Lesson plan English 11 2008 - 2009

 Unit1: Friendship
Period1 Reading
I. Objectives
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
Develop such reading skill as scanning for details, specific ideas, skimming for general information, and guessing meaning in context
Use the information they have learnt to discuss the topic
II. Teaching aids
Textbook, handouts, pictures concerning to the topic..
III. Anticipated problems
Ss may need help with discussion task so T should be ready to help them
Ss may have difficulty in reading some difficult words such as:sympathy, loyalty, suspicion,enthusiasm .
T may not have enough time to teach
IV. Procedure
teacher
students
1. Check the attendance(2m)
2. Warm up(4m)
Network
T repairs a hangout with network of the word “friendship”
Friendship
T divides the class into 8 groups and gives each group a hand out. T asks Ss to complete the net work. The winner will be the group completing the network in the shortest period of time
A. Before you read(10m)
Discussing the picture and poem
T asks the whole class to look at the picture on page 12 and asks them some questions:
1. What are girls and boys doing in the picture?
2. How do they feel?
3.What does the picture tell you?
T ask Ss to work in pairs to read the short poem on the page13 and answer the question:
What do you think of the friend in the poem
T calls on some Ss to answer the questions. T may give some comments and the suggestions:
The friend in the poem is very dedicated and thoughtful. He/She is willing to help his/her friend in any circumstances
Pre- teaching vocabulary
Lasting(a)= lifelong
Be concerned with sb/st
Constancy(n)constant(a)
Rumour(n) ['ru:mə]
Gossip(n): information talk or stories about other people’s private lives that may be unkind or not true 
Incapable of/ in'keipəbl/
Suspicion(n)/ sə'spi∫n/ suspicious(a)
Pursuit(n)
Sympathy(n) ['simpəθi], sympathetic(a)[,simpə'θetik/
Sorrow(n)/ 'sɔrou/= sadness
T asks Ss to make some Ss to make sentences with above words to check their understanding
Have Ss practice reading the vocabulary
B. While you read
Setting the scence
You are going to read a passage about the qualities of a long lasting friendship. While you reading, do the task in the textbook 
Task1 (6m)
T asks the Ss to read the words in the box then fill each blank with one of them
Ask Ss to read the passage quickly and stop the lines that contain these words to guess their meaning 
T asks Ss to work individually to do the task
T goes around to help them when necessary
T asks Ss to exchange their answers with the other Ss 
T asks Ss for their answers and tell then to explain their choices
Task 2(5m)
T asks Ss to read the passage again and decide which of the choices A,B,C,or D most adequately sum up the ideas of the whole passage
T gets Ss do the task individually 
T might also want to give Ss some strategies to find the main idea of the passage
T calls on some Ss to give the answer and asks other Ss to say whether they agree or disagree
Task 3(10m)
Ask Ss to answers the questions in task3
T asks Ss to do the task individually to do the task, then discuss their answers with their partner
T calls some Ss to write their answers on the board and ask them to explain their choices
Correct answers:
1. The first quality for true friendship is unselfishness. It tells us that a person who is concerned only with his/her own interest and feelings can’t be a true friend
2. Because they take up and interest with enthusiasm, but they are soon tired of it and they feel the attraction of some new object
3. The third quality for true friendship is loyalty. It tells us that the two friends must be loyal to each other, and they must know each other so well that there can be no suspicions between them
4. Because if not people can’t feel safe when 
telling the other their secret
5. Because they cannot keep a secret, either of their own or of others’ 
6. The last quality is sympathy. It tells us that to be a true friend one must sympathise with his/her friend. Where there is no mutual sympathy between friends, there is no true friendship
C. After you read(6m)
Ask Ss to work in pairs to discuss the question in the text book
T goes around to help the Ss when necessary
When all pairs have finished, T asks every two pairs to share ideas
T calls on some Ss to report their ideas to the class
4. Homework(2m)
Learn by heart all of new words and structures and give examples
Summarise the main points of the text
Group work
Discuss about the qualities which friendship must have to complete the network
Suggested answers:
Honest,unselfish,constant,loyal,mutual trust,sympathetic,patient..
Pair work
Suggested answers
1. One boy is playing guitar, and the other girls and boys are singing
2. They seem very happy because we can see their smile
3. The picture tells us that friends can happily do many things together or friendship is a beautiful thing that brings happiness to us
Dedicated(a)tận tâm, tận lực
Thoughtful(a)chu đáo, quan tâm
Circumstance(n)hoàn cảnh, tình huống
Lâu dài, bền vững
Quan tâm tới ai, cái gì
tính kiên định
tin đồn
chuyện ngồi lê đôi mách, chuyện tầm phào
không đủ khả năng
sự nghi ngờ
sự nghiệp, sự theo đuổi, đam mê
sự thông cảm
thông cảm, đồng cảm
nỗi buồn
do as T‘s requests
whole class
individual work & pair work
Ss guess the meaning of the word base on the context in the sentences
1. mutual
2. incapable of
3. unselfish
4. acquaintance/ friend
5. give -and -take
6. loyal to
7. suspicious
Whole class read the text carefully
Individual work
Answer: B
Individual work and pair work
Pay attention then give remark
Correct themselves their mistakes
Pair work 
The friendship is very important to our life. A true friend can helps us when we are sorrow and when we have difficulty. We can share ideas, feeling, likes,joys, pleasures,aims .to each other. Sometimes only true friends can understand, sympathise us so we feel safe to tell him/her our secrets. Friendship brings us happiness. We happily do many things together.So we can’t live without friendship
Whole class
Period 2: Speaking
I. Objectives
By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to
Describe the physical characteristics and personalities of their friends, using appropriate adjectives
II. Teaching aids
Textbook, handouts, pictures about some famous people.
III. Anticipated problems
Ss may not have enough vocabulary to talk about the topic, so T should be ready to provide help
IV. Procedure
teacher
students
1. Check the attendance(2m)
2. Warm up(5m)
Ask Ss to describe one of their friend or their relatives
3. New lesson
A. Presentation(10m)
Task 1
Ask 1 S to read aloud the title and explain
Instruction: You are going to look at the picture of 4 people on page 15 and describe them in pairs
Before letting Ss do the task, T ask them to read useful language on page 16
T may explains some word if Ss don’t know the meaning of the adjectives provided
Forehead(n)/ 'fɔ:hed/: T points at his/her forehead
Crooked(a)/ 'krukid/
T may ask Ss to provide some adjective/expressions used to describe people’Ss appearance. She may also give Ss handout of these adjectives and expressions:
Height :tall,short, medium
Build : slim(mảnh khảnh), plump(bụ bẫm, đầy đặn), overweight, thin.muscular/ 'mʌskjulə/(vạm vỡ), stocky(thấp và chắc), well-built(lực lưỡng)
Hair: 
-length: long, short, shoulder- length
-style: straight , wavy, curly,crew-cut(đầu cua)
-color: black,grey, red, brown
Others: a fringe(mái), a bun(búi tóc), plait(s)/ plổt/đuôi sam
Face: oval, round, large, square, skinny/ ['skini](gầy nhom,gầy trơ xương), chubby(phúng phính), long, with high cheekbones(gò má cao)
Eyes: small, big, black, brown, blue
Nose: straight, crooked, turned-up(hếch), big, small, flat(tẹt)
Chin: pointed chin(cằm nhọn),double chin
Lips: thin, full, narrow, heart-shaped
Forehead: broad, high
Skin:white,pale/peil/(tái, xanh xám), suntanned(rám nắng),dark, brown, black
General appearance:beautiful, handsome,pretty,good looking, plain(bình thường)
T asks to work in pairs to describe the people in the picture, and then calls on some Ss to present their answer
T gives feedback
B. Practice(10m)
Task 2
Ask Ss to discuss and number the personalities in order of importance in friendship and then report the results
Before Ss do the task, T asks them to look at the list of adjectives provided in book. T asks if Ss understand these adjectives or not
T can elicit [i'lisit](luận ra,gợi ra) or explain some adjectives quickly
Caring
Hospitable
Modest
sincere
 understanding
T divides the class into group of 6 with a group leader. They discuss and the leader will take notes of the ideas, and then one representative will report the result to the whole class. T reminds Ss that they have to explain their choice as well
T goes round to offer help when Ss discuss
T call on some Ss to report the result of their discussion. 
T elicits feedback from the class and gives final comments
C. Production(15m)
Task 3
Instruction: Imagine that you have a friend who has just won the first prize in Mathematics. A journalist is going to interview you about your friend. Act out the interview in pairs
T asks Ss to look at their role on page 16 anf the suggestions on page 17
T may elicit the questions they may ask
-his /her hobbies: What does he/she like doing in his/her freetime?what are his/her hobbies
-his/her physical characteristics: what does he/ she look like?
His/her personalities:How is he/she?Is she/he friendly...?
T may also make clear the meaning of some adjectives
Quick-witted 
Good-natured
T asks Ss to work in pairs to perform the interview in 7 minutes and goes around to offer help
T call on some pairs to perform the interview
T elicits feedback from the class and gives final comments
4. Home work(3m)
Write down a paragraph to describe your best friend
Prepare the next period”listening”
Do as teacher’s request
Pair work
Whole class
Trán
Mũi khoằm
Whole class use hangouts to describe
1. The boy is about 16. He is short-sighted because he’s wearing apair of glasses. He has short black hair, a round face with a broad forehead, a small nose,thin lips and small chin. He quite good-looking
2.The girl is about 14. She’s also wearing a pair of glasses. She has shoulder-length black hair, and she’s wearing a ribbon(bờm tóc). She has an oval face with a straight nose, full lips and a pointed chin. She quite pretty
3. The man is in his forties. He’s tall and well-buit. He has short brown hair and a square face with a broad head, small eyes , a crooked nose and thin lips. He quite good looking
4. The woman is her twenties. She’s quite tall and slim. She has long curly brown hair and an oval face with a broad forehead, big eyes, a straight nose heart-shaped lips and a small chin. She’s very beautiful
Whole class and group work
Chu đáo
Hiếu khách
Khiêm tốn
 Chân thành
Th ... helped her.
A	 B	 C	 D
28. A lightning  flash  produces  electromagnetic  waves  that  may travels  along  
 A	 B	 C	 
the Earth’s  magnetic  field  for  long  distances
 D
29. California   has  more  land  under  irrigation  than  any  another  state
 A	 B	 C	 D
 30. Nothing  can  prevent  him  from loving  her,  can’t it ?
 A	 B	 C	 D
V/ Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning 
1. I am crazy about computer games.
A. I am interested in computer games 
B. I am terrified of computer games.
C. I went mad because of playing computer games a lot
D. I am bored with computer games
2. I’d rather be hungry than eat that food
A. I can’t stand being hungry so I’ll eat that food
B. I am hungry and I want to eat that food 
C.I am hungry enough to eat that food
D. I prefer being hungry to eating that food
3. He had to earn his living by working as a porter when he was 15
A. It was 15 when he had to earn his living by working as a porter
B. It was working as a porter by that he had to earn his living when he was 15
C. It was when he was 15 that he had to earn his living by working as a porter
D. It was a porter that when he was 15 he had to earn his living by working
4. He spends all his free time fishing
A. He goes fishing whenever he has free time	
B. He is busy finishing all time
C. He likes eating fish	
D. He has no time for fishing
5. I myself saw the ghost last night.
A. It am I that saw the ghost last night	 
 B. It is I that saw the ghost last night
C. It was me that saw the ghost last night 
D. It was I who saw the ghost last night
6. Mr Ba is the doctor who will operate on my mother tomorrow
A. It is my mother who will operate tomorrow by Mr Ba , a doctor
B. It is the doctor whose name is Ba that will operate on my mother tomorrow
C. It will be tomorrow that Mr Ba , a doctor will operate on my mother
D. It is Mr Ba is the doctor who will operate on my mother tomorrow 
7. I like talking to people who have the sense of humour
A. They are people who have the sense of humour to that I like talking
B. It is talking to people that I like who have are sense of humour
C. It is people with the sense of humour that I like talking to
D. People who have the sense of humour is that I like talking to 
8. He has been addicted to alcohol since his wife died
A. It is since his wife died that he has become an alcohol addict
B. He has been addicted to alcohol because of his wife died
C. He has drunk a litter wine since his wife died
D. He has stopped drinking wine since his wife’s death
9. I am frightened of living on my own
A. I am fond of living on my own	
B. I am bored with living on my own
C. I enjoy living on my own	
D. I am afraid of living alone
10. He is keen on collecting antique things
A. He is interesting in collecting antique things
B. It is antique things that he is interested in collecting
C. Collecting antique things is that he keen on
D. It is collecting antique things that he is fed up with
 11.She invited us to her birthday party last week.
A.It is us that was invited to her birthday party last week.
B.It was us that was invited to her birthday party last week.
C.It were we that were invited to her birthday party last week.
D. It was we that were invited to her birthday party last week.
12. I cannot play any sports and I cannot play any musical instrument, either.
A.I cannot play either sports or musical instruments .
B.I can play either sports or musical instruments
C.I can play neither sports nor musical instruments.
D.I cannot play neither sports nor musical instruments.
13.Tomorrow we will go to the zoo or we visit the citadel because we don’t have much time
A.Tomorrow we will either go to the zoo or visit the citadel because we don’t have much time.
B. Tomorrow we will neither go to the zoo nor visit the citadel because we don’t have much time.
C.Tomorrow we will go to the zoo but we neither visit the citadel because we don’t have much time.
 D.Tomorrow we will both go to the zoo and visit the citadel because we don’t have much time.
14.Mr .Green is my teacher and he is my great friend, too.
A.Mr.Green is either my teacher or my great friend.
B. Mr.Green is not only my teacher but also my great friend.
C.Mr.Green is neither my teacher nor my great friend.
D.Mr.Green is my teacher and so is he.
15.Tom is English . So is Lina.
A.Neither Tom nor Lina is English . 	
B.Either Tom or Lina is English .
C. Both Tom and Lina is English. 	
D.Both Tom and Lina are English.
16.She has to clean the toilets every day.
A.It was the toilets that she has to clean every day .
B.It is the toilets that are had to clean every day.
C.It is her who has to clean the toilets every day.
D.It is the toilets that have to be cleaned every day.
17.I gave the secretary the sales repost yesterday .
A.It is yesterday that I gave the secretary the sales report.
B.It was the secretary that was given the sales report yesterday.
C.It was me that gave the secretary the sales report yesterday.
D.It was I that the sales report was given yesterday. 
18.We were discussing the traffic problems when the mayor came.
A.It was when the mayor came that the traffic problems were discussing.
B.It was the traffic problems that were discussed by us when the mayor came.
 C.It was the traffic problems that were being discussed when the mayor came.
D.It was we that the traffic problems that were being discussed by when the mayor came.
19.The English celebrate Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of May.
A.It is on the second Sunday of may that Mother’s Day is celebrated in England.
B.It is the English that Mother’s Day is celebrated Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of May .
C.It is the English that is celebrated Mother’s Day on the second SunDay of May.
D.It is May that Mother’s Day is celebrated by the English on the second Sunday.
20.We are going to launch a spaceship into the moon.
A.It is a spaceship that going to launch into the moon.
B.It is the moon that we are going to launch a spaceship.
C.It is we that a spaceship is going to be launched into the moon.
D.It is a spaceship that is going to be launched into the moon. 
21. The case was  heavy but the boy managed  to  carry it .
  A . Although the case was heavy ,but the boy could carry it .
  B .  Although   the case  was  heavy ,  the  boy was  able  to  carry  it .
  C .  The case was  so  heavy  and the boy couldn’t carry it.
  D .  The case was so heavy  that the boy couldn’t  carry  even  thought  he tried  
22 . He didn’t prepare his lesson  so he  couldn’t  answer  the teacher’s  questions. 
 A.If he prepares  his lesson  he can answer  the teacher’s questions.  
   B.If he prepared  his lesson he could answer  the  teacher’s  questions.
   C.If  he had prepared his lesson  he could  answer  the  teacher’s  question.
   D.If  he had prepared  his lesson  he could  have answered  the  teacher’s 
23 . Can  you give me the newspaper  on the table  , Nam ?
 A.   Nam ,give me the newspaper  on the table  , will  you?
  B.   Would you mind give me the newspaper on the table , Nam ?
  C.    Nam , you will give me the newspaper  on the table ,won’t you?
  D.    Nam ,  give  me the newspaper  on the table ,don’t you ?
24. Someone has just cleaned the  toilet  , haven’t they?
 A. Has  anyone cleaned  the toilet  yet ? 
 B.  Has the toilet been cleaned  yet ?
C. The toilet has just cleaned , hasn’t it ? 
D. The toilet  has  just  been cleaned, hasn’t  it ?
25.How about going to a dance tonight  ?
  A. You would like  to go to a dance tonight .
  B.  Are you going to a dance tonight ?
  C.  Let’s  go to a dance tonight , shall we?
  D. Would you like me to go to a dance tonight ?
26. I didn’t eat anything yesterday so I am hungry now 
  A. If I ate something yesterday, I would not be hungry now
 B. If  I had eaten something yesterday ,I wouldn’t have been hungry now 
  C. If  I  had eaten  something yesterday ,I  wouldn’t be hungry  now
  D. If  I had eaten  something yesterday , I won’t be hungry  now
27. They are  poor .  They can’t buy a bicycle 
A. They  are  poor  enough to  buy a bicycle 
B.  They  are  so poor that they can’t buy  a bicycle 
C.  A bicycle is too expensive for them to buy it
D.  They are such poor that  they can’t buy a bicycle
28.Nobody told her the news of her mother’s death
A.   It was her that was  told the new of her  mother ‘s  death
 B.   It  was  the new of her mother’s death that was told her 
 C.   It was she that  wasn’t told the news of her mother’s death 
 D.   Nobody  told  her the news of her mother’s death ,didn’t they?
29.He often misses  class so he doesn’t understand the lesson
A. If he doesn’t often miss  classes , he can understand  the lesson
B. If he didn’t often miss  classes , he could understand  the lesson 
C. If  he hadn’t often  missed  classes , he could have understood  the lesson
D.Hadn’t he often missed classes ,he’d have been able to understand the lesson
30. It is my mother who teaches  me English
A. My mother herself teaches me English 
B. It is my mother that English is taught me   
C. Your mother teaches  you English , doesn’t she?
D. English  is taught  you by your mother ,doesn’t she? 
D.P:01/04/09	Period 86
D.T:
 Test yourself E
I. The aims:
To test 4 skills.
II. Teaching aids needed:
- Some pictures.
- A cassette and a tape
III. Procedure
Teacher’s Activities
Students’ Activities
I. Listening
Require them to read these sentences first, then listen to the tape and complete these sentences
Ask some to stand up and say
Correct mistakes
Note: 
Consist of = include
New words: Drama, light comedy, motion picture
II. Reading
Require them to read the passage and then put a tick on True or False column.
Go round and correct mistakes
Ask some to tell their answers and explain if False .
III . Grammar
a. Read and ask the pupils to choose the correct words
b. Require them to work in groups and complete these sentences with “who” or “that”.
Correct mistakes and give remark:
IV . Writing
Require them to write a paragraph with the cues given
Go round and correct mistakes
Ask some to stand up and read.
Give remark
Listen and complete these sentences (Each table listens and completes one sentence)
Stand up and say
Answers:
1. pictures and sounds
2. watch the president
3. people, places and things
4. plays or dramas, light comedies, sporting events and motion pictures.
5. than to go out 
Work in groups.
Stand up and say.
Answers:
1. T
2. F (A disk with a Queen’s head)
3. T
4. T
5. F (She went.......Coronation mug)
Listen and choose
1. streets
2. squeeze
3. meets
4. managed
Work in groups 
Answers:
1. who
2. that
3. (that)
4. who
5. who
6. (that)
Work in groups.
Some stand up and read.
C. Setting homework:
- Translate the Reading.
- Prepare the next lesson
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