UNIT 9: A FIRST - AID COURSE

LESSON 4: WRITE
I. OBJECTIVES:
1. Aims: At the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
- Write a thank-you note to their friends and invite them to go on
picnic.
- Revise Simple Past tense.
2. Knowlege:
* Grammar: How to write a thank-you letter.
3. Skills: Reading and Writing
II. PREPARATION:
1. Teacher: Leson plan, poster, situations.
2. Students: The form of an informal letter
III. PROCEDURES:
1. Revision: - Write the past form for the following verbs
1. give  ........... 2. send ........... 3. help  ................
4. receive  ........... 5. be ........... 6. come  ..............
2. New lesson:
*) Lead-in: Chatting
?Have you ever written a thank - you note to your friends? When?
?What did you talk about?
- Introduces the task of the lesson.
Teacher/s activities Ss/ activities
I. PRE-WRITING:
1. Gap-fill (P.84)
- Puts the letter on the overhead and asks - Read through the letter.
Ss to read it through.
- Revises the way to complete the verb - Express their ideas and work in groups
tense form and asks Ss to share their ideas to use the correct form of the verbs in
to complete the letter. parentheses
- Goes round to help Ss and then gets - Cross-check other groups.
feedback.
- Asks Ss to check their results. - Give their ideas and take notes
*) Answer key:
1. was 2. were 3. helped
4. came 5. am 6. will phone
- Asks questions: - Read the letter quickly to answer these
? What did Hoa send Nga? individually
? On what occasion/ When?
? What were they like/ Were the flowers
beautiful?
? What does Nga want to invite Hoa?
? When will she phone Nga?
2. Ask and answer the questions (P.85)
*) Possible questions:
? What did your friend send you? (book, ? How did you feel when received the
hat, card…) present? (happy, interested,…)
? On what occasion/ When?(birthday, ? How do you feel now? (bored,
new year, christmas…) happy ...)
? What were they like (nice, beautiful, ? What do you want to invite your friend
lovely, ...) ? When, Where?
? How will contact your friend (phone,
write a letter,..........)
- Sets the scene in which the students will - Follow teacher/s instructions.
invite their friend to go on a picnic.
- Hangs on the questions and checks them - Read them through and pick out the
through way to answers them.
- Asks Ss to ask and answer the questions - Ask and answer them in pairs, then
in pairs. show their ideas to the front.
- Gets feedback and helps Ss to correct. - Correct themselves.
II. WHILE-WRITING:
*Write a thank-you note to invite your
friend to go on a picnic.
- Asks Ss to write a letter by answering - Write their letter individually, then
the above questions. compare their work in groups.
- Goes round to help Ss.
- Asks each group to choose one and - Choose the best one and complete it.
write it on the cellophanes.
III. POST-WRITING:
Exhibition
- Gets three dafts and puts them on the - Give their comments about the form of
overhead. the letter, spelling and arrangement in a
thank-you note letter.
- Asks Ss to correct the letter and helps Ss - Note down mistakes and correct
to make it better. themselves.

IV. HOMEWORK:
- Asks Ss to write a letter about: invite their friend to go to the
movies/ to go camping/ attend your birthday party
- Asks Ss to prepare: Language Focus - P.86-88: Request, Offer and
Advice sentences.