Giáo án Tiếng Anh 11 - Unit 1: The generation gap section 1: getting started

Week:	1
Period: 2 
Date of Preparation:
Date of Teaching:
Class:	11 B1
UNIT 1: THE GENERATION GAP
SECTION 1: GETTING STARTED
Our families
I. Objectives
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
1. Knowledge
- Get to know the topic, vocabulary about the generation gap and family rules, two gramatical points: should, ought to to give opinions and advice, and must and have to to express obligation.
2. Skills
- Develop listening, speaking, reading skills.
3. Attitude
- Have responsibilities and attitudes towards family rules.
4. Orientation for ability and character development: Communication.
II. Description of Levels of Recognition and Orientation for Ability and Character Development
Levels
Activities
Knowledge
Comprehension
Low application
(level 1)
High application
(level 2)
Activity 1
Listen to a
conversation between two friends, Sam and Ann and guess what Sam and Ann are talking about.
Activity 2
Understand
the conversation through comprehension
questions.
Activity 3
Focus on compound nouns.
Activity 4
Read the conversation again to find seven other compound nouns.
Activity 5
Read the conversation again, and find the verbs expressing duty, obligation, advice, or lack of obligation.
Activity 6
Practice initial speaking, using the ideas from the conversation and Ss' own ideas.
III. Preparation of Teacher and Students
1. Teacher’s preparation
- Teaching aids: Student’s book, Teacher’s book, pictures, blackboard, chalk.
- CDs & CD player.
2. Students’ preparation
- Student’s book and notebook.
IV. Classroom Activities:
1. Class stabilization 
2. Check-up ( omitted)
3. Procedure:
ACTIVITY .Warm-up (5 minutes)
.-Tell Ss that these differences can be in the choice of music, clothing, values, lifestyles, ways of shopping (directly from shopping centres or online), or communication
- Ask Ss questions about the picture: This is a photo of a big family. Who are the people in the photo? Is this type of family popular in your community? 
- Elicit answers from Ss.
Lead-in: Inform the class of the lesson objectives: getting to know the topic, vocabulary about the generation gap and family rules, two grammar points: should and ought to for giving opinions and advice, and must and have to for expressing obligation.
-To start the lesson, write the title of the unit THE GENERATION GAP on the board and ask Ss to list examples showing the gap between different generations. 
- Tell Ss that these differences can be in the choice of music, clothing, values, lifestyles, ways of shopping (directly from shopping centres or online), or communication.
- Ask Ss questions about the picture: This is a photo of a big family. Who are the people in the photo? Is this type of family popular in your community?
- Elicit answers from Ss.
ACTIVITY 1. Listen and Read (8 minutes)
1. Aims: To help Ss concentrate in listening to a conversation between two friends.
2. Techniques: Work individually.
3. Approaches: Listening.
4. Teaching aids: CDs & CD player, Student’s book, Teacher’s book.
- Tell Ss that they are going to listen to a conversation between two friends, Sam and Ann.
- Let Ss guess what Sam and Ann are talking about.
- Play the recording. Ss listen to the conversation and read along.
- Tell Ss not to worry about new language items as they will have a chance to come back to them later on.
ACTIVITY 2. Decide the Statements true (T) or false (F) (5 minutes)
1. Aims: To help Ss understand the conversation through comprehension questions.
2. Techniques: Individually.
3. Approaches: Reading.
4. Teaching aids: Student’s book, Teacher’s book.
- Ask Ss to read the statements and decide if they are true (T) or false (F) and refer to the conversation to find clues for their answers.
- Check Ss' answers.
Expected answers: 1.F 2. F 3.T 4. F 5.T
ACTIVITY 3. Complete the Definitions (6 minutes)
1. Aims: To help Ss understand the conversation through comprehension questions.
2. Techniques: Individually.
3. Approaches: Reading.
4. Teaching aids: Student’s book, Teacher’s book.
- Ask them to complete the definitions, using the highlighted compound nouns in the conversation.
- Ask Ss to check answers in pairs.
- Check Ss’answers.
Expected answers: 	1. A nuclear family 	3. A generation gap 	5. A viewpoint 
2. Childcare	4. Table manners	6. An extended family
ACTIVITY 4. Find the Compound Nouns (5 minutes)
1. Aims: To help Ss understand the compound nouns.
2. Techniques:Work individually, in pairs / groups.
3. Approaches: Reading.
4. Teaching aids: Student’s book, Teacher’s book.
- Ask Ss to read the conversation again to find seven other compound nouns.
- Allow Ss to use a dictionary to look up the meanings of the compound nouns.
- Tell Ss to compare their answers in pairs / groups. 
- Then check answers as a class.
Expected answers: grandparents, grandma, grandpa, grandmother, hairstyle, housework, footsteps.
ACTIVITY 5. Find Verbs (5 minutes)
1. Aims: To help Ss focus on should, ought to, must and have to..
2. Techniques: Work in pairs / groups.
3. Approaches: Reading.
4. Teaching aids: Student’s book, Teacher’s book.
- Ask Ss to read the conversation again to find verbs expressing duty, obligation, advice.
- Tell Ss to compare their answers in pairs / groups. 
- Then check answers as a class.
Expected answers: 
+ Opinion and advice: should, ought to.
+ Duty and obligation: must, have to.
+ Lack of obligation: not have to, not need to.
ACTIVITY 6. Ask and Answer (8 minutes)
1. Aims: To provide initial speaking practice.
2. Techniques:Work in pairs / groups.
3. Approaches: Speaking.
4. Teaching aids: Student’s book, Teacher’s book.
- Ask Ss to work in pairs, practise asking and answering the questions given using the ideas from the conversation and Ss’ own ideas.
- Have some Ss tell the class about their partners' type of family and what they like and dislike about it.
Expected answers: 
1. I’m a part of a nuclear/extended family.
2. I learn a lot of skills from my grandparents.
V. Consolidation and Homework 
1.Consolidation (2 minutes) 
- Summarize the main points: Getting to know the topic, the vocabulary items related and modals.
2. Homework (1 minute)
- Practise the conversation, asking and answering questions.
- Prepare for the next lesson.
VI. Evaluation after Teaching
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