UNIT 4 : FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY

Lesson 6 : Writing (Time: 01 period)

Class Date of planning Date of teaching Attendance

I. THE AIMS OF THE LESSON.

1. Knowledge:
By the end of the lesson, students are expected to achieve the following
objectives:
* Vocabulary:
- Students will know, understand and use vocabulary and language related topic
music to the topic “For a better community”
*Pronunciation:
- Pronounce the words related to the topic “For a better community” correctly
2. Ability:
a. General ability:
- Improve pair work, group work, interpersonal skills, creativeness and
adaptability.
b. Specific ability:
- Improve writing skills in general.
- Build up vocabulary supported for writing
- Practice writing skill to write an application letter for volunteer work
3. Quality:
- Develop a sense of helping the community and awareness of voluntary work
- Develop self-study skills

II. TEACHING EQUIPMENT AND LEARNING MATERIALS:

- Teacher prepares cards, posters, teaching aids such as: personal computer,
speaker; powerpoint presentation
- Students prepare studying tools such as: pen, pencil, markers,…

III. PROCEDURES:
1. Activity 1: Warm up (6’)
a. Objective:
- To create a friendly and lively atmosphere in the classroom
- To lead into the new unit
b. Content:
- Students work in 2 groups to play a game called “HANGMAN”.
c. Products:
- Students have an overall about an application letter.
- Students have the excitement before joining in the new lesson.

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d. Organization of implementation:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
WARM - UP (6’ - GW)
- divide the class into 2 teams and - Ss spend some time thinking about
gives suggestion: This is a kind of the answer.
letter you need to write when you apply - Each team takes turns to guess a
for a job. letter.
- reveal the correct letter as the Ss * Key :
speak. The team who can speak out the APPLICATION LETTER
correct word/ phrase will be the
winner.
- draw Ss’ attention to the phrase
APPLICATION LETTER and let them
know they are going to learn about.

2. Activity 2: Knowledge formation (16’)

a. Objectives:
- provide an example job application letter, which Ss can use as a model for their
writing.
- help students know about the outline of job application letter.
- introduce the context of the writing task and help Ss develop ideas for their
writing.
b. Content:
- Students work individually or in pairs
c. Products:
- Students understand the meanings of the words/ phrases in the letter.
- Students know about the outline of job application letter.

d. Organization of implementation:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
1. Exercise 1 (8’-PW/IW) 1. EXERCISE 1: READ THE
- Ask Ss to look at the application APPLICATION LETTER FOR A
letter for a volunteer position. VOLUNTEER POSITION. MATCH THE
- Tell them to pay close attention to PARAGRAPHS WITH THEIR AIMS.
how the letter is organized (sender’s - look at the application letter for a
address, date, receiver’s address, volunteer position.
opening, body, closing). - match each paragraph with one of the
- Put Ss into pairs. Have them study aims.
the three paragraphs of the letter and - underline words and phrases that
match each one with one of the aims. support the aims
Encourage them to underline words * Key
and phrases that support the aims. Paragraph 1: C
- Check answers as a class. Paragraph 2: A
Paragraph 3: B
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2. Exercise 2 (8’-PW/IW)
- have Ss read the Anna’s notes, then
read the blog in task 1.
- tell them to pay attention to the
information mentioned in the Anna’s
notes and highlight the clues
explaining.(4 minutes)
- after 4 minutes ask someone to give
the answer and explain.
- feedback and give correction.
EXERCISE 2: READ THE JOB ADVERT
AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
- read the Anna’s notes, then read the
blog in task 1.
- answer the questions and highlight
the clues explaining
* Key:
1. Reliable and hardworking.
2. Welcoming guests and visitors, and
receiving and sorting donations.

3. Activity 3: Practice (10’)

a. Objective:
- help Ss practise writing outline for an application letter for a volunteer job.
b. Content:
- Students work individually and in pairs.
c. Products:
- Students can write a outline for an application letter for a volunteer job.

d. Organization of implementation:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
Exercise 3 (10’ - GW) EXERCISE 3: COMPLETE THE
- ask Ss to look at the outline of the APPLICATION LETTER FOR THE
application letter and identify the JOB.
information they will need to complete - look at the outline of the application
it. letter and identify the information they
- Have Ss work individually to write a will need to complete it.
draft. - write a draft.
- put Ss in pairs and ask them to swap - work in pairs and swap their draft
their draft letters for peer review. letters for peer review
- encourage Ss to revise their letters
and correct any mistakes in their final
draft.

4. Activity 4: Application (10’)

a. Objectives:
- help Ss practise writing an application letter for a volunteer job.
b. Contents:
- Students work in groups.
c. Products:
- Students can write an application letter for a volunteer job.

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d. Organization of implementation:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
APPLICATION (10’ - IW,GW) - work in groups writing an application
- have a groups shown their writing for letter for a volunteer job
class and other groups give comments
for them.
- give feedback on one writing as a
model
- correct the mistakes.
- ask Ss to use the outline and write
their own letters individually. If there
is not enough time, assign the task for
homework

5. Activity 5: Home assignment (1’)

a. Objectives:
- revise the lesson and prepare for next lesson
b. Contents:
- Students work individually
c. Products:
- Students can practice writing an application letter for a volunteer job

d. Organization of implementation:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
- ask students to continue writing at - share with the whole class about their
home letters in next lesson.
- Students are assigned to prepare for - prepare for the next lesson
the following lesson.

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