LESSON PLAN

Unit 7: ARTISTS (English 11 Friend Global)

Lesson 7B: Vocabulary: Talking about the arts (page 84)

I. OBJECTIVES:
1. By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
‐ Identify different forms of the arts
‐ Use different art forms and name of some artists in a relevant topic.
‐ Express their feelings about some of art forms

2. Language material:
‐ Vocabulary:
+ Art forms: play, classical music, pop music, musical, novel, drawing, painting
+ Artists: actor, composer, novelist, painter, playwright, poet, pop singer
+ Artistic activities: act, compose, draw, paint, perform, sing, write

3. Methods
‐ Communicative approach

4. Skills
- Main skills: Speaking
- Sub skills: Listening.

5. Teaching aids
‐ Word cards, picture

II. PROCEDURES: 45 minutes

Stages/ Teacher’s activities Content

timing
Warm up GAME: “Guess what?”
( 7 minutes) - Draw a table on a board and
shows three categories with each
example below
- Divides class into two groups A
and B
- Sends each team the same folder
of picture
- Introduces the rules, check
understanding and models,.
- Monitors the game while the
students are playing
- Check two groups’ choice, and
reveal the pictures simultaneously
Three categories:
1. Literature
2. Music/ Performing arts
3. Visual arts
Rules:
“I have two same folders of picture, a table
with three categories.”
“ Two teams match the picture with the row
to your knowledge. Don’t show the picture”
“ You have 2 minutes to finish”
“I will do an example”
 Answer:
1. Literature: play, novel, poem
2. Music/Performing arts: musical, pop music,
classical music
3. Visual arts: drawing, painting,

Presentation - Review the words in the warm-up

(20 minutes) activity
- Conducts choral drills and invites
one student to repeat

Task 1:
GAME: “Who is this?”

- Shows two lists of famous artists, Rules:

their names and lists their type
randomly on the board
- Divide class into two groups, and
reads the rules
- Each group sends respectively
one member to the board and
match them
- Makes an example
“I have two lists of famous actists, their
names and their types.”
“ Two teams send one member. Go to the
board and match the correct names and types
”
“ You have 4 minutes to finish”
“I will do an example”

- Engages and encourages students

to involve the activity

- Check their answers

Task 2 (6 minutes) :
- Keeps the word cards about artist
types on the board
- Attachs the fill-in-blank “Now I have relevant sentences but they lack of
statements on the board and some verbs
verbs that students can fill Two groups will attach the correct verb from the
- Two groups send a student to fill list”
in one sentence
- Instructs students how to do the
task and demonstrates

- Monitors the task

- Check students’ answer

 Wrap-up:
“Complete the paragraph”
- Asks students to read the
paragraph then finish it by using
some words they have learnt
- Attaches pictures as a clue so
students rely on it to choose a word
- Be careful to the tense
- Move around to engage the
students
- Check the fastest group’s answer.
The other group would check their
answer.
Task 4:
- Ask students to look at the book,
task 5 page 85.
Practice - Reads the requirement
(10 minutes) - Asks some studentes to list some
key words from A-E.
- Plays an audio twice
- Check students’ answers and play
the audio again if necessary
Production ( Task 5: (8 minutes)
5 minutes ) - Asks students to the second
requirements of task 1 in the book
- Provides students with a handout
- Interview your classmates
surrounding
- Instructs students how to do the
task and attaches the question on
the board.
- Goes around to ask random
students
I like Nguyen Du, who is a poet from Vietnam.
His poem is well-known in the world. Plus, a
famous novelist who I admire is J.K Rowling
since I love reading her novel such as Harry
Porter.
In terms of music, Taylor Swift is my favorite
pop singer. I listen to her song every day
although my parent wants to listen to classical
music written by Beethoven.
Lead:
“Before you express your opinion on how
difficult the art is, now you listen to four people
talking about cultural events”
“Now, interview your friends around and ask
the question:
Which art form do you think difficult/easy?
Use the phrases from task 1 and these verbs on
the board to help you answer
It is very difficult to write a pop music.”
“Which art form do most of your friends think it
is difficult?”
“Which art form do most of your friends think it
is easy?”
 - Asks some students about their
interview

- Give feedback on students’

conversation

III. Consolidation (3 minutes)

Asking students some questions to review the lesson:
- What do these famous people do? (Give examples by showing a picture
- How many types of art are there? What are they?

IV. Homework ( 1 minute )

Arts quiz on page 85