Unit 14 lop 10writing extremely interesting

WELCOME TO OUR CLASS !
Read these announcements
and then match them with the correct titles
Game: Matching
Kinds of announcement
1.An announcement of retirement


2. An engagement announcement


3. An announcement of service disruption

4. A birth announcement
Content

A. The Full Moon Restaurant is sorry to announce the temporary closing of our restaurant from March 15th to April 5th for repairing. We recognize that this closing will be inconvenient to the foreigners and local people. Please accept our sincere apologies for this inconvenience.

B. Mary and John Smith are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Nancy, on the 29th day of May, 2000.

C. With a sense of both joy and regret, the school wishes to announce the retirement of Mr. Tim Corner, our respected Headmaster. Mr. Corner will be retiring at the end of this semester, when he will have completed 50 years of service to the school. We wish him be happy in his retirement.

D. Mr. and Mrs. William Smith are happy to announce their engagement of their daughter, Miss Jennifer Smith to Mr. Ken Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Brown. An April 28th wedding is planned.

Key: 1- C, 2- D, 3- A, 4- B
Group work
2’
Some types of announcement:
Types of announcement
1. retirement
2. funeral
3. birth
5. Service discruption
4. engagement
Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Unit 14: THE WORLD CUP
D- Writing
Writing an announcement
I. Before you write
1. Game: Matching
2. Task 1 : Answer the questions
3. Introduce the outline
II. While you write
1. Task 1: Rearrangement
2. Task 2 : Write an announcement
III. After you write: Correction
IV. Consolidation: Fill in the gap
V. Homework

Period 85:
D. Writing
I. Before you write
Task 1: Read the following announcement and then answer the questions that follow.
THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
wishes to announce that the match between Nam Dinh and Binh Duong on Sunday, April 18 has been postponed due to severe weather conditions. The match will now be played at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 25 at My Dinh National Stadium.


Task 1: Answer the questions
1. Who is the announcer?

2. What events is the announcement?

3. When will the match be played?

4. Where will the match be played?

5. Why do the events of the announcement happen?
Pair work
3’
1. Who is the announcer?
The national football championship organizing committee.

Before you write
2. What events is the announcement?
The postpone of the match between Nam Dinh and Binh Duong.
Before you write
3. When will the match be played?
At 3p.m on Sunday, April 25.

Before you write
4. Where will the match be played?
My Dinh National Stadium.
Before you write
5. Why do the events of the announcement happen?
Due to bad weather.
Before you write
Writing an announcement
The structure of a paragraph:
+ The first sentence is the topic sentence which tells who announces what.
S + would like to + announce + phrase/clause
wish (es) to
is/are sorry to
regret to
is/are pleased to
Ex: Mary and John Smith are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Nancy, on the 29th day of May, 2000.
+ The remaining sentences provide more detail: time, place, reason…
* The language of the announcement is rather impersonal and passive voice is preferred.
Ex: The match will now be played at 3p.m on Sunday, April 25 in My Dinh Stadium.
II. While you write
Task 1: Read these sentences and then rearrange them to make a meaningful announcement about finding new players for Bui Thi Xuan High School.
A. If you want further information, you can contact Mickey Mouse, class 10A10 or at 091910911.
B. Bui Thi Xuan High School Football Team wishes to announce that the team is finding new players for the new football season.
C. The first meeting of volunteers will be at 2.30 p.m. on Sunday March 21st at the school football ground.
D. Volunteers must be good at football and are studying at Bui Thi Xuan High School.

Group work
2’
Key: 1- B, 2- D, 3- C, 4- A
Complete the table
Complete the table
II. While you write
Task 2: Write an announcement about this topic: “ You are the head of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of your school. Your school’s football team is going to play a friendly match with Le Hong Phong Secondary School Club at 5 p.m. on Sunday 28th March at Bui Thi Xuan High School Football field.”
Individual work
4’
Complete the table
III. After you write
THE SAMPLE
Bui Thi Xuan High School’s Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union wishes to announce that the school football team will play a friendly match with Le Hong Phong Secondary School Club at 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 28th . The match will be played at Bui Thi Xuan High School Football field. Tickets for the match will be sold at the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union’s office from today and cost 2,000 VND each. All the money collected from the match will be used to help disabled students in Phan Thiet city.
Buy a ticket to enjoy an interesting football match and make a small help on disadvantaged students.
IV. Consolidation: Complete these announcements
1. inconvenient / announce / from / apologies / to
Our movie theatre service is sorry to (1)___the temporary closing of our cafeteria (2)____ October 24 (3)____ November 1 for repair. We recognize that this closing will be (4)____ for customers. Please accept our sincere (5)____ for this inconvenience.

2. wishes / in / announce /completed / at
With a sense of both joy and regret the school (1)___ to (2)___ the retirement of Mr. Tim Corner, our respected Headmaster. Mr. Corner will be retiring (3)___ the end of this semester, at which time he will have (4)___ 50 years of service to the school. We wish him well (5)__ his retirement.

3. engagement / to / son / happy / wedding
Mr. and Mrs. William Smith are (1)___ to announce the (2)___ of their daughter, Miss Jennifer Smith (3)__ Mr. Ken Brown, (4)___ of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Brown. An August 28th (5)___ is planned.
Consolidation: Complete these announcements
1. inconvenient / announce / from / apologies / to
1/5 movie theatre service is sorry to (1) announce the temporary closing of our cafeteria (2) from October 24 (3) to November 1 for repair. We recognize that this closing will be (4)inconvenient for customers. Please accept our sincere (5) apologies for this inconvenience.
2. wishes / in / announce /completed / at
With a sense of both joy and regret the school (1)wishes to (2) announce the retirement of Mr. Tim Corner, our respected Headmaster. Mr. Corner will be retiring (3) at the end of this semester, at which time he will have (4) completed 50 years of service to the school. We wish him well (5) in his retirement.
3. engagement / to / son / happy / wedding
Mr. and Mrs. William Smith are (1) happy to announce the (2)engagement of their daughter, Miss Jennifer Smith (3) to Mr. Ken Brown, (4)son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Brown. An August 28th (5)wedding is planned.
Homework
Review how to write an announcement.
Write an announcement for this topic: “ Your parents are busy at work so they would like to seek a baby- sitter, who is a careful and caring person to take care of your little sister when they are busy with the proper salary. Write an announcement for this.
Prepare next lesson.
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