Giáo án Tiếng Anh Lớp 11 - Tiết 18-25, Unit 3: Becoming independent - Bùi Thị Mỹ An

Date of planning: 25/9/2014
Date of teaching: 11a2- 1/10/2014	Period 18
Unit 3: BECOMING INDEPENDENT 	 
 Lesson 1 : Getting started	An independent person
I. OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson , students will be able to :
- get an overall view of 
 + the topic of the whole unit “ becoming independent” 
 that they are going to be taught in the unit through a dialogue ( accompanied by a comprehension task – questions and answers)
- have some practice with the vocabulary items
Independent, self-reliant, responsible, reliable, determined, well-informed, confident, decisive
II. PREPARATION: textbooks
III. PROCEDURE:
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
1. Activity 1: Situation setting
a/ Listening to and practicing the dialogue 
- have ss listen to the CD and practice the dialogue in pairs ( 3 minutes) and have them call out its main content
b/ Comprehension check – Questions and answers
 ( in pairs)
1. Why does Lan like Minh?
2. Why does Lan think that Minh is a r... independent
Family words ( nouns/ adverbs) of “reliable, confident, independent, self-reliance, decisive, determined, responsible”
- use “to infinitives” after certain adjectives and nouns
- do a 15-minute test à evaluate their own learning and have proper adjustment to their learning
II.PREPARATION: textbooks 
III. PROCEDURE
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
15-minute test: Specification grid
Use of language: 6 pts
Vocabulary: 8words/ 4pts 
( selected from a box of 12 words)
Grammar: 4 sentences/ 2 pts 
( sentence transformation – modal verbs + cleft sentences)
Reading comprehension : 4questions/ 4 pts
1. VOCABULARY:
a/ Activity 1: Table completion ( with the nouns and adverbs of the given adjectives)
- have ss do the task ( work individually à check in pairs)
adjectives
nouns
adverbs
1. reliable
2. confident
3. independent
4. self-reliant
5. decisive
6. determined
7. responsible
b/ Activity 2: Sentence completion
1. Ann is a very person. Whenever you ask her to do things for you, you can expect her to do them well.
2. You must believe in your abilities and have in yourself to succeed.
3. To keep on current topics, you need to read newspapers and watch the news.
4. She has a very attitude towards work. She doesn’t need to be reminded about her duties.
5. Lam has been taught..from an early age, so she is very independent now.
6. In case of emergency, you have to act very
7. Vietnamese people celebrate their.Day on September 2nd.
2. GRAMMAR: To infinitives after certain adjectives/ nouns
a/ Activity 1: 
-have ss underline the “to- infinitive” in the dialog 
( getting started)
1. It’s good to have a friend you can rely on.
2. Even our Maths teacher was very surprised to read his answer.
3. His parents must be really pleased to have such a son.
4. He still has time to read.
5. It’s interesting to talk to him.
6. I really admire his ability to make decisions so quickly.
7. You’re lucky to have a close friend like hi...do the 15’ test
1. VOCABULARY:
-do the task ( work individually à check in pairs)
adjectives
nouns
adverbs
1. reliable
2. confident
3. independent
4. self-reliant
5. decisive
6. determined
7. responsible
Reliability
Confidence
Independence
Self-reliance
Decisiveness
Determination
responsibility
reliably
confidently
independently
..
 decisively
determinedly
responsibly
-do the sentence completion task individually
1. reliable
2. confidence
3. well- informed
4. responsible
5. self-reliance
6. decisively
7. Independence
-underline the “to- infinitive” in the dialog ( getting started)
-follow teacher’s presentation
-Rewrite the sentences using the to-infinitive:
1. The little boy was afraid to jump into the pool.
2. She is proud to be the leader of the group.
3. The students were excited to hear that they had won the competition.
4. My mother was very surprised to hear I would take part in the storytelling contest.
5.I’m sorry to disturb you. 
combine the sentences
1, It’s unreasonable to expect that everyone will understand you.
2. It’s impossible to guess what will happen.
3. It’s easy to learn some simple sentences in English such as “How are you?” or “ Thank you”.
4. It’s necessary to take a map with you when travelling in a foreign country.
5.It’s possible for you to finish the project on your own
-rewrite the sentences, using the nouns in brackets and a to-infinitive phrase
1. You are not ill so there’s no need to stay in bed. (need)
2. My teacher has the ability to make complicated things easy to understand. ( ability)
3. His decision to take part in the contest surprised all of us. ( decision)
4. I couldn’t get permission to go to the party. ( permission)
5. I didn’t know about their plan to go to Nha Trang for the summer holidays. (plan)
-redo the tasks
Date of planning: 25/8/2014
Date of teaching: 11A2 – 2/10/2014	Period 19	
Unit 3: BECOMING INDEPENDENT 	 
Lesson 2 : Language	+ Test 15’
- Vocabulary	: