How to teach Writing in English 11 effetively at Nga Son High School [DOCUMEN

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PART
I:
INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………….Error:
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PART II. CONTENTS…………………………………….…………………….3
1. Identifying the problems in teaching and learning writing…………………...3
2.Recommendation……………………………………………………………...3
3.Suggestions for some popular forms of “warm up” activities…………...........5
4. The sample planning lesson ……………………………………… .. ……...12
PART III: CONCLUSION……………………………………………………..19
PART IV. REFERENCES……………………………………………………...20

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PART I: INTRODUCTION
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English is a main subject in high school being taught in three or four
periods a week. The test English writing has become an inevitable part of
almost every standarlized examination, especially in the important
examinations such as the GCSE (General Certificate Secondary Education
Examination) .Writing is one of the four skills that we have to acquire in the
process of English learning. To master a language in general and English

PART II. CONTENTS
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1. Identifying the problems in teaching and learning writing
1.1. The problems in getting students to write in the classroom.
- Students don’t understand things what they will write about
- They have nothing to write because they have lack of ideas and limited
vocabulary to express their opinions and they are disabled to use structures style
or language in English standards.
- They don’t have enough time to write.
- Some students don’t participate in groupworks.
1.2.The typical mistakes a teacher might get
- Teacher doesn’t get students to think about the topic or situation; to collect all
their idea, language focus (vocabulary, grammar) before writing about it (not
perfectly).
- Teacher doesn’t set up a pre task.
- Teacher neither gives clear instructions nor checks them.
- Teacher doesn’t give suitable framework or outline.
- Sometimes teacher gives tasks without helpful cues.
- Teacher doesn’t do a lot of assisting weaker students.
2. Recommendation
2.1.Designing strategies for improvement
From the comments, ideas and suggestions from the students, colleagues,
professional books and my own teaching experience I designed the following
strategies to improve the problem:
-Setting up a pre-task (doesn’t talk about what the students must do, instead
shows them what/ how to do by giving a demonstration with suitable
framework/ outline/ helpful cues).
- Giving clear instructions (keep them short and simple) and check them.
- Making sure that students are motivated to work and be more interested in the
writing lessons.

- Comparing and contrasting two forms of text of the same genre.
Some examples of oral preparation for the writing
- Discussing
- Brainstorming
- Observing and interpreting photos or artwork
- Watching video clips
- Using writing templates/ frames / cloze exercises
- Mapping
- Brain writing
- Using matrix
2.3. Teachers should master the following writing techniques:
 Pre-writing techniques
- Using a drill
- Using a listening text
- Using a reading text
- Using a survey
- Using picture dictation
 While-writing techniques
- Transformation
- Substitution tables
- Substitution boxes
- Gap-fill
- Questions and answers
- Ordering
 Post-writing techniques
- Correction (Ss correct and re-draft their texts).
- Sharing and comparing (Sharing when they write texts based on
different topics; comparing when they write texts based on the same
topics).
- Exhibition (Ss share, compare, admire, pick a winner, copy others…)

-Teacher showsapictureto students and ask them to describe it using the cues
given
-It/ a hot day
-The man/stop/ a small deserted beach
-He/ not have/ swimming- trunks
-There/ be/ no people/ in sight
-The man/take off/ all clothes/ swim out to the sea/ and relax in the water
-When/he/ look back/ a coach arrived
-There /be/ a lot of people/ stand on the sand
Expected answers:
It was hot day. The man stopped at a small deserted beach. He didn’t have
swimming- trunks with him but it was early in the morning, there were no
people insight.The man took off all his clothes and swam out to the sea and
relaxed in the water.When he looked back at the beach, a coach had arrived
and there were a lot of people standing on the sand to have a picnic.
Lead in:
Today, we learn how to write a personal letter telling about a past experience.

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----------------------------------------------------UNIT 3–A PARTY D.WRITING
Warm–up: Open prediction
-Deliver handouts
-Ask students to work in pairs to read the following expressions and decide
what types of letters can go with them:


How to teach Writing in English 11 effetively at Nga Son High School [DOCUMEN

-Have students guess the competition in the picture by asking Yes/No
questions.Within 2 minutes which group can guess the picture will be the
winner.Then teacher declares the winning group.
Lead in:
If you intend to take part in an English speaking competition, what will you do?
In today’s lesson, you’ll learn how to write a letter of replying.
----------------------------------------------------UNIT 7- WORLD POPULATION - D.WRITING
Warm–up: Continent recognition
-Teacher divides the class into 2 teams
-Teacher gives each group a set of cards and tell them they have to match the
continents with their names in minutes.The group who write faster and has
more correct answers will be the winner
-Teacher checks students’ understanding of instructions and have students start
the game, then teacher declares the winner
Lead in:
In today’s lesson, we’ll learn how to write a paragraph of 100- 120 words,
describing the information in the chart.
----------------------------------------------------UNIT 8-CELEBRATIONS - D.WRITING
Warm–up: Gueessing game
-Teacher asks students to work in 4 groups to answer the question : when do
these activities take place ?
-Teacher gives each group a handout with the following sentences on :
1. It’s a national holiday. Schools and offices close. These are parades along
the streets, meetings,celebrations to remember those who died for country’s
independence.
2. Children gather at night, going round with their colorful lanterns,watching
lion or dragon dance,sharing mooncakes in the full moon light.

Dissatisfied
polite,helpful,spacious,large,good, rude,cold,cramped,small,bad
reasonable,cheap,punctual,reliable. expensive,arrogant.
 Teacher leads to the new lesson:
In today’s lesson, we’ll learn how to write a letter of express satisfaction
( or dissatisfation).
----------------------------------------------------UNIT 10: NATURE IN DANGER - D.WRITING
Warm–up:Gueessing game
Show the back of a picture of a National Park to the Students. Teacher gives
some information about the picture.

Cat Ba National Park

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-Teacher asks students to guess what the national park is
-It has a loy of tropical forests,beatiful landscapes, rareanimals.
-It is in the North- East of Vietnam.
-It is on an island 20km east of HaiPhong
Key: It is Cat Ba National Park
Lead in:
Have you ever been to Cat Ba?
If students say Yes:ask students: When did you go? What is Cat Ba like?
If students say No: Would you like to know some information about Cat Ba?
Today I would like to introduce to you some more information about Cat Ba


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Expected answer:
-National stadium / local stadium
-National sport centre and training areas
-Sport buidings and roads to sport buildings
-Car parks
-Hotels and guest houses
-Facilities for disabled athletes
Lead in: Ask students:
Suppose Vietnam is going to hold the coming Asian Games. What facilities
does our country needed to have?
To go to the details,today we are going to write a paragraph to describe the
preparation for the Games.
----------------------------------------------------UNIT 13:HOBBIES - D.WRITING
Warm up
-Teacher gets students to work in groups and asks students to find words going
with COLLECT
-Teacher calls on some groups to present their ideas,then sums up the
class’ideas
Expected answers:
Stamps, books, magazines, stickers,dolls,toy cars,old money,coins,stuffed
animals,pens,pencils,bottle caps,key rings….
Lead in:
In today’s lesson, you are going to write about a collection.
----------------------------------------------------UNIT 15: SPACE CONQUEST - D.WRITING

- Non Nuoc Pagoda ( in Da Nang)
Lead in: In today’s lesson, you are going to write a report about the visit to the
Ponagar Cham Towers in Nha Trang.
4. In this section, I would like to demonstrate an example of a lesson plan
( Unit 3 – Tieng Anh 11 : Writing) in which I apply the techniques above
UNIT 3 – A PARTY -

D.WRITING

I.Objectives:

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1.Knowledge:
+ General knowledge: Students learn to write an informal letter
+ Language: Words used in writing an informal letter
2.Skills
Writing an informal letter of invitation
3. Educational aim
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
+ define the format and structure of an informal letter of invitation
+ write an informal letter of invitation
II.Teaching and learning aids
1.Teacher’s preparation
Student’s book, student’s workbook.

the whole class.
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Students work in pairs,
discussing and choosing
the answers on the
handouts as soon as
possible

Motivation
is
done
with
expressions
which will make
Ss
more
involved
and
interested in the
lesson.
This
also
helps
increase
teacher-student
and letter
student2. Thank-you
student
Key: Letter of invitation interaction

Activity

2

:

Letter

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Students can answer
Encourage
the questions, it is up
students to
to students
Expected answers:
give
their
Occasions for giving
general opinion
parties: birthday,
graduation, wedding
anniversary, moving to
a new house, family
gathering, Christmas,
New Year, etc.
Dressing codes:
Formal: dresses, highheel shoes for women;
suits and ties for men
Informal: anything can

+ serve (v): phụcvụ
+take place (v): diễnra
+hold = organise (v):
tổchức
+intend to (v): thamdự
-Teacherlets students read
some new words first in
chorus and then read
individually
-Teacher asks students to -Students to work in
work in pairs to read the pairs
letter of invitation and -Some students read
complete it with the words aloud the answers then
or phrases given.
others give remarks
-Teacher calls on some Expected answers:
students to give the 1.at my house
answers.
2. to come
-Teacher goes over the 3.refreshments
answers with the class.
4.to cook
5. winners
6. by Mondays

Explaining new
words
helps
students
understand the

-Have students work in
groups of four
-Teacher gives them the
handouts and tells them to
put the headings into the
correct order of format of a
letter of invitation.
a.A
request
for
confirmation
b.The announcement and a
general invitation
c. A friendly reason for
invitation
d. The precise arrangement
suggested
e. Closing
-Teacher gives students
some useful expressions
and vocabularies that can
be used in the writing.
Reason for the party:
(birthday party/New Year’s
Eve party/ wedding party)
2.Where:
Home / restaurant
3.When :
What day?
What time?

-Students listen and
take notes

Encourage Ss to
give the format
of a letter of
invitation

Giving cues
helps students
do the following
writing
task
easily

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/singing/dancing/ playing
games
watching films
6.Foods
and
drinks
served:
(soft drinks ,mineral water,
…/ chicken soup , green
salad, steeak, fired chiken,

-Teacher reminds Ss of Dear Ha
the tenses
used in the As the school year is
writing, walks about and coming to an and, I’m
gives help when necessary going a farewell to meet
up
my
classmates
befores they go away
for holiday. Would you
like to come? It will be
at my house at 7 p.m
this coming Sunday. I
will intend to invite
about 10 people.I will

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Practise writing
skills

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order some pizzas and
buy
snakes
and

-Teacher
listens
and
corrects if necessary
-Teacher gives feedback
and comments
5.Consolidation
1m

Ask sts to summary the
main points.

-Ss revise draft sand
edit their writings,
refering to comments
from peers

- Ss listen to
friends’writings
give comments

their
and

-Student-student
interaction

-Practise
listening,
speaking

notebooks
-T asks Ssto prepare the
next
lesson:Language
focus

and
write
homework

down

interaction

PART III: CONCLUSION
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During the time of researching and applying the techniques above, I have
realized that they are very useful for developing the students’ writing skill if
we use them suitably and flexibly, such as at the right levels, at the right stages
of teaching, kinds of suitable language.We should always identify our students’
problems and try to include in our lessons different types of activities so

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that we can help them overcome their problems and give them more


How to teach Writing in English 11 effetively at Nga Son High School [DOCUMEN

4. “Tài liệu bồi dưỡng giáo viên thực hiện CT sách GK lớp 12 THPT” của
Bộ GD & ĐT
5 . Giới thiệu giáo án Tiếng anh 12 (Vũ Thị Lợi chủ biên)-NXB Hà nội
6.

Thiết kế bài giảng tiếng Anh của Trần Thị Ái Thanh- Hồ Thị Tân Hòa
Trang NXB Hà Nội

7.Sources from the internet

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