Bài soạn môn học Tiếng Anh 11 năm 2007 - Period: 1 Preparation - Unit: 1 Lesson: Friendship – reading (P1)

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Period : 1	Preparation date : 03/09/2007
Unit :	1	Lesson : friendship – reading.	(P1)
Aims :
By the end of the lesson, the students are able to scan reading for specific information.
By the end of the lesson, the students are able to skim reading for general ideas.
Lexical items :
- detention	- through thick and thin	- guarantee	- soccer stuff
- stuffed animal	- break out into tears	- cheat off
Structures :
A good friend is a person who helps you do homework.
A good friend always stands beside you even though you are a loser.
Teaching aids:
- textbook	- picture / drawings
- chalk 	- handouts
Techniques : 
- Skill – based ( reading), communication approach.
Procedures :	
State/time
Teacher’s and students’ activities
Blackboard
Materials
1. Warm-up & lead-in 
(3’)
Games: Treasure Hunt.
- Divide the class into two groups
- Stick 6 pictures of things (or draw the things) on the board.
- Tell Sts to find out the treasure, the word of the day by combining the first letter in the names of these things .
- The first group to find it will win the game
- Sts start the game.
( These pictures are about Flower, Ring, Ice-cream, Eye, Nurse, Dog. The word of the day is FRIEND)
- Declare the winner.
- Ask Sts : do you have friends?
 What is a good friend like, according to you?
- Teacher leads in the new lesson: “ in today’s reading, we’ll get to know more about friends and friendship.
- T writes down on the board 
Stick pictures on the board
The word of today : FRIEND
:Period 1 : Unit 1 : Friendship. 
Pictures or drawing
Chalk and board.
2. Pre-reading 
(5’)
Teaching Vocabulary
- write new words on the bb. 
- elicit meanings from Sts or give explanations yourself
- leave some minutes for Sts to copy.
- give some practice on pronunciation ( T reads – Sts repeat in chorally, then asks Sts to read individually.)
- Remind Sts of Relative Clause, how to use.
- stick together (v): gắn bó
- through thick and thin (idm): trong bất kỳ hoàn cảnh nào
- cheat (v) : gian lận trong ktra
- break out into tears (v) = begin to cry
- detention (n): hình phạt sau giờ học
A goof friend was the person who helped you pack up 
Chalk and board
3. while - reading
(15’)
Activity 1: reading and matching (task a, p16)
- Ask Sts to read Text A and then match the grades with John’s opinions on what a good friend is.
- Call on Sts to say what John thought of a good friend in each grade.
- go over the answers with the class.
Activity 2: Main ideas
- T writes down on the board three phrases about the main ideas of the paragraphs B and one extra phrase.
- Ask Sts to skim the text again and match the paragraphs with their suitable main ideas.
- When they have finished , tell Sts to compare answers with a partner.
- Go over the answers with the class.
Answers : 
1. c
2. b
3. a
a. Possible reasons for not having a best friend.
b. How best friendship develops
c. John’s opinions on “friendship” during his school years.
Chalk + book + small board
4. Post-reading
(15’)
Activity 1: checking vocabulary : gap-filling
- Give Sts handouts and ask them to work in pairs, completing the sentences, using the words just learned.
- check with the class
Activity 2 : writing: sentence building.
- Give Sts handouts , and ask them to make sentences using the cues.
- Sts do the task
- T correct them.
1. A good friend remains loyal to you 
2. Being scolded by his mother, the child .
3. Those students were sent to the . Room for their cheating on the exam.
Answers : 1. through thick and thin; 2. broke out into tears ; 3. detention.
1. your ideas/ good friend/ different/ different grades.
2. best friends / usually / stick together/ thick/ thin.
3. best friend/ help you/ avoid/ depression/ anxiety.
- Handouts
Handouts
5. Other activities
(5’)
 - Ask one or two Sts to sing a song telling about friendship
- Sts do the task
6. Homework
(2’)
- Ask Sts to learn new words by heart and review the today’s lesson.
- Prepare the new lessons for the next time
Book and notebook