Thiết kế bài dạy môn Tiếng Anh 11 - Unit 8: Celebration - Period 1 đến period 5

Planning date: 23.11.2011 	 Teaching date: 28.11.2011 class 11B
	 29.11.2011 class 11A
	 29.11.2011 class 11D
 45th Period
Unit 8: Celebration
Period 1: Reading.
I. Objective: 
1. Knowledge
	Students will understand more about one of traditional festivals in Vietnam – Lunar New Year – Tet. Sts can improve their vocabulary about the topic through speaking and writing activities. 
2. Skills:
	- Develop such reading micro-skills such as scanning for specific ideas and guessing meaning in the context.
	- Use the information they have read to discuss the topic.
3. Education:
- Educate Sts to understand well our culture and festival in their country.
II. Preparation of the teacher and students:
1. Teacher: Textbook, Lesson plan, Pictures of Tet holiday.
2. Students: textbooks, notebooks, pens.
II. Procedure.
1. Organization (1’).
- Greeting.
- Check attendance.
2. Check-up.
- No checking.
3. New lesson.
Teacher’s Activities
Time
Students’ Activities.
Warm-up.
T plays or sings the song “Happy New Year” of the band ABBA. Then give some questions:
What is the title of the song?
When do people often sing it?
What is it about?
Before you read.
T asks Sts to look at the picture in the notebook and answer three questions.
If Sts have difficulties, T can suggest by making some questions: 
Are they family?
Where are they?
What are they doing?
Are they happy?
What are on the table?
What trees is on the right of the picture / on the left of the picture? 
Have Ss work in pairs to tell which of the activities in the book they enjoy doing the most at Tet. Sts may also list other activities they like doing at Tet. T reminds Ss to give reason for their answers. 
Call on some Sts to present their answers and other Sts comment.
T pre-teach some words and phrases:
T use a piece of calendar and present western and lunar calendar
February
2007
17
Thu Bay
- Western month
- Western year
Thang gieng
1
Dinh hoi
lunar month
lunar year
While you read.
Task 1.
T sets the scene: You are going to read a passage about Tet holiday in Vietnam. While you are reading, do the tasks in the textbook.
T writes these words on the board: Grand, banner, sugared apples, agrarian, pray, excitement.
Instruct Sts to read the passage quickly and stop at the lines that contain these words to guess their meaning.
T checks that Sts understand the words correctly. T can check Sts’ understanding by asking them to provide the Vietnamese equivalent tot the words.
Task 2.
Instruction: you are going to read the passage and decide whether the statements are true of false.
T and Sts read through the statements.
Ask Sts to underline the key words.
Ask Ss to work individually to do the task and discuss their answers with their peers.
Call on some Ss to give their answers and ask them to explain their choices.
Task 3
Instruction: You are required to answer the seven questions in the book.
- T checks if Ss can answer the comprehension questions in Task 3 without having to read the passage again. If Ss can not, T gets them to read the questions carefully and give them some tips to do the task.
- Ask Ss to work individually to do the task, and then discuss their answers with their peers.
- Call on some Ss to write their answers on the board and ask them to explain their choices. 
After you read.
Ask Ss to work in groups to tell each other about their last Tet holiday. Ask Ss what verb tense they should use.
Go around helping Ss when necessary.
When Ss have finished, t call on some Ss to report their ideas to the class.
T elicits corrective feedback from other Ss and gives her own comments.
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Sts listen to the song and then answer some questions on teacher
Suggested answer:
1. Happy New Year
2. To welcome the New Year.
3. Feeling about the old year and the new year.
Look at the picture and answer them with a partner.
1. It is Spring and it should be Tet holiday because we can see the apricot blossom and kumquat tree full of ripe fruit.
2. The people in the picture may be a family. The grandmother is giving her niece and nephew some lucky money. The girl, the boy and their parents may be wishing their parents good health and happiness.
3. In the picture we can also see a five-fruit tray on the ancestral altar and a dish of fruits, a tray of candied fruits and a banh chung on the table.
Talk about the activities they like doing at Tet.
Listen to T’s explanation and write down in the book.
- spread (v): kéo dài
- a great deal of = a lot of
- to be busy doing sth: 
- throughout (pre): khắp
- influence (v): ảnh hưởng
- exchange wishes: chúc nhau
- red envelope: phong bì đỏ
- festival (n): lễ hội
- fall betweenand
- to be full of: tràn đầy
- Candied fruit : bánh mứt
- positive comment: lời chúc tốt đẹp
- banner(n): 
- sugared apple(n): 
- grand(a): 
Read the text. Guess the meaning of the words based in the contexts in the sentences. For example, to guess the meaning of grand (line 1, first paragraph) St may base their guessing on the other words such as main holiday, important. To guess the meaning of pray (line 6, last paragraph) they pay attention to pagoda, happy year. 
Suggested answer:
grand: hoành tráng
banner: dải băng
sugared apples: mứt táo
agrarian:người nông dân
pray: cầu nguyện
excitement: náo nức
Sts read through the statement to get an idea of it.
Suggested answer:
1. F (It falls between 19th January and February)
2. F (It’s just for agrarian people)
3. T
4. F (according to the passage, lucky money tends to be given to children)
5. T
6. T
Read the questions carefully; underline the key words; go back to the passage and locate information; answer the questions with their own words.
Suggested answer:
1. It sometime between 19th January and 20th February
2. Tet’s preparations and celebrations used to be spread over months
3. They are decorated with colorful lights and red banners.
4. They buy gift, clean and decorate their houses and cook traditional foods.
5. It is made from sticky rice, green beans and fatty pork
6. Mut is candied fruits
7. Visiting friends and other family members, exchanging wishes, going to the pagoda, playing games.. 
Talk about their last Tet with their friends. They should use the past simple tense to talk about their last holiday.
- Give the answers
- Listen to others and then take note.
IV. Summarize (2’)
 summarize the content of the lesson: Tet Holiday in Vietnam
V. Homework Assignment (1’)	
Do exercise in the workbook. 
- Prepare new lesson: Unit 8 – Period 2: Speaking.
VI. experience from the lesson:
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Planning date: 24.11.2011 	 Teaching date: 29.11.2011 class 11B
	 30.11.2011 class 11A
	 30.11.2011 class 11D
 46th Period
Unit 8: Celebration
Period 2: Speaking.
I. Objective: 
1. Knowledge
	Students will understand more about one of traditional festivals in Vietnam – Lunar New Year – Tet. Sts can improve their vocabulary about the topic through speaking activities. 
2. Skills:
- St will be able/have chance to talk about the celebrations of Tet and other activities’ festivals
3. Attitude:
- By the end of the lesson, Sts will understand well our culture and festival in their country.
II. Preparation of Teacher and students:
1. Teacher: Textbook, Lesson plan, Pictures.
2. Students: textbook, notebook, pens.
III. Procedure.
I. Organization (1’).
- Greeting.
- Check attendance.
II. Check-up(5’).
Question: how many new words can you remember? What are they? Give examples.
Answers: 
- spread (v): kéo dài
- a great deal of = a lot of
- to be busy doing sth: 
- throughout (pre): khắp
- influence (v): ảnh hưởng
- exchange wishes: chúc nhau
- red envelope: phong bì đỏ
- festival (n): lễ hội
- fall betweenand
- to be full of: tràn đầy
- Candied fruit : bánh mứt
 Example: 1, I like to receive red envelopes in Tet Holiday.
	2, I am busy decorating my house with colorful pictures.
III. New lesson.
Teacher’s Activities
Time
Students’ Activities.
Warm-up.
Ask Sts some questions:
Do you know Santa Claus?
Who is he?
Who often bring gifts to children at Christmas Eva? 
Task 1.
T sets the scene: You are going to read a conversation between Mai and Anna who are talking about Tet holiday in Vietnam.
T asks the whole class to read the dialogue silently and asks them what points are mentioned in the dialogue.
Check with the whole class and make clear that; in the dialogue the two friends talk about Tet holiday, its time and activities.
Go around observing.
When Ss have finished, T calls on some pairs to act out the dialogue and give comments.
T prepares some structures for the next step.
Task 2.
Instruction: You are going to match the holiday with its description and activities.
Before Ss do the task, T asks them to look at three pictures on page 93 and work out the name of each holiday. Ss may be asked to give the Vietnamese equivalents to each holiday.
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Planning date: 28.11.2011 	 Teaching date: .12.2011 class 11B
	 .12.2011 class 11A
	 .12.2011 class 11D
 48th Period
Unit 8: Celebration
Period 4: Writing.
I. Objective: 
1. Knowledge
	Students will write a description of a popular celebration.
2. Skill:
	- Make a detailed outline for their writing
	- Practice writing from the outline.
3. Education:
- Educate Sts to understand well culture and festival in their country and in the world.
II. Teaching aids:
1. Teacher: Textbook, Lesson plan, handouts.
2. Students: textbook, notebook, pens.
III. Procedure.
1. Check-up(5’).
Question: Learn by heart all new words of previous lesson. Give examples.
Answer: - similarities (n): điểm tương đồng
- household (n): hộ gia dinh
- get rid of :loai bỏ
- broadcast (v): phát, truyền
- represent (v): đai diện 
- longevity (n): trường trọ
- constancy (n): bền vững
- shrine (n): đền thờ
- do a big cleaning up: tổng vệ sinh
- dirt (n) bui bẩn
We have to do a big cleaning up the house to get rid of the dirt.
She represented our class to sing a song in the meeting.
II. New lesson.
Teacher’s Activities
Time
Students’ Activities.
Warm-up.
T distributes the handout
T asks Ss to read and say when these activities take place.
Check the answer:
Independence day
Mid – Autumn Festival
Women’s day
Teacher’s Day
T leads to new lesson.
Task 1.
T sets the scene and explains:
Write a description of one the popular celebration in Vietnam (Independence day, Mid –Autumn). Your description should include the following main points:
+, Name and time of festivals
+, Purpose / meaning of festival
+, Main activities
+, Whether you like it or not and the reason.
T divides each group selecting one festival to think out ideas and vocabulary related.
T collects the answer from Ss and writes on the board.
T carries on asking Ss to make a detailed outline. (If the class has a lot of ill-students, T can have them work in groups.)
Go around and provide help when necessary.
Ask Ss work with each other to comment on each other’s outline.
Task 2.
T gets Ss to describe the festival they have chosen in 15 minutes.
Go around observing and offering help with vocabulary or structures.
T asks Ss to exchange their writing with another for peer correction.
T goes around and collects some mistakes, errors
Choose one or two description and read them / it to the class.
Then T elicits corrective feedback from the class and gives final comments afterwards. T should draw Ss’ attention to the organization of ideas and language use. 
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Handout
1. It is a national holiday. Schools and offices close. There are parades along the streets, meetings, celebrations to remember those who died for the country’s independence.
2. Children gather at night, going round with their colorful lanterns, watching lion or dragon dance, sharing moon-cakes in the full moon lights.
3. Husbands, sons, lovers buy flowers or gifts for their mothers, wives or lovers. They also offer to do the cooking for the whole family on this day.
4. Students visit their teachers with flowers, cards or small gifts to show their gratitude.
Ss brain storming and give their views
Things or activities relating to:
1. Independence Day
marches, parades, meetings, flags, banners, demonstration, a day off
2. Mid-Autumn Festival
lanterns, dragon or lion dance, moon-cakes, full moon, children
3.Women’s day
flowers, gifts, housework
4. Teacher’s day
Flowers, gifts, gratitude, visit, performance, dance, sing.
Ss choose one festival; then make a detailed outline before practicing writing.
Suggested answer:
+, Name and time of festival: Mid-Autumn festival, the fifteen day of the eighth lunar month
+, Purpose / meaning of festival to welcome the brightest full moon of the year
+, Activities: children carrying beautiful glowing lanterns, admiring the full moon, singing dancing, dragon dance, having moon-cakes.
+, Whether you like it or not and the reasons – like it because it is great for children.
Sample writing:
The Mid-Autumn Festival comes on the fifteen day of the eight lunar month. It is the time when the moon looks the most beautiful so it is celebrated to admire the full moon (of the eight lunar months). On this day parents take their children out, carrying beautiful glowing lanterns. There are also performances at the city center where large crowds gather to watch children sing and dance. Adults sit outdoors, drinking tea and having moon-cakes. People can also enjoy dragon or lion dance performed by group of boys who come to each family to dance and receive some money as rewards.
I like this activities best because it is so funny and full of joys
IV. Homework Assignment (1’)
Write the description which has been corrected by friend in the notebook. 
- Prepare new lesson: Unit 8 – Period 5: Language Focus.
Planning date: 31.12.2007 	 Teaching date: 2.1.2008
 49th Period
UNIT 8: Celebration
Period 5: Language Focus.
A. Preparation.
I. Objective: 
1. Knowledge
	- Some words and phrases of festival and activities in the festivals
	- Distinguish the clusters / fl /, / fr / and / r / 
	- Grammar: indefinite pronouns someone, no one, anyone and everyone.
2. Skill:
	- Pronounce the words and sentences containing these clusters correctly.
	- Do exercise related to indefinite pronouns.
3. Education:
- Educate Sts to understand well culture and festival in their country and in the world.
II. Teaching aids:
1. Teacher: Textbook, Lesson plan.
2. Students: textbook, notebook, pens.
B. Procedure.
I. Organization (1’).
- Greeting.
- Check attendance.
II. Check-up.
- Check-up will be made in the process of teaching new lesson.
III. New lesson.
Teacher’s Activities
T
Students’ Activities.
Warm-up.
T hangs on board on pictures.
T introduces the sounds: / fl /, / fr /, / r / 
T leads to new lesson.
Today we are going to practice pronounce cluster / fr /, / fl /and / r /.
Pronunciation.
Listen and repeat.
T models the three clusters / fl /, / fr /, and / r / for a few times and explains how to produce them
E.g: when producing / fl /, Sts should pronounce / f / first and then quickly switch to / l / and so on.
T plays the tape once or more.
Play the tape again. This time T asks Sts to repeat.
T asks Sts to read the words in each column out aloud in chorus for a few times. Then call on some Sts to read the words aloud. T listens and corrects if Sts pronounce the target words incorrectly. If many Sts don’t pronounce the words correctly, t may want to get them to repeat after the tape again in chorus and then individually.
Practice these sentences.
T plays the tape once or more.
T walks around and listens, take note of typical error.
T calls on some Sts to read the sentences again and provides corrective feedback.
T can give some additional sentences for Sts further practice
Grammar
Presentation.
T sets the situation:
T: I have some pens. Would you like one?
S: Of course.
T: Which one would you like?
S: The red one
T: Have a look at these blue ones. They are so nice.
S: Yes, but I already have one. Someone here will need one. Why don’t you ask if anyone likes them?
T: Good idea. I will 
T checks the answer with the whole class.
Have several Ss to give similar examples and give feedback.
Exercise 1.
Complete the sentences using someone, anyone, no one and everyone.
Ask Ss to do exercise 1 individually and then compare their answers with another student.
Call on some Ss to read out their answers.
T corrects the answer.
Exercise 2.
T sets the scene: Rewrite the sentences, using the pronounce ones.
Have Ss do exercise 2 in pairs.
Go around; observe Ss working.
Ask Ss to exchange the answer with another pairs.
Call on some Ss to board to give their answers.
Ask other Ss to feedback and give correct answers.
Exercise 3.
Instruction: you are required to complete the sentences by filling each blank with the one word from the box.
T asks Ss how to do this exercise. T may give them some tips to do the exercise.
+, First, read the statement decide the part of speech of the word to fill in each blank. For example, the word to fill in the first blank is an adjective; the word to fill in the third blank is a noun
+, then read each sentence carefully to understand its meaning. Next, look that box of words to find out the word which has the most appropriate in meaning to complete the sentences.
+, continue with the other sentences.
Call on some Ss to give their answer and give feedback.
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Sts look at the pictures and read the words describing them.
Flowers, flag, fruit, fridge, three, throats
Sts listen to T’s introduction and remember the way of pronouncing the clusters.
Listen to the tape to hear the words containing these clusters.
Listen and repeat after the tape.
Work in pairs and take turn to read aloud the given sentences.
In pairs, come on practicing some sentences.
Additional sentences
This sea plane flies and also floats on the water.
Do you prefer fresh fruit or frozen fruit?
Ss work in pairs to work out the use of the pronoun
Ss give remark to the use of one / ones / someone / anyone.
Work individually; when finishing exchange the answer with a friend.
Suggested answer:
1. anyone
5. no one
2. someone
6. everyone
3. anyone
7. no one
4. someone
Ss have to rewrite the sentences, using the pronoun one / ones
Compare the answer with another pairs.
Suggested answer:
1. Of the three bags, I like the blue one.
2. Mai making a fruit cake. Huong is making one, too.
3. I like reading books, especially the ones about the natural world.
4. I don’t have a computer and my father doesn’t want me to have one.
5. They let me choose a pencil and I took the red one.
6. There are several national celebrations in Vietnam but perhaps the most meaningful one is Tet holiday.
7. We told each both happy stories and sad ones about our lives. 
Ss work individually to finish the exercise and then compare their answers with the person sitting next to them.
Answer:
1. traditional
5. polite
2. grand
6. good luck
3. gifts
7. excitement
4. celebrating
IV. Homework Assignment (1’)
Do exercise in the workbook. 
- Review the knowledge in the previous units.