Bài soạn môn học Tiếng Anh 11 - Unit 14: Recreation - Lesson 5: Language focus

Designed by: Luu Nguyen (Ms.)
Group: 061E4
University of Languages and International Studies
Vietnam National University, Hanoi
Email address: luu.hulis.vnu@gmail.com
LESSON PLAN 
UNIT 14: recreation
Lesson 5: language focus
Aims:
- Teaching Ss how to pronounce the sounds /ts/, /dz/, /t t/, and /d d/ 
- Teaching Ss how to use paired conjunctions bothand, not onlybut also, eitheror, neithernor
- Teaching Ss how to make cleft sentences in the passive
Objectives:
During and after the lesson, Ss will be able to:
- Pronounce the sounds /ts/, /dz/, /t t/, and /d / correctly
- Use paired conjunctions bothand, not onlybut also, eitheror, neithernor correctly and appropriately
- Make cleft sentences in the passive correctly and appropriately
Teaching aids:
Textbook, chalk, blackboard, handouts
Anticipated problems and back-up plan
- There may be a lack of time, so T should be careful, and T should give Ss some more exercises to practice at home.
V. Procedure 
Stages
Time
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
Warm-up
5’
- Aim: to lead Ss to the lesson
- Introduces the game: crossword. Try to find out the words based on the clues given:
+ 5 letters, shoes that cover the feet and ankles, and sometimes also the lower legs à boots
+ 4 letters, children à kids
+ 7 letters, looked at SBD carefully for a period of time à watched
+ 7 letters, became or made SBD/ST differentà changed 
B
O
O
T
S
K
I
D
S
W
A
T
C
H
E
D
C
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A
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G
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D
- Asks Ss to read the words out
- Leads Ss to the lesson: learn how to pronounce the sounds /ts/, /dz/, /t t/, and /d d/
- Play the game
- Read the words out
- Listen to T’s lead-in
Pronunciation
15’
- Instructs Ss to pronounce each sound
* /ts/:
+ Tells Ss that first, we pronounce /t/ then move quickly to /s/
+ Pronounces /ts/ as a model
+ Calls Ss to pronounce /ts/
+ Asks Ss to read the words with /ts/ in the textbook: sits, eats, meets
+ Calls some Ss to read the words out
* /dz/:
+ Tells Ss that first, we pronounce /d/ then move quickly to /z/
+ Pronounces /dz/ as a model
+ Calls Ss to pronounce /dz/
+ Asks Ss to read the words with /dz/ in the textbook: reads, friends, kids
+ Calls some Ss to read the words out
* /t t/: 
+ Tells Ss that first, we pronounce /t / then move quickly to /t/
+ Pronounces /t t/ as a model
+ Calls Ss to pronounce /t t/
+ Asks Ss to read the words with /dz/ in the textbook: marched, watched, reached
+ Calls some Ss to read the words out
* /d d/:
+ Tells Ss that first, we pronounce /d / then move quickly to /d/
+ Pronounces /d d/ as a model
+ Calls Ss to pronounce /d d/
+ Asks Ss to read the words with /d d/ in the textbook: bridged, raged, managed
+ Calls some Ss to read the words out
- Instructs Ss to practice reading aloud the sentences in the textbook
+ Reads the sentences first, points out the words that contain the sounds just learnt.
+ Asks Ss to read aloud the sentences
+ Listens and gives comments
- Do what they are required to do:
+ Listen to T, asks questions if any
+ Listen to T
+ Pronounce /ts/ if asked
+ Reads the words
+ Read the words if asked
+ Listen to T, asks questions if any
+ Listen to T
+ Pronounce /dz/ if asked
+ Reads the words
+ Read the words if asked
+ Listen to T, asks questions if any
+ Listen to T
+ Pronounce /t t/ if asked
+ Reads the words
+ Read the words if asked
+ Listen to T, asks questions if any
+ Listen to T
+ Pronounce /d d/ if asked
+ Reads the words
+ Read the words if asked
+ Listen to T
+ Read the sentences aloud
+ Listen to T’s comments
Grammar
25’
Bothand
- T says “I like listening to music. Do you like listening to music?”
- T says “I like listening to music. You like listening to music, too.” Asks Ss how to change the two sentences into one?
- T says: Very good! You see, we use bothand to join similar elements between sentences. The elements can be nouns, pronouns, verbs, adj, and adv. Now, try to make more sentences with bothand. 
- Listens and gives comments
- Asks Ss to put be in Both my mother and my father (be) teachers into the correct form. (answer: are)
- Tells Ss that with bothand, the verb is in the plural form.
2. Not onlybut also
- Shows Ss a 10,000 VND note, and asks Ss to name two things they can buy with that amount of money. 
- Expected answers: a notebook, a postcard.
- Says “With this 10,000 VND you can buy both a notebook and a postcard. Or we can say: With this money we can buy not only a notebook but also a postcard.” 
- Points out that not onlybut also is to add extra information 
- Asks Ss to make sentences with not onlybut also
- Listens and gives comments
- Asks Ss to put the verb in Not only my mother but my father also (like) cooking in the correct form.
- Tells Ss that with not onlybut also, the second subject determines the verb.
3. Eitheror
- Says “Name two things that you can buy only one of them with this 10,000 VND.”
- Expected answers: a 10,000 VND prepaid phone card, & a 7,000 VND glass of milk. 
- Says “So, with 10,000d, you can buy either a 10,000 prepaid phone card or a 7,000 glass of milk.” 
à Points out that eitheror:
+ describes a situation in which there is a choice between two things, but both together are not possible.
+ can join pronouns, nouns, verbs, etc. (similar elements)
- Asks Ss to make sentences with eitheror
- Listens and gives comments
- Asks Ss to put “be” in Either an apple or an orange (be) ok in the correct form. (answer: is)
- Tells Ss that with eitheror, the second object determines the verb.
4. Neithernor
- Says “Again, with 10k VND, can we buy a pair of jeans, or a new dictionary?”
- Says “That’s right. With 10k VND, we can’t buy a new pair of jeans. We can’t buy a new dictionary, either.” 
- Asks Ss how to change the two sentences into one.
à With 10k VND, we can buy neither a new pair of jeans nor a new dictionary.”
- Points out that neithernor is to join two negative ideas.
- Asks Ss to makes sentences with neithernor. 
- Listens and gives comments
- Asks Ss to put the verb be in Neither I nor she (be) a student in the correct form. (answer: is)
- Points out that with neithernor the second subject determines the verb.
5. Cleft sentences in the passive
- Asks Ss to change Mr. Long teaches English at Xuan Dinh high school into a cleft sentence.
- Correct answer: It is English that Mr. Long teaches at XD high school.
- Asks Ss whether they know another way to do that. 
- Tells Ss the other way: It is English that is taught by Mr. Long at XD high school.
- Tells Ss that it is a cleft sentence in the passive.
- Asks Ss to work out the structure.
 - Write the structure on the board It + (be) + focus + that + be + V. pp +
- Asks Ss to change some sentences into cleft sentences in the passive.
+ The boy hit the dog in the garden yesterday.
+ His appearance frightened the children.
+ The president makes the important decisions.
- Key:
+ It was the dog that was hit in the garden.
+ It was the children that were frightened by his appearance.
+ It is the important decisions that are made by the president.
- Answer “Yes”
- Answer “Both you and I like listening to music.”
- Listen, then make sentences with bothand.
- Listen to T’s comments
- Put be in the correct form 
- Listen and take notes
- Name two things that can be bought with 10,000 VND
- Listen to T
- Listen, take notes
- Make sentences with not onlybut also
- Listen to T’s comments
- Put the verb like in the correct form.
- Listen, take notes 
- Name two things they can buy only one of them with this 10,000 VND
- Listen to T
- Listen to T, take notes
- Make sentences with eitheror
- Listen to T’s comments
- Put “be” in the given sentence in the correct form.
- Listen, take notes
- Answer “No”
- Listen to T
- Change the two into one
- Listen to T
- Make sentences with neithernor
- Listen to T’s comments
- Put be in the given sentence in the correct form 
- Listen, take notes
- Change the given sentence into a cleft sentence.
- Tell T if they know
- Listen, take notes
- Listen, take notes
- Work out the structure
- Take notes
- Change the given sentences into cleft sentences in the passive
Homework 
1’
Asks Ss to do exercises 1, 2 pages 161, 162 in the textbook.
- Listen, ask questions if any