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Date: Sep. 11th – 8th, 2008
Theme1 - FRIENDSHIP
Week1
LESSON 1 : READING 1
Period 1
Class 11D E
Kí duyệt:
FRIENDSHIP
BEFORE
I/ Aims
a. Knowledge
- To get familiar with read a British poem
- To read about friendship.
- To supply some quantities of friendship
- To give opinions on “friendship” during one’s school year
b. skills
To practice reading, listening and speaking about friendship
II/ Procedures
Stages
Activities
Content
Warm What is your own idea of a good
Reserved/ sociable
up
friend?
Well-dressed/ casually dressed
Punctual/ late
T helps sts to review the words
Conservative/ enthusiastic
Practical/ sympathetic
Athletic/ skinny
Attractive/ boring
Sensitive/ indifferent
T shows a picture of some ss and
Most people have old school photos or address books
introduce the text
that reminds them of their old friends
Do you have one?
Think for a minute or two about a friend you
T asks and gives handouts to the
sts
remember well but haven't seen for a long time. Tell
another student
Sts answer
- when you last saw him/her
- what he/she was doing then
Sts talk to their partners
- what he/she was like
- where he/she is now. (Guess if you don't
know.)
T: What characteristics do you like
if
you
would
like to get in touch with him / her again.
from your friends?
(Why? / Why not?)
Reserved/ sociable
Well-dressed/ casually dressed
Punctual/ late
Conservative/ enthusiastic
Practical/ sympathetic
Athletic/ skinny
Attractive/ boring
Sensitive/ indifferent
Transitional sentence
What’s your idea of friendship?
T says
Let’s read the text to see John’s opinions on
friendship. John is an American eleventh grader.
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T gives some new words
(v) pack up
T reviews
(n) stuffed animal
(exp.) no matter
(n) (soccer) stuff
(exp.) break out into tears : begin to cry
(v) lose – lost – lost loser (n)
(exp.) through thick and thin: in spite of all the
difficulties
Sts read the new words
(v) cheat (off)
(v) end up
(n) detention : purnishment of being kept at school
(v) empathize
Work with new words
Fill in the blanks with suitable words
1. Being scolded by his mother, the child
____________.
2. Those students were sent to the _________ room
for their cheating at the exam.
WHILE Sts read the text
Match the grades with the opinions. Then write full
Sts read the text and answer the
sentences. Begin your sentences like this: In eighth
questions
grade, your idea of a good friend is someone who ...
a. let you copy his/her paper in an
1. Eighth
exam
2. Ninth
b. be on your side through good
3. Tenth
and bad times
c. pack up toys and old stuff;
empathize with you in bad time
POST
What is your own idea of
friendship?
HOMAEWORK
Learn by heart the words
Practice reading the text
Prepare for the next class
Activities
Content
BEFORE
Stages
sts match the word in
column A with its
definition in B
t checks the answers
a/ Match the word in column A with its definition in B
1. confide in sb
a. develop naturally and gradually
2. evolve
b. friendly, out going
3. stick together
c. easy offended; easily hurt
4. sociable
d. trust sb enough to tell secret to him
5. conservative
e. remain friendly and loyal to one
6. sensitive
another
7. stout
f. opposed to great change
8. indifferent
g. rather fat
9. guarantee
h. assurance / promise
i. have no interest
(v) confide in sb: trust sb enough to tell secret to him
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T gives some new words (n) guarantee : assurance / promise
(v) evolve : develop naturally and gradually
Sts read the new words
(v) stick together : remain friendly and loyal to one another : gan
bo
First in chorus
(adj) sociable : friendly, out going
The in individuals
(adj) conservative : opposed to great change
(adj) sensitive : easy offended; easily hurt: nhay cam
(adj) stout : rather fat
(adj) indifferent : have no interest
Sts fill in the blanks with
suitable words
St read the text and
answer true false
statements
T and sts correct the
mistakes and give
explanations
What’s your ideas of a
best friend?
Explain the proverb “A
friend in need is a friend
in deed.”
Homework
Date: 10th-15th , 2007
Week: 2
b/ Fill in the blanks with suitable words
1. Lack of interest is a _________ of failure.
2. He tried to _________ his parents that he had not taken
part in a motorbike race.
3. To ___________ means to develop gradually
c/ Check (,/) whether the following statements are true (T) or
false (F) according to text B. Then correct the false sentences
1. ____ A close friend shares joy and sadness with us.
2. ____ Close friends don't need to share common interests.
3. ____ We can go out and choose a good friend easily.
4. ____ We often have satisfaction being with a close friend.
5. ____ An unsociable person may not have a close friend
Practice reading the text
Learn the new words
Prepare listening – unit 1
Theme1 FRIENDSHIP
LESSON 3 : listening
FRIENDSHIP
Period: 3
I/ Aims
a. Knowledge
- To review some quantities of best friends
- To listen for physical characteristics and personalities
- To give opinions on “friendship” during one’s school year
b. skills
To practice listening and speaking about friendship
II/ Procedures
Stages
Activities
Content
3
Class: 11a5
Kí duyệt:
While
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Before WORK WITH NEW
a) Read the list below and find five words which best
WORDS
describe you. Check ( )the words and add more of
your own. Then discuss your list with a partner
T asks sts to read the words
athletic
Lazy
and choose the five words
reserved
practical
that best describe them
fat
skinny
enthusiastic
relaxed
stout
sensitive
dynamic
romantic
punctual
late
Sts listen to a letter from
b) You're going to listen to a letter from Jack, Sinh's pen
Jack, Sinh's pen pal, writing
pal, writing about Mai Tran, his new Vietnamese friend,
about Mai Tran, his new
living in Sacramento, California. Listen and check (what
Vietnamese friend, living in
is true about Mai)
Sacramento, California.
1. Reserved
sociable
Listen and check
2. Well-dressed casually dressed
3. Punctual
late
Sts compare the answers
4. Conservative enthusiastic
5. Practical
sympathetic
Sts and t checks the
6. Athletic
skinny
answers by playing the tape
7. Attractive
boring
again
8. Sensitive
indifferent
Sts Listen again and answer c) Listen again and answer the following questions
the following questions
1. On what occasion did Jack meet Mai Tran?
Sts give the correct short
answers
Post
2. Where is Mai Tran going this summer?
d) Work in pairs. Discuss what your decision would be if you
were Jack and explain the reasons
Date: 10th-16th , 2007
Week: 2
Period: 4
Theme 1: FRIENDSHIP
LESSON 4: SPEAKING
Class: 11a5
Kí duyệt:
MAKING FRIENDS
I/ Aims
a. Knowledge
- To supply the expressions that may be used to start a conversation in a multi-school party
- To form some dialogues of making friends
- To give sts “meeting and greeting customs”
b. skills
speaking
II/ Procedures
Stages
Before
Activities
Warm-up
Content
a. Work in pairs. Check ( ) the expressions that you may
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T asks the sts to work in
use to start a conversation in a multi-school party
pairs
What are friends for?
While
Sts work in pairs. complete
the dialogues; Take the role
of Sinh and Susan
Sts work in pairs. Take the
role of Jack and Mai
While
T shows the expressions
Sts act out a party situation
in which they meet many
young people that they
haven’t known before.
Hi! My name's ...
Hello! Have we met before?
It's a great party, isn't it?
Hi! You look familiar. Have you been in Grape County
School?
I don't think we've met. My name's Ali.
Haven't I seen you at Alice's party?
You're from Malaysia, aren't you?
b. Work in pairs. Complete the dialogues. Then practice
them
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Sinh: (1) ___Sinh, by the way.
Susan: And I'm Susan. Hi!
Sinh: Hi! (2)____ one of these cheese biscuits. They're
really tasty.
Susan: Thanks. Mm! (3)___ good, (4) ____? (5) ____
something to drink?
2.
Jack: (6)____ great music, (7) ____?
Mai: Yes. It sounds good.
Jack: (8)____ you somewhere before? At Sinh's, for
instance?
Mai: No. I've never been there.
Jack: So (9) ____ Lan’s?
Mai: No. I'm her cousin
c. Work in groups. Act out a party situation in which you
meet many young people that you haven't known before
USEFUL EXPRESSIONS
Introducing yourself
- Hello! / Hi! I'm ... I'm from...
- My name's..., by the way.
- How do you do? I'm ... Nice to meet you
Checking if you know someone
- Well, I don't think we've met. My name's... - Haven't I
seen you at ... 's?
- You're a friend of .. .'s, aren't you?
Making offers
- How about ...?
- Can I get you something to drink? / Could I get you a
drink? - Would you like something to eat?
Commenting on the situation
- It's a great party, isn't it?
- Isn't it a great / lovely party?
- The music sounds great, doesn't it?
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Post
Playing a game
T shows the rules
Sts throw a of thread at
others. The st who catches
the thread make and
introduction the next sts
will response and make
another introduction.
Homework
Practice speaking again
Prepare for the next lesson
Date: 10th-15th, 2007
Week: 2
Period: 5
Theme 1: FRIENDSHIP
LESSON 5
Class: 11a5
Kí duyệt:
WRITING A NARRATIVE
I/ Aims
a. Knowledge
- To supply expressions of describing someone
- To write a description of somebody
b. Skills
writing and reading
II/ Procedures
Stage
s
befor
e
Activitie
s
Content
Writing DESCRIBING PEOPLE
T gives
A: WORD POWER
the
Task 1: match the questions with information it conveys
handouts
1. What's he like?
a. what he enjoys
so that
2. What does he look like?
b. general description
the sts do
3. What does he like?
c. physical description
it
carefully
Task 2: put the words in the correct column describing personality or
appearance
confident
generous
patient
ambitious
a sense of humour
shy
boring
easy-going
Extrovert h
lively
supportive
pretty
overweight
elderly
smart
well-built
balding
in his/her mid-thirties
suntanned
freckles
shortish
double chin
glasses
moustache
scruffy
plump
curly
Describing people
Personality/qualities/character
Appearance
Confident, …
Describing appearance - What's he like? Is she nice?
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Height
Build
frail, stocky, slim, thin,
tall, tallish, short,
plump, fat, skinny, wellshortish, medium height
built
Face
round, oval,
square, with
scares, wrinkles
(nep nhan),
freckles, suntanned, pale
Eyes
big round blue
eyes, large,
small, bright,
narrow
Hair
bald, straight,
curly, black,
wavy
Age
young, elderly, middleaged, teenager, in 20s,
30s, 40s
Clothes
casual, scruffy bẩn
thỉu, shabby(xoang
xỉnh) , smart (thong
minh, banh bao), tidy,
messy
Describing Character - What's he like? Is she nice?
aggressive,
generous,
energetic,
tough,
dull, boring,
loyal, selfconfident,
careless,
imaginative,
controlled,
selfish,
practical,
ambitious,
moody,
shy,
sensible,
crafty,
trusting,
stubborn,
independent,
sensitive,
modest,
reliable,
stupid, strong- gentle, naive
tolerant,
clumsy,
minded,
friendly
intelligent
Describe Your Person
His/her name is ______________.
He/she...
is _____ years old.
is _______________. (Nationality)
speaks ___________. (Language)
is from _______________.
lives in _______________.
is single / PACSed / married / divorced / widowed.
has a boyfriend / a girlfriend.
has ___ children / ___ daughter(s) and ___ son(s).
likes ___________+ing.
likes to ____________.
doesn't like ___________+ing.
doesn't like to ___________.
What does he/she look like?
He/she...
is tall / short.
is fat / skinny.
has long / short hair.
has black / brown / red / blond (blonde / gray hair.
is bald.
has brown / blue / hazel / green eyes.
wears glasses / contacts (kính sát tròng / braces.(=belt dây nịch)
wears a hat / earrings / a necklace / a bracelet / a ring.
has a mustache / a beard.
has a piercing / a tattoo.
What is she/he like?
He/ she is …
careful, hardworking,
worried,
cheerful, active,
broadminded,
curious,
secretive
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Kí duyệt: Date: , 2007
Period: 6LESSON 5
Week: 2
Theme1: FRIENDSHIP
Class: 11a5
WRITING A NARRATIVE
I/ Aims
Students learn how to write a narrative about people
Lexical items: Words/ phrases used in a narrative about people: physical characteristics and
characters.
Structures: How could I ever forget…; The way he looked …: he has a way of criticizing …;
etc.
Teaching aids: Projector, handouts, a copy of sample writing to show on the screen.
II/ Procedures
Teacher’s Activities
Warm-up
Put the following words in two columns headed
“Positive” and “Negative”
energetic amusing honest aggressive shy nervous
clever atrractive boring cautious careless cruel
intelligent disagreeable dishonest rude generous
kind reckless vicious timid imbecile polite caring
helpful good-natured quick-witted
PRE-WRITING
Asks sts to write about someone they like, trying to
use some of the words in the list above. Individual
work.
1._______ is one of the people I like the most.
He/She is very 2.______ and 3.______, and he/she
is rarely 4.______. Sometimes I get 5.______, but
being with 6._____ always makes me feel
7.______. I am very lucky to have such a 8.______
friend.
Students’ Activities
Ss’ answers. Classwork.
Positive
Negative
amusing attractive
aggressive boring
cautious clever
careless
cruel
energetic generous disagreeable rude
honest intelligent
dishonest nervous
kind
polite
reckless shy
caring
helpful
vicious
timid
good-natured
imbecile pushy
quick-witted
Sts’ answers may vary. Expected answers:
1. Bob 2. intelligent 3. amusing 4.boring
5. depresses 6. Bob/him 7.better/happy 8.
good
Asks sts to write about someone they don’t like,
trying to use some of the words in the list above.
I don’t like people who are 1.______ or provocative
. They often make others feel 2.______ or
3.______. The worst thing about 4.______ people is
that they usually get what they want.
1. aggressive/ pushy 2. shy
aggressive/ pushy
WHILE-WRITING
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WRITING TASK a)
Asks sts to work in pairs and complete the passage
with words from the box. Some words can be used Work in pairs and discuss. Expected answers:
more than once.(Writing, part a, page 20)
1.tall 2.slim 3.short 4.appearance
5.controlled 6.smart 7.vicious 8.shy
Ask sts to read the passage again to list the missing 9.timid 10.imbecile 11.imbecile
12.imbecile
information.
13.terrified (‘crazy’is not used)
1. Where/when they met
Work in pairs, discuss and give answers
2. Physical characteristics
class, fourth grade
2. Characters
tall, slim, good-looking appearance
Asks sts whether they want to have a friend like self-controlled, smart, like playing tricks and
Bin. Why or why not?
teasing, nice if in a good mood
WRITING TASK b)
Say Yes or No, then explain
Ask sts to work in groups of four, discuss and
number each sentence to show its order in the piece
of writing.(Writing, part b, pp 20,21)
Groupwork. Expected answers:
1. I met Trang at my cousin’s birthday
Asks sts to read again the complete piece of writing
party two years ago.
and draw their attention to the topic sentence ”I met
2. It was her cheerful face with the two
Trang at my cousin’s birthday party two years ago”
dimples on her cheeks that attracted me
and the last sentence to end the writing “ I must say
at first sight.
that Trang is one of my best friends now.”
3. She looked athletic in blue jeans and a
T-shirt, and she danced beautifully at
the party.
4. During the party, she was always
surrounded by a cheerful and noisy
crowd.
5. After the party, we met each other quite
often because we shared a common
interest – playing chess.
6. She was a decisive and smart player at
the game.
7. Furthermore, she was an interesting
playmate because she was able to help
me improve my playing strategies.
8. Unfortunately, my family had to move
to a big city.
9. However, we still keep in touch through
Gives sts handouts of an incomplete writing and
e-mails.
removed sentences and have them to “take these
10. I must say that Trang is one of my best
sentences home”to make a complete writing.
friends now.
Handout:
A. Linh has been my best friend since we were in Work in pairs and discuss where the removed
grade 8. B. We have shared our comon interest, sentences should go.
playing badminton, and gotten along well with a Expected answer:
group of top five through the previous year.C. At A. Linh has been my best friend since we were
the beginning of this year, our group joined a relief in grade 8. 1. She is an attractive girl with short
activity in a southern province.
D. She is a hair and a cheerful face with dimples on both
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smart and decisive leader in tasks. E. At the same
time, she is also a very helpful and cooperative
person when she works with you. F. Whenever you
have a problem, you can talk to her to seek her
advice. G. I love and respect her for her helpfulness,
kindness and cooperation.
cheeks.B. We have shared our common
interest, playing badminton, and gotten along
well with a group of top five through the
previous years. C. At the beginning of this year,
our group joined a relief activity in a southern
province. 2. Linh was our leader, and her
decisions during the trip proved that our
selection was right. D. She is a smart and
1. She is an attractive girl with short hair and a decisive leader in tasks. E. At the same time,
cheerful face with dimples on both cheeks
she is also a very helpful and cooperative
2. Linh was our leader, and her decisions during the person when she works with you. F. Whenever
trip proved that our selection was right.
you have a problem, you can talk to her to seek
3. I have been her “client” for years.
her advice. 3. I have been her “client” for years.
4. I must say, so far, Linh has been my best friend.
4. I must say, so far, Linh has been my best
friend. G. I love and respect her for her
WRITING TASK c)
helpfulness, kindness and cooperation.
Asks sts to examine the above passages to write
about one of their friends in the same way. Asks
them to take notice of verb tenses when they narrate
something and the way to describe a person.
Provides them with some useful expressions they
can use in their writings:
We first met when we were on a school excursion
to …
Sts listen and follow T’s instructions. Do their
We first met at a common friend’s birthday party.
writing task. (Individual work)
What I like most about him/her is his/her sense of
humour./ that he/she is very friendly.
One of my favourite things about him/her is …
We’ve been through good times and bad times.
We have a lot in common./ We share a lot of
interests.
It is him/her who I can share my joys and sorrows
with.
POST-WRITING
Asks sts to swap their writings and do the checking.
Chooses at random some of the sts’writings and
correct them together with the sts.
Shows a sample passage on the screen for the class
to watch. Asks them to give remarks and asks what
they can learn from the sample.(use of language,
structures, idea development etc.)
Sample passage:
Do as instructed. (Individual and class work).
I met Mai at a social gathering some years ago. She
is a friend of my friend’s. She stood in the room,
among others, but looked very different from them.
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Her lovely and innocent face with rosy cheeks
seemed to brighten the room. I was attracted by the Look at the screen and read the passage
way she smiled and laughed when she was talking carefully. Get ready to answer if asked.
with her friends. I came near to her and introduced
myself. I still remember the lovely smile and the
dimples on her cheeks when she greeted me. Her
voice was so soft and sweet when she talked with
you. We have been friends since that day, and up to
now we have still gotten along well. She was also a
very kind and charitable person in social work as I
found out when we went on a number of charity
trips together. Now she is studying in Australia, but
we still keep contact through e-mail.
Homework
Asks sts to write about a person he/she admires the
most. Their writing should be between 130 – 150
words.
Write down on their notebooks and do this
writing task at home
Date: 17th-22nd , 2007
Week: 3
Theme 1: FRIENDSHIP
LESSON 6: LANGUAGE FOCUS
VERB FORM
LINKING WORDS
Period: 7
I/ Aims
Knowledge
- To supply descriptive adjectives
- To review verb form
- To work with linking words
skills
writing and reading
II/ Procedures
Stages
Activities
Content
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Grammar
Word Study
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Word Study
Word Study - Descriptive Adjectives
a. Underline the adjectives in the following sentences
1. He believes in true friendship and fair play.
T helps sts review the
2. My best friend is a responsible and honest girl.
positions of Adjectives so
3. Mr. Linh is not only a devoted but also an excellent
that the sts can decide
which words are
teacher.
adjectives easily
4. We have been best friends for many years.
Sts underline the
5. Na is both sociable and kind.
adjectives
6. He worked hard so that he could gain a prosperous life.
T moves around the
classroom for help
7. It is very kind of you to wish me a prosperous and long
T and sts check
life.
8. The bus driver was smart and quick enough to avoid a
collision with a very fast truck traveling in the opposite
direction.
Vocabulary Sts read the words
b) Read the text. Fill in the blanks with words from the
Sts fill in the blanks
box
Persistent
young
poor
wooden
T and sts check
unforgettable
Poisonous
afraid of
bushy long loud
piercing
He is a (1) man living in the countryside. Yet he has been
(2) snakes because he got an (3)experience of them. One
day he went into the forest in his neighborhood with two of
his playmates to gather (4) sticks for sale. While they were
going through a (5) area, a deadly (6) snake bit one of the
boys. The (7) boy uttered a (8) sound and fell to the
ground. Since then he has had a (9) phobia of snakes
1. young
2. afraid of
3. unforgetable
4. wooden
5. Bushy
6. poisonous
7. poor
8. long loud piercing
9. persistent
c) Rearrange the words in each sentence to make it
T helps the sts to review
grammatically correct. The first one has been done for
the structure of a simple
you
sentence
1. the / small / there / bottles / five / green / are / table /
T models
on
Sts work in pairs
There are five green bottles on the small table.
Sts write down on GB
2.
made / he / fatal/so / mistakes / far / has / many
Sts check
3. submarine / son / ugly / yellow / my / large / an / has
T gives remarks
4. silk / blue / bought / a / she / has / collapsible /
umbrella
5. village / children / having approached / ragged / the /
saw / of / we / a / lot / screaming
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Grammar
Grammar
Verb Form Review
Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs
in parentheses. The first one has been done for you.
Linking
Words
Linking Words :
T asks sts what the words’
meanings
Match one line in column A with one in column B. Then
use the correct linking words in the box to fill in the
blanks.
And
or
but
either
neither
1. he packed his suitcase
a. nor their teachers have
prepared for the excursion.
2. does it mean he’s going
to recover
b. or send him a fax.
3. I thought it was late
c. ____ stay unconscious?
4. I’ll ___ make a call
d. ___ it was still very
early.
5. ____ the students
e. __ went out to the
minibus
Homework
Prepare new lesson
Date: 17th-22nd, 2007
Week: 3
Theme2: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
LESSON 1: READING 1
Class: 11a5
Kí duyệt:
PARTIES
Period: 8
I/ Aims
Knowledge
- To scan for specific information
- To help the sts to be able to recognise the activities related to senses.
- To reinforce the sts confidence.
skills
Reading
II/ Procedures
Warm –up
Stages
Activities
Warm –up
Content
Experience is somethings related to what we did, ate,
drank, saw, heard tasted or smelt, …
To have experiences, we must have the five senses,
Let’s have a competition between two group writing down the
five senses. Who finishes first will be the winner.
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b. Make a cross on what you did and how you felt when you
T gives the handouts for the first went to a party. Compare your answers with your
sts to stick how they felt
partners.
and what they did at their
How you felt
What you did
first parties
embarrassed
made friends
happy
chatted to somebody
excited
kept quiet
inept
ate and drank a lot
nervous
danced and sang
shy
watched what other people did
Others…
Others …
T gives the new words
New words:
Sts read the new words
(exp) in vain: With no result/ uselessly
(exp) retreat into one’s shell: Thu mình lại
(v) slip away: Leave quietly without being noticed
(a) sociable: Friendly and well-fitted with other people
Introduction
What is it?
T shows the picture and
Are many people at the party men or women?
asks the sts
This is the character of the reading.
Is he old or young?
This was the first time he came to the party
T shows guiding questions
Guiding questions
1. Did the writer enjoy the party?
2. How was the writer when he first came to the party?
T reads the text once
Task 1: Work with your partners. Read the text carefully and
T checks sts’ understanding answer the questions.
with question 1
1. What did the writer see and hear when he came to his
friend’s house for dinner?
Sts read the text again and
2. How did he feel?
then answer the questions
3. Did he start the conversation with other people?
4. Did he enjoy the party or did he want to leave the
party?
T checks the answers
Expected answers
He saw many people talking merrily and heard someone ask
his name.
He felt nervous, uncomfortably hot, inept in other people’s
eyes.
No, he didn’t.
He wanted to leave the party
T shows the True/ False
Task 2: True/ False Statements
Statements
1. _____The writer was a sociable person.
2. _____To him, making friends was easy.
Sts read the text
3. _____He was able to manage to grow out of his
T checks
shyness
Task 3: Questions And Answers
Bc he thought everyone was Why was he nervous at the party?
looking at him.
Did he find anyone he knew?
No, he didn’t
What did he think of himself?
He thought himself as
innept and inadequate.
T gives the cards
Task 4: Move around the class and interview your friends
about his/her first time to the parties then report it
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Content
Name
What / whose party
When
Sts move around the class
What / did
to ask about the text and
How / felt
their friends’ first party
Others
Homework
How did the writer feel after the party?
Date: 17th-22nd , 2007
Week: 3
Theme2: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
LESSON 2: READING 2
Name
Class: 11a5
Kí duyệt:
PARTIES
Period: 9
I/ Aims
Knowledge
- To scan for specific information
- To help the sts to be able to recognise the activities related to senses.
- To reinforce the sts confidence.
skills
Reading
II/ Procedures
Stages
Activities
Pre- T asks the sts
T shows the picture to
emphasize that the
character thought about
the party very much
Content
Did his first party experience affect him the following day?
The party
The party
The party
Sts give the answers
The party
The party
T gives the sts some
expressions for them to
explain
The party
Expected answers:
He thought of the party all day
He felt dispirited and sad because he had been embarrassed,
nervous
(v) Come to
bring back
to + mind
go through
go on
ask oneself = wonder/ think
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T gives the new words
(v) Appear = come into view/sight
(v) Image = picture
Sts practice reading the
(v) Influence = affect (n) Influence on = affect on
new words
(a) Embarrassing
(a) Embarrassed He felt embarrassed when he arrived there.
(n) Embarrassment
Sts read the left of the
(a) Nervous nervousness (n)
reading.
(a) adequate >< inadequate:sufficient enough >< not enough
(n) Train : sequence of connected events
(v) Manage to : try to control
(a) Adequate >< inadequate/laughable = enough/ sufficient
(n) Thought – think (v)
(a) Dispirited = depressed / downhearted
while T asks the sts to work in
Questions and answers
pairs answer the
1. Did his first party affect him the following day? If yes, give
questions
an example.
2. What came to his mind?
T shows the answers
3. What are his two big decisions?
4. How did he feel as the train of thoughts went on longer?
Sts fill in the blanks
T shows the answers
1. stop
2. should
3. embarrassment
4. back
Post
T asks the sts.
After the party he felt
inadequate, dispirited and
sad.
He is shy and lack of
confidence
Homework
Date: 17th-22nd , 2007
Week: 3
The next day he could not _____1____thinking about how he
____2______ have appeared to the other people there.
_____3_____ came to mind and brought _____4_______ all the
embarrassment and ______5______. He decided that he would
never do that again. Other ______6_____ also went through his
mind, about how hard it was to_______7______ friends, and how
_______8______ he felt compared to other people. He
_____9______ if he could ever change, as he had always been
shy. Other ____10____ people seemed to have managed to grow
_____11_____ it, so he also asked himself whether there was
something wrong with him. The longer this train of thoughts
went on, the more _____12_____ and sadder he felt many days
after his first party experience
How did he feel after the party?
What kind of person do you think he is?
Read the second paragraph. Pick out the information which
expresses the character’s feelings during and after the party
Work in groups. Discuss what advice you would give the
character in order to overcome such an experience
Have you ever been in such situation as the man’s?
What did you do at the party?
Were you shy or inconfident?
What have you done to overcome it?
What do you think the man should do to overcome his shyness?
Prepare listening
Theme 2: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
LESSON 3: LISTENING
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AN EMBARRASSMENT
Period: 10
I/ Aims
Knowledge
Ss improve their listening skill, learning how people tell others their personal experiences.
Ss learn some more words and expresions
II/ Procedures
Stages
Before
Activities
Warm – up
New words
T explains some new words
Sts read the new words
Sts make some sentences
with the new words
Content
Tell funny story
(n) Duty = what you have to do/ responsibility/ task
(v) Notice = see/ become aware of
(v) witness = see/ view
(v) Hurry (to)
(n) be in a hurry (exp)
(n) Shelf – shelves
(v) Realize = recognize / understand
(v) Reach = arrive at / get to
(a) Lucky = fortunate Luckily = fortunately
Sts work in pairs, fill in the
blanks with suitable words
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Embarrassing
Presentation
Searching/ standing
Ashamed
carelessness
T plays the cassette twice
Sts compare the answers
with their partners
Sts listen and check
Expected answers
1.
F
2.
T
3.
F
4.
T
5.
T
Listen to the story again
Sts make the right choice
a) Fill in the blanks with the words from the box.
Embarrassing
ashamed searching
carelessness
presentation
standing
1. I believe that everyone has had _____________experience
2. Everything seemed so nice until I noticed that I had left the
storybook with which I had the duty to do an oral
____________to the club members.
3. I saw the book on a shelf not very far from the place we
were______________.
4. My face was hot and I felt extremely __________of myself.
5. My friend had an opportunity to laugh at
my_____________.
b) Listen to a student's experience. Check () whether the
following statements are true (T) or false (F). For the false
statements, write the true information.
1. ___The embarrassing experience happened on one
Saturday.
2. ___The weather was nice on his way to the club meeting.
3. ___He went into a bookstore to find the novel he
collected.
4. ___He put his bicycle in front of the store.
5. ___He felt ashamed of his carelessness for having taken
someone else's bicycle.
c) Listen to the story again. Check () the adjectives that you
think areappropriate to the student's experience in the story in
1/ What was the experience like?
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T checks
1.
Funny = humorous = amusing =
2.
Careful = cautious =wary
3.
Sociable
1. Embarrassing
4.
Embarrassing
2. Careless
2/ What was the writer like?
5.
Reserved
6.
Careless
7.
Fearful = afraid/ scared/ apprehensive
8.
Forgettable = unmemorable
Sts work in pairs, ask and
answer about the writer’s
experience
Sts retell the story
Date: 24th-29th , 2007
Week: 4
Period: 11
d. Work in pairs. Ask your partner about the following
information
1. What kind of experience did the writer have?
2. When did it happen?
3. Who was cycling beside him on the way to the club?
4. What was his duty on that day’s meeting?
5. What did he realize on the way to the club?
6. What did he decide to go?
7. Where did he put his bicycle?
8. What was his embarassing experience?
Theme 2: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
LESSON 4: SPEAKING
Class: 11a5
Kí duyệt:
TALKING ABOUT ACTIVITIES
WITH SENSES
I/ Aims
Knowledge
1/ kinds of animals
2/ verbs of sensation/sense verbs
3/ special ability of animals
II/ Procedures
Stages
Activities
Content
Sts close their books and
Match the pictures with the words
are devided into 2 groups,
they match the pictures
with its names
Expected answers
a/ a dog
b/ a falcon
c/ a bat
d/ a taster
e/ a smoke dectector
f/ a heat-seeking missile
Sts fill in the blanks
1/ a dog
2/ a taster 3/ a falcon
4/ a smoke detector
5/ a bat
6/ a heat – seeking missile
(a) Work in pairs. Match the pictures with activities with the
senses
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Expected answers
1/ ________sees from a long distance.
a/ a falcon
2/ ________ discovers fire in a room.
2/ a smoke detector
3/ ________ discovers and follows a heating source.
3/ a heat-seeking missile
4/ ________ tastes alcoholic drinks to differentiate them.
4/ a taster
5/ ________ hears from a long distance.
5/ a bat
6/ ________ smells in order to search for something.
6/ a dog
b) Talk about activities with the senses.
Example
A: What do you think dogs are good at?
B: Well, I guess they are good at smelling in order to search
forsomething.
d/ work in pairs, ask and answer these questions
What was it?
When did it happen?
Who was concerned?
What did you do/eat/meet/ see/ hear/ smell/ taste?
How did you feel then?
How did the experience affect you?
Date: 24th-29th , 2007
Week: 4
Theme 2: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
LESSON 4: WRITNG 1
Class: 11a5
Kí duyệt:
DESCRIBING PAST EXPERIENCE
Period: 12
I/ Aims
Knowledge
How to talk about their experiences
Ss know how to organize a letter and tell their friends about their past experience
II/ Procedures
Stages
PRE-
Activities
T gives some new words
Sts read the new words
Content
New words
(n) Commencement exercises
(n) Reunion (dinner)
(v) Invite
(n) The remaining friends
(exp) pay the bill
(v) Solve – solution (n)
(n) Pants = trousers
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Read the letter and fill in the blanks
T asks the sts read the open
1. funny
7. abroad
letter and fill in blanks
2. social
8. thanks
3. host
9. happened
4. mutual
10. carefully
5. together
11. embarrassed
6. dish
12. luckily
T gives the students the
handouts and asks them to
read carefully each parts
and do some exercises so
that they have material to
write about their
memorable experiences
Introduction
Helpful expressions
Introduction
1/ I believe that everyone has had their own experience. My
most unforgetable thing happened to me …
2/ Have you ever had an interesting experience? Well, I have
3/ Once I …
4/ My most happy thing happened to me when I was a ninegrade student.
5/ Ving is the most memorable thing in my life.
What was it? What did
you do? What happened
then?
What was it? What did you do? What happened then?
Simple past tense
S + V-ed / V2
T helps the sts review past
simple tense
How did the experience
affect you the days later?
Sts match activities and the
affects
S + didn’t Vbare
I talked to My Tam, a famous pop singer I like best.
I spoke English to a native English speaker
I failed an exam.
I was seriously ill
I travelled to other parts of the country
How did the experience affect you the days later?
A
B
1. Speaking English to a
a. makes you love your
native English speaker
country more
2. Being seriously ill
b. teaches you a lesson and
3. Travelling to other
makes you study harder
parts of the country
c. makes you appreciate your
4. Failing an exam
health more
5. Talking to a famous
d. makes you more
pop star
interesting in learning
English
e. changes your attitude to
pop stars
From that day up to now, S + have VPP
Up to the present,
Up till now,
How did you feel when … ? How did you feel when … ?
I felt/got/was/became + adj I felt/got/was/became + adj
Adjectives
Shy / jealous /Embarrassedn / Excited / surprised
T asks the sts to fill in the
Interested in / Frightened /Scared / Angry / upset /Happy /
blanks
Sad Nervous /Ashamed of myself/ ashamed for him/Proud
There are several adjectives 1. I was very ____ when my father appeared on TV with the
filled in each blank
Prime Minister.
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