(tẹt) Chin: pointed chin(cằm nhọn),double chin Lips: thin, full, narrow, heart-shaped Forehead: broad, high Skin:white,pale/peil/(tái, xanh xám), suntanned(rám nắng),dark, brown, black General appearance:beautiful, handsome,pretty,good looking, plain(bình thờng) T asks to work in pairs to describe the people in the picture, and then calls on some Ss to present their answer T gives feedback B. Practice(10m) Task 2 Ask Ss to discuss and number the personalities in order of importance in friendship and then report the results Before Ss do the task, T asks them to look at the list of Do as teacher s request Pair work Whole class Trán Mũi khoằm Whole class use hangouts to describe 1. The boy is about 16. He is short- sighted because he s wearing apair of glasses. He has short black hair, a round face with a broad forehead, a small nose,thin lips and small chin. He quite good-looking 2.The girl is about 14. She s also wearing a pair of glasses. She has shoulder-length black hair, and she s wearing a ribbon(bờm tóc). She has an oval face with a straight nose, full lips and a pointed chin. She quite pretty 3. The man is in his forties. He s tall and well-buit. He has short brown hair and a square face with a broad head, small eyes , a crooked nose and thin lips. He quite good looking 4. The woman is her twenties. She s quite tall and slim. She has long curly brown hair and an oval face with a broad forehead, big eyes, a straight nose heart-shaped lips and a small chin. She s very beautiful Whole class and group work Chu đáo Hiếu khách Trần Thu Hà 4 Lesson plan English 11 adjectives provided in book. T asks if Ss understand these adjectives or not T can elicit [i'lisit](luËn ra,gîi ra) or explain some adjectives quickly Caring Hospitable Modest sincere understanding T divides the class into group of 6 with a group leader. They discuss and the leader will take notes of the ideas, and then one representative will report the result to the whole class. T reminds Ss that they have to explain their choice as well T goes round to offer help when Ss discuss T call on some Ss to report the result of their discussion. T elicits feedback from the class and gives final comments C. Production(15m) Task 3 Instruction: Imagine that you have a friend who has just won the first prize in Mathematics. A journalist is going to interview you about your friend. Act out the interview in pairs T asks Ss to look at their role on page 16 anf the suggestions on page 17 T may elicit the questions they may ask -his /her hobbies: What does he/she like doing in his/her freetime?what are his/her hobbies -his/her physical characteristics: what does he/ she look like? His/her personalities:How is he/she?Is she/he friendly .? T may also make clear the meaning of some adjectives Quick-witted Good-natured T asks Ss to work in pairs to perform the interview in 7 minutes and goes around to offer help T call on some pairs to perform the interview T elicits feedback from the class and gives final comments 4. Home work(3m) Write down a paragraph to describe your best friend Prepare the next period listening” ” Khiªm tèn Ch©n thµnh Th«ng c¶m, th«ng hiÓu Group work 1 st group: My group thinks that being caring is the most important in friendship because when friends care about eachother, they will know when to share happiness or difficulty with their friend… Pay attention Nhanh trÝ Tèt bông Pair work Whole class TrÇn Thu Hµ 5 Lesson plan English 11 Period 3 Listening I. Objectives By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to Develop such listening micro-skills as intensive listening for specific information and taking notes while listening II. Teaching aids Textbook, handouts, cassette tapes . III. Anticipated problems Ss may not be familiar with the note-taking task,so T should provide them some tips to deal with the task IV. Procedure teacher student 1. Check the attendance(2m) 2. Warm up(5m) Matching The aim of this activities is to help Ss revise the vocabulary items Ss learnt in the previous lesson T divides the class into small groups of 3-4 students Then T distributes the following crossword hand out for Ss to do in their own groups. Which group finishes first and has all the correct answers will be the winner A B 1. good-natured a,Nhanh trí 2. friendly b, Hào phóng 3. quick-witted c, Hiếu khách 4.hospitable d, Hay giúp đỡ 5. patient e,Khiêm tốn 6. honest f, Ham học 7. generous g, Kiên nhẫn 8. helpful h,Thật thà 9. modest i, Thân thiện 10. studious j, Tốt bụng 3. New lesson A. Before you listen(10m) Talking about your best friend - T asks Ss to discuss the questions on page 17 in pairs - T calls on some Ss to give their answer and comments on the answer - T gets Ss what they are going to listen about Vocabulary pre teaching - Before teaching the new words, T helps Ss to pronounce the words given in the book. T may read aloud first or play the tape and ask Ss to repeat in chorus and individually - elicits/teaches some of these word and those taken from the listening passage Apartment building: Sense of humour: Give sb a ring: phone sb Whole class Group work 1. j 2. i 3. a 4. c 5. g 6. h 7. b 8. d 9. e 10. f Pair work Whole class Toà nhà có nhiều căn hộ Khiếu hài hớc Gọi điện cho ai Trần Thu Hà 6 Lesson plan English 11 Go though a rough time: - T may get Ss to make sentences with the words and give corrective feedback B.While you listen Task 1(10m) Instruction: You are going to listen to Lan and Long talk about their best friends. Listen and decide whether the statements are True or False. Put a tick() in the appropriate box Before Ss listen and do the task, T instructs them to use some strategies + First, read through the statements to understand them and underline key words. For example, the key words in the first statement are: shared, Nguyen Cong Tru, Residential Area, Hanoi …… + Listen to the tape and pay attention to the key words + Decide whether statements are true or false based on what they can hear - T plays the tape once for Ss to do the task - T asks for Ss answers and writes them on the board’ - T plays the tape the second time for Ss to check their answers - T asks Ss to work in group 4 to compare their answers - T checks Ss answers by calling some Ss and asks ’ them to explain their answers Task 2(7m) Instruction: You are going to listen to the tape again and fill the table in the book with notes -T plays the tape again for Ss to complete their notes. - after playing the tape, T gets Ss to work in pair and check their answers - T calls on some Ss to give the answers. T provides correct answers if necessary. If Ss cannot comple the task, T might let Ss listen one more time and pause at the answers for them to catch Suggested answers: How and where did they meet? What do they like about their friends? Lan - They used to live in the same apartment building in HN - Lan went on a holiday in Do Son and Ha went there to help her - Ha s very friendly and ’ helpful - Ha Ss sociable. She s ’ ’ got many friends in Do Son and she introduced Lan around. Long - They met in college - Minh played the guitar, and Long was a singer - They worked together - Minh has a sense of humour - Minh likes to go to plays and movies - Minh is a good listener Tr¶i qua thêi kú khã kh¨n Pay attention Individual work & Group work Lan’s talk 1. F(They used to live in the same buiding there) 2. F( It is what people think) 3. T 4. F( Lan went to Do Son first and then called Ha, so Ha rode on her mortorbike to Do Son to meet Lan) 5. T 6. F( They have been best friends since Lan s trip to Do Son)’ Long’s talk 1. F( They met in college) 2. F ( Minh was a guitarist) 3. T 4. T 5. T Whole class Individual work and then pair work Listen to the tape carefully and fill the table in the book with note TrÇn Thu Hµ 7 Lesson plan English 11 - Minh is friendly and helpful C. After you listen(8m) - T asks Ss to work in pairs to talk about how Ha has been Lan s best friend and how Minh has been Long s ’ ’ best friend - T goes around to offer help and correct Ss mistakes’ - T calls on some pairs to present their answers - T elicits feedback from the class and give final comments 4. Home work (3m) Ask Ss to learn by heart all new words and prepare the next lesson writing“ ” Pair work Whole class Tapescript: Lan’s talk My best friend is Ha. We ve been friends for a long time. We used to lived in Nguyen Cong Tru Residential ’ Area in HN. Her family moved to Hai Phong in1985. It is said that HP people are cold but Ha is really, really friendly. I first started to get to know her when I was going on a two-day trip to Do Son last year and didn t ’ know anybody there. I gave Ha a ring and she was so friendly, she said. Oh, I ll come to visit you . So “ ’ ” she rode on her motorbike to Do Son and twenty minutes later she was there. She stayed with me for two days. She happened to know a lot of people there, so she introduced me around and we ve been best ’ friends ever since. Long’s talk My best friend is Minh. We met in college. And I was there singing and Minh was a guitarist. So we worked together a lot, but we also became friends. Minh has a great sense of humour, he s very,very funny, and ’ that s of my favourite things about him. And over the years, we have been through good times and bad ’ times with each other, and that s one of the things I like best about him. And we have a lot of the same ’ interests. We like to go to plays and movies together. But when we re going through a rough time, he s ’ ’ really a good friend, and he s a very good listener, and he always helped me though.’ Period 4: Writing I. Objectives By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to: Write about a friend, real or imaginary, using the words and expressions that they have learnt in previous lesson II. Teaching aids Textbook, handouts, .………… III. Anticipated problems Ss may not have sufficient vocabulary to write about the topic, so T should be ready to help them IV. Procedure Teacher Students 1. Check the attendance(1m) 2. Warm up(6m) Guessing game T introduces the game: 1 student goes to the board and T gives him or her a piece of paper with the name of a student in the class. Other Ss have to ask Yes/No question to find out who students is. Ss should ask about the appearance, personalities, or clothes .… Group work Ss may ask questions such as: Is the person a girl? Is she tall? Is she short- sighted? TrÇn Thu Hµ 8 Lesson plan English 11 - The game can continue until the time is up. A. Before writing(13m) - T sets the scene: You are going to write about a friend, real or imaginary, using the provided guidelines - T gets Ss to read the task and the guidelines silently and work out what they are required to write about. In general, Ss writing should include 3 parts:’ + general information about about their friend + his/her physical characteristics and personalities + and what Ss like about the friend T elicits the verb tenses that may be useful when Ss want to write about when and where they met their friend. In this case, Ss may use the simple past tense and past continuous in their writing. T revises the use of the past tense and past continuous tense T may also elicit the adjectives and expressions Ss can use to describe their friend s appearance and ’ personalities T gets Ss prepare an outline for their writing and exchange it with their peer(partner)\ T goes around to offer help and gives corrective feedback B. While writing(15m) T gets Ss to write about their friend in 15minutes T goes around to observe and offer help C. Post writing(8m) T ask Ss to exchange their writing with another Ss for correction T goes around and collects mistakes and errors T collects some writings for quick feedback T 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 Finally, T provide general comments on the writings 4. Home work(2m) Ask Ss to improve their writing, taking into consideration their best friends and T s suggestions ’ ’ and corrections Ask them to prepare the next period: language focus‘ ” Is she friendly? ………… Whole class Pay attention Individual work Pair work and whole class Whole class TrÇn Thu Hµ 9 Lesson plan English 11 Period 5: Language focus I. Objectives By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to: -Distinguish the sound /dʒ/ and /t∫/ - Pronounce the words and sentences containing these sounds correctly - Use some structures containing infinitives with and without to appropriately II. Teaching aids Textbook, handouts, .………… III. Anticipated problems Ss may find it difficult to pronounce the two sounds, so T should prepare a lot of practice IV. Procedure Teacher Students 1. Warm up(3m) Noughts and Crosses Hospitable Honest Around face Caring Sense of humour Friendly Large Good-natured Pleasant 2. New lesson A. Pronunciation(10m) -Pronouncing the two sounds separately -T models the two sound /dʒ/ and /t∫/ for few times and explains the differences in producing them /dʒ/: is a voiced palatal Voiced=vocal cords vibrate while making this sound Palatal= put your tongue behind your top teeth, push air as you drop your tongue away from the roof of your mouth /t∫/ is an unvoiced fricative palatal Unvoiced- vocal cords do not vibrate while making this sound Fricative palatal = touch your tongue to the back of your upper teeth and pull your tongue away as your push air out of your mouth T plays the tape once for Ss to hear the works containing these two sounds. Then T plays the tape again and this time asks Ss to repeat after the tape Pronouncing words containing the sounds -T reads the words in each column all at once /dʒ/:jam, joke, January, dangerous,passenger, village /t∫/:children, changeable, cheese, mutual, church , which -T reads the words once again, each time with a word in each column to help Ss distinguish the differences between the sounds in the words - T reads the words and asks Ss to repeat them - T asks Ss to practice pronouncing the words in pairs -T goes around providing help Group work -Listen attentively -Tell the difference ©m vßm miÖng h÷u thanh D©y thanh ©m rung lªn khi ph¸t ©m Listen and take note ©m v« thanh: d©y thanh ©m kh«ng rung lªn khi ph¸t ©m ©m vßm miÖng phô ©m x¸t Repeat after the tape -/dʒæm/, / dʒouk/, /dʒænjuəri/, /deindʒrəs/, 'pæsindʒə/, /vilidʒ/ -/ 't∫ildrən/,/ 't∫eindʒəbl/,/t∫i:z/, /'mju:tjuəl/,/t∫ə:t∫/, /wit∫/ TrÇn Thu Hµ 10 [...]... pairs and ask them to look the pictures in text book and and answer the questions: Pair work 1.The people in the 1st picture might belong 22 Trần Thu Hà Lesson plan English 11 1 What is the relationship between the people in the pictures? to a family The young man might be the parents and three kids might be their children - In the 2nd picture : the people might belong to a family, too The old lady&man... 2(10m) Individual work and pair work -Ask Ss to read all questions in task2 - T plays the tape again for Ss to listen and answer the Listen and note down the answers 1 16 7 at about 6 questions - T gets Ss to check their answer with a partner Then T 2 Because its noisy and expensive 3 soft drink and biscuits checks with whole class - Play the tape again and pause at difficult points if many 4 At about 4:30... and pause at difficult points if many 4 At about 4:30 5 It was beautiful and decorated with Ss can not complete the task white and pink icing and 16 colorful candles in the middle C After you listen(8m) 6 They clapped their hands eagerly and - Put Ss in pairs and do the task sang Happy birthday - T distributes the following handout for Ss to do the role play Pair work - After theyve finished, T calls... -Golden(a)made of gold -Golden anniversary/jubilee /'du:bili:/: celebration of the 50th wedding anniversary /,ổni'v:sri / -Silver anniversary: celebration of the 25th wedding anniversary -Diamond anniversary: celebration of the 60th wedding anniversary - T helps Ss to pronounce them correctly B While reading You are going to read about how American people celebrate birthdays and wedding anniversaries Then do... through all the 7 sentences in task2 Then ask them to read the text again and locate these words - Ask Ss to check their answer with a friend - Call on some Ss to present and explain their answers - Give feedback and correct answers Whole class đánh dấu sự kiện quan trọng, mốc lịch sử, giai đoạn quan trọng bền vững, lâu dài Take notes and give examples Practice reading the new words Pay attention Individual... through the statements to understand 1 F(the party began at about 3 in the afternoon) them and underline key words 2 F(over 20) - Play the tape once for Ss to listen and do the task 3.F( at 4:30 they cut the cake) - Check the answer with the whole class - Play the tapes one or two more times and pauses at the 4 T( the party ended at about 6) answer for them to catch if Ss cant answer the questions 5 F( other...Lesson plan English 11 - T asks some Ss to pronounce the words and give correction if necessary Practicing sentences containing the target sounds - T reads the sentences and asks Ss underline the words with the sound and write /d/ and /t/ under them T asks Ss to provide the sentences in pairs -T goes around providing help - T asks some Ss to read the sentences and gives feedback B Grammar and Vocabulary... lady&man might be parents The woman and the man who are sitting in front might be their son and daughter in law The boy and the girl might be their grandchildren 2 The people in the 1st picture are celebrating a birthday In the 2nd picture people are celebrating a wedding anniversary 2 What are they celebrating? Pre- teaching vocabulary -Mark(v): -Milestone: an important event or state in ones life... that Mais mother served us soft drink and biscuits We then listened to music and played cards The winners were given prizes At about 4:30 Mais mother brought out the birthday cake It was beautifully decorated with pink and white icing 16 colorful candles sat in the middle of the cake We all clapped our hands eagerly and sang Happy birthday as she blew out the candles and cut the cake We helped ourselves... on page 46 and ask them some Qs +What is the old woman doing in the picture? +What does this mean by Little Moments Big Magic? Whole clas -She is teaching the boy to read -It means that your little contribution and help may lead to significant results/ may greatly change a persons life - It tells me that everybody, no matter what they are young or old, can do volunteer work + The saying means that if . đáo, quan tâm Circumstance(n)hoàn cảnh, tình Trần Thu Hà 1 Friendship Lesson plan English 11 He/She is willing to help his/her friend in any circumstances. TrÇn Thu Hµ 13 Lesson plan English 11 - T calls on a student to give and explain his/ her answer Task 3 (10m) - T checks if Ss can answer the comprehesions