E-LEARNING

FINAL PROJECT
GROUP 12 CLASS B

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Lesson Plan
Lesson Title: Unit 5 High-Flyers
Grade Level(s): B1+ Intermediate Level
Content Area(s): Reading, Listening, Speaking, Writing, Vocabulary, Grammar
Trần Hồng Liên – 41.01.701.053
Instructor(s): Lê Phạm Minh Tâm – 41.01.701.096
Phạm Phương Hân – 41.01.701.026

Learning Context

Learners:

Learners are teenage students who are capable of reading texts with a length of over 300
words and solving follow-up tasks that test reading comprehension. Students understand
how to listen for gist and for details and have been taught to take notes when listening. The
majority of students can express their opinions or answer questions about social-general
topics in full sentences, with some pronunciation faults and grammatical mistakes that
generally do not hinder communication. These students have also been taught about the
format of an opinion essay and are able to meet the requirements of producing written
works of over 140 words each.

Learners have a decent range of vocabulary to express ideas about general-social topics that
do not require specialist knowledge. In terms of grammar, students have learned about the
parts of speech, the tenses, the passive voice, and the articles, and are able to use a mix of
simple and complex sentence forms with some errors that rarely reduce communication.

The class is full of attentive, active and cooperative students. L2 is preferred over L1 in class.

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Student Task

Scenario: Students are young learners currently going through their teenage years, during
which they experience a transition from childhood to adulthood. At this stage of life,
parents are often the people who guide their teen children in selecting the right education
and the right career path as they fear their daughters or sons might not be independent
enough for such responsibilities. This leads to a dependent, aimless life styles among young
learners. Therefore, it is important that schools help teenagers to realise the important of
having ambitions and to develop an ambition – a strong desire to achieve something, be it
fame, fortune or personal bliss. Students who are in their teenage years should be helped to
discover what their aims and dreams are and how to fulfil such goals when they leave
school.

Questions for students to answer:

Do you think having an ambition is important for young people?

What is the best way to measure a person’s success?

Have you set goals for your future? What are they?

Products: In order to answer the questions, students are required to each make an
electronic portfolio using the tool Microsoft Sway presenting their ambitions and what they
have done / will do to achieve them. Through these electronic portfolios, students
understand themselves and their ambitions better, thus will be better motivated to have
their dreams realized. Teachers gain better insights into their students to inform instruction.

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Assessment Plan
Learning objectives Assessment plan
[1] Reading:
After the lesson, students will be able to
- Teacher and peer feedback on
- solve multiple matching problems,
answers to discussions
- prepare for matching tasks,
- Feedback on quiz submission
- use appropriate vocabulary to talk about
ambitions.
[2] Vocabulary:
- Participation in activities on
After the lesson, students will be able to:
platform
use appropriate vocabulary to talk about success
- Submission of quizzes
and ambition.
- Participation in activities on
[3] Grammar:
platform
After the lesson, students will be able to:
- Participation in activities on
use perfect modals appropriately
platform
[4] Speaking:
After the lesson, students will be able to:
- Feedback on recording
- use appropriate functional language to
submission
express certainty and uncertainty,
discuss options and make decisions.
[5] Writing:
After the lesson, students will be able to: - Participation in activities on
- write an opinion essay about success and platform
ambition, - Submission of writing task
present arguments using formal register.
[6] Listening:
After the lesson, students will be able to: - Teacher and peer feedback on
- solve multiple matching problems, answers to discussions
identify key words and take notes while - Feedback on quiz submission
listening.

[7] Electronic Portfolio: see Appendix 1 for

see Appendix 1 for assessing criteria
assessing criteria

Weighting: of the total score

[1] to [6]: 10% each, which together constitute 60% of the total score
[7]: 40% of the total score

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Lesson Procedure
Student Directions,
including technology usage Teacher Guidance
(posts on Edmodo)
Week 1 - PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT & READING

Project announcement Project announcement

#Project #Unit5 #Guidelines Give the guideline to students by posting

Appendix 1 on Edmodo.
Unit 5 - High Flyers
Answer any relevant questions from
Hello class, students.

Attached is the guideline to your 5th group

project. Read it very carefully and should
you have any relevant questions, feel free to
comment down below.

This is an individual project, so you won't be

working in groups.

Good luck!

Unit opener Unit opener

#Discussion #Unit5 Post the photo (Appendix 2) on Edmodo. Ask

students to look at the photo and the title of
**Unit 5 - High Flyers** the unit and explain how they think the two
things are related by commenting in the
Hello class, post.
This week we will start with another exciting Suggestion: The man is high above ground
unit, and let's warm up our thoughts with a level and is attempting to do something that
small discussion! takes a lot of courage and skills
Look at the photo attached and the title of
the unit - High Flyers - and explain how you
think they are related by commenting down
below.

#Discussion #Unit5
Explain that a high-flyer is a person who has
Unit 5 - High Flyers the ability to become very successful.
As you can see in the previous post, the man
in the picture is high above ground level and

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is attempting to do something that takes a
lot of courage and skills. We can call him a
high flyer.

A high-flyer is a person who has the ability to

become very successful.

So, who do you think of as high-flyers in the

world? Do you know anyone who you think
Create a padlet board.
is a high-flyer?
https://padlet.com/tranhonglien0509/kp18a
Go to this padlet board add your answers to
polulut
the questions above. Remember to give
reasons for your answers and show support Ask students to go to the link to the padlet
to your friends' posts as well. board, and answer who they think of as high-
flyers in our world and whether they
https://padlet.com/tranhonglien0509/kp18a
consider anyone they know as a high-flyer.
polulut
Encourage them to give reasons for their
answers.

Task A – Pre-reading Task A – Pre-reading

Create a poll in Edmodo.

What does success mean to you? Choose the
option that you think are the most Ask students to think about what they
personally think of as success and choose
important in defining success.
one option in the poll that they consider to
be important.
After that, comment the reasons for your
choice. Remember that there are no right or - wealth
wrong answers. - high status
- personal happiness
- wealth - good friends
- high status - making a difference
- personal happiness
Ask students to discuss their answers. Stress
- good friends
that there are no right or wrong answers,
- making a difference
but tell them to give reasons for their
choices.

Task B - While-reading Task B - While-reading

#Unit5 #Reading #Quiz Make a quiz based on the reading text

(Appendix 3).
Unit 5 - Reading
Ask students to read the text and do the quiz
Hello all, on Edmodo.
This week’s reading will be about four
teenagers and their achievements at very

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young ages.

Read the text attached in this post and

answer the Reading quiz here:
https://new.edmodo.com/post/683766032

Ideas Focus – Post-reading Explain to students that they are going to

discuss a question about which of the
#Discussion #Unit5 #Reading teenagers’ achievements is the most
impressive.
Unit 5 - Reading
Ask students to answer the question and
After you have read the text, answer the encourage them to give their own reasons to
following question by commenting below support their opinions.
Which of the teenagers' achievements is the
most impressive?

Remember to give reasons for your answers.

Homework Homework
#Vocabulary #Unit5 #Reading
Create a set of flashcards on Quizlet for
Unit 5 - Reading students based on the vocabulary from the
The Quizlet flashcards below will help you reading text.
learn the vocabulary from the reading text
more easily. https://quizlet.com/_5vm5pj
https://quizlet.com/_5vm5pj
Study the vocabulary items carefully as they
can be useful for your 5th project, and they Tell students to learn the vocabulary using
may appear in the tests as well! Quizlet.

Good luck.

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 Week 2 – VOCABULARY
#Unit5 #Vocabulary #Introduction
Unit 5 - Vocabulary
Hello class,
This week we will start with the next part of
Unit 5 which is Vocabulary.
This lesson contains three different tasks for
you to complete and one writing task as
homework.
You are required to finish all the tasks
otherwise you may receive punishment.
Good luck.
#Unit5 #Vocabulary #TaskA
Unit 5 - Vocabulary
The Quizlet flashcards below will help you
learn the vocabulary that make this task
easier for you:
https://quizlet.com/_5vp9b6
After finishing learning vocabulary, you may
move to the exercise which is posted as a
quiz afterward.
#Unit5 #Vocabulary #TaskA #Quiz
Unit 5 - Vocabulary
Quiz name: Vocabulary - Task A: Complete
the sentences using two words in each
groups.
- Introduce series of vocabulary
practices to students
- Guide students to do tasks in the
order of posts on Edmodo
- Clear state the punishment (if any) if
students skip tasks
Glossary: The B1+ Alphabetical Word list
Unit 5 (page 61 and 62)
Create set of vocabulary on Quizlet then
copy the link to your Edmodo post
[Carefully describe topic of the set in
Description section]
[Remember to select words that are new to
students or haven't been learned]
Create a quiz on Edmodo.
1. Type of quiz: Fill in the blank
2. Task instructions should be in
detailed for students to understand.
3. Modify question display to fit your
intention
4. Make sure answers shown after
students complete task
5. Time limit is 10 minutes.
Answer keys:
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 1 accomplished, best-selling
2 goals, failures
3 medal, cup
4 fortune, profit
5 land, jewellery
6 determined, valuable

Glossary: The B1+ Alphabetical Word list

#Unit5 #Vocabulary #TaskB Unit 5 (page 61 and 62)

Unit 5 - Vocabulary Create set of vocabulary on Quizlet then

The Quizlet flashcards below will help you
learn the vocabulary that make this task
easier for you:
https://quizlet.com/_5z3fy8
copy the link to your Edmodo post
[Carefully describe topic of the set in
Description section]
[Remember to select words that are new to
students or haven't been learned]

After finishing learning vocabulary, you may

move to the exercise which is posted as a
quiz afterward.
Create a quiz on Edmodo.
#Unit5 #Vocabulary #TaskB #Quiz 1. Type of quiz: MCQ
2. Task instructions should be in
Unit 5 - Vocabulary detailed for students to understand.
3. Make sure answers shown after
Quiz name: Vocabulary - Task B: Choose the students complete task
odd ones out. 4. Time limit is 5 minutes.

Answer keys:
1 fantasies
2 flop
3 envy
4 arrogant
5 faulty
6 infamous

#Unit5 #Vocabulary #Task C #Discussion

Unit 5 - Vocabulary

Now, we will move to the main task also the

last exercise of today lesson.
‘This is an article about a celebrity.
The woman wearing sunglasses in
the centre of the photo is Oprah
Winfrey. Do you know anything
about her?’
[Picture attached]

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Comment on the post one thing related to
Oprah’s life, career.
#Unit5 #Vocabulary #TaskC
Unit 5 - Vocabulary
The Quizlet flashcards below will help you
learn the vocabulary that make this task
easier for you:
https://quizlet.com/_5z3i0r
After finishing learning vocabulary, you may
move to the exercise which is posted as a
quiz afterward.
#Unit5 #Vocabulary #TaskC #Quiz
Unit 5 - Vocabulary
Quiz name: Vocabulary - Task C: Choose the
correct answers.
Glossary: The B1+ Alphabetical Word list
Unit 5 (page 61 and 62)
This activity is posted as a note on Edmodo.
Instructions are clearly stated (including
question and how to answer)
Create set of vocabulary on Quizlet then
copy the link to your Edmodo post
[Carefully describe topic of the set in
Description section]
[Remember to select words that are new to
students or haven't been learned]
Create a quiz on Edmodo.
1. Type of quiz: Fill in the blank
2. Task instructions should be in
detailed for students to understand.
3. Modify question display to fit your
intention
4. Make sure answers shown after
students complete task
5. Time limit is 10 minutes.
Answer keys:
1 tireless
2 riches
3 poverty
4 influential
5 gift
6 ladder
7 boosting
8 drive
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Homework - Ideas Focus Ask students to answer the question and
encourage them to give their own reasons to
#Unit5 #Vocabulary #Homework #IdeaFocus support their opinions.

Do you agree with these statements? Why? / - Create a Google Form for students to
Why not? submit their answers.
1 All the money in the world can’t buy you - Check their answers and give
happiness. feedback (if necessary) via e-mail
2 It’s harder for women to be successful than - Deadline: One day after posted
men. - Students who don't answer, copy
3 Following your dreams is more important their friends' answer, make no effort
than making a lot of money. in responding to the questions may
Follow this link to answer and submit your receive punishment.
work:
https://goo.gl/forms/UZPwT4ymF9M7a9Kt1
Remember to meet the deadline mentioned
in the form.
And don't forget to practice vocabulary on
Quizlet.
Thank you!

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 Week 3 – GRAMMAR
Reading prompt
#Unit5 #Grammar #Discussion
Unit 5 - Grammar
Hello class,
Before we start with our lesson on a new
grammar point, go to this padlet board
https://padlet.com/minhtam_le_hcmc/e4e3
oyrvn1zo and read the story about Michael
Dell. The story is divided into parts, and you
should comment your thoughts on each. You
should also reply to your friends’ comments.
Go the padlet.com and make a new padlet
board using the Storyboard template. Break
the story about Michael Dell below into
parts and post each part separately. The
result should look like this:
https://padlet.com/minhtam_le_hcmc/e4e3
oyrvn1zo
Go to the class on edmodo and provide the
instructions: Go to this padlet board
https://padlet.com/minhtam_le_hcmc/e4e3
oyrvn1zo and read the story about Michael
Dell. The story is divided into parts, and you
should comment your thoughts on each. You
should also reply to your friends’ comments.
Michael Dell
How could he have managed to become the
youngest CEO of one of the largest American
companies? Michael Dell’s company - Dell
Computer Corporation - now earns more
than $50 million on a daily basis! It sells
computers all over the world. You may even
have a Dell computer at home!
How did he do it? It can’t have been easy,
especially when he’d been told at school
that he wouldn’t get anywhere in life! He
could have been discouraged, but he wasn’t.
He was an average student who was
interested in computers like lots of other
teenagers. He must have been a bit
different, though, because one day he
brought a computer home and started to
take it apart. He then reassembled it just to
see if he could. At university he started
building computers for his fellow students.
He dropped out of college and never looked
back. He managed to fulfill his dream of
making and selling computers. In 1984, and
with only $1,000, he started his own
company. His parents needn’t have worried
as he went on to become a successful
businessman.
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Functional language

#Unit 5 #Grammar Create a padlet board using the Shelf

template. Add 3 columns onto the board,
Unit 5 – Grammar each corresponding to the functions (a), (b),
(c) in the instructions below.
Read the article about Michael Dell again,
this time look for expressions used to Provide instructions referring to the article
express: on Michael Dell: Go to this padlet board
(a) certainty about the past https://padlet.com/minhtam_le_hcmc/jkmfv
(b) lack of necessity in the past z6zljf8 and comment the expressions used to
(c) past possibility express:
(a) certainty about the past
Go to this padlet board (b) lack of necessity in the past
https://padlet.com/minhtam_le_hcmc/jkmfv (c) past possibility
z6zljf8 and comment the expressions you
find in the correct column. Remind students to upvote, downvote, or
reply to their friends’ comments as they
You should also upvote, downvote or reply wish.
to your friends’ comments as you wish.

Webquest

#Unit 5 #Grammar Ask students to look for other successful

Unit 5 – Grammar
Pick a successful figure you know of and post
their stories in full onto this padlet board:
https://padlet.com/minhtam_le_hcmc/e4e3
oyrvn1zo
You are encouraged to write the stories
yourselves, and not copy from any website.
You should use the expressions in the
functional language part in your stories.
figures like Michael Dell, and post their
stories onto this padlet board:
https://padlet.com/minhtam_le_hcmc/e4e3
oyrvn1zo
Encourage students to write the stories
themselves, using the expressions in the
functional language part. They can work
individually or in pairs.
Remind students to upvote, downvote, or
comment on others’ stories as well.

You can do this on your own, or with a

friend. Afterwards, remember to read
others’ stories as well, and upvote,
downvote, or comment as you wish.

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Idea exchange
#Unit5 #Grammar
Unit 5 - Grammar
Look back at the stories about Michael Dell
and his equals once more. Then go to this
padlet board
https://padlet.com/minhtam_le_hcmc/sikh9
5b1ycr7 and post your ideas on the following
issues:
(a) the role ambitions/dreams play in
one’s success
(b) how to know if one is successful
(c) your own dreams
You are advised to return to the board
regularly to read and reply to your friends’
ideas.
Go to padlet.com and create a new padlet in
the Backchannel format. An example is:
https://padlet.com/minhtam_le_hcmc/sikh9
5b1ycr7
Ask students to look back at the stories and
Michael Dell and his equals and discuss their
ideas on the following issues by posting in
the padlet board.
(a) the role ambitions/dreams play in
one’s success
(b) how to know if one is successful
(c) your own dreams
Encourage students to return to the board
regularly to read through their friends’ posts
and reply to them.
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 Week 4 – SPEAKING
Task A – Pre-speaking
#Speaking #Unit5
Unit 5 - Speaking
You are going to hear two students, Peter
and Maria, having a discussion. They will
have to make a decision together on what
their friend should do to become a
professional football player. Suggestions
include buying a good pair of shoes, playing
football with friends, watching football
matches and reading football news.
Read the instructions above, then play the
recording to see how they address the task.
Pay attention to the expressions they use
when discussing opinions. Go to this padlet
board and add more expressions that you
know can be used to express feelings of
uncertainty or certainty.
https://padlet.com/tranhonglien0509/16m4
5cocu9k2
Task B – While-speaking
#Unit 5 #Speaking
Unit 5 - Speaking
In groups of 4, discuss the following task:
A friend of yours wants to become a vet.
Suggestions of what he should do include
reading books about animals, studying
biology well at schools, learning from the
Internet and talking to a vet. Talk to each
other about what your friend should do,
then decide on the most important thing to
do.
Task A – Pre-speaking
Post the audio on Edmodo.
Explain to students that they are going to
hear two students, Peter and Maria, having a
discussion. They will have to make a decision
together on what their friend should do to
become a professional football player.
Suggestions include buying a good pair of
shoes, playing football with friends, watching
football matches and reading football news.
Ask students to play the recording to see
how Peter and Maria address the task.
Tell students to pay attention to the
expressions Peter and Maria use when
discussing opinions.
Create a padlet board.
https://padlet.com/tranhonglien0509/16m4
5cocu9k2
Ask students to go to this padlet board and
add more expressions that they know can be
used to express feelings of uncertainty or
certainty.
Task B – While-speaking
Explain to students that in groups of 4, they
have to discuss the following task:
A friend of yours wants to become a vet.
Suggestions of what he should do include
reading books about animals, studying
biology well at schools, learning from the
Internet and talking to a vet. Talk to each
other about what your friend should do,
then decide on the most important thing to
do.
You should think about which option you
think is the most important for this friend to
successfully become a vet and why. Why are
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You should think about which option you
think is the most important for this friend to
successfully become a vet and why. Why are
the other options not so important?
Record a video and upload your group
discussion here.
Your performance will be marked on
Grammar, Vocabulary, Pronunciation and
Interaction.
Answering these questions can help you
understand the task better:
What kind of decision do you have to make?
How many things should you discuss?
What should you discuss with your partner?
What will you decide on in the end?
Do you have to reach an agreement with
your partner?
Ideas Focus – Post-speaking
#Discussion #Speaking #Unit5
Unit 5 - Speaking
Record your answers to the following
questions and attach the file down below.
Don't forget to give reasons for your
answers.
1 Do you think young people are more or
less ambitious than older people? Why?
2 What do you think is the best way to
measure how successful someone is? Why?
the other options not so important?
Ask students to record a video of them
discussing the task and upload their group
discussion on Edmodo.
Explain that students’ performance will be
marked on Grammar, Vocabulary,
Pronunciation and Interaction.
To help students understand the task better,
ask them the following questions:
What kind of decision do you have to make?
How many things should you discuss?
What should you discuss with your partner?
What will you decide on in the end?
Do you have to reach an agreement with
your partner?
Ideas Focus – Post-speaking
Ask students to answer the questions below
and encourage them to discuss them with
their classmates.
1 Do you think young people are more or
less ambitious than older people? Why?
2 What do you think is the best way to
measure how successful someone is? Why?
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 Week 5 – WRITING

Understanding the prompt

#Unit5 #Writing
Pick a prompt related to the theme
Unit 5 - Writing Ambitions and success and produce essay
Read the article cut out from The City Times questions from the prompt.
below. Then consider the following task.
Post the prompt and questions on
THE CITY TIMES edmodo.com and ask students to consider
Riches to rags to riches the following:
- the type of text they should write to
The sun is shining again on Brian answer the questions
Sunderland, son of multi-millionaire - the points they should include in the
William Sunderland. Brian had an text
extremely privileged upbringing and was
educated at an exclusive private school. Create a poll for students to vote the
However, two years ago, he lost his entire number of paragraphs they should include in
fortune when his real estate business went the text.
bankrupt. Now, in a remarkable turn of
events, he has become one of the most The prompt:
successful young entrepreneurs of the THE CITY TIMES
decade. ‘I can hardly believe it myself,’ Riches to rags to riches
commented Brian on his change of
fortunes. The sun is shining again on Brian Sunderland,
son of multi-millionaire William Sunderland.
Is being rich and famous a good measure of Brian had an extremely privileged upbringing
success? How else can success be judged? and was educated at an exclusive private
Write an essay discussing your opinions school. However, two years ago, he lost his
using specific examples. entire fortune when his real estate business
went bankrupt. Now, in a remarkable turn of
Now, answer these questions in the events, he has become one of the most
comment section below: successful young entrepreneurs of the
- What type of text should you write to decade. ‘I can hardly believe it myself,’
complete the task? commented Brian on his change of fortunes.
- In this text, what points should you
include? The essay questions:
Is being rich and famous a good measure of
Remember to vote for the number of success? How else can success be judged?
paragraphs you think should be included in Write an essay discussing your opinions using
the text. specific examples.

Students should answer:

- a formal essay
- The first point is if being rich and
famous is a good measure of success,
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Understanding the structure of an essay
#Unit5 #Writing
Unit 5 - Writing
For a formal and academic essay, it is most
appropriate to include no more and no less
than 5 paragraphs. However, a 4-paragraph
essay is also considered acceptable.
Now read through the example essay below
written in response to the questions in the
previous post.
Many people become successful easily while
others must try hard to achieve their goals.
The main debate is, however, is on how
success can best be measured.
Two of the first things that comes to mind in
answer to this question is fame and fortune.
Society nowadays simply adores those with
wealth to spare. However, if one has
inherited their wealth, it is no longer
necessarily a sign of their own achievements.
It should be acknowledged that success only
comes when one achieves what one has set
for oneself through one’s own labour.
Another possible measurement of success is
school grades. Scores on tests are often used
to judge students’ progress. In spite of this,
those with high marks may actually have
learned less than others with a tendency to
underperform under exam conditions.
In conclusion, although it may seem difficult
to set measures for success that can apply to
everyone, people can only be successful by
trying hard to achieve their goals.
and the second point is how else
success can be measured.
Refer to the poll on the number of
paragraphs included in an essay and note
that including 5 paragraphs is the most
appropriate for a formal and academic essay,
although a 4-paragraph one is also
acceptable.
Write an example essay to answer the
questions in the previous part and post it
onto edmodo.com. Number the paragraphs
in the example essay.
Ask students to look at the example essay
and discuss what the purpose of each
paragraph is.
Students should answer:
- Paragraph 1: Introduce the topic to
be discussed making reference to the
task
- Paragraph 2: Answer the first
question and discuss the issue
- Paragraph 3: Answer the second
question by suggesting another
measure of success
- Paragraph 4: Sum up and state the
your opinion
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Understanding the register
#Unit5 #Writing
Unit 5 - Writing
It is important to be polite when writing an
essay because you have to convince the
reader that your ideas are objective and
believable. To do so, there are 3 points you
should remember when presenting
arguments in formal essays:
1. Express ideas in a neutral and objective
way.
2. Avoid exaggerating and being too
emotional when using personal experience.
3. Avoid spoken language, short forms of
verbs, and phrasal verbs.
Imagine you’ve been discussing success.
Now your teacher has asked you to write a
formal essay with the following title: Success
and school exams. Read the sentences below
and vote for the ones you would include in
your own essay.
Explain to students some points to bear in
mind when they present arguments in
formal essays.
Set the context for the voting poll: Imagine
you’ve been discussing success. Now your
teacher has asked you to write a formal
essay with the following title: Success and
school exams.
Create a voting poll on edmodo.com for
students to vote the sentences they should
include in the essay.
The following sentences should be included:
- Nowadays, it is more important than
ever to succeed at school.
- It is important that targets set are
realistic.
- It is sensible to hold the view that the
more ambitious people are, the more
likely they are to achieve their goals.
- At the end of the day, only oneself
can decide whether one is successful
or not.
Remember to add sentences students should
not include in their essays to the voting poll.
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Understanding some useful expressions

#Unit5 #Writing Set students a matching exercise to

familiarize themselves with expressions they
Unit 5 - Writing can use when writing about success and
Below are some expressions you can use ambition
when writing about success and ambition.
Students should answer:
Match the expressions below with the 1. be ambitious/determined to
appropriate meaning: 2. achieve a goal/success, reach a target
aim for the top be ambitious 3. overcome difficulties
achieve a goal be determined to 4. live up to one’s expectations
achieve success be motivated 5. make progress
reach a target be persistent in 6. set a goal/target
make progress overcome difficulties 7. be persistent in
set a goal/target 8. aim for the top
live up to one’s expectations

1. really want success

2. be successful
3. succeed despite difficulties
4. be as good as a person expected
5. develop
6. aim to do something
7. not give up
8. plan to be the best
Functional language

#Unit5 #Writing Go to padlet.com and create a padlet board

Unit 5 - Writing
Go to this padlet board
https://padlet.com/minhtam_le_hcmc/7963
3csmg0o7 and post expressions that serve
each of the function shown.
You can post as many expressions as you can
think of. And remember to upvote,
downvote, or reply to your friends’ posts as
you wish.
using the Shelf format. Add 5 columns to the
board, each corresponding to a function
below:
- to introduce the topic
- to present one side of the arguments
- to present the other side of the
arguments
- to give examples
- to summarize the arguments and
give personal opinion
The result should look like this:
https://padlet.com/minhtam_le_hcmc/7963
3csmg0o7

Ask students to go to the padlet board and

post expressions related to each function.
Note that they should try to use these
expressions when writing an essay.

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Task
When writing an essay, it is important to
bear in mind these five notes:
1. Consider the topic and your opinion
2. Outline the arguments for and
against your opinion before writing
the essay
3. Think of examples to support the
arguments
4. Summarize the arguments and
conclude your opinion
5. Use formal language
Now read the prompt and questions below
and complete the task.
THE CITY TIMES
Teens in control
Some expressions students should post:
- to introduce the topic:
- It is common for people to
- Many people feel that
- People sometimes argue that
- Most people say that
- to present one side of the
arguments:
- Firstly,
- On the one hand,
- As a result,
- Moreover,
- to present the other side of the
argument
- On the other hand,
- Another concern is that
- However,
- Consequently,
- to give examples:
- For example,
- For instance,
- to summarize your arguments and
give your opinion
- On the whole,
- In conclusion,
- To conclude,
- To sum up,
- I strongly believe that
Summarize the five important notes of
writing an essay:
1. Consider the topic and your opinion
2. Outline the arguments for and
against your opinion before writing
the essay
3. Think of examples to support the
arguments
4. Summarize the arguments and
conclude your opinion
5. Use formal language
Provide the newspaper extract as a writing
prompt and the essay questions and assign
students the task of writing an essay to
answer the questions.
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A recent survey has been published that
shows that today’s teenagers are forming
the ‘ambitious generation’. Many of these
teenagers expect to attend university.
However, they might be missing out on
what normal teenagers should be doing.

How important is it for young people to have

ambitions? Read the newspaper extract then
write an essay discussing your opinions using
specific examples. (140 – 190 words)

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 Week 6 – LISTENING

- Introduce series of vocabulary

practices to students
- Guide students to do tasks in the
order of posts on Edmodo
- Clear state the punishment (if any) if
students skip tasks
#Unit5 #Listening #Warm-up Create word search game on
https://www.superteacherworksheets.com/
Unit 5 – Listening generator-word-search.html

We are in our sixth week of Unit 5 and today Check students’ replies.
is all about Listening. Expected answer: Words related to ambition.
Before going to the listening practice, let's
warm up with a small activity which is Word
search game.

Please follow this link

https://tinyurl.com/ybxavpe6 and try your
best to find out all the hidden words.

Next, there is a hint that the found words

share some similarities in meaning. Your job
is to figure them out and let me know by
commenting below this post. You have to
comment at least one idea.

After that, think of some more vocabulary

related to the same topic as the hidden
words.

The B1+ Alphabetical Word list Unit 5 (page

#Unit5 #Listening #Vocabulary
Unit 5 – Listening
The Quizlet flashcards below will help you
learn the vocabulary that make this task
easier for you:
https://quizlet.com/_5z3l4v
61 and 62)
Create set of vocabulary on Quizlet then
copy the link to your Edmodo post
[Remember to select words that are difficult
to guess meaning or have sounds making
confusion]

After finishing learning vocabulary, you may

move to the main exercise which is posted
as a assignment afterward.

#Unit5 #Listening #Guide Ask students to focus on the task

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Unit 5 – Listening
You will hear five short extracts in which
people are talking about ambitions. For
questions 1 - 5, choose from the list (A-H)
what each speaker says about ambitions.
Use the letters only once. There are three
extra letters which you do not need to use.
instructions and questions.
Ask four guiding questions
Expected answers:
5 people will be talking.
They all talk about ambitions.
There are 8 matching statements but only 5
will be needed.

A. You can have a very happy life

without being ambitious.
B. The level of ambition you have
depends on how rich you are.
C. My ambition is the only thing that
inspires me in my daily life.
D. You'll probably just be disappointed
because you've failed.
E. Some ambitions are pointless, but
others are very useful in life.
F. If you really want something, you can
have it.
G. Poor people have no ambition.
H. Everyone needs an ambition to
inspire them.

Speaker 1 (_____)

Speaker 2 (_____)

Speaker 3 (_____)

Speaker 4 (_____)

Speaker 5 (_____)

Read through the task instructions carefully

and answer following questions by
commenting below this post.

How many people will you listen to?

Will they all talk about the same topic?
How many matching statements are there?
Will you need to use all the statements?

#Unit5 #Listening #Exercise Provide listening tips in Exam Close-up

Unit 5 – Listening
You can complete your exercise via this link:
Post link of listening practice on Edmodo and
ask students to follow instructions in the
link.
Create quiz on Google Form.
There is no time limit for this task.
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https://goo.gl/forms/kK5HDc6bG2ASslU93 Teacher check student response via
response sheet of Google Form and notice
Remember to follow the instructions written questions causing difficulty.
in the link so that you can do this task more Audio 5.2 is used.
easily.
Answer keys:
1B 2F 3D 4E 5A

Tapescript (See Appendix 4)

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Appendix 1
Project 5 guideline
Product

Make an electronic portfolio using Microsoft Sway to talk about your ambition(s) and your
plan to achieve them.

Assessing criteria

Criteria Content Grammar Vocabulary Organisation

Outstanding The content Students use a Students use a All parts of

(5 points) should show wide range of wide range of the portfolio
students’ grammatical vocabulary fit together in
understanding structure appropriately a logical way
of subject appropriately and and accurately, that is easy to
matter and be accurately, with with little to no follow.
directly relevant little to no errors. errors.
to the question
raised.
Students’
viewpoints are
appropriately
supported.

Good Performance shares indicators of scores 5 and 3

(4 points)

Satisfactory Students Students attempt Students There may be

(3 points) understand the to use complex attempt to use a lack of
subject matter structures but less common overall
and express make frequent lexis but with progression in
relevant grammatical some the
viewpoints, but errors that inaccuracy in organisationo
the viewpoints sometimes meaning, f the
are not impede collocations portfolio.
sufficiently communication. and spelling
supported. that sometimes
impede
communication
.

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Needs Performance shares indicators of scores 3 and 1
Improvement
(2 points)

Unsatisfactory The question is Students make Students use a Ideas are not
(1 point) not fully many grammatical limited range of organised in a
answerred and errors that vocabulary with logical way
viewpoints are prevent little control and cause
not supported. communication. over meaning, difficulties for
collocations readers.
and spellings.
Errors distort
the message.

Prompt

You may use the questions below as prompts for your portfolio

Do you think having an ambition is important for young people?

What is the best way to measure a person’s success?

Have you set goals for your future? What are they?

What are your plans to achieve those goals?

Due date

Students submit the portfolio on Edmodo by 11.59 PM March 12.

Failures to meet the deadline will receive a score of 0.

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Appendix 2
Unit opener

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Appendix 3
Reading text
Top Teenagers
A - Aisha Khan, 18, Saratoga, California, USA
I’ve always been interested in how things work. My parents told me that I used to take
things apart when I was young because I was curious about what was inside. Telling me how
something worked simply wasn’t enough - I have to see it for myself. I suppose that natural
curiosity was the start of my interest in electronics and put me on the path to becoming an
inventor. My latest project is all about portable energy. I’m developing a type of battery that
charges super quickly but is small and light enough to be used in handheld devices like
smartphones and tablets. People have commented on my success at such a young age,
especially when I won prizes and got funding for research before I was eighteen, but as far
as I’m concerned, young people are natural innovators - it’s our own futures we’re
improving so what better motivation can there be ?

B - Jamal Roberts, 21, Shoreditch, London, UK

It all started about seven years ago when I was sixteen. I got a phone with a video function
for Christmas - it was one of the first models to have video so I wanted to use it all the time.
I’d go out virtually every day and just shoot whatever action was happening on the streets.
There were groups of rappers around London at the time so I hooked up with them and
filmed them improvising. It wasn’t long before I upgraded my phone to a good camera and
started taking things a bit more seriously. About the same time the whole boom of putting
video online started so I rode that way, really. I was lucky. A lot of people saw my films and
that was the basis of my success. I saw the opportunity to make it into a business by getting
people to pay to watch and my online channel was born. Sounds easy, right? Well, not
quite. There was quite a lot of determination and hard work along the way.

C - Leah Randall, 17, Swan Hills, Alberta, Canada

I took my first flying lesson at the age of 12 and was immediately hooked. I knew right then
that I wanted to fly solo and pestered my dad to take me to the airport where he worked at
weekends. He loves flying, too, so it didn’t take long before he agreed to more lessons. My
mum was much less keen but she got used to the idea after a while. Although to this day I’m
pretty sure she thinks that was a bad influence on me, getting me to go solo when I was far
too young. I didn’t think it was anything particularly special though. It’s quite remote out
where we live so learning to fly is a useful life skill and one that has become my job. I’ve just
started with a local company flying supplies out to communities in winter time, so I’m
thankful for that dad’s faith in my flying ability.

D - Roland Sutter, 16, Basel, Switzerland

I was born in Basel but haven’t lived there since I was fourteen because I started playing
with the Zurich Kammer Orchestra around that age. I still had to complete my school study
so a teacher came with us when we were touring, but most of the time I lived in Zurich. It’s
not unusual for there to be young violinist in an orchestra so I never thought it was strange
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to be working at such a young age. I always hoped I would become a professional violinist so
this is the accomplishment of a lifelong dream. I suppose I miss being an ordinary teenager
sometimes, but the orchestra feels like my extended family - they’re always joking and
making fun of me, which makes rehearsals good fun.

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Appendix 4
Tapescript for Listening
You will hear five short extracts in which people are talking about ambitions. For
questions one to five, choose from the list ( A to H) what each speaker says about
ambitions. Use the letters only once. There are three extra letters which you do not need
to use.

Speaker Well, I think in general what whether or not you're ambitious depends on the
1 background you come from. I mean if you come from a family of famous
explorers you're likely to have the ambition of discovering a secret tribe in the
jungle or climbing a high mountain, aren't you? But if you come from a very poor
family, your only goal in the life might be to put food on your children's plates
each day. I think having a particular ambition that makes you different from other
people is probably only something a small number of people can afford to have.

Speaker I believe that you can achieve anything you want if you're really determined and
2 you truly believe in yourself. There are so many people who’ve achieved amazing
things that nobody else thought were possible, just because they persisted and
didn’t let anything or anyone stop them. You don't have to be rich or famous, you
just have to believe that something is important, and have the determination to
keep going until you’ve achieved it. You need to be very strong though, and not
listen to what other people say.

Speaker I don't think being ambitious is a very good idea. I mean, most people will
3 probably tell you they've got some sort of ambition, but how many of those will
succeed? Probably very few. I wouldn't want to be ambitious in the first place,
because I'd be afraid of being a failure and a disappointment to myself and
others. And imagine how much money, time and effort you could waste on trying
to achieve something. You'd probably end up poorer than when you started,
you'd lose your friends on the way, and you'd wish you hadn't tried to change
anything!

Speaker It depends what kind of ambition you're talking about, because I think there are
4 two very different types. There's the type of ambitions little children have, like
going to the moon or being a film star, which are not very realistic, and there are
more realistic ambitions like wanting to become a doctor or a lawyer. For almost
all of us, the first kind is a waste of time, whereas the second kind is really good,
because it gives you a reason to study at school and university, and the
inspiration to work hard and do well. That's much better than just going to school
every day because you have to.

Speaker I've never been an ambitious person, probably because my parents weren't
5 either. They were happy just living an ordinary life, doing their best and keeping
other people happy, and that's how I feel too. Nothing's ever particularly inspired

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me to want to be different or a high achiever. There's nothing special that I
particularly want in my life. I don't want to be famous and I know I'll never by
very rich! Instead of always wanting something I haven’t got, I'd rather just relax
and enjoy the life I have got!

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Appendix 5
Tapescript for Speaking
(P = Peter; M = Maria)

P: OK, let’s discuss what Jane can do to become a professional football player
M: It’s hard to say, but I think she should watch football matches on TV.
P: Why?
M: Well, I don’tknow. It’s fun, I suppose.
P: Mmm, I’m not sure. It might be fun, but it would be more useful if she joined a team and
practised a few times a week. She would learn the rules of the game and become a better
player too. What do you think?
M: OK, I suppose she would get fit too. But what about reading newspapers? I think that’s a
good idea. She could learn new things about famous football players.
P: I’m not too keen on that idea because I don’t think learning about famous players is very
useful.
M: Hmmm, yes perhaps you’re right. She’ll need to buy new football boots though. She
can’t be a good player without good boots.
P: Yes, OK. So shall we suggest practising in a team and buying boots, then?
M: Yes, those would be best.

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