Unit 4: Volunteer work writing - Period 21

UNIT 4 VOLUNTEER WORK
 Writing
Period 21
Preparing date: 10/10/2007
Teaching date: B2..B4. 
OBJECTS
 *Aims:
 - Write a thank –you letter to a donor to acknowlege the donor’s contribution.
 *Lexical items: Words and phrases used the words and structures that they have learnt in previous lessons.
 *Structures: Tenses
Method: Integrated, mainly communication.
 *Teaching aids: Textbook, handout.
Procedure.
1.Orgnization: total class. 11B2 + 11B4
2. Check the old lesson.
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
Warm-up
A formal letter
- Asks Ss to remind some rules of writing formal letters in English.
Handout:
- Prepares a handout with a quize about writing formal letters in English. The quize consist of several incomplete statements.
- Asks Ss to work in groups to complete these statements.
Quize
1.You write your address in ..of the letter.
2.The address of the receiver should be written on ., starting below our address.
3.You can write ..on the right or the left on the line after the address you are writing to.
4.When the letter starts Dear Sir/Madam, you end it with
5. When the letter starts Dear Dr Smith, you end it with
6.It is not a good idea to usesuch as I’m or can’t.
- Walks around the class to help when necessary.
- Calls some groups answers in front of the class.
* Introduce: the new lesson.
- Remind some rules of writing formal letters in English.
- Work in groups.
- Complete these statements.
- Write corrected answers:
1.You write your address in the top left-hand corner of the letter.
2.The address of the receiver should be written on the left, starting below our address.
3.You can write the date on the right or the left on the line after the address you are writing to.
4.When the letter starts Dear Sir/Madam, you end it with yours sincerely,
5. When the letter starts Dear Dr Smith, you end it with yours sincerely,
6.It is not a good idea to use contraction such as I’m or can’t.
- Listen and prepare pre-writing
Pre-Writing
Task 1
Read the letter from a high school in Los Angeles and underline the sentences that express the following points:
- Explains some new words and structures in sample letter.
- Guides Ss to understand some stragies.
- Asks Ss to read the sample letter and discuss the purposes of the letter in pairs.
* The opening of the letter.
* The ways the money is used.
* The gratitude to the donor.
* The donated amount.
* The way the receipt is issued.
* he closing of the letter.
- Walks around the class to help when necesssary.
- Suggested answers:
- Calls some Ss to answer and give opinions of sample letter. 
- Corrected answer.
Pre-Writing
Task 1
- Read the letter and underline the sentences that express the following points:
- Listen and copy down.
- Write correct answers:
* The opening of the letter.
Dear Sir or Madam,
* The donated amount.
I am happy to receive a donation of $500 from your company some days ago.
* The ways the money is used.
The money will help us to repair the old school building and build a new block of flats for the handicapped students.
* The way the receipt is issued.
We will certainly issue a receipt as soon as possible.
* The gratitude to the donor.
I would like to express our thanks for the donation.
* The closing of the letter.
Yours faithfully,
David James
- Read the letter again.
While-Writing
Task 2:
* Setting the Scene:
Imagine that you have just received a donation of one million dong from one of the local organizations to build your school library. Use the suggestions in Task 1 to write a letter to acknowlege the receipt of the donation and express your gratitude.
- Guides Ss use some stragies to write a letter.
- Asks Ss to read the instruction carefully.
- Asks Ss to discuss the following couples/ group.
- Gets Ss to write the letter in 15 minutes.
- Walks around the class to help when necessary.
- Calls some groups to read the letter in front of the class and others gives opinion.
While-Writing
Task 2:
- Listen and read the instruction carefully.
- Discuss the following couples/ group.
- Write the letter in 15 minutes.
Nguyen Thi Le High School
1x Nguyen Thi Le, Tuyen Quang.
20th December, 2004
 Dear Sir and Madam
I am very happy to receive a donation of one million dong from your organizations some days ago. I think that the money will help us build a school library for our students. We will certainly issue a receipt as soon as possible.
I would like to express our thanks for the donation from your organization and hope to get more assistance and cooperation from organization in the future.
Yours faithfully,
Pham Hoang Mai
Secretary of school Building Fund.
Post-Writing
Task 3
- Asks Ss to exchange their writing with another student for peer correction.
- Walks around and collects mistakes and errors.
- Writes Ss’ typical errors on the board and elicits self and peer correction.
- Correct and remark then give a letter completely.
Homework
- Asks Ss to write letter again and prepair the new lesson.
Post-Writing
Task 3
- Work in groups
- Exchange the writing with another student for peer correction.
- Write correct answer.
- Write letter again and prepair the new lesson.