Giáo án Tiếng Anh 11 tiết 91 - Unit 15: Space conquest - Part D: Writing

Period: 91
Date: 23/ 03 /2014 
	UNIT 15: SPACE CONQUEST
	Part D: WRITING
I. OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to know about writing a biography from the information.
II.TEACHING AIDS: textbook, pictures, handout.
III.PROCEDURES:
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
I. WARM-UP 
- T asks ss to look at the picture and answer the questions
1. Who is he?
2. Is he a Russian and an American astronaut?
3. Who did he set foot on the moon with?
- T checks the answers and gives the feedback.
- T leads into the lesson.
II. PRE-WRITING
* Gap – filling
- T asks ss to put each of the headings in the box in the appropriate blank.
Career Place of birth Date of birth 
Quote Known as
Neil Armstrong- American Astronaut
______ 5th August 1930
________ Wapokoneta, Ohio
_______The first person to walk on the moon
________ 1949-1952: pilot in United States Navy
________ “that’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”
III. WHILE- WRITING
- T asks ss to read Armstrong’s biography again and work individually to write a paragraph of Neil Armstrong.
- T asks ss to write their work on their notebooks.
- T goes around to offer help.
- T takes notes of ss' mistakes for indirect correction.
IV. POST –WRITING 
-T gets feedback by asking some ss to read their work aloud.
- T asks some other ss to give remarks.
- T checks and gives the feedback.
- If there is enough time, T can have ss exchange their writing among ss within a group so that they can check their friend's work and give remarks.
V. HOMEWORK
T asks ss to do the exercise on the handout.
Follow T’s requiring.
Look at the pictures and answer the questions
Expected answers
He is Neil Armstrong.
He is an American astronaut
He set foot on the moon with Buzz Aldrin
Listen to the teacher and take notes.
Work in pairs.
Say out the answer in class.
Expected answers
Date of birth 
Place of birth
Known as
Career
Quote 
Follow T’s instructions.
Write their work on their notebooks 
- Work in groups and exchange the writing and remark together
- Take notes
- Do the task. 
Example writing 
Neil Armstrong is an American astronaut. He is known as the first person to walk on the moon. He was born on August 5th , 1930 in Wapokoneta in Ohio. From 1949 to 1952, he worked as a pilot in the United States Navy. Armstrong received his BS from Purdue University in 1955. He joined the NASA astronaut program in 1962. Neil Armstrong became the first human to step on the moon's surface on July 20th, 1969. He was joined by Buzz Aldrin forty minutes later. Armstrong and Aldrin spent two and a half hours on the moon's surface. Armstrong received his M.S from the year later and from 1971 to 1979, he taught at the University of Cincinnati. In 1986 Armstrong was appointed vice chairman of the committee that investigated the Challenger shuttle disaster. He is also well-known for what he said he stepped on the moon surface: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.