Thiết kế bài dạy môn Tiếng Anh 11 - Unit 8: Celebrations - Part A đến part E - Trường Trung Học Phổ Thông Tân An

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Unit 8 : CELEBRATIONS
 Part A : READING 
I . Objectives 
By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to :
- Develop such reading micro-skills as scanning for specific ideas and guessing meaning in context .
- Use the information they have read to discuss the topic 
II . Materials 
Textbook , handouts 
III . Anticipated problems 
Ss may not have enough vocabulary to talk about the topic , so should be ready to help them .
IV . Procedure 
Time 
Steps 
Work arrangement 
6 ‘ 
WARM –UP 
Competition game – Network 
- T prepares a handout with a crossword puzzle of some festivals and celebrations in Vietnam and the world .
- T divides the class into small groups of 3-4 students . Then T gives each group a handout to do their own groups . Which group finishes first and has all the correct answers will be the winner .
- A variant of this activity : T draws or prepares two big copies of the crossword and hangs them on the board . T calls two pairs of Ss to go to the board and ask them to do the crossword as quickly as possible . The pair with the quickest and most correct answers will be the winner 
ACROSS 
The purpose of this Vietnameses fesrival is to celberate the largest full moon in the year 
3 . It si the day when Christians celebrate the birth of Christ 
5 .In this festival ,men give their mohers wives , girlfriends ... flowers and gifts 
7 . It is day in each year which is the same dates as the one on which you were born .
8 . a public holiday in the US (on the fourth Thursday in Novenmber ) and in Canada (on the second Monday in October ) orginally to give thanks to God for the harvest and for health 
DOWN 
2 . This festival is the most important celebration of the year and makes the beginning of spring 
4 . It is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31 , usually costumes and going door-to –door collecting candy .
6 . It is a Sunday in March or April when Chirstians remember the death of Christ and his return to life 
- T introduces the topic of the Unit 
Group work 
10’ 
BEFORE YOU READ 
Discussing Tet holiday 
- T asks the whole class to look at the picture on page 90 and discuss the three questions in pairs .
- T goes around to offer help 
- T calls on some Ss to present their answers and eclicts commemts from other Ss . T gives feedback if necessary .
Suggested answers :
1 . It is Spring and it should be Tet holiday because we can see the apricot blossom and a kumquat tree full of ripe fruits 
2 . The people in the picture may be a family . The grandmother is giving her nieceand nephew some lucky money . The girl , the boy and their parents may be wishing their grandparents good health and happiness .
3 . In the picture we can aslo see a five – fruit tray on the ancestral altar (m©n ngị qu¶ trªn bµn thê tỉ tiªn )and a dish of fruits , a tray of candied fruits and a banh chung on the table .
- now Ss work in pairs to tell which of the activities in the book they enjoy doing most at Tet . Ss may also list other activities they like doing at Tet . T reminds Ss to give reasons for their answers .
- T calls on some Ss to present their answers and other Ss comment .
Pre – teaching Vocabulary 
Note : T should only teach the words which do not appear in Task 1 .
Lunar New Year : TÕt ©m lÞch 
To fall between ... and ...:r¬i vµo kho¶ng thêi gian tõ ... ®Õn 
To spread : kÐo dµi 
To be full of : having or containing a large number or amount of sth : ®Çy nhiỊu 
Candied fruit :møt 
Posttive comments : nh÷ng lêi nãi tèt ®Đp 
- If there is some time left , T may ask some Ss to make sentebces with the above words to check their understanding 
Pair work & whole class
6’
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6’ 
WHILE YOU READ 
Setting the scene 
You are going to read a passage about Tet holiday in Vietnam . While you are reading , do the tasks in the textbook 
TASK 1 
Instruction : Find the meanings of the words . You can also use your dictionary .
- T writes these words on the board :
Grand , banner , sugared apples , agrarian , pray , excitement 
- Then T instructs Ss to read the passage quickly and stop at the lines that contain these words to guess their meanings .
- Ss guess the meaning of the words based on the contexts in the sentences . For example , to guess the meaning of grand (line 1 , first paragraph ) Ss may base their guessing on other words such as main holiday , important . To guess the meaning of pray (line 6 , last paragraph ) they pay attention to pagoda , happy year ...
- T checks that Ss undertanding by asking them to provide the Vietnamese equivalents to the words . If Ss find it difficult to guess the meaning of any word , T should elitict and give suggestions 
Suggested answers :
1 . grand : impressive and larger : träng ®¹i , hoµnh tr¸ng 
2 . Banner : a long piece of cloth with a message on it that is carried between two poles or hung in a public place to show support for sth : biĨu ng÷ , b¨ng r«n 
3 . sugered apples : t¸o dÇm ®­êng 
4 . Agrarian : connected with farming and the use of land for farming : thuéc vỊ n«ng nghiƯp 
5 . Pray : to speak to God .especially to gove thanks or ask for help : cÇu nguyƯn 
6 . Excitement : the state of feeling excited : niỊm vui thÝch , sù n« nøc nhén nhÞp 
TASK 2 
Instruction : You are to read the passage and decide whether the statements are True (T) or Fasle (F) 
- T instructs Ss to use some strategies to do task :
+ first , quickly read through the statements to get an idea about the topic 
+ Read the first statement more careffly . Underline the key words to understand the main point . for expamle , in statement 1 , Ss can underline Tet , 20th February , Western calendar .
+ Search for the section of the text which deals with the idea or fact.
+ Once finding the relevant section , read it careffly . If the statements is smililar to the imformation in the text , then select “True ” . If the statement is the opposite to the imformation in the text , then seclect “Fasle ”
+ Continue with the rest to the statements
- T asks Ss to work invidually to do the task and discuss their answers with their peers .
- T calls one some Ss to give their answers and asks them to explain their choices .
- T gives the correct answers :
1 . F (it falls between 19th January and 20th February )
2 . F (it’s just for agraian people ) 
3 . T 
4 . F (according to the passage , lucky money tends to be given to children ) 
5 . T 
6 .T 
TASK 3 
Instruction : You are requored to answer the seven questions in the book .
- T checks if Ss can answer the comprehension questions in TASK 3 wtithout to read the passage again . If Ss cannot , t gets them read the questions careffly and gives them some tips to do the task :
+ First , skim the six questions to undertand them . As Ss do this they :
* underline the key words . For instance , in questions 1 Ss can underline when , Tet , vietnam 
* decide what information they need to find in the text 
* look for questions words like “why ” which indicates Ss should read for specific thing like a reason .
+ Go back to the first question and locateds the information for the question by finding the key words in the passage and mark the place .
+ Read the part carefully to find the answer . Ss can use their own words .
+ Continue with the rest of the questions 
- T asks Ss to word individually to do the task , then discuss their answers with their peers 
- T calls on some Ss to write their answers on the board and ask them to expain their choise 
- T gives the correct answers 
1 . It sometime between 19th January and 20th February (line 2-3 , paragraph 1 )
2 tet’s preparations and celebrations used to be speard over months (line 1-2 ,paragraph 2 )
3 . They are decirated with coloured lights and red banners (line 3-4 .paragraph 2) 
4 . They buy gifts , clean and decorate their houses and cook traditional foods (line 4-5 ,paragraph 2 ) 
5 . It is made from sticky rice ,green beans and fatty pork (line 5-6 .paragraph 3)
6 . must is candied fruit (line 6-7 ,paragraph 3)
7 . Visiting friends and other family members , exchangeing whises , going to the padoda , playing games ...(last paragraph ) 
Whole class , individual work & pair work 
10’ 
AFTER YOU READ 
- T asks Ss to work in groups tp tell each other about their last Tet holiday .T asks Ss what verb tense (past simple ) they should use .
- T goes around to help Ss when necessary .
- When all groups have finished , T calls on some Ss to report their ideas to the class .
- T elicits corrective feedback from other Ss and gives her own commets 
Group work & whole class 
2 ‘ 
WRAPPING UP 
- T summarises the main point 
- T asks Ss to learn by heart all of the new words and do the extra exercise as homework 
Whole class 
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Unit 8 : CELEBRATIONS
 Part B : SPEAKING 
I . Objectives 
By the end of the lesson , ss will be able to :
Talk about the celebrations of Tet and other festival’s activites 
Materials 
Textbook , handouts 
III.Anticipated problems 
Ss may not have enough vocabulary to talk about the topic , so should be ready to provide help 
IV . Procedure 
Time 
Steps 
Work arrangement 
8’ 
WARM – UP 
Competition game – Word Search 
- T divides the class into small groups of 3-4 students . Then T distributes the following handout for Ss do in their own groups . Ss have to match pictures on the left with the words on the right . which group finishes first and has all the correct answers will be the winner 
Group work 
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13’ 
TASK 1 
Instruction : You are going to practice the dialogue on page 93 in pairs .
- T asks the whole class to read the dialogue silently and asks them what points are mentioed in the dialogue 
- T checks with the whole class and makes clear that : in the dialogue the two friends talk about Tet holiday , It’s time and activities .
- Ss then practice the dialogue in pairs . T encourages Ss to remember the dialogue so that they can act it uot more naturally .
- T goes around to onsere 
- When Ss have finished , T calls on some pairs to act out the dialogue and goves commnets 
 TASK 2 
Instruction : You are going match the holidays with its description and activities 
- Before Ss do the task , T asks them to look at the three pictures on page 93 and work out the name of each holiday . Ss may be asked to give the Vietnamese equivalent to each holiday .
- T checks with the whole class and gives out correct answer :
+ Picture 1 : mid – Autunm festival : tÕt trung thu 
+ Picture 2 : Thanksgiving : LƠ t¹ ¬n 
+ Picture 3 : Valentine’s Day : ngµy lƠ t×nh yªu 
- T may ask Ss to list the activities people usually do in these jolidays and write quicky on the board so that Ss can compare these with the information they will dael with later .
- Now Ss turn to the next page and do the task in pairs . they match the holiday with its main purpose and activities .
- T calls on some Ss to give the answer and  ...  At the same times , Ss should write down which sentence(s) belong (s) to which main point .
- After 5 minutes , T calls on two Ss to go to the board to write their answers 
Whole class & pair work 
T asks other Ss to comment on their friends’ ansswers and gives his / her own feedback .
Suggested answers :
The description includes 6 main points :
+ Name of the festival (sentence 1)
+ purpose of the festival (sentence 1)
+ Time of the festival (sentence 2-3 )
+ Main activities of the festival / what people do in the festival (sentence4-7 )
+ Foods eaten (sentence 8-9 )
+ People’s feeding about the festival (like / dislike ? reason(s) ? (sentence 10 ) 
- Now T gets Ss to work invidually to write an outline for their description , using the nain points set in the previons activity . Ss should choose one of the popular celebrations in Vietnam to describe ( Mid –autumn Festival , Teachers’ Day , Women’s Day , Independence Day ...)
- Ss work with each other to comment on each other’s outline . T goes around and provides help when necessary 
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WRITING
- T gets Ss to describe the fastival they have chosen in 15 minutes 
- T goes around to observe and offer help with vocabulary or structures 
Sample writing 
In Viet Nam the Mid – Autumn festival , also referred as Tet Trung Thu , is one of the two most celebrated festivals to current date . The Mid –Autumn Festival dates back over 15,000 years ago , and is traditionlly held on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month . A Vietnamese folkore indicates that the festival came about as a way for parets to make up lost time , showing love and appropriatelyto their chilred after the harvest season . Appropriately , The Mid –Autumn Festival is also called the Chilren’s Festival . Trung thu activites are offer centred around children and education . Parents buy lanterns fot their children so that they can participate in a candlelit lantern procession at dawn . Lantersn represent brightness while the procession symboziles success in school . Vietnamese markerts sell a variety of lantern . Other children’s activites include arts and crafts which children make face masks and lanterns . Children also perform traditional Vietnamese danse and participate in contests for prizes and scholarships . Unicorn dancers are also very popular in Trung Thu festivites . In addition , Vietnamese parents tell their children’s fairy tales and serve mooncakes and other special treats treats uneder the opportunity for me to gather with my family and friends to enjoy the moonlight and many special refreshments 
Invidually work 
8’ 
FEEDBACK ON SS’ WRITINGS
- T asks Ss to exchange their writing with another student for peer correction .
- T goes around and collects mistakes and errors 
- T choose one or two descriptions and reads it / them to the class .
- Then T elicist corrective feedback from the class and gives final into consideration their friend’s and T’s suggestions and correction and do the EXTRA EXERCISE 
Pair work & whole class 
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Unit 8 : CELEBRATIONS
 Part E : LANGUAGE FOCUS 	
I . Objectives 
By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to :
- Distinguish the clusters /fl/ , /fr / and / 0r/
- pronounce the words and sentences cotaining these clusters correctly 
- use one(s) , someone , np one , anyone , and everyone appropriately 
- Use vocabulary about holidays and celebrations appropriately 
II . Materials 
Textbook , handouts , picture
III . Anticipated promblems 
Ss may find it difficult to pronounce the three clusters , so should prepare a lot of practice 
V . Procedure 
Time 
Steps
Work arrangement
12’
PRONUNCIATION
Distingguishing sounds
- T models the clusters /if /,/fr/ and/Or/ for a few times and explains how to produce them . E.g : when produing/fl/ , Ss should produre /f/ first and then quickly switch to /l/ , and so on 
- T play the tape (or reads ) once for Ss hear the words containing these cluters . then T plays the tape (or reads ) again and this time asks Ss to repeat after the tape (or T ) 
- T asks Ss to read the words in each column out loud in chorus for a few more time . Then T calls on some Ss to read the words out loud . T listens and correct if Ss do not pronounce the target words incorrectly . T may want to get them to repeat after the tape (or him / herself ) again in chorus and then invidually . 
Practising the dialogue containing the target sounds 
- T asks Ss to work in pairs and take turn to read alound the given dialogue on page 97 .
- T goes around to listen and takes notes of the typical errors 
T calls on some Ss read the dialogue again and providew corrective feedback 
Whole class individual work & pair work 
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10 ‘ 
GRAMMAR
a. Presentation 
- T writes some sentences on the board and asks Ss to comment on the use of one(s) , someone , no one , anyone and everyone 
+ I don’t like the red shirt ; I prefer the blue one 
+ Don’t buy the sour oranges . Buy the sweet ones 
+ There’s someone waiting for the director in the office 
+ Did someone call me last night ?
+ Have you met anyone like him ?
+ Don’t tell anyone my secret 
+ No one likes her story 
+ Everyone laughs at him 
- Ss work in pairs to work out the use of the pronouns 
- T checks with the whole class , making clear that 
+ One and ones are used to replace a previously mentioned noun when we do not want to repeat that noun . One replace a singular noun , and ones replace a plural noun 
+ Someone = somebody . It used with singular verb in (1) an affirmative statement or (2) a question when the speaker / write expects the “yes ” answer 
+ Anyone = anybody . It used with a singular verb in (1) a negative statement or (2) a question 
+ No one usually takes a singular affirmative verb .
+Everyone = everybody . It usually goes with a singular verb . It is used to refer to very presin or all people 
Note : These expressions have a singular meaning and take a singular verb , so presonal pronouns and possesive adjectiives shound logically he /she . Him /her , his/her . However , in modern English plural forms are more common :
+ Everyone has come in , haven’t they ?
+ No one should leaver their luggage on the bus 
- T asks several Ss to give similar examples and gives feedback 
b. Pracctice 
Exercise 1 
- T asks Ss to do Execrise 1 individually and then compare their answers with another student 
- T calls on some Ss to read out their answers 
- T gives correct answers 
1 . anyone 5 . no one 
2 . Someone 6 . everyone 
3 . anyone 7. no one 
4 . someone 
Exercise 2 
- T asks ss to do exercise 2 in pairs .Ss have to rewrite the sentences , using the pronoun one / ones 
- T asks them to compare answers with another pair 
- T calls on some Ss to go to the board to write heir answers 
- T asks oher Ss to feedback and gives correct answers 
Answers :
1 . Of the three bags , I like the blue one .
2 . Mai is 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 perhapd the most meaningful one is Tet holiday .
7 . We told each other both happy stories and sad ones about our lives 
C . Production : role play 
- T asks Ss to work in pairs and gives each student a role card . T gets Ss the coversation , using as many one(s) someone , no one , anyone and everyone as possible 
Card A 
You are a student and living in a rented flat near the university . Last night you came home from the library and found out that your flat had been broken in . All of the money you put under your cushion was stolen . You kept the flat in that situation and took a picture of it this morning . Now you are at the police station to report the theft . You show th police officer the picture . Answer any questions from him 
Card B :
You are police officer . Student A comes to the police station to report a theft . Ask him / her questions to find out more information that helps out the thief 
- T goes aroud to observe Ss work and provides help when necessary 
- T calls on some pairs to act the conversation and elicits corrective feedback if neede 
Suggested conversation 
Officer : good morning . How can I help you ?
Student A : good morning . I come here to report a theft 
Officer : Well . where and when did it happen ?
Student A : It happened in my flat , but I don’t know exactly when because when I came back to my flat at 9 p.m . I found that someone hard broken in my flat 
Officer : Did you see anyone around you flat at that moment ?
Student A : I walked out to have a look , but I saw no one .
Officer : Was anything valuable stolen ?
Student A : Actually , I don’t have any valuable things in my flat because it’s a rented one . Howere , all of the money I put under mu cushion was stolen 
Officer : Do you live with anyone ?
Student A : No , I live alone . But there are some students living around in other flats . When I went to the apartment buiding everyone was absent . I think they all went to the library as it’s the exam time . When I opened the door , I was really shocked . This is picture I took this morning 
Officer : Alright . It’s better that we’ll go to your flat to investigate and find other evidence I hope that you haven’t cleaned up the flat .
Student A : sure , it’s still in a mess like this 
Officer : please tell me your name and address . We’ll go to your place this afternoon and interview everyone living near you 
Student A : My name’s is Le Hoa . my address is Room 301 , Nguyen A Living Quarter , Tran Hung Dao Street . I’ll wait fo you . Thank you .
Officer :see you this afternoon . Goodbye
Whole class & pair work 
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VOCABULARY
 Instruction : you are to complete the sentences by filling each blank with one word from the box 
- T asks Ss how to do this exerise . T may given them some tips to do the exercise:
+ First, read the statements 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 sentence.
+ Continue with the other sentences.
- Ss work individually to finish the exercise and then compare their answers with the person sitting next to them.
- T calls on some Ss to give the answers and give feedback.
Answers: 1.traditional 2.grand 3.gifts 4.celebrating 
 5.polite 6.good luck 7.excitement
Whole class individual work & pair work 
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WRAPPING
- T summarises the main points of the lesson.
- For homework, Ss review the points that have been covered in the lesson and do the Extra exercise.
Whole class