UNIT 13 – LESSON 4: D. WRITING
I. Objectives:
1. Education Aims: - Students can write a description of a film.
2. Knowledge: a. General knowledge: - The film Titanic.
b. Language: - Language used to describe a film. - The present tenses .
3. Skills:
- Reading: read the description of the film Titanic and then answer the questions.
- Writing: write about a film they have seen.
II. Anticipated problems: to write about the content of the film.
III. Teaching Aids: - board, textbook, chalk.
IV. Procedures:
Teacher's activities Students' activities
1. Homework checking: (5 mins)
- Ask one st to talk about Lan and Huong's plans for the
next week.
- Ask other sts to listen to their friend and give
remarks.
- Check and give remarks.
2. Before you write: (20 mins)
- Aims: to get sts to recognise how to describe a film
and to read the information about the film Titanic.
+ Task 1:
- Introduce the topic of the lesson: describing a film.
- Introduce some new words:
+'tragic (a):
+'luxury (n):
+'voyage (n): a long journey by sea
+ ad'venturer (v):
+ be engaged:
+ 'iceberg (n):
- Ask sts to listen and repeat and then copy down these
words into their notebooks.
- Ask some sts to read these words again.
- Ask sts to read the description of the film Titanic in
task 1 and to answer the questions about the film.
- Allow sts to work in pairs to ask and answer the
questions orally.
- Move around to help if necessary.
- Ask sts to compare their answer with other pairs.
- Get feedback and give remarks.
+ Task 2:
- Ask sts to think of a film they have already seen and
then work in pairs to ask and answer similar questions
to those in task 1.
- Allow sts to work in pairs in 5 minutes.
- Move around to help if necessary and to check .
- Correct sts' mistakes if there are any.
3. While you write: (10 mins)
- Aims: Sts practise writing a description of a film they
have seen basing on the answers..
- Listen to their friend and give remarks.
- Listen to the teacher.
- Listen to the teacher carefully.
- Copy down the words into theit
notebooks.
- Listen and repeat.
- Some sts stand up and read again.
- Read the description of the film
Titanic in task 1 and to answer the
questions about the film.
- Work in pairs to ask and answer and
then share their answer with their
friends.
- Present their ideas.
1. The name of the film is Titanic.
2. It is a tragic love story film.
3. It is about the sinking of a luxury
liner.
4. It is made in America.
5. It is based on the true story of
Titanic.
6. The main character are Jack Dawson
and Rose DeWitt Bukater.
7. Jack is a young and generous
adventurer. Jack and Rose fall in love
with each other.
8. It has a sad ending.
- Listen to the teacher.
- Think of a film that they have seen.
- Work in pairs to ask and answer about
the films they have seen.