Date of teaching:2/11/2015Level of students: Intermediate
Duration: 45 minutes Number of students: 42

ENGLISH 10 – UNIT 6: GENDER EQUALITY
LESSON 6: WRITING

I, Objectives
1, Knowledge
By the end of the lesson, student will be able to:
+ Have general information about the advantages and disadvantages of being a working mother
+ Get new words, phrases and linking words to express ideas for writing with the topic of being a working mother
2, Skills
Write a paragraph about disadvantages of being a working mother
3, Attitudes
Be aware of mother’s worksand contribute to family life
II, Preparation
1, Teacher: Lesson plan, textbook, handouts, projector.
2, Students: textbook.
III, Approach:Communicative language teaching
IV, Procedures
Time/ Stages
Teacher’ s activities
Students’ activities

1, Warm up
(5 minutes)
- Show some pictures related to the topic of the lesson.
- Ask students guess the name of the works in the pictures.
- Ask students: “ What are they doing?”
- Show the answers
P1: Reading book.
P2: Going to school.
P3: Washing clothes.
P4: Cleaning the house.
P5: Working and taking care of her child at once.
- Introduce the main content of the lesson.
“ Working mothers”





- Look at these pictures and guess one by one picture.


2, Before you write
(10minutes)

+ Give students the new words

1.Contribute + to sth: gópphần, đónggóp
2.Set good examples for sb: làmgươngchoai
3.Domestic (a): trongnhà, tronggiađình
4.Value (n): giátrị
5.Pass down from generation to generation: truyềntừthếhệnày sang thếhệkhác
6.Household expenses (n): chi phísinhhoạttronggiađình
7.Household budget (n): ngânquỹgiađình
8.Widen (v): mởrộng
9.Mature (a): trưởngthành
10.Strength >< weakness (n) : điểmmạnh><điểmyếu
11.Knowledgeable (a):am hiểu

+ Ask students listen and repeat
+ Give students the outline
OPENING: Topic sentence
BODY:
Supporting idea
Explanation 1
Explanation 2
Supporting idea
Explanation 1
Explanation 2
C. Supporting idea
Explanation 1
Explanation 2
ENDING: Concluding sentence
+ Explain the outline
+ Give some conjunctions
Task 1: Put the explanations( a-c) in the yellow box in the appropriate blanks(1-3).
+ Ask students read the tasks and give some suggestions
+ Call students to answer
+ Check and correct if necessary.
Keys
1B
2C
3A




+ Pay attention the new words.
















+ Listen and repeat.





+ Listen carefully.

+ Answer questions

+ Listen and check


3, While you write
( 25 minutes)

Task 2: Read the text and complete the outline:
+ Explain the exercise if necessary
+ Ask students to read the text in page 11 again and work in pair in 3 minutes
+ Call on 3 students do this task
+ Suggested answers:
1, Women`s salaries are becoming important to their household budgets.
2, They discover their strengths and weaknesses, become more knowledgeable and can find good ways to educate their children. 
3, Children see how their parents work hard to support the families and share domestic responsibilities they will learn from them.

Task 4: Write a similar text about the disadvantages of being a working mother.
+ Give handouts to students
+ Give the instructions and requirement
























Advantages
Disadvantages

Topic sentence
Mother should be greatly encourage to work outside the home


Body
Supporting idea 1:
Working mother contribute to housework income
Supporting idea 2:
Working mother are good educators for their children
Supporting idea 3:
Working mothers set good examples for their children

Supporting
idea A:

Explanation:



Supporting
idea B:

Explanation:


Supporting
idea C:

Explanation:

Concluding sentence
Clearly, mothers should be strongly supported to work outside



Write your text about disadvantages of being a working mother
……………………………………………………………………………………
(Firstly/ first/ to begin with) …………………………………………
…………………………………………(Secondly/ second/ next)…………………………………………
…………………………………………
(Lastly/ finally) …………………………………………………………………………………..
(Clearly/ to summarize/ in conclusion) ……………………………………………………………………………………
+ Ask students to work in group of three
+ Call students to go to the board and write the answers