Lesson Plan - Grade 11 - Unit 8: Celebrations Reading

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1. Lesson Plan – Grade 11 Date: Period Unit 8 CELEBRATIONS Lesson READING I. Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: - read and understand one of the traditional festivals in Vietnam. - use words related to the topic to talk about the traditional festival. II. Language Focus: - Grammar: - New words: grand, banner, agrarian, pray, spread . . . III. Teaching Aids: overhead projector, cassette player, textbook . . . . IV. Procedures: Stages/ Students’ Teacher’s Activities Time Activities Game – Celebration Recognition Warm – up -T prepares a tape with 5 pieces of songs: T  Ss (5 minutes) 1. Happy New Year  New Year’s Celebration 2. Jingle Bells  Christmas 3. Chiec Den Ong Sao  Mid – Autumn Festival 4. Happy Birthday  Birthday’s Celebration 5. Wedding March  Wedding’s Celebration -T divides the class into 2 teams. T asks Ss to listen to each piece of song once and tell the occasion when this song is played. T  Ss -The team has the faster and correct answer will be given 1 mark. The winner is the group having more marks. -T lets Ss play the game -T asks Ss to work in pairs, discussing the questions to describe the picture in the textbook. Pre – 1. What time of the year is it? reading 2. What are the people in the picture doing? T  Ss 3. What else do you see in the picture? -T asks Ss to work in pairs and choose the activities they enjoy doing most at Tet. (10 minutes) -T encourage Ss to add more activities. -T introduces the lesson. -T elicits or pre-teaches some new words. Vocabulary Pre-teach + grand (adj) T  Ss + banner (n) + agrarian (adj) + pray (v) + spread – spread – spread S  S -T can ask Ss to work in pairs to do Taks 1 in the textbook. -T goes around the class and helps Ss if necessary. Task 2 – True / Fase statements While – -T asks Ss to work in pairs and do Task 2. S  S reading -T asks Ss to go back to the passage and find the correct answers. -T tells Ss to compare their answers with each other. -T calls on some Ss to present and explain their answers in front of the class. T  Ss (10 minutes) -T gives feedback and correct answers. Teacher in-charge: Nguyen Van Tao
2. Lesson Plan – Grade 11 * Suggested answer: 1. F  It falls sometime between 19 January and 20 February on the Western calendar. 2. F  The beginning of spring is the start of a new year for agrarian people. 3. T 4. F  Only children receive lucky money. 5. T 6. F  They want to have good luck during the whole year. Task 3 – Questions and Answers -T has Ss work in pairs to do Task 3. -T gives Ss time to read the whole passage. -T goes around the class and provides help if necessary. S  S (10 minutes) -T calls on some pairs to act out the activity in front of the class. -T comments and gives the suggested answers. * Suggested answers: T  Ss 1. It’s sometime between 19 January and 20 February. 2. For months 3. Streets are decorated with colored lights and red banners. 4. They buy gifts, clean and decorate their houses and cook traditional foods. 5. Banh chung and mut 6. Visiting friends and other family members, exchanging wishes, going to the pagoda, playing games, etc. Post – Task 3 – Exchanging personal information reading -T requires Ss to work in groups of four to tell each other about their last Tet holiday, focusing on the suggestions given in the Ss  Ss (7 minutes) textbook. -T goes around to control and gives help to Ss. S  Ss -T calls on some Ss to present their ideas in front of the class. Homework -T summarises the main points in the lesson. -T asks Ss to learn all of the new words by heart T  Ss (3 minutes) and prepare SPEAKING for the next period. Date: Period Unit 8(cont.) CELEBRATIONS Lesson SPEAKING I. Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: - talk about the celebration of Tet and other festivals’ activities. II. Language Focus: - Grammar: - New words: III. Teaching Aids: textbooks, pictures . . . . IV. Procedures: Students’ Stages/Time Teacher’s Activities Activities Warm – up -T asks Ss to close their books and try to find out words going T  Ss with TRADITIONAL. (5minutes) -T asks Ss to work in pairs. S  S -T goes around the class to control the game Teacher in-charge: Nguyen Van Tao
3. Lesson Plan – Grade 11 * Suggested answers: TRADITIONAL food flowers clothes games costumes Pre – Task 1 – Practising the dialogue speaking -T requires Ss to work in pairs, practising the dialogue in the S  S book. -T asks Ss to take note of useful expressions. S (6 minutes) + When is it exactly? + What do people often do at . . . ? T  Ss + Oh, that sounds really interesting. -T moves around the class to help Ss. -T calls on some pairs to role play the dialogue in front of the S  S class. Task 2 – Matching -T ask Ss to work in pairs to match the holidays with its main (10 minutes) purpose and activities. S  S -T encourage Ss to think of more activities to add to their list. -Within 4 minutes which pair gives the most reasonable ideas will receive good marks. -T moves around to control and give help if necessary. -T asks Ss to report their results to the class. S  Ss -T gathers feedbacks and gives out the correct answer. * Expected answers: 1 – c – C; 2 – a – A; 3 – b - B While – Task 3 – Practising speaking speaking -T lets Ss practise speaking, basing on the dialogue in Task 1 and the information in Task 2. S  S (10 minutes) -T moves around to control and helps Ss. -T invites some pairs to role play the dialogue. -T asks other Ss to give comments. -T gives feedback and declares the best group. T  Ss Post – Task 3 – Lucky numbers (books and notebooks closed) speaking -T hangs the chart on the board. T asks Ss to choose a number corresponding to a celebration. (12 minutes) -T has Ss tell all the information related to the celebration. T  Ss -For each correct answer, S will get one point for the lucky choice. T gives 2 points for the lucky choice. -T has other Ss give comments. -T tells Ss that they can use the results of Task 2 and 3. -T goes around, offering help. -T gives feedback. New Year Valentine Halloween Mid – Autumn Lucky number Teacher’s Day Festival Thanksgiving Easter Lucky number Homework -T summarise the main points in the lesson. -T asks Ss to learn by heart all the expressions about the T  Ss (2 minutes) celebrations -T requires Ss to prepare LISTENING for the next period. Teacher in-charge: Nguyen Van Tao
4. Lesson Plan – Grade 11 Date: Period Unit 8(cont.) CELEBRATIONS Lesson LISTENING I. Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: - listen for specific information on the celebrations of the New Year in Japan. II. Language Focus: - Grammar: revision - New words: III. Teaching Aids: cassette player, textbook, board . . . IV. Procedures: Students’ Stages/Time Teacher’s Activities Activities -T asks Ss some questions: Warm – up 1. What is special about the New Year holiday in Japan? 2. Can you guess what Japanese do on these days? -T asks Ss to work in groups to exchange their ideas about New T  Ss (5minutes) Year holiday in Japan. * Suggested answers: + The Apricot flowers are in bloom . Peach flowers are in blossom. + decorate their houses + make special food + wear special clothes + visit friends and relatives Pre – Picture description listening -T asks Ss to work in groups to describe the picture in the Ss  Ss textbook. -T asks Ss to guess some new words that they will hear. Pre-teaching vocabulary T  Ss (6 minutes) + shrine + pine trees + kimono + similarities While- Task 1 – Listen and Tick () listening -T asks Ss to work individually and listen to two people talking S about how the New Year is celebrated in Japan. (12 minutes) -T plays the tape more than once if necessary. -T asks Ss to compare the answers with their partners. S  S -T invites some Ss to explain their answers in front of the class. -T goes over the answers with the whole class. * Expected answers: T  Ss 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 6 – 8 – 10 - 11 (12 minutes) Task 2 – Questions and Answers -T asks Ss to work individually to listen to the tape again. S -T plays the tape again and asks Ss to do Task 2. -T plays the tape several times if necessary. S  S -T lets Ss discuss the answers with a partner. -T comments and gives correct answers. * Expected answers: T  Ss 1. Because they want to get rid of the dirt of the old year and Teacher in-charge: Nguyen Van Tao
5. Lesson Plan – Grade 11 welcome the new year. 2. From television or radio. 3. Kimonos or special dress. 4. No. New Year’s Day is mostly celebrated among family only. Post- Speaking listening -T asks Ss to work in groups of four to compare the following Ss  Ss aspects of the Vietnamese New Year woth those of the Japanese (8 minutes) one. + preparations + activities on New Year’s Eve + foods and clothes + people to celebrate with S  Ss -T invites some Ss to present their ideas. -T asks for comments from other Ss. T  Ss -T gives out his remarks on Ss’s presentation. Homework -T asks Ss to rewrite the summary into their notebooks. (2 minutes) -T asks Ss to prepare WRITING for the next period. T  Ss Date: Period Unit 8(cont.) CELEBRATIONS Lesson WRITING I. Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: - write about some popular celebrations in Vietnam and greeting cards. II. Language Focus: - Grammar: revision - New words: revision III. Teaching Aids: an extra board, textbook, poster and handouts . . . IV. Procedures: Students’ Stages/Time Teacher’s Activities Activities -T asks Ss to listen and guess what occations they are: Warm-up 1. It’s national holiday. Schools and offices close. There are parades along the streets, meetings, celebrations to remember T  Ss (5 minutes) those who died for the country’s independence. (Independence Day) 2. Children gather at night, going round with colourful lanterns, watching lion or dragon dance, sharing mooncakes the full moon T  Ss light. (Mid – Autumn Festival) 3. Husbands, sons, lovers buy flowers or gifts for their mothers, wives or lovers. They also offer to do the cooking for the whole T  Ss family on this day. (Women’s Day) 4. Students visit their teachers with flowers, cards or small gifts to show their gratitude. (Teacher’s Day) -T leads to the new lesson. Pre-writing -T asks Ss to tell some festivals in Vietnam that they know. S  S -T delivers handouts with a passage about a festival and comprehension questions. T asks Ss to read and find the answers T Ss in about 5 minutes. -T goes around and gives helps. Teacher in-charge: Nguyen Van Tao
6. Lesson Plan – Grade 11 (10 minutes) -T gives feedback Handout Among many festivals celebrated in Vietnam, Teacher’s Day is a special day for teachers. It’s always celebrated on a fixed day in November. It’s the th 20 of the month. It’s been celebrated in Vietnam for many S years to show respect and love to teachers. On this occasion, schools often have meetings for teachers and talks about Teacher’s Day. Students often give their beloved teachers flowers and beautiful wishes. I myself enjoy the festival very much as it’s a chance for friends to gather and visit teachers. We always have a great time. * Comprehension questions: 1. What festival is it? 2. When does it usually occur? 3. What do people celebrate for it? 4. What are some popular activities on this festival? 5. How does the writer feel about the festival? While- Describing a celebration writing -T asks Ss to work individually and write a similar passage about S one of the popular festivals in Vietnam. (20 minutes) -T goes around the class and gives help where needed. T  Ss Correction -T asks Ss to swap their papers and do the correction. S -T gets some Ss to read aloud their writings. -T gives feedback. Post- Writing greeting cards writing -T asks Ss to imagine they are in certain festivals and they are T  Ss going to send greeting cards to one of their friends or relatives. (8 minutes) -T gets each S to make a simple card with paper and colors they S can find and write wishes on them. -T collects the cards and delivers them randomly to Ss. -Some Ss who receive cards will read aloud their friends’ wishes S  Ss for them. Homework -T asks Ss to greeting cards to their beloved friends, relatives or their parents on the following occasions: T  Ss (2 minutes) a. Birthday b. Tet holiday -T asks students to prepare Language Focus for next period. Date: Period Unit 8(cont.) CELEBRATIONS Lesson LANGUAGE FOCUS I. Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: - practise pronunciation and distinguish the sounds / fl/, / fr/ and / θr / - use pronouns one(s), someone, no one, anyone, everyone, and have further practice in vocabulary about holidays and celebrations. Teacher in-charge: Nguyen Van Tao
7. Lesson Plan – Grade 11 II. Language Focus: - Grammar: as above - New words: III. Teaching Aids: Textbooks, poster, pictures . . . IV. Procedures: Students’ Stages/Time Teacher’s Activities Activities Warm-up -T show Ss some pictures. -T gives 30 seconds to look through these pictures. (5minutes) -T takes away the picutres and requires Ss to write down the things they see in pictures or the actions they can infer as many T  Ss as possible. -T has Ss read aloud their words. -T gives feedback. * Suggested things in the pictures: flowers, flag, flood, fruit, frog, fridge, three, throat, thread Pro- Activity 1 – Listen and repeat nunciation -T demonstrates the sounds / fl/, / fr/ and / θr / by pronouncing T  Ss them exactly and clearly. -T instructs the ways to pronounce the sounds. (7 minutes) -T asks Ss to pronounce the sounds several times. -T makes sure that Ss are aware of the difference between the sounds. T  Ss Activity 2 – Practise these sentences -T plays the tape and asks them to repeat. S -T calls on some Ss to repeat the sounds clearly and slowly. -T asks Ss to work in pairs and practise the sentences. Ss  Ss -T introduces peer correction. -T goes around the class and provides help if necessary. Grammar Activity 1: Pronouns someone, anyone, no one, everyone -T runs through the meaning of these pronouns. T  Ss (10 minutes) -T asks Ss to do exercise 1 individually then compare the S answers with their partners. S  S -T calls on some Ss to read aloud the sentences. -T gives feedback. T  Ss * Suggested answers 1. everyone 2. someone 3. anyone 4. someone 5. no one 6. everyone 7. no one Activity 2 – Pronouns one(s) (10 minutes) -T elicits 2 model sentneces from Ss by giving situations: + Put a red pen and a blue pen on the table, then take the red pen. T  Ss T: What did I do? Expected answer: You took the red pen but you didn’t take the blue one. + Put some red pens and some blue pens on the table, then take some red pens. T: What did I do? Expected answer: You took the red pens but you didn’t take the blue ones. S -T asks Ss to do exercise 1 individually -T asks Ss to compare the answers with their partners. S  S Teacher in-charge: Nguyen Van Tao
8. Lesson Plan – Grade 11 -T calls on some Ss to read aloud the sentences. T  Ss -T gives feedback and correct answers. * Expected answers: 1. the blue one 2. is making one 3. the ones about 4. to have one 5. the red one 6. the most meaningful one 7. sad ones Activity 3 – Gap – filling (10 minutes) -T asks Ss to work in pairs and practise doing Exercise 3. S  S -T goes around and gives helps to Ss. -T asks Ss to compare their results with others. -T gives feeback and correct answers. * Expected answers: 1. traditional 2. grand 3. gifts 4. celebrating T  Ss 5. polite 6. gook luck 7. excitement Homework - T asks Ss to continue doing the remaning exercises. T  Ss (3 minutes) - T asks Ss to prepare UNIT 9 Teacher in-charge: Nguyen Van Tao