English 11 - Unit 3: Reading

Unit 3: A PARTY
A. Reading
Teacher’s name: Tran Long Quang
Class: 11A3
Duration: 45 minutes
I. Objective: To help students know about some features of some kinds of parties.
II. Materials: Textbook, blackboard, chalks, flashcards.
III. Content: 
Settlement
Pre-reading
Warming-up
Vocabulary
While reading
Reading
Task 1
Task 2
Post-reading
Consolidation
Homework assignment
IV. Anticipated problems: Students may be confused about information between birthday parties and anniversary parties.
V. Procedure:
Time
Content
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
8’
I. Settlement
- Checking attendance
- Reviewing previous lesson
Put the verbs into the past simple, past progressive or past perfect.
When Martin (arrive) home, Ann (talk) to someone on the phone.
When (they) get to the station, the train (leave).
What you (do) when I (call) you last night?
By the time you (get) her letter, she (arrive) in Paris.
We (have) lunch when we (hear) the news.
Put the verbs into the past simple, past progressive or past perfect.
You (study) English before you (move) to New York?
I (work) on the computer when the fire (break) out.
Yesterday John (go) to the store before he (go) home.
When the phone (ring), I (have) dinner.
He (teach) in this school before he (leave) for England.
- Asks the monitor to check the attendance of the class.
- Calls two students to the board to do exercises.
- Corrects the exercises and gives marks.
- The monitor checks the class’s attendance.
- Do exercises.
8’
II. Pre-reading
A. Warming-up (3’)
- Work in pairs. (page 32)
Questions:
What is the relationship between the people in the pictures?
à The people in both pictures belong to a family.
What are they celebrating?
à The people in picture 1 are celebrating a birthday, and the people in picture 2 are celebrating a 50th wedding anniversary.
B. Vocabulary (5’)
- candle (n): cây nến
- blow out (v): thổi tắt
- anniversary (n) ngày kỷ niệm
- milestone (n) an important event or stage in one’s life : mốc quan trọng
- lasting (adj) continuing to exist or have an effect for a long time: lâu dài
Pronouncing vocabulary
- Writes the title of the lesson on the board.
- Asks students to look at two pictures.
- Calls a student to answer the first question.
- Confirms the answer.
- Calls another student to answer the second question.
- Confirms the answer.
- Writes vocabulary on the board.
- Gives out the picture and asks students “How many candles are there in the picture?”
- Gives out the picture and ask students “What is he doing?”
- Explains the meaning of the words.
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- Pronounces the words.
- Calls some students to pronounce the words.
- Take notes.
- Look at the pictures, discuss.
- The student who is called answers the first question.
- The student who is called answers the second question.
- Take notes.
- Answer the question and say the meaning of the word.
- Answer the question and say the meaning of the word.
- Listen and guess the meaning of the words.
- Listen and repeat.
- Listen.
20’
III. While reading
- Reading the passages about birthdays and anniversaries.
+ Reading passage A (from “It is” to “get any older”). (5’)
+ Reading passage B (from “Rosa and Luis” to the end). (5’)
- Task 1 (page 34). (5’)
Work with a partner. Decide which of the activities below takes place at a birthday party or at a wedding anniversary party or at both. Put a tick (P) in the right box.
Birthday
Wedding
1. People sing a song
P
2. People eat cake
P
P
3. People receive cards and gifts from friends and relatives
P
P
4. People joke about their age
P
5. People remember their wedding day
P
6. People go out to dinner
P
7. People blow out candles, one for each year.
P
- Task 2 (page 34). (5’)
Work with a partner. In each of the following sentences, there is ONE word which is not true according to the reading passage. Underline the wrong word and provide the correct one.
1. Lisa’s family and friends are at her eighth birthday party. à seventh
2. Everyone makes cake and ice cream at the birthday party. à eats
3. Lisa opens birthday cards and books from her family and friends. à presents
4. Many Americans over the age of 30 don’t like to talk about their anniversaries. à age
5. Fifty months ago, Rosa and Luis got married. à years
6. People call the 5th wedding anniversary the “golden anniversary”. à 50th
7. Rosa and Luis are happy to be together for their silver anniversary. à golden
- Reads passage A.
- Asks students to read the passage silently.
- Observes the class.
- Calls three students to read aloud three paragraphs in passage A.
- Corrects their pronunciation if necessary.
- Reads passage B.
- Asks students to read the passage silently.
- Observes the class.
- Calls three students to read aloud three paragraphs in passage B.
- Corrects their pronunciation if necessary.
- Asks students to discuss with their partners about task 1.
- Goes around the class and observes students’ activities.
- Calls three students to write their answers on the board.
- Corrects the answers.
- Asks students to discuss with their partners about task 1.
- Goes around the class and observes students’ activities.
- Calls some students to give their answers.
- Corrects the answers.
- Look at passage A when listening to the teacher.
- Read the passage silently.
- Reads the passage loudly.
- Look at passage B when listening to the teacher.
- Read the passage silently.
- Reads the passage loudly.
- Discuss with partners about task 1, put a tick (P) in the right box.
- Three students go to the board, write their answers.
- Explain their choices.
- Discuss with partners, find out the wrong words and correct them.
- Give answers
- Explain their answers.
5’
IV. Post-reading
Work in pairs. Answer the following questions.
1. Where do you prefer to celebrate your birthday, at home or in the restaurant? Why?
2. Do your parents celebrate their wedding anniversaries?
3. Are you going to celebrate your anniversaries in the future? Why (not)?
- Asks students to discuss those questions with their partners.
- Goes around the class and observes students’ activities.
- Calls some pairs to ask and answer the questions in front of the class.
- Asks some more questions if there is enough time.
- Discuss those questions with their partners.
- Ask and answer those questions with their partners.
2’
V. Consolidation
1. Do adults have birthday parties?
à Yes, they do.
2. What do people call the 50th wedding anniversary, 25th wedding anniversary?
à They call them golden anniversary and silver anniversary.
- Summarizes the main points of the lesson.
- Checks their comprehension by asking them some questions according to the lesson.
- Listen to the teacher.
- Take notes.
- Answer the teacher’s questions.
2’
VI. Homework assignment
- What do people call the 10th wedding anniversary, 20th wedding anniversary, 60th wedding anniversary?
- Read the passage again at home.
- Prepare next lesson: Speaking
- Gives the homework.
- Ask students to read the passage at home and prepare new lesson.
- Take notes.