UNIT 11: THE NATIONAL PARKS B Writing I OBJECTIVE By the ends of the lesson, students will be able to: − Write letters of acceptance of refusal II PREPARATION - Teacher: Handouts, textbook, extra-board - Student: Textbook, notebook,… III ANTICIPATED PROPBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS Ss may not be familiar with expressions used in an invitation letter, so T should teach them IV PROCEDURE Teacher and Students’ activities 1.Warm-up: (6’) 2.Task 1: Filling the blank(6’) Instruction: You are going to complete the letters on page 117 by fill each blank with one of the ways to accept or refuse an invitation provided in the table − Before Ss the task, T asks Ss to read through the expressions in the table to understand them − T asks Ss to the task in pairs and reminds them that for each blank they can have more than one answer − T calls on some Ss to go and write their answers on the board − T calls for peer correction and gives T's own feedback Discussing the features of a letter of acceptance or refusal (7’) − After Ss finish task 1, T can use the letters in the task as models to elicit or introduce the features of a letter of acceptance or refusal T may use some questions − T reminds Ss that: + To write a letter of acceptance, firstly, Ss Board display *Answer: That's a great idea! I'd love to, but…/ I'm afraid I can't come because … I'd love to / I'd be delighted to * Questions + What is the similarity between should thank their friends for the invitation Then they use one of the ways of accepting to say they agree to join their friends + To write a letter of refusal, firstly, Ss should thank their friends for the invitation Then they use of the ways of refusing the invitation to say that they cannot join their friends Ss should remember to give out the reason for their refusal as well 3.Task 2: Ordering (6’) Instruction: You are required to arrange the sentences in the correct order to make a letter of accepting an invitation to spend a weekend in the country − T asks Ss to the task individually and exchange their answer with another student when they have finished − T calls on a student to read the letter out loud and asks other Ss to listen and give feedback − T comments and gives the correct order 4.Task 3: Writing a letter of acceptance or refusal (10’) Instruction: One of your friends has invited you to go for a picnic to Cuc Phuong National Park next weekend Write a reply letter accepting or declining his/her invitation − Before Ss the task, T reminds them that they should pay attention to all the features of this type of letter and be careful with some other written conventions such as capitalization, punctuation … − T asks Ss to write the letter individually − While Ss write the letter, T should go around to observe and provide help Feedback on Ss' writings − T asks Ss to exchange their letter with another student for peer correction − T goes around and collects mistakes and errors − T collects the three letters? + What is the similarity between letter one and three? + How is letter two different from the other two? + Why did the writer of letter two refuse the invitation? *Answer: 1d 2e f 6b 3c 4a 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 Feedback on Ss' writings(7’) − T asks Ss to exchange their letter with another student for peer 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 Wrap up(2’) * Summarises: - T summarises the main points of the lesson * Homework - T asks Ss to write a letter of acceptance or refusal (if they have written a letter of acceptance in class, at home they will write a letter of refusal and vice versa) - Prepare for the next lesson ... gives the correct order 4.Task 3: Writing a letter of acceptance or refusal (10’) Instruction: One of your friends has invited you to go for a picnic to Cuc Phuong National Park next weekend Write... Feedback on Ss' writings(7’) − T asks Ss to exchange their letter with another student for peer correction − T goes around and collects mistakes and errors − T collects some writings for quick... other two? + Why did the writer of letter two refuse the invitation? *Answer: 1d 2e f 6b 3c 4a some writings for quick feedback − T writes Ss' typical errors on the board and elicits self and peer