Giáo án Tiếng Anh 11 Unit 3 Writing - Tiếng Anh 11 Global Success

1. WARM-UP (5 mins)

a. Objectives:

- To stir up the atmosphere and activate students’ ideas about living in a smart city;

- To set the context for the writing part;

b. Content:

- Story starters

c. Expected outcomes:

- Students brainstorm some advantages or disadvantages of living in a smart city.

d. Organisation

TEACHER’S AND STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Story starters

T asks Ss to work in groups of 8 students. The first student of each group starts with: “I like living in a smart city.” or “I don’t like living in a smart city.” Then the next student continues by saying one sentence about the reason…

Students’ creativity

2. ACTIVITY 1: PRE-WRITING (12 mins)

a. Objectives:

- To help students develop ideas for their writing

- To familiarise Ss with the structure and language of an article.

b. Content:

- Task 1. Read the following ideas and decide whether they are advantages or disadvantages of living in a smart city. Tick the appropriate box. (p.34)

- Task 2. Read the article below and match its parts with the correct descriptions (p. 34)

c. Expected outcomes:

- Students are able to get some ideas about advantages and disadvantages of living in a smart city.

d. Organisation

TEACHER’S AND STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Task 1. Read the following ideas and decide whether they are advantages or disadvantages of living in a smart city. Tick the appropriate box. (5 mins)

- T asks Ss questions to recall ideas from the listening and elicit the topic of the writing, e.g. Does Ms Stevens like living in a smart city? What disadvantages does she mention? Does she mention any advantages?

- Put Ss into pairs. Ask them to read the statements and decide whether they describe advantages or disadvantages of living in a smart city.

- Check answers as a class by asking individual Ss to read the statements and say why they are advantages or disadvantages, e.g. Statement 1 explains how people’s lives will become easier – by reducing household chores – so this is an advantage.

Answer key:

Advantages: 1, 4, 5

Disadvantages: 2, 3, 6