Writing lesson plan

Lesson plan
Student: Ninh Tran Thu
Coach: Duong Thi Lan
Class: 11A3
School: Duong Tu Minh High School
Unit 7: World population
Period: Part D: Writing skill
Objectives:
By the end of the lesson, Pupils will be able to:
Write descriptions of pie charts, using appropriate language
Date of planning: Saturday, November 29, 2008
Date of teaching: Thursday, December 4, 2008
Time allowance: 45 minutes
Materials: Tieng Anh 11, board, chalk, handout

Steps
Time
Teacher’s activities (T)
Pupils’ activities (Ps)

1. Pre-writing

























































































































2. While-writing





3. Post-listening

4. Wrapping-up

















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15 mins






8 mins



2 mins
- T shows Ss to chart from handout
- T asks Ss to put the sentences in logical orders about 5 minutes .
Ss have to work in groups .
- T walks around class to control .
T can give some more explanation if necessary .

- Aftet time is over , T calls some Ss from some groups go to Bb and write down their ansers .
- T asks other comments and gives corrections at the end .


- T shows Ss the hand out with the complete description on BB . From the description , T gives Ss some questions to SS .
activity 1 : look at the chart , reading the sentences and putting them in logical order .










Africa






America is home to 885 milion ( 12,3%)
Asia accounts for over 60% of the world population with almost 3.8 billion peolple .
Europe ‘s 710 million with 840 million people , 12 % of the world population .
Africa follows with 840 million people , 12 % of the world population.
The chart shows the distribution of world population in 2005 .
Generally , the world population is distributed unevenly through regions .
China and India alone comprise 20 % and 16 % respectively .
Answer keys : 5 , 6 , 2 ,7,4 ,3 ,1
The chart shows the distribution of world population in 2005 . Generally , the world population is distributed unevenly through regions . Asia accounts for over 60% of the world population with almost 3.8 billion peolple. China and India alone comprise 20 % and 16 % respectively . Africa follows with 840 million people , 12 % of the world population. Europe ‘s 710 million with 840 million people , 12 % of the world population. America is home to 514 milion ( 8%)
Questions and answers :
How many parts are these in a chart description ? what are they ?
What does the first part tell you ?
What information does the second part give you ?
What language items should you pay attention to in the second part ? underline them ?
What does the last part tell you ?
- T elicits the answers:
1. There are three parts in the description of a chart: introduction, body and con clusion
- Introduction: should describe what overall trends you see
- Body should describe the most important trends, while all information is summarized to avoid unnecessary details. Notice how many distinctive features diagram has
* you notice to write about all the periods of time and all the subjects of the graph. Remember, summarizing doesn’t mean throwing away information. The secret here is to select what’s important, organize it, compare and contrast
- Conclusion should sum up the global trends shown on the figure and compare them if possible
2. Language