Bài soạn môn học Tiếng Anh lớp 11 năm 2009 - Unit 4: Volunteer work

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UNIT 4:	VOLUNTEER WORK
READING
Date of preparation:
Date of teaching:
A. Objectives:
1. Educational aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- Develop such reading micro-skills as scanning for specific ideas and skimming for general information
- Use the information they have read to discuss the topic
2. Knowledge: 
- General knowledge: Students know the information about volunteer work
- Language: words related to voluteer work
3. Skills: - Work formation
	- Extensive reading: multiple-choice questions
	- Passage comprehension
B. Method : Intergrated, mainly communicative
C. Teaching aids : textbook, board, rasing questions
D. Procdure:
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
1. Warm – up:
- Show the picture of volunteer work and ask questions :
 What is the old woman doing ?
 What does she do this work for?
- Check the answers
- Give Ss the following saying :
“If you me a fish,
 I will eat today
 If you teach me to fish
 I will eat my whole life long.”
- Ask Ss what the saying implies.
-Check the answer.
2. Pre – reading:
Pre-teaching vocabulary:
1.volunteer (n) ( picture = explanation)
 +These people are doing volunteer work. They are volunteers
2.Volunteer (v) 9 definition 0 : to offer to do something without being forced to do it or without getting paid for it
3.voluntary(a) (situation)
 +Ask Ss to fill in the gap with one suitable word.
In her spare time , she does the work without being paid for it
In her spare time, she does .work
4.orphanage (n) (question)
 +Ask Ss: What do you call the home for children whose parents are dead?
5.mow (v) (picture + example ) xeùn, gaët
 +Show a picture of a mower and ask ss to fill in the gap with one word in the following sentence: _This machine is used tothe lawn
 +lawn-mower (n) maùy xeùn coû
6.handicapped (a) (picture ): ngöôøi taøn taät
 +Show a picture of the handicapped
7.remote (a) (synonym)
 +What is the synonym of “ far a way “ ?
Checking: Gap-filling ( using a chart )
1.When she retired ,she did a lot of service for the Red Cross
2. She was sent to an when her mother died.
3. He continued to the lawn and did routine chores.
4. She needs some .to clean up the kitchen
5. The company..to donate fifty trucks to help the flooded areas
6. We have visited many villages in areas
7. I’m going to work 2 days a week teaching .kids to fish
3. While – reading:
a. Task 1
- Ask for filling the blanks.
- Give the explanation of related words.
- Correct their mistakes.
b. Task 2
- Ask for students to read the text again silently.
- Ask Ss to choose the best answer
- Check their answers
c. Task 3:
-Ask Ss to discuss then answer the questions in task 3 .
- Check their answers.
4. Post-reading: 
- Ask Ss to discuss then answer the following questions.
 1. Why do people do volunteer work?
 2. Have you ever joined any volunteer work before?
- Ask sts to make a report in front of class.
- Correct their mistakes.
5. Homework: 
- Ask students to review the text and prepare the new section: Part B-Speaking
- Look at the picture and answer questions freely
- Work in groups.
- Answer the questions
- Read and guess the meaning of the saying in their text book
-Answer the question.
-Take notes.
-Identify the pictures.
Expected answers : If anyone gives you something to eat ,you’ll not feel hungry anymore but this won’t last long .If someone gives you an opportunity to work or teaches you how to work , you will earn your own living for a long time.
We can express the saying in another way like this: “ Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him a lifetime”
Listen and answer 
Copy them down
- Work in pair and do the task
Expected answers : 
1.voluntary 2.orphanage 3.mow 4.voluntee 5.volunteers / volunteered 6.remote 7.handicaped
-Individual work
-Read all of these sentences in task 1 and fill in each blank 
Keys:
1. Voluntary (adj)
2. Voluntarily (adv)
3. Volunteers (n)
4. Volunteers (v)
- Read the text again and do task 2
Keys:
1-B, 2-A, 3-D, 4-B, 5-C
- Work in pairs
Keys:
1. They usually visit hospitals, orphanages or homes for the ages.They read books to the people or listen to their problems.
 2. They help them to overcome the difficulties and give care and comfort to them.
 3. During summer vacations, they volunteer to work in remote or mountainous area to provide education for children or medical services for local people.
- Work in groups to answer the questions
- Present answers in front of the class
- Correct mistakes
- Copy down
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UNIT 4:	SPEAKING
Date of preparation:
Date of teaching:
A. Objectives:
 1. Educational aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to talk about different kinds of activities related to volunteer work.
 2. Knowledge: - General knowledge: Students know how to talk about volunteer work
 - Words: Words related to volunteer work
 3. Skills: - Identifying types of volunteer work
	- Asking and answering questions about volunteer work
	- Talking about volunteer work
B. Methods: Intergrated, mainly communicative
C. Teaching aids: textbook, board, rasing questions, hand-outs
D. Procedure:
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
1. Warm – up:
- Ask students to look at the picture in their books and answer two questions:
What are these students doing?
Are they volunteers?
2. Pre – speaking:
Task 1:
- Have students do Task 1 in pairs
- Ask students to give their answers
- Explain some activities of volunteer work
* Helping people in the remote or mountainous areas
* Giving care and comfort to the poor and sick
* Providing education for disadvantaged children
* Joining in the Green Saturday Movement
Correct the mistakes
3. While – speaking:
Task 2:
- Have students do Task 2 in pairs
- Give some suggestions:
* Providing minority children with literacy (teach them how to read and write)
* Working in difficult or flooded areas (help them rebuilt houses, provide medical services, etc)
* Raising money to help the handicapped or starving children (put money in a piggy bank)
* Taking part in directing the traffic (stand at the crossroads during rush hour to help direct the traffic)
* Volunteering in homes for the elderly (clean up/ repair their houses, do the washing up, do some shopping, mow their lawns, take care of them, read books, etc)
- Have students perform the dialogue in front of class
4. Post – speaking:
Task 3:
- Have students do Task 3 in groups
- Give some suggestions:
* What kind of volunteer work do you usually take part in?
* What do you think about it?
- Correct common mistakes
5. Home – work :
Information searching:
-Tell Ss to search on the internet the in formation about some volunteer organizations in the world.
- Prepare the next lesson.
Answer the questions:
They are helping an old man with the housework.
Yes, they are.
 - Do Task 1 in pairs
Give the answers
Take notes
Do Task 2 in pairs
Take notes
- Perform in front of class
- Work in groups
- Take notes
- Each group gives a short presentation.
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UNIT 4:	LISTENING
Date of preparation:
Date of teaching:
A. Objectives:
 1. Educational aim: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to develop such listening micro-skills as intensive listening for specific information and taking notes while listening.
 2. Knowledge: - General knowledge: Students can listen and understand about the volunteer work in Spring School
 - Language: Words related to volunteer work
 3. Skills: - Gap-filling	
	- Comprehension questions
B. Methods: Intergrated, mainly communicative
C. Teaching aids: textbook, board, rasing questions, hand-outs
D. Procedure:
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
1. Warm up:
- Show any pieces of song and ask Sts to guess the name and the composer of the songs
FUNNY NOTE
 (1) (2) (3)
Tinh ca - Hoang Viet composer
Ha Noi mua thu – Vu Thanh composer
Mua He Xanh – Vu Hoang composer
“Mua He Xanh” song à volunteer work
- Show some pictures related to Mua He Xanh activities
2. Pre - listening:
 The teacher asks students some questions
How often do you support charities?
What’s the best way of raising money to support charities?
Which of these kinds of volunteer work do you prefer?
Vocabulary: 
- The teacher presents the new words on the board. 
- Ask Sts to listen & repeat the new words (pay attention to the pronunciation of these words)
1. Organization for Education Development
2. Spring School 
3. co-operate (v) : to work together with sb else in order to achieve sth
4. disadvantaged children (n) = poor children
5. fund-raising 
6. co-ordinate (v) 
7. regularly attend classes
8. to be held annually
3. While - listening:
a. Task 1: Listen and fill in the missing information 
- T asks Sts to read Task 1 silently in order to understand the sentence meaning and guess the missing information
- T plays the tape several times if necessary 
Call some Ss to read aloud their answers. 
- Correct mistakes 
b. Task 2 : Answer the questions
- Ask Sts to read silently in order to understand the questions and find the answers.
- Play the tape once again.
check their own answers
- Correct mistakes.
4. Post - listening:
Summarize the story about Spring School, using the following suggestions :
Some cues :
The aim of Spring School
The number of children who live and study at the school or attend classes
The activities the children at the school tale part in 
The kinds of volunteers that Spring School requires
Diagram :
Aim
SPRING SCHOOL
Providing classes to disadvantaged children in HCMC
Require
Volunteers 
Helping organize fundraising dinner held annually in June
5. Homework: 
Listen to the tape again at home and do the exercises in the workbook.
- Prepare part D: writing
- Sts work in groups
- The leader of each group will listen to and give the most exactly and quickly answer 
- Pairs work
- Whole class
- Whole class
- Sts listen to the tape twice to do the task. Then, listen again to check information
- Individual work
- Whole class
Sts listen to the tape again to answer the questions
- Individual work ( give the answer on BB)
- Pair work 
Sts fill information in diagram
- Model the discussion in front of the class
Answers:
1. informal
2. 30 street children
3. 250 children (with special difficulties)
4. 1998
5. volunteers, June
Answers: 
1. It provides classes to disadvantaged children in HCMC
2. Dance, theatre, singing and circus classes were set up in 1999
3. Because they need money to continue their English and
Performance Arts classes
4. Because they need help to organize their fundraising dinner held annually in June
- Whole class
Number
30 street children
Activities 
Performing circus or theatre, dancing and singing
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UNIT 4:	WRITING
Date of preparation:
Date of teaching:
A. Objectives:
 1. Educational aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write a thank-you letter to a donor to acknoledge the donor’s contribution.
 2. Knowledge: - General knowledge: Students know how to write a thank-you letter
 - Language: words related to a thank-you letter
 3. Skills: Writing a formal letter expressing gratitude
B. Methods: Intergrated, mainly communicative
C. Teaching aids: textbook, board, rasing questions, hand-outs
D. Procedure:
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
1. Warm – up : Game: Jumbled Word
-Ask Ss to work out the anagram of the following word: STANHK 
 à key: THANKS
Lead-in:
-Elicit the answers from Ss:- When do you say :”thanks”?
In today‘s lesson, you’ll learn how to write a formal letter to express gratitude or thanks.
2. Pre – writing:
Pre-teaching vocabulary:
1.amount (n) (synonym): số tiền 
 +What is the synonym of “ a sum of money “ ?
2.donation(n) ( translation)
 +Ask Ss :How do you say: “vật tặng, sự đóng góp” in English 
-Rub out the word and leave the Vietnamese meaning on the board
-Point at each Vietnamese equivalent and have Ss say the English word
-Ask Ss to write the English words again
a. Task 1: 
- Ask Sts to read the letter and underline the sentences that express the points:
* The opening of the letter
* The donated amount
* The way the money is used
* The way the receipt is issued
* The gratitude to the donor
* The closing of the letter
b. Task 2: Re-ordering
-Hang on the chart with parts of a thank –you letter arranged in the wrong order.
a. An offer to pay and a renewal of thanks
b. A personal remark about the usefulness of the gift or present.
c. An acknowledgement and thanks
d. Closing
e. A fuller expression of gratitude
- Ask Ss to work in pairs to put them into a logical order of a letter
- Call some Ss to give the answers
- Check with the class
c. Task 3: Eliciting
- Elicit some useful expressions used to express gratitude or thanks in a formal thank-you letter from Ss
Notice: Some structures:
- S + be + adjective +to +infinitive
- To receive sth from sb / sth
- Would like + to infinitive
- To hope + to infinitive
 + for sth
3. While – writing: 
-Ask Ss to read the situation in task 2 on page 53 and then write a letter to thank for the donation
-Go around to control and give help
-Collect Ss’ writings when they have finished
4. Post – writing:
- Ask Ss to hang their writings on the board
- Ask the whole class to correct the mistakes
-Give comments
5. Home – work :
-Ask Ss to write a letter of thank for a birthday present.
- Prepare the next lesson.
Work in groups
- Answer the questions.
Expected answers:
-When someone give you a present
-When someone does you a favor
-When someone helps you with something
Do the task 1:
Read and take notes:
- “Dear Sir /Madam”
- “I am very ..some days ago”
- “The money will..students”
- “We will certainlypossible”
- “I would likecompany”
- “ I look ..faithfully”
- Work in pairs and put them into a logical order of a thank – you letter.
Expected answers:
1. An acknowledgement and thanks
2. A fuller expression of gratitude
3. A personal remark about the usefulness of the gift or present
4. An offer to pay and a renewal of thanks
5. Closing
Expected answers:
 + I’m most grateful to you for
 + I would like to express my thanks to you for
 + On behalf of.I’m writing to thank you for
 + I would like to offer my sincerest thanks to you for 
 + My heartfelt thanks go to you for
 + I’m very much obliged to you for
 + I owe a great debt of gratitude to you for
 + I would like to give special thanks to you for
- Work in groups and write the letter.
- Write their writings on the poster
Le Quy Don High School
27 Nguyen Trai Street,
Gia Lai
October 15th, 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am very happy to receive a donation of one million dong from your organization some days ago. I think that the money will help us build a school library for our students. We will certainly issue a receipt as soon as possible.
I would like to express our thanks for the donation from your organization and hope to get more assistance and cooperation from your organization in the future.
Yours faithfully,
Le Thi Hang Nga
Secretary of School Building Fund
- Read and correct the mistakes
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UNIT 4:	LANGUAGE FOCUS
Date of preparation:
Date of teaching:
A. Objectives:
 1. Educational aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to 
	- distinguish the sounds /w/ and /j/
	- pronounce the words and sentences containing these sounds correctly
	- use gerunds, present participles, perfect gerunds and perfect participles appropriately
 2. Knowledge: - General knowledge: Students can understand perfect gerund and perfect participle
- Language: Words related gerund and present participle
 3. Skills: Pronounce the sound / w/ and /j / correctly
B. Methods: Intergrated, mainly communicative
C. Teaching aids: textbook, board, rasing questions, hand-outs
D. Procedure:
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
1. Pronounciation: 
a. Warm – up :
-Bring along a yardstick and a whistle to show to Ss and ask them what the things are.
-Read the words aloud
-Ask Ss to give the initial consonant sounds of the words
-Introduce the sounds /w/ and /j/
b. Task 1: listen and repeat
-Read the sounds and the words
-Ask Ss to repeat
-Call on some Ss to read
-Make corrections if needed
c. Task 2: Practice reading the sentences
-Ask Ss to work in pairs to practice reading the sentences
-Move around the class to give help.
-Ask ss to find the words containing the sounds / w / and / j/ in the reading text
2. Grammar :
a. Warm – up :
- Hang on chart with the following sentences
 1. ”Where is Sally ?” –She is playing tennis
 2. It is a worrying problem
 3. The girl is standing over there is Alice
 4. Playing tennis is not expensive in England
 5. I enjoy walking in the countryside
 6. I heard him coming into the hall
 7. Having finished the work he went home
 8. H admitted having stolen my bike
- Ask Ss to work in pairs to underline the ING- form words and identify which is gerund or present participle, perfect gerund or perfect participle
b. Presentation:
*The Gerund often acts like a verb and a noun at the same time. It can be used:
 - as a subject of a sentence
Eg: Playing tennis is not expensive in England
 - as complement of a verb
 Eg: What I have to do now is writing a letter to her
 - after prepositions
Eg: I’m afraid of going out alone in the dark 
 - after certain verbs such as: enjoy, miss, finish, delay, avoid, suggest, risk postpone, admit 
Eg: I enjoy walking in the countryside 
*The present participle indicates action more like a verb or an adjective. It can be used:
 - as as a verb in the continuous tense form
Eg: She is playing tennis 
 - as an adjective
Eg: It’s a worrying problem 
 - to replace a relative clause
Eg: The girl (who is) standing over there is Alice
 - to replace subject +verb in the main or subordinate clauses
Eg: Entering the room, I saw him
 - after the verbs : catch , find, leave + SO
Eg: I caught him stealing my bike
 Don’t leave her waiting outside in the rain
 - after some verbs such as : waste, spend, go , be busy
Eg: You waste time copying the lesson again
 My sister spends most of her time reading
 She is always busy doing homework.
 I often go fishing in my free time
 - After some verbs of perception such as : see, hear, smell, observe, notice, watch
Eg: I heard him coming into the hall
*Perfect gerund is the perfect form of the gerund. It’s used to refer to a past action
Eg: He admitted having stolen my bike
*Perfect participle is the perfect form of the present participle. It is used when one action happens before another action
Eg: Having finished her work ,she went home
c. Practice:
* Task 1: (exercise 1, p54)
-Ask Ss to do the exercise1 on page 54
-Call on some Ss to give the answers
-Check with the class
* Task 2 :( ex.2, p 54)
-Put Ss into pairs
-In pairs ask them to do the exercise 2 on page 54
* Task 3 :( ex 3, p55 )
-Ask Ss to do the exercise 3 on page 55
-Go over the answers with the class
c. Production:
Sentence transformation ( deliver handouts )
Rewrite the sentences , beginning as shown , so that the meaning stays the same:
1. He rushed out of the room. He was shouting at the top of his voice
→ Shouting
2. Don’t copy the lesson again. You waste a lot of time
→ You waste
3. We bought our tickets .Then we went into the theatre
→Having
4. Jim was playing tennis .He hurt his arm
→Jim hurt
5. They found her .She was walking along the beach
→ They found her
3. Home – work :
- Learn the lesson.
- Prepare the next lesson.
- Observe and repeat.
- Repeat the words
- Work in pairs and practice the sentences in the textbook.
- Work in pairs and underline
Expected answers: 
 1. playing – present participle 
 2. worrying – present participle
 3. standing - present participle 
 4. playing- gerund
5. walking – gerund 6. coming – present participle
7. having finished – perfect participle 8. having stolen- perfect gerund
Listen and answer the questions.
Copy them down.
Give more example.
Expected answers:
 1. hearing 2. bending 
 3. behaving 4. meeting 5.spending 6. waiting 
 7. starting
Expected answers:
 1. burning / rising 
2. reading 3. lying 4. shopping 5. preparing 6. trying 7. modernizing 
Expected answers:
1. having made 
2. Having been 
3.having been 
4. Having tied 
5. Having read 
6. having taken