Bài soạn môn học Tiếng Anh lớp 11 - Unit 5: Illiteracy - Lesson 4: Writing

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Unit 5: illiteracy
Lesson 4: Writing
 A. Aims 
 1. Objectives : By the end of the lesson, sts will be able to: 
	- Interpret information presented in tables.
	- Identify language to be used for describing tables.
	- Write descriptions of tables.
 2. Teaching aids:
	- blackboard, chalk, handouts, ...
	- textbook, lesson plan, ...
 B. Procedures
Teacher’s activities
Time
Student’s activities
I. Organization
- T checks the number of students and asks Ss to make some class arrangement.
 II. Checking the old lesson
- T calls on 1 student to talk about which is more essential for better learning, good teachers or good textbooks?
- T gives comments and mark.
 III. New lesson 
 1. Warm- up: 
A matching game
- T divides the class into small groups of 3-4 sts. Then T distributes the following handouts for sts to do the matching task in their group. Which group finishes first and has the correct answers will be the winner.
- T elicits more expressions, sums up and writes them on the board.
Verb
Noun
Increase/ Rise
Decrease
Fall/drop
remain
A slight increase
A sharp fall ............
- T introduces to the topic of the lesson: Writing a description of tables.
(Handouts: Match the expressions with the correct graphs)
 2. Task 1
- T gets sts to read the task requirements and work on the task with a peer.
- T calls on some sts to read out their answers and checks with the class.
- T uses the writing in Task 1 as a model of a table description: (T asks one student to read out the the model writing and elicits the features of a table description)
* The organisation
+ Topic sentence: tells what the table is about- time, location........
+ Supporting sentences: a sentence that sums up the general trend and some other sentences describe the table in detail.
+ Concluding sentence: summarises the main points.
* Language use: present simple tense or past simple tense.
Answer to task 1 
1. varied 2. rise 3. declined
4. different 5. went up
6. dramatically
 3. Task 2
- T tells sts that before they describe a table, they need to spend time analysing it and organising the information in the most logical order.
Eg: Sts must understand the topic, general trend of the table........
- T tells sts to study the table in task 2 and analyse it with a friend by asking these questions.
+ What is the topic? Does it describe the past, present or future?
+ What patterns are shown? .......
+ What about ......?
...................................................
- T checks the answers with the whole class.
- T goes around to check and offer help.
- T asks sts to work in pairs and correct each other’s writing.
 5. Feedback on sts’ writing
- T chooses one description and reads it to the class.
- T elicits corrective feedback from the class and gives final comments afterwards. T draw sts’ attention to the organization of description and the language use, especially the verb tenses and expressions of changes.
 IV. Consolidation
- T summarises the main points of the lesson.
 V. Homework
- T asks sts to write a description of a table they see in the newspaper (any table).
 VI. Feedback
 1. Good points
 2. Weak points
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- The monitor reports the number of students in his/her class to the teacher.
- talk about which is more essential for better learning, good teachers or good textbooks.
- listen to the T
- get the handouts and match.
- note down.
- get general information.
- read the task requirements and work on the task with a peer.
- read out their answers.
- read the model writing and give some information.
- note down 
- listen carefully and copy down.
- study the table and analyse it. Then answer the questions.
- check together amd write up a description individually.
- ask for help if necessary.
- correct each other’s writing.
- listen carefully.
- give corrective feedback and listen carefully.
- take note
- listen and note down
- take note and do at home