School: Dong Nai University

Teacher’s name: Do Thi Thanh Truc

Class: DHSPANH B K8
Date of teaching: 2/8/2021
Unit 3: MUSIC
Skills: Writing a biography
I. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, sts will be able to:
 Describe, list information, events about their favorite person
 Write a biography
II. Language contents and skills.
 Language contents: Vocabulary related to biography, Past Simple Tense, Present
simple tense
 Skills: Write about biography, practice speaking, reading skills in communicative
situations to talk about biography
III. Method: Intergrated, mainly communicative approach.
IV. Techniques: Asking-answering, explanation, questioning….
V. Teaching aids: Pictures, text book, example paragraph
VI. Procedure.
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
Warm-up: (5 minutes)
 Game: Hidden Picture  Listen to the questions.
 Asks Ss to guess the picture  Guess and answer the
1. Who are they? questions.
2. Who is she? Who is he?
 Gives feedback
 Asks other questions
3. In these people, what do you know  Listen to the questions
about them?  Answer the questions
4. Could you tell me some information individually
about them?
 Leads to new lesson
Pre- writing: (20 minutes)
 Lets students listen a song and answer the  Listen the song.
question  Answer the question.
1. What is the name of the song?
2. Who is the composer?
3. What do you want to know about him?
Expected answer:
 1. The name of that song is Len Dang
2. The composer is Luu Huu Phuoc
3. Date of birth/ events in his life/…
 Gives students a parapgrap about Luu Huu  Listen the questions
Phuoc and answer these questions  Answer the questions
1. How many paragraphs are there? individually.
Expected answer
4 paragraphs
 Lets students to read the paragraph again and
match each paragraph to the corresponding
headings
 Lets students underline the keywords that help  Underline the key words.
them find out the headings  Match paragraphs with the
Expected answer corresponding headings
1. C  Show their answers
2. A
3. D
4. B
 Lets students choose 2 factors need
mentioning in each part  Underline the keywords
 Lets students underline the evidences/  Answer the question
individually
keywords in the passage that help students
find the answers

1. Early Years:
A. Time/ Place that he/she was born
B. His/ her job
C. Time/ Place that he/she died

2. Typical Works
A. Quantiy of works/ kind of works he/she
produced
B. His/her interests
C. Works that he/she was famous for

3.Important Achivement
A. The most important achievements in his/her
career
B. The most valuable prize he/she was
received
C. His/her family

4.Conclusion
A. His/her great influence
B. Time/Place he/she died
C. His/her important childhood events
Expected answer:
1. A,B
2. A,C
3. A,B
4. A,B  Students show their
 Gives format for students understanding about the
1. Early years format based on those tasks
- Date and place of birth before
- Important childhood events
2. Typical works
- Quantiy of works/ kind of works he/she
produced
- The works he/she was famous for
3. Important achivements
- The most important achivements in his/her
career
- The most valuable prize he/she received
4. Conclusion
- His/her great influence
- What you think about him/her
- Date of death (if the person died)  Answer the questions

 Reviews grammar/ requirements when writing

a biography by asking questions.
 Asks Ss
- How many tenses do we have to use?
- Who is the target? Normal or Famous
Person?
- How length is it?
Expected answer
- Simple Tense, Past Simple
- Famous Person
- 120 – 180 words

 Asks Ss to check their understanding.

 Introduces and reviews vocabularies.
 Explains the meaning by using guestures,  Repeat the vocabulary
explanations, situations, etc..
- renowned = noted = prominent = well-know
- child prodigy (n): A young child who has
very great ability in something
 Asks Ss to check their understanding.  Answer the questions
While – writing (10 mintues)
 Lets students take note the outline.
 Lets Ss write individually
 Observes and helps them to work
Post – writing ( 8 minutes )
  Let one or two students present in front of the  Ss present in front of the
class. class
 Let students correct mistakes in peers/groups  Ss remark the writing of
 Look, listen and remark again. other groups/partner
* Example:

Van Cao's real name is Nguyen Van Cao. He was a

composer who was born on 15 November 1923 in Hai
Phong, but his hometown was Nam Dinh. He wrote
many songs. Some of his most well-known are: Go Dong
Da (1942); Tien Quan Ca (1944); Bai Ca Chien Si Hai
Quan (1945); Khong Quan Viet Nam (7945); Ngay Mua
(7948). Van Cao's song Tien Quan Ca written in 1944
became the national anthem of the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam. Van Cao is remembered as one of the most
important composers of modern Vietnamese music and
one of the most popular composers in the world. He died
on July 10, 1995 in Ha Noi. After his death, he received
the Ho Chi Minh Prize.

Homework ( 2 minutes )
 Asks Ss to continue doing the remain writing  Listen and take notes.
 Asks Ss to prepare next lesson