GIÁO ÁN ENGLISH 11
UNIT 2: PERSONAL
EXPERIENCES
READING
Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
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learn some vocabulary about personal experiences

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understand the passage

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to use the vocabulary to tell about their own personal

experiences
Lexical items: idol (n); glance (v); sneaky (adj); embarrassing (adj); make a fuss (exp)
Skills: reading, speaking, listening, writing
Teaching aids: pictures, handouts, textbook.

PROCEDURE
Teacher ‘s activities

Students’ activities

I. PRE-READING:

Ss to discuss what’s happening in each


3. Checking voc: (handout) (3’)

Gap- filling (Task 1 / p.24)
(individuals)
Key: 1. glanced 2. making a fuss
3. embarrassing
4. idol -5.sneaky

II. WHILE-READING:

-Ss read the passage silently in 3 mins.

1. Activity 1 (5’) (group work) Put the

Keys: 1.d – 2.b – 3.f – 4. e – 5.a - 6.c


pictures of the events (on the board) in the
order that they happen in the story.(correct
the prediction in warmer )
Activity 2 Multiple choice (5’).

Individuals

1. The writer’s most embarrassing
experience happened when she was....
A.

a teacher


B she picked on the street
C. She took from a school boy’s bag

Keys:

3. Activity 3 (Task 3/ p. 24)

1. So that she could buy the hat for

Comprehension questions (pair work )

herself

-Ss read the passage again and answer the

2. A wad of dollar notes exactly like the


following questions

ones her father had given her before.

1. Why did her father give her some money

3. Because she didn’t like to make a

on her birthday?

fuss.


*Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Students will be able to talk about past experiences
and how they affected one’s life.
*Lexical items: native speaker; affect (v); turtle (n)
*Skills: speaking; listening; writing; reading.
*Teaching aids: textbooks; pictures; handouts.
PROCEDURE

Teacher ‘s activities

Students’ activities

I. PRE-SPEAKING
1. Warm-up: (5ms) Hangman
Teacher asks Ss to think of a word
containing 10 letters, you can guess 2
letters first: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
2. Lead-in: (2ms)
_ asks Teacher Ss: .Have you ever had an
interesting experience?
3. Teaching vocabulary: (2ms)
- native speaker (n) (situation) người bản
xứ
Ex: Mary comes from England.
She speaks English as a native speaker

Key words: EXPERIENCE


- (to) affect (v) (example) ảnh hưởng
Ex: Smoking is harmful to our health. It

5_ e;

dialogue in front of the class.

Ss to pay attention to the questions:

Teacher sticks a poster with the completed

Have you ever ……..?

dialogue

6_ g;

4_ b; 5_ e

3_ h; 4_ a;

7_ c; 8_ f

How did it happen?

Teacher asks Ss to pay attention to the tense
of the verb <Simple past >

When did it happen?
How did the experience affect you?

III. POST- SPEAKING: (13ms)
Ask Ss to use the questions above to talk

Describing the picture (p27 - textbook).
 Lead - in (2’)
- Have you involved in or seen a fire?
- What did you do then?
- How did you feel?
 Vocabulary (10’):
- memorable (a) = unforgettable (a)

 Checking vocabulary (5’) (individual)

(synonym): đáng ghi nhớ

Gap - filling

- Terrified (a) sợ hãi (example)

1. A good pair of shoes will ………. your

Most people feel terrified when they see

feet while jogging.

snakes

2. The child ……….her mother tightly

- Scream (v): (explanation) la thất thanh,

because of fear.


the prison.
- Protect (v): (explanation)

after cooking.
8. They were trying to ……….from a
burning house.

What do we wear a helmet for? → to
protect our head
Keys:
1. protect 2. embraced 3. memorable 4.
terrified 5. screamed 6. replace
7. gas stove 8. escape

1. Activity 1 (5’) (Pair work) (task 1 P27)
1. Christina is a businesswoman
 True
 False
2. The fire happened three years ago
 True

II. WHILE – LISTENING

 False

Keys:

3. The fire started in the bedroom

1. T 2.F 3. F 4. F 5.T


3. a
5.f

6.e

-d. Her house burned down
-a. The fire started in the kitchen because

Keys:
1. small 2. everything 3. family
4. replaced 5. took 6. appreciate

she forgot to turn off the gas stove.
-c. She heard her mother’s voice calling
her name
-f. She rushed to her mother and her
mother carried her out.
-e. She got away without even a minor
burn.
3. Activity 3 (5’) Individual (Task 3
textbook P28)

III. POST - LISTENING (5’) (textbook
P28) Discussion
Christina says that family is more
important than things. Do you agree or
disagree with her? Why? Exchange your
ideas with a partner.
IV. HOME - WORK (3’)

Integrated, Communicative approach

A5. Teaching aids: Posters, pictures, handouts, transparency sheets/A4 paper,
whiteboard markers, overhead projector
B. PROCEDURE


Teacher ‘s activities

Students’ activities

WARM-UP (3 mn)

Ss: Observe the pictures on board

Look at the pictures or listen to the situations and

or listen to the situations given

answer the questions

Ss’ answers:

T. either shows 2 pictures of ‘a man attacked by

1. He was attacked/bitten by a dog.

a dog’ and of ‘a man slipped & fallen in the

2. This made him frightened.

unforgettable experience was just 2 months ago,
when my family spent a summer holiday in Hue
city.
We stayed at a big hotel with 7 floors for three
days. My son, a quick and naughty boy likes
taking the lift so we decided to choose a room on
1. Where the experience happened: at a hotel,…

Ss’ answers:
1.

b

2.

d

3.

c

the lift. I really lost my temper then. Immediately, 4.

c

I embarrassed/frightened…;
grabbed his hand and tried
to draw it out of the
It changes my outlook on


Lexical items:

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Skill: speaking, listening, writing, reading

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Teaching aids: textbooks, handouts, poster

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PROCEDURE


Teacher ‘s activities

Students’ activities

• WARM - UP AND LEAD - IN: (5’)

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/n/

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Game: T prepares 15 cards containing 15

may

containing 3 consonants above and read

1

2

3

the sentences loudly (individual)

4

5

6

1. Good morning. I want an apartment in

7

8

9

central London.
2. We have an inexpensive apartment in
Northern Avenue.
3. I remember meeting him on a nice
summer afternoon.
4. Mr. King is singing next door.

_________ goodbye to her mother and (5.
promise) __________to be careful. On her
arm she (6. carry) _________ a basket
which (7. contain)_________a cake her


UNIT 2:

PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
LANGUAGE FOCUS (2)

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Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to use the past simple, past

progressive and past perfect correctly.
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Skills: writing, speaking, listening, reading.

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Teaching aids: textbook, handouts, chart, pictures, etc.

PROCEDURE
Teacher ‘s activities
I/ WARMER: 5’
T gives an exercise: RIGHT (R) or
WRONG (w)
1/ I was making a cake when the light goes

WHEN + past simple + past progressive

WHILE …………, …………
WHEN / BEFORE / AFTER ………..,
II/ PRACTICE:
1/ Activity 1: 8’
Exercise 2 / p.30. Textbook.
Keys: 1/ broke - was playing
2/ wrote - was
3/ was working - broke
4/ started - were walking
5/ told - were having
6/ didn’t listen - was thinking
7/ phoned - didn’t answer - were (you)
doing

*Expressing an action happening
when another action happened in the
past.
(2) WHILE + Past progressive + Past
progressive
Past progressive + WHILE + Past
progressive
*Expressing two actions happening
at the same time in the past.
(3) WHEN / BEFORE + Past simple +
Past perfect
Past simple + AFTER + Past perfect
*Expressing an action happened
before another in the past.

- Ss to make sentences, using the three
structures above.
IV/ HOMEWORK: 2’

T asks Ss to make 6 sentences, using the
three structures above.