LESSON PLAN 3

Unit 12: The Asian Games
Lesson: Writing
Class: 11/1
Time allotted: 45’
Aim: To help students learn how to write a descriptive paragraph.
Objectives: By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
Know the language used to write a descriptive paragraph.
Make meaningful sentences basing on the cues.
Write a paragraph describing the preparations for the coming Asian Games.
Teaching aids and materials: Textbook, blackboard, handouts, projector.
Procedure:

Stages/ time
Activities
Work arrangements

I. Warm-up
( 5’)
Hangman game:
Objective: to involve Ss and lead in the topic of the lesson.
- T shows this figure on the screen:







- T gives the instruction to play the game:
+ There are 8 blanks corresponding with 8 letters of a word.
+ Ss in turn guess the letter (one letter at a time)
+ If Ss’ answers are right, the letters will appear on the blank.
+ If Ss’ answers are wrong, one part of the man’s body will be hung.
+ Who can find the Key word first without hanging all part of the man’s body will be the winner.
- T allows Ss to play game.
Key: FACILITY
- T declares the winner and gives gift.

Lead in:
- T asks Ss:
“Suppose Vietnam is going to host the coming Asian Games. What facilities does our country need to have?”
- T introduces: “To understand more detailed, we will study the lesson today: “Unit 12: THE ASIAN GAMES”. Today we are going to write a paragraph describing the preparations for the coming Asian Games.”

Teacher – whole class


II. Pre- Writing
( 12’)
1. Pre-teach Vocabulary:
Objective: to help Ss learn some basic words before doing tasks.
* Recruit (v): tuyển dụng, chiêu mộ
- Eliciting technique: situation
“I have organized a company, so I find new people to work for my company.”
- Eliciting question:
What is the word means “find new people to work”?
* Disabled (a): tàn tật
-Eliciting technique: picture


- Eliciting question:
“They are … people.”
* Upgrade (v): nâng cấp
- Eliciting technique: picture


- Eliciting question:
“This house was built 20 years ago; therefore they plan to … it to become a modern house.”
* Facility (n): phương tiện, tiện nghi
- Eliciting technique: example
Radio, computer, dictionary
- Eliciting question:
“What is common noun for these things?”

2. Checking: Rub Out and Remember
Objective: to help Ss remember the words that they’ve just learned.
- T rubs out new words one at a time.
- T points to the Vietnamese translation and gets Ss to call out the word in English.
- T calls on some Ss to rewrite the English words on the blackboard.

3. Brainstorming:
Objective: to help Ss brainstorm what facilities can be included in the Asian Games.
- T raises the question:
“What facilities do you think we need to have for the Asian Games?”
- T asks Ss to work in pairs.
- T collects the answers from Ss.
- T shows the answers on the screen.







Expected answer:


Teacher – whole class











































Teacher – whole class







Pair work



III. While- Writing
(17’)

1. Activity 1: Sentence building
Objective: to help Ss make meaningful sentences before writing a paragraph.
- T sets the scene: “Suppose Vietnam is going to host the coming Asian Games. What do we need to prepare for the Games?”
- T shows the cues on the screen:

one more National Stadium (to build)
training areas and roads to sports buildings (to widen)
National Sports Centers and local stadiums (to upgrade)
hotels, guest houses with modern facilities (to equip)
volunteers to serve the Games (to recruit)
preparations for the Asian Games on the radio and TV (to promote and advertise)


- Ss are asked to make sentences basing on the cues and the verbs provided in the brackets.

Anticipated problem: Ss may not understand clearly how to make sentences. So T takes the first cue the model.
one more National Stadium (to build)