The document outlines an English lesson plan for 10th grade students in Hue, Vietnam. The 45-minute lesson focuses on reading about the history of cinema. Students will develop reading skills and learn new vocabulary words related to films. The lesson involves warm-up activities, pre-reading vocabulary instruction, a reading comprehension activity with true/false and multiple choice questions, and a post-reading discussion about favorite films. The plan anticipates that some students may struggle with vocabulary and provides solutions to help elicit meanings.

1. THUA THIEN HUE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING
BUI THI XUAN UPPER-SECONDARY SCHOOL
LESSON PLAN
ENGLISH 10
UNIT 13: FILMS AND CINEMA
SECTION A: READING
Instructor: Ho Thi Phi Phuong
Trainee: Ho Van Ket
Hue, 03/2017

2. LESSON PLAN
UNIT 13: FILMS AND CINEMA
A-READING
I. Classdetail:
 Class: 10B5
 Grade level: 10
 Class size: 40 students
II. Time allotted: 45 minutes
III. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
 Develop reading skills, reading for gist and for specific information.
 Understand about a brief history of a cinema.
IV. Lexical items: Sequence, decade, audience, character, spread.
V. Lesson focus: Reading
VI. Teaching aids and materials:
 Teacher: laptop, textbook, handouts, picture, projector, speaker.
 Students: textbook.
VII. Anticipated problemand solution:
1. Anticipated problems: Some students may not have a wide range of vocabulary, or
students do not know the new words.
2. Solution: Teacher can give some suggestions to help them elicit the words.
3. VIII. Procedure (T:teacher; Ss: students).
Stage/
Timing
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Work
arrangement
Warm-up
(5 mins)
Game: Whatfilmis this?
(T prepares 5 trailers of 5 films)
-T introduces the game.
-T gives instructions: “You’re going to
watch 6 trailers of famous films. You
have 20 seconds to answer the name
of the film. You can give answer in
English or Vietnamese. Anyone has
- Students listen the
instruction carefully and
play the game.
The whole
class

3. correct answer will get a gift from me
immediately”.
-T checks the instructions:
1. “What are you going to do?”
2. “How many seconds do you have
for each trailer?”
- Teacher keeps control over the
game, gives feedback to students’
answers, checks and gives the gifts.
*Expected answers:
1. Spider man
2. Pan
3. Tam Cam: the untold story
4. Descendants of The Sun
5. Avatar
6. Frozen
*Lead-in:
-T questions “Who can guess the
topic today?”
-T says “Yes, today we will know
more about the lexical words and a
brief history of a cinema. Now we
move on to unit 13, part A-Reading.
-T writes the name of the lesson on
top of the board.
-Answer the name of the
film.
-20 seconds.
-Ss answer, “Films and
cinema”.
Pre-reading
(14 mins)
I. Activity 1: Teaching vocabulary
-T says “Before you read, I will give
you some new words”
Stepsfor teaching vocabulary:
-T elicits the new words by some
techniques.
-T reads each word three times and
asks all Ss to repeat it chorally.
-T asks four or five Ss to read all the
words loudly in front of the class.
-T listens and helps Ss to correct their
pronunciation.
-T repeats the same process for the
other words.
-T asks Ss to copy them down.
-Listen to T and repeat
chorally the individually.
-Ss copy them down.
TSs

4. *Vocabulary (written on the left side
of the board)
1.Sequence (n): chuỗi
Eliciting technique: translation
T asks, “How do you say ‘chuỗi’ in
English?
2.Decade (n): thập niên
Eliciting technique: example
-T asks, “100 years we call a century,
so what do we call a period of 10
years?”
3. Character (n): nhân vật
Eliciting technique: sugguestion
-T shows a sentence on the slide and
asks Ss to fill in the blank “Harry
Potter is a main _________ in series
of Harry Potter, many people love
him”.
4.Audience (n): khán giả
Eliciting technique: Visuals
-T asks, “Who are they?”
5.Spread (v): lan rộng, lan tỏa.
Eliciting technique: translation
-T asks, “How do you say ‘lan rộng’ in
English?”
II.Activity2: Checking vocabulary
Technique: Translation
-T ask Ss to close the books.
-T gives instruction: “I will read
vocabularies in Vietnamese and you
have to speak in English. For
example, I speak ‘thập niên’ you have
to speak it ‘decade’. Is it clear?
-T will read right order first, after that
-Ss answer, “sequence”
-Ss answer, “decade”.
-Ss answer, “character”
-Ss answer, “They are
audience”.
-Ss answer, “Spread”.
-Ss close the books.
-Ss listen to T.

5. T will read randomly.
-T will perform until Ss reply all
vocabs flowingly.
-Ss act out like T’s
instruction.
While-
reading
(18 mins)
Activity 1:Prediction
-T ask Ss to close the book
-T delivers handouts and asks Ss to
predict if the statements in handout
of task 1 are true or false.
-T calls some Ss give their prediction.
-T writes them down on the board.
Activity 2:Task 1
Decide if the statements are true (T)
or false (F).
-T asks Ss to read the passage
individually in 5 minutes.
-After that, T asks Ss to work in pairs.
-T gives instruction: “Discuss with
your partner, decide if the
statements are true or false in 3
minutes”.
-T checks the instruction:
+Do you work in group or in pairs?
+How much time do you have?
-T let Ss do the task and goes round
to supervise.
-T calls some Ss to read their answers
and correct if they choose false.
-T shows the correct answers and
corrects the answers in prediction
part.
-T gives feedback.
*Expected answers:
1.T
2.F develop
3.F 5-10 minutes
4.T
5.F 1920s
Activity 2: Task 2
Multiple choice.
-T asks Ss to read the passage again
-Ss close the books.
-Ss give their predictable
answers.
-Ss read the passage
silently.
-Ss listen to T carefully.
-Ss answer, “in pairs”
And “3 minutes”.
-Ss work in pairs in order
to do the task.
-Some Ss read their
answer and correct if
they choose false.
-Ss read the passage
Work in pairs
Work in pairs
Work in pairs

6. in 2 minutes.
-T delivers handouts (2)
-T shows the handout on screen
-T gives in struction: “Work in pairs,
choose the best answer for each
question in handout in 5 minute”.
-T checks instruction:
+Will you work in group or in pairs?
+How much time do you have?
-T goes round to supervise
-T calls some Ss to read their
answers.
-T checks the answers and gives
feedback.
*Expected answers:
1. A; 2.C; 3.A; 4.C; 5.A;
Activity 3:Task 3
Choosing the best title.
-T gives instruction: “Read the
following passage quickly and decide
which of the options below is the
best title for it”
-T let Ss do this in 2 minutes.
-T calls a student give his/her choice
and explain the reason why.
-T comments and gives feedback.
*Expected answer:
B. A Brief History of a cinema
again carefully.
-Ss receive the handout
and look at the screen.
-Ss listen to T and do the
task with partners.
-Ss answer, “in pairs”
-“5 minutes”
-Ss read their answers.
-Ss listen to T and read
the passage quickly.
-Ss give their answer.
TSs
Post-
reading
(7 mins)
Activity:Discussion
Talk about a film you like best
-T asks Ss to work in group of 10 in
order to talk about a film they
like best by completing points
in handout.
-T shows handouts on the slide.
A FILM YOU LIKE BEST
 Name of film:
 Kind of film:
 Main Characters:
-Ss work in group of 10.
Work in
group

7.  Film talks about:
-T delivers poster and asks Ss to
complete the points.
-T let Ss do the task in 3 minutes.
-T calls 2 presentatives from each
group come to the board to
present.
-T comments and gives feedback.
-Ss receive posters and
complete points given.
-two representatives
from each group come to
the board to present.
Homework
(1 minute)
-T asks Ss learn vocabularies by heart
and prepare for the speaking lesson.
-Copy homework into
notebook.
The whole
class
APPENDIX
Handout 1:
Task 1:Decide if the statementsare true (T) or false (F).
T F
1. The history of cinema began in the early 19th
century
2. In the first two decades of its existence, the cinema didn’t
develop rapidly.
3. By 1905, films were about 30 minutes long
4. Films became even longer and better from 1915
5. The cinema changed completely at the end of the 1910s

8. Handout 2:
Task 2:Readthe passage and choose the correct answers.
1. In the first two decades, films were little more than ___________ photographs.
A. moving B. still C. colourful
2. In the early days, films ___________ sound.
A. have B. had C. had not
3. In the early 1910s, ___________ were able to see long films.
A. audiences B. children C. teenagers
4. At the end of the 1920s, ___________ was introduced.
A. camera B. picture C. sound
5. As the old silent films were being replaced be spoken ones, the ________
cinema appeared.
A. musical B. visual C. animational