Period: 10 D - writING
Class

Teaching date

Absentees

11A
I. Objectives :By the end of the lesson , ss will be able to write a letter about
one of their most memorable past experience
Language focus
*grammar: Simple past tense
*Writing a letter
II. Method and Tecniques
-Communicative approach ,
- Gap-filing ,write it up, group work
III. teaching aids: text book, handout, poster.
IV. Procedures
A. Check up:Tell your experiences in your life and how did effect you?(5ms)
B. New lesson:
T’ACTIVITIES

STS’ACTIVITIES

Warm up(8m)

3. We normally write “Dear” or “Hello /
Hi” etc. plus the name of the person we
are writing to and a comma at the end.
4. We normally write something like
“Sincerely”, “Yours“, “Love”, “Cheers”,
“Best wishes”, “See you soon” etc. and
5. Where do we normally sign the
letter?
A. Preparing to write(10m)
T sets the scene: You are going to write
a friendly letter to a pen friend telling
him or her about one of your most
memorable past experiences,
T gets Ss to read the task silently and
work out what they are required to write
about.
Gives a letter and asks Ss to complete
the chat
Dear Helen
Last night I had a scary dream ,I
was walking along in an empty street at
night .Suddently, a lion appeared at the
end of the street .He ran towards me
with his big mouth open and sharp
teeth.He roared and jumped upon me.I
after that we put a comma.
5. Our signature normally goes under the
Closing.
+ When it happened?
-A year ago, my last summer vacation
+ Where it happened?
-A river near my grandparent’s house
towards the writer with his big mouth
and sharp teethHe roared and jumped
upon her
5.How the experience effected the
writer She was
frigtened now
Practise writing the letter base on the
outline
Individual work
A sample letter:
Cao Bang September 03nd 2009

Dear Long,
How have you been doing? Have you got
any plan for the coming school break?
Perhaps I will go to see my
grandparents in the countryside. I
haven’t seen them since my last school
holiday.
Let me tell you about my last summer
+ How it happened?
-When I was swimming, I suddenly
caught a cold, I felt dizzy and I was too
weak to swim
+ who was involved?
-Some of my friends were also

help. Immediately, another friend who
swims the best among us swam towards
me and tried to pull me up. Then other
-T chooses one letter and reads it to the
class
- T elicits corrective feedback from the
class and gives final comments
afterwards.

Home work(1ms)
-Write a letter of your experience
-Prepare the next lesson: L.Focus
friends swam towards us to help him
push me in My ljfe was finally saved.
Now recalling the moment I thought I
was going to die, I understand how
precious life is. This event definitely
taught me to appreciate my life.
What about you? Have you got any
unforgettable holiday that you would
like to share with me?
See you soon.
Nam