Giáo án Tiếng Anh 12 Global Success Unit 1 Writing

a. Objectives:

- To create an active atmosphere in the class before the lesson;

- To lead into the new lesson.

b. Content:

- Listen to music. Fill in the lyrics of a song.

c. Expected outcomes:

- Students can fill in the blanks to complete the lyrics of a Disney song and get ready for the lesson.

d. Organisation

TEACHER AND STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Listen to music

- Teacher prepares the hand-out of the song lyrics and asks Ss to read and guess the words to fill in the blanks.

- Students listen to the song and fill in the blanks.

- Teacher plays the song once.

- Teacher checks answers with the whole class.

- Teacher replays and pauses the song if necessary.

- Students check their answers with the class.

Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILRs2r6lcHY

Answer key:

1. windows

2. starlight

3. lifted

4. different

5. chasing

6. crystal

7. lifted

8. different

TEACHER AND STUDENTS ’ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Task 1: Work in pairs. Answer these questions, using the information from Listening. Write NG (not given) if you cannot find the answer.(8 mins)

- Ask Ss to skim through the questions individually. Make sure they understand the questions.

- Students read the questions and understand them.

- Students work in pairs and answer the questions.

- Put Ss in pairs. Ask them to answer the questions by referring to information in the listening lesson.

- Encourage them to look at their answers and notes in the listening section to recall the information. Remind them to write NG where they cannot find the answer.

- Students write NG if they cannot find the answer.

- Check their answers as a class.

Answer key:

1. NG

2. NG

3. NG

4. He created Mickey Mouse, and produced successful animated films such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. He also won 26 Oscars.

5. He created the Disneyland theme park.

6. NG

7. NG

Task 2: Read some facts about Walt Disney. Then work in pairs to answer all the questions in Task 1. (8 mins)

- Tell the Ss that they may need to read more to find the answers to the NG questions in Activity 1.

- Students read the text and find information to answer NG questions in Task 1.

- Have the Ss to read a text about Walt Disney. Ask them to focus on information they need to answer the NG questions in Activity 1.

- Walk around to provide support when necessary.

- Check their answers as a class.

- Tell them that in a simple sense, by collecting and combining information from different sources, they are synthesising information. By selecting key information from what they read, they are summarising it. Both synthesising and summarising information are very important for them in reading in real life.

Extension: Put them in pairs to discuss in what real-life situations they might need to synthesise and summarise information (e.g. writing a report, writing an article, preparing for a presentation), and what they might need to do when synthesising and summarising information (e.g. reading and listening skills, note-taking skills, summarising skills)

Answer key:

1. He was born in Chicago in 1901.

2. He attended Brenton Grammar School, but dropped out at the age of 16.

3. He had talent for drawing and painting.

6. Yes, he was married and had two children.

7. He died in 1966.

a. Objectives:

- To help Ss practise writing an article about the life of Walt Disney.

b. Content:

- Task 3: Write a biography (180 words) of Walt Disney for your school newspaper. Select and combine information from Task 1and Task 2, and use the following outline and suggestions to help you. (p.15)

c. Expected outcomes:

- Students can write an article about the life of Walt Disney.

d. Organisation

TEACHER AND STUDENTS ’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Task 3: Write a biography (180 words) of Walt Disney for your school newspaper. Select and combine information from Task 1and Task 2, and use the following outline and suggestions to help you.

- Tell Ss that they are going to write a 180-word biography of Walt Disney. They should use the information they have synthesised and summarised in Activity 1 and 2.

- Students brainstorm for the ideas and the language necessary for writing

- Ask them to study the outline and suggestions in 3 first. For weaker classes, ask questions to help them know what information to include in each part of the article. E.g. What should we write in the Childhood and education section? (Information about his birthplace and schools he went to)

- Students write the first draft individually using the ideas in task 1 and 2.

- Give Ss a time limit. In weaker classes, put Ss in pairs or groups to help each other. Walk around the class to provide help when necessary.

Suggested answer:

WALT DISNEY – THE FATHER OF MICKEY MOUSE

Walt Disney is famous around the world for making a lot of successful films, which are loved by children and adults of many generations.

Childhood and education

Walt Disney was born in Chicago in 1901. During his childhood, he loved drawing and painting. He attended Brenton Grammar School, but he left school when he was 16.

Achievements

Disney was a very successful film maker, who created Mickey Mouse and produced successful animated films such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Throughout his career, Disney won or received 26 Oscars, three Golden Globe Awards, one Emmy Award – a record in history.

He is also famous for building the first theme park in the world, called Disneyland. Now many more Disney parks have been built and have become popular worldwide.

Family

Walt Disney had three older brothers and a younger sister. He married Lillian Bounds, and they were together for 41 years. They had one biological daughter and one adopted daughter.

Death and the continued success of the Walt Disney Studios

Disney died from cancer in 1966, but the Walt Disney Studios continued to make live-action and animated films. These films inspire people of all ages to follow their dreams.

TEACHER AND STUDENTS ’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Cross-checking

- Teacher has the pairs swap and gives feedback on each other’s writing. Teacher shows a writing rubric to help Ss do the peer review.

- Students swap their piece of writing with their partners and give peer review.

- Ss do the task as required.

- After peer review, Ss give the writing back to the owner and discuss how to improve it.

- Teacher then chooses one piece of writing and gives feedback on it as a model.

- Teacher chooses some useful or excellent words/ phrases/ expressions/ word choices Ss have used to give suggestions to other Ss.

- Teacher chooses some typical errors and corrects as a whole class without nominating the Ss’ names.

Writing rubric

1. Organization: …/10

2. Legibility: …/10

3. Ideas: …/10

4. Word choice: …/10

5. Grammar usage and mechanics: …/10

TOTAL: …/50