LESSON PLAN

Teacher’s name:

Teacher Trainee’s name:

Class: 10A1

Time: 8g30 – Saturday, December 20th, 2015

Lesson: Unit 11 – National Parks – Writing (grade 10 th – basic edition)

Description of class:

 English level: pre-intermediate

 Number of students: 40
 Characteristics: the majority of students are shy and passive, some are smart
and active.
 Teaching time: 45’

I. Aims: This lesson aims to help students to:

(Knowledge) know how to write a letter to refuse or accept an invitation.

(Language) learn the structure of a reply letter and some expressions to show
acceptance or refusal formally.

(Skill) develop the skill of how to write a reply letter.

II. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. Language:

Expressions:

 Thanking for invitations:

 Thank you for your letter………….
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  I am very grateful to you for your invitation……..
 It was so kind of you to invite me to…
 Accepting invitations:
 I would be very pleased to come to…/ accept your…
delighted
happy
honored
 I will be able to attend so I accept your invitation and look forward to meeting
you there.
 I accept with pleasure your invitation to…
 Refusing invitations:
 I am very sorry that I cannot go to your ……..on next Friday.

 It’s not possible for me to….

 I must regretfully decline your invitation due to…/because…
 Please accept my sincere regrets at not being able to join you.

Format:

 Thanks for the invitation

 Use expressions of accepting/ refusing
 (Refusing and writing the reason for refusal and suggesting another day or
activities)

2. Skills:

- Reply a letter of invitation

- Write a letter to refuse or accept an invitation

III. Recent work:

- Students have finished parts A, B and C of unit 11

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 - They already learnt how to write an invitation letter in unit 10

IV. Approach and Teaching aids:

- Communicative Approach
- Textbook, PowerPoint, markers, whiteboard, computer, projector.

V. TEACHING PROCEDURE

A. Greeting
B. New lesson:

Students’ Content Rationale

Teacher’s activities
activities

Warm-up activity (5’)

 T reviews the old lesson  To help students
 Appendix 1
through a small game. T remember the
gives instruction: way of inviting
As you may know, there are a somebody to go
lot of occasions that people can out.
ask you to go out. Now, let’s
 To attract
play a game. I’ll show you some
students’ attention
phrases of suggestions or
and warm up the
invitations. You will use these
atmosphere in the
phrases to make a sentence to
class.
invite your friend to go out. You
will look at some pictures and
base on them to make the
invitation.
 T calls out some volunteers  Students make
from each group to do the task an invitation from
then leads to the lesson: the suggested
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 We have learned about how phrases.
to invite your friend to go out by
writing a letter. Sometimes, you
will accept that invitation.
However, sometimes you’re so
busy that you have to refuse it.
And that’s what we’re going to
learn today, how to write an
acceptance or refusal letter.

Pre-writing
Task 1: (10’)

Pre-task:
 T introduces a letter and two  Appendix 2 + 3  To provide the
models of writing and elicits the general outline of
outline of a reply letter from the  Call out the a reply letter.
Ss. answers for the
outline
 T asks the Ss to practice the
 To help
recognition of the model.
students practice
Now, let’s look at this letter. I identifying the
would like you to work in structure of a
groups of three. This is a letter reply letter as
but it’s not in the correct order. well as its type.
So you have to arrange it into
the correct order. I will give you
5 minutes. After 5 minutes, I will
call any group to give me the
answer.
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While-task

 Work in teams,
 T walks around and monitors discuss and then
the class. give out the
answer.

Post-task
 T checks the answer, asks
To check whether
students for explanation.
the students can
 Call out the
All right, anyone can tell me understand and
explanation.
which type of letter is this, realize the type of
acceptance or refusal? Why? letter or not.

While-Writing
Task 2 ( 10’)

Pre-task
 Salutation: To provide more
Dear…,/ My expressions
dear….,/My suitably used in the
 T elicits and reviews some
dearest……, reply letter so that
expressions of salutation and
 Complimentary the students can
complimentary closing.
closing: Best wishes/ have more ideas to
See you soon/ Lots of write about.
love/ With love/
 Ss listen, ask
Kindest regards
 T shows and explains some questions, and
 Accept an
functions for the body. write down the
invitation:
function.
I am pleased/
 T asks the Ss to practice the
delighted to accept
function of accepting or
your invitation to

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 attend…
 I will be able to
attend so I accept
your invitation and
look forward to
refusing: meeting you there.
 I accept with pleasure
Work in groups of three in
your invitation.
your text book in 5 minutes. I
will have three letters for you.
 Refuse an
Group 1 will do letter number 1, invitation:
group 2 with letter number 2,  I am very sorry that I
group 3 with letter number 3 by cannot go to your
filling the blanks with suitable ……..on next Friday.
expressions to accept or refuse  I am sorry to inform
an invitation, for each blank you you that I am not in a
can have more than one position to attend…

possible answer. Then I’ll call I must regretfully

some of you for your answers. decline your

invitation due
to…/because…
 Please accept my
sincere regrets at not
being able to join you.
While-task

 T lets the students do the task  Work out the

and move around to help. task.
Post-task

 T calls 4-5 Ss to identify the  Call out the

types of the letters and read their answer.
answers.

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 Post-Writing
Task 3 (15’)
Pre-task
 T leads into the activity:
 Appendix 4  To help the

You are now familiar with the students practice

functions; It’s time for you to writing their own

letters after they are
write an official letter of
taught how to write
acceptance or refusal. You
a reply letter.
know, on the 24th December,
you are invited to go for a trip
to Longhai. And you have to
write an accepting or refusing
letters to reply. I will give you 5
minutes to work in groups of
three again. Think of a letter of
acceptance or refusal based on
these details to form a letter.
After that, I will call three
leaders of three groups to write
down your letter on the board.
OK now let’s start.
While-task

 T goes around, takes notes of  Ss discuss in

the common mistakes, provides teams, write
input and let the Ss do their job. down the letters.

Post-task

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  Ss write their
- To help students
letters on the
realize their
board.
 T lets the students write their mistakes in writing

own group’s letters on the  Ss listen to the as well as learning

board. from the others’

teachers’
mistakes to improve
comments and
 T corrects mistakes, gives their writing better.
have some
comments, and supportive ideas.
comments if
necessary.

 Write down the  Appendix 5 

 T assigns homework.
homework.

APPENDICES

APPENDIX 1
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W ould you like … A re you free…?
How about …? C an you …?
W hy don’t we? S hall we?
I N V I T E
Y O U R …
F R I E N D

APPENDIX 2

Let t er o f a ccep t a n ce
HEADING/DATE
SALUTATION
439 Manhattan Avenue
April 16, 1921
Dear Daisy and Tony, BODY

Thanks very much for your invitation to dinner. Of

course, I would really like to come.

I’m sure we will have a good time together.

Sincerely yours,
COMPLIMENTARY
Susan CLOSING
SIGNATURE

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 Let t er o f a ccep t a n ce
BODY

Thanks very much for your invitation to

dinner. ( a)

Of course, I would really like to come. ( b)

I’m sure we will have a good time together.

( a ) : Th a n k fo r t h e in v it a t io n
( b ) : U se exp r essio n of a ccep t in g

Let t er of r efu sa l BODY

Dear Harriet,

I am very sorry that I cannot go to your birthday

party on next Friday. My mother is taking me to
visit my cousin, so I shall be away.

Thank you for inviting me. I hope you will have a

great deal of fun.

Sincerely yours,

Frank Dawson.

Let t er of r efu sa l
(a)
I am very sorry that I cannot go to your birthday
party on next Friday. My mother is taking me to
visit my cousin, so I shall be away. (b)
Thank you for inviting me. I hope you will have a
great deal of fun. (c)

(a) Use expression of refusing

(b) Write the reason for refusal
(c )Thank for invitation

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APPENDIX 3

APPENDIX 4

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 APPENDIX 5

Homework

• Do ta sk 2 / 118 in your text book.

• Review unit 11.
• Prepa re for unit 12 – Pa rt A:
Rea ding.

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