Giáo án Tiếng Anh Lớp 11 - Unit 9 The post office - Nguyễn Văn Tạo

Lesson Plan – Grade 11

Teacher in-charge: Nguyen Van Tao

Date: January 3nd, 2011 Period 53 Unit 9 THE POST OFFICE

Lesson READING

I. Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:

- deduce the meaning of some words in certain context. - scan for specific details. II. Language Focus:

- Grammar: - New words: equip, express, transfer, notify, recipient, subscribe to newspapers . . . III. Teaching Aids: cassette player, textbook . . . . IV. Procedures:

Stages/

Time Teacher’s Activities Students’ Activities

Warm – up

(5 minutes)

Chatting -T raises some questions: + T shows Ss a letter and asks: What’s is this? ( A letter) + Where can you post a letter? (At the post office) + How far is it from your house to the nearest post office? (  . . . kilometers) + How often do you go to the post office? What for? (Once/twice a week. To post letters / to make a phone call / to buy phone cards) + What services do you think the post office offer? ( mail, phone call, . . . ) -T leads in the new lesson.

T  Ss

T  Ss

Pre – reading

(8 minutes)

-T asks Ss to work in pairs to discuss and give out the right services of the post office in the picture in the textbook. -T moves around the class and gives help. -T encourage Ss to add more services * Expected answers: a. Mail and Parcel Service b. Express Money Transfer c. Phone Call and Faxes d. Facsimile Service e. Press Distribution Service -T elicits or pre-teaches some new words. Vocabulary Pre-teach + equip (v): supply with what is needed in a company or an office + express (a): very fast + transfer (v): to hand over from one person or one place to another + notify (v) + recipient (n): receiver + subscribe to newspapers (exp)

T  Ss

T  Ss

S  S

While – reading

(5 minutes)

Task 1 – Multiple Choice -T asks Ss to work in pairs and do Task 1. -T asks Ss to go back to the passage and find the correct answers. -T tells Ss to compare their answers with each other. -T calls on some Ss to present and explain their answers in front of the class.

S  S

T  Ss

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Lesson Plan – Grade 11

Teacher in-charge: Nguyen Van Tao

-T gives feedback and correct answers. * Expected answer: 1. spacious ≠ cramped 2. courteous ≠ rude 3. speedy ≠ slow 4. original ≠ changed

(10 minutes)

Task 2 – Questions and Answers -T has Ss work in pairs to do Task 2. -T gives Ss time to read the whole passage. -T goes around the class and provides help if necessary. -T calls on some pairs to act out the activity in front of the class. -T comments and gives the suggested answers. * Expected answer: 1. It’s equipped with advanced technology and a spacious and pleasant front office. 2. They are sending letters by air, surface mail or express mail. 3. It is used for notifying the recipient of the time and place to receive the call. 4. I’ll have to subscribe to my favourite newspapers or magazines.

S  S

T  Ss

(10 minutes)

Activity 3 – Finding evidence in the text to support the statements -T asks Ss to work in pairs again and find evidence in the text that support the statements in the textbooks. -T goes around the class to help Ss. -T gets Ss to report their answers in front of the class. -T gives feedback. * Expected answers: 1. It opens daily from 7 a.m to 9 p.m 2. They offer a very competitive rate for parcels under 15 kilos. 3. They have Express Mail Service and your EMS will be delivered in the shortest possible time. 4. The money will sent in less than 24 hours.

S  S

T  Ss

Post – reading

(5 minutes)

Task 4 – Speak-it-up -T requires Ss to work in groups of four to discuss the questions: 1. Which service provided by Thanh Ba Post Office do you think is the most important and why? 2. What services do you think Thanh Ba Post Office should have in the future? -T goes around to control and gives help to Ss. -T calls on some Ss to present their ideas in front of the class. * Expected ideas for discussion: In the future, Thanh Ba Post Office should have Flower Telegram …