Bài soạn môn học Tiếng Anh 11 - Unit 8: Celebrations - Period: 46 Writing

UNIT 8: celebrations
Period:46 Writing 
Preparing date: 
Teaching date: B2...................B4..............................
I. Objectives.
 Aim(s):- Educate Ss to have a great passion in studying. 
 - Write descriptions of a popular celebration.
 Lexical items: Words and phrases related to the writing.
II. METHOD: Integrated, mainly communicative.
III. TEACHING AIDS: Textbook, lesson plan, sub-board.
IV. Procedure.
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
 Warm-up.
- Asks Ss to answer some questions.
1. Have you ever written a popular celebration in Viet Nam?
2. What did you write about?
- Calls on some Ss to answer.
- Gives correct answers.
+ Today, we are going to write descriptions of a popular celebrations in Viet Nam.
- Listen and answer.
- Answer freely. 
Pre-writing
- Writes some new words and structure on the board and explain the meaning.
- Give the main points of the description of celebration.
- The description includes 6 main points.
+ Name of the festival
+ Time of festival
+ Purpose of festival
+ Main activities of festival/what people do in the festival
+ Food eaten( if have got)
+ Your feeling about the festival(whether you like it or not and the reason)
- Guides Ss to read some times in front of the class.
- Calls on some read individual before the class.
Pre-writing
- Copy down
- Read the word phrases in chorus and individually.
- Read aloud.
While-writing
* Introduce:
1) Independence Day.
Marches, parades, meetings, flags, banners, demonstration, a day off.
2) Mid-Autumn Festival.
Lanterns, dragon or lion dance, mooncakes, full moon, children.
3) Women’s Day.
Flowers, gifts, housework.
4) Teacher’s Day.
Flowers, gifts, gratitude, visit, performances, dance, sing.
- Asks Ss to write descriptions of one of popular celebrations in Viet Nam. (e.g. Mid- Autumn Festival, National Independence Day, Teachers ’day, Women’s day). 
Guides Ss to make some strategies
Making the detailed outline.
* Name and time of festival: Mid – Autumn Festival, the fifteenth day of the 8th lunar month.
* Purpose of festival to welcome the brightest full moon of the year.
* Main activities of festival: Children carrying beautiful glowing lanterns, admiring the full moon, singing, dancing, dragon dance, having mooncakes.
* Your feelings about the festivals – like it because it’s great for children.
- Asks Ss to work in group or individually.
- Walks around the class to help when necessary.
- Asks Ss to compare their answers with friends.
- Calls some Ss to read aloud their answers in front of the class.
- Corrected answer.
While-writing
- Listen.
- Study.
- Write descriptions of one of popular celebrations in Viet Nam. (e.g. Mid- Autumn Festival, National Independence Day, Teachers ’day, Women’s day). 
- Work individually.
- Compare the answers with friends.
- Read aloud the answers in front of the class others gives opinion..
- Write the correct answers:
 The Mid-Autumn Festival comes on the fifteenth day of the 8th lunar month. It ‘s the time when the moon looks the almost beautiful so it is celebrated to admire the full moon. On this day parents take their children out, carrying beautiful glowing lanterns. There are also performances at the city centre where large crowds gather to watch children sing and dance. Adults sit outdoors, drinking tea and having mooncakes. People can also enjoy the dragon or lion dance prepormed by group of boys who come to each family to dance and receive some money as rewards.
I like this activity best because it’s so funny and full of joys
Post-writing
- Corrected writing in front of the class.
- Corrects some writings for quick feedback.
- Writes Ss’ typical errors on the board and elicits self and peer correction.
- Provides correction only when Ss are not able to correct the errors.
- Finally, provides general comments on the writings.
Post-writing
- Listen and correct.
Home work
- Asks Ss to rewrite them again at home.
- Asks Ss to prepare the new lesson.
Home work
- Work at home.