Teacher’s name School: GP
Grade : Senior One S
What’s the aim of the lesson? By the end of the lesson, students will have learned some new words and expressions from the text.
By the end of the lesson, students will have practiced speaking for accuracy and fluency, using the target language.
By the end of the lesson, students will develop the ability to deal with their own problems through giving their
peers helpful advice.
Stage Interaction Time Procedure ICQs and CCQs
Lead-in: To generate
interest in the lesson context
and create a need for the
target language to be used.
T-Ss
S-S (Group
work)
2 mins
5 mins
T: Problems cannot be avoided in our daily life.
Some are small, which can be easily solved by
ourselves while others can be big or even serious,
which should rely on other people to help. If you
have problems that cannot be solved on your own,
who do you often ask for help?And Elicit the word
‘counsellor’
(get students to focus on the topic easily and quickly. )
Brainstorming: What kind of problems do you
usually have in your life?
Show some pictures on PPT.
T groups Ss in three or four and ask them to
describe the problems and give some advice.
Ss discuss in groups, while T monitors.
Students from each group tell the whole class
the many different ways that can be used to deal
with these situations.
CCQs: e.g.
Do you feel better or feel worse
after talking to a counsellor?
Does a counsellor give you advice
or deal with the problem for you
himself ?
Instruction: Look at the pictures
and have a group discussion. 3-4
students form a group and describe
the problems and give some
advice.Finish the group discussion
T-Ss-T 5 mins
in five minutes.
ICQ: How many students are there
in a group?
What do you need to do?
Pre-reading:
T-Ss-T 8 mins T provides some new words an expressions from the
text. And concept-checking some new lexis related to
the text.(checking pronunciation and meaning. The
words can also serve as the key words for retelling the
story)
Letter 1
1. counsellor
2. anonymously
He wrote an anonymous letter to the school
counsellor and it is published anonymously in
the school newspaper.
3. accidentally
Don’t blame him too much. He dropped the
vase accidentally.
4. narrowly miss
didn’t hit
5. temporarily: only for a short time
The manager is temporarily busy. He will be
able to see you in a few minutes.
CCQ: Do we know the name of the
writer? (anonymously)
Did he do it by accident or on
purpose? (accidentally)
6. have a guilty/ clear conscience
Letter 2
1. tough guys
strong and often violent man
2. tease and bully sb
He used to be teased by his peers because he
was fat.
The school authorities have warned Peter that if
he continues bullying his younger schoolmates,
he will be dismissed
3. hate violence
(actions that are intended to hurt or kill)
Letter 3
1. grumble
They always find something to grumble about.
(complain unhappily about something)
2. had meant to do sth
I had meant to go on Monday but have stayed
on.
Was he hit by the flower pot?
(narrowly missing)
Can the manager see you now?
Do you have a sense of guilt or a
sense of satisfaction?
Was he respected or laughed at by
his peers?
Are they happy or impatient?
Do you worry about the things you
do?
Did he plan to leave? Did he
leave? (NO)
While--reading
S-S (Group
work)
T-Ss-T
3 mins
5 mins
Six students will form a group.Each group will get a
story and one student tells the story in the group and
the other students fill in the table. And give some
advice.
Ask students to form 6-8 new groups according to the
color of the letter. And share the story in the new
group. Students take notes and fill in the table. And
give some advice.
Report the answers. Have one member of each group
report the conclusions and advice of the group to the
rest of the class. Use the expressions below to help the
5 mins students.
Here are our conclusions and advice about Letters___
It was right/wrong of him/her to….
( It’s proper/appropriate to….)
We therefore advise the writer to…
Post-reading
Ss 2mins Do the questionnaire
Ask the students exchange their answers with his /her
partner and compare notes.
S-S (Pair work) 3 mins The teacher choose two cases from the questionnaire as
a discussion topic, and then the students give their own
advice.
S-S (Pair work) 2 mins
The students tell each other his own problems and give
advice to each other.
Assignment
T-Ss Suppose you are the school counsellor, choose one
problem and write a letter of reply to the student.
CCQ:
What do you need to write for you
assignment?