Lesson plan Unit 12: The Asian games Period: 5 Part E: Language focus Trainee: Tran Thi Lan Class: 11A6 Date of preparing 04/03/2010 Date of teaching: 06/03/2010 I. Objectives By the end of the lesson, students will be able to: - Distinguish the clusters /str/, /skr/, /skw/. - Pronounce the words and dialogue containing these clusters correctly. - Master the use of relative clauses and equivalent types of clauses without relative pronouns. - Use these structures correctly and appropriately to solve communicative tasks. II. Materials: handouts, blackboard, textbook. III. Anticipated problems: Students may not have difficulty in pronouncing the clusters because they do not exist in Vietnamese. Therefore, teacher should guide them to pronounce correctly. IV: Procedures Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Warm- up 5(mins) - T greets the class: + Nice to meet you and How are you today? + Who’s absent today? + What have you learned in previous lesson? -T: How do you pronounce these words? + Strength + Scratch + Squeal - T: You will see these words in our lesson. And now, we start our lesson today: Unit 12: The Asian games Lesson 5 Part E: Language focus - Greet teacher and answer the questions. - Answer the teacher’s questions, - Listen to the teacher and write the title of the lesson on their notebook. 1 Pronunc iation (10 mins) - T: introduces some clusters such as /str/, /skr/, /skw/. - T: guides Sts to produce these clusters: when producing /str/, you should produce /s/ first and then quickly switch to /tr/. + For example: street, strong, stream, stress… + The way of producing /skr/, /skw/ is the same. - T: asks Sts to practice speaking these clusters. - T: introduces some words which begin with these clusters: /str/ /skr/ /skw/ Street Scream Square Strong Screen Squeeze Strange Screw Squeak Strength Scratch Squeal - T: reads first then asks Sts to listen and repeat. - T: asks Sts to listen to the teacher then to work in pairs and take turn aloud the sentences on page 144. Practicing reading aloud these sentences. 1. There was a strong man on the street at night. 2. The strong man looked very strange. 3. He was holding an ice-cream in one hand, and a rubber doll in the other hand. 4. The man was eating the ice-cream, squeezing the doll and it was squeaking. 5. The man was screaming while walking to the square. 6. Nobody knew why he was doing the strange things. - T: goes around the class to see Sts practicing. Then T calls some Sts to read again and gives them feedback. - T asks Sts to practice speaking these clusters at home. - Listen to the teacher. - Practice speaking these clusters. - Practice speaking /str/, /skr/, /skw/. - Listen and read after their teacher - Listen and repeat - Work in pairs to practice speaking - Practice speaking these sentences in 2 minutes - Read the sentences again. - Listen to their teacher’ s feedback. 2 Gramma r (14 mins) I. REVISION OF RELATIVE PRONOUNS -T: you have learned about relative pronouns. Today, let’s review them. -T: shows some examples on the screen. Example: 1. The woman who/ that is wearing T-shirt is Tom’s teacher. 2. The street which leads to my village is not very wide. =>They are the subjects of the clauses. - T: now, Work in pairs to find out “What is the role of these relative pronouns?” -T: you have 1 minute to find out the role. - When time is up, T calls some Sts to talk about the role. -T corrects the answers if necessary. -T: you have reviewed about relative pronouns, now let’s practice more.  Practice: Complete the sentences using relative pronouns as a subject. 1. The woman is very friendly. She lives next door. => The woman who lives next door is very friendly 2. Mary is a nurse. She works in Thai Nguyen hospital. => Mary, who works in Thai Nguyen hospital, is a nurse. 3. My sister bought me a computer. The computer is very useful. => My sister bought me a computer which is very useful. - T asks each student to do each sentence. - T: introduces other examples: Example: 1. The man whom you saw yesterday is my uncle. 2. The book which you gave me is interesting. - T: asks students to answer “What is the role of these relative pronouns?” => They are the objects of the clauses - T: asks Sts to practice more:  Practice: Complete the sentences using relative - Listen to their teacher. -Look at the screen. - Answer their teacher’s question. - Sts work in pairs to find out the role of these relative pronouns. -Listen to their teacher’s requirement. - Read through all the sentences and try to find out the answers. -Do each sentence. - Think about the answer. - Practice more about using relative pronouns as an object. 3 pronouns as an object. 1. Please post these letters. I wrote them this morning. => Please post these letters which I wrote this morning 2. The meeting was interesting. I went to it yesterday. => The meeting which I went to yesterday was interesting 3. Peter is an actor. You met him last night. =>Peter, whom you met last night, is an actor. 4. John doesn’t want to sell the house. He lives in it. => John doesn’t want to sell the house which he lives in. - T: asks Sts to answer “Can we omit relative pronoun in this case?” Example: The meeting was interesting. I went to it yesterday.  The meeting which I went to yesterday was interesting. → The meeting I went to yesterday was interesting.  The omission of relative pronouns . Notice: We can leave out the pronoun when it is not the subject of the relative clause. Clauses without pronouns are very common in informal English. Practice :Rewrite these sentences using Omission of relative pronouns: 1. That man is a teacher. I talked to him yesterday. => That man I talked to yesterday is a teacher 2. Sa pa is the beautiful place. I was born in it. => Sa pa is the beautiful place I was born in 3. The girl is from Brazil. We are going to see her. => The girl we are going to see is from Brazil 4. This is the book. John gave it to me last week. => This is the book John gave to me last week 5. The bed was very modern. I slept in it last night. => The bed I slept in last night was very modern - Try to think about their teacher’s question. -Listen to their teacher’s explanation. - Do other sentences 4 8 (mins) -T calls one student to read aloud the requirement of exercise 1,2 and the sentences in the box.  Exercise 1: Complete each of the following sentences, using a suitable sentence in the box to make a relative clause without a relative pronoun. - T: explains the requirement and then do example: Example: I like the diamond ring……………………… => Mary is wearing -T: analyze the example and asks Sts to work in pairs. -T: you have 2 mins to do sentences 1, 2, 3. -T goes around the class to observe the students to do. -When time is up, T calls some Sts to go to the board to write their answers. -T checks Sts’ answers. Keys: 1. you lost 2. he invited to the birthday party 3. John told - T asks Sts to do other sentences at home. -T: let’s move on exercice 3: -Read the requirement of exercise 1. -Listen to their teacher. - Look through all sentences - Work in pairs. -Answer their teacher’ question. We had it for lunch we met him this morning John told them he invited them to the birthday party You lost it I bought it yesterday 5 5 (mins)  Exercise 3: Tick (ü) the sentences in which the relative pronoun can be omitted. -T calls one student to read aloud the requirement of Exercise 3. - T explains new words if any. - T asks Sts to work in pairs to discuss to do the exercise. -T: you have 2 mins to do sentences 1, 2, 3. -T goes around the class to observe the students to do. -When time is up, T calls some Sts to go to the board to write their answers. -T checks Sts’ answers. Keys: 1. Yes 3. Yes 5. Yes 2. No 4. Yes 6. Yes - Read the requirement of exercise 3. - Listen to their teacher. - Work in pairs. - Go to the board to write their answers. -Listen to their teacher’s answer. Wrappin g-up (3 mins) - T summarizes the main points: + Distinguish the clusters /str /, / skr /, and /skw /. + Pronounce the words and sentences containing these clusters correctly. + Master the use of relative clauses and equivalent types of clauses without relative pronouns. + Use these structures correctly and appropriately to solve communicative tasks. - T asks students to do homework: +Do exercise 1, 2, and 3 again. +Prepare for Reading of Unit 13. - T says goodbye to the class. -Repeat the main points - Write the contents of homework. 6 . Lesson plan Unit 12: The Asian games Period: 5 Part E: Language focus Trainee: Tran Thi Lan Class: 11A6 Date of preparing 04/03/2010 Date. will see these words in our lesson. And now, we start our lesson today: Unit 12: The Asian games Lesson 5 Part E: Language focus - Greet teacher and answer the questions. - Answer the teacher’s. tasks. - T asks students to do homework: +Do exercise 1, 2, and 3 again. +Prepare for Reading of Unit 13. - T says goodbye to the class. -Repeat the main points - Write the contents of homework. 6