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(1)Preparing date: / 9/ 2008 Teaching date : B1……………… FRIENDSHIP Period Lesson4: Writing Absent:………… OBJECTIVES Aims: Helps Ss to write about a friend, real or imaginary that they have known each other Lexical items: Words and phrases used the words and expressions that they have learnt in previous lessons Structures: Tenses Teaching aids: Textbook and main information to write about a friend Procedure Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Warm-up - Instruct how to lesson Expending sentence - The teacher writes the word “ FRIEND’’ on the board - Students are asked to expand it by adding at the beginning or the end of what is already written to make a meaningful sentence Friend ex: I like a friend - Asks Ss make sentences with “ Friend’’ - Guides the new lesson Before you Write Task - Teacher draws handout and introduce the contents - Asks Ss to work the following group and explain the passage Handout * Read the passage describing a person and say which sentences describe + The person’s character + The person appearance + Like and dislikes + Her habit Sample Of all my friends, I like Emily the best She is my classmate and lives near my house She has a fair complexion thick brown hair which she wears in a ponytail and dark brown eyes She has a kind face and when you meet her, the first thing you notice is her smile Her face is oval and she is attractive She is the sort of person you can always go to if you have a problem Lop11.com - Listen - Make sentences I like a friend who is a friendly I like a friend who is a friendly and helpful - Listen Task - Work in group - Read through a passage - Answers * The person’s character The sort of person you can always go to if you have a problem, a very active person, extremely generous, but not very tolerant with people who not agree with her * The person appearance Has a fair complexion thick brown hair which she wears in a ponytail and dark brown eyes, has a kind (2) She likes reading and gardening, and she often goes for long walk over the hills She is a very active person Either she is making something, or mend something or doing something to entertain herself She is extremely generous, but not very tolerant with people who not agree with her That is what not like from her but most of the time I feel happy being beside her Guides Ss to - Asks Ss to practice the following group - Walks around the class and help when necessary - Gets Ss to answer the questions in front of the class - Checks in front of the class - Suggested answer While you Write Task face, her face is oval and she is attractive * Like and dislikes Likes reading and gardening, goes for long walk over the hills * Her habit Making something, or mend something or doing something to entertain herself - Practice the passages in front of the class Task - Asks them “ write about your friend’’ - Open the book - Guides Ss how to writing - Asks Ss to read over sentences in suggestion and write a passage * Suggested answers: to be in her/ early/ middle/ late fifties she has got a … in character, she is like her father she wears her hair in ponytail/ bun she has straight black hair/ curly short hair/ he’s bald/ her hair is medium length/ her hair is shoulder length/her hair sits just below her shoulders she is a kind of person who is … he is fairly short/ is medium height/ pretty tall/ she is the same height as … / she is pretty tall with her black hair - Asks Ss to write the following suggestion - Walks around the class and help when necessary - Gets some groups to practice in front of the class and teacher’s remark - Work in group - Read over sentences in suggestion My best friend is one of my classmates Her name is Luong and we have been friends for a long time We met one day while she was looking for a book I needed in the school library She has a nice face and when you meet her the first thing you notice are her beautiful dark eyes She is someone I like because she is clever and has a good sense of humor We also have something in common because We both like reading novels and watching films I hope that we will be friends forever After you Write - Work individual - Asks Ss to compare writing with a partner - Asks some groups to remark about writing each other Homework - Asks Ss to write again - Asks them to prepare Language Focus - Write a passage again - Prepare Language Focus Lop11.com (3)