PHAN THI MINH THUONG HOANG GIANG VINH METHODOLOGY 7A

Phan Thi Minh Thuong

Phan Thi Minh Thuong

Hoang Giang Vinh

METHODOLOGY 7A

ADAPTATION

TIENG ANH 11

Unit 3: PARTY

Writing

Content of the tasks in the lesson:

Writing a letter of invitation

Task 1: Work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions.

On what occasions are patties help?
What kind of clothes do people often wear at a party?
What kind of presents do people often bring to a party?

Task 2: Complete the letter of invitation below with the words/phrases in the box.

winners at my house to come

to cook by Monday refreshment

67 Ngoc Ha Street

Hanoi, Vietnam

Dear Minh Hanh,

I am having a New Year’s Eve party (1) -----------at 7 p.m on 31 December. Would you like (2) ----------? Most of our classmates have been invited, too. There will be lost of (3) ----------- and some special foods that I myself am going (4) ----------. Of course, there will be dancing and some games with nice prizes for the (5) -------- Please let me know (6) ------- whether you can come.

Love,

An Duc

Task 3: You are going to hold a party. You want to invite your classmates to the party. Write a letter of invite of invitation, following these guidelines.

What party are you going to organize?
Where and when do you intend to organize the party?
How many people do you plan to invite and who are they?
What activities will take place at the party?
What food and drink will be served at the party?

EVALUATION

Good points:

Clear instructions, especially, in task 3, it has set the scene for students.
It supplies the sample of the letter of invitation to a party (task 2).
Task 3 gives students some cues to write a letter it seem easier for students to write a letter.

Bad points:

The content of task 1 is not related to letter of invitation.
It doesn’t have useful language.

ADAPTATION

Aims:

Helping ss know content of a letter of invitation.
Providing ss some useful expressions.

2. Procedure:

Task 1: Replace

Brainstorm the content of a letter of invitation

- Step 1: T elicits the main content of an invitation letter from students. Students (ss) just answer/ guess based on their background knowledge.

+ Expected answers: occasion, time, place, games, foods, drinks, for whom, etc.

-Step 2: T gives the diagram 1 to confirm the students’ correct answers and improve on the general ideas

PHAN THI MINH THUONG HOANG GIANG VINH METHODOLOGY 7A

2) Task 2: Add

After ss completed task 2, teacher helps ss apply some useful expressions in the letter.

Step1: teacher gives Ss useful expressions.

Step 2: teacher guides Ss to use useful expressions.

Useful expressions:

Structures:

- Would you like + V_to inf?

- Are you free

PHAN THI MINH THUONG HOANG GIANG VINH METHODOLOGY 7A

- How about +V_ing?

- Do you feel like

- PHAN THI MINH THUONG HOANG GIANG VINH METHODOLOGY 7A Can we/shall we

- We are glad if you can…

- Let’s+ + V_bare- inf?

- Why don’t we/you

3) Task 3: (page 38) (remain)

Evaluation Criteria

Criteria	Description
Knowledge & application	Students demonstrate a good knowledge of ELT and a successful application of theory to practice.
Creativity	Students demonstrate a degree of creativity in the application.
Clarity	The assignment is clear and understandable.

Criteria	Score
Criteria	1	2	3	4	5
Knowledge & Application				
Creativity			
Clarity			
Total score:	10/15
Comments	The provision of the structure of a letter is actually not of great help. If you want to analyse the structure, it’s best to do that with a sample letter.

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