English 10 - Unit 12 - Writing - 123doc

- Ask Ss to look at the extra board, read carefully and do on 3 minutes.. Activity 2: 8 minutes - Ask Ss to review the tense of verb using to write a profile.. - Look at the extra board,

Trainee teacher: Nguyễn Thị Hà Xuyên.

Instructor: Nguyễn Hoàng Diệu Thư

Date: February 23, 2011

Lesson Plan: English 10

UNIT 12: MUSIC

WRITING

(2 periods – 90 minutes)

Objectives:

By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:

- Improve their writing skill

- Write a profile based on provided prompts

- Gain more knowledge about the life story of some composers

Teaching Aids:

Textbook, CD player, handout, etc

Procedure:

Teacher 's activities Students’ activities

I Warm up: (10 minutes)

- Invite Ss to join an exciting game: Guessing Game

- Read in turn 4 short profile of 4 singers and

composers or musicians and ask Ss to guess who they

are T can provide more details if Ss can’t give out the

answers

 Mỹ Tâm: + she was born in

Da Nang in 1981 She is a

Vietnamese pop singer who

archieved fame with such

significant songs as “Duong Nhu

Ta Da”, “Uoc Gi”, “Niem Tin

Chien Thang”

+ Show a picture of My Tam

+ Play a song of My Tam: Ước Gì

famous Vienamese composer,

musician and songwriter He

wrote such famous song as

“Bien Nho”, “Diem Xua”,

“Mot Coi Di Ve”

+ Show a picture of Trinh Công Sơn

+ Play a song of Trịnh Công Sơn: Mot Coi Di Ve

 Michael Jackson: He was an

American singer and dancer -

referred as the King of Pop He

died in 2009 His famous songs

includes “Heal the world”, “We are

the world”, “Black or White”

+ Show a picture of Michael

Jackson

+ Play a song of Michael Jackson: Heal the world

- Work individually

- Join enthusiastically the game

- Listen carefully to each of 4 profiles

- Raise hand quickly to answer and then receive the present from T

- If Ss cannot answer when hearing the profile, they can see the picture and guess or listen to the song that

T plays

- Answer after listen to the profile, S will receive 3 lollipops, after seeing the picture, 2 lollipops, after listen to the song, 1 lollipop

 Scott Joplin: He was born in Texas

in 1886, into a poor but musical black

family He wrote 50 piano rags, and

he was called the King of Ragtime

+ Show a picture of Scott Joplin

* Lead: Scott Joplin is a famous

American musician and we will know

more about him through the lesson to day Part D:

Writing (Writing a profile)

II Pre-writing:

Activity 1: (7minutes)

- Ask Ss to close all textbooks

- Glue the extra board onto the board: (enclosed the

content in the last page)

- Ask Ss to look at the extra board, read carefully and

do on 3 minutes

- After 3 minutes, call some students to speak aloud

the answers

- Correct the pronunciation mistakes and feedback the

answer

Activity 2: (8 minutes)

- Ask Ss to review the tense of verb using to write a

profile

+ Use the verbs in the simple past tense:

S + Ved/V2…

- Review the prepositions and conjunctions using to

write a profile if necessary

* in + year (in 1980)

* on + day/month/year (on November 15, 1923).

* be born + in + place (be born in Dalat)

* Conjunctions: All in all, after that, and, etc

Activity 3 (20 minutes):

- Ask students to open the textbook and turn on page

129, Task1

- Ask Ss to works in pairs, read carefully Task 1 and

follow the instruction

- Go around the class to help if Ss need

- Call some Ss to read aloud the answer

- Correct the pronunciation mistakes and give

feedback

- Work individually

- Look at the extra board, read carefully and put the correct word in column B to the sentence in column A

- Ask T when having some new words

- Raise hand and speak aloud the answers

Suggested answer:

1 A

2 E

3 D

4 G

5 B

6 A

7 F

- Whole class

- Review the simple past tense

- Listen to the review of prepositions and conjunctions

- Write down into the notebook

- Give some example if T asks

- Work in pairs

- Read carefully Task 1 in the textbook, use the prompts to make up complete sentences about Scott Joplin, a famous American musician

- Do the Task with their partners

- Ask T when having some problems

- Raise hand and read aloud the answers

- Suggested answer:

1 He learnt to play music when he was young.

2 Scott learnt to play works of composers like Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart as well as to compose music.

3 He quickly became famous.

4 His tunes were wonderful mixture of classical European and African beats which was known as Ragtime.

5 All in all he wrote50 piano rags, and was called the King of Ragtime.

6 Scott Joplin died in 1917.

III While-writing:

Activity 1: (5 minutes)

- Ask Ss to open the text book and turn on page 129,

Task 2

- Have Ss find out which verbs or preposition using to

write Van Cao’s profile

- Prompt if Ss can’t give the answer

- Ask Ss to pay attention to the tense of verbs again

Activity 2: (20 minutes)

- Provide a prompt like Task 1 for student to write

easily

- Divide the class to some groups of 3 or 4 Ss, each

group has an extra board and a pen brush

- Give Ss 10 minutes to write the life story Van Cao

into the extra board

- Go around the class to help Ss if necessary

- After 10 minutes, ask each group change the extra

board with other groups to repair together by pencil in

5 minutes

- Collect all extra boards and glue them onto the

board

- Ask Ss to look at the extra boards and correct all

mistakes of spelling and grammar

The prompt:

1 Van Cao/born/November 15, 1923/Nam Dinh/a

poor workers’ family.

2 He/start/compose/music/when/very young.

3 He/write/first song/1939/and

quickly/become/famous.

4 1944/he/write/Tien Quan Ca/our National Anthem.

5 Van Cao/not only/write/songs/poems/but

also/draw/paintings.

6 He/die/July 10, 1995.

7 Van Cao/know/as/very talented

musician/and/highly/appreciated/the Vietnamese

people.

III Post-writing: (15 minutes)

- Provide another story of a singer in prompt

- Ask student to write quickly a profile

- After finish, call some students to stand up and read

aloud their profile

- Give feedbacks

+ Name: Michael Jackson

+ Born: August 29, 1958

+ Place of birth: Indiana

+ Family: an African American working-class family

+ Begin his solo career: 1970

+ Become famous: 1980

+ The best selling album: Thriller

Work individually

- Open the textbook, page 129, Task 2

- Read again Task 1 to find out how to use prepositions, supplements, articles, etc to answer + Name: Van Cao

+ Born: 15 – 11 – 1923 (be born, on).

+ Place of birth: Nam Dinh (in).

+ Family: poor workers (into).

+ Start composing music: when very young (be) + First song: 1939, quickly become famous (and, in) + Tien Quan Ca (National Anthem): 1944 (Write, in) + Artistic works: songs, poems, paintings (not only,

write, but also, draw).

+ Died: 10-7-1995 (on).

- Work in groups

- Write a paragraph of the story into the extra board based on the prompt

- Ask T when having some troubles

- After finish, change the extra board with another group and correct the mistake of their friends by pencil

- Help T glue the extra board onto the board

- Pay attention to what T correct on the board

- Take note if necessary

- Suggested answer:

Van Cao was born in Nam Định on November 15,

1923, into a poor workers’ family He started composing music when he was very young He wrote the first song in 1939 and then quickly became famous Tien Quan Ca, the National Anthem of Vietnam was written by Van Cao in 1944 Van Cao not only wrote songs and poems but also draw paintings He died on July 10, 1995 Văn Cao is known as a very talented musician and highly appreciated by the Vietnamese people.

- Work individually

- Look at the story of the singer that T provides

- Write quickly a profile

- Raise hand and read aloud the profile in front of the class

Suggested answer:

Michael Jackson was born on August 29, 1958 in Indiana, into an African American working-class family He began his solo career in 1970 and became famous in 1980 Thriller was his best selling album

He died on June 25, 2009.

+ Died: June 25, 2009

IV Review and Homework: (5 minutes)

- Ask Ss to review what they have just learnt

- Write the homework on the board

- Review a little about how to write a life story of a famous person (tense, preposition, etc.)

- Write down the homework into the notebook to do at home: Write about the life story of 1 composer that you know (name, born, place of birth, works, died, etc.)

- Prepare the next lesson Unit 12 – Language Focus

Hand out: Put the correct verbs into the blanks:

1 Scott in Texas in 1886, into a poor but musical black

family

A was called

3 Scott learned to play works of composers like Bach, Beethoven, and

Mozart as well as _music

C was born

5 His tunes were wonderful mixture of classical European and African

beats which as Ragtime

E learned

6 All in all he wrote 50 piano rags, and _the King of Ragtime F died

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