Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced)
Period 123: Preparation date :16 /04/2008
Unit 15 : Lesson : listening
I. Aims :
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to listen for specific information
- By the end of the lesson, the students will know more about the Taj Mahal.
II. Lexical items :
- love at the first sight - battle - emperor
- mourn - beyond description - palace
III. Structures :
-A traditional cake is often served with candles that are to be blown….
-If birthdays were perfectly random in their distribution across the year,… then there would be a
birthday celebration every 0,005 second.
IV. Teaching aids:
- textbook - CD player - Sheet of paper
- chalk - cards - Handouts
V. Techniques :
- skill-based ( listening, speaking)
VI. Procedures :
State/time Teacher’s and students’ activities Blackboard Materials

1. warm-
up
(7’)


- go over the answers with the whole
class
- the first group to work out the
correct sentence is the winner
- Transition:
In today’s listening section, we‘ll . p 123 Unit 15 Listening

Teaching new words:
-Pre-teach the words below though
explanations.
-Read aloud the following
explanations.
1.happen or appear with sth else
2.show respect for sth
3. make detailed arrangements for sth
you want to do
4. done , chosen, etc. without sb
thinking or deciding in advance what
is going to happen
5.having a taste that is salty , not
sweet

- love at the first sight : yeu tu
cai nhien dau tien
- battle (n) : fight
- emperor (n): hoang de
- mourn (v) : khoc thuong, than
khoc
- beyond description : khong ta
xiet
- palace (n) : cung dien


Activity 1:True - false(Task b, p38)
- Ask Sts to read though the
statements and keep in mind which
information they need to look for.
-Have SS listen to the first recoding
and decide whether each statement is
true (T) or false (F )
- call on Sts to give the answers and
elicit explanations for their choices
- Ask Sts to listen the recoding again .

Activity 2: Wh- question (Task c,
p38)
-Have SS read though the questions
and decide which information they
need to look for.
-Have SS listen to the second
Textbook
and CD
player


(1’)

Speaking : Information-gap
- Put SS into pairs .Student A is given
a text on birthday celebrations in
some place(s) and student B its
gapped version
-Within pairs, SS ask each other
questions to fill in the gaps.
-In turn student B is given a different
text and student A its gapped version.
-Pairs continue in the same way
-The teacher moves around the class
and intervenes only where necessary.
Vocabulary review
- tell Sts to learn the new words and
make some sentences with them,
describing a certain person Card 1- Jack and card 2 – Sinh
are delivered out Sts.
Handouts