Course: Lesson Planning and Materials Development

Student’s full name: NGUYỄN QUANG TRÍ

Student ID: 22205940
Assignment #1: Activity Design

General information

Topic/Theme DESCRIBING YOUR BELOVED ONES (FAMILY OR FRIENDS)

- Language: Simple Present tense, Vocabulary, Descriptive Adjectives, and Sentence Structures
Language
- Skills: Writing
items
- Function: Write a descriptive paragraph about a family member or a friend

Coursebook/
American English File 2 - Unit 1B: Charlotte’s choice
Unit

Class profile Proficiency level A2 (Pre-intermediate)

Age 18 years old and above

Size 10 students (4 men & 6 women)

- Personality: Enthusiastic, Eager to learn, Willing to communicate, Active

participation, Curious to know more about American culture and custom
- Learning styles: Visual, Kinesthetic, Auditory
- Reasons for learning:
 Completing cumpulsory English programme in Univeristy
 Consolidate and enhance English ability for future career opportunities
Characteristics  Communicate clearly and confidently in both personal and professional
settings, making it easier to express ideas and describe people or
situations.
 Ability to describe loved ones enhances self-expression, helping students
articulate their thoughts and feelings more clearly.
- Profession: University Students, Graduate Students, Freelancer, Office
Worker,

In this stage of learning, students have a firm foundational knowledge in terms

of Present simple tense, which they have used in previous lessons to talk about
daily routines, habits, and facts (e.g., "He works as a doctor" or "She likes to
Assumed read"). Additionally, they should also be familiar with basic descriptive
knowledge adjectives (such as kind, funny, and hardworking), which help them describe
people’s personalities and characteristics. Finally, they have experience
with asking and answering simple questions about people, which will support
their writing tasks during the lesson.

Timetable fit  In the previous lesson, students were introduced to the topic of personal information and
introductions
  In today’s lesson, students will focus on writing descriptions of loved ones (family or friends),
using present simple tense and expanding their use of descriptive adjectives to describe
personality and appearance.
 In the next lesson, students will expand on their descriptive skills by learning how to use
the present continuous tense to describe actions and behaviors in the present moment.

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write a well-structured

paragraph descrbing their beloved ones (family member or friend),
Main aims
using correctly the related vocabulary, descriptive adjectives and
sentence structures.

 To reinforce students’ understanding of the present simple

Lesson Aims tense when describing people’s habits, jobs, and hobbies.
 To expand and practice using descriptive vocabulary (e.g., adjectives
such as funny, kind, hardworking) related to family and friends.
 To improve students' ability to structure sentences and paragraphs
Subsidiary aims clearly with appropriate use of connectors (e.g., "and," "but") and
punctuation.
 To enhance students' brainstorming and idea generation skills by
encouraging them to think critically about how to describe family
members and friends.

Problems Solutions

Clearly separate the vocabulary into two

Students may struggle to differentiate between categories during the warm-up (appearance vs.
describing appearance and personality. personality), providing examples and eliciting
responses.

Review simple present grammar rules

explicitly (section 3a and 3b), and provide
Students may find it difficult to form correct
plenty of examples before writing. Model
sentences using the simple present tense.
sentences on the board to support sentence
construction.

Encourage the use of a broader range of

Students may rely on simple adjectives and adjectives from the unit (section 1b) and
repeat the same vocabulary. provide a list of useful words on the board for
reference.

Difficulty organizing ideas clearly: Students Provide a paragraph template or a suggested

may have good content ideas but struggle with structure (e.g., introduce the person, describe
Anticipated structuring their paragraphs logically (e.g., their personality, and mention hobbies or
problems & jumping between topics without smooth memories). Use transitions like "First," "Next,"
Possible transitions). and "Finally" to guide students in organizing
solutions their writing.
 Activity Procedure

Stage/Time Activities Stage Aims Materials Interaction Patterns

Activate prior
Warm-up knowledge of describing
people

 Introduce and teach new

vocabulary related to
describing people
 Reinforce grammar Appendix
Pre -
points (Simple Present 1&2
tense) through the
structure given in the
previous lesson.

While- 1. Brainstorming: Ss discuss

with partner in pairs and Help Ss to brainstorm
write down similarities and ideas by making them
differences between compare family and Individual work
Appendix 3
describing a family member friends, focusing on Pairs work
and describing a friend with relevant vocabulary and
guiding questions. sentence structure.

2. Ss complete the prompts Practice building Appendix 4 Individual work

with information about descriptive sentences
someone they are close to, and become familiar
using descriptive with the structure they
adjectives (e.g., funny, will use in their
kind) and correct present paragraph.
simple tense.
 3. Ss fill in the template given
by T and use ideas about
their family member or best
friend that they have
brainstormed in the  Ss organize thoughts and
“Brainstorming” part. ideas in a coherent, clear
Afterwards, Ss rewrite the way
completed sentences as a  Practice writing with a Individual work
Appendix 5
full paragraph in their well-structured
notebooks or on paper. T paragraph using key
assist Ss with the writing vocabulary and grammar
(if there are ideas that they of the lesson
donot know how to write)
and make sure they use
proper punctuation and
connectors.

4. Ss write a new descriptive Practice in writing a

paragraph (8-10 sentences) descriptive paragraph
about a different family with less scaffolding and
member or friend of their apply the vocabulary,
choice without using a grammar, and sentence Individual work
Appendix 6
template, focusing on structures they have
applying present simple learned in a more
tense and descriptive independent and creative
adjectives from the previous way
activities.

5. In pair, Ss exchange their

work for peer review. Each
student to read their partner’s
paragraph and check for:
Encourage reflection on
a. Correct use
the use of descriptive
of descriptive
language, tense, and
adjectives Individual work
sentence structure by
b. Appropriate use of Pairs work
receiving feedback from
the present simple
their peers.
tense
After that, students should
give positive feedback first
and then suggest for
improvement (if possible).

Retrieve vocabulary,
grammar, and sentence
Post- structures from Unit 1B
to discuss and expand on
descriptions
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