Giáo án Tiếng Anh 11 Unit 2 (Global Success 2023): The generation gap 

1. WARM-UP (5 mins)

a. Objectives:

– To stir up the atmosphere and activate students’ knowledge on the topic of the generation gap;

– To set the context for the listening and reading part;

– To enhance students’ skills of cooperating with teammates.

b. Content:

– Listing game: List as many words related to the topic A long and healthy life as possible.

c. Expected outcomes:

– Students can recall the previous knowledge and develop interest in the new lesson.

d. Organisation

TEACHER’S AND STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Listing game

– Teacher divides the class into two teams and the board in two halves and gives a board pen to one of the Ss in each team.

– Teacher calls out the theme from the previous unit (A long and healthy life) and gives them two minutes to write as many words related to that theme as they can.

– Each student of the team comes to the board and writes down a word.

– When the game is finished, Teacher has teams check each other’s spelling and count how many correct words each team has written.

– Teacher leads in the new lesson by asking some questions.

Lists of questions:

How many generations are there in your family?

Do you and your parents like the same music/ types of clothes/ TV programmes?

Do you ever argue about anything in your family?

Do you do anything that your parents/ grandparents don’t like?

Do you listen to your parents/ grandparents all the time?

2. ACTIVITY 1: PRESENTATION (7 mins)

a. Objectives:

– To get students to learn vocabulary related to the topic.

b. Content:

– Pre-teach vocabulary related to the content of the dialogue.

c. Expected outcomes:

– Students can use key language more appropriately before they read.

d. Organisation

TEACHER’S AND STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Vocabulary pre-teaching

– Teacher introduces the vocabulary.

– Teacher explains the meaning of the new vocabulary by pictures.

– Teacher checks students’ understanding with the “Rub out and remember” technique.

– Teacher reveals that these five words will appear in the reading text and asks students to open their textbook to discover further.

New words

1. generation gap (n.ph.)

2. behaviour (n)

3. nuclear family (n.ph.)

4. extended family (n.ph)

5.  follow in somebody’s footsteps (idiom)