Period 54 Unit 9: Natural disasters GETTING STARTED – LISTEN AND READ I.. Objectives Students listen and read a dialogue for detail information about a weather forecast and will be abl
Trang 1Period 54 Unit 9: Natural disasters GETTING STARTED – LISTEN AND READ
I Objectives
Students listen and read a dialogue for detail information about a weather forecast and will be able to
- Get to know and use new words about weather
- Understand the information in a weather forecast
1 Language focus:
Vocabulary: snowstorm, earthquake, volcano, typhoon
2 Language skills: Practice listening and reading skill
II Teaching aids
1 Teacher’s: textbook, teaching plant, cassette, picture, posters
2 Students’: Textbook, workbook.
III Procedure
1 Organization
2 Checking up:
No
3 New lesson
1 Warm up
Guessing game
Provide three clues about the word weather forecast
Ss have to guess the word If Ss can guess the word
in the first clue they get 30 points, 20 in the second
clue and 19 in the third clue
1 We know whether it is going to rain or to be
sunny if we watch this program
2 It is usually broadcasted on TV after the news
3 It starts with letter W
Asks Ss some questions about the topic:
- Do you usually watch the weather forecast?
- Do you think weather forecasts are truthful?
2 Presentation
T: Explain the words in the book
- Work in groups to guess
* Answers Weather forecast
1 Getting started
* New words
Trang 2T: Ask Ss to match the picture to the correct words
and then compare their answer with a partner's
- Give correct answers
T: Tell Ss to look at the pictures on page 75 and
answer, in which program do we see in these
pictures? (in weather forecast)
T: Set the scene "Thuy is talking to her grandmother
while they are watching a weather forecast on TV
Now you look at the book and listen to the tape?
3 Practice
T: Play the tape more than one if necessary
T: Make any pronunciation corrections if necessary
T: Have Ss worked independently and fill in each
blank one word and phrase from the dialogue
T: Call on some Ss to read aloud their completed
sentences in front of class
Snowstorm (n): bão tuyết Earthquake (n): động đất Volcano (n): Núi lửa Typhoon (n): bão nhiệt đới
• Answers:
1 snowstorm
2 earthquake
3 volcano
2 Listen and read
a Practice
Ss: Practice the dialogue in a group of 3
b answers
1 turn up; weather forecast
2 raining
3 central highlands
4 have temperature
5 weather forecasts
4 Drill
T: Ask Ss to work in group of 3 to 4 and discuss to make a weather forecast for the following day in Vietnam
T: Call on some representatives from groups to read their forecast aloud in front of class
- Comment and make necessary corrections
5 Homework
- Summarize the main points
- Prepare "speak"
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I Objectives
- By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to
- Know what should be prepared for a typhoon
- Improve the discussion skills: agreeing and disagreeing
- Get to know some ideas on how to live with earthquakes through sentence completion exercise
- Listen to the talk better, identify and catch key words for the answers
1 Language focus:
Vocabulary: Canned food, bucket, fix the leak, roof, peg, door latch, power cat,
Fixture, block, zone, roller, hang potted plant, doorway
2 Language skills: Practice speaking and listening
II Teaching aids
1 Teacher’s: textbook, teaching plant, sub-board cassette, tape and pictures about
earthquakes
2 Students’: Textbook, workbook.
III Procedure
1 Organization
2 Checking up:
- Write new words
- Answer the questions:
+ What is the weather like today?
3 New lesson
1 Warm up
- Have there been any typhoons in our hometown?
+ What should we do when there is a typhoon?
+ Do you know anything about earthquakes?
+ Are there any earthquakes in Vietnam?
+ in which countries do earthquakes usually occur?
- Can use Vietnamese to express their ideas if there
are any difficulties
- Work in groups and give answers
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2 Pre – speaking
T: Introduce the new words
3 While - speaking
T: Ask Ss to work in pairs, study the list and check
what preparations should be made for a
typhoon
T: Call on some pairs to explain their answers
- Correct and gives suggested choice
T: Have Ss continue working in pairs but with
another partner
- Ask them to talk about what they think they want to
buy and do to prepare for a typhoon, explain why
The ideas in the box and the samples on page 77
maybe helpful
T: Call on some pairs to practice in front of class
- Comment and give suggested answers
4 Post - speaking
T: Say seven to ten statements about what we should
do to prepare for a typhoon, if the statements are true
(should do) Ss will repeat the statements If the
statements are false (should do), Ss will stay silent
T: Give suggested statements:
1 We should buy some candles
2 We should invited some friends to dinner
3 we should buy a dog
4 we should buy a ladder
5 We should go to the movies
6 we should paint the house
7 we should buy matches
8 We should fill all buckets with water
9 We should check all the windows and door latches
10 We should wash your blankets
3 Speak
• New words
Canned food (n): đồ ăn đóng hộp Backet (n): cái xô
Fix the leak: sửa chữa lỗ thủng Roof (n): mái nhà
Peg (n): móc treo Door latch (n): khoá bên ngoài (cửa) Power cut (v): cắt điện
Available (a): có sẵn Damage (v) = destroy
a Students' answers
b Suggested answers Ss: Compare their answers with another pair A: I think we should buy some candles and matches before a typhoon
B: Yes, I agree with you Because there maybe
a power cut when the wind is strong
………
Ss: May use agreeing and disagreeing structures that they have learned
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T: Ask Ss some questions:
+ Do you know anything about earthquakes?
+ Are they dangerous?
+ Are there any earthquakes usually occur?
+ What would you do if an earthquake occurred?
(before, while and after the earthquake)
T: Introduce the new words:
T: Asks Ss to read new words
6 While - listening
T: Set the scene "An expert is giving a talk on how to
live with earthquakes, Actually he will give us advice
on what should we do before and during an
earthquake Listen to the talk and complete the table"
T: Play the tape several times if necessary
T: Call on some Ss to read their answers aloud
- Feedback and give correct answers, Play the tape
again and stop at each answer
7 Post – Listening
T: Have Ss work in group and make a short
presentation on how to live with earthquakes based on
the information in the table
- Call on some Ss to deliver the presentation in front
of class
- Comment and make correction if necessary
4 Listen
Ss: Discuss and can answer in Vietnamese
• New words:
Fixture (n): cố định vật ở một chỗ Block (v): ngăn cản, cản trở
Zone (n) khoanh vùng, phân vùng Roller (n): con quay
Hanging potted plant (n): chậu treo hoa Container (n) đồ đựng hàng hoá
Doorway (n): lối cửa ra vào
Ss: Read the table carefully and make some useful guesses for the missing words in the blank
Ss: Compare their answers with a friend
• Answers
1 bottom shelf of the bookshelf
2 fridge
3 washing machine
4 mirrors
5 window
6 inside
7 under a strong table
8 door way
9 Conner of the room
8 Drill
- Summarize the main points
8 Homework
- Summarize the main points
- Do exercise
• Exercise: Match the word in A to the one in B to make complete words
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- Prepare " READ"
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READ
I Objectives
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to
- Get general background information on some common natural disasters such as earthquakes, tidal waves, typhoon, volcanoes and tornadoes through 2 comprehension exercise: "true/ false and" " sentence completion"
1 Language focus:
Vocabulary: Pacific Rim, collapse, majority, abrupt, shift, hurricane, erupt, funnel, baby
carriage
2 Language skills: Practice reading skill
II Teaching aids
1 Teacher’s: textbook, teaching plant, sub-board cassette, tape and the picture of natural
disasters
2 Students’: Textbook, workbook.
III Procedure
1 Organization
2 Checking up:
T: Call on some Ss to talk about what to do before/ while/after an earthquake
- Write news words
3 New lesson
1 Warm up
T: Give definition of 4 natural disasters that
Ss will learn in the lesson
- Ask Ss to match the names of the disasters
to its correct definition
- Work in groups
1 Earthquake a mountain or hill with openings
through which ashes and gases ejected
2 tidal wave b violent storm especially in east
Asian seas
3 typhoon c violent storm over small area
4 volcano d another word for tsunami, waves
caused by tides
5 Tornado e sudden and violent movements of
Trang 8T: gives correct answers
T: Asks Ss to look at the passages and
pictures then
introduce the new words
2 Pre – reading
- Read the text and introduces new words
3 While - reading
T: Set the scene "you are going to read a
passage about 5 disasters that we have
mentioned earlier Read and do the
comprehension tasks assigned
T: Ask Ss to highlight or underline the
information in the passage for their answers
T: Helps Ss to compete
T: Calls some pair of students t
T: Corrects and gives answers
the earth surface
• Answers:
1 e 2.d 3.b 4.a 5.c
5 Read
* New words Pacifc rim: các quốc gia ở thái bình dơng Collapse (v): sụp đổ
Majority (n) nhiều, rất nhiều Abrupt (v): đột ngột xẩy ra Shift (n) sự dịch chuyển, thay đổi Hurricane (n) = cyclone = typhoon Erupt (v): Eruption (n): Phun trào Funnel (n): CáI phễu
Baby cariage (n) xe nôi Ss: work independently, read the passages and decide whether the statement are true or false correct the false ones
- Compare the answers with a friend
a true or false
* answers:
1 true
2 true
3 false: the tidal wave traveled from Alaska to California
4 true
5 false: the eruption of mount Pinatubo is the world's largest volcanic eruption in more than 50 years
6 true
b complete the sentences
1 _ occur around the pacific Rim
2 _ homes, office blocks and highways collapsed
3 _ there is a abrupt shift in the underwater movement
of the earth
4 _ a cyclone
5 _ the word "typhoon"
6 _ passes overland below a thunderstorm and sucks up anything that is in its path
4 Drill
T: call on some Ss to read the passage aloud in front of class Then translate the passage
- Check mistakes if any
5 Homework
- Summarize the main point points
- do exercise at workbook
- prepare "WRITE”
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WRITE
I Objectives
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to write a short story by using guided information and pictures
1 Language focus:
Vocabulary: circle, shelter, scared, behave
2 Language skills: Practice writing skill
II Teaching aids
1 Teacher’s: textbook, teaching plant, sub-board
2 Students’: Textbook, workbook.
III Procedure
1 Organization
2 Checking up:
T: Call on some Ss to answer the questions
- What country has the most volcanoes?
- What is the definition of an earthquake?
3 New lesson
1 Warm up
Q&A
- Ask Ss some questions to lead in the lesson
+ Have you ever written a story? What is it about?
+ How long did it take to you write it?
+ Did you write it in Vietnamese or in English?
+ Do you think it is a successful one?
2 Pre – writing
T: Ask Ss some questions to lead in the lesson
- Have you ever written a story? What is it about?
- How long did it take to you write it?
- Did you write it in Vietnamese or in English?
T: Introduce the new words
- Whole class
6 Write
Ss: Answer
* New words Circle (n): vßng trßn Shelter (n): chç Èn nÊp Scare (a): sî
Trang 10T: Have Ss work in pairs to ask and answer about the
pictures 1 to 6
Example
• Picture 1:
- What do you see in the first picture?
- Who is she? What's she doing?
- What's the weather like?
• Picture 2:
- what's wrong with the dog?
- Is he behave strangely
- What do you think is going to happen?
• Picture 3:
- who is in the picture with Lan?
- What does she say?
• Picture 4:
- what is happening?
- Where are Lan's family members?
• Picture 5:
- is the wind strong?
- What is the weather like?
• Picture 6:
- what do you see in the picture?
- What are Lan and her parents doing now?
- Does the weather become good again?
T: Ask Ss to turn back on page 79 and study the outline
of the story with the guided words
3 While - writing
T: Have Ss write the story individually Note that Ss can
make changes and add more details to the story to make
it more interesting
- Ask Ss to compare their story with a friend
- Give suggested writing
Behave (v): có c sử, hành động c sử
It was a beautiful day The sun was shining, the sky was blue and the weather was perfect Lan was outside playing with her dog, Skippy All of a sudden, the dog began behaving strangely She kept running around in circle Lan ran home with her dog to tell her mother what Skippy was doing Lan's mother, Mrs Quyen told Lan that she heard on TV that there was a typhoon coming Mrs Quyen gathered her family and told them to find shelter in the house
Suddenly, the sky because very dark The storm came with strong winds and heavy rain Mrs Quyen and her family were scared, but soon the storm finished and everyone was glad What a clever dog skippy is She saved Lan from being caught in the typhoon
4 Drill
T: Call on some Ss to read their own story
T: Correct the mistakes
5 Homework
- Review the lesson
- Write your own story
- Prepare "Language focus"
Trang 11Period 58 Unit 9: Natural disasters LANGUAGE FOCUS
I Objectives
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to further practice with pronouns "who, that, which" and clearly "defining" and "non – defining clauses"
1 Language focus:
Vocabulary: horn, snout, rhinoceros, logo, swallow, chew, extensive, tail.
Grammar: + Relative pronouns "who, what, which"
+ Relative clauses
2 Language skills: Practice writing skill
II Teaching aids
1 Teacher’s: textbook, teaching plant, sub-board pictures, textbook, sub- board
2 Students’: Textbook, workbook.
III Procedure
1 Organization
2 Checking up:
T: Call on 2 Ss to combine the 2 sentences by using relative clause S1: I bought a new type writer It cost me a lot of money
-> ……
S2: Tom is one of my closest friends He is very intelligent
-> ……
3 New lesson
1 Warm up
- Let Ss play the game Knowledge
Game-short answers.
- Tell Ss to work with another partner to
answer the following questions about general
understanding
Pair work
- The pair with the most correct answers will be the winner
1 Which city in Japan was struck
by a huge earthquake?
2 Which country won the 1998 Tiger Cup?
3 Which animal has one or two horns