Suggested answer: +, Name and time of festival: MidAutumn festival, the fifteen day of the eighth lunar month +, Purpose / meaning of festival to welcome the brightest full moon of the y[r]
(1)Planning date: 23.11.2011 Teaching date: 28.11.2011 class 11B 29.11.2011 class 11A 29.11.2011 class 11D 45th Period Unit 8: Celebration Period 1: Reading I Objective: Knowledge Students will understand more about one of traditional festivals in Vietnam – Lunar New Year – Tet Sts can improve their vocabulary about the topic through speaking and writing activities Skills: - Develop such reading micro-skills such as scanning for specific ideas and guessing meaning in the context - Use the information they have read to discuss the topic Education: - Educate Sts to understand well our culture and festival in their country II Preparation of the teacher and students: Teacher: Textbook, Lesson plan, Pictures of Tet holiday Students: textbooks, notebooks, pens II Procedure Organization (1’) - Greeting - Check attendance Check-up - No checking New lesson Teacher’s Activities Time Students’ Activities Warm-up T plays or sings the song “Happy New 5’ Sts listen to the song and then answer Year” of the band ABBA Then give some questions on teacher Suggested answer: some questions: What is the title of the song? Happy New Year When people often sing it? To welcome the New Year What is it about? Feeling about the old year and the new year Lop11.com (2) Before you read T asks Sts to look at the picture in the notebook and answer three questions 10 If Sts have difficulties, T can suggest by making some questions: Are they family? Where are they? What are they doing? Are they happy? What are on the table? What trees is on the right of the picture / on the left of the picture? Have Ss work in pairs to tell which of the activities in the book they enjoy doing the most at Tet Sts may also list other activities they like doing at Tet T reminds Ss to give reason for their answers Look at the picture and answer them with a partner It is Spring and it should be Tet holiday because we can see the apricot blossom and kumquat tree full of ripe fruit The people in the picture may be a family The grandmother is giving her niece and nephew some lucky money The girl, the boy and their parents may be wishing their parents good health and happiness In the picture we can also see a five-fruit tray on the ancestral altar and a dish of fruits, a tray of candied fruits and a banh chung on the table Talk about the activities they like doing at Tet Listen to T’s explanation and write down in the book - spread (v): kÐo dài - a great deal of = a lot of - to be busy doing sth: - throughout (pre): kh¾p - influence (v): ảnh hưởng - exchange wishes: chóc - red envelope: phong bì đỏ - festival (n): lÔ héi - fall between…and… - to be full of: trµn ®Çy - Candied fruit : b¸nh møt - positive comment: lời chúc tốt đẹp - banner(n): - sugared apple(n): - grand(a): Call on some Sts to present their answers and other Sts comment T pre-teach some words and phrases: T use a piece of calendar and present western and lunar calendar February - Western month 2007 - Western year 17 Thu Bay Thang gieng lunar month lunar year Dinh hoi Lop11.com (3) While you read Task T sets the scene: You are going to read a passage about Tet holiday in Vietnam While you are reading, the tasks in the textbook T writes these words on the board: Grand, banner, sugared apples, agrarian, pray, excitement Instruct Sts to read the passage quickly and stop at the lines that contain these words to guess their meaning Suggested answer: grand: hoµnh tr¸ng banner: d¶i b¨ng sugared apples: møt t¸o agrarian:người nông dân pray: cÇu nguyÖn excitement: n¸o nøc T checks that Sts understand the words correctly T can check Sts’ understanding by asking them to provide the Vietnamese equivalent tot the words Task Instruction: you are going to read the passage and decide whether the statements are true of false Read the text Guess the meaning of the words based in the contexts in the sentences For example, to guess the meaning of grand (line 1, first paragraph) St may base their guessing on the other words such as main holiday, important To guess the meaning of pray (line 6, last paragraph) they pay attention to pagoda, happy year… Sts read through the statement to get an idea of it 3’ T and Sts read through the statements Ask Sts to underline the key words Suggested answer: F (It falls between 19th January and February) F (It’s just for agrarian people) T F (according to the passage, lucky money tends to be given to children) T T Ask Ss to work individually to the task and discuss their answers with their peers Call on some Ss to give their answers and ask them to explain their choices Lop11.com (4) Task Instruction: You are required to answer the seven questions in the book - T checks if Ss can answer the comprehension questions in Task without having to read the passage again If Ss can not, T gets them to read the questions carefully and give them some tips to the task - Ask Ss to work individually to the task, and then discuss their answers with their peers - Call on some Ss to write their answers on the board and ask them to explain their choices Read the questions carefully; underline the key words; go back to the passage and locate information; answer the questions with their own words 10 After you read Ask Ss to work in groups to tell each other about their last Tet holiday Ask Ss what verb tense they should use 5’ Go around helping Ss when necessary Suggested answer: It sometime between 19th January and 20th February Tet’s preparations and celebrations used to be spread over months They are decorated with colorful lights and red banners They buy gift, clean and decorate their houses and cook traditional foods It is made from sticky rice, green beans and fatty pork Mut is candied fruits Visiting friends and other family members, exchanging wishes, going to the pagoda, playing games… Talk about their last Tet with their friends They should use the past simple tense to talk about their last holiday - Give the answers - Listen to others and then take note When Ss have finished, t call on some Ss to report their ideas to the class T elicits corrective feedback from other Ss and gives her own comments Lop11.com (5) Lop11.com (6) IV Summarize (2’) - summarize the content of the lesson: Tet Holiday in Vietnam V Homework Assignment (1’) - Do exercise in the workbook - Prepare new lesson: Unit – Period 2: Speaking VI experience from the lesson: Lop11.com (7) Planning date: 24.11.2011 Teaching date: 29.11.2011 class 11B 30.11.2011 class 11A 30.11.2011 class 11D 46th Period Unit 8: Celebration Period 2: Speaking I Objective: Knowledge Students will understand more about one of traditional festivals in Vietnam – Lunar New Year – Tet Sts can improve their vocabulary about the topic through speaking activities Skills: - St will be able/have chance to talk about the celebrations of Tet and other activities’ festivals Attitude: - By the end of the lesson, Sts will understand well our culture and festival in their country II Preparation of Teacher and students: Teacher: Textbook, Lesson plan, Pictures Students: textbook, notebook, pens III Procedure I Organization (1’) - Greeting - Check attendance II Check-up(5’) Question: how many new words can you remember? What are they? Give examples Answers: - spread (v): kÐo dài - red envelope: phong bì đỏ - a great deal of = a lot of - festival (n): lÔ héi - to be busy doing sth: - fall between…and… - throughout (pre): kh¾p - to be full of: trµn ®Çy - influence (v): ảnh hưởng - Candied fruit : b¸nh møt Lop11.com (8) - exchange wishes: chóc Example: 1, I like to receive red envelopes in Tet Holiday 2, I am busy decorating my house with colorful pictures III New lesson Teacher’s Activities Time Students’ Activities Warm-up 3’ Ask Sts some questions: Do you know Santa Claus? Answer T’s questions Who is he? Who often bring gifts to children at Christmas Eva? Task T sets the scene: You are going to read a conversation between Mai and Anna who are talking about Tet holiday in Vietnam T asks the whole class to read the dialogue silently and asks them what points are mentioned in the dialogue Ss practice the dialogue in pairs They should remember the dialogue so that they can act out it more naturally 15 Check with the whole class and make clear that; in the dialogue the two friends talk about Tet holiday, its time and activities Carry out the conversations in front of the whole class Go around observing Useful expression When is it exactly? What people often at…? Oh, that sounds really interesting When Ss have finished, T calls on some pairs to act out the dialogue and give comments T prepares some structures for the next step Task Instruction: You are going to match 10 the holiday with its description and Look at the pictures and match them with the description Lop11.com (9) activities Before Ss the task, T asks them to look at three pictures on page 93 and work out the name of each holiday Ss may be asked to give the Vietnamese equivalents to each holiday Suggested answer: +, Picture 1: Mid-autumn Festival +, Picture 2: Thanksgiving +, Picture 3: Valentine’s day T checks with the whole class and give out the correct answer Turn to the next page and the task in pairs They match the holiday with its main purpose and activities Ask Ss to list the activities people usually in these holidays and write them quickly on the board so that Ss can compare these with the information they will deal with later Call on some Ss to give the answer and asks other Ss to give feedback Answer: c C a A b B T may also ask Ss to compare their answers with the information written on the board earlier Task T sets the requirement: You are going to ask and answer about the holidays in Task 2, using the dialogue in Task 10 as the model With a partner, using the dialogue in Task as model, ask and answer about the holidays above Model T: what you know about MidAutumn Festival? S: people celebrate the largest full moon in the year and it is special day for the children T: When is it exactly? S: It falls on the fifteenth day of the 8th lunar month T: what people on that day? S: people east moon-cakes, fruit, drink tea and admire the full moon T: what about the children? Have Ss work in pairs to ask and answer about the holidays in Task T asks Ss to add any information about the holiday they know to make the dialogue more interesting For example, they can tell about the origin of the holiday… T goes around observing and offering help T may give Ss some background Lop11.com (10) S: Children have moon-cakes and a lot of fruit Then they carry their beautiful glowing lanterns along the streets in their neighborhood Dragon dances also a special activity on this day T: Oh, that sounds really interesting knowledge of the holidays or provide Ss with some vocabulary items Call on some pairs to act out the conversation and ask other Ss to comment T corrects some typical mistakes in the end IV Summarise (1’): - Summarise the main point of the lesson V Homework Assignment (1’) - Do exercise in the workbook - Prepare new lesson: Unit – Period 3: Listening VI Experience from the lesson: * Advantages: *Disadvantages ********************************************** 10 Lop11.com (11) Pla nni ng dat e: 24 11 2011 Teaching date: 29.11.2011 class 11B 30.11.2011 class 11A 30.11.2011 class 11D 47th Period Unit 8: Celebration Period 3: Listening I Objective: Knowledge Students will get some information of Tet festival in Japan Skill: - Develop such listening micro-skills such as intensive-listening for specific information - Synthetic the information of Tet in Japan and compare the similarities and difference with Tet in Vietnam Attitude: - By the end of this lesson, Sts will understand well culture and festival in their country and in the world II Preparation of the teacher and students: Teacher: Textbook, Lesson plan, Cassette tape Students: textbooks, notebooks, pens III Procedure Check-up -No checking! New lesson Teacher’s Activities Time Students’ Activities Warm-up 11 Lop11.com (12) T hangs some pictures of Tet holiday in Japan and ask Sts: Do you know what festival is? Where is it taken place? When is it? Is Tet in Japan similar to one in Vietnam? Before you listen Ask Sts to work with a partner 3’ Sts look at the picture and answer T’s questions 8’ Sts work in pairs and guess which of the activities the Japanese often on their New Year’s Days To make the atmosphere excite, T calls on one Sts to speak aloud the activities in the textbook and the whole class say aloud the activities Japanese by say ‘yes / no’ Sts add any other activities that they think the Japanese at New Year T calls on some Sts to give their opinion (T shouldn’t say the ideas are right or wrong, T tells Ss to find information in the listening text.) T plays the tape for Sts listen the words in the listen and repeat Sts listen and repeat Then put the stress of word T pre-teach some new words those taken from the listening text Take note - similarities (n): điểm tương đồng - household (n): hé gia dinh - get rid of :loai bá - broadcast (v): ph¸t, truyÒn - represent (v): ®ai diÖn - longevity (n): trường trọ - constancy (n): bÒn v÷ng - shrine (n): đền thờ - a big cleaning up: tæng vÖ sinh - dirt (n) bui bÈn T explains briefly in Vietnamese So that Sts can catch the meaning and the pronunciation T instructs Sts to pronounce the words on board 12 Lop11.com (13) While you listen Task Instruction: You are going to listen to people to talk about how the New Year is celebrated in Japan Listen and tick the thing you will hear 12’ Read through the statement to catch the general idea of the listening text Make a guess Ask Sts to read through the statement T can read aloud the statement so that Sts can get used to the sounds T can let Sts guess: What activities you think Japanese will not do? Sts listen to the tape individually And put a tick on the thing they hear T plays the tape once T checks the answer after the first listening and writes the on board for later using In the second listening, Sts work in pairs and discuss the answers Suggested answer: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 T plays the tape twice T checks the answer by asking them why they choose this statement Depend on the situation; T can play the tape again or not For advances Sts: T asks Sts to put the information they hear in the order they appear in the listening text (4-2-10-3-16-11-8) Task Instruct Sts to read through the questions 12’ T checks whether Sts have answer from the previous listening T encourages Sts to say phrases or words relevant to the questions; Scan the questions to identify the information they will hear Recall the knowledge from previous listening Sts listen again and take note information T plays the tapes again 13 Lop11.com (14) T asks Sts to discuss the answer with a partner T goes around and observes Sts working Exchange the answer with a partner Suggested answer: Because they want to get rid of the old year and welcome the New Year From television and radio Kimono and special dress No New Year’s Day is mostly celebrated among family T calls on some groups to board; write down the answer After you listen To the basic-level class, this task is difficult for Sts So T asks Sts to work in groups, each group is responsible for one idea such as: preparation, food Then T combines the information from the groups 8’ Sts work in groups and recall the knowledge they have caught One member is responsible for taking note the ideas form other members T calls on some groups to present their answers IV Summarise the lesson(1’): - Summarise the main idea of the lesson V Homework Assignment (1’) - Write a short paragraph about the similarities and differences of Tet in Japan and in Vietnam - Learn the structures and words appear in this period 14 Lop11.com (15) - Prepare new lesson: Unit – Period 4: Writing VI Experience from the lesson: * Advantages: *Disadvantages Planning date: 28.11.2011 Teaching date: .12.2011 class 11B 12.2011 class 11A 12.2011 class 11D 48th Period Unit 8: Celebration Period 4: Writing I Objective: Knowledge Students will write a description of a popular celebration Skill: - Make a detailed outline for their writing - Practice writing from the outline Education: - Educate Sts to understand well culture and festival in their country and in the world II Teaching aids: Teacher: Textbook, Lesson plan, handouts 15 Lop11.com (16) Students: textbook, notebook, pens III Procedure Check-up(5’) Question: Learn by heart all new words of previous lesson Give examples Answer: - similarities (n): điểm tương đồng - household (n): hé gia dinh - get rid of :loai bá - broadcast (v): ph¸t, truyÒn - represent (v): ®ai diÖn - longevity (n): trường trọ - constancy (n): bÒn v÷ng - shrine (n): đền thờ - a big cleaning up: tæng vÖ sinh - dirt (n) bui bÈn We have to a big cleaning up the house to get rid of the dirt She represented our class to sing a song in the meeting II New lesson Teacher’s Activities Time Students’ Activities Warm-up Handout T distributes the handout It is a national holiday Schools 8’ and offices close There are parades along the streets, meetings, celebrations to remember those who T asks Ss to read and say when these died for the country’s independence Children gather at night, going activities take place round with their colorful lanterns, Check the answer: watching lion or dragon dance, Independence day sharing moon-cakes in the full moon Mid – Autumn Festival lights Women’s day Husbands, sons, lovers buy Teacher’s Day flowers or gifts for their mothers, T leads to new lesson wives or lovers They also offer to the cooking for the whole family on this day Students visit their teachers with flowers, cards or small gifts to show their gratitude Task 16 Lop11.com (17) T sets the scene and explains: Write a description of one the popular celebration in Vietnam (Independence day, Mid –Autumn…) Your description should include the following main points: +, Name and time of festivals +, Purpose / meaning of festival +, Main activities +, Whether you like it or not and the reason T divides each group selecting one festival to think out ideas and vocabulary related T collects the answer from Ss and writes on the board T carries on asking Ss to make a detailed outline (If the class has a lot of illstudents, T can have them work in groups.) Go around necessary and provide help when Ask Ss work with each other to comment on each other’s outline 17 Lop11.com 15 Ss brain storming and give their views Things or activities relating to: Independence Day marches, parades, meetings, flags, banners, demonstration, a day off Mid-Autumn Festival lanterns, dragon or lion dance, moon-cakes, full moon, children 3.Women’s day flowers, gifts, housework Teacher’s day Flowers, gifts, gratitude, visit, performance, dance, sing Ss choose one festival; then make a detailed outline before practicing writing Suggested answer: +, Name and time of festival: MidAutumn festival, the fifteen day of the eighth lunar month +, Purpose / meaning of festival to welcome the brightest full moon of the year +, Activities: children carrying beautiful glowing lanterns, admiring the full moon, singing dancing, (18) dragon dance, having moon-cakes +, Whether you like it or not and the reasons – like it because it is great for children Task T gets Ss to describe the festival they have chosen in 15 minutes 20 Go around observing and offering help with vocabulary or structures T asks Ss to exchange their writing with another for peer correction T goes around and collects some mistakes, errors Choose one or two description and read them / it to the class Then T elicits corrective feedback from the class and gives final comments afterwards T should draw Ss’ attention to the organization of ideas and language use IV Homework Assignment (1’) 18 Lop11.com Sample writing: The Mid-Autumn Festival comes on the fifteen day of the eight lunar month It is the time when the moon looks the most beautiful so it is celebrated to admire the full moon (of the eight lunar months) On this day parents take their children out, carrying beautiful glowing lanterns There are also performances at the city center where large crowds gather to watch children sing and dance Adults sit outdoors, drinking tea and having moon-cakes People can also enjoy dragon or lion dance performed by group of boys who come to each family to dance and receive some money as rewards I like this activities best because it is so funny and full of joys (19) - Write the description which has been corrected by friend in the notebook - Prepare new lesson: Unit – Period 5: Language Focus Planning date: 31.12.2007 Teaching date: 2.1.2008 49th Period UNIT 8: Celebration Period 5: Language Focus A Preparation I Objective: Knowledge - Some words and phrases of festival and activities in the festivals - Distinguish the clusters / fl /, / fr / and / r / - Grammar: indefinite pronouns someone, no one, anyone and everyone Skill: - Pronounce the words and sentences containing these clusters correctly - Do exercise related to indefinite pronouns Education: 19 Lop11.com (20) - Educate Sts to understand well culture and festival in their country and in the world II Teaching aids: Teacher: Textbook, Lesson plan Students: textbook, notebook, pens B Procedure I Organization (1’) - Greeting - Check attendance II Check-up - Check-up will be made in the process of teaching new lesson III New lesson Teacher’s Activities T Students’ Activities Warm-up 5’ Sts look at the pictures and read the T hangs on board on pictures words describing them Flowers, flag, fruit, fridge, three, throats T introduces the sounds: / fl /, / fr /, / r/ T leads to new lesson Today we are going to practice 20 Lop11.com (21)