Lesson plan unit 12 (cont.) D: writing

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GIÁO ÁN 10
Unit 12: Music
Part D: Writing
Giáo viên hướng dẫn: Lý Thị Thu Nga
Giáo sinh thực tập: Nguyễn Thị Luyên
Cử nhân Tiếng anh_ Đại Học Khoa Học
Thái Nguyên, tháng 2 năm 2011
LESSON PLAN
	 Unit 12 (cont.)
	 D: Writing
Date of planning: 02/26/2011
Date of teaching: 01/03/2011
Class: 10A4
I/ Class Description:
45 students - Grade 10 – Vung Cao Viet Bac high school, Thai Nguyen.
Level: Pre-intermediate – Intermediate
II/ Time: 45 minutes (one period) 
II/ Objectives:
 + Aim: Students can write a profile .
 + General knowledge: Students learn how to write a profile based on prompts provided.
 - Language: The simple past of verbs and the connectors often used in a profile.
 - New words: Words related to music 
 + Skills: Writing a profile.
III/ Anticipated problems
 + Ss may not have sufficient vocabulary to write about the topic and be familiar with this text type, so T should be ready to assist them.
 + Time lasts longer than expected .
IV/ Teaching aids:
 + Textbook, chalk, blackboard, pictures, handouts...
V/ Procedure:
Organization 
Greeting the class and checking students’ attention.
Check the old lesson (5 minutes)
T calls on 1 students to check the old lesson. 
T ask Ss to sumarize the main content of Listening lesson in 5 short sentences.
T gives feedback and correction. And then gives marks to Ss.
“Lan Huong interviewed Quang Hung in “ My favourite Musician” programme. Quang Hung said that Van Cao is his favourite musician. Whenever he hear the song Tien Quan Ca he feel great and feel proud of his country. He thinks Van Cao’s music is very sweet and gentle, and very lyrical.”
New content ( 40 minutes)
Stage
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
Time 
I/ 
Warm-up
II/ Pre-writing
III/ While- writing
III/ Post- writing
IV/ Consolidation
V/ Home work
- T gives Ss to play the game.
- Name of the game: Crossword
- T divides class into 2 teams: A and B.
 - T introduces the rule of game: there are 6 numbers. Each team randomly choose the number, each number contains one question. Each team has to answer that question in 3 seconds to open the hide word and find the key word. Which team has more correct answer will be the winner. 
- Answer: 1. Beethoven
 2. My Tam
 3. Trinh Cong Son
 4.Michael Jakson
 5.Happy New Year
 6. Folk music
→ key word: VAN CAO
-T leads in the new lesson by asking “What do you know about him?”
→ Today we know more about the life story of Van Cao through using the prompts to write his profile.
T introduces the topic of the lesson: writing a profile
Unit 12: Music. Part D : Writing 
¯ Vocabulary: 
+ T introduces some new words and explains their meaning:
profile (n): tiểu sử
compose (v): sáng tác ® composer (n): nhà sáng tác
tune (n): giai điệu, âm điệu
Ragtime (n): Nhạc giât gân của người da đen.
artist (n): nghệ sĩ → artistic (adj): tính nghệ sĩ, tính nghệ thuật
mixture (n): sự pha trộn
works (n): tác phẩm
poem (n): thơ
talented (adj): có tài
appreciate (v) : đánh giá
T asks Ss to listen and repeat these words
T asks some Ss to read aloud them again. 
Task 1: Completing the sentences
Instruction: You are required to make up complete sentences about Scott Joplin using the prompts provided. 
Before Ss do the task, T gives a picture and some information about Scott Joplin: “Scott Joplin was born in 1886 and he was famous American musician. He died in 1917”
T asks one St to read aloud example.
Then T shows some notes in example:
Ex: Scott Joplin was born in Texas in 1886, into a poor but musical black family.
Note: Tense of verb, article, prepositions in each sentence.
T divides the whole class into groups of table. 
T leaves 2 minutes for Ss to do.
T goes around helping Ss if necessary.
T calls on 6 members of different groups to read their answers.
T gives remarks and correct answers: 1. He learnt to play music when he was very young. 2. Scott learnt to play the works of composers like back, Beethoven and Mozart as well as to compose music. 3. He quickly became famous. 4. His tunes were wonderful mixture of classical European and African beats which were known as Ragtime. 5. All in all, he wrote 50 piano rags and was called the King of Ragtime. 6. He died in 1917. 
¯ Gives handout and asks Ss to use the information above to fill in the table.
Name
Scott Joplin 
Born 
1886
Place of birth
Texas
Family
poor but musical black family
Start composing music
When he was very young.
Artistic works
50 piano rags
Died
1917
Then T focuses Ss on some points about writing a profile by asking some questions:
Which tense is used in the profile?
What kind of information is included in a profile of musician?
T gives feedbacks and gives outline of a profile:
Notes:
+ To write a profile of a person who died, we use the past simple tense.
S + V(-ed)/ V2
Be => was/ were
+ use prepositions, conjunctions when necessary.
For example: on, it, at, and, but
 Task 2 : Profile writing 
Instruction: You are going to write the life story of Van Cao, using the prompts provided.
T gives some suggestions to Ss:
Name : Van Cao 
Born : 15 – 11 – 1923 →be born in/ on 
Place of birth : Nam Dinh 
Family : Poor workers 
Start composing music: when very young →start/be First song : 1939 , quickly famous →write/ become Tien Quan Ca (National Anthem ) : 1944 → write 
 Artistic works: songs , poems , paintings →include Died :10-7 –1995→die
Before Ss doing the task T explain some suggestion of handout.
Asks Ss to work in groups of table and make sentences with available prompts. T reminds Ss to use the right tense of verbs, articles, prepositions, and conjunctionswhen necessary.
T give handout 
After 5 minutes T calls 6 Ss to go to the board and each of them will write down a sentence.
T checks the sentences and gives feedback.
Answers:
1. Van Cao was born in Nam Dinh on November 15, 1923, into a poor workers family. 
2. He started to compose music when he was very young. 
3. His first song was written in 1939 and he quickly became famous. 
4. He wrote Tien Quan ca (our National Anthem) in 1944. 
5. His artistic works included songs, poems and paintings. 
6. He died on July 10, 1995. 
- T asks Ss to join these sentences together to make a complete paragraph in 2 minutes. 
T goes around and helps Ss if necessary.
Writing a profile:
T asks one Ss to join these sentences to make a complete paragraph.
T calls on other Ss to give remarks
Then T gives feedbacks and correction.
Van Cao was a famous musician in Vietnam. He was born in Nam Dinh on November 15th, 1923, into a poor worker’s family. He started to compose music when he was very young. He wrote his first song in 1939, and quickly became famous. In 1944 he wrote Tien Quan Ca – our National Anthem. Van Cao not only wrote songs and poems, but also drew paintings. He died on July 10th, 1995. He was known as a very talented musician and highly appreciated by the Vietnamese people.
T summarizes the main points of the lesson. + Information in a profile: name, date/ place of birth, family, profession, major achievements, date/ place of death. + Using the past simple tense, prepositions, articles.
 T asks Ss to write a profile about: Trinh Cong Son
T gives the prompts of Trinh Cong Son to Ss
Name : Trinh Cong Son 
Born : 28 –02 – 1939
Family: poor farmer’s family 
Place of birth : Dac Lac
Start composing music : 1958
First song : UOT MY
Died : 2001
T asks Ss to prepare new lesson: Part D – Language focus. 
Play the game
Listen to T and take note
Listen to T and repeat
Some Ss read aloud
Listen to T and look at the picture
St read aloud the example.
Listen to T 
Work in groups of table to do the task 1
Take handout and do the exercise.
Listen and answer T’s questions.
Expected answers:
The past simple tense
The date of birth/ death, the place of birth/ death, family, career, personal life
Listen to T and take note.
Take the handouts and do the task.
Work in groups of table and make complete sentences.
Join these sentences to complete paragraph.
Do the task.
Listen to T
Listen to T
Take handouts and do exercise at home.
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