Lesson Plan (grade 11 – advanced)
Period 126: Preparation date : 21/4/2008
Unit 15: Lesson : writing (cont)
I. Aims :
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to organize accounts in chronological order.
- By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write a biography
II. Lexical items :
- biography
- chronological order
III. Structures :
- he was born in Dijon, France, in 1832, to a family known for fine craft work of wood
- he graduated from L’Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures, Paris, in 1855.
IV. Teaching aids:
- textbook - handouts - Sheets of paper
- chalk and board - pictures
V. Techniques :
- writing-based
- Procedures :
State/time Teacher’s and students’ activities Blackboard Materials

1. warm-
up
(7’)
Checking the previous lesson
- write on the board parts of a biography
which are ordered randomly
- call on a St to rearrange in order.
- check the answer
Transition: last time we studied
components of and a biography; and
words and phrases for writing a Activity 1: presenting an outline again
( quickly)
- elicit what to be included in a biography
from SS:
Name, date, and place of birth, his or her
family, social, cultural. Educational
background
- tell SS that a biography is normally
organized in chronological, i.e. in the
order of time that the events take place.
Activity2:introducing useful language

- expressions of time:
. In his later years….
. at the age of 20….
. On March 1
st
, 1890 …
. During the winter, he ….
- clause of time:
. she moved to China when
she was nine
. as soon as she finished
her degree, she worked as a

Chalk and

- call on SS to write the sentences up on
the board.
- tell SS that the completed paragraphs
will make up a biography about A.
Graham Bell
- Elicit the order of the paragraphs
- invite class opinions and make
corrections in front of the whole class.
Small
board
cards


(1’)
- Ask Sts to write a biography of famous
person of their own choice.