LESSON PLANS OF GRADE 11 Date: November 11 th , 2008. Period 49. UNIT 8 : CELEBRATIONS Lesson 3 : Listening I. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to listen and pick up specific details. II. Teaching aids: Textbook, chalks, boards, cassette player,… III. Procedure: 1. Checking students’ attendance. 2. Checking ss’ speaking in previous lesson. 3. New lesson: Unit 8_ Listening. Stages / timing Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Pre-listening (10’) While-listening (25’) _ Introduce the topic of the lesson. And then lead-in the situation of the dialogue about the New year in Japan. _ Ask ss to listen and repeat the words (p.95). And then explain some difficult words: + longevity (n) = long life: sự sống lâu + constancy (n) sự kiên định + pine tree (n) cây thông + shrine (n) đền thờ + represent (n) người đại diện _ Ask ss to work in pairs to guess the activities that the Japanese often do on the New Year’s Days (p.94). _ Check ss’ information, then ask ss to listen to the dialogue and get information for the task. TASK 1. _ Let ss listen to the dialogue in three times to check and put a tick on the statements from the task. _ Have ss share their answers together, then ask them for the information. _ Check ss’ answers and give feedback. Answer keys: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11. TASK 2. _ Explain how to do the task. _ Ask ss to listen to the conversation again and answer the questions. _ Let ss listen in three times. _ Ask them to share their answers together. _ Check their answers, and give feedback. Suggested answers: 1. Because they want to get rid of the dirt of the old year and welcome to the New Year. _ Listen and take notes. _ Listen and repeat the word. _ Learn the new words. _ Work in pairs to discuss and guess for the japanese’s activities on The New Year’s Days. _ Listen to the conversation. _ Discuss and share the answers with partner. _ Give out the answers after listening. _ Get corrections. _ Take notes. Then listen to the dialogue again. _ Discuss with partners after listening. _ Give out the answers ( one by one ). _ Copy down the true answers on notebook. Presented by Khưu Chí Thành Thoi Quan High School LESSON PLANS OF GRADE 11 Post-listening (8’) Homework. (2’) 2. From TV or Radio. 3. Kimonos or special dress. 4. No, New Year’s Day is mostly celebrated among family only. _ Ask ss to compare the following aspects of the Vietnamese New Year with the Japanese one. + preparation + food and clothes + activities + people to celebrate with _ Check ss’ information. And give feedback. _ Write a short paragraph about the Japanese New Year, following the lesson. _ Discuss in pairs. _ Talk about the comparation from the two countries in front of the class. Presented by Khưu Chí Thành Thoi Quan High School THE TAPESCRIPT OF UNIT 8_LISTENING Lan: You lived in Japan for more than two years, could you tell me something about Japanese New Year, Mai? When is the New Year observed? Mai: It’s on 1 st January, and it lasts three days through 3 rd January. Lan: Do people do the same things as we do in Viet Nam? Mai: Well, there are some simillarities and also some differences. Lan: Please, tell me about them. Mai: The preparations begin a few days before the New Year when housewives start cooking special food for New Year’s Day. Lan: Do they clean and decorate their houses? Mai: Sure. They do. On the New Year’s Eve every household do a big cleaning up. The idea is to get rid of the dirt of the past year and welcome the new one. Lan: Do they decorate their houses with trees and flowers? Mai: Yes, they usually decorate their houses with some small pine trees on both sides of the door, which represent longevity and constancy. People also exchange cards and gifts. Lan: I see. And what do they usually do on the New Year’s Eve? Mai: Family’s members sit round and start watching the national singing contest on television. But the last notes must be sung before midnight. Then television or radio will broadcast 108 bells. As soon as the 108 th bell is rung, people all say “ Happy New Year”. Lan: What do they usually do next? Mai: Some families put on special kimonos or dress to go to visit their shrine. Then they come home and eat their special New Year Day’s food and drink a lot of rice wine. New Year’s Day is mostly celebrated among family only. LESSON PLANS OF GRADE 11 Date: November 14 th , 2008. Period 50. UNIT 8 : CELEBRATIONS Lesson 4 : Writing I. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write about some popular celebrations in Vietnam followed the suggestions. II. Teaching aids: Textbook, chalks, boards, papers,… III. Procedure: 1. Checking students’ attendance. 2. Checking ss’ paragraph in previous lesson. 3. New lesson: Unit 8_ Writing Stages / timing Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Warm-up (5’) Pre-writing (10’) While-writing (15’) _ Devide the whole class into two teams. Team 1 will talk about Japanese New Year following these aspects: preparations; food and clothes; activities _ explain how to do the task, then let ss talk. _ Check students’ talk, and give feedback. _ Ask ss to tell some festivals in Vietnam that they know. Ex: _ Ask ss the question: “ Which festival do you like best?” _ Lead-in: You’re going to write a description of one of the popular celebrations in Vietnam following these main points: + Name of the festival. + Time of the festival. + Purpose of the festival. + main activities of the festival. + Your feeling about the festival. ( whether you like it or not and the reason(s). _ Explain how to write. Then ask ss to practice writing for the task. _ Walk around the classroom and give ss some helps if it’s necessary. _ Listen to teacher and do the task. _ Tell about the names of Festival in Vietnam. _ Discuss the questions. Ask and answer with a partner. _ Listen to teacher and take notes. _ Discuss and practice writing following the main points. _ Do the task in pairs/ individually. Presented by Khưu Chí Thành Thoi Quan High School FESTIVAL S Tet holiday Mid-autumn Independence Day LESSON PLANS OF GRADE 11 Post-writing (13’) Homework ( 2’) _ Ask ss for the writing that they have done. Pick some ss’ writing and check their information. Give feedback. Suggested writing Among many festivals in Vietnam. Teacher’s Day is special day for teachers. It always celebrated on 20 th of November anually. It has been celebrated in Vietnam for many years to show respect and love to teachers. On this occasion, schools often have meeting for Teachers and talk about Teacher’s Day. Students often give their beloved teachers flowers and beautiful wishes. I myself enjoy the festival very much as it’s a chance for friends to gather and visit Teachers, we always have a great time. _ Ask ss to rewrite the paragraph in their notebooks based on the corrections and the suggested writing. _ Give out the writing after having finished the task. _ Take note and get corrections. _ Listen and remember the task. Presented by Khưu Chí Thành Thoi Quan High School LESSON PLANS OF GRADE 11 Date: November 18 th , 2008. Period 51. UNIT 8 : CELEBRATIONS Lesson 5 : Language Focus I. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to use pronoun “ONE ; SOMEONE ; No-ONE ; ANYONE ; EVERYONE”; and have further practice in vocabulary about holidays and celebrations. II. Teaching aids: Textbook, chalks, boards, … III. Procedure: 1. Checking students’ attendance. 2. Checking ss’ writing in previous lesson. 3. New lesson: Unit 8_ Writing. Stages / timing Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Warm-up (5’) Pronunciation (6’) Grammar (10’) Presentation Jumbled Words: _ Hang a poster on the board and ask ss to work in pairs to find out the right words in two minutes and write them on the board. _ Check ss’ work and give feedback. 1. sigft gifts 4. godo kucl 2. drang grand Good luck 3. loetip polite . . . Etc. LISTEN AND REPEAT _ Introduce the sounds / fl / , / fr / ; / θr / _ read the sounds as modeling. Then ask ss to repeat the words after teacher. _ Check ss’ pronunciation, give feedback. THE DIALOGUE _ Ask ss to practise reading the dialogue in pairs. Then check ss’ pronunciation. _ Explain the grammar points. 1. Pronoun “ ONE(s)” : Examples: I have the blue pen but I don’t have the red pen . I have the blue pen but I don’t have the blue one ONE : Được dùng để nói đến một người hay vật để tránh sự lặp đi lặp lại của cùng một danh từ. ONE thay thế chop danh tư số ít. ONES thay thế cho danh từ số nhiều. Example: I have the red pens, but I don’t have the blue pens. I have the red pens but I don’t have the blue ones. 2. Someone / sombody: một ai đó, 1 người nào đó. Động từ theo sau “someone/somebody” chia ở số ít. _ Play the game in pairs. _ Listen to teacher and practise reading the words. _ Practice reading the dialogue. _ Listen to teacher, take note and remember how to use the pronoun “ONE”. _ Listen and remember how to use “someone”. Presented by Khưu Chí Thành Thoi Quan High School LESSON PLANS OF GRADE 11 Practice (7’) (9’) (7’) Example: _ Someone has taken my shoes. _ Somebody is there. 3. “No-one/Nobody” : không có ai. Động từ theo sau phải ở dạng số ít. Ex: _ No-one understands me. _ There is nobody there. 4. “anyone/ anybody” : dùng thay thế cho “someone” trong câu phủ định và nghi vấn. Ex: _ Does anyone else want to answer the questions? _ There isn’t anyone there. 5. “everyone/everybody”: tất cả mọi người; mỗi một người. Động từ theo sau cũng ở dạng số ít. Ex: _ Everyone likes him very much. EXERCISE 1 _ Ask ss to do the exercise. _ Check ss’ answers after they’ve finished their task. _ Give corrections. Answer keys: 1. anyone. 2. someone 3. anyone 4. someone 5. no-one 6. everyone 7. no-one. EXERCISE 2 _ Ask ss to do exercise 2 in pairs. _ Check and correct for students’ answers. Answer keys: 1. Of the three bags, I like the blue one. 2. Mai is making a fruit cake, Huong is making one, too. 3. I like reading books, especially the ones about the natural world. 4. I don’t have a computer, and my father doesn’t want me to have one. 5. They let me choose a pencil, and I took the red one. 6. There are several celebrations in Vietnam, but perhaps the most meaningful one is TET. 7. We told each other both happy stories and sad ones about our lives. EXERCISE 3 _ Explain how to do the task, then ask ss to complete the passage with the words given. _ Have ss compare their answers after having done the exercise. _ Listen and take note how to use “no- one”. _ Take note how to use “anyone”. _ Take note how to use “everyone”. _ Practice to do the exercise in pairs. _ Share the answers with partner. _ Give out the answers to the whole class. _ Discuss to do the one. _ Share the answers with partner and give out the ones to teacher. _ Take corrections from teacher. _ Listen and take note. Discuss to do the task. _ Work in pairs. Presented by Khưu Chí Thành Thoi Quan High School LESSON PLANS OF GRADE 11 Homework. (2’) _ Check ss’ answers, and give feedback. Suggested answers: 1. traditional 5. polite 2. grand 6. good luck 3. gifts 7. excitement 4. celebrating _ Ask ss to remember how to use Pronouns in the lesson, and do all the exercises again at home. _ Make 5 or 6 sentences using the pronouns in the lesson. _ Give out the answers. _ Get corrections from teacher. _ Remember the task. _ Write down the task on notebook. Date: November 24 th , 2008. Period 52. Presented by Khưu Chí Thành Thoi Quan High School LESSON PLANS OF GRADE 11 UNIT 8 : TEST YOURSELF C I. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to talk about the celebration of Tet and some other festivals’ activities. II. Teaching aids: Textbook, chalks, boards, pictures . . . III. Procedure: 1. Checking students’ attendance. 2. Check ss’ new words and reading skills. 3. New lesson: Unit 8_ Speaking. Stages / timing Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Warm-up ( 3’) Pre-speaking ( 10’ ) While-speaking ( 22’ ) _ Ask ss to tell some Festivals in Vietnam. _ Check ss’ information, and give feedback. * Lead-in: Question: + Do you think that Lunar New Year is popular in the world? _ Let’s follow the dialogues from the task below, and find out if Anna, who is Mai’s English friend know about it or not. * Task 1: _ Explain how to do the task. _ Ask ss to do the one in pairs. _ Check ss’ work, and give feedback. _ Check ss’ reading. * Task 2: _ Explain how to do the task and ask ss look at the pictures ( page 93) to give the name of the Festivals. _ Explain some words: + valentine (n): ngày lễ tình nhân + harvest (n): vụ mùa + mask (n): mặt nạ + parade (n): cuộc diễu hành. _ Hang a poster showing the information in the box (page 94), and ask ss to match the holidays with their main purpose and activities. _ Check ss’ answers, and give feed back. * Task 3: _ Tell about some Festivals in Vietnam. _ Discuss to answer the question. _ Listen to teacher and take notes, write down the new lesson. _ Practice reading the dialogues on page 93 in pairs. _ Read the ones loudly in pairs in front of the class. _ Listen and remember how to work. _ Give the name of the Festivals in the pictures. _ Learn the words from the teacher. _ Look at the poster, and discuss to do the task in pairs. _ Tell the class the answers after matching. _ Copy down the answer keys. _ Practice making the dialogues in Presented by Khưu Chí Thành Thoi Quan High School The keys: 1. c – C 2. a – A 3. b – B LESSON PLANS OF GRADE 11 Post-speaking ( 8’) Homework. (2’) _ Ask ss to practice talking about the information from the box of task 2 using the dialogues in task 1 (in pairs). _ Travel around the class to give some helps. _ Ask ss for the dialogues that they have done. _ Check and give feedback. * Give some papers of the words: “Devide the whole class into two teams. Then ask the representative from each team to pick a paper ( one by one ) to tell about the main purpose and the activities of the festival that they’ve chosen. True information for the Festival, get 10 marks. Which team choose the word Lucky Number, will get 10 marks without telling anything. Which team has the highest score will be the winner.” _ Check ss’ work, and give feedback. _ Ask ss to make similar dialogues with other festivals that they knew. _ Prepare for new lesson : “ Unit 8_Listening. pairs, then perform the ones in front of the class. _ Listen to the instructions, then play the game in two teams. _ Listen and remember the task. Period 53 : Revision Period 54: The final Exam of term 1. Presented by Khưu Chí Thành Thoi Quan High School Lucky number Thanksgiving Tet Holiday Mid-Fall Festival . longevity and constancy. People also exchange cards and gifts. Lan: I see. And what do they usually do on the New Year’s Eve? Mai: Family’s members sit round and. their answers together. _ Check their answers, and give feedback. Suggested answers: 1. Because they want to get rid of the dirt of the old year and welcome