Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced) Period : 52 Preparation date : 3/12/2007 Unit : 7 Lesson : celebrations.(P1) I. Aims : - By the end of the lesson, the students are able to scan reading for specific information. - By the end of the lesson, the students will know more about celebrations in the world. II. Lexical items : - observe - procession - repentance - offering - resolution - haunt III- Structures - New Year’s Day is observed on the first of January - As preparations, people are busy buying things, preparing traditional food,…. - On New Year’s Eve, people make offerings to their ancestors, … IV- Teaching aids: - textbook - picture / drawings - chalk - handouts V- Techniques : - Skill – based ( reading), communication approach. VI- Procedures : State/time Teacher’s and students’ activities Blackboard Materials 1. Warm- up & lead- in (7’) Games: listen and draw. - divide the class into two teams, A and B. - Call for two good drawers from the two teams. - Ask the drawers to come up to the board. - whisper one of the following words/phrases one by one to the drawers’ ears. - the drawers then draw picture(s) to present the word/ phrase and the members from either team A or B at their place can call out the word/phrase. The first correct call counts. - A ward on point for each correct word/ phrase. - Keep a running total of points for each team on the board. - The with more points wins. Lead-in: - Get SS to look at the pictures their friends have drawn and predict the topic of the reading text. Transition: In today’s reading section, - Fireworks, Banh Tet, food and drinks, playing cards, exchange wishes, lucky money, banh chung, going to pagoda, making offerings, processions Handouts Chalk and board. we’ll get to learn more about our Tet Nguyen Dan and New Year’s celebrations around the word. - Write down on the board : Period 52 : Unit 7 : Reading ( Celebrations) 2. Pre- reading (5’) 3. while - reading (15’) Teaching Vocabulary - write new words on the bb. - elicit meanings from Sts or give explanations yourself - leave some minutes for Sts to copy. - give some practice on pronunciation ( T reads – Sts repeat in chorally, then asks Sts to read individually.) . Activity 1 Guiding question - Ask Sts to read Text quickly and find the answer to the question: - Call on Sts to give answers and check with the class. - go over the answers with the class. Activity 2: true – false statements ( task a, p26) - T asks Sts to read the text and the statements about the man and say if they are true or false - Ask Sts to work with a partner and compare answers. New words: - observe (v): cu hanh - procession : dieu hanh - repentance(n) : su an nan, hoi han. - resolution(n): su quyet tam. - retreat into one’s shell (idm) become more shy, reserved - retreat(v) : thu mình lại - He kept quiet and retreated into his shell - Many shy people have managed to grow out of it Guiding question : - What was embarrassing about the man? - Expected answer: He didn’t know what to do and how to behave among other people. Chalk and small board 4. Post- reading (15’) 5. - Call on Sts to read the statements and say their choice - Go over the answer with the class. Activity 3 : Reading and listing (Task b p26) - Ask Sts to read the first paragraph and list three pieces of information related to the senses of sight and hearing. - go over the answers with the class Activity 1: Discussion - put Sts into group of 4 or 5 - ask them to express their opinions on the following question : - go around to control and give help if necessary. - call on Sts to report about their groups’ discussion. - give feedback and comments on what Sts have. - Expected answer: 1 F 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. T Expected answers: Hearing: - He saw many people talking merrily and there was a pause in the conservation as he passed by. - …. Found the room full of people he did not know Sight: when he heard someone asked him his name … Discussion : a. Have you ever been in such a situation as the Handouts Homework (1’) Writing - Tell Sts to write a short paragraph about one of the traditional celebration in VN man’s? b. What have you done to grow out of it? c. what do you think the man should do to overcome his shyness? Book and notebook . information. - By the end of the lesson, the students will know more about celebrations in the world. II. Lexical items : - observe - procession - repentance - offering - resolution - haunt III- Structures. to their ancestors, … IV- Teaching aids: - textbook - picture / drawings - chalk - handouts V- Techniques : - Skill – based ( reading), communication approach. VI- Procedures : State/time. word. - Write down on the board : Period 52 : Unit 7 : Reading ( Celebrations) 2. Pre- reading (5’) 3. while - reading (15’) Teaching Vocabulary - write