LAM SON HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE GIFTED

English for Gifted Students – 12A2

1. Instructor’s information
BA Lưu Cẩm Hà
Phone: 0941516456 (zalo)
Email: lavendera1215@gmail.com, camha.english@gmail.com

2. Contents and Schedule

No Content Time Interaction
Pattern
1 Student Presentation Week 4/10 – Groups
 25-30 minute presentation 10/10
 Academic subjects
 With visuals

2 National Examination Practice Extra classes in T – Ss

 One test each month the afternoon

3 Extensive listening & reading Tuesday & T – Ss

 Different genres Wednesday Groups
 Intermediate & advanced Individually
level
 Class discussion
4 Academic Writing Thursday Individually
 Letter/ E-mail
 Essay
5 Scrapbook 21-22/9: Groups
 Analyze a text with guiding Submission and
questions discussion of the
 Present your analysis reading passages
creatively 12-13/10:
Submission and
discussion of
self-marginal
notes
9-10/11: peer
feedback and
discussion
16/12:
Submission

3. Project Requirements
3.1. Student Presentation
- Work in group of 4 or 5.
- Students are free to choose the topic but must confirm the groups and
topics with the teacher on a google docs form.
- Consult with the teacher one week before the presentation session.

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Marking scheme
Criterion Maximum point Description
Content 3 Use varied information, of which all is accurate,
(Group) relevant, and at the right level of detail
Organizatio 2 -Present ideas in a polished, well organized manner
n - Use evidence and examples to support main ideas
(group) in a fluent manner
Delivery 3 -Use formal & appropriate language
(individual) - Speak in a fluent and spontaneous way
- Create and maintain eye contact with audience
Visual aids 2 -Visual aids are professional looking, and follow
(individual) text size/amount guidelines.
-Graphics and pictures are attractive, creative and
precise so as to enhance the presentation
Overall 10

3.2. Scrapbook
(Adapted from Developing Critical Reading Skills 1 by Dr. Vu Hai Ha (2013), FELTE,
ULIS)

- Work in groups.
- Put out some A4 or A3 sheets of paper. Collect 01 text that you think can be
analyzed with the guiding questions. Stick/ attach/ staple etc. that text onto the
piece of paper with your name and the date included. You can use other online
platform like WordPress as well but creativity and visualization are highly
recommended.
- The text may come from any source (newspaper, books, magazines, Internet
etc.) of any format (scanned, photocopied, printed out, photographed, cut out
etc.) but it must be of authentic English and of at least 300-word length. If the
passage is an excerpt (e.g. a paragraph of an essay, a section of a book chapter, a
chapter of a book), you must summarize the content of the essay, book etc.
- The material should be accompanied by your responses in the form of marginal
or footnote comments using the list of guided questions.
- Arrange to give feedback on your peers’ notes. You are free to give feedback
to as many groups as you like. Remember that both quality and quantity will be
considered in your assessment.
- Include your entry in the scrapbook of the whole class and submit to the
teacher in due date. In the following weeks there will be feedback sessions.
List of guiding questions

1) What is the writer saying?

2) What do you think the writer is suggesting or implying? What makes you
think so?
3) What is the writer’s purpose?
4) What audience is the writer suggesting?
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5) Is the writer responding to another writer’s ideas?

6) What is the writer’s main point?
7) How does the writer support his or her points?
8) Does the writer use facts, opinions or a combination of the two?
9) Does the writer include enough supporting details and examples?
10) What pattern of development does the writer use to arrange his or her
ideas? Is this pattern the best choice?
11) Does the writer seem well informed? Reasonable? Fair?
12) Do you understand the writer’s vocabulary?
13) Do you understand the writer’s ideas?
14) Do you agree with the points the writer is making?
15) How the ideas presented in this section like/ unlike those presented in other
sections you’ve read?
Marking Criteria

Criterion Maximum Description

Point

The texts meet all the requirements of the

Quality of the text 2
assignment.
Student can provided brief, relevant and
Quality of the
4 critical foot/ marginal notes and answer the
notes
guiding questions thoroughly.
Students can give abundant of quality
Peer feedback 2
feedbacks to their peers.
Creativity 2 The scrapbook is creative.
Total 10