Lesson plan - Unit 13: Hobbies - Reading period

Teacher: Le Thi Hoa Phuong Date: 
Supervisor: Nguyen Thi Cam Nhung Week: 
 Xuan Dinh high school
LESSON PLAN
UNIT 13: HOBBIES
Reading period
1. Class description:
46 grade 11 students, 16 boys and 30 girls at Xuan Dinh high school, Tu Liem, Ha Noi
2. Time: 45’
3. Objective:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
guess the meaning of new words based on clues in the text.
identify the main ideas of the text.
know more words and phrases related to hobbies.
4. Anticipated problems:
- Students may find difficult in guessing the meanings of new words and identifying the main ideas; so the teacher (T) should be ready to provide them.
5. Teaching aids: Textbook, posters, blackboard
6. Procedure
Stages
Time
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
I. Warm-up
5’
* Playing game: Crossword, name the pictures
- Key word: 7 letters
H
O
B
B
I
E
S
- T explains the rule of the game:
* Rule:
- T has 6 pictures numbered from 1 to 6 on the board. Students’ task is naming the action in the pictures and guessing the key word.
- T divides the class into 4 groups. The leader of each group will have right to choose the number of the picture. Which group has right answer will receive 1 point. With each picture opened, they will have 1 letter in the key word.
1
2
3
4
5
6
1. Collecting stamp => O
2. Keeping fish => H
3. Fishing => I
4. Playing chess => E
5. Swimming => S
6. Playing football => 2 B
- T leads in the topic. “There are a lot of activities we can do in our free time. We call it hobby. So, our lesson today will study more about hobby.”
- Whole class
- Ss listen to the teacher.
- Ss look at and name the pictures.
- Ss guess the key word.
- Ss listen to the teacher.
II. Before you read
III. While you read
5’
5’
10’
5’
10’
* Activity 1:
- T raises the question: “Which do you like to do in your free time?”
- T asks Ss to discuss in pairs.
- T leads in the text. ( “You are going to read a passage about a person’s bobbies. Then do the tasks follow.”)
* Activity 2:
- T supplies some new words:
1. Guitarist /gi’ta:rist/ (n): a person who plays the guitar. (elicit by using picture)
2. ‘Regularly (adv): thường xuyên, đều đặn ( elicit by using synonyms: regularly = often, usually)
3. Admire / əd’maiə(r)/ (v): khâm phục (elicit by using picture and example)
4. Glass fish tank: bể cá bằng thủy tinh (elicit by using picture)
5. Common / ‘komәn/ (adj): thường, phổ biến (elicit by using synonym: common = popular)
- T reads new words and asks Ss to repeat. (focus on stress)
- T asks Ss to number the lines in the text.
* Task 1: Guessing skill
The words and phrases below all appear in the passage. Based on the content of the passage, try to guess their meaning:
1. Accomplished
2. Accompanying
3. Modest
4. Avid
5. Discarded
6. Indulge in
7. Keep me occupied
- T asks Ss to look through all the words and phrases.
- T reads all the words and asks Ss to repeat and locate word stress.
- T helps Ss to locate the words and phrases below in the passage.
- T asks Ss to guess their meaning and word form based on the content of the passage.
- T checks the answer. (notice word form)
Keys:
1. Accomplished (adj): tài ba, tài hoa
2. Accompanying (V): đệm (đàn)
3. Modest (adj): vừa phải
4. Avid (adj): say mê
5. Discarded (adj): đã bị bỏ đi
6. Indulge in (v): đam mề vào một việc gì đó
7. Keep me occupied: làm cho tôi bận bịu
- T asks Ss to do task 2 in the handout.
* Task 2: T/F ?
Decide the following statements are true (T) or false (F):
1. The writer’s father taught him how to play the guitar.
2. The writer admires his uncle very much.
3. The writer’s mother doesn’t love watching fish.
4. The hobbies really keep the writer busy.
5. The writer has 3 hobbies.
- T asks Ss to read through the statements, underline the key words and find information in the text.
- T checks.
1. F (His uncle taught him)
2. T
3. F (His mother loves watching fish)
4. T
5. T
* Task 3: Questions and answers
- T asks Ss to read from the first question to firth question.
- T designs task 3 to the game : LUCKY NUMBER
- T has 6 pictures numbered from 1 to 6 on the board. Behind each picture will have one questions and a picture will have a lucky number.
- T divides the class into four groups. Only the leader of each group have right to choose the number. And all the members in this group can answer the question. If they can’t, the students from other group will answer.
- T checks the answer and asks Ss to explain their answer. ( Which information do they find in the text)
Key:
1. His first hobby is playing his guitar.
2. No, he isn’t.
3. Because he’s an accomplished guitarist and he is good at accompanying people singing with his guitar.
4. His second hobby is keeping fish.
5. He bought some from the shop and collected some from the rice field near his house.
- Ss work in pairs.
- Ss listen and repeat.
- Ss look through all the words and phrases.
- Ss listen and repeat.
- Ss work individually.
- work individually
- Ss read through the statements and underline key words.
- Ss read the text and find the information.
- Ss read the questions.
- Ss listen to the teacher.
- Ss answer the questions.
IV. After you read
5’
* Talk about your hobbies.
- T asks Ss to work in groups of four and talk about their hobbies.
- T delivers the handout supplying some suggestions
Some suggestions:
1. What is your hobby?
2. Why do you choose it?
3. How much time do you spend on it?
4. How much money do you spend on it?
5. How do you find your hobby?
- Ss work in groups and talk about their hobbies.
V. Home work
2’
- Learn by heart the new words.
- Answer the other questions in Task 3.
- Write a passage about your hobby.
- Prepare for the next lesson.
7. Assessment