Giáo án Tiếng Anh 11 Unit 3: A party

Stages

Activities

Contents

Warm up

(5 ‘)

Pre-reading

(10 ‘)

While reading

( 20’)

Post- reading

(9 ‘)

5. Homework

(1’)

Divide the class intro two groups

Stick eight pictures on the board

Ask Ss in each group to identify the holidays and celebrations in the USA and write them on the board.

The group with more correct words is the winner.

Lead-in: - What do people often do on these occasions?

Pre-teaching vocabulary

-T explains some words

-T asks sts to work in groups

-Sts discuss and fill in the blanks with the correct word

-T asks sts to read the sentences

-T corrects

-Ask Ss to work in pairs to look at the pictures in their textbooks, asking and answering the questions.

-Call on some Ss to give the answers

-Give comments

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Task 1

Ask Ss to work in pairs to read the text and decide which of the activities take place at a birthday party or at a wedding anniversary party or at both, then put a tick in the right column.

Call on some Ss to give the answers.

Give feedback on what Ss have.

Task 2

Ask Ss to work in  pairs, reading  the text again.

Ask Ss to read  the sentences and underline the wrong word in each sentences and provide the correct one.

Call on some Ss to give the answers

Make corrections if necessary

Ask Ss to work in pairs, one is an interview and the other is an interviewee.

Ask Ss to talk about the celebration of birthday or wedding anniversaries, using the following questions

Call on some pairs to act in front of the class.

Give comments.

T asks sts to prepare for next period

Game: On what occasion?

Key: 1.  Christmas,      2.  Thanksgiving,     3.   New Year’s,   4.   Independence Day,

5.   Birthday,         6. Labour Day,        

7.   Picnic,              8.   wedding

Expected answer

 People often eat, drink, sing, and dance. They often have parties. The lesson today is the reading text about parties and how people celebrate them.

Pre-teaching vocabulary:

1. blow out (v) to put out a flame
2. celebrate (v) to do something enjoyable because of a special occasion or to mark someone’s success: làm lễ kỷ niệm
3. anniversary (n)

My birthday is on December 29^th. I’m celebrating the fortieth . . . . . . of my birthday this year.

Checking: Gap-fill

1. We celebrated our 20^th wedding . . . . . . in Florence.
2. She . . . . . . the candles on the cake.
3. Tim has passed his exams. We are going to . . . . . .

Questions and answers:

1. What is the relationship between the people in the pictures?

The people in the picture 1 are friends and in the picture 2 belong to a family.

2. What are they celebrating?

The children in picture 1 are celebrating a birthday party and the people in picture 2 are celebrating a golden wedding anniversary

Read and tick (task 1)

Expected answers:

1. both                 

2. both                 

3. birthdays 

4. anniversaries    

5. anniversaries   

 6. both                 

7. birthdays

Task 2: Recognizing the wrong words. Expected answers:

1. eighth ( seventh)               

2. makes ( eats)    

3. food ( presents)        

4. over the age of 30 (over age 30)    

5. months ( years)                  

 6.     5^th ( 50^th)   

7. silver ( golden)

Interviewing

1. Where  do you prefer to celebrate your birthday, at home or in the restaurant?

2. Do your parents celebrate their wedding anniversaries?

3. Are you going to celebrate your wedding anniversaries in the future? Why or why not?

Write a short paragraph about what you collect from the interview

Prepare “ speaking”