- Write a letter to their friend to tell him / her about their second semeter report and about their summer holiday. - Prepare Language focus at home.[r]
(1)Date of preparing: Period 31 UNIT 5: LESSON : WRITE (page : 51) A.Objectives:
1 Aims:
- Writing letters to friends
- By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know the format of a formal letter and practice writing a letter to a friend
2 Practice skill:
- practice writing skill 3 The knowledge :
+ Standard knowledge: Write letters to friends
+ Advanced knowledge: to know the format of a formal letter and practice writing a letter to a friend
4 Basic language:
- The tense: simple present tense, past simple tense , simple future tense 5 Attitude:
- Help ss to have good consciousness in order to write personal letters B Teaching aids: text book
C.Teaching Methods: Individual Work, Pair work,Projector D.Procedure:
I ORGANIZATION: (1 minute)
Class Date of teaching Absent students 8C3 ………
8C4 ………
8C5 ……… 8C6 ………
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities II WARM UP (5 minutes)
*Chatting.
- Ask students some questions dealing with writing letters T- whole class Do you often write to someone ?
Who you often write to ?
What you often include in your letters ? How you open a letter ?
How you close it ?
What you often write about ?
III.
NEW LESSON : (37 minutes) Pre- writing (12’) :
1.Vocab
- Lunar New Year (situation) - Festival(n): tết âm lịch(situation) - enjoyable(adj): thú vị.(recall)
(2)- Teacher cuts the letter into pieces Students have to put
them into correct order to form a letter Then Teacher Team work asks them to identify the sections of the letter
- Give feedback
a Opening b Clothing c The date
d Body of the letter e Signature f Writer’s address * Answers.
1 Writer’s address The date 3.Opening Body of the letter Closing Signature
-Ask students to read the letters on page 51 to check their order
- Ask students to label each section with the correct letter
* Comprehension questions.
- Ask students to work in pairs and answer some
questions Pair work
- Give feedback * Questions.
1 Who wrote the letter ? To whom ? What are there in the heading ? What is the main part of the letter ? What did Hoa receive a fe days ago ? Is Hoa good at Math ?
6 What subject is Hoa good at ?
7 Where is she going to celebrate the Lunar New Year Open pairs, then closed
Festival ? pairs
* Answers.
1 Hoa wrote the letter to Tim, her penpal There are the writer’s name and the date ? The body of the letter is the main part She received her first semester report No She isn’t
6 Science , English and History
7 She is going to Hue to celebrate the festival with her Grandmother
While- writing (15’)
* Transformation.
Students write a letter using the cue given to transform Individual work the letter into a new one T monitors and provides help if
(3)* Answers.
15 Thanh Giong Street, Hanoi, June 10th, 2004.
Dear Donna,
Thanks for your letter I’ m glad to hear you had an T- Whole class Interesting Mother’s Day We received our second
semester report last month I got good grades for Geography, Physics and Math but my English and History results were poor My teacher advises me to improveEnglish and History I think I have to study harder next school year.In a few weeks, we are going to celebrate the mid Autumn festival That is an Autumn moon festival in Viet nam This afternoon, I am going to Halong Bay with my aunt and uncle by bus and I am going to stay there with them until the festval comes. I will send you a postcard from there.
Write soon and tell me all your news. Best,
Lan
Post- writing (10’) :
* Correction
- Ask some students to read aloud their letters and T- whole class correct the mistakes
- Write a letter to your friend to tell him/ her about your second semester report and about your Summer holiday IV SUMMARY: (1 minute)
- Ask ss how to write an informal letter V HOMEWORK: (1 minute)
- Besure to learn vocabulary by heart
- Write a letter to their friend to tell him / her about their second semeter report and about their summer holiday
- Prepare Language focus at home * Evaluation :