- SAMPLE WRITING: a model description " The chart shows the number of visitor arrivals to Vietnam from the USA, France and Australia in 2001 and 2002.. The statistics were provided by V[r]
(1)Pre : 14.04.2013 Tea: 18.04.2013 Unit 16: HISTORICAL D/ WRITING PLACES Week: 14 Period: 97 I OBJECTIVES: Education Aims: - Students can describe a chart Knowledge: a General knowledge: - Student knows how to read the information in a chart b Language: - Language used to describe a chart - The past tenses Skills: - Reading: read the model description - Speaking: discuss in pairs - Writing: write a description II ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS: - Students are not familiar with this type of writing III TEACHING AIDS: - board, textbook, chalk IV PROCEDURES: Contents Teacher’s & Students’ activities I WARM - UP : (5’) - Where visitors to Viet Nam often come from? - How many visitors arrived in Viet Nam in 2007/ every year? II BEFORE - WRITING: (20’) Task 1: How to write a description of a chart: + Beginning: Answer the question: " What does the chart show?" - Answer: The chart shows The chart presents some information +Expressions: As we can see from the chart, It can be seen from the chart that According to the chart, + Verbs: increase >< decrease reduce, rise, + Adverbs: rapidly, quickly, sharply, steadily, etc + Comparatives and superlatives * Answer the questions: The USA had the biggest number of visitors to Vietnam in 2001 99,700 visitors Australia did No, it isn't France did The number of American visitors to Vietnam in 2002 increased by 29,497 in comparison with that in 2001 Lop10.com - T asks sts some questions: - Aims: to get sts to know how to write a description of a chart - Firstly, ask sts to look at the chart and explain the information in the chart - Ask them to look at the chart and then answer the questions in pairs - Move around to help if necessary - Ask sts to compare their answer with other pairs - Get feedback and give remarks - Introduce some useful words/expressions that sts can use when describing a chart (2) III WHILE YOU WRITE: (10’) - Aims: Sts practise describing the chart Task 2: Based on the answers to the questions above to write - Ask sts to write a description of the chart - SAMPLE WRITING: ( a model description) " The chart shows the number of visitor arrivals to Vietnam from the USA, France and Australia in 2001 and 2002 The statistics were provided by Vietnam National Administration of Tourism It is clear from the chart that the number of visitors to Vietnam from the USA, France and Australia in 2002 is higher than that in 2001 According to the chart, the USA had the biggest number of visitors to Vietnam with 230,470 visitors in 2001 and 259,967 in 2002 France ranked second with 99,700 visitors in 2001 and 111,546 in 2002 ." - Ask them to use the answers to the questions above to write IV AFTER YOU WRITE:( 8’) - Let sts write in 10 minutes - Move around to conduct the activity Aims: to get feedback and check sts' work - Get feedback by asking some sts to read their work aloud - Ask some other sts to give remarks - Check and give the correct answer - If there is enough time, T can have sts exchange their writing among sts within a group so that they can check their friend's work and give remarks V Homework: ( 2’) - Part D (page 95 - workbook) Lop10.com (3)