Tan Lam High School Lesson plan English 11
Date of planning:
Period 12: Reading
Unit 3: A Party
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A. OBJECTIVES:
I. Knowledge: Develop such reading micro-skill as scanning for specific ideas, and
identifying and correcting false statements. Use the information they have read to discuss
celebrations in their culture.
II. Skills: Speaking, Writing, Reading
B. PROCEDURE:
I. Settlement: Checking attendance
II. Checking: Do exercises in workbook
III. New lesson: Reading
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
Warm-up
Matching the celebrations with the correct images below:
Christmas Easter Halloween
Wedding Birthday
Valentine’s Day Thanksgiving
Pre-Reading
Ask students to look at the first picture in the book and ask
them some questions:
o Are they having a party?
o What party is it?
- Ask students to look at the second picture and ask some
questions:
o Are they friends?
o What are they celebrating?
o How old are the people in the picture?
o How do they feel?

T reads around the words carefully to find the answer.
T gets Ss to check their answers with a peer.
T calls on some Ss to write their answers on the board and ask
them to explain their choices.
T checks the answers with the whole class.
Task 2
T checks if Ss can identify and correct the wrong information
in Task 2 after their first reading of the passage.
T gets Ss to check their answers with a friend.
T calls on some Ss to present and explain their answers.
T gives feedback and correct answers
Individual work
Read the passage silently and do
Task 1.
Correct the mistakes.
Suggested answers:
1. eighth  sevenths
2. makes  eats
3. foods  presents
4. anniversaries  ages
5. months  years
6. 5
th
 50
th

7. silver  golden
Post reading
Ask Ss to work in small groups of 3 or 4 and discuss the
questions.

Date of planning:
Period 13: Speaking
Unit 3: A Party
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A. OBJECTIVES:
I. Knowledge: Use appropriate language to talk about parties and negotiate how to
plan them.
II. Skills: Speaking, Writing
B. PROCEDURE:
I. Settlement: Checking attendance
II. Checking: Write the words
III. New lesson: Speaking
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
Warm up
Talking about a party
T asks Ss some questions about parties.
Do you like parties?
Have you ever been to a party?
Whose party was it?
On what occasion was the party held?
When did it take place? What time did it start and
end?
How were foods and drinks?
Was it fun?
Pre - reading
TASK 1:
T introduces the task and goes over the questions with
the class.
T gets Ss to do the task individually. T encourages Ss to
take notes while doing so.

3. At a party, what would you tend to drink?
- beer / soft drinks / mineral water
TASK 3
- Ask students to do Task 3 in pairs
- Ask some pairs to perform their talk before class.
A: I am wondering where I should hold my birthday
party.
B: Why don’t you have your birthday party at home? It’s
cosy and not very expensive.
A: I don’t know if it’s suitable to begin at 5 pm?
B:
• Why don’t you….
• You ought to…
• You should…
• I think you should…
• You’d better….
• If I were you I would…
* Where (home cosy, not expensive, not spending a lot of
time to prepare, not have to clean up…
* What time
* How many guests
* What to eat / drink (soft drinks, mineral water…/
chicken soup, green salad, steak, fired chicken, fish, beef,
hamburger, cake…)
* What to wear (dress, jeans, shirts, T-shirt, pullover,
skirt…)
* Which activities (singing, playing games, taking
photographs, give gifts…
Pair work
Do the practise with the expressions.

II. Skills: Listening, Writing
B. PROCEDURE:
I. Settlement: Checking attendance
II. Checking: Talk about the party you have been to
III. New lesson: Listening
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
Warm up
- Ask Ss to look at the picture in page 36, text book and
answer the question:
“What celebrations are in the pictures?”
Before you listen
Ask and answer the following questions.
Teacher reads out the questions and calls some Ss to
answer.
Questions:
 When do you like to celebrate your birthday party,
during the day or in the evening?
 What foods and drinks are often served at your birthday
party?
 What activities do you often have at your birthday
party?
- Check answers
Listen and repeat
- Let Ss read the words that will appear in the listening and
explain some new words.
gathering (coming together)
◊ decorated
◊ birthday cake
◊ restaurant
◊ slices

questions in task 2, p 37 text book”
- Ask if Ss can guess or remember the answer.
- Play CD the first time.
- Ask them to exchange the answers the their partner.
- Play CD the second time.
- Call 2 Ss to go to the board and write the answers.
- Check the answer and play CD once more and stop when
necessary
- Check correct answers
After you listen
Ask students to talk about Mai’s birthday party.
(Teacher can ask some questions, if necessary)
◊ Where did Mai hold the birthday party ?
◊ How many people were invited to the party ?
◊ What time did the party start and end ?
◊ What did Mai’s mother serve the guests at the party?
- Ask some students to retell Mai’s birthday party before
class
- Correct mistakes and give feedback
- Read through the sentences.
- Listen to CD
- Exchange the answers.
- Present the answer.
1. F 2. F 3. F
4. T 5. F
Listen to CD
- Exchange the answers.
- 2 Ss write the answers on board
1. She was 16 years old.
2. She didn’t like having the party at