Giáo án Tiếng Anh lớp 11 - Period 126

Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced) Period 126: Preparation date : 21/4/2008 Unit 15: Lesson : writing (cont) Aims : - By the end of the lesson, the students are able to organize accounts in chronological order. - By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write a biography Lexical items : - biography - chronological order Structures : - he was born in Dijon, France, in 1832, to a family known for fine craft work of wood - he graduated from L’Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures, Paris, in 1855. Teaching aids: - textbook - handouts - Sheets of paper - chalk and board - pictures Techniques : writing-based Procedures : State/time Teacher’s and students’ activities Blackboard Materials 1. warm-up (7’) Checking the previous lesson - write on the board parts of a biography which are ordered randomly - call on a St to rearrange in order. - check the answer Transition: last time we studied components of and a biography; and words and phrases for writing a biography. Today we’ll how to write a complete a biography. - write down on the board: P.126: Unit 15:Writing a biography pictures 2. Pre- writing (10’) Activity 1: presenting an outline again ( quickly) - elicit what to be included in a biography from SS: Name, date, and place of birth, his or her family, social, cultural. Educational background - tell SS that a biography is normally organized in chronological, i.e. in the order of time that the events take place. Activity2:introducing useful language - expressions of time: . In his later years…. . at the age of 20…. . On March 1st , 1890 ….. . During the winter, he …. - clause of time: . she moved to China when she was nine . as soon as she finished her degree, she worked as a nurse . after his father died, his mother went to work Chalk and board Chalk and board 3. while-writing (20’) Prompt – based writing : - arrange SS into groups of four - give each group some prompts given to write complete sentences, then add suitable connectors to link those sentences into a paragraph. - go around to monitor the class and give help where needed. - ask group representatives to read out their paragraphs. - call on SS to write the sentences up on the board. - tell SS that the completed paragraphs will make up a biography about A. Graham Bell - Elicit the order of the paragraphs - invite class opinions and make corrections in front of the whole class. Small board cards 4. Post-writing (5’) Speaking: - put SS into pairs - ask SS to talk the life of someone famous - go around giving help where needed - if time allows, call on some SS to present a short biography of the writing Handouts + sheets of paper 5. Homework (1’) - Ask Sts to write a biography of famous person of their own choice.